1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

The Junior women's race at the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Barnett Demesne/Queen’s University Playing Fields in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, on March 27, 1999. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times,^[1][2] in the Herald,^[3] and for the IAAF.^[4]

Junior women's race at the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	27th
Date	March 27
Host city	Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Venue	Barnett Demesne/Queen’s University Playing Fields
Events	1
Distances	6.124 km – Junior women
Participation	124 athletes from 34 nations
← 1998 Marrakech 2000 Vilamoura →

Complete results for individuals,^[5][6][7] for junior women's teams,^[5][8][9] medallists,^[10] and the results of British athletes who took part^[11] were published.

Race results

Junior women's race (6.124 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Worknesh Kidane	Ethiopia	21:26
	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	21:37
	Yoshiko Fujinaga	Japan	21:41
4	Hareg Sidelil	Ethiopia	21:44
5	Naoko Sakata	Japan	21:46
6	Merima Hashim	Ethiopia	21:50
7	Helena Volná	Czech Republic	21:53
8	Pamela Kiyara	Kenya	21:59
9	Elvan Abeye	Ethiopia	22:03
10	Flomena Cheyech	Kenya	22:07
11	Jackline Chemwok	Kenya	22:14
12	Elizabeth Rumokol	Kenya	22:15
13	Inês Monteiro	Portugal	22:21
14	Hirut Abera	Ethiopia	22:23
15	Hana Chaouach	Tunisia	22:26
16	Deborah Chepkorir	Kenya	22:30
17	Jane Makombe	Zimbabwe	22:30
18	Yoshiko Watanabe	Japan	22:34
19	Linda Roets	South Africa	22:35
20	Rina Fujioka	Japan	22:36
21	Erin Sullivan	United States	22:37
22	Yolandi Neuhoff	South Africa	22:37
23	Lize-Mari Venter	South Africa	22:40
24	Kazuko Kanno	Japan	22:45
25	Minna Myllykoski	Finland	22:48
26	Hanane Ouhaddou	Morocco	22:48
27	Hiromi Fujii	Japan	22:49
28	Tonia Carstens	South Africa	22:51
29	Yelena Samokhvalova	Russia	22:53
30	Sabrina Mockenhaupt	Germany	22:53
31	Tatyana Gerasimova	Russia	22:59
32	Madaí Pérez	Mexico	23:00
33	Sibel Özyurt	Turkey	23:06
34	Bezunesh Bekele	Ethiopia	23:08
35	Türkan Erişmiş	Turkey	23:08
36	Fouzia Zoutat	Algeria	23:09
37	Tausi Saidi	Tanzania	23:13
38	Sikulile Sibanda	Zimbabwe	23:16
39	Lina Usmanova	Russia	23:17
40	Siphuluwazi Sibindi	Zimbabwe	23:17
41	René Kalmer	South Africa	23:27
42	Ashley Labudde	United States	23:28
43	Kenza Dahmani	Algeria	23:31
44	Tuula Laitinen	Finland	23:34
45	Nassira Taibi	Algeria	23:36
46	Tezeta Sürekli	Turkey	23:37
47	Caroline Walsh	United Kingdom	23:38
