2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

The Junior women's race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Leopardstown Racecourse near Dublin, Ireland, on March 23, 2002. Reports on the event were given in The New York Times,[1][2] in the Herald,[3][4] and for the IAAF.[5]

Junior women's race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition30th
DateMarch 23
Host cityDublin, Leinster, Ireland Republic of Ireland
VenueLeopardstown Racecourse
Events1
Distances5.962 km – Junior women
Participation110 athletes from
31 nations

Complete results for individuals,[6][7][8] for teams,[6][9][10] medallists,[11] and the results of British athletes who took part[12] were published.

Race results edit

Junior women's race (5.962 km) edit

Individual edit

Rank Athlete Country Time
  Viola Kibiwott   Kenya 20:13
  Tirunesh Dibaba   Ethiopia 20:14
  Vivian Cheruiyot   Kenya 20:22
4 Fridah Domongole   Kenya 20:23
5 Peninah Chepchumba   Kenya 20:24
6 Bezunesh Bekele   Ethiopia 20:34
7 Mestawat Tufa   Ethiopia 20:40
8 Snezana Kostic   Yugoslavia 20:43
9 Melissa Rollison   Australia 20:50
10 Sharon Cherop   Kenya 20:53
11 Yenealem Ayano   Ethiopia 20:59
12 Valentine Koech   Kenya 21:03
13 Meseret Defar   Ethiopia 21:06
14 Emi Ikeda   Japan 21:16
15 Derbe Ayele   Ethiopia 21:18
16 Zubeda Gussi   Tanzania 21:20
17 Erika Odlaug   United States 21:23
18 Irvette van Blerk   South Africa 21:30
19 Farida Gusi   Tanzania 21:35
20 Joanna Wall   Australia 21:36
21 Chiaki Iwamoto   Japan 21:43
22 Galina Ignatyeva   Russia 21:44
23 Lemlem Bereket   Eritrea 21:49
24 Mika Matsumoto   Japan 21:50
25 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli   Morocco 21:50
26 Olga Minina   Belarus 21:52
27 Aleisha Anderson   Australia 21:56
28 Gwendoline Despres   France 21:59
29 Maria Cicero   United States 21:59
30 Adrienne Herzog   Netherlands 22:00
31 Charlotte Dale   United Kingdom 22:01
32 Ayumi Hashimoto   Japan 22:01
33 Galina Yegorova   Russia 22:03
34 Chantel Bartleman   South Africa 22:03
35 Anne Gauthier   France 22:03
36 Valerie Lauver   United States 22:06
37 Alba García   Spain 22:07
38 Amparo Menéndez   Spain 22:07
39 Marina Ivanova   Russia 22:07
40 Nicole Lee   United States 22:10
41 Nancy Frouin   France 22:11
42 Yuliya Stashkiv   Ukraine 22:11
43 Sara Bei   United States 22:12
44 Silvia La Barbera   Italy 22:14
