# 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

The Junior women's race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, on April 1, 2006. Reports on the event were given in The New York Times, 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 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Pauline Korikwiang | Kenya | 19:27 |
| | Veronica Wanjiru | Kenya | 19:27 |
| | Mercy Kosgei | Kenya | 19:45 |
| 4 | Emmy Chepkirui | Kenya | 19:52 |
| 5 | Belainesh Zemedkun | Ethiopia | 19:56 |
| 6 | Workitu Ayanu | Ethiopia | 19:57 |
| 7 | Emebt Etea | Ethiopia | 20:05 |
| 8 | Pamela Chesopich Lisoreng | Kenya | 20:06 |
| 9 | Gladys Chemweno | Kenya | 20:09 |
| 10 | Sian Edwards | United Kingdom | 20:10 |
| 11 | Asselefech Assefa | Ethiopia | 20:22 |
| 12 | Merat Bahta | Eritrea | 20:22 |
| 13 | Hitomi Niiya | Japan | 20:25 |
| 14 | Megumi Kinukawa | Japan | 20:29 |
| 15 | Kazue Kojima | Japan | 20:29 |
| 16 | Yuko Nohara | Japan | 20:31 |
| 17 | Chisato Ozaki | Japan | 20:33 |
| 18 | Madeline Heiner | Australia | 20:39 |
| 19 | Marta Romo | Spain | 20:46 |
| 20 | Elsa Medhanie | Eritrea | 20:56 |
| 21 | Derebe Godan | Ethiopia | 20:56 |
| 22 | Aïcha Bani | Morocco | 20:56 |
| 23 | Aimi Horikoshi | Japan | 20:57 |
| 24 | Furtuna Zegergish | Eritrea | 21:09 |
| 25 | Weini Tedros Tesfay | Eritrea | 21:10 |
| 26 | Pelagie Musengimana | Rwanda | 21:10 |
| 27 | Magdalena Lotter | South Africa | 21:11 |
| 28 | Viktoriya Ivanova | Russia | 21:12 |
| 29 | Aïcha Rezig | Algeria | 21:13 |
| 30 | Stephanie Twell | United Kingdom | 21:14 |
| 31 | McKayla Plank | United States | 21:15 |
| 32 | Asmae Ghizlane | Morocco | 21:19 |
| 33 | Natalya Starkova | Russia | 21:19 |
| 34 | Erin Bedell | United States | 21:20 |
| 35 | Lucy Starrat | Australia | 21:21 |
| 36 | Non Stanford | United Kingdom | 21:24 |
| 37 | Danielle Sale | United Kingdom | 21:24 |
| 38 | Kauren Tarver | United States | 21:26 |
| 39 | Nicole Blood | United States | 21:28 |
| 40 | Kheira Belmediouni | Algeria | 21:38 |
| 41 | Fouzia Majdoubi | Morocco | 21:40 |
| 42 | Lara Tamsett | Australia | 21:40 |
| 43 | Jessica Sparke | United Kingdom | 21:41 |
| 44 | Kate Van Buskirk | Canada | 21:42 |
| 45 | Natalya Orlova | Russia | 21:42 |
| 46 | Sheila Reid | Canada | 21:52 |
| 47 | Fatima Ouezzani | Morocco | 21:55 |
| 48 | Houda Regragui | Morocco | 21:57 |
| 49 | Mandy McBean | Canada | 21:58 |
| 50 | Joanne Harvey | United Kingdom | 21:59 |
| 51 | Lucy Oliver | New Zealand | 21:59 |
| 52 | Marie Lawrence | United States | 22:05 |
| 53 | Karina Villazana | Peru | 22:07 |
| 54 | Sitora Hamidova | Uzbekistan | 22:13 |
| 55 | Astrid Leutert | Switzerland | 22:13 |
| 56 | Anita Campbell | Canada | 22:17 |
| 57 | Cátia Galhardo | Portugal | 22:18 |
| 58 | Lindsay Carson | Canada | 22:20 |
| 59 | Majida Maayouf | Morocco | 22:21 |
| 60 | Valentina Costanza | Italy | 22:23 |
| 61 | Tarah McKay | Canada | 22:24 |
