# 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

The Junior women's race at the 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Aix-les-Bains, France, at the Hippodrome de Marlioz on March 25, 1990. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.
Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Race results
### Junior women's race (4.4 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Liu Shixiang | China | 14:19 |
| | Yan Qinglan | China | 14:20 |
| | Susan Chepkemei | Kenya | 14:22 |
| 4 | Caroline Kwambai | Kenya | 14:23 |
| 5 | Lina Chesire | Kenya | 14:25 |
| 6 | Tamara Salomon | Canada | 14:27 |
| 7 | Malin Ewerlöf | Sweden | 14:30 |
| 8 | Ann Mwangi | Kenya | 14:30 |
| 9 | Minori Hayakari | Japan | 14:32 |
| 10 | Shiki Terasaki | Japan | 14:35 |
| 11 | Yumi Osaki | Japan | 14:35 |
| 12 | Melody Fairchild | United States | 14:37 |
| 13 | Jane Ekimat | Kenya | 14:37 |
| 14 | Natsue Koikawa | Japan | 14:39 |
| 15 | Janeth Caizalitín | Ecuador | 14:43 |
| 16 | Tegla Loroupe | Kenya | 14:49 |
| 17 | Zhor El Kamch | Morocco | 14:49 |
| 18 | Makiko Okamoto | Japan | 14:54 |
| 19 | Brynhild Synstnes | Norway | 14:55 |
| 20 | Dorothy Mambrue | Zambia | 14:55 |
| 21 | Sandra Ruales | Ecuador | 14:56 |
| 22 | Alice Chanda | Zambia | 14:57 |
| 23 | Jamie Park | United States | 14:57 |
| 24 | Carmen Naranjo | Ecuador | 15:00 |
| 25 | Yelena Zhilkina | Soviet Union | 15:00 |
| 26 | Soledad Nieto | Ecuador | 15:01 |
| 27 | Liu Xian | China | 15:01 |
| 28 | Mihaela Ciu | Romania | 15:02 |
| 29 | Andrea Whitcombe | United Kingdom | 15:02 |
| 30 | Hozumi Otani | Japan | 15:02 |
| 31 | Najat Ouali | Morocco | 15:03 |
| 32 | Simona Staicu | Romania | 15:04 |
| 33 | Andrea Duke | United Kingdom | 15:04 |
| 34 | Natalya Galushko | Soviet Union | 15:05 |
| 35 | María Isabel Martinez | Spain | 15:06 |
| 36 | Maria Silvia Pili | Italy | 15:07 |
| 37 | Ana Gimeno | Spain | 15:08 |
| 38 | Liu Yianying | China | 15:09 |
| 39 | Inna Kozina | Soviet Union | 15:09 |
| 40 | Carla Sacramento | Portugal | 15:12 |
| 41 | Gillian Stacey | United Kingdom | 15:15 |
| 42 | Hayley Haining | United Kingdom | 15:16 |
| 43 | Beni Gras | Canada | 15:16 |
| 44 | Anikó Javos | Hungary | 15:19 |
| 45 | Maria Luisa Madera | Spain | 15:21 |
| 46 | Li Libin | China | 15:23 |
| 47 | Andrea Bertoia | Canada | 15:23 |
| 48 | Paola Cabrera | Mexico | 15:23 |
| 49 | Yelena Susina | Soviet Union | 15:24 |
| 50 | Malika El Habti | Morocco | 15:25 |
| 51 | Nathalie Braem | France | 15:26 |
| 52 | Jennifer Armstrong | Canada | 15:27 |
| 53 | Ana Nanu | Romania | 15:28 |
| 54 | Fabia Trabaldo | Italy | 15:29 |
| 55 | Rachida Benmansour | Morocco | 15:30 |
| 56 | Patricia Lossouarn | France | 15:31 |
| 57 | Norma Torres | Ecuador | 15:33 |
| 58 | Louise Watson | United Kingdom | 15:37 |
| 59 | Kathy Butler | Canada | 15:38 |
| 60 | Kerry Mackay | United Kingdom | 15:39 |
