# 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

The Junior women's race at the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Sporting Complex in Vilamoura, Portugal, on March 18, 2000. Reports on the event were given in The New York Times, in the Glasgow 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 (6.29 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Vivian Cheruiyot | Kenya | 20:34 |
| | Alice Timbilil | Kenya | 20:35 |
| | Viola Kibiwott | Kenya | 20:36 |
| 4 | Hareg Sidelil | Ethiopia | 20:38 |
| 5 | Merima Hashim | Ethiopia | 20:41 |
| 6 | Fridah Domongole | Kenya | 20:43 |
| 7 | Eyerusalem Kuma | Ethiopia | 20:45 |
| 8 | Abebech Nigussie | Ethiopia | 20:48 |
| 9 | Worknesh Kidane | Ethiopia | 20:52 |
| 10 | Dorcus Inzikuru | Uganda | 21:02 |
| 11 | Rina Fujioka | Japan | 21:12 |
| 12 | Pamela Kipchoge | Kenya | 21:19 |
| 13 | Bezunesh Bekele | Ethiopia | 21:20 |
| 14 | Kaori Yoshida | Japan | 21:26 |
| 15 | Carol Henry | Canada | 21:36 |
| 16 | Yolandi Neuhoff | South Africa | 21:38 |
| 17 | Jane Makombe | Zimbabwe | 21:42 |
| 18 | Diane Nukuri | Burundi | 21:42 |
| 19 | Lina Usmanova | Russia | 21:44 |
| 20 | Tomomi Tagao | Japan | 21:50 |
| 21 | Valentina Zevushkina | Russia | 21:53 |
| 22 | Hawa Hamis Hussein | Tanzania | 21:55 |
| 23 | Elaine du Plessis | South Africa | 21:56 |
| 24 | Lize-Mari Venter | South Africa | 21:57 |
| 25 | Mary Bacia | Uganda | 22:04 |
| 26 | Lauren Fleshman | United States | 22:08 |
| 27 | Hana Chaouach | Tunisia | 22:09 |
| 28 | Mia Larsson | Sweden | 22:09 |
| 29 | Shalane Flanagan | United States | 22:10 |
| 30 | Erin Sullivan | United States | 22:12 |
| 31 | Hakima Takeznount | Algeria | 22:13 |
| 32 | Jéssica Augusto | Portugal | 22:15 |
| 33 | Ikuko Nagao | Japan | 22:18 |
| 34 | Gladys Ruto | Kenya | 22:19 |
| 35 | Lyudmila Volchek | Belarus | 22:22 |
| 36 | Nassira Taibi | Algeria | 22:28 |
| 37 | Wahiba Ifftissen | Algeria | 22:29 |
| 38 | Grace Chesang | Uganda | 22:30 |
| 39 | Linda Hadjar | France | 22:30 |
| 40 | Siphuluwazi Sibindi | Zimbabwe | 22:31 |
| 41 | Irene Alfonso | Spain | 22:32 |
| 42 | Linda Roets | South Africa | 22:33 |
| 43 | Malika Asahssah | Morocco | 22:35 |
| 44 | Ida Nilsson | Sweden | 22:39 |
| 45 | Clemantine Nyiraguhirwa | Rwanda | 22:42 |
| 46 | Habiba Ghribi | Tunisia | 22:42 |
| 47 | Nicola Spirig | Switzerland | 22:42 |
| 48 | Lucélia Peres | Brazil | 22:43 |
| 49 | Riina Tolonen | Finland | 22:43 |
| 50 | Mami Ikeda | Japan | 22:44 |
| 51 | Fatiha Bahi | Algeria | 22:49 |
| 52 | Cindy Durocher | Canada | 22:49 |
| 53 | Nikki Reckman | Canada | 22:54 |
| 54 | Xenia Luxem | Belgium | 22:55 |
| 55 | Henrietta Freeman | United Kingdom | 22:56 |
| 56 | Anastasiya Starovoytova | Belarus | 22:59 |
| 57 | Minna Nummela | Finland | 23:01 |
| 58 | Catherine Webombesa | Uganda | 23:04 |
| 59 | Mebarka Zellit | Algeria | 23:05 |
| 60 | Letitia Pheleu | South Africa | 23:06 |
| 61 | Sheela Agrawal | United States | 23:07 |
| 62 | Tatiane Sá | Brazil | 23:08 |
| 63 | Emma Ward | United Kingdom | 23:09 |
| 64 | Emily Kroshus | Canada | 23:12 |
| 65 | Amal Essaki | Morocco | 23:13 |
