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

Junior women's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition25th
DateMarch 23
Host cityTorino, Piemonte, Italy Italy
VenueParco del Valentino
Events1
Distances4.689 km – Junior women
Participation138 athletes from
39 nations

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rose Kosgei  Kenya 14:58
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Prisca Ngetich  Kenya 14:59
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ayelech Worku  Ethiopia 15:02
4 Edna Kiplagat  Kenya 15:10
5 Zenebech Tadese  Ethiopia 15:11
6 Kei Satomura  Japan 15:12
7 Emiko Kojima  Japan 15:12
8 Caroline Tarus  Kenya 15:14
9 Anita Kiptum  Kenya 15:15
10 Agnes Kiprop  Kenya 15:15
11 Risa Tanaka  Japan 15:20
12 René Kalmer  South Africa 15:31
13 Worknesh Kidane  Ethiopia 15:32
14 Tomoko Hashimoto  Japan 15:40
15 Judit Plá  Spain 15:46
16 Kumiko Hiyama  Japan 15:48
17 Yuka Hata  Japan 15:51
18 Etaferahu Tarekegn  Ethiopia 15:53
19 Sonja Stolić  Yugoslavia 15:54
20 Kutre Dulecha  Ethiopia 15:55
21 Hind Chahid  Morocco 15:57
22 Katie Skorupska  United Kingdom 15:58
23 Merima Hashim  Ethiopia 15:58
24 Cathérine Lallemand  Belgium 16:01
25 Fabiane Cristine da Silva  Brazil 16:05
26 Malika Asahssah  Morocco 16:07
27 Sandra Levenez  France 16:07
28 Samira Bahdaoui  Morocco 16:09
29 Message Mapfumo  Zimbabwe 16:11
30 Erin McClure  Canada 16:11
31 Tatyana Khmeleva  Russia 16:12
32 Soumia Mastacou  Morocco 16:14
33 Yelena Tolstygina  Belarus 16:16
34 Alessandra Aguilar  Spain 16:18
35 Yelena Mikhaylova  Russia 16:19
36 Jennifer Handley  Canada 16:21
37 Laura Suffa  Germany 16:22
38 Iona Oltean  Romania 16:24
39 Larissa Kleinmann  Germany 16:26
40 Rialette Kruger  South Africa 16:27
41 Tanya Povey  United Kingdom 16:27
42 Tatyana Gerasimova  Russia 16:29
43 Ansie van Heerden  South Africa 16:30
44 Bertha Sánchez  Colombia 16:31
45 Mónica Rosa  Portugal 16:31
46 Ilze Kidson  South Africa 16:32
47 Martha Garces  Mexico 16:34
48 Natalia Rodríguez  Spain 16:35
49 Tuula Laitinen  Finland 16:35
50 Marina Munćan  Yugoslavia 16:35
51 Suzanne Ritter  Germany 16:36
52 Bouchra Benthami  Morocco 16:37
53 Khadija Touati  Algeria 16:38
54 Paula Hernandez  Spain 16:40
55 Elizabeth Mtombeni  South Africa 16:41
56 Helena Volná  Czech Republic 16:42
57 Irina Danilova  Russia 16:42
58 Kenza Dahmani  Algeria 16:47
59 Ana Rondón  Colombia 16:48
60 Anna Markelova  Turkmenistan 16:49
61 Rosa Morató  Spain 16:49
62 Rachel Nthulane  South Africa 16:50
63 Laura Cernat  Romania 16:51
64 Michelle de la Vina  United States 16:53
65 Catalina Big  Romania 16:54
66 Elizabeth Kampfe  United States 16:54
67 Anke Onsia  Belgium 16:54
68 Tamara Cojocar  Romania 16:55
69 Marja Loukkola  Finland 16:55
70 Johanna Raja-aho  Finland 16:56
71 Hakima Baatouche  Algeria 16:56
72 Nassira Taibi  Algeria 16:57
73 Amy Wiseman  United States 16:57
74 Zivile Balciunaité  Lithuania 16:58
75 Valquíria Santos  Brazil 16:58
76 Francine Darroch  Canada 16:59
77 Marzena Linkowska  Poland 17:00
78 Magdalena Haamwanyena  Namibia 17:00
79 Joelle Franzmann  Germany 17:01
80 Petra Teveli  Hungary 17:01
81 Olena Samko  Ukraine 17:01
82 Yâprak Kalemoglu  Turkey 17:02
83 Silvia Weissteiner  Italy 17:04
84 Laila Hmatou  Morocco 17:06
85 Jilly Ingman  United Kingdom 17:07
86 Tera Moody  United States 17:09
87 Zsanett Teveli  Hungary 17:09
88 Julie Martin  Canada 17:10
89 Donyazad Mimouni  Algeria 17:10
90 Kyla Barbour  United States 17:12
91 Almira Kuci  Yugoslavia 17:12
92 Sonia Scheurer  Germany 17:13
93 Sonia Thomas  United Kingdom 17:13
94 Celine Dutot  France 17:14
95 Bianca Cojocar  Romania 17:14
96 Bettina Pintér  Hungary 17:15
97 Louise Brown  United Kingdom 17:15
98 Souad Aït Salem  Algeria 17:17
99 Silvia Fernández  Spain 17:19
100 Ekta Huldhar  India 17:19
101 Marie-Celine Jacquard  France 17:21
102 Orsolya Ritter  Hungary 17:22
103 Cristina Pozzo  Italy 17:23
104 Bridget Quenzer  United States 17:26
105 Ayfer Yigit  Turkey 17:27
106 Celine Larnois  France 17:28
107 Romina Ridolfi  Italy 17:28
108 Maria Lynch  Ireland 17:30
109 Bojana Radojcic  Yugoslavia 17:33
110 Hanan Najih  France 17:33
111 Amy Waterlow  United Kingdom 17:34
112 Paulina Rath  Netherlands 17:34
113 Luana Pocorobba  Italy 17:37
114 Nina-Carita Liljedahl  Finland 17:38
115 Sümeyra Tali  Turkey 17:39
116 Elizabeth Benishai  Canada 17:40
117 Kristina Obronek  Slovenia 17:42
118 Aniela Buciu  Romania 17:43
119 Govindassamy Pangadjame  India 17:44
120 Renuka Hegde  India 17:46
121 Irina Podkorytova  Kazakhstan 17:47
122 Kim Hemstreet  Canada 17:49
123 Rosanna Cavoli  Italy 17:49
124 Nebhat Cavus  Turkey 17:52
125 Erika Abril  Colombia 17:55
126 Renuka Goferi  India 17:55
127 Marina Heurtault  France 17:56
128 Isabel Boldo  Brazil 17:56
129 Nathalie Rousseau  Belgium 17:59
130 Nóra Nemere  Hungary 18:03
131 Dildar Mamedova  Turkmenistan 18:06
132 Sandra Cardenas  Colombia 18:14
133 Marijana Stopic  Croatia 18:21
134 Alma Xicotencatl  Mexico 18:23
135 Ana do Nascimento  Brazil 18:26
136 Virginie Koomanikooa  Mauritius 20:40
— Renate Rungger  Italy DNF
— Hilia Mundja  Namibia DNF

