# 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

The Junior women's race at the 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Hippodrome Joseph Desjoyaux in Saint-Galmier near Saint-Étienne, France, on March 19, 2005. Reports on the event were given in The New York Times, in the Glasgow Herald, and for the IAAF.
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.

## Race results
### Junior women's race (6.153 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Gelete Burka | Ethiopia | 20:12 |
| | Veronica Wanjiru | Kenya | 20:39 |
| | Beatrice Chebusit | Kenya | 20:44 |
| 4 | Mercy Njoroge | Kenya | 20:46 |
| 5 | Belainesh Zemedkun | Ethiopia | 20:47 |
| 6 | Workitu Ayanu | Ethiopia | 20:54 |
| 7 | Pauline Korikwiang | Kenya | 20:56 |
| 8 | Gladys Chemweno | Kenya | 20:57 |
| 9 | Aliphine Tuliamuk | Kenya | 21:09 |
| 10 | Alemitu Abera | Ethiopia | 21:10 |
| 11 | Akane Wakita | Japan | 21:16 |
| 12 | Azalech Masresha | Ethiopia | 21:37 |
| 13 | Hitomi Niiya | Japan | 21:39 |
| 14 | Danette Doetzel | Canada | 21:41 |
| 15 | Yurika Nakamura | Japan | 21:43 |
| 16 | Madeline Heiner | Australia | 21:52 |
| 17 | Kazue Kojima | Japan | 22:06 |
| 18 | Lindsey Scherf | United States | 22:12 |
| 19 | Viktoriya Ivanova | Russia | 22:15 |
| 20 | Emily Pidgeon | United Kingdom | 22:15 |
| 21 | Ancuța Bobocel | Romania | 22:18 |
| 22 | Adelina De Soccio | Italy | 22:21 |
| 23 | Asmae Ghizlane | Morocco | 22:21 |
| 24 | Maya Iino | Japan | 22:22 |
| 25 | Yuri Suzuki | Japan | 22:22 |
| 26 | Irvette van Blerk | South Africa | 22:24 |
| 27 | Farida Makula | Tanzania | 22:27 |
| 28 | Erin Bedell | United States | 22:32 |
| 29 | Inés Melchor | Peru | 22:33 |
| 30 | Lindsay Flacks | United States | 22:37 |
| 31 | Halima Hachlaf | Morocco | 22:42 |
| 32 | Merat Bahta | Eritrea | 22:43 |
| 33 | Amina Bettiche | Algeria | 22:43 |
| 34 | Sian Edwards | United Kingdom | 22:45 |
| 35 | Sarah Ramadhan | Tanzania | 22:47 |
| 36 | Aïcha Bani | Morocco | 22:48 |
| 37 | Chahrazad Cheboub | Algeria | 22:50 |
| 38 | Marta Romo | Spain | 22:50 |
| 39 | Bai Xue | China | 22:53 |
| 40 | Maria Sánchez | Spain | 22:57 |
| 41 | Jiang Chengcheng | China | 22:57 |
| 42 | Elizabeth Pasciuto | United States | 22:58 |
| 43 | Rebecca Forlong | New Zealand | 22:58 |
| 44 | Aïcha Rezig | Algeria | 22:59 |
| 45 | Malika Benlafkir | Morocco | 22:59 |
| 46 | Galina Maksimova | Russia | 23:02 |
| 47 | Jennifer Barringer | United States | 23:03 |
| 48 | Varaidzo Shindi | Zimbabwe | 23:05 |
| 49 | Roseanne Galligan | Ireland | 23:07 |
| 50 | Azra Eminovic | Serbia and Montenegro | 23:09 |
| 51 | Elena García | Spain | 23:10 |
| 52 | Regina Khamzina | Russia | 23:11 |
| 53 | Christine Kalmer | South Africa | 23:12 |
| 54 | Jackline Sakilu | Tanzania | 23:13 |
| 55 | Karina Villazana | Peru | 23:13 |
