2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race

The Women's short race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, on April 2, 2006. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times,[1] and for the IAAF.[2]

Women's short race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition34th
DateApril 2
Host cityFukuoka, Kyushu, Japan Japan
VenueUmi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park
Events6
Distances4 km – Women's short
Participation92 athletes from
26 nations

Complete results for individuals,[3][4][5] for teams,[3][6][7] medallists,[8] and the results of British athletes who took part[9] were published.

Race results edit

Women's short race (4 km) edit

Individual edit

Rank Athlete Country Time
  Gelete Burka   Ethiopia 12:51
  Prisca Ngetich   Kenya 12:53
  Meselech Melkamu   Ethiopia 12:54
4 Benita Johnson   Australia 12:55
5 Lornah Kiplagat   Netherlands 12:55
6 Beatrice Chepchumba   Kenya 12:58
7 Zhor El Kamch   Morocco 13:03
8 Vivian Cheruiyot   Kenya 13:10
9 Bezunesh Bekele   Ethiopia 13:10
10 Isabella Ochichi   Kenya 13:11
11 Melissa Rollison   Australia 13:11
12 Teyiba Erkesso   Ethiopia 13:12
13 Etalemahu Kidane   Ethiopia 13:13
14 Nancy Wambui   Kenya 13:13
15 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli   Morocco 13:14
16 Olga Komyagina   Russia 13:16
17 Ruhama Shauri   Tanzania 13:20
18 Blake Russell   United States 13:21
19 Malindi Elmore   Canada 13:21
20 Bouchra Chaâbi   Morocco 13:23
21 Kara Goucher   United States 13:24
22 Carmen Douma-Hussar   Canada 13:25
23 Olesya Syreva   Russia 13:25
24 Courtney Babcock   Canada 13:27
25 Anna Thompson   Australia 13:27
26 Sara Bei-Hall   United States 13:28
27 Yelena Sidorchenkova   Russia 13:32
28 Kareema Jasim   Bahrain 13:33
29 Donna MacFarlane   Australia 13:34
30 Yuriko Kobayashi   Japan 13:34
31 Hanane Ouhaddou   Morocco 13:35
32 Dong Xiaoqin   China 13:35
33 Victoria Mitchell   Australia 13:36
34 Carrie Tollefson   United States 13:36
35 Bao Guiying   China 13:38
36 Liliya Shobukhova   Russia 13:39
37 Maryam Jamal   Bahrain 13:39
38 Sarah Schwald   United States 13:40
39 Eloise Wellings   Australia 13:41
40 Pascalina Bombo   Tanzania 13:42
41 Beatrice Rutto   Kenya 13:42
42 María Elena Valencia   Mexico 13:44
43 Sun Wenqin   China 13:45
44 Eleanor Baker   United Kingdom 13:45
45 Simret Sultan   Eritrea 13:45
46 Xi Qiuhong   China 13:51
47 Saïda El Mehdi   Morocco 13:51
48 Anastasiya Starovoytova   Belarus 13:52
49 Angela Rinicella   Italy 13:52
50 Megan Metcalfe   Canada 13:54
51 Zhang Chong   China 13:54
52 Jiang Chengcheng   China 13:54
53 Ayumi Hashimoto   Japan 13:55
54 Zaituni Jumanne   Tanzania 13:55
55 Taiba Waked   Bahrain 13:55
56 Fatima Ayachi   Morocco 13:56
57 Tara Quinn-Smith   Canada 13:57
58 René Kalmer   South Africa 14:05
59 Binnaz Uslu   Turkey 14:06
60 Adelina De Soccio   Italy 14:07
61 Yekaterina Volkova   Russia 14:07
62 Lisa Van Der Merwe   South Africa 14:07
63 Hilarie Dusabimana   Rwanda 14:07
64 Freya Murray   United Kingdom 14:08
65 Lizzy Hall   United Kingdom 14:08
66 Amy Mortimer   United States 14:10
67 Nicolene Van Rooyen   South Africa 14:12
68 Mika Yoshikawa   Japan 14:21
69 Poppy Mlambo   South Africa 14:22
70 Angélique Nibigira   Burundi 14:23
71 Elodie Olivares   France 14:24
72 Violet Raseboya   South Africa 14:24
73 Valeria Rodríguez   Argentina 14:26
74 Chanelle Olivier   South Africa 14:29
75 Rie Takayoshi   Japan 14:30
76 Emeliana Joseph   Tanzania 14:32
77 Minori Hayakari   Japan 14:33
78 Kokob Mehari   Eritrea 14:41
79 Tomoko Ishii   Japan 14:43
80 María Peralta   Argentina 14:46
81 Diana Seigi   Bahrain 14:51
82 Tanice Barnett   Jamaica 14:59
83 Parfaite Nimbona   Burundi 15:09
84 Nadia Rodríguez   Argentina 15:11
85 Carina Allay   Argentina 15:18
86 Merrecia James   Jamaica 15:35
87 Tanica Thomas   Jamaica 15:39
88 Ziyodahon Abdullaeva   Uzbekistan 15:44
89 Kavita Raut   India 16:21
90 Marina Khmelevskaya   Uzbekistan 16:32
91 Nadine Henry   Jamaica 16:56
Tirunesh Dibaba   Ethiopia DNF

