# 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

The Junior women's race at the 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, at the Franklin Park on March 21, 1992. A report on the event was given in The New York Times.
Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Race results
### Junior women's race (4.005 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Paula Radcliffe | United Kingdom | 13:30 |
| | Wang Junxia | China | 13:35 |
| | Lydia Cheromei | Kenya | 13:43 |
| 4 | Jennifer Clague | United Kingdom | 13:44 |
| 5 | Anja Smolders | Belgium | 13:58 |
| 6 | Janeth Caizalitín | Ecuador | 14:00 |
| 7 | Elena Cosoveanu | Romania | 14:02 |
| 8 | Zhang Lirong | China | 14:03 |
| 9 | Gete Wami | Ethiopia | 14:04 |
| 10 | Denisa Costescu | Romania | 14:05 |
| 11 | Emebet Shiferaw | Ethiopia | 14:06 |
| 12 | Susie Power | Australia | 14:06 |
| 13 | Ruth Biwott | Kenya | 14:07 |
| 14 | Annemari Sandell | Finland | 14:07 |
| 15 | Pamela Hunt | United States | 14:08 |
| 16 | Susan Chepkemei | Kenya | 14:08 |
| 17 | Genet Gebregiorgis | Ethiopia | 14:08 |
| 18 | Kore Alemu | Ethiopia | 14:08 |
| 19 | Satoko Mizuuchi | Japan | 14:10 |
| 20 | Gabriela Szabo | Romania | 14:12 |
| 21 | Sharon Murphy | United Kingdom | 14:13 |
| 22 | Ileana Dorca | Romania | 14:15 |
| 23 | Azumi Miyazaki | Japan | 14:17 |
| 24 | Zhang Linli | China | 14:19 |
| 25 | Dörte Köster | Germany | 14:20 |
| 26 | Christine Hofmeier | Switzerland | 14:21 |
| 27 | Pamela Chepchumba | Kenya | 14:22 |
| 28 | Kathy Butler | Canada | 14:23 |
| 29 | Ana Gimeno | Spain | 14:24 |
| 30 | Keiko Kato | Japan | 14:25 |
| 31 | Chiemi Takahashi | Japan | 14:25 |
| 32 | Jennifer Howard | United States | 14:25 |
| 33 | Rocío Martínez | Spain | 14:25 |
| 34 | Askale Bereda | Ethiopia | 14:28 |
| 35 | Karen Whetton | United Kingdom | 14:30 |
| 36 | Tanya Blake | United Kingdom | 14:32 |
| 37 | Marta Domínguez | Spain | 14:33 |
| 38 | Sandra Ruales | Ecuador | 14:33 |
| 39 | Stéphanie Berthevas | France | 14:34 |
| 40 | Annie Troussard | France | 14:35 |
| 41 | Tiziana Alagia | Italy | 14:36 |
| 42 | Séverine Foulon | France | 14:39 |
| 43 | Violetta Maron | Poland | 14:41 |
| 44 | Gu Dongmei | China | 14:44 |
| 45 | Fleur Deconihout | France | 14:45 |
| 46 | Lindsay McLaren | Canada | 14:46 |
| 47 | Julie Beckhaus | Australia | 14:48 |
| 48 | Rosanna Martin | Italy | 14:49 |
| 49 | Helga Rauch | Italy | 14:49 |
| 50 | Constanze Effler | Germany | 14:50 |
| 51 | Marie-Luce Romanens | Switzerland | 14:51 |
| 52 | Cécile Tricot | France | 14:51 |
| 53 | Ornella Brion | Italy | 14:51 |
| 54 | Bouchra Moustaid | Morocco | 14:53 |
| 55 | Kerry Mackay | United Kingdom | 14:55 |
| 56 | Mónika Tóth | Hungary | 14:56 |
| 57 | Sylvie Nael | France | 14:57 |
| 58 | Heike Hoffmann | Germany | 14:58 |
| 59 | Catherine Kirui | Kenya | 14:58 |
| 60 | Friederike Schmidt | Germany | 14:59 |
| 61 | Kim Kelly | United States | 14:59 |
| 62 | Laura Woeller | United States | 15:00 |
| 63 | Yoko Yamamoto | Japan | 15:00 |
| 64 | Nicole Stevenson | Canada | 15:01 |
| 65 | Janice Turner | Jamaica | 15:02 |
| 66 | Mónica Aláez | Spain | 15:03 |
| 67 | Renata Borzecka | Poland | 15:04 |
| 68 | Anna Jakubczak | Poland | 15:04 |
| 69 | Susanne Hornung | Germany | 15:05 |
| 70 | Ana Nanu | Romania | 15:06 |
| 71 | Angela Schwan | Canada | 15:07 |
| 72 | Soledad Nieto | Ecuador | 15:08 |
| 73 | Natalia Requena | Spain | 15:08 |
| 74 | Renáta Fülöp | Hungary | 15:09 |
| 75 | Doa Suleiman | Israel | 15:10 |
| 76 | Suzy Walsham | Australia | 15:15 |
| 77 | Goska Biela | Poland | 15:17 |
| 78 | Jacqueline Martín | Spain | 15:19 |
| 79 | Alemitu Bekele | Ethiopia | 15:22 |
| 80 | Akiko Kato | Japan | 15:24 |
