1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

The Junior women's race at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Marrakech, Morocco, at the Menara district on March 21, 1998. Reports on the event were given in The New York Times,^[1] in the Herald,^[2] and for the IAAF.^[3]

Junior women's race at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	26th
Date	March 21
Host city	Marrakech, Morocco
Venue	Menara district
Events	1
Distances	6 km – Junior women
Participation	122 athletes from 35 nations
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Complete results for individuals,^[4][5][6] for teams,^[4][7][8] medallists,^[9] and the results of British athletes^[10] were published.

Race results

Junior women's race (6 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Yimenashu Taye	Ethiopia	19:32
	Jeruto Kiptum	Kenya	19:34
	Worknesh Kidane	Ethiopia	19:34
4	Alemgena Bezabeh	Ethiopia	19:46
5	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	19:47
6	Margaret Chepkemboi	Kenya	19:48
7	Agnes Kiprop	Kenya	19:57
8	Merima Hashim	Ethiopia	19:59
9	Emiko Kojima	Japan	20:02
10	Émilie Mondor	Canada	20:16
11	Prisca Ngetich	Kenya	20:16
12	René Kalmer	South Africa	20:17
13	Malika Asahssah	Morocco	20:17
14	Yoshiko Fujinaga	Japan	20:28
15	Cathérine Lallemand	Belgium	20:29
16	Hareg Sidelil	Ethiopia	20:37
17	Tereza Yohanes	Ethiopia	20:38
18	Salome Boiyo	Kenya	20:50
19	Risa Tanaka	Japan	20:50
20	Melinda Campbell	United States	20:51
21	Tuula Laitinen	Finland	20:53
22	Katalin Szentgyörgyi	Hungary	20:54
23	Hind Chahid	Morocco	20:55
24	Miho Nakashima	Japan	20:56
25	Elaine du Plessis	South Africa	20:58
26	Ionela Bungardean	Romania	20:59
27	Siphuluwazi Sibindi	Zimbabwe	21:10
28	Yolandi Neuhoff	South Africa	21:11
29	Chioko Sakaue	Japan	21:12
30	Sonja Stolić	Yugoslavia	21:15
31	Yelena Tolstygina	Belarus	21:15
32	Soumia Mastacou	Morocco	21:17
33	Catherine Maapela	South Africa	21:17
34	Nokhutula Muhkuli	Zimbabwe	21:18
35	Vanessa Veiga	Spain	21:22
36	Lize-Mari Venter	South Africa	21:28
37	Lynda Rabhi	Algeria	21:29
38	Sabrina Mockenhaupt	Germany	21:29
39	Alessia Lutskovskaya	Russia	21:30
40	Federica Gogele	Italy	21:33
41	Nicole Chapple	Australia	21:34
42	Riina Tolonen	Finland	21:37
43	Elena Perez	Spain	21:39
44	Kattell Villain	France	21:39
45	Laura Heiner	United States	21:43
46	Bouchra Benthami	Morocco	21:50
47	Sibusisiwe Nyoni	Zimbabwe	21:50
48	Kazuko Kanno	Japan	21:51
49	Minna Myllykoski	Finland	21:51
50	Caroline Walsh	United Kingdom	21:52
51	Tara Rohatinsky	United States	21:53
52	Fouzia Zoutat	Algeria	21:55
53	Minna Nummela	Finland	21:56
54	Ljiljana Culibrk	Croatia	21:57
55	Kenza Dahmani	Algeria	22:00
56	Nassira Taibi	Algeria	22:00
57	Mirjana Glisovic	Yugoslavia	22:01
58	Louise Kelly	United Kingdom	22:02
59	Melanie Schulz	Germany	22:02
60	Judith Heinze	Germany	22:03
61	Chantal Berthelot	France	22:03
62	Martha Garces	Mexico	22:04
63	Johanna Raja-aho	Finland	22:05
64	Tara Struyk	Canada	22:06
65	Karen Fletcher	United Kingdom	22:06
66	Inês Monteiro	Portugal	22:10
67	Letitia Pheleu	South Africa	22:15
68	Christine Mukamutesi	Rwanda	22:16
69	Vincenza Sicari	Italy	22:20
70	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	22:23
71	Marta Gómez	Spain	22:25
72	Desneiges McLean	Canada	22:26
73	Luana Pocorobba	Italy	22:28
74	Sharolyn Shields	Canada	22:29
75	Mariel Ettinger	United States	22:32
76	Rosaria Console	Italy	22:33
77	Ann Ramsey	United States	22:33
78	Michelle Costa	Brazil	22:34
79	Epiphanie Nyirabarame	Rwanda	22:35
80	Hakima Baatouche	Algeria	22:35
81	Ksenija Orsolic	Croatia	22:36
82	Türkan Erişmiş	Turkey	22:39
83	Gabi Kastner	Germany	22:41
84	Rosa Morató	Spain	22:42
85	Rebecca Everett	United Kingdom	22:44
86	Anna Markelova	Turkmenistan	22:46
87	Ulrike Leitheim	Germany	22:47
88	Sonia Thomas	United Kingdom	22:50
89	Silvia Weissteiner	Italy	22:53
90	Demelza Murrihy	New Zealand	22:56
91	Ayfer Yigit	Turkey	23:00
92	Céline Garcia	France	23:01
93	Malindi Elmore	Canada	23:08
94	Sümeyra Tali	Turkey	23:15
95	Katharina Schley	Germany	23:19
96	Eliisa Ahola	Finland	23:25
97	Cristina Pozzo	Italy	23:27
98	Khadija Touati	Algeria	23:33
99	Dina Mijuskovic	Croatia	23:37
100	Vanina Arrua	Argentina	23:41
101	Eugenie Gnoleba	France	23:42
102	Clemantine Nyiraguhirwa	Rwanda	23:52
103	Nilgün Yilmaz	Turkey	24:14
104	Dildar Mamedova	Turkmenistan	24:23
105	Irina Podkorytova	Kazakhstan	24:30
106	Enphasia Nyirangerageze	Rwanda	25:07
107	Diala El-Chabi	Lebanon	25:09
108	Adriana da Silva	Brazil	25:16
109	Francine Byukusenge	Rwanda	26:08
110	Paula Cabrera	Argentina	26:12
111	Ana do Nascimento	Brazil	26:54
112	Laura Umpierrez	Argentina	27:30
—	Erin McClure	Canada	DNF
—	Magdalena Haamwanyena	Namibia	DNF
—	Iris Fuentes-Pila	Spain	DNF
—	Eva Chollat-Traquet	France	DNF
—	Fanny Pruvost	France	DNF
—	Amber Gascoigne	United Kingdom	DNF
—	Kawthar Al-Wahsh	Palestine	DNF
—	Houria Riadi	Morocco	DNF
—	Rachel Hixson	United States	DNF
—	Nadia Ejjafini	Morocco	DQ†