45 Henrietta Freeman   United Kingdom 22:15
46 Faye Fullerton   United Kingdom 22:16
47 Kathryn Andersen   United States 22:16
48 Chahrazad Cheboub   Algeria 22:19
49 Misaki Katsumata   Japan 22:20
50 Simret Sultan   Eritrea 22:24
51 Clare McKechnie   Australia 22:26
52 Tatyana Petrova   Russia 22:26
53 Jessica Nugent   United Kingdom 22:27
54 Fatiha Bahi   Algeria 22:37
55 Isabel Macías   Spain 22:42
56 Nthatuda Semanama   Lesotho 22:44
57 Simret Asmerom   Eritrea 22:48
58 Lebogang Phalula   South Africa 22:52
59 Olga Kryvyak   Ukraine 22:53
60 Viktoriya Zuyeva   Russia 22:54
61 Sharon Tavengwa   Zimbabwe 22:58
62 Noura Cheffara   Algeria 23:00
63 Freya Murray   United Kingdom 23:01
64 María Elena Valencia   Mexico 23:03
65 Rosemary Grosso   Italy 23:05
66 Asmara Gebrezghi   Eritrea 23:07
67 Yuliya Ruban   Ukraine 23:09
68 Lisa Dobriskey   United Kingdom 23:10
69 Maria Carbo   Spain 23:15
70 Eleonora Riga   Italy 23:19
71 Sónia Fernandes   Portugal 23:20
72 Fionnuala Britton   Ireland 23:21
73 Elodie Mené   France 23:22
74 Saloua Hassani   Algeria 23:22
75 Seham El Agizy   Egypt 23:22
76 Evelien Hofmans   Belgium 23:27
77 Anastasiya Pustarnakova   Belarus 23:30
78 Erica Lombardi   Italy 23:31
79 Fadhila Cheffara   Algeria 23:32
80 Belén Iñigo   Spain 23:33
81 Tetyana Filonyuk   Ukraine 23:35
82 Mélanie Veron   France 23:40
83 Lindsay Laltoo   Canada 23:41
84 Chanelle Olivier   South Africa 23:49
85 Kirsten Braem   Belgium 23:57
86 Caitlin Malone   Canada 23:59
87 Linda Byrne   Ireland 24:15
88 Miek Vyncke   Belgium 24:17
89 Michelle Gallagher   Ireland 24:21
90 Estela Alhambra   Spain 24:24
91 Natalie Rogers   Canada 24:27
92 Sara Abou Hassan   Egypt 24:28
93 Yyldyz Durdiyeva   Turkmenistan 24:31
94 Alyson Kohlmeier   Canada 24:39
95 Ana Rosa Fuentes   Mexico 24:46
96 Marijke Jacobs   Belgium 24:47
97 Jessica Crate   Canada 24:52
98 Irina Moroz   Uzbekistan 25:02
99 Kristina Medyanskaya   Uzbekistan 25:05
100 Lisa Coohill   Ireland 25:26
101 Ava Hutchinson   Ireland 25:35
102 Anna Sidorova   Uzbekistan 25:39
103 Veronika Kirgizbayeva   Uzbekistan 25:41
104 Anke van Campen   Belgium 25:49
105 Ashling Baker   Ireland 25:53
106 Sharon Soussi   Gibraltar 27:44
107 Shakeina Bush   Cayman Islands 32:26
108 Christel Arnold   South Africa 33:07
Samira Afettouche   Algeria DNF
Manuela Fadda   Italy DNF
Amanda Kohlmeier   Canada DNS
Kazue Awai   Japan DNS

