2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

Junior women's race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Junior women's race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	30th
Date	March 23
Host city	Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Venue	Leopardstown Racecourse
Events	1
Distances	5.962 km – Junior women
Participation	110 athletes from ; 31 nations
	← 2001 Oostende 2003 Lausanne → ;

The Junior women's race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Leopardstown Racecourse near Dublin, Ireland, on March 23, 2002. Reports onf the event were given in The New York Times,^[1]^[2] in the Herald,^[3]^[4] and for the IAAF.^[5]

Complete results for individuals,^[6]^[7]^[8] for teams,^[6]^[9]^[10] medallists,^[11] and the results of British athletes who took part^[12] were published.

Race results[]

Junior women's race (5.962 km)[]

Individual[]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Viola Kibiwott	Kenya	20:13
	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	20:14
	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	20:22
4		Kenya	20:23
5	Peninah Chepchumba	Kenya	20:24
6	Bezunesh Bekele	Ethiopia	20:34
7	Mestawat Tufa	Ethiopia	20:40
8		FR Yugoslavia	20:43
9	Melissa Rollison	Australia	20:50
10	Sharon Cherop	Kenya	20:53
11		Ethiopia	20:59
12		Kenya	21:03
13	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	21:06
14		Japan	21:16
15		Ethiopia	21:18
16		Tanzania	21:20
17		United States	21:23
18	Irvette van Blerk	South Africa	21:30
19		Tanzania	21:35
20		Australia	21:36
21		Japan	21:43
22		Russia	21:44
23		Eritrea	21:49
24		Japan	21:50
25	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	Morocco	21:50
26		Belarus	21:52
27		Australia	21:56
28		France	21:59
29		United States	21:59
30	Adrienne Herzog	Netherlands	22:00
31		United Kingdom	22:01
32		Japan	22:01
33		Russia	22:03
34		South Africa	22:03
35		France	22:03
36		United States	22:06
37	Alba García	Spain	22:07
38		Spain	22:07
39		Russia	22:07
40		United States	22:10
41		France	22:11
42		Ukraine	22:11
43	Sara Bei	United States	22:12
44	Silvia La Barbera	Italy	22:14
45		United Kingdom	22:15
46		United Kingdom	22:16
47		United States	22:16
48		Algeria	22:19
49		Japan	22:20
50	Simret Sultan	Eritrea	22:24
51		Australia	22:26
52	Tatyana Petrova	Russia	22:26
53		United Kingdom	22:27
54		Algeria	22:37
55	Isabel Macías	Spain	22:42
56		Lesotho	22:44
57		Eritrea	22:48
58	Lebogang Phalula	South Africa	22:52
59		Ukraine	22:53
60		Russia	22:54
61	Sharon Tavengwa	Zimbabwe	22:58
62		Algeria	23:00
63	Freya Murray	United Kingdom	23:01
64		Mexico	23:03
65		Italy	23:05
66		Eritrea	23:07
67		Ukraine	23:09
68	Lisa Dobriskey	United Kingdom	23:10
69		Spain	23:15
70		Italy	23:19
71		Portugal	23:20
72	Fionnuala Britton	Ireland	23:21
73		France	23:22
74		Algeria	23:22
75		Egypt	23:22
76		Belgium	23:27
77		Belarus	23:30
78		Italy	23:31
79		Algeria	23:32
80		Spain	23:33
81	Tetyana Filonyuk	Ukraine	23:35
82		France	23:40
83		Canada	23:41
84		South Africa	23:49
85		Belgium	23:57
86		Canada	23:59
87	Linda Byrne	Ireland	24:15
88		Belgium	24:17
89		Ireland	24:21
90		Spain	24:24
91		Canada	24:27
92		Egypt	24:28
93		Turkmenistan	24:31
94		Canada	24:39
95		Mexico	24:46
96		Belgium	24:47
97		Canada	24:52
98		Uzbekistan	25:02
99		Uzbekistan	25:05
100		Ireland	25:26
101	Ava Hutchinson	Ireland	25:35
102		Uzbekistan	25:39
103		Uzbekistan	25:41
104		Belgium	25:49
105		Ireland	25:53
106		Gibraltar	27:44
107		Cayman Islands	32:26
108		South Africa	33:07
—		Algeria	DNF
—		Italy	DNF
—		Canada	DNS
—		Japan	DNS

Teams[]

Rank

Team

Points

Kenya

Viola Kibiwott	1
Vivian Cheruiyot	3
	4
Peninah Chepchumba	5
(Sharon Cherop)	(n/s)
()	(n/s)

13

Ethiopia

Tirunesh Dibaba	2
Bezunesh Bekele	6
Mestawat Tufa	7
	9
(Meseret Defar)	(n/s)
()	(n/s)

24

Japan

	10
	14
	17
	22
()	(n/s)

63

4

Australia

Melissa Rollison	8
	13
	18
	38

77

5

United States

	11
	20
	26
	30
(Sara Bei)	(n/s)
()	(n/s)

87

6

Russia

	15
	23
	29
Tatyana Petrova	39
()	(n/s)

106

7

France

	19
	25
	31
	53
()	(n/s)

128

8

United Kingdom

	21
	34
	35
	40
(Freya Murray)	(n/s)
(Lisa Dobriskey)	(n/s)

130

9

South Africa

Irvette van Blerk	12
	24
Lebogang Phalula	44
	59
()	(n/s)