48	Lucy Siwela	Zimbabwe	23:40
49	Saloua Hassani	Algeria	23:40
50	Fatiha Bahi	Algeria	23:41
51	Minna Nummela	Finland	23:42
52	Caroline Annis	United States	23:44
53	Irene Alfonso	Spain	23:46
54	Malika Mejdoub	Morocco	23:46
55	Cheryl Smith	United States	23:47
56	Sultana Aït Hammou	Morocco	23:54
57	Lucélia Peres	Brazil	23:55
58	Rosana Fernández	Spain	23:59
59	Riina Tolonen	Finland	24:00
60	Tara Struyk	Canada	24:03
61	Ann-Marie Larkin	Ireland	24:03
62	Ana Castro	Spain	24:05
63	Cristina Alvarez	Spain	24:07
64	Louise Kelly	United Kingdom	24:08
65	Emily Kroshus	Canada	24:11
66	Dana Boyle	United States	24:12
67	Emma Ward	United Kingdom	24:12
68	Anna Markelova	Turkmenistan	24:13
69	Caroline Daly	Ireland	24:13
70	Latifa El Mekkaoui	Morocco	24:14
71	Kary Tripp	Mexico	24:29
72	Mebarka Zellit	Algeria	24:34
73	Sara Gorton	United States	24:35
74	Jennifer Handley	Canada	24:36
75	Alessia Lutskovskaya	Russia	24:37
76	Swata Muchaneta	Zimbabwe	24:41
77	Emilie Rollier	France	24:41
78	Valquíria Santos	Brazil	24:42
79	Catherine Lamb	Australia	24:43
80	Claire Colmer	United Kingdom	24:43
81	Ayfer Yigit	Turkey	24:45
82	Dina Mijuskovic	Croatia	24:47
83	Sanne Bakker	Netherlands	24:48
84	Natalya Razhkova	Belarus	24:48
85	Mélissa Benoumeur	Belgium	24:50
86	Beata Naigambo	Namibia	24:51
87	Federica Dal Ri	Italy	24:52
88	Claudia Ramirez	Colombia	24:52
89	Susan Partridge	United Kingdom	24:53
90	Anna Incerti	Italy	24:53
91	Mary Cullen	Ireland	25:01
92	Gemma Masnou	Spain	25:04
93	Keli de Godoy	Brazil	25:06
94	Krystina Kirova	Belarus	25:11
95	Deirdre Byrne	Ireland	25:15
96	Gülten Öztürk	Turkey	25:16
97	Aoife Byrne	Ireland	25:17
98	Tamara Budija	Croatia	25:18
99	Letitia Pheleu	South Africa	25:19
100	Martha Ronceria	Colombia	25:20
101	Émilie Mondor	Canada	25:21
102	Alex Carter	United Kingdom	25:25
103	Ciara Broe	Ireland	25:27
104	Sara Berti	Italy	25:31
105	Emily Tallen	Canada	25:37
106	Sonia Bejarano	Spain	25:43
107	Amarjit Kaur	India	26:02
108	Irina Ryzhkova	Belarus	26:08
109	Anastasiya Padalinskaya	Belarus	26:13
110	Luana Pocorobba	Italy	26:16
111	Megan Metcalfe	Canada	26:24
112	Swathi Gurnule	India	26:36
113	Jisha Thomas	India	26:37
114	Andrea Nieto	Colombia	26:38
115	Claudia Barajas	Colombia	26:39
116	Tina Gacina	Croatia	28:05
117	Kalpana Morey	India	28:51
118	Leyla Dzhumayeva	Turkmenistan	29:48
119	Olesy Jovnir	Turkmenistan	30:39
120	Saeda A.Y. Amro	Palestine	32:45
—	Viktoriya Brigadnaya	Turkmenistan	DNF
—	Tatiane Sá	Brazil	DNF
—	Malika Asahssah	Morocco	DNF
—	Nadia Ejjafini	Morocco	DQ†

