# 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

The Junior women's race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Leopardstown Racecourse near Dublin, Ireland, on March 23, 2002. Reports on the event were given in The New York Times, in the 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 (5.962 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Viola Kibiwott | Kenya | 20:13 |
| | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | 20:14 |
| | Vivian Cheruiyot | Kenya | 20:22 |
| 4 | Fridah Domongole | Kenya | 20:23 |
| 5 | Peninah Chepchumba | Kenya | 20:24 |
| 6 | Bezunesh Bekele | Ethiopia | 20:34 |
| 7 | Mestawat Tufa | Ethiopia | 20:40 |
| 8 | Snezana Kostic | Yugoslavia | 20:43 |
| 9 | Melissa Rollison | Australia | 20:50 |
| 10 | Sharon Cherop | Kenya | 20:53 |
| 11 | Yenealem Ayano | Ethiopia | 20:59 |
| 12 | Valentine Koech | Kenya | 21:03 |
| 13 | Meseret Defar | Ethiopia | 21:06 |
| 14 | Emi Ikeda | Japan | 21:16 |
| 15 | Derbe Ayele | Ethiopia | 21:18 |
| 16 | Zubeda Gussi | Tanzania | 21:20 |
| 17 | Erika Odlaug | United States | 21:23 |
| 18 | Irvette van Blerk | South Africa | 21:30 |
| 19 | Farida Gusi | Tanzania | 21:35 |
| 20 | Joanna Wall | Australia | 21:36 |
| 21 | Chiaki Iwamoto | Japan | 21:43 |
| 22 | Galina Ignatyeva | Russia | 21:44 |
| 23 | Lemlem Bereket | Eritrea | 21:49 |
| 24 | Mika Matsumoto | Japan | 21:50 |
| 25 | Mariem Alaoui Selsouli | Morocco | 21:50 |
| 26 | Olga Minina | Belarus | 21:52 |
| 27 | Aleisha Anderson | Australia | 21:56 |
| 28 | Gwendoline Despres | France | 21:59 |
| 29 | Maria Cicero | United States | 21:59 |
| 30 | Adrienne Herzog | Netherlands | 22:00 |
| 31 | Charlotte Dale | United Kingdom | 22:01 |
| 32 | Ayumi Hashimoto | Japan | 22:01 |
| 33 | Galina Yegorova | Russia | 22:03 |
| 34 | Chantel Bartleman | South Africa | 22:03 |
| 35 | Anne Gauthier | France | 22:03 |
| 36 | Valerie Lauver | United States | 22:06 |
| 37 | Alba García | Spain | 22:07 |
| 38 | Amparo Menéndez | Spain | 22:07 |
| 39 | Marina Ivanova | Russia | 22:07 |
| 40 | Nicole Lee | United States | 22:10 |
| 41 | Nancy Frouin | France | 22:11 |
| 42 | Yuliya Stashkiv | Ukraine | 22:11 |
| 43 | Sara Bei | United States | 22:12 |
| 44 | Silvia La Barbera | Italy | 22:14 |
| 45 | Henrietta Freeman | United Kingdom | 22:15 |
| 46 | Faye Fullerton | United Kingdom | 22:16 |
| 47 | Kathryn Andersen | United States | 22:16 |
| 48 | Chahrazad Cheboub | Algeria | 22:19 |
| 49 | Misaki Katsumata | Japan | 22:20 |
| 50 | Simret Sultan | Eritrea | 22:24 |
| 51 | Clare McKechnie | Australia | 22:26 |
| 52 | Tatyana Petrova | Russia | 22:26 |
| 53 | Jessica Nugent | United Kingdom | 22:27 |
| 54 | Fatiha Bahi | Algeria | 22:37 |
| 55 | Isabel Macías | Spain | 22:42 |
| 56 | Nthatuda Semanama | Lesotho | 22:44 |
| 57 | Simret Asmerom | Eritrea | 22:48 |
| 58 | Lebogang Phalula | South Africa | 22:52 |
| 59 | Olga Kryvyak | Ukraine | 22:53 |
| 60 | Viktoriya Zuyeva | Russia | 22:54 |
| 61 | Sharon Tavengwa | Zimbabwe | 22:58 |
| 62 | Noura Cheffara | Algeria | 23:00 |
| 63 | Freya Murray | United Kingdom | 23:01 |
| 64 | María Elena Valencia | Mexico | 23:03 |
| 65 | Rosemary Grosso | Italy | 23:05 |
| 66 | Asmara Gebrezghi | Eritrea | 23:07 |
| 67 | Yuliya Ruban | Ukraine | 23:09 |
| 68 | Lisa Dobriskey | United Kingdom | 23:10 |
| 69 | Maria Carbo | Spain | 23:15 |
| 70 | Eleonora Riga | Italy | 23:19 |
| 71 | Sónia Fernandes | Portugal | 23:20 |
| 72 | Fionnuala Britton | Ireland | 23:21 |
| 73 | Elodie Mené | France | 23:22 |
| 74 | Saloua Hassani | Algeria | 23:22 |
| 75 | Seham El Agizy | Egypt | 23:22 |
| 76 | Evelien Hofmans | Belgium | 23:27 |
| 77 | Anastasiya Pustarnakova | Belarus | 23:30 |
| 78 | Erica Lombardi | Italy | 23:31 |
| 79 | Fadhila Cheffara | Algeria | 23:32 |
| 80 | Belén Iñigo | Spain | 23:33 |
| 81 | Tetyana Filonyuk | Ukraine | 23:35 |
| 82 | Mélanie Veron | France | 23:40 |
| 83 | Lindsay Laltoo | Canada | 23:41 |
| 84 | Chanelle Olivier | South Africa | 23:49 |
