1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

The Junior women's race at the 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Antwerp, Belgium, at the Linkeroever Racecourse on March 24, 1991. A report on the event was given in The New York Times.^[1]

Junior women's race at the 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	19th
Date	March 24
Host city	Antwerp, Antwerp Province, Belgium
Venue	Linkeroever Racecourse
Events	1
Distances	4.435 km – Junior women
Participation	127 athletes from 30 nations
← 1990 Aix-les-Bains 1992 Boston →

Complete results,^[2] medallists, ^[3] and the results of British athletes^[4] were published.

Race results

Junior women's race (4.435 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Lydia Cheromei	Kenya	13:59
	Jane Ekimat	Kenya	14:20
	Melody Fairchild	United States	14:28
4	Azumi Miyazaki	Japan	14:30
5	Gete Wami	Ethiopia	14:33
6	Catherine Kirui	Kenya	14:34
7	Hayley Haining	United Kingdom	14:36
8	Minori Hayakari	Japan	14:42
9	Lina Chesire	Kenya	14:43
10	Emebet Shiferaw	Ethiopia	14:45
11	Egigayehu Worku	Ethiopia	14:46
12	Akiko Kato	Japan	14:47
13	Suzy Walsham	Australia	14:49
14	Muluwork Kassa	Ethiopia	14:50
15	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	14:50
16	Kore Alemu	Ethiopia	14:50
17	Danuta Marczyk	Poland	14:51
18	Sacha Stephens	Australia	14:53
19	Natsue Koikawa	Japan	14:56
20	Shiho Okayama	Japan	14:58
21	Carmen Naranjo	Ecuador	14:59
22	Michelle Lafleur	United States	15:01
23	Pamela Hunt	United States	15:02
24	Julie Beckhaus	Australia	15:05
25	Janeth Caizalitín	Ecuador	15:06
26	Sandra Ruales	Ecuador	15:07
27	Andrea Duke	United Kingdom	15:08
28	Genet Gebregiorgis	Ethiopia	15:09
29	Kay Gooch	New Zealand	15:11
30	Anja Smolders	Belgium	15:13
31	Mihaela Ciu	Romania	15:16
32	Dessy Muchimba	Zambia	15:17
33	Karen Whetton	United Kingdom	15:18
34	Ann Mwangi	Kenya	15:18
35	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	15:19
36	Angelika Grabianowska	Poland	15:20
37	Giovanna Tessitore	Italy	15:21
38	Addeh Mwamba	Zambia	15:21
39	Malin Ewerlöf	Sweden	15:23
40	Deena Drossin	United States	15:24
41	Hozumi Otani	Japan	15:24
42	Monica Tapia	Ecuador	15:24
43	Irina Volynskaya	Soviet Union	15:25
44	Michelle Dillon	Australia	15:26
45	Kate Anderson	Australia	15:26
46	Sonia Alvarez	Spain	15:26
47	Kathy Butler	Canada	15:28
48	Marta Kosmowska	Poland	15:29
49	Nathalie Braem	France	15:30
50	Wendy Ticehurst	Australia	15:32
51	Renáta Fülöp	Hungary	15:33
52	Carmen Fülop	Romania	15:33
53	Zhor El Kamch	Morocco	15:34
54	Annie Tembo	Zambia	15:34
55	Ana Gimeno	Spain	15:35
56	Szilvia Csoszánszky	Hungary	15:37
57	Edurne Fuente	Spain	15:38
58	Inna Kozina	Soviet Union	15:38
59	Patricia Lossouarn	France	15:39
60	Fabiana Bavaresco	Italy	15:39
61	Karen Harvey	Canada	15:40
62	Firmana Novelli	Italy	15:40
63	Juanita Sanchez	Mexico	15:41
64	Rachael Chileshe	Zambia	15:41
65	Stela Apetre	Romania	15:42
66	Najat Ouali	Morocco	15:42
67	Janice Turner	Jamaica	15:42
68	Celeste Susnis	United States	15:42
69	Natalia Requena	Spain	15:45
70	Constanze Effler	Germany	15:45
71	Nadia Ouaziz	Morocco	15:47
72	Fatima Zouhair	Morocco	15:49
73	Christine Taruvinga	Zimbabwe	15:49
74	Fleur Deconihout	France	15:49
75	Mónika Tóth	Hungary	15:49
76	Soledad Nieto	Ecuador	15:50
77	Sithabiso Taperwa	Zimbabwe	15:50
78	Kristin Liebich	Germany	15:51
79	Susana Rios	Spain	15:51
80	Grazyna Grzesikowska	Poland	15:52
81	Helena Sampaio	Portugal	15:52
82	Marie-Luce Romanens	Switzerland	15:52
83	Patrizia Ragno	Italy	15:52
84	Evette Turner	Jamaica	15:52
85	Claudia Stalder	Switzerland	15:52
86	Aruna Rani	India	15:52
87	Annick van Daele	Belgium	15:52
88	Denisa Costescu	Romania	15:55
89	Fatima Anbar	Morocco	15:57
90	Annie Chileshe	Zambia	15:58
91	Diana Montes	Spain	15:59
92	Daisy Colibry	France	16:00
93	Denise Vandeputte	Canada	16:01
94	Elisa Vagnini	Italy	16:02
95	Laureen Mumba	Zambia	16:02
96	Veronica López	Mexico	16:03
97	Andrea Bertoia	Canada	16:03
98	Lori Durward	Canada	16:04
99	Patricia Sainton	France	16:05
100	Korene Hinds	Jamaica	16:07
101	Mounia Aboulahcen	Morocco	16:08