Teams edit

Rank Team Points
    Kenya
Viola Kibiwott 1
Vivian Cheruiyot 3
Fridah Domongole 4
Peninah Chepchumba 5
(Sharon Cherop) (n/s)
(Valentine Koech) (n/s)
13
    Ethiopia
Tirunesh Dibaba 2
Bezunesh Bekele 6
Mestawat Tufa 7
Yenealem Ayano 9
(Meseret Defar) (n/s)
(Derbe Ayele) (n/s)
24
    Japan
Emi Ikeda 10
Chiaki Iwamoto 14
Mika Matsumoto 17
Ayumi Hashimoto 22
(Misaki Katsumata) (n/s)
63
4   Australia
Melissa Rollison 8
Joanna Wall 13
Aleisha Anderson 18
Clare McKechnie 38
77
5   United States
Erika Odlaug 11
Maria Cicero 20
Valerie Lauver 26
Nicole Lee 30
(Sara Bei) (n/s)
(Kathryn Andersen) (n/s)
87
6   Russia
Galina Ignatyeva 15
Galina Yegorova 23
Marina Ivanova 29
Tatyana Petrova 39
(Viktoriya Zuyeva) (n/s)
106
7   France
Gwendoline Despres 19
Anne Gauthier 25
Nancy Frouin 31
Elodie Mené 53
(Mélanie Veron) (n/s)
128
8   United Kingdom
Charlotte Dale 21
Henrietta Freeman 34
Faye Fullerton 35
Jessica Nugent 40
(Freya Murray) (n/s)
(Lisa Dobriskey) (n/s)
130
9   South Africa
Irvette van Blerk 12
Chantel Bartleman 24
Lebogang Phalula 44
Chanelle Olivier 59
(Christel Arnold) (n/s)
139
10   Eritrea
Lemlem Bereket 16
Simret Sultan 37
Simret Asmerom 43
Asmara Gebrezghi 48
144
11   Spain
Alba García 27
Amparo Menéndez 28
Isabel Macías 42
Maria Carbo 50
(Belén Iñigo) (n/s)
(Estela Alhambra) (n/s)
147
12   Algeria
Chahrazad Cheboub 36
Fatiha Bahi 41
Noura Cheffara 46
Saloua Hassani 54
(Fadhila Cheffara) (n/s)
(Samira Afettouche) (DNF)
177
13   Ukraine
Yuliya Stashkiv 32
Olga Kryvyak 45
Yuliya Ruban 49
Tetyana Filonyuk 57
183
14   Italy
Silvia La Barbera 33
Rosemary Grosso 47
Eleonora Riga 51
Erica Lombardi 56
(Manuela Fadda) (DNF)
187
15   Belgium
Evelien Hofmans 55
Kirsten Braem 60
Miek Vyncke 63
Marijke Jacobs 67
(Anke van Campen) (n/s)
245
16   Ireland
Fionnuala Britton 52
Linda Byrne 62
Michelle Gallagher 64
Lisa Coohill 70
(Ava Hutchinson) (n/s)
(Ashling Baker) (n/s)
248
17   Canada
Lindsay Laltoo 58
Caitlin Malone 61
Natalie Rogers 65
Alyson Kohlmeier 66
(Jessica Crate) (n/s)
250
18   Uzbekistan
Irina Moroz 68
Kristina Medyanskaya 69
Anna Sidorova 71
Veronika Kirgizbayeva 72
280
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 110 athletes from 31 countries participated in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[12]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "PLUS: RUNNING; Briton Holds Off U.S. Challenge", The New York Times, March 24, 2002, retrieved October 30, 2013
  2. ^ Clarey, Christopher (March 25, 2002), "TRACK AND FIELD : A gold sweep for Ethiopian 'in a class of his own'", The New York Times, retrieved October 30, 2013
  3. ^ Gillon, Doug (March 25, 2001), "Radcliffe completes the double - Briton successfully defends world cross-country title", Herald, retrieved October 30, 2013
  4. ^ Gillon, Doug (March 25, 2001), "Title joy second time around for youngster Bikele", Herald, retrieved October 30, 2013
  5. ^ Minshull, Phil (March 23, 2001), Kibiwott finds it tough to retain title, IAAF, retrieved October 30, 2013
  6. ^ a b Magnusson, Tomas (July 4, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 6.0km CC Women - Dublin Leopardstown Date: Saturday, March 23, 2002, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 30, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ Official Results - CROSS JUNIOR RACE Women - Saturday, March 23, 2002, IAAF, March 23, 2002, archived from the original on November 1, 2013, retrieved October 30, 2013
  8. ^ Results - 30th IAAF/Sport Ireland World Cross Country Championships - Dublin, IRELAND 23 MAR 2002 - 24 MAR 2002 - Junior Race - women, IAAF, 23 March 2002, archived from the original on 1 November 2013, retrieved 30 October 2013
  9. ^ Official Results - CROSS JUNIOR RACE Women - Team - Saturday, March 23, 2002, IAAF, March 23, 2002, archived from the original on November 1, 2013, retrieved October 30, 2013
  10. ^ Results - 30th IAAF/Sport Ireland World Cross Country Championships - Dublin, IRELAND 23 MAR 2002 - 24 MAR 2002 - Junior Race - women - Final - Team, IAAF, 23 March 2002, archived from the original on 1 November 2013, retrieved 30 October 2013
  11. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 30, 2013
  12. ^ 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 30, 2013