1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

Junior women's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Junior women's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	25th
Date	March 23
Host city	Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Venue	Parco del Valentino
Events	1
Distances	4.689 km – Junior women
Participation	138 athletes from ; 39 nations
	← 1996 Stellenbosch 1998 Marrakesh → ;

The Junior women's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Torino, Italy, at the Parco del Valentino on March 23, 1997. A report on the event was given in The New York Times^[1] in the Herald,^[2] and for the IAAF.^[3]

Complete results,^[4]^[5]^[6] medallists,^[7] and the results of British athletes^[8] were published.

Race results[]

Junior women's race (4.689 km)[]

Individual[]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Rose Kosgei	Kenya	14:58
	Prisca Ngetich	Kenya	14:59
	Ayelech Worku	Ethiopia	15:02
4	Edna Kiplagat	Kenya	15:10
5		Ethiopia	15:11
6		Japan	15:12
7		Japan	15:12
8		Kenya	15:14
9		Kenya	15:15
10	Agnes Kiprop	Kenya	15:15
11		Japan	15:20
12	René Kalmer	South Africa	15:31
13	Worknesh Kidane	Ethiopia	15:32
14		Japan	15:40
15	Judit Plá	Spain	15:46
16		Japan	15:48
17		Japan	15:51
18		Ethiopia	15:53
19	Sonja Stolić	FR Yugoslavia	15:54
20	Kutre Dulecha	Ethiopia	15:55
21		Morocco	15:57
22		United Kingdom	15:58
23	Merima Hashim	Ethiopia	15:58
24		Belgium	16:01
25	Fabiane Cristine da Silva	Brazil	16:05
26		Morocco	16:07
27	Sandra Levenez	France	16:07
28		Morocco	16:09
29		Zimbabwe	16:11
30		Canada	16:11
31	Tatyana Khmeleva	Russia	16:12
32		Morocco	16:14
33		Belarus	16:16
34	Alessandra Aguilar	Spain	16:18
35		Russia	16:19
36		Canada	16:21
37		Germany	16:22
38		Romania	16:24
39		Germany	16:26
40		South Africa	16:27
41		United Kingdom	16:27
42		Russia	16:29
43		South Africa	16:30
44	Bertha Sánchez	Colombia	16:31
45	Mónica Rosa	Portugal	16:31
46		South Africa	16:32
47		Mexico	16:34
48	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	16:35
49		Finland	16:35
50	Marina Munćan	FR Yugoslavia	16:35
51		Germany	16:36
52	Bouchra Benthami	Morocco	16:37
53		Algeria	16:38
54		Spain	16:40
55		South Africa	16:41
56		Czech Republic	16:42
57	Irina Danilova	Russia	16:42
58	Kenza Dahmani	Algeria	16:47
59		Colombia	16:48
60		Turkmenistan	16:49
61	Rosa Morató	Spain	16:49
62		South Africa	16:50
63		Romania	16:51
64		United States	16:53
65		Romania	16:54
66		United States	16:54
67		Belgium	16:54
68		Romania	16:55
69		Finland	16:55
70		Finland	16:56
71		Algeria	16:56
72		Algeria	16:57
73		United States	16:57
74		Lithuania	16:58
75		Brazil	16:58
76		Canada	16:59
77		Poland	17:00
78		Namibia	17:00
79	Joelle Franzmann	Germany	17:01
80	Petra Teveli	Hungary	17:01
81	Olena Samko	Ukraine	17:01
82		Turkey	17:02
83	Silvia Weissteiner	Italy	17:04
84		Morocco	17:06
85		United Kingdom	17:07
86	Tera Moody	United States	17:09
87		Hungary	17:09
88		Canada	17:10
89		Algeria	17:10
90		United States	17:12
91		FR Yugoslavia	17:12
92		Germany	17:13
93		United Kingdom	17:13
94		France	17:14
95		Romania	17:14
96		Hungary	17:15
97		United Kingdom	17:15
98	Souad Aït Salem	Algeria	17:17
99		Spain	17:19
100		India	17:19
101		France	17:21
102		Hungary	17:22
103		Italy	17:23
104		United States	17:26
105		Turkey	17:27
106		France	17:28
107		Italy	17:28
108		Ireland	17:30
109		FR Yugoslavia	17:33
110		France	17:33
111		United Kingdom	17:34
112		Netherlands	17:34
113		Italy	17:37
114		Finland	17:38
115		Turkey	17:39
116		Canada	17:40
117		Slovenia	17:42
118		Romania	17:43
119		India	17:44
120		India	17:46
121		Kazakhstan	17:47
122		Canada	17:49
123		Italy	17:49
124		Turkey	17:52
125	Erika Abril	Colombia	17:55
126		India	17:55
127		France	17:56
128		Brazil	17:56
129		Belgium	17:59
130		Hungary	18:03
131		Turkmenistan	18:06
132		Colombia	18:14
133		Croatia	18:21
134		Mexico	18:23
135		Brazil	18:26
136		Mauritius	20:40
—	Renate Rungger	Italy	DNF
—		Namibia	DNF