102	Megan Thompson	United States	16:08
103	Monika Ganska	Poland	16:12
104	Tania Cevallos	Ecuador	16:13
105	Tanya Blake	United Kingdom	16:13
106	Nathalie Côté	Canada	16:14
107	Poonam Singh	India	16:15
108	Nicole Kresse	Germany	16:16
109	Helga Rauch	Italy	16:16
110	Mangal Phonde	India	16:16
111	Mariëlle Schiltmans	Netherlands	16:17
112	Anikó Behán	Hungary	16:18
113	Svenja Lütje	Germany	16:19
114	Maren Östringer	Germany	16:20
115	Petra Drajzajtlová	Czechoslovakia	16:25
116	Ann Noe	Belgium	16:25
117	Laurence Roobaert	Belgium	16:28
118	Ágnes Jakab	Hungary	16:35
119	Su Su-Ning	Chinese Taipei	16:38
120	Florina Pană	Romania	16:38
121	Veerle Dejaeghere	Belgium	16:39
122	Michelle Clarke	Jamaica	16:40
123	Rashmi Bhoyar	India	17:06
124	Ann Toelen	Belgium	17:22
—	Alemitu Bekele	Ethiopia	DNF
—	Gillian Stacey	United Kingdom	DNF
—	Helene Gilliet	France	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Lydia Cheromei 1 Jane Ekimat 2 Catherine Kirui 6 Lina Chesire 9 (Ann Mwangi) (34)	18
	Ethiopia Gete Wami 5 Emebet Shiferaw 10 Egigayehu Worku 11 Muluwork Kassa 14 (Kore Alemu) (16) (Genet Gebregiorgis) (28) (Alemitu Bekele) (DNF)	40
	Japan Azumi Miyazaki 4 Minori Hayakari 8 Akiko Kato 12 Natsue Koikawa 19 (Shiho Okayama) (20) (Hozumi Otani) (41)	43
4	United Kingdom Hayley Haining 7 Paula Radcliffe 15 Andrea Duke 27 Karen Whetton 33 (Tanya Blake) (105) (Gillian Stacey) (DNF)	82
5	United States Melody Fairchild 3 Michelle Lafleur 22 Pamela Hunt 23 Deena Drossin 40 (Celeste Susnis) (68) (Megan Thompson) (102)	88
6	Australia Suzy Walsham 13 Sacha Stephens 18 Julie Beckhaus 24 Michelle Dillon 44 (Kate Anderson) (45) (Wendy Ticehurst) (50)	99
7	Ecuador Carmen Naranjo 21 Janeth Caizalitín 25 Sandra Ruales 26 Monica Tapia 42 (Soledad Nieto) (76) (Tania Cevallos) (104)	114
8	Poland Danuta Marczyk 17 Angelika Grabianowska 36 Marta Kosmowska 48 Grazyna Grzesikowska 80 (Monika Ganska) (103)	181
9	Romania Mihaela Ciu 31 Gabriela Szabo 35 Carmen Fülop 52 Stela Apetre 65 (Denisa Costescu) (88) (Florina Pană) (120)	183
10	Zambia Dessy Muchimba 32 Addeh Mwamba 38 Annie Tembo 54 Rachael Chileshe 64 (Annie Chileshe) (90) (Laureen Mumba) (95)	188
11	Spain Sonia Alvarez 46 Ana Gimeno 55 Edurne Fuente 57 Natalia Requena 69 (Susana Rios) (79) (Diana Montes) (91)	227
12	Italy Giovanna Tessitore 37 Fabiana Bavaresco 60 Firmana Novelli 62 Patrizia Ragno 83 (Elisa Vagnini) (94) (Helga Rauch) (109)	242
13	Morocco Zhor El Kamch 53 Najat Ouali 66 Nadia Ouaziz 71 Fatima Zouhair 72 (Fatima Anbar) (89) (Mounia Aboulahcen) (101)	262
14	France Nathalie Braem 49 Patricia Lossouarn 59 Fleur Deconihout 74 Daisy Colibry 92 (Patricia Sainton) (99) (Helene Gilliet) (DNF)	274
15	Hungary Renáta Fülöp 51 Szilvia Csoszánszky 56 Mónika Tóth 75 Anikó Behán 112 (Ágnes Jakab) (118)	294
16	Canada Kathy Butler 47 Karen Harvey 61 Denise Vandeputte 93 Andrea Bertoia 97 (Lori Durward) (98) (Nathalie Côté) (106)	298
17	Belgium Anja Smolders 30 Annick van Daele 87 Ann Noe 116 Laurence Roobaert 117 (Veerle Dejaeghere) (121) (Ann Toelen) (124)	350
18	Germany Constanze Effler 70 Kristin Liebich 78 Nicole Kresse 108 Svenja Lütje 113 (Maren Östringer) (114)	369
19	Jamaica Janice Turner 67 Evette Turner 84 Korene Hinds 100 Michelle Clarke 122	373
20	India Aruna Rani 86 Poonam Singh 107 Mangal Phonde 110 Rashmi Bhoyar 123	426

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 127 athletes from 30 countries in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[4]

•  Australia (6)
•  Belgium (6)
•  Canada (6)
•  Chinese Taipei (1)
•  Czechoslovakia (1)
•  Ecuador (6)
•  Ethiopia (7)
•  France (6)
•  Germany (5)
•  Hungary (5)
•  India (4)
•  Italy (6)
•  Jamaica (4)
•  Japan (6)
•  Kenya (5)
•  Mexico (2)
•  Morocco (6)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  New Zealand (1)
•  Poland (5)
•  Portugal (1)
•  Romania (6)
•  Soviet Union (2)
•  Spain (6)
•  Sweden (1)
•   Switzerland (2)
• United Kingdom (6)
•  United States (6)
•  Zambia (6)
•  Zimbabwe (2)

See also

• 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race