| 61 | Miriam Achote | Ecuador | 15:40 |
| 62 | Carmen Fülop | Romania | 15:41 |
| 63 | Ingeborg Huijssen | Belgium | 15:42 |
| 64 | Renata Kuleta | Poland | 15:42 |
| 65 | Ursula Jeitzinger | Switzerland | 15:43 |
| 66 | Svenja Lütje | West Germany | 15:44 |
| 67 | Ursula Friedmann | West Germany | 15:44 |
| 68 | Mónika Tóth | Hungary | 15:45 |
| 69 | Marina Nascimento | Brazil | 15:45 |
| 70 | Amina Maanaoui | Morocco | 15:46 |
| 71 | Simona Viola | Italy | 15:49 |
| 72 | Deena Drossin | United States | 15:49 |
| 73 | Irina Volynskaya | Soviet Union | 15:51 |
| 74 | Celine Martin | France | 15:52 |
| 75 | Fátima Cabral | Portugal | 15:53 |
| 76 | Josefina Gutierrez | Spain | 15:54 |
| 77 | Yolanda Vidal | Spain | 15:55 |
| 78 | Szilvia Csoszánszky | Hungary | 15:55 |
| 79 | Renáta Fülöp | Hungary | 15:56 |
| 80 | Teresa Ferreira | Portugal | 15:56 |
| 81 | Carla Azeitero | Portugal | 15:57 |
| 82 | Stela Apetre | Romania | 15:58 |
| 83 | Francoise Nemry | Belgium | 15:59 |
| 84 | Elzbieta Konak | Poland | 16:00 |
| 85 | Valerie Collignon | Belgium | 16:00 |
| 86 | Carolina Matteucci | Italy | 16:01 |
| 87 | Marie France Barreiro | Spain | 16:04 |
| 88 | Christine Stief | West Germany | 16:07 |
| 89 | Helene Gilliet | France | 16:08 |
| 90 | Rebecca Spies | United States | 16:09 |
| 91 | Marta Kosmowska | Poland | 16:10 |
| 92 | Gaëlle Houitte | France | 16:12 |
| 93 | Meghan O'Brian | Canada | 16:12 |
| 94 | Nathalie Deroubaix | Belgium | 16:13 |
| 95 | Vidya Deoghare | India | 16:14 |
| 96 | Shelly Smathers | United States | 16:16 |
| 97 | Caroline McLoughlin | Ireland | 16:19 |
| 98 | Ornella Brion | Italy | 16:19 |
| 99 | Shubangi Kadan | India | 16:20 |
| 100 | Rebecca Werneck | Brazil | 16:20 |
| 101 | Anna Brzezińska | Poland | 16:21 |
| 102 | Vanessa Molloy | Ireland | 16:23 |
| 103 | Viktória Barta | Hungary | 16:25 |
| 104 | Marina Bastos | Portugal | 16:26 |
| 105 | Amy Giblin | United States | 16:27 |
| 106 | Patricia Jossot | France | 16:27 |
| 107 | Petra Krodinger | West Germany | 16:28 |
| 108 | Barbara Stewart | Jamaica | 16:37 |
| 109 | Ana Costa | Portugal | 16:38 |
| 110 | Andrea Tschopp | Switzerland | 16:39 |
| 111 | Peggy van Eeckhoudt | Belgium | 16:40 |
| 112 | Glynnis Lynch | Ireland | 16:50 |
| 113 | Suzie Bent | Jamaica | 16:51 |
| 114 | Bhageerathi Bille | India | 16:52 |
| 115 | Faith Dawkins | Jamaica | 16:58 |
| 116 | Christina Geoghegan | Ireland | 16:59 |
| 117 | Maria Carla Pagano | Italy | 17:02 |
| 118 | Annick van Daele | Belgium | 17:09 |
| 119 | Emer Molloy | Ireland | 17:25 |
| 120 | Vaishali Khamker | India | 17:39 |
| 121 | Myrsel Chambers | Jamaica | 18:04 |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Susan Chepkemei3 Caroline Kwambai4 Lina Chesire5 Ann Mwangi8 (Jane Ekimat)(13) (Tegla Loroupe)(16) | 20 |
| | Japan Minori Hayakari9 Shiki Terasaki10 Yumi Osaki11 Natsue Koikawa14 (Makiko Okamoto)(18) (Hozumi Otani)(30) | 44 |
