# 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

The Junior women's race at the 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at the Kincsem Park on March 26, 1994. A preview on the event was given in the Herald, and a report in The New York Times.
Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Race results
### Junior women's race (4.3 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Sally Barsosio | Kenya | 14:04 |
| | Rose Cheruiyot | Kenya | 14:05 |
| | Elizabeth Cheptanui | Kenya | 14:15 |
| 4 | Gabriela Szabo | Romania | 14:25 |
| 5 | Ruth Biwott | Kenya | 14:27 |
| 6 | Naomi Mugo | Kenya | 14:29 |
| 7 | Pamela Chepchumba | Kenya | 14:36 |
| 8 | Azumi Miyazaki | Japan | 14:37 |
| 9 | Shura Hotesa | Ethiopia | 14:46 |
| 10 | Birhan Dagne | Ethiopia | 14:48 |
| 11 | Nicola Slater | United Kingdom | 14:49 |
| 12 | Susie Power | Australia | 14:49 |
| 13 | Abeba Tola | Ethiopia | 14:50 |
| 14 | Leila Aman | Ethiopia | 14:51 |
| 15 | Miwa Sugawara | Japan | 14:55 |
| 16 | Etaferahu Tarekegn | Ethiopia | 15:00 |
| 17 | Mary Jane Richards | Canada | 15:05 |
| 18 | Kanako Haginaga | Japan | 15:07 |
| 19 | Sachiko Yokotsuka | Japan | 15:09 |
| 20 | Olivera Jevtić | Yugoslavia | 15:12 |
| 21 | Denisa Costescu | Romania | 15:15 |
| 22 | Chipo Dzikiti | Zimbabwe | 15:16 |
| 23 | Ileana Dorca | Romania | 15:17 |
| 24 | Chiemi Takahashi | Japan | 15:21 |
| 25 | Natalie Harvey | Australia | 15:23 |
| 26 | Heidi Moulder | United Kingdom | 15:24 |
| 27 | Lauren Hunter | South Africa | 15:24 |
| 28 | Philomène Uyambalé | Rwanda | 15:26 |
| 29 | Letiwe Marakurwa | Zimbabwe | 15:27 |
| 30 | Karina Szymanska | Poland | 15:28 |
| 31 | Rie Ueno | Japan | 15:30 |
| 32 | Svetlana Berdysheva | Russia | 15:32 |
| 33 | Evelina Nell | South Africa | 15:32 |
| 34 | Marta Domínguez | Spain | 15:34 |
| 35 | Maria Sangeorzan | Romania | 15:34 |
| 36 | Oksana Zhelezniak | Russia | 15:35 |
| 37 | Verena Karstens | Germany | 15:38 |
| 38 | Yekaterina Bogatyreva | Russia | 15:39 |
| 39 | Esther Heinold | Germany | 15:40 |
| 40 | Catherine Berry | United Kingdom | 15:41 |
| 41 | Romana Sanigova | Czech Republic | 15:41 |
| 42 | Claire O'Connor | United Kingdom | 15:42 |
| 43 | Szilvia Csoszánszky | Hungary | 15:42 |
| 44 | Julia Stamps | United States | 15:44 |
| 45 | Sandrine Host | Belgium | 15:44 |
| 46 | Elena Tital | Romania | 15:44 |
| 47 | Lubica Sedlaková | Slovakia | 15:45 |
| 48 | Paula Hernandez | Spain | 15:45 |
| 49 | Irina Skiba | Ukraine | 15:46 |
| 50 | Sarah Simmons | United Kingdom | 15:47 |
| 51 | Katalin Szentgyörgyi | Hungary | 15:48 |
| 52 | Nadezhda Ilyina | Russia | 15:49 |
| 53 | Maribel Sanchez | United States | 15:50 |
| 54 | Maria Elena Calle | Ecuador | 15:53 |
| 55 | Margarita Circujanu | Spain | 15:54 |
| 56 | Jolanda Steblovnik | Slovenia | 15:54 |
| 57 | Yelena Tolstygina | Belarus | 15:55 |
| 58 | Leandri Botes | South Africa | 15:55 |
| 59 | Vanda Ribeiro | Portugal | 15:56 |
| 60 | Laura Flores | Mexico | 15:56 |
| 61 | Irina Nedelenko | Ukraine | 15:57 |
| 62 | Angie Froese | Canada | 15:58 |
| 63 | Silvia Montane | Spain | 15:58 |
| 64 | Natallia Kvachuk | Belarus | 15:59 |
| 65 | Chan Man-Yee | Hong Kong | 15:59 |
| 66 | Anikó Kálovics | Hungary | 15:59 |
| 67 | Nadezhda Zolotaryova | Russia | 16:00 |
| 68 | Claudia Burca | Romania | 16:00 |
| 69 | Godirilemang Olerile | Botswana | 16:02 |
| 70 | Magali Carne | France | 16:02 |
| 71 | Saskia Jeck | Germany | 16:03 |
| 72 | Beata Kazimierczyk | Poland | 16:03 |