| 66 | Collette Fagan | United Kingdom | 23:14 |
| 67 | Simret Sultan | Eritrea | 23:15 |
| 68 | Kate Bradshaw | United States | 23:16 |
| 69 | Patrícia Pereira | Portugal | 23:17 |
| 70 | Sigrid van den Bempt | Belgium | 23:17 |
| 71 | Marina Ivanova | Russia | 23:18 |
| 72 | Sonia Bejarano | Spain | 23:18 |
| 73 | Anzhelika Simon | Russia | 23:21 |
| 74 | Valeria Marinoni | Italy | 23:23 |
| 75 | Kate Reed | United Kingdom | 23:24 |
| 76 | Mercedes Aguilar | Colombia | 23:26 |
| 77 | Khadija Nadari | Morocco | 23:31 |
| 78 | Mieke Geens | Belgium | 23:37 |
| 79 | Michelle Carson | Canada | 23:38 |
| 80 | Émilie Mondor | Canada | 23:38 |
| 81 | Mirjana Kalajdzic | Yugoslavia | 23:39 |
| 82 | Filipa Coelho | Portugal | 23:40 |
| 83 | Simret Asmerom | Eritrea | 23:41 |
| 84 | Jane Potter | United Kingdom | 23:44 |
| 85 | Olga Goncharuk | Belarus | 23:46 |
| 86 | Valquíria Santos | Brazil | 23:50 |
| 87 | Rosana Fernández | Spain | 23:55 |
| 88 | Marina Munćan | Yugoslavia | 24:06 |
| 89 | Fatima Lahssini | Morocco | 24:07 |
| 90 | Rosário Pais | Portugal | 24:10 |
| 91 | Veerle Demuynck | Belgium | 24:12 |
| 92 | Anni Tuimala | Finland | 24:13 |
| 93 | Irina Kunakhavets | Belarus | 24:13 |
| 94 | Alma Xicotencatl | Mexico | 24:15 |
| 95 | Zoe Jelbert | United Kingdom | 24:19 |
| 96 | Renata Fernandes | Portugal | 24:21 |
| 97 | Paz Rodríguez | Spain | 24:22 |
| 98 | Martha Ronceria | Colombia | 24:23 |
| 99 | Vanesse van Voskuilen | Netherlands | 24:26 |
| 100 | Yelena Kalinenko | Kazakhstan | 24:38 |
| 101 | Ulla Tuimala | Finland | 24:49 |
| 102 | Jennifer Garzón | Colombia | 24:50 |
| 103 | Ana Pérez | Spain | 24:55 |
| 104 | Loyce Adiru | Uganda | 24:57 |
| 105 | Yuliya Alyoshina | Turkmenistan | 24:57 |
| 106 | Luisa Jimenez | Colombia | 24:58 |
| 107 | Preda Sreedharan | India | 25:03 |
| 108 | Dina Mijuskovic | Croatia | 25:05 |
| 109 | Diana Martín | Spain | 25:11 |
| 110 | Dulce Félix | Portugal | 25:13 |
| 111 | Sihem Mekni | Tunisia | 25:16 |
| 112 | Lamiae Omari | Morocco | 25:26 |
| 113 | Hayet Ferahtia | Algeria | 25:27 |
| 114 | Sonia Boubaker | Tunisia | 25:29 |
| 115 | Adriana da Silva | Brazil | 25:37 |
| 116 | Besma Mekki | Tunisia | 25:49 |
| 117 | Aleksandra Rodigina | Uzbekistan | 26:40 |
| 118 | Dildar Mamedova | Turkmenistan | 26:40 |
| 119 | Yuliya Krepina | Uzbekistan | 26:42 |
| 120 | Kristina Medyanskaya | Uzbekistan | 26:45 |
| 121 | Kamilla Ramazanova | Uzbekistan | 26:51 |
| 122 | Anna Markelova | Turkmenistan | 26:51 |
| 123 | Ancy Scaria | India | 27:06 |
| 124 | Vaishali Chatare | India | 27:12 |
| 125 | Jishy Joseph | India | 27:14 |
| 126 | Julie Spolidoro | United States | 27:47 |
| 127 | Leyla Dzhumayeva | Turkmenistan | 29:02 |
| — | Btissam Lakhouad | Morocco | DNF |
| — | Tausi Juma | Tanzania | DNF |
| — | Peudo Japhet | Tanzania | DNF |
| — | Naoko Sakata | Japan | DNF |
| — | Olga Mariela Das Morales | Guatemala | DNS |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Vivian Cheruiyot1 Alice Timbilil2 Viola Kibiwott3 Fridah Domongole6 (Pamela Kipchoge)(12) (Gladys Ruto)(34) | 12 |