Teams[]

Rank

Team

Points

Kenya

Rose Kosgei	1
Prisca Ngetich	2
Edna Kiplagat	4
	8
()	(9)
(Agnes Kiprop)	(10)

15

Japan

	6
	7
	11
	14
()	(16)
()	(17)

38

Ethiopia

Ayelech Worku	3
	5
Worknesh Kidane	13
	18
(Kutre Dulecha)	(20)
(Merima Hashim)	(23)

39

4

Morocco

	21
	26
	28
	32
(Bouchra Benthami)	(52)
()	(84)

107

5

South Africa

René Kalmer	12
	40
	43
	46
()	(55)
()	(62)

141

6

Spain

Judit Plá	15
Alessandra Aguilar	34
Natalia Rodríguez	48
	54
(Rosa Morató)	(61)
()	(99)

151

7

Russia

Tatyana Khmeleva	31
	35
	42
Irina Danilova	57

165

8

Germany

	37
	39
	51
Joelle Franzmann	79
()	(92)

206

9

Canada

	30
	36
	76
	88
()	(116)
()	(122)

230

10

Romania

	38
	63
	65
	68
()	(95)
()	(118)

234

11

United Kingdom

	22
	41
	85
	93
()	(97)
()	(111)

241

12

Algeria

	53
Kenza Dahmani	58
	71
	72
()	(89)
(Souad Aït Salem)	(98)

254

13

FR Yugoslavia

Sonja Stolić	19
Marina Munćan	50
	91
	109

269

14

United States

	64
	66
	73
Tera Moody	86
()	(90)
()	(104)

289

15

Finland

	49
	69
	70
	114

302

16

France

Sandra Levenez	27
	94
	101
	106
()	(110)
()	(127)

328

17

Colombia

Bertha Sánchez	44
	59
Erika Abril	125
	132

360

18

Brazil

Fabiane Cristine da Silva	25
	75
	128
	135

363

19

Hungary

Petra Teveli	80
	87
	96
	102
()	(130)

365

20

Italy

Silvia Weissteiner	83
	103
	107
	113
()	(123)
(Renate Rungger)	(DNF)

406

21

Turkey

	82
	105
	115
	124

426

22

India

	100
	119
	120
	126

465

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation[]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 138 athletes from 39 countries in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[8]

Algeria (6)
Belarus (1)
Belgium (3)
Brazil (4)
Canada (6)
Colombia (4)
Croatia (1)
Czech Republic (1)
Ethiopia (6)
Finland (4)
France (6)
Germany (5)
Hungary (5)

India (4)
Ireland (1)
Italy (6)
Japan (6)
Kazakhstan (1)
Kenya (6)
Lithuania (1)
Mauritius (1)
Mexico (2)
Morocco (6)
Namibia (2)
Netherlands (1)
Poland (1)

Portugal (1)
Romania (6)
Russia (4)
Slovenia (1)
South Africa (6)
Spain (6)
Turkey (4)
Turkmenistan (2)
Ukraine (1)
United Kingdom (6)
United States (6)
FR Yugoslavia (4)
Zimbabwe (1)

References[]

^ "Tergat Leads Kenyans With Dramatic Victory", The New York Times, March 24, 1997, retrieved October 27, 2013
^ Gillon, Doug (March 24, 1997), Tulu swoops late to take title but British runner still happy Radcliffe joy as she runs into medal place, Herald, retrieved October 27, 2013
^ Wallace-Jones, Sean, Report for Junior races - Kenya heads the Junior Field once again, IAAF, archived from the original on 2011-08-05, retrieved October 27, 2013
^ Magnusson, Tomas (July 4, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.7km CC Women - Torino Parco del Valentino Date: Sunday, March 23, 1997, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 27, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Cross Junior Women - 23-03-97 - Results, IAAF, March 23, 1997, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 27, 2013
^ Cross Junior Women - 23-03-97 - Team Results, IAAF, March 23, 1997, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 27, 2013
^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
^ ^a ^b 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013

[times_01-1] "Tergat Leads Kenyans With Dramatic Victory", The New York Times, March 24, 1997, retrieved October 27, 2013

[herald_01-2] Gillon, Doug (March 24, 1997), Tulu swoops late to take title but British runner still happy Radcliffe joy as she runs into medal place, Herald, retrieved October 27, 2013

[iaaf_10-3] Wallace-Jones, Sean, Report for Junior races - Kenya heads the Junior Field once again, IAAF, archived from the original on 2011-08-05, retrieved October 27, 2013

[archive_04-4] Magnusson, Tomas (July 4, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.7km CC Women - Torino Parco del Valentino Date: Sunday, March 23, 1997, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 27, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[iaaf_04-5] Cross Junior Women - 23-03-97 - Results, IAAF, March 23, 1997, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 27, 2013

[iaaf_08-6] Cross Junior Women - 23-03-97 - Team Results, IAAF, March 23, 1997, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 27, 2013

[gbr_01-7] IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013

[iaaf_00-8] 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013

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