| 85 | Kirsten Braem | Belgium | 23:57 |
| 86 | Caitlin Malone | Canada | 23:59 |
| 87 | Linda Byrne | Ireland | 24:15 |
| 88 | Miek Vyncke | Belgium | 24:17 |
| 89 | Michelle Gallagher | Ireland | 24:21 |
| 90 | Estela Alhambra | Spain | 24:24 |
| 91 | Natalie Rogers | Canada | 24:27 |
| 92 | Sara Abou Hassan | Egypt | 24:28 |
| 93 | Yyldyz Durdiyeva | Turkmenistan | 24:31 |
| 94 | Alyson Kohlmeier | Canada | 24:39 |
| 95 | Ana Rosa Fuentes | Mexico | 24:46 |
| 96 | Marijke Jacobs | Belgium | 24:47 |
| 97 | Jessica Crate | Canada | 24:52 |
| 98 | Irina Moroz | Uzbekistan | 25:02 |
| 99 | Kristina Medyanskaya | Uzbekistan | 25:05 |
| 100 | Lisa Coohill | Ireland | 25:26 |
| 101 | Ava Hutchinson | Ireland | 25:35 |
| 102 | Anna Sidorova | Uzbekistan | 25:39 |
| 103 | Veronika Kirgizbayeva | Uzbekistan | 25:41 |
| 104 | Anke van Campen | Belgium | 25:49 |
| 105 | Ashling Baker | Ireland | 25:53 |
| 106 | Sharon Soussi | Gibraltar | 27:44 |
| 107 | Shakeina Bush | Cayman Islands | 32:26 |
| 108 | Christel Arnold | South Africa | 33:07 |
| — | Samira Afettouche | Algeria | DNF |
| — | Manuela Fadda | Italy | DNF |
| — | Amanda Kohlmeier | Canada | DNS |
| — | Kazue Awai | Japan | DNS |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Viola Kibiwott1 Vivian Cheruiyot3 Fridah Domongole4 Peninah Chepchumba5 (Sharon Cherop)(n/s) (Valentine Koech)(n/s) | 13 |
| | Ethiopia Tirunesh Dibaba2 Bezunesh Bekele6 Mestawat Tufa7 Yenealem Ayano9 (Meseret Defar)(n/s) (Derbe Ayele)(n/s) | 24 |
| | Japan Emi Ikeda10 Chiaki Iwamoto14 Mika Matsumoto17 Ayumi Hashimoto22 (Misaki Katsumata)(n/s) | 63 |
| 4 | Australia Melissa Rollison8 Joanna Wall13 Aleisha Anderson18 Clare McKechnie38 | 77 |
| 5 | United States Erika Odlaug11 Maria Cicero20 Valerie Lauver26 Nicole Lee30 (Sara Bei)(n/s) (Kathryn Andersen)(n/s) | 87 |
| 6 | Russia Galina Ignatyeva15 Galina Yegorova23 Marina Ivanova29 Tatyana Petrova39 (Viktoriya Zuyeva)(n/s) | 106 |
| 7 | France Gwendoline Despres19 Anne Gauthier25 Nancy Frouin31 Elodie Mené53 (Mélanie Veron)(n/s) | 128 |
| 8 | United Kingdom Charlotte Dale21 Henrietta Freeman34 Faye Fullerton35 Jessica Nugent40 (Freya Murray)(n/s) (Lisa Dobriskey)(n/s) | 130 |
| 9 | South Africa Irvette van Blerk12 Chantel Bartleman24 Lebogang Phalula44 Chanelle Olivier59 (Christel Arnold)(n/s) | 139 |
| 10 | Eritrea Lemlem Bereket16 Simret Sultan37 Simret Asmerom43 Asmara Gebrezghi48 | 144 |
| 11 | Spain Alba García27 Amparo Menéndez28 Isabel Macías42 Maria Carbo50 (Belén Iñigo)(n/s) (Estela Alhambra)(n/s) | 147 |
| 12 | Algeria Chahrazad Cheboub36 Fatiha Bahi41 Noura Cheffara46 Saloua Hassani54 (Fadhila Cheffara)(n/s) (Samira Afettouche)(DNF) | 177 |
| 13 | Ukraine Yuliya Stashkiv32 Olga Kryvyak45 Yuliya Ruban49 Tetyana Filonyuk57 | 183 |
| 14 | Italy Silvia La Barbera33 Rosemary Grosso47 Eleonora Riga51 Erica Lombardi56 (Manuela Fadda)(DNF) | 187 |
| 15 | Belgium Evelien Hofmans55 Kirsten Braem60 Miek Vyncke63 Marijke Jacobs67 (Anke van Campen)(n/s) | 245 |
| 16 | Ireland Fionnuala Britton52 Linda Byrne62 Michelle Gallagher64 Lisa Coohill70 (Ava Hutchinson)(n/s) (Ashling Baker)(n/s) | 248 |
| 17 | Canada Lindsay Laltoo58 Caitlin Malone61 Natalie Rogers65 Alyson Kohlmeier66 (Jessica Crate)(n/s) | 250 |
| 18 | Uzbekistan Irina Moroz68 Kristina Medyanskaya69 Anna Sidorova71 Veronika Kirgizbayeva72 | 280 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 110 athletes from 31 countries participated in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (6)
* Australia (4)
* Belarus (2)
* Belgium (5)
* Canada (5)
* Cayman Islands (1)
* Egypt (2)
* Eritrea (4)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (5)
* Gibraltar (1)
* Ireland (6)
* Italy (5)
* Japan (5)
* Kenya (6)
* Lesotho (1)
* Mexico (2)
* Morocco (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Russia (5)
* South Africa (5)
* Spain (6)
* Tanzania (2)
* Turkmenistan (1)
* Ukraine (4)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (4)
* Yugoslavia (1)
* Zimbabwe (1)