| | Ethiopia Hareg Sidelil4 Merima Hashim5 Eyerusalem Kuma7 Abebech Nigussie8 (Worknesh Kidane)(9) (Bezunesh Bekele)(13) | 24 |
| | Japan Rina Fujioka11 Kaori Yoshida14 Tomomi Tagao20 Ikuko Nagao33 (Mami Ikeda)(50) (Naoko Sakata)(DNF) | 78 |
| 4 | South Africa Yolandi Neuhoff16 Elaine du Plessis23 Lize-Mari Venter24 Linda Roets42 (Letitia Pheleu)(60) | 105 |
| 5 | Uganda Dorcus Inzikuru10 Mary Bacia25 Grace Chesang38 Catherine Webombesa58 (Loyce Adiru)(104) | 131 |
| 6 | United States Lauren Fleshman26 Shalane Flanagan29 Erin Sullivan30 Sheela Agrawal61 (Kate Bradshaw)(68) (Julie Spolidoro)(126) | 146 |
| 7 | Algeria Hakima Takeznount31 Nassira Taibi36 Wahiba Ifftissen37 Fatiha Bahi51 (Mebarka Zellit)(59) (Hayet Ferahtia)(113) | 155 |
| 8 | Canada Carol Henry15 Cindy Durocher52 Nikki Reckman53 Emily Kroshus64 (Michelle Carson)(79) (Émilie Mondor)(80) | 184 |
| 9 | Russia Lina Usmanova19 Valentina Zevushkina21 Marina Ivanova71 Anzhelika Simon73 | 184 |
| 10 | United Kingdom Henrietta Freeman55 Emma Ward63 Collette Fagan66 Kate Reed75 (Jane Potter)(84) (Zoe Jelbert)(95) | 259 |
| 11 | Belarus Lyudmila Volchek35 Anastasiya Starovoytova56 Olga Goncharuk85 Irina Kunakhavets93 | 269 |
| 12 | Portugal Jéssica Augusto32 Patrícia Pereira69 Filipa Coelho82 Rosário Pais90 (Renata Fernandes)(96) (Dulce Félix)(110) | 273 |
| 13 | Morocco Malika Asahssah43 Amal Essaki65 Khadija Nadari77 Fatima Lahssini89 (Lamiae Omari)(112) (Btissam Lakhouad)(DNF) | 274 |
| 14 | Belgium Xenia Luxem54 Sigrid van den Bempt70 Mieke Geens78 Veerle Demuynck91 | 293 |
| 15 | Spain Irene Alfonso41 Sonia Bejarano72 Rosana Fernández87 Paz Rodríguez97 (Ana Pérez)(103) (Diana Martín)(109) | 297 |
| 16 | Tunisia Hana Chaouach27 Habiba Ghribi46 Sihem Mekni111 Sonia Boubaker114 (Besma Mekki)(116) | 298 |
| 17 | Finland Riina Tolonen49 Minna Nummela57 Anni Tuimala92 Ulla Tuimala101 | 299 |
| 18 | Brazil Lucélia Peres48 Tatiane Sá62 Valquíria Santos86 Adriana da Silva115 | 311 |
| 19 | Colombia Mercedes Aguilar76 Martha Ronceria98 Jennifer Garzón102 Luisa Jimenez106 | 382 |
| 20 | Turkmenistan Yuliya Alyoshina105 Dildar Mamedova118 Anna Markelova122 Leyla Dzhumayeva127 | 472 |
| 21 | Uzbekistan Aleksandra Rodigina117 Yuliya Krepina119 Kristina Medyanskaya120 Kamilla Ramazanova121 | 477 |
| 22 | India Preda Sreedharan107 Ancy Scaria123 Vaishali Chatare124 Jishy Joseph125 | 479 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 131 athletes from 36 countries in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athlete from Guatemala did not show.
* Algeria (6)
* Belarus (4)
* Belgium (4)
* Brazil (4)
* Burundi (1)
* Canada (6)
* Colombia (4)
* Croatia (1)
* Eritrea (2)
* Ethiopia (6)
* Finland (4)
* France (1)
* India (4)
* Italy (1)
* Japan (6)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Kenya (6)
* Mexico (1)
* Morocco (6)
* Netherlands (1)
* Portugal (6)
* Russia (4)
* Rwanda (1)
* South Africa (5)
* Spain (6)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Tanzania (3)
* Tunisia (5)
* Turkmenistan (4)
* Uganda (5)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (4)
* Yugoslavia (2)
* Zimbabwe (2)