| 56 | Halima Ramadhani | Tanzania | 23:18 |
| 57 | Kate Van Buskirk | Canada | 23:19 |
| 58 | Susan Kuijken | Netherlands | 23:21 |
| 59 | Zineb Nadir | Morocco | 23:21 |
| 60 | Stephanie Twell | United Kingdom | 23:23 |
| 61 | Oana Mircea | Romania | 23:24 |
| 62 | Alma Mendoza | Mexico | 23:26 |
| 63 | Asmaa Hallouz | Algeria | 23:28 |
| 64 | Weini Tedros Tesfay | Eritrea | 23:29 |
| 65 | Tarah McKay | Canada | 23:34 |
| 66 | Kheira Belmediouni | Algeria | 23:35 |
| 67 | Mihaela Ana Susa | Romania | 23:35 |
| 68 | Linda Byrne | Ireland | 23:37 |
| 69 | Viktoriya Kharitonova | Russia | 23:37 |
| 70 | Naziha Djellakh | Algeria | 23:39 |
| 71 | Morag MacLarty | United Kingdom | 23:48 |
| 72 | Selien de Schryder | Belgium | 23:51 |
| 73 | Rocío Cántara | Peru | 23:52 |
| 74 | Monica Martínez | Spain | 23:53 |
| 75 | Ercilia Machado | Portugal | 23:53 |
| 76 | Yekaterina Sagdiyeva | Russia | 23:55 |
| 77 | Puleng Khumalo | South Africa | 23:55 |
| 78 | Violet Raseboya | South Africa | 23:57 |
| 79 | Rosta Matlawe | South Africa | 24:01 |
| 80 | Volha Kaminskaya | Belarus | 24:02 |
| 81 | Tatyana Makarova | Russia | 24:04 |
| 82 | Andrea García | Spain | 24:05 |
| 83 | Papali Maliba | Lesotho | 24:09 |
| 84 | Anita Campbell | Canada | 24:09 |
| 85 | Morgane Riou | France | 24:10 |
| 86 | Aleksandra Nowak | Poland | 24:14 |
| 87 | Olga Rezkaya | Belarus | 24:16 |
| 88 | Valentina Costanza | Italy | 24:17 |
| 89 | Valentina Saburkina | Kazakhstan | 24:25 |
| 90 | Kathleen Engel | Canada | 24:27 |
| 91 | Barbara Maveau | Belgium | 24:35 |
| 92 | Fanchon Brouillet | France | 24:41 |
| 93 | Christina Fiduccia | United States | 24:42 |
| 94 | Silvia Del Fava | Italy | 24:47 |
| 95 | Nathalie Bouilly | France | 24:53 |
| 96 | Roshell Moses | South Africa | 24:57 |
| 97 | Andreea Cristina Plesu | Romania | 25:00 |
| 98 | Anna Klyushkina | Kyrgyzstan | 25:07 |
| 99 | Juliette Benedicto | France | 25:09 |
| 100 | Volha Mazuronak | Belarus | 25:10 |
| 101 | Francesca Fallani | Italy | 25:11 |
| 102 | Yekaterina Tunguskova | Uzbekistan | 25:13 |
| 103 | Gemma Barrachina | Spain | 25:18 |
| 104 | Giulia Basoli | Italy | 25:23 |
| 105 | Gina Stewart | Canada | 25:33 |
| 106 | Anne Sophie Marechal | Belgium | 26:02 |
| 107 | Carmen Mamani | Peru | 26:03 |
| 108 | Annabelle Delarue | France | 26:24 |
| 109 | Anna Drabenya | Belarus | 26:39 |
| 110 | Munguntuya Batgerel | Mongolia | 26:55 |
| 111 | Francesca Grana | Italy | 27:01 |
| — | Larisa Arcip | Romania | DNF |
| — | Sarah Morgan | New Zealand | DNF |
| — | Abby Westley | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Marie-Charlotte Bonnaire | France | DNF |
| — | Ikram Zouglali | Morocco | DNF |
| — | Jessica Sparke | United Kingdom | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Veronica Wanjiru2 Beatrice Chebusit3 Mercy Njoroge4 Pauline Korikwiang7 (Gladys Chemweno)(8) (Aliphine Tuliamuk)(9) | 16 |