| | China Liu Shixiang1 Yan Qinglan2 Liu Xian27 Liu Yianying38 (Li Libin)(46) | 68 |
| 4 | Ecuador Janeth Caizalitín15 Sandra Ruales21 Carmen Naranjo24 Soledad Nieto26 (Norma Torres)(57) (Miriam Achote)(61) | 86 |
| 5 | United Kingdom Andrea Whitcombe29 Andrea Duke33 Gillian Stacey41 Hayley Haining42 (Louise Watson)(58) (Kerry Mackay)(60) | 145 |
| 6 | Soviet Union Yelena Zhilkina25 Natalya Galushko34 Inna Kozina39 Yelena Susina49 (Irina Volynskaya)(73) | 147 |
| 7 | Canada Tamara Salomon6 Beni Gras43 Andrea Bertoia47 Jennifer Armstrong52 (Kathy Butler)(59) (Meghan O'Brian)(93) | 148 |
| 8 | Morocco Zhor El Kamch17 Najat Ouali31 Malika El Habti50 Rachida Benmansour55 (Amina Maanaoui)(70) | 153 |
| 9 | Romania Mihaela Ciu28 Simona Staicu32 Ana Nanu53 Carmen Fülop62 (Stela Apetre)(82) | 175 |
| 10 | Spain María Isabel Martinez35 Ana Gimeno37 Maria Luisa Madera45 Josefina Gutierrez76 (Yolanda Vidal)(77) (Marie France Barreiro)(87) | 193 |
| 11 | United States Melody Fairchild12 Jamie Park23 Deena Drossin72 Rebecca Spies90 (Shelly Smathers)(96) (Amy Giblin)(105) | 197 |
| 12 | Italy Maria Silvia Pili36 Fabia Trabaldo54 Simona Viola71 Carolina Matteucci86 (Ornella Brion)(98) (Maria Carla Pagano)(117) | 247 |
| 13 | Hungary Anikó Javos44 Mónika Tóth68 Szilvia Csoszánszky78 Renáta Fülöp79 (Viktória Barta)(103) | 269 |
| 14 | France Nathalie Braem51 Patricia Lossouarn56 Celine Martin74 Helene Gilliet89 (Gaëlle Houitte)(92) (Patricia Jossot)(106) | 270 |
| 15 | Portugal Carla Sacramento40 Fátima Cabral75 Teresa Ferreira80 Carla Azeitero81 (Marina Bastos)(104) (Ana Costa)(109) | 276 |
| 16 | Belgium Ingeborg Huijssen63 Francoise Nemry83 Valerie Collignon85 Nathalie Deroubaix94 (Peggy van Eeckhoudt)(111) (Annick van Daele)(118) | 325 |
| 17 | West Germany Svenja Lütje66 Ursula Friedmann67 Christine Stief88 Petra Krodinger107 | 328 |
| 18 | Poland Renata Kuleta64 Elzbieta Konak84 Marta Kosmowska91 Anna Brzezińska101 | 340 |
| 19 | Ireland Caroline McLoughlin97 Vanessa Molloy102 Glynnis Lynch112 Christina Geoghegan116 (Emer Molloy)(119) | 427 |
| 20 | India Vidya Deoghare95 Shubangi Kadan99 Bhageerathi Bille114 Vaishali Khamker120 | 428 |
| 21 | Jamaica Barbara Stewart108 Suzie Bent113 Faith Dawkins115 Myrsel Chambers121 | 457 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 121 athletes from 27 countries in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Belgium (6)
* Brazil (2)
* Canada (6)
* China (5)
* Ecuador (6)
* France (6)
* Hungary (5)
* India (4)
* Ireland (5)
* Italy (6)
* Jamaica (4)
* Japan (6)
* Kenya (6)
* Mexico (1)
* Morocco (5)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (4)
* Portugal (6)
* Romania (5)
* Soviet Union (5)
* Spain (6)
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (2)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* West Germany (4)
* Zambia (2)