# 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, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.
Complete results for individuals, for junior women's teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part 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.

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Ethiopia Worknesh Kidane1 Hareg Sidelil4 Merima Hashim6 Elvan Abeye9 (Hirut Abera)(14) (Bezunesh Bekele)(34) | 20 |
| | Kenya Vivian Cheruiyot2 Pamela Kiyara8 Flomena Cheyech10 Jackline Chemwok11 (Elizabeth Rumokol)(12) (Deborah Chepkorir)(16) | 31 |
| | Japan Yoshiko Fujinaga3 Naoko Sakata5 Yoshiko Watanabe18 Rina Fujioka20 (Kazuko Kanno)(24) (Hiromi Fujii)(27) | 46 |
| 4 | South Africa Linda Roets19 Yolandi Neuhoff22 Lize-Mari Venter23 Tonia Carstens28 (René Kalmer)(41) (Letitia Pheleu)(99) | 92 |
| 5 | Zimbabwe Jane Makombe17 Sikulile Sibanda38 Siphuluwazi Sibindi40 Lucy Siwela48 (Swata Muchaneta)(76) | 143 |
| 6 | United States Erin Sullivan21 Ashley Labudde42 Caroline Annis52 Cheryl Smith55 (Dana Boyle)(66) (Sara Gorton)(73) | 170$^†$ |
| 7 | Algeria Fouzia Zoutat36 Kenza Dahmani43 Nassira Taibi45 Saloua Hassani49 (Fatiha Bahi)(50) (Mebarka Zellit)(72) | 173$^†$ |
| 8 | Russia Yelena Samokhvalova29 Tatyana Gerasimova31 Lina Usmanova39 Alessia Lutskovskaya75 | 174$^†$ |
| 9 | Finland Minna Myllykoski25 Tuula Laitinen44 Minna Nummela51 Riina Tolonen59 | 179$^†$ |
| 10 | Turkey Sibel Özyurt33 Türkan Erişmiş35 Tezeta Sürekli46 Ayfer Yigit81 (Gülten Öztürk)(96) | 195$^†$ |
| 11 | Morocco Hanane Ouhaddou26 Malika Mejdoub54 Sultana Aït Hammou56 Latifa El Mekkaoui70 (Malika Asahssah)(DNF) | 206$^†$ |
| 12 | Spain Irene Alfonso53 Rosana Fernández58 Ana Castro62 Cristina Alvarez63 (Gemma Masnou)(92) (Sonia Bejarano)(106) | 236 |
| 13 | United Kingdom Caroline Walsh47 Louise Kelly64 Emma Ward67 Claire Colmer80 (Susan Partridge)(89) (Alex Carter)(102) | 258 |
| 14 | Canada Tara Struyk60 Emily Kroshus65 Jennifer Handley74 Émilie Mondor101 (Emily Tallen)(105) (Megan Metcalfe)(111) | 300 |
| 15 | Ireland Ann-Marie Larkin61 Caroline Daly69 Mary Cullen91 Deirdre Byrne95 (Aoife Byrne)(97) (Ciara Broe)(103) | 316 |
| 16 | Italy Federica Dal Ri87 Anna Incerti90 Sara Berti104 Luana Pocorobba110 | 391 |
| 17 | Belarus Natalya Razhkova84 Krystina Kirova94 Irina Ryzhkova108 Anastasiya Padalinskaya109 | 395 |
| 18 | Colombia Claudia Ramirez88 Martha Ronceria100 Andrea Nieto114 Claudia Barajas115 | 417 |
| 19 | India Amarjit Kaur107 Swathi Gurnule112 Jisha Thomas113 Kalpana Morey117 | 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.

## 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.
* 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)