139

10

Eritrea

	16
Simret Sultan	37
	43
	48

144

11

Spain

Alba García	27
	28
Isabel Macías	42
	50
()	(n/s)
()	(n/s)

147

12

Algeria

	36
	41
	46
	54
()	(n/s)
()	(DNF)

177

13

Ukraine

	32
	45
	49
Tetyana Filonyuk	57

183

14

Italy

Silvia La Barbera	33
	47
	51
	56
()	(DNF)

187

15

Belgium

	55
	60
	63
	67
()	(n/s)

245

16

Ireland

Fionnuala Britton	52
Linda Byrne	62
	64
	70
(Ava Hutchinson)	(n/s)
()	(n/s)

248

17

Canada

	58
	61
	65
	66
()	(n/s)

250

18

Uzbekistan

	68
	69
	71
	72

280

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 110 athletes from 31 countries participated in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[12]

Algeria (6)
Australia (4)
Belarus (2)
Belgium (5)
Canada (5)
Cayman Islands (1)
Egypt (2)
Eritrea (4)
Ethiopia (6)
France (5)
Gibraltar (1)

Ireland (6)
Italy (5)
Japan (5)
Kenya (6)
Lesotho (1)
Mexico (2)
Morocco (1)
Netherlands (1)
Portugal (1)
Russia (5)

South Africa (5)
Spain (6)
Tanzania (2)
Turkmenistan (1)
Ukraine (4)
United Kingdom (6)
United States (6)
Uzbekistan (4)
FR Yugoslavia (1)
Zimbabwe (1)

References[]

^ "PLUS: RUNNING; Briton Holds Off U.S. Challenge", The New York Times, March 24, 2002, retrieved October 30, 2013
^ Clarey, Christopher (March 25, 2002), "TRACK AND FIELD : A gold sweep for Ethiopian 'in a class of his own'", The New York Times, retrieved October 30, 2013
^ Gillon, Doug (March 25, 2001), "Radcliffe completes the double - Briton successfully defends world cross-country title", Herald, retrieved October 30, 2013
^ Gillon, Doug (March 25, 2001), "Title joy second time around for youngster Bikele", Herald, retrieved October 30, 2013
^ Minshull, Phil (March 23, 2001), Kibiwott finds it tough to retain title, IAAF, retrieved October 30, 2013
^ ^a ^b Magnusson, Tomas (July 4, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 6.0km CC Women - Dublin Leopardstown Date: Saturday, March 23, 2002, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 30, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Official Results - CROSS JUNIOR RACE Women - Saturday, March 23, 2002, IAAF, March 23, 2002, archived from the original on November 1, 2013, retrieved October 30, 2013
^ Results - 30th IAAF/Sport Ireland World Cross Country Championships - Dublin, IRELAND 23 MAR 2002 - 24 MAR 2002 - Junior Race - women, IAAF, 23 March 2002, archived from the original on 1 November 2013, retrieved 30 October 2013
^ Official Results - CROSS JUNIOR RACE Women - Team - Saturday, March 23, 2002, IAAF, March 23, 2002, archived from the original on November 1, 2013, retrieved October 30, 2013
^ Results - 30th IAAF/Sport Ireland World Cross Country Championships - Dublin, IRELAND 23 MAR 2002 - 24 MAR 2002 - Junior Race - women - Final - Team, IAAF, 23 March 2002, archived from the original on 1 November 2013, retrieved 30 October 2013
^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 30, 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 30, 2013

[times_01-1] "PLUS: RUNNING; Briton Holds Off U.S. Challenge", The New York Times, March 24, 2002, retrieved October 30, 2013

[times_02-2] Clarey, Christopher (March 25, 2002), "TRACK AND FIELD : A gold sweep for Ethiopian 'in a class of his own'", The New York Times, retrieved October 30, 2013

[herald_01-3] Gillon, Doug (March 25, 2001), "Radcliffe completes the double - Briton successfully defends world cross-country title", Herald, retrieved October 30, 2013

[herald_02-4] Gillon, Doug (March 25, 2001), "Title joy second time around for youngster Bikele", Herald, retrieved October 30, 2013

[iaaf_24-5] Minshull, Phil (March 23, 2001), Kibiwott finds it tough to retain title, IAAF, retrieved October 30, 2013

[archive_04-6] Magnusson, Tomas (July 4, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 6.0km CC Women - Dublin Leopardstown Date: Saturday, March 23, 2002, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 30, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[iaaf_04-7] Official Results - CROSS JUNIOR RACE Women - Saturday, March 23, 2002, IAAF, March 23, 2002, archived from the original on November 1, 2013, retrieved October 30, 2013

[iaaf_34-8] Results - 30th IAAF/Sport Ireland World Cross Country Championships - Dublin, IRELAND 23 MAR 2002 - 24 MAR 2002 - Junior Race - women, IAAF, 23 March 2002, archived from the original on 1 November 2013, retrieved 30 October 2013

[iaaf_14-9] Official Results - CROSS JUNIOR RACE Women - Team - Saturday, March 23, 2002, IAAF, March 23, 2002, archived from the original on November 1, 2013, retrieved October 30, 2013

[iaaf_44-10] Results - 30th IAAF/Sport Ireland World Cross Country Championships - Dublin, IRELAND 23 MAR 2002 - 24 MAR 2002 - Junior Race - women - Final - Team, IAAF, 23 March 2002, archived from the original on 1 November 2013, retrieved 30 October 2013

[gbr_01-11] IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 30, 2013

[iaaf_00-12] 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 30, 2013

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