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

Junior women's race at the 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
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 →

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]

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)

References

^ Bloom, Marc (March 25, 1991), "CROSS COUNTRY; Jennings Retains World Title", The New York Times, retrieved October 16, 2013
^ Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.4km CC Women - Antwerpen Linkerover Date: Sunday, March 24, 1991, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 24, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
^ ^a ^b 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013

[times_01-1] Bloom, Marc (March 25, 1991), "CROSS COUNTRY; Jennings Retains World Title", The New York Times, retrieved October 16, 2013

[archive_04-2] Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.4km CC Women - Antwerpen Linkerover Date: Sunday, March 24, 1991, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 24, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[gbr_01-3] IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013

[iaaf_01-4] 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013

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