| 81 | Juanita Sanchez | Mexico | 15:25 |
| 82 | Nathalie Bowden | Canada | 15:27 |
| 83 | Sara Gardner | Canada | 15:28 |
| 84 | Evette Turner | Jamaica | 15:29 |
| 85 | Tuelo Setswamorago | Botswana | 15:30 |
| 86 | Eliza Cuellar | Mexico | 15:32 |
| 87 | Sameiro Oliveira | Portugal | 15:33 |
| 88 | Zsófia Czene | Hungary | 15:35 |
| 89 | Kristin Cobb | United States | 15:37 |
| 90 | Onkemetse Odumeleng | Botswana | 15:41 |
| 91 | Carmen Naranjo | Ecuador | 15:47 |
| 92 | Gretchen Klein | United States | 15:50 |
| 93 | Michelle Clarke | Jamaica | 15:52 |
| 94 | Lesidi Batoko | Botswana | 15:54 |
| 95 | Szilvia Csoszánszky | Hungary | 15:56 |
| 96 | Alexandra Olarte | Colombia | 16:05 |
| 97 | Ana de Oliveira | Brazil | 16:13 |
| 98 | Tiziana di Crescenzo | Italy | 16:19 |
| 99 | Judit Varga | Hungary | 16:23 |
| 100 | Thalosang Kebafitile | Botswana | 16:25 |
| 101 | Aruna Rani | India | 16:26 |
| 102 | Hong Hsiao-Huei | Chinese Taipei | 16:40 |
| 103 | Korene Hinds | Jamaica | 17:52 |
| 104 | Vidya Deoghare | India | 17:58 |
| — | Bhageerathi Bille | India | DNF |
| — | Angelika Grabianowska | Poland | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Ethiopia Gete Wami9 Emebet Shiferaw11 Genet Gebregiorgis17 Kore Alemu18 (Askale Bereda)(34) (Alemitu Bekele)(79) | 55 |
| | Romania Elena Cosoveanu7 Denisa Costescu10 Gabriela Szabo20 Ileana Dorca22 (Ana Nanu)(70) | 59 |
| | Kenya Lydia Cheromei3 Ruth Biwott13 Susan Chepkemei16 Pamela Chepchumba27 (Catherine Kirui)(59) | 59 |
| 4 | United Kingdom Paula Radcliffe1 Jennifer Clague4 Sharon Murphy21 Karen Whetton35 (Tanya Blake)(36) (Kerry Mackay)(55) | 61 |
| 5 | China Wang Junxia2 Zhang Lirong8 Zhang Linli24 Gu Dongmei44 | 78 |
| 6 | Japan Satoko Mizuuchi19 Azumi Miyazaki23 Keiko Kato30 Chiemi Takahashi31 (Yoko Yamamoto)(63) (Akiko Kato)(80) | 103 |
| 7 | Spain Ana Gimeno29 Rocío Martínez33 Marta Domínguez37 Mónica Aláez66 (Natalia Requena)(73) (Jacqueline Martín)(78) | 165 |
| 8 | France Stéphanie Berthevas39 Annie Troussard40 Séverine Foulon42 Fleur Deconihout45 (Cécile Tricot)(52) (Sylvie Nael)(57) | 166 |
| 9 | United States Pamela Hunt15 Jennifer Howard32 Kim Kelly61 Laura Woeller62 (Kristin Cobb)(89) (Gretchen Klein)(92) | 170 |
| 10 | Italy Tiziana Alagia41 Rosanna Martin48 Helga Rauch49 Ornella Brion53 (Tiziana di Crescenzo)(98) | 191 |
| 11 | Germany Dörte Köster25 Constanze Effler50 Heike Hoffmann58 Friederike Schmidt60 (Susanne Hornung)(69) | 193 |
| 12 | Ecuador Janeth Caizalitín6 Sandra Ruales38 Soledad Nieto72 Carmen Naranjo91 | 207 |
| 13 | Canada Kathy Butler28 Lindsay McLaren46 Nicole Stevenson64 Angela Schwan71 (Nathalie Bowden)(82) (Sara Gardner)(83) | 209 |
| 14 | Poland Violetta Maron43 Renata Borzecka67 Anna Jakubczak68 Goska Biela77 (Angelika Grabianowska)(DNF) | 255 |
| 15 | Hungary Mónika Tóth56 Renáta Fülöp74 Zsófia Czene88 Szilvia Csoszánszky95 (Judit Varga)(99) | 313 |
| 16 | Jamaica Janice Turner65 Evette Turner84 Michelle Clarke93 Korene Hinds103 | 345 |
| 17 | Botswana Tuelo Setswamorago85 Onkemetse Odumeleng90 Lesidi Batoko94 Thalosang Kebafitile100 | 369 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 106 athletes from 29 countries in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Australia (3)
* Belgium (1)
* Botswana (4)
* Brazil (1)
* Canada (6)
* China (4)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Colombia (1)
* Ecuador (4)
* Ethiopia (6)
* Finland (1)
* France (6)
* Germany (5)
* Hungary (5)
* India (3)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (5)
* Jamaica (4)
* Japan (6)
* Kenya (5)
* Mexico (2)
* Morocco (1)
* Poland (5)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (5)
* Spain (6)
* Switzerland (2)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)