| 62 | Yekaterina Gorbunova | Russia | 22:38 |
| 63 | Rachel Green | Australia | 22:40 |
| 64 | Volha Kaminskaya | Belarus | 22:46 |
| 65 | Amina Bettiche | Algeria | 22:48 |
| 66 | Rocío Cántara | Peru | 22:50 |
| 67 | Madeline McKeever | United States | 22:52 |
| 68 | Antonina Popova | Kazakhstan | 22:59 |
| 69 | Sara Louise Treacy | Ireland | 23:11 |
| 70 | Yamina Mescari | Algeria | 23:14 |
| 71 | Sarah Grahame | Australia | 23:28 |
| 72 | Luciana Viengo | Angola | 23:49 |
| 73 | Chahrazed Bououden | Algeria | 24:01 |
| 74 | Rocio Huillca | Peru | 25:11 |
| 75 | Belen Chaiza | Peru | 25:30 |
| — | Sara Cardona | Spain | DNF |
| — | Arina Korobitskaya | Kyrgyzstan | DNF |
| — | Yuliya Mochalova | Russia | DQ$^†$ |
$^†$: Yuliya Mochalova from Russia finished 24th in 21:03 min, but was disqualified because of doping violations.

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Pauline Korikwiang1 Veronica Wanjiru2 Mercy Kosgei3 Emmy Chepkirui4 (Pamela Chesopich Lisoreng)(8) (Gladys Chemweno)(9) | 10 |
| | Ethiopia Belainesh Zemedkun5 Workitu Ayanu6 Emebt Etea7 Asselefech Assefa11 (Derebe Godan)(21) | 29 |
| | Japan Hitomi Niiya13 Megumi Kinukawa14 Kazue Kojima15 Yuko Nohara16 (Chisato Ozaki)(17) (Aimi Horikoshi)(23) | 58 |
| 4 | Eritrea Merat Bahta12 Elsa Medhanie20 Furtuna Zegergish24 Weini Tedros Tesfay25 | 81 |
| 5 | United Kingdom Sian Edwards10 Stephanie Twell30 Non Stanford36 Danielle Sale37 (Jessica Sparke)(43) (Joanne Harvey)(50) | 113 |
| 6 | United States McKayla Plank31 Erin Bedell34 Kauren Tarver38 Nicole Blood39 (Marie Lawrence)(52) (Madeline McKeever)(67) | 142 |
| 7 | Morocco Aïcha Bani22 Asmae Ghizlane32 Fouzia Majdoubi41 Fatima Ouezzani47 (Houda Regragui)(48) (Majida Maayouf)(59) | 142 |
| 8 | Australia Madeline Heiner18 Lucy Starrat35 Lara Tamsett42 Rachel Green63 (Sarah Grahame)(71) | 158 |
| 9 | Russia Viktoriya Ivanova28 Natalya Starkova33 Natalya Orlova45 Yekaterina Gorbunova62 | 168 |
| 10 | Canada Kate Van Buskirk44 Sheila Reid46 Mandy McBean49 Anita Campbell56 (Lindsay Carson)(58) (Tarah McKay)(61) | 195 |
| 11 | Algeria Aïcha Rezig29 Kheira Belmediouni40 Amina Bettiche65 Yamina Mescari70 (Chahrazed Bououden)(73) | 204 |
| 12 | Peru Karina Villazana53 Rocío Cántara66 Rocio Huillca74 Belen Chaiza75 | 268 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 78 athletes from 25 countries participated in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (5)
* Angola (1)
* Australia (5)
* Belarus (1)
* Canada (6)
* Eritrea (4)
* Ethiopia (5)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Japan (6)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Kenya (6)
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Morocco (6)
* New Zealand (1)
* Peru (4)
* Portugal (1)
* Russia (5)
* Rwanda (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Spain (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (1)