| 73 | Malika El Ali | France | 16:03 |
| 74 | Celine Rajot | France | 16:04 |
| 75 | Vivian Pott | Australia | 16:04 |
| 76 | Katrin Engelen | Germany | 16:04 |
| 77 | Karen Bockel | Germany | 16:05 |
| 78 | Michelle Matthews | United Kingdom | 16:05 |
| 79 | Mirja Moser | Switzerland | 16:06 |
| 80 | Tatyana Protasenko | Belarus | 16:06 |
| 81 | Oxsana Ishchuk | Ukraine | 16:07 |
| 82 | Renata Borzecka | Poland | 16:07 |
| 83 | Caroline Smets | Belgium | 16:08 |
| 84 | Rosa Berardo | Italy | 16:09 |
| 85 | Katarzyna Somkowska | Poland | 16:10 |
| 86 | Angie Graham | Canada | 16:10 |
| 87 | Wioletta Frankiewicz | Poland | 16:10 |
| 88 | Karina Moncayo | Ecuador | 16:11 |
| 89 | S. Linthombi | India | 16:11 |
| 90 | Erin St.John | United States | 16:12 |
| 91 | Ausilia Balletta | Italy | 16:14 |
| 92 | Whitney Spannuth | United States | 16:14 |
| 93 | Fabiane Cristine da Silva | Brazil | 16:15 |
| 94 | Mpho Mabuza | South Africa | 16:15 |
| 95 | Patricia Holmen | Canada | 16:16 |
| 96 | Tuelo Setswamorago | Botswana | 16:17 |
| 97 | Oxana Avseyenko | Kazakhstan | 16:17 |
| 98 | Angelika Torma | Hungary | 16:18 |
| 99 | N. Radhamani | India | 16:19 |
| 100 | Lyudmila Grisko | Ukraine | 16:23 |
| 101 | Elisa Preo | Italy | 16:23 |
| 102 | Christine Nichols | United States | 16:24 |
| 103 | Elvira Longo | Spain | 16:24 |
| 104 | Natalya Polikarpova | Russia | 16:24 |
| 105 | Clair Fearnley | Australia | 16:28 |
| 106 | Moira Scasitelli | Italy | 16:28 |
| 107 | Monica Gaspari | Italy | 16:30 |
| 108 | Jitka Belohlavková | Czech Republic | 16:30 |
| 109 | Miriam Achote | Ecuador | 16:31 |
| 110 | Nikolett Pásztor | Hungary | 16:32 |
| 111 | Sarah Speleers | Belgium | 16:33 |
| 112 | Asha Rani | India | 16:34 |
| 113 | Yeshi Gebreselassie | Ethiopia | 16:35 |
| 114 | Olga Pivovarova | Kazakhstan | 16:35 |
| 115 | Christina Amice | France | 16:36 |
| 116 | Cerian Shepherd | Canada | 16:36 |
| 117 | Candida McCarthy | United States | 16:37 |
| 118 | Oksana Molchanova | Belarus | 16:42 |
| 119 | Virginie Fouquet | France | 16:42 |
| 120 | Kamila Neubauerová | Czech Republic | 16:43 |
| 121 | Anjolie Wisse | Netherlands | 16:43 |
| 122 | Stephanie Guichonnet | France | 16:43 |
| 123 | Goabamang Ramasimo | Botswana | 16:45 |
| 124 | Maisa Tcharyeva | Turkmenistan | 16:46 |
| 125 | Sonja Deckers | Belgium | 16:47 |
| 126 | Zuzana Sariková | Slovakia | 16:47 |
| 127 | Renata Kvitova | Czech Republic | 16:47 |
| 128 | Vivian de Aguiar | Brazil | 16:49 |
| 129 | Ogomoditse Gabajesame | Botswana | 16:50 |
| 130 | Maria Vele | Ecuador | 16:52 |
| 131 | Mayra Caiza | Ecuador | 16:52 |
| 132 | Sarolta Koltavári | Hungary | 16:53 |
| 133 | Marzia Albanesi | Italy | 17:01 |
| 134 | Jerelene Stols | South Africa | 17:05 |
| 135 | Tatyana Borisova | Kyrgyzstan | 17:24 |
| 136 | Guylsara Dadabayeva | Tajikistan | 17:45 |
| 137 | Adriana Lopes | Brazil | 17:56 |
| 138 | Adenisia da Silva | Brazil | 18:07 |
| — | Rocío Martínez | Spain | DNF |
| — | Stephanie van Graan | South Africa | DNF |
| — | Joginder Kaur | India | DNF |
| — | Delia Al-Hajjar | Palestine | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Sally Barsosio1 Rose Cheruiyot2 Elizabeth Cheptanui3 Ruth Biwott5 (Naomi Mugo)(6) (Pamela Chepchumba)(7) | 11 |
| | Ethiopia Shura Hotesa9 Birhan Dagne10 Abeba Tola13 Leila Aman14 (Etaferahu Tarekegn)(16) (Yeshi Gebreselassie)(113) | 46 |
| | Japan Azumi Miyazaki8 Miwa Sugawara15 Kanako Haginaga18 Sachiko Yokotsuka19 (Chiemi Takahashi)(24) (Rie Ueno)(31) | 60 |