^†: Nadia Ejjafini of  Morocco was the original 18th-place finisher in 20:43 min, but was disqualified for age falsification.^[11]

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Ethiopia Yimenashu Taye 1 Worknesh Kidane 3 Alemgena Bezabeh 4 Merima Hashim 8 (Hareg Sidelil) (16) (Tereza Yohanes) (17)	16
	Kenya Jeruto Kiptum 2 Vivian Cheruiyot 5 Margaret Chepkemboi 6 Agnes Kiprop 7 (Prisca Ngetich) (11) (Salome Boiyo) (18)	20
	Japan Emiko Kojima 9 Yoshiko Fujinaga 14 Risa Tanaka 19 Miho Nakashima 24 (Chioko Sakaue) (29) (Kazuko Kanno) (48)	66
4	South Africa René Kalmer 12 Elaine du Plessis 25 Yolandi Neuhoff 28 Catherine Maapela 33 (Lize-Mari Venter) (36) (Letitia Pheleu) (67)	98†
5	Morocco Malika Asahssah 13 Hind Chahid 23 Soumia Mastacou 32 Bouchra Benthami 46 (Houria Riadi) (DNF)	114†
6	Finland Tuula Laitinen 21 Riina Tolonen 42 Minna Myllykoski 49 Minna Nummela 53 (Johanna Raja-aho) (63) (Eliisa Ahola) (96)	165
7	United States Melinda Campbell 20 Laura Heiner 45 Tara Rohatinsky 51 Mariel Ettinger 75 (Ann Ramsey) (77) (Rachel Hixson) (DNF)	191
8	Algeria Lynda Rabhi 37 Fouzia Zoutat 52 Kenza Dahmani 55 Nassira Taibi 56 (Hakima Baatouche) (80) (Khadija Touati) (98)	200
9	Spain Vanessa Veiga 35 Elena Perez 43 Natalia Rodríguez 70 Marta Gómez 71 (Rosa Morató) (84) (Iris Fuentes-Pila) (DNF)	219
10	Canada Émilie Mondor 10 Tara Struyk 64 Desneiges McLean 72 Sharolyn Shields 74 (Malindi Elmore) (93) (Erin McClure) (DNF)	220
11	Germany Sabrina Mockenhaupt 38 Melanie Schulz 59 Judith Heinze 60 Gabi Kastner 83 (Ulrike Leitheim) (87) (Katharina Schley) (95)	240
12	Italy Federica Gogele 40 Vincenza Sicari 69 Luana Pocorobba 73 Rosaria Console 76 (Silvia Weissteiner) (89) (Cristina Pozzo) (97)	258
13	United Kingdom Caroline Walsh 50 Louise Kelly 58 Karen Fletcher 65 Rebecca Everett 85 (Sonia Thomas) (88) (Amber Gascoigne) (DNF)	258
14	France Kattell Villain 44 Chantal Berthelot 61 Céline Garcia 92 Eugenie Gnoleba 101 (Eva Chollat-Traquet) (DNF) (Fanny Pruvost) (DNF)	298
15	Rwanda Christine Mukamutesi 68 Epiphanie Nyirabarame 79 Clemantine Nyiraguhirwa 102 Enphasia Nyirangerageze 106 (Francine Byukusenge) (109)	355
16	Turkey Türkan Erişmiş 82 Ayfer Yigit 91 Sümeyra Tali 94 Nilgün Yilmaz 103	370

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

^†: Nadia Ejjafini of  Morocco was the original 18th-place finisher in 20:43 min, but was disqualified for age falsification.^[11]

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 122 athletes from 35 countries in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[10]

•  Algeria (6)
•  Argentina (3)
•  Australia (1)
•  Belarus (1)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Brazil (3)
•  Canada (6)
•  Croatia (3)
•  Ethiopia (6)
•  Finland (6)
•  France (6)
•  Germany (6)
•  Hungary (1)
•  Italy (6)
•  Japan (6)
•  Kazakhstan (1)
•  Kenya (6)
•  Lebanon (1)
•  Mexico (1)
•  Morocco (6)
•  Namibia (1)
•  New Zealand (1)
•  Palestine (1)
•  Portugal (1)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (1)
•  Rwanda (5)
•  South Africa (6)
•  Spain (6)
•  Turkey (4)
•  Turkmenistan (2)
•  United Kingdom (6)
•  United States (6)
•  Yugoslavia (2)
•  Zimbabwe (3)

See also

• 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
• 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race