# 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race

The Women's short race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, on April 2, 2006. Reports of 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
### Women's short race (4 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Gelete Burka | Ethiopia | 12:51 |
| | Prisca Ngetich | Kenya | 12:53 |
| | Meselech Melkamu | Ethiopia | 12:54 |
| 4 | Benita Johnson | Australia | 12:55 |
| 5 | Lornah Kiplagat | Netherlands | 12:55 |
| 6 | Beatrice Chepchumba | Kenya | 12:58 |
| 7 | Zhor El Kamch | Morocco | 13:03 |
| 8 | Vivian Cheruiyot | Kenya | 13:10 |
| 9 | Bezunesh Bekele | Ethiopia | 13:10 |
| 10 | Isabella Ochichi | Kenya | 13:11 |
| 11 | Melissa Rollison | Australia | 13:11 |
| 12 | Teyiba Erkesso | Ethiopia | 13:12 |
| 13 | Etalemahu Kidane | Ethiopia | 13:13 |
| 14 | Nancy Wambui | Kenya | 13:13 |
| 15 | Mariem Alaoui Selsouli | Morocco | 13:14 |
| 16 | Olga Komyagina | Russia | 13:16 |
| 17 | Ruhama Shauri | Tanzania | 13:20 |
| 18 | Blake Russell | United States | 13:21 |
| 19 | Malindi Elmore | Canada | 13:21 |
| 20 | Bouchra Chaâbi | Morocco | 13:23 |
| 21 | Kara Goucher | United States | 13:24 |
| 22 | Carmen Douma-Hussar | Canada | 13:25 |
| 23 | Olesya Syreva | Russia | 13:25 |
| 24 | Courtney Babcock | Canada | 13:27 |
| 25 | Anna Thompson | Australia | 13:27 |
| 26 | Sara Bei-Hall | United States | 13:28 |
| 27 | Yelena Sidorchenkova | Russia | 13:32 |
| 28 | Kareema Jasim | Bahrain | 13:33 |
| 29 | Donna MacFarlane | Australia | 13:34 |
| 30 | Yuriko Kobayashi | Japan | 13:34 |
| 31 | Hanane Ouhaddou | Morocco | 13:35 |
| 32 | Dong Xiaoqin | China | 13:35 |
| 33 | Victoria Mitchell | Australia | 13:36 |
| 34 | Carrie Tollefson | United States | 13:36 |
| 35 | Bao Guiying | China | 13:38 |
| 36 | Liliya Shobukhova | Russia | 13:39 |
| 37 | Maryam Jamal | Bahrain | 13:39 |
| 38 | Sarah Schwald | United States | 13:40 |
| 39 | Eloise Wellings | Australia | 13:41 |
| 40 | Pascalina Bombo | Tanzania | 13:42 |
| 41 | Beatrice Rutto | Kenya | 13:42 |
| 42 | María Elena Valencia | Mexico | 13:44 |
| 43 | Sun Wenqin | China | 13:45 |
| 44 | Eleanor Baker | United Kingdom | 13:45 |
| 45 | Simret Sultan | Eritrea | 13:45 |
| 46 | Xi Qiuhong | China | 13:51 |
| 47 | Saïda El Mehdi | Morocco | 13:51 |
| 48 | Anastasiya Starovoytova | Belarus | 13:52 |
| 49 | Angela Rinicella | Italy | 13:52 |
| 50 | Megan Metcalfe | Canada | 13:54 |
| 51 | Zhang Chong | China | 13:54 |
| 52 | Jiang Chengcheng | China | 13:54 |
| 53 | Ayumi Hashimoto | Japan | 13:55 |
| 54 | Zaituni Jumanne | Tanzania | 13:55 |
| 55 | Taiba Waked | Bahrain | 13:55 |
| 56 | Fatima Ayachi | Morocco | 13:56 |
| 57 | Tara Quinn-Smith | Canada | 13:57 |
| 58 | René Kalmer | South Africa | 14:05 |
| 59 | Binnaz Uslu | Turkey | 14:06 |
| 60 | Adelina De Soccio | Italy | 14:07 |
| 61 | Yekaterina Volkova | Russia | 14:07 |
| 62 | Lisa Van Der Merwe | South Africa | 14:07 |
| 63 | Hilarie Dusabimana | Rwanda | 14:07 |
| 64 | Freya Murray | United Kingdom | 14:08 |
| 65 | Lizzy Hall | United Kingdom | 14:08 |
| 66 | Amy Mortimer | United States | 14:10 |
| 67 | Nicolene Van Rooyen | South Africa | 14:12 |
| 68 | Mika Yoshikawa | Japan | 14:21 |
| 69 | Poppy Mlambo | South Africa | 14:22 |