| | Ethiopia Gelete Burka1 Belainesh Zemedkun5 Workitu Ayanu6 Alemitu Abera10 (Azalech Masresha)(12) | 22 |
| | Japan Akane Wakita11 Hitomi Niiya13 Yurika Nakamura15 Kazue Kojima17 (Maya Iino)(24) (Yuri Suzuki)(25) | 56 |
| 4 | United States Lindsey Scherf18 Erin Bedell28 Lindsay Flacks30 Elizabeth Pasciuto42 (Jennifer Barringer)(47) (Christina Fiduccia)(93) | 118 |
| 5 | Morocco Asmae Ghizlane23 Halima Hachlaf31 Aïcha Bani36 Malika Benlafkir45 (Zineb Nadir)(59) (Ikram Zouglali)(DNF) | 135 |
| 6 | Tanzania Farida Makula27 Sarah Ramadhan35 Jackline Sakilu54 Halima Ramadhani56 | 172 |
| 7 | Algeria Amina Bettiche33 Chahrazad Cheboub37 Aïcha Rezig44 Asmaa Hallouz63 (Kheira Belmediouni)(66) (Naziha Djellakh)(70) | 177 |
| 8 | United Kingdom Emily Pidgeon20 Sian Edwards34 Stephanie Twell60 Morag MacLarty71 (Abby Westley)(DNF) (Jessica Sparke)(DNF) | 185 |
| 9 | Russia Viktoriya Ivanova19 Galina Maksimova46 Regina Khamzina52 Viktoriya Kharitonova69 (Yekaterina Sagdiyeva)(76) (Tatyana Makarova)(81) | 186 |
| 10 | Spain Marta Romo38 Maria Sánchez40 Elena García51 Monica Martínez74 (Andrea García)(82) (Gemma Barrachina)(103) | 203 |
| 11 | Canada Danette Doetzel14 Kate Van Buskirk57 Tarah McKay65 Anita Campbell84 (Kathleen Engel)(90) (Gina Stewart)(105) | 220 |
| 12 | South Africa Irvette van Blerk26 Christine Kalmer53 Puleng Khumalo77 Violet Raseboya78 (Rosta Matlawe)(79) (Roshell Moses)(96) | 234 |
| 13 | Romania Ancuța Bobocel21 Oana Mircea61 Mihaela Ana Susa67 Andreea Cristina Plesu97 (Larisa Arcip)(DNF) | 246 |
| 14 | Peru Inés Melchor29 Karina Villazana55 Rocío Cántara73 Carmen Mamani107 | 264 |
| 15 | Italy Adelina De Soccio22 Valentina Costanza88 Silvia Del Fava94 Francesca Fallani101 (Giulia Basoli)(104) (Francesca Grana)(111) | 305 |
| 16 | France Morgane Riou85 Fanchon Brouillet92 Nathalie Bouilly95 Juliette Benedicto99 (Annabelle Delarue)(108) (Marie-Charlotte Bonnaire)(DNF) | 371 |
| 17 | Belarus Volha Kaminskaya80 Olga Rezkaya87 Volha Mazuronak100 Anna Drabenya109 | 376 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 117 athletes from 34 countries participated in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (6)
* Australia (1)
* Belarus (4)
* Belgium (3)
* Canada (6)
* China (2)
* Eritrea (2)
* Ethiopia (5)
* France (6)
* Ireland (2)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (6)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Kenya (6)
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Lesotho (1)
* Mexico (1)
* Mongolia (1)
* Morocco (6)
* Netherlands (1)
* New Zealand (2)
* Peru (4)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (5)
* Russia (6)
* Serbia and Montenegro (1)
* South Africa (6)
* Spain (6)
* Tanzania (4)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (1)
* Zimbabwe (1)