Teams

Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Kenya
Rose Kosgei 1
Prisca Ngetich 2
Edna Kiplagat 4
Caroline Tarus 8
(Anita Kiptum) (9)
(Agnes Kiprop) (10)
15
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan
Kei Satomura 6
Emiko Kojima 7
Risa Tanaka 11
Tomoko Hashimoto 14
(Kumiko Hiyama) (16)
(Yuka Hata) (17)
38
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ethiopia
Ayelech Worku 3
Zenebech Tadese 5
Worknesh Kidane 13
Etaferahu Tarekegn 18
(Kutre Dulecha) (20)
(Merima Hashim) (23)
39
4  Morocco
Hind Chahid 21
Malika Asahssah 26
Samira Bahdaoui 28
Soumia Mastacou 32
(Bouchra Benthami) (52)
(Laila Hmatou) (84)
107
5  South Africa
René Kalmer 12
Rialette Kruger 40
Ansie van Heerden 43
Ilze Kidson 46
(Elizabeth Mtombeni) (55)
(Rachel Nthulane) (62)
141
6  Spain
Judit Plá 15
Alessandra Aguilar 34
Natalia Rodríguez 48
Paula Hernandez 54
(Rosa Morató) (61)
(Silvia Fernández) (99)
151
7  Russia
Tatyana Khmeleva 31
Yelena Mikhaylova 35
Tatyana Gerasimova 42
Irina Danilova 57
165
8  Germany
Laura Suffa 37
Larissa Kleinmann 39
Suzanne Ritter 51
Joelle Franzmann 79
(Sonia Scheurer) (92)
206
9  Canada
Erin McClure 30
Jennifer Handley 36
Francine Darroch 76
Julie Martin 88
(Elizabeth Benishai) (116)
(Kim Hemstreet) (122)
230
10  Romania
Iona Oltean 38
Laura Cernat 63
Catalina Big 65
Tamara Cojocar 68
(Bianca Cojocar) (95)
(Aniela Buciu) (118)
234
11  United Kingdom
Katie Skorupska 22
Tanya Povey 41
Jilly Ingman 85
Sonia Thomas 93
(Louise Brown) (97)
(Amy Waterlow) (111)
241
12  Algeria
Khadija Touati 53
Kenza Dahmani 58
Hakima Baatouche 71
Nassira Taibi 72
(Donyazad Mimouni) (89)
(Souad Aït Salem) (98)
254
13  Yugoslavia
Sonja Stolić 19
Marina Munćan 50
Almira Kuci 91
Bojana Radojcic 109
269
14  United States
Michelle de la Vina 64
Elizabeth Kampfe 66
Amy Wiseman 73
Tera Moody 86
(Kyla Barbour) (90)
(Bridget Quenzer) (104)
289
15  Finland
Tuula Laitinen 49
Marja Loukkola 69
Johanna Raja-aho 70
Nina-Carita Liljedahl 114
302
16  France
Sandra Levenez 27
Celine Dutot 94
Marie-Celine Jacquard 101
Celine Larnois 106
(Hanan Najih) (110)
(Marina Heurtault) (127)
328
17  Colombia
Bertha Sánchez 44
Ana Rondón 59
Erika Abril 125
Sandra Cardenas 132
360
18  Brazil
Fabiane Cristine da Silva 25
Valquíria Santos 75
Isabel Boldo 128
Ana do Nascimento 135
363
19  Hungary
Petra Teveli 80
Zsanett Teveli 87
Bettina Pintér 96
Orsolya Ritter 102
(Nóra Nemere) (130)
365
20  Italy
Silvia Weissteiner 83
Cristina Pozzo 103
Romina Ridolfi 107
Luana Pocorobba 113
(Rosanna Cavoli) (123)
(Renate Rungger) (DNF)
406
21  Turkey
Yâprak Kalemoglu 82
Ayfer Yigit 105
Sümeyra Tali 115
Nebhat Cavus 124
426
22  India
Ekta Huldhar 100
Govindassamy Pangadjame 119
Renuka Hegde 120
Renuka Goferi 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]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tergat Leads Kenyans With Dramatic Victory", The New York Times, March 24, 1997, retrieved October 27, 2013
  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
  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
  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, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ Cross Junior Women - 23-03-97 - Results, IAAF, March 23, 1997, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 27, 2013
  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
  7. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  8. ^ 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