| 4 | Romania Gabriela Szabo4 Denisa Costescu21 Ileana Dorca23 Maria Sangeorzan35 (Elena Tital)(46) (Claudia Burca)(68) | 83 |
| 5 | United Kingdom Nicola Slater11 Heidi Moulder26 Catherine Berry40 Claire O'Connor42 (Sarah Simmons)(50) (Michelle Matthews)(78) | 119 |
| 6 | Russia Svetlana Berdysheva32 Oksana Zhelezniak36 Yekaterina Bogatyreva38 Nadezhda Ilyina52 (Nadezhda Zolotaryova)(67) (Natalya Polikarpova)(104) | 158 |
| 7 | Spain Marta Domínguez34 Paula Hernandez48 Margarita Circujanu55 Silvia Montane63 (Elvira Longo)(103) (Rocío Martínez)(DNF) | 200 |
| 8 | South Africa Lauren Hunter27 Evelina Nell33 Leandri Botes58 Mpho Mabuza94 (Jerelene Stols)(134) (Stephanie van Graan)(DNF) | 212 |
| 9 | Australia Susie Power12 Natalie Harvey25 Vivian Pott75 Clair Fearnley105 | 217 |
| 10 | Germany Verena Karstens37 Esther Heinold39 Saskia Jeck71 Katrin Engelen76 (Karen Bockel)(77) | 223 |
| 11 | Hungary Szilvia Csoszánszky43 Katalin Szentgyörgyi51 Anikó Kálovics66 Angelika Torma98 (Nikolett Pásztor)(110) (Sarolta Koltavári)(132) | 258 |
| 12 | Canada Mary Jane Richards17 Angie Froese62 Angie Graham86 Patricia Holmen95 (Cerian Shepherd)(116) | 260 |
| 13 | Poland Karina Szymanska30 Beata Kazimierczyk72 Renata Borzecka82 Katarzyna Somkowska85 (Wioletta Frankiewicz)(87) | 269 |
| 14 | United States Julia Stamps44 Maribel Sanchez53 Erin St.John90 Whitney Spannuth92 (Christine Nichols)(102) (Candida McCarthy)(117) | 279 |
| 15 | Ukraine Irina Skiba49 Irina Nedelenko61 Oxsana Ishchuk81 Lyudmila Grisko100 | 291 |
| 16 | Belarus Yelena Tolstygina57 Natallia Kvachuk64 Tatyana Protasenko80 Oksana Molchanova118 | 319 |
| 17 | France Magali Carne70 Malika El Ali73 Celine Rajot74 Christina Amice115 (Virginie Fouquet)(119) (Stephanie Guichonnet)(122) | 332 |
| 18 | Belgium Sandrine Host45 Caroline Smets83 Sarah Speleers111 Sonja Deckers125 | 364 |
| 19 | Ecuador Maria Elena Calle54 Karina Moncayo88 Miriam Achote109 Maria Vele130 (Mayra Caiza)(131) | 381 |
| 20 | Italy Rosa Berardo84 Ausilia Balletta91 Elisa Preo101 Moira Scasitelli106 (Monica Gaspari)(107) (Marzia Albanesi)(133) | 382 |
| 21 | Czech Republic Romana Sanigova41 Jitka Belohlavková108 Kamila Neubauerová120 Renata Kvitova127 | 396 |
| 22 | Botswana Godirilemang Olerile69 Tuelo Setswamorago96 Goabamang Ramasimo123 Ogomoditse Gabajesame129 | 417 |
| 23 | Brazil Fabiane Cristine da Silva93 Vivian de Aguiar128 Adriana Lopes137 Adenisia da Silva138 | 496 |
| DNF | India (S. Linthombi)(89) (N. Radhamani)(99) (Asha Rani)(112) (Joginder Kaur)(DNF) | DNF |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 142 athletes from 39 countries in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Australia (4)
* Belarus (4)
* Belgium (4)
* Botswana (4)
* Brazil (4)
* Canada (5)
* Czech Republic (4)
* Ecuador (5)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (6)
* Germany (5)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Hungary (6)
* India (4)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (6)
* Kazakhstan (2)
* Kenya (6)
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Mexico (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Palestine (1)
* Poland (5)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (6)
* Russia (6)
* Rwanda (1)
* Slovakia (2)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (6)
* Spain (6)
* Switzerland (1)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Turkmenistan (1)
* Ukraine (4)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Yugoslavia (1)
* Zimbabwe (2)