# 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

The Junior women's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Torino, Italy, at the Parco del Valentino on March 23, 1997. A report on the event was given in The New York Times in the Herald, and for the IAAF.
Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Race results
### Junior women's race (4.689 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Rose Kosgei | Kenya | 14:58 |
| | Prisca Ngetich | Kenya | 14:59 |
| | Ayelech Worku | Ethiopia | 15:02 |
| 4 | Edna Kiplagat | Kenya | 15:10 |
| 5 | Zenebech Tadese | Ethiopia | 15:11 |
| 6 | Kei Satomura | Japan | 15:12 |
| 7 | Emiko Kojima | Japan | 15:12 |
| 8 | Caroline Tarus | Kenya | 15:14 |
| 9 | Anita Kiptum | Kenya | 15:15 |
| 10 | Agnes Kiprop | Kenya | 15:15 |
| 11 | Risa Tanaka | Japan | 15:20 |
| 12 | René Kalmer | South Africa | 15:31 |
| 13 | Worknesh Kidane | Ethiopia | 15:32 |
| 14 | Tomoko Hashimoto | Japan | 15:40 |
| 15 | Judit Plá | Spain | 15:46 |
| 16 | Kumiko Hiyama | Japan | 15:48 |
| 17 | Yuka Hata | Japan | 15:51 |
| 18 | Etaferahu Tarekegn | Ethiopia | 15:53 |
| 19 | Sonja Stolić | Yugoslavia | 15:54 |
| 20 | Kutre Dulecha | Ethiopia | 15:55 |
| 21 | Hind Chahid | Morocco | 15:57 |
| 22 | Katie Skorupska | United Kingdom | 15:58 |
| 23 | Merima Hashim | Ethiopia | 15:58 |
| 24 | Cathérine Lallemand | Belgium | 16:01 |
| 25 | Fabiane Cristine da Silva | Brazil | 16:05 |
| 26 | Malika Asahssah | Morocco | 16:07 |
| 27 | Sandra Levenez | France | 16:07 |
| 28 | Samira Bahdaoui | Morocco | 16:09 |
| 29 | Message Mapfumo | Zimbabwe | 16:11 |
| 30 | Erin McClure | Canada | 16:11 |
| 31 | Tatyana Khmeleva | Russia | 16:12 |
| 32 | Soumia Mastacou | Morocco | 16:14 |
| 33 | Yelena Tolstygina | Belarus | 16:16 |
| 34 | Alessandra Aguilar | Spain | 16:18 |
| 35 | Yelena Mikhaylova | Russia | 16:19 |
| 36 | Jennifer Handley | Canada | 16:21 |
| 37 | Laura Suffa | Germany | 16:22 |
| 38 | Iona Oltean | Romania | 16:24 |
| 39 | Larissa Kleinmann | Germany | 16:26 |
| 40 | Rialette Kruger | South Africa | 16:27 |
| 41 | Tanya Povey | United Kingdom | 16:27 |
| 42 | Tatyana Gerasimova | Russia | 16:29 |
| 43 | Ansie van Heerden | South Africa | 16:30 |
| 44 | Bertha Sánchez | Colombia | 16:31 |
| 45 | Mónica Rosa | Portugal | 16:31 |
| 46 | Ilze Kidson | South Africa | 16:32 |
| 47 | Martha Garces | Mexico | 16:34 |
| 48 | Natalia Rodríguez | Spain | 16:35 |
| 49 | Tuula Laitinen | Finland | 16:35 |
| 50 | Marina Munćan | Yugoslavia | 16:35 |
| 51 | Suzanne Ritter | Germany | 16:36 |
| 52 | Bouchra Benthami | Morocco | 16:37 |
| 53 | Khadija Touati | Algeria | 16:38 |
| 54 | Paula Hernandez | Spain | 16:40 |
| 55 | Elizabeth Mtombeni | South Africa | 16:41 |
| 56 | Helena Volná | Czech Republic | 16:42 |
| 57 | Irina Danilova | Russia | 16:42 |
| 58 | Kenza Dahmani | Algeria | 16:47 |
| 59 | Ana Rondón | Colombia | 16:48 |
| 60 | Anna Markelova | Turkmenistan | 16:49 |
| 61 | Rosa Morató | Spain | 16:49 |
| 62 | Rachel Nthulane | South Africa | 16:50 |
| 63 | Laura Cernat | Romania | 16:51 |
| 64 | Michelle de la Vina | United States | 16:53 |
| 65 | Catalina Big | Romania | 16:54 |
| 66 | Elizabeth Kampfe | United States | 16:54 |
| 67 | Anke Onsia | Belgium | 16:54 |