| 70 | Angélique Nibigira | Burundi | 14:23 |
| 71 | Elodie Olivares | France | 14:24 |
| 72 | Violet Raseboya | South Africa | 14:24 |
| 73 | Valeria Rodríguez | Argentina | 14:26 |
| 74 | Chanelle Olivier | South Africa | 14:29 |
| 75 | Rie Takayoshi | Japan | 14:30 |
| 76 | Emeliana Joseph | Tanzania | 14:32 |
| 77 | Minori Hayakari | Japan | 14:33 |
| 78 | Kokob Mehari | Eritrea | 14:41 |
| 79 | Tomoko Ishii | Japan | 14:43 |
| 80 | María Peralta | Argentina | 14:46 |
| 81 | Diana Seigi | Bahrain | 14:51 |
| 82 | Tanice Barnett | Jamaica | 14:59 |
| 83 | Parfaite Nimbona | Burundi | 15:09 |
| 84 | Nadia Rodríguez | Argentina | 15:11 |
| 85 | Carina Allay | Argentina | 15:18 |
| 86 | Merrecia James | Jamaica | 15:35 |
| 87 | Tanica Thomas | Jamaica | 15:39 |
| 88 | Ziyodahon Abdullaeva | Uzbekistan | 15:44 |
| 89 | Kavita Raut | India | 16:21 |
| 90 | Marina Khmelevskaya | Uzbekistan | 16:32 |
| 91 | Nadine Henry | Jamaica | 16:56 |
| — | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Ethiopia Gelete Burka1 Meselech Melkamu3 Bezunesh Bekele9 Teyiba Erkesso12 (Etalemahu Kidane)(13) (Tirunesh Dibaba)(DNF) | 25 |
| | Kenya Prisca Ngetich2 Beatrice Chepchumba6 Vivian Cheruiyot8 Isabella Ochichi10 (Nancy Wambui)(14) (Beatrice Rutto)(41) | 26 |
| | Australia Benita Johnson4 Melissa Rollison11 Anna Thompson25 Donna MacFarlane29 (Victoria Mitchell)(33) (Eloise Wellings)(39) | 69 |
| 4 | Morocco Zhor El Kamch7 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli15 Bouchra Chaâbi20 Hanane Ouhaddou31 (Saïda El Mehdi)(47) (Fatima Ayachi)(56) | 73 |
| 5 | United States Blake Russell18 Kara Goucher21 Sara Bei-Hall26 Carrie Tollefson34 (Sarah Schwald)(38) (Amy Mortimer)(66) | 99 |
| 6 | Russia Olga Komyagina16 Olesya Syreva23 Yelena Sidorchenkova27 Liliya Shobukhova36 (Yekaterina Volkova)(61) | 102 |
| 7 | Canada Malindi Elmore19 Carmen Douma-Hussar22 Courtney Babcock24 Megan Metcalfe50 (Tara Quinn-Smith)(57) | 115 |
| 8 | China Dong Xiaoqin32 Bao Guiying35 Sun Wenqin43 Xi Qiuhong46 (Zhang Chong)(51) (Jiang Chengcheng)(52) | 156 |
| 9 | Tanzania Ruhama Shauri17 Pascalina Bombo40 Zaituni Jumanne54 Emeliana Joseph76 | 187 |
| 10 | Bahrain Kareema Jasim28 Maryam Jamal37 Taiba Waked55 Diana Seigi81 | 201 |
| 11 | Japan Yuriko Kobayashi30 Ayumi Hashimoto53 Mika Yoshikawa68 Rie Takayoshi75 (Minori Hayakari)(77) (Tomoko Ishii)(79) | 226 |
| 12 | South Africa René Kalmer58 Lisa Van Der Merwe62 Nicolene Van Rooyen67 Poppy Mlambo69 (Violet Raseboya)(72) (Chanelle Olivier)(74) | 256 |
| 13 | Argentina Valeria Rodríguez73 María Peralta80 Nadia Rodríguez84 Carina Allay85 | 322 |
| 14 | Jamaica Tanice Barnett82 Merrecia James86 Tanica Thomas87 Nadine Henry91 | 346 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 92 athletes from 26 countries participated in the Women's short race.
* Argentina (4)
* Australia (6)
* Bahrain (4)
* Belarus (1)
* Burundi (2)
* Canada (5)
* China (6)
* Eritrea (2)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (1)
* India (1)
* Italy (2)
* Jamaica (4)
* Japan (6)
* Kenya (6)
* Mexico (1)
* Morocco (6)
* Netherlands (1)
* Russia (5)
* Rwanda (1)
* South Africa (6)
* Tanzania (4)
* Turkey (1)
* United Kingdom (3)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (2)