^†: Nadia Ejjafini of  Morocco was the original 21st-place finisher in 22:37 min, but was disqualified for age falsification.^[12]

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Ethiopia Worknesh Kidane 1 Hareg Sidelil 4 Merima Hashim 6 Elvan Abeye 9 (Hirut Abera) (14) (Bezunesh Bekele) (34)	20
	Kenya Vivian Cheruiyot 2 Pamela Kiyara 8 Flomena Cheyech 10 Jackline Chemwok 11 (Elizabeth Rumokol) (12) (Deborah Chepkorir) (16)	31
	Japan Yoshiko Fujinaga 3 Naoko Sakata 5 Yoshiko Watanabe 18 Rina Fujioka 20 (Kazuko Kanno) (24) (Hiromi Fujii) (27)	46
4	South Africa Linda Roets 19 Yolandi Neuhoff 22 Lize-Mari Venter 23 Tonia Carstens 28 (René Kalmer) (41) (Letitia Pheleu) (99)	92
5	Zimbabwe Jane Makombe 17 Sikulile Sibanda 38 Siphuluwazi Sibindi 40 Lucy Siwela 48 (Swata Muchaneta) (76)	143
6	United States Erin Sullivan 21 Ashley Labudde 42 Caroline Annis 52 Cheryl Smith 55 (Dana Boyle) (66) (Sara Gorton) (73)	170†
7	Algeria Fouzia Zoutat 36 Kenza Dahmani 43 Nassira Taibi 45 Saloua Hassani 49 (Fatiha Bahi) (50) (Mebarka Zellit) (72)	173†
8	Russia Yelena Samokhvalova 29 Tatyana Gerasimova 31 Lina Usmanova 39 Alessia Lutskovskaya 75	174†
9	Finland Minna Myllykoski 25 Tuula Laitinen 44 Minna Nummela 51 Riina Tolonen 59	179†
10	Turkey Sibel Özyurt 33 Türkan Erişmiş 35 Tezeta Sürekli 46 Ayfer Yigit 81 (Gülten Öztürk) (96)	195†
11	Morocco Hanane Ouhaddou 26 Malika Mejdoub 54 Sultana Aït Hammou 56 Latifa El Mekkaoui 70 (Malika Asahssah) (DNF)	206†
12	Spain Irene Alfonso 53 Rosana Fernández 58 Ana Castro 62 Cristina Alvarez 63 (Gemma Masnou) (92) (Sonia Bejarano) (106)	236
13	United Kingdom Caroline Walsh 47 Louise Kelly 64 Emma Ward 67 Claire Colmer 80 (Susan Partridge) (89) (Alex Carter) (102)	258
14	Canada Tara Struyk 60 Emily Kroshus 65 Jennifer Handley 74 Émilie Mondor 101 (Emily Tallen) (105) (Megan Metcalfe) (111)	300
15	Ireland Ann-Marie Larkin 61 Caroline Daly 69 Mary Cullen 91 Deirdre Byrne 95 (Aoife Byrne) (97) (Ciara Broe) (103)	316
16	Italy Federica Dal Ri 87 Anna Incerti 90 Sara Berti 104 Luana Pocorobba 110	391
17	Belarus Natalya Razhkova 84 Krystina Kirova 94 Irina Ryzhkova 108 Anastasiya Padalinskaya 109	395
18	Colombia Claudia Ramirez 88 Martha Ronceria 100 Andrea Nieto 114 Claudia Barajas 115	417
19	India Amarjit Kaur 107 Swathi Gurnule 112 Jisha Thomas 113 Kalpana Morey 117	449
DNF	Brazil (Lucélia Peres) (57) (Valquíria Santos) (78) (Keli de Godoy) (93) (Tatiane Sá) (DNF)	DNF
DNF	Turkmenistan (Anna Markelova) (68) (Leyla Dzhumayeva) (118) (Olesy Jovnir) (119) (Viktoriya Brigadnaya) (DNF)	DNF

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

^†: Nadia Ejjafini of  Morocco was the original 21st-place finisher in 22:37 min, but was disqualified for age falsification affecting the team scores.^[12]

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 124 athletes from 34 countries in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[11]

•  Algeria (6)
•  Australia (1)
•  Belarus (4)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Brazil (4)
•  Canada (6)
•  Colombia (4)
•  Croatia (3)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  Ethiopia (6)
•  Finland (4)
•  France (1)
•  Germany (1)
•  India (4)
•  Ireland (6)
•  Italy (4)
•  Japan (6)
•  Kenya (6)
•  Mexico (2)
•  Morocco (6)
•  Namibia (1)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  Palestine (1)
•  Portugal (1)
•  Russia (4)
•  South Africa (6)
•  Spain (6)
•  Tanzania (1)
•  Tunisia (1)
•  Turkey (5)
•  Turkmenistan (4)
•  United Kingdom (6)
•  United States (6)
•  Zimbabwe (5)

See also

• 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
• 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race

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