| 68 | Tamara Cojocar | Romania | 16:55 |
| 69 | Marja Loukkola | Finland | 16:55 |
| 70 | Johanna Raja-aho | Finland | 16:56 |
| 71 | Hakima Baatouche | Algeria | 16:56 |
| 72 | Nassira Taibi | Algeria | 16:57 |
| 73 | Amy Wiseman | United States | 16:57 |
| 74 | Zivile Balciunaité | Lithuania | 16:58 |
| 75 | Valquíria Santos | Brazil | 16:58 |
| 76 | Francine Darroch | Canada | 16:59 |
| 77 | Marzena Linkowska | Poland | 17:00 |
| 78 | Magdalena Haamwanyena | Namibia | 17:00 |
| 79 | Joelle Franzmann | Germany | 17:01 |
| 80 | Petra Teveli | Hungary | 17:01 |
| 81 | Olena Samko | Ukraine | 17:01 |
| 82 | Yâprak Kalemoglu | Turkey | 17:02 |
| 83 | Silvia Weissteiner | Italy | 17:04 |
| 84 | Laila Hmatou | Morocco | 17:06 |
| 85 | Jilly Ingman | United Kingdom | 17:07 |
| 86 | Tera Moody | United States | 17:09 |
| 87 | Zsanett Teveli | Hungary | 17:09 |
| 88 | Julie Martin | Canada | 17:10 |
| 89 | Donyazad Mimouni | Algeria | 17:10 |
| 90 | Kyla Barbour | United States | 17:12 |
| 91 | Almira Kuci | Yugoslavia | 17:12 |
| 92 | Sonia Scheurer | Germany | 17:13 |
| 93 | Sonia Thomas | United Kingdom | 17:13 |
| 94 | Celine Dutot | France | 17:14 |
| 95 | Bianca Cojocar | Romania | 17:14 |
| 96 | Bettina Pintér | Hungary | 17:15 |
| 97 | Louise Brown | United Kingdom | 17:15 |
| 98 | Souad Aït Salem | Algeria | 17:17 |
| 99 | Silvia Fernández | Spain | 17:19 |
| 100 | Ekta Huldhar | India | 17:19 |
| 101 | Marie-Celine Jacquard | France | 17:21 |
| 102 | Orsolya Ritter | Hungary | 17:22 |
| 103 | Cristina Pozzo | Italy | 17:23 |
| 104 | Bridget Quenzer | United States | 17:26 |
| 105 | Ayfer Yigit | Turkey | 17:27 |
| 106 | Celine Larnois | France | 17:28 |
| 107 | Romina Ridolfi | Italy | 17:28 |
| 108 | Maria Lynch | Ireland | 17:30 |
| 109 | Bojana Radojcic | Yugoslavia | 17:33 |
| 110 | Hanan Najih | France | 17:33 |
| 111 | Amy Waterlow | United Kingdom | 17:34 |
| 112 | Paulina Rath | Netherlands | 17:34 |
| 113 | Luana Pocorobba | Italy | 17:37 |
| 114 | Nina-Carita Liljedahl | Finland | 17:38 |
| 115 | Sümeyra Tali | Turkey | 17:39 |
| 116 | Elizabeth Benishai | Canada | 17:40 |
| 117 | Kristina Obronek | Slovenia | 17:42 |
| 118 | Aniela Buciu | Romania | 17:43 |
| 119 | Govindassamy Pangadjame | India | 17:44 |
| 120 | Renuka Hegde | India | 17:46 |
| 121 | Irina Podkorytova | Kazakhstan | 17:47 |
| 122 | Kim Hemstreet | Canada | 17:49 |
| 123 | Rosanna Cavoli | Italy | 17:49 |
| 124 | Nebhat Cavus | Turkey | 17:52 |
| 125 | Erika Abril | Colombia | 17:55 |
| 126 | Renuka Goferi | India | 17:55 |
| 127 | Marina Heurtault | France | 17:56 |
| 128 | Isabel Boldo | Brazil | 17:56 |
| 129 | Nathalie Rousseau | Belgium | 17:59 |
| 130 | Nóra Nemere | Hungary | 18:03 |
| 131 | Dildar Mamedova | Turkmenistan | 18:06 |
| 132 | Sandra Cardenas | Colombia | 18:14 |
| 133 | Marijana Stopic | Croatia | 18:21 |
| 134 | Alma Xicotencatl | Mexico | 18:23 |
| 135 | Ana do Nascimento | Brazil | 18:26 |
| 136 | Virginie Koomanikooa | Mauritius | 20:40 |
| — | Renate Rungger | Italy | DNF |
| — | Hilia Mundja | Namibia | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Rose Kosgei1 Prisca Ngetich2 Edna Kiplagat4 Caroline Tarus8 (Anita Kiptum)(9) (Agnes Kiprop)(10) | 15 |
| | Japan Kei Satomura6 Emiko Kojima7 Risa Tanaka11 Tomoko Hashimoto14 (Kumiko Hiyama)(16) (Yuka Hata)(17) | 38 |