Teams edit

Rank Team Points
    Ethiopia
Gelete Burka 1
Meselech Melkamu 3
Bezunesh Bekele 9
Teyiba Erkesso 12
(Etalemahu Kidane) (13)
(Tirunesh Dibaba) (DNF)
25
    Kenya
Prisca Ngetich 2
Beatrice Chepchumba 6
Vivian Cheruiyot 8
Isabella Ochichi 10
(Nancy Wambui) (14)
(Beatrice Rutto) (41)
26
    Australia
Benita Johnson 4
Melissa Rollison 11
Anna Thompson 25
Donna MacFarlane 29
(Victoria Mitchell) (33)
(Eloise Wellings) (39)
69
4   Morocco
Zhor El Kamch 7
Mariem Alaoui Selsouli 15
Bouchra Chaâbi 20
Hanane Ouhaddou 31
(Saïda El Mehdi) (47)
(Fatima Ayachi) (56)
73
5   United States
Blake Russell 18
Kara Goucher 21
Sara Bei-Hall 26
Carrie Tollefson 34
(Sarah Schwald) (38)
(Amy Mortimer) (66)
99
6   Russia
Olga Komyagina 16
Olesya Syreva 23
Yelena Sidorchenkova 27
Liliya Shobukhova 36
(Yekaterina Volkova) (61)
102
7   Canada
Malindi Elmore 19
Carmen Douma-Hussar 22
Courtney Babcock 24
Megan Metcalfe 50
(Tara Quinn-Smith) (57)
115
8   China
Dong Xiaoqin 32
Bao Guiying 35
Sun Wenqin 43
Xi Qiuhong 46
(Zhang Chong) (51)
(Jiang Chengcheng) (52)
156
9   Tanzania
Ruhama Shauri 17
Pascalina Bombo 40
Zaituni Jumanne 54
Emeliana Joseph 76
187
10   Bahrain
Kareema Jasim 28
Maryam Jamal 37
Taiba Waked 55
Diana Seigi 81
201
11   Japan
Yuriko Kobayashi 30
Ayumi Hashimoto 53
Mika Yoshikawa 68
Rie Takayoshi 75
(Minori Hayakari) (77)
(Tomoko Ishii) (79)
226
12   South Africa
René Kalmer 58
Lisa Van Der Merwe 62
Nicolene Van Rooyen 67
Poppy Mlambo 69
(Violet Raseboya) (72)
(Chanelle Olivier) (74)
256
13   Argentina
Valeria Rodríguez 73
María Peralta 80
Nadia Rodríguez 84
Carina Allay 85
322
14   Jamaica
Tanice Barnett 82
Merrecia James 86
Tanica Thomas 87
Nadine Henry 91
346
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 92 athletes from 26 countries participated in the Women's short race.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Athletics: For Bekele, 5th straight double title", The New York Times, April 2, 2006, retrieved November 2, 2013
  2. ^ Turner, Chris (April 2, 2006), Women's Short Race, Fukuoka - Not even a gale can hold back Burka, IAAF