# 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

The Junior women's race at the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend (Oostende), Belgium, on March 24, 2001. 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 (5.9 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Viola Kibiwott | Kenya | 22:05 |
| | Abebech Nigussie | Ethiopia | 22:05 |
| | Aster Bacha | Ethiopia | 22:05 |
| 4 | Vivian Cheruiyot | Kenya | 22:06 |
| 5 | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | 22:08 |
| 6 | Tereza Yohanes | Ethiopia | 22:10 |
| 7 | Fridah Domongole | Kenya | 22:12 |
| 8 | Sally Kipyego | Kenya | 22:22 |
| 9 | Peninah Chepchumba | Kenya | 22:24 |
| 10 | Mestawat Tufa | Ethiopia | 22:24 |
| 11 | Naoko Sakata | Japan | 22:36 |
| 12 | Christine Kalmer | South Africa | 22:45 |
| 13 | Tomomi Tagao | Japan | 22:46 |
| 14 | Melissa Rollison | Australia | 22:52 |
| 15 | Anna Ndege | Tanzania | 22:53 |
| 16 | Alice Timbilil | Kenya | 22:54 |
| 17 | Emi Ikeda | Japan | 23:00 |
| 18 | Mika Matsumoto | Japan | 23:15 |
| 19 | Georgie Clarke | Australia | 23:21 |
| 20 | Simret Sultan | Eritrea | 23:24 |
| 21 | Ruth McDonnell | Australia | 23:25 |
| 22 | Elvan Can | Turkey | 23:30 |
| 23 | Emma Ward | United Kingdom | 23:31 |
| 24 | Lina Usmanova | Russia | 23:34 |
| 25 | Mikayo Udo | Japan | 23:36 |
| 26 | Lauren King | Canada | 23:37 |
| 27 | Diane Nukuri | Burundi | 23:37 |
| 28 | Christel Arnold | South Africa | 23:44 |
| 29 | Samira Afettouche | Algeria | 23:44 |
| 30 | Inga Abitova | Russia | 23:45 |
| 31 | Trish Nolan | Canada | 23:47 |
| 32 | Louise Damen | United Kingdom | 23:48 |
| 33 | Fatiha Bahi | Algeria | 23:52 |
| 34 | Maria Yohana Amosi | Tanzania | 23:53 |
| 35 | Hiromi Koga | Japan | 23:55 |
| 36 | Mieke Geens | Belgium | 23:58 |
| 37 | Lize-Mari Venter | South Africa | 23:59 |
| 38 | Collette Fagan | United Kingdom | 24:02 |
| 39 | Simret Asmerom | Eritrea | 24:09 |
| 40 | Evelien Hofmans | Belgium | 24:10 |
| 41 | Tatyana Petrova | Russia | 24:11 |
| 42 | Alicia Craig | United States | 24:12 |
| 43 | Birgül Özcan | Turkey | 24:15 |
| 44 | Julie Coulaud | France | 24:16 |
| 45 | Jane Makombe | Zimbabwe | 24:16 |
| 46 | Elodie Mené | France | 24:17 |
| 47 | Laura Zeigle | United States | 24:17 |
| 48 | Faye Fullerton | United Kingdom | 24:18 |
| 49 | Eleonora Riga | Italy | 24:21 |
| 50 | Isabel Macías | Spain | 24:21 |
| 51 | Fiona Crombie | New Zealand | 24:22 |
| 52 | Amparo Menéndez | Spain | 24:22 |
| 53 | Joanna Wall | Australia | 24:23 |
| 54 | Linda Hadjar | France | 24:29 |
| 55 | Lakshmaiah Manjula | India | 24:29 |
| 56 | Alba García | Spain | 24:29 |
| 57 | Beatrice Lanza | Italy | 24:30 |
| 58 | Saloua Hassani | Algeria | 24:33 |
| 59 | Lynelle Blignaut | South Africa | 24:33 |
| 60 | Francesca Smiderle | Italy | 24:34 |
| 61 | Victoria Chang | United States | 24:37 |
| 62 | Elizabeth Lilley | United Kingdom | 24:41 |
| 63 | Matirinta Mota | Lesotho | 24:43 |
| 64 | Eden Tesfalem | Eritrea | 24:43 |
| 65 | Alisha Williams | United States | 24:45 |
| 66 | Henrietta Freeman | United Kingdom | 24:45 |
| 67 | Arzu Berk | Turkey | 24:50 |
| 68 | Ljiljana Culibrk | Croatia | 24:50 |
| 69 | Marina Ivanova | Russia | 24:51 |
| 70 | Dulce Félix | Portugal | 24:53 |
| 71 | Lebogang Phalula | South Africa | 24:56 |
| 72 | Alicia González | Spain | 24:58 |
| 73 | Michelle Carson | Canada | 25:00 |
| 74 | Emily Blakeslee | United States | 25:01 |
| 75 | Valeria Marinoni | Italy | 25:01 |
| 76 | Türkan Erişmiş | Turkey | 25:01 |
| 77 | Nadia Rodríguez | Argentina | 25:02 |
| 78 | Seham El Agizy | Egypt | 25:02 |
| 79 | Rosemary Grosso | Italy | 25:04 |
| 80 | Carol Henry | Canada | 25:09 |
| 81 | Meriem Benzerga | Algeria | 25:10 |
| 82 | Megan Metcalfe | Canada | 25:10 |
| 83 | Preda Sreedharan | India | 25:12 |
| 84 | Widad Mendil | Algeria | 25:14 |
| 85 | Nagamani Basa | India | 25:14 |
| 86 | Pilar Mendoza | Spain | 25:16 |
| 87 | Patricia Lobo | Brazil | 25:20 |
| 88 | Lesley Shannon | Ireland | 25:24 |
| 89 | Lies Delameilleure | Belgium | 25:25 |
| 90 | Sónia Fernandes | Portugal | 25:31 |
| 91 | Agnès Portier | France | 25:33 |
| 92 | Karina Pérez | Mexico | 25:36 |
| 93 | Yuliya Alyoshina | Turkmenistan | 25:38 |
| 94 | Natalya Alekseyeva | Belarus | 25:38 |
| 95 | Daphrose Ndayikunda | Burundi | 25:40 |
| 96 | Belén Iñigo | Spain | 25:42 |
| 97 | Anne Gauthier | France | 25:46 |
| 98 | Fionnuala Britton | Ireland | 25:46 |
| 99 | Ann Schreurs | Belgium | 25:50 |
| 100 | Natallia Yakhimovich | Belarus | 25:51 |
| 101 | Michelle de la Vina | United States | 25:56 |
| 102 | Sophie Christiaens | Belgium | 25:59 |
| 103 | Eliane Pereira | Brazil | 25:59 |
| 104 | Karina Córdoba | Argentina | 25:59 |
| 105 | Sara Abou Hassan | Egypt | 26:12 |
| 106 | Dimple Naidu | India | 26:19 |
| 107 | Doaa Adel | Egypt | 26:20 |
| 108 | Michaela Lynn | Ireland | 26:20 |
| 109 | Shaimaa Ibrahim | Egypt | 26:35 |
| 110 | Ava Hutchinson | Ireland | 26:40 |
| 111 | Irene González | Mexico | 26:40 |
| 112 | Stephanie Hirtle | Canada | 26:46 |
| 113 | Zulma Morabes | Argentina | 26:52 |
| 114 | Gizelle de Castro | Brazil | 27:07 |
| 115 | Alena Kutskevich | Belarus | 27:18 |
| 116 | Yuliya Krepina | Uzbekistan | 27:30 |
| 117 | Ana Rosa Fuentes | Mexico | 28:19 |
| 118 | Lemlem Bereket | Eritrea | 28:33 |
| 119 | Gulya Imomova | Uzbekistan | 28:34 |
| 120 | Svetlana Barkalova | Uzbekistan | 28:43 |
| 121 | Jorgelina Litterini | Argentina | 29:01 |
| 122 | Svetlana Mansurova | Uzbekistan | 30:04 |
| 123 | Dinara Nerziyeva | Turkmenistan | 30:51 |
| — | Wahiba Ifftissen | Algeria | DNF |
| — | Natallia Tsyvaka | Belarus | DNF |
| — | Tatiane Sá | Brazil | DNF |
| — | Anastasiya Pustarnakova | Belarus | DNS |
| — | Hawa Hussein | Tanzania | DNS |
| — | Zakia Mrisho | Tanzania | DNS |
| — | Olivia Chikotore | Zimbabwe | DNS |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Ethiopia Abebech Nigussie2 Aster Bacha3 Tirunesh Dibaba5 Tereza Yohanes6 (Mestawat Tufa)(10) | 16 |
| | Kenya Viola Kibiwott1 Vivian Cheruiyot4 Fridah Domongole7 Sally Kipyego8 (Peninah Chepchumba)(9) (Alice Timbilil)(16) | 20 |
| | Japan Naoko Sakata11 Tomomi Tagao13 Emi Ikeda17 Mika Matsumoto18 (Mikayo Udo)(25) (Hiromi Koga)(35) | 59 |
| 4 | Australia Melissa Rollison14 Georgie Clarke19 Ruth McDonnell21 Joanna Wall53 | 107 |
| 5 | South Africa Christine Kalmer12 Christel Arnold28 Lize-Mari Venter37 Lynelle Blignaut59 (Lebogang Phalula)(71) | 136 |
| 6 | United Kingdom Emma Ward23 Louise Damen32 Collette Fagan38 Faye Fullerton48 (Elizabeth Lilley)(62) (Henrietta Freeman)(66) | 141 |
| 7 | Russia Lina Usmanova24 Inga Abitova30 Tatyana Petrova41 Marina Ivanova69 | 164 |
| 8 | Algeria Samira Afettouche29 Fatiha Bahi33 Saloua Hassani58 Meriem Benzerga81 (Widad Mendil)(84) (Wahiba Ifftissen)(DNF) | 201 |
| 9 | Turkey Elvan Can22 Birgül Özcan43 Arzu Berk67 Türkan Erişmiş76 | 208 |
| 10 | Canada Lauren King26 Trish Nolan31 Michelle Carson73 Carol Henry80 (Megan Metcalfe)(82) (Stephanie Hirtle)(112) | 210 |
| 11 | United States Alicia Craig42 Laura Zeigle47 Victoria Chang61 Alisha Williams65 (Emily Blakeslee)(74) (Michelle de la Vina)(101) | 215 |
| 12 | Spain Isabel Macías50 Amparo Menéndez52 Alba García56 Alicia González72 (Pilar Mendoza)(86) (Belén Iñigo)(96) | 230 |
| 13 | France Julie Coulaud44 Elodie Mené46 Linda Hadjar54 Agnès Portier91 (Anne Gauthier)(97) | 235 |
| 14 | Italy Eleonora Riga49 Beatrice Lanza57 Francesca Smiderle60 Valeria Marinoni75 (Rosemary Grosso)(79) | 241 |
| 15 | Eritrea Simret Sultan20 Simret Asmerom39 Eden Tesfalem64 Lemlem Bereket118 | 241 |
| 16 | Belgium Mieke Geens36 Evelien Hofmans40 Lies Delameilleure89 Ann Schreurs99 (Sophie Christiaens)(102) | 264 |
| 17 | India Lakshmaiah Manjula55 Preda Sreedharan83 Nagamani Basa85 Dimple Naidu106 | 329 |
| 18 | Egypt Seham El Agizy78 Sara Abou Hassan105 Doaa Adel107 Shaimaa Ibrahim109 | 399 |
| 19 | Ireland Lesley Shannon88 Fionnuala Britton98 Michaela Lynn108 Ava Hutchinson110 | 404 |
| 20 | Argentina Nadia Rodríguez77 Karina Córdoba104 Zulma Morabes113 Jorgelina Litterini121 | 415 |
| 21 | Uzbekistan Yuliya Krepina116 Gulya Imomova119 Svetlana Barkalova120 Svetlana Mansurova122 | 477 |
| DNF | Brazil (Patricia Lobo)(87) (Eliane Pereira)(103) (Gizelle de Castro)(114) (Tatiane Sá)(DNF) | DNF |
| DNF | Belarus (Natalya Alekseyeva)(94) (Natallia Yakhimovich)(100) (Alena Kutskevich)(115) (Natallia Tsyvaka)(DNF) | DNF |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 126 athletes from 32 countries in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (6)
* Argentina (4)
* Australia (4)
* Belarus (4)
* Belgium (5)
* Brazil (4)
* Burundi (2)
* Canada (6)
* Croatia (1)
* Egypt (4)
* Eritrea (4)
* Ethiopia (5)
* France (5)
* India (4)
* Ireland (4)
* Italy (5)
* Japan (6)
* Kenya (6)
* Lesotho (1)
* Mexico (3)
* New Zealand (1)
* Portugal (2)
* Russia (4)
* South Africa (5)
* Spain (6)
* Tanzania (2)
* Turkey (4)
* Turkmenistan (2)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (4)
* Zimbabwe (1)