| | Ethiopia Ayelech Worku3 Zenebech Tadese5 Worknesh Kidane13 Etaferahu Tarekegn18 (Kutre Dulecha)(20) (Merima Hashim)(23) | 39 |
| 4 | Morocco Hind Chahid21 Malika Asahssah26 Samira Bahdaoui28 Soumia Mastacou32 (Bouchra Benthami)(52) (Laila Hmatou)(84) | 107 |
| 5 | South Africa René Kalmer12 Rialette Kruger40 Ansie van Heerden43 Ilze Kidson46 (Elizabeth Mtombeni)(55) (Rachel Nthulane)(62) | 141 |
| 6 | Spain Judit Plá15 Alessandra Aguilar34 Natalia Rodríguez48 Paula Hernandez54 (Rosa Morató)(61) (Silvia Fernández)(99) | 151 |
| 7 | Russia Tatyana Khmeleva31 Yelena Mikhaylova35 Tatyana Gerasimova42 Irina Danilova57 | 165 |
| 8 | Germany Laura Suffa37 Larissa Kleinmann39 Suzanne Ritter51 Joelle Franzmann79 (Sonia Scheurer)(92) | 206 |
| 9 | Canada Erin McClure30 Jennifer Handley36 Francine Darroch76 Julie Martin88 (Elizabeth Benishai)(116) (Kim Hemstreet)(122) | 230 |
| 10 | Romania Iona Oltean38 Laura Cernat63 Catalina Big65 Tamara Cojocar68 (Bianca Cojocar)(95) (Aniela Buciu)(118) | 234 |
| 11 | United Kingdom Katie Skorupska22 Tanya Povey41 Jilly Ingman85 Sonia Thomas93 (Louise Brown)(97) (Amy Waterlow)(111) | 241 |
| 12 | Algeria Khadija Touati53 Kenza Dahmani58 Hakima Baatouche71 Nassira Taibi72 (Donyazad Mimouni)(89) (Souad Aït Salem)(98) | 254 |
| 13 | Yugoslavia Sonja Stolić19 Marina Munćan50 Almira Kuci91 Bojana Radojcic109 | 269 |
| 14 | United States Michelle de la Vina64 Elizabeth Kampfe66 Amy Wiseman73 Tera Moody86 (Kyla Barbour)(90) (Bridget Quenzer)(104) | 289 |
| 15 | Finland Tuula Laitinen49 Marja Loukkola69 Johanna Raja-aho70 Nina-Carita Liljedahl114 | 302 |
| 16 | France Sandra Levenez27 Celine Dutot94 Marie-Celine Jacquard101 Celine Larnois106 (Hanan Najih)(110) (Marina Heurtault)(127) | 328 |
| 17 | Colombia Bertha Sánchez44 Ana Rondón59 Erika Abril125 Sandra Cardenas132 | 360 |
| 18 | Brazil Fabiane Cristine da Silva25 Valquíria Santos75 Isabel Boldo128 Ana do Nascimento135 | 363 |
| 19 | Hungary Petra Teveli80 Zsanett Teveli87 Bettina Pintér96 Orsolya Ritter102 (Nóra Nemere)(130) | 365 |
| 20 | Italy Silvia Weissteiner83 Cristina Pozzo103 Romina Ridolfi107 Luana Pocorobba113 (Rosanna Cavoli)(123) (Renate Rungger)(DNF) | 406 |
| 21 | Turkey Yâprak Kalemoglu82 Ayfer Yigit105 Sümeyra Tali115 Nebhat Cavus124 | 426 |
| 22 | India Ekta Huldhar100 Govindassamy Pangadjame119 Renuka Hegde120 Renuka Goferi126 | 465 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 138 athletes from 39 countries in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (6)
* Belarus (1)
* Belgium (3)
* Brazil (4)
* Canada (6)
* Colombia (4)
* Croatia (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Ethiopia (6)
* Finland (4)
* France (6)
* Germany (5)
* Hungary (5)
* India (4)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (6)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Kenya (6)
* Lithuania (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* Mexico (2)
* Morocco (6)
* Namibia (2)
* Netherlands (1)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (6)
* Russia (4)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (6)
* Spain (6)
* Turkey (4)
* Turkmenistan (2)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Yugoslavia (4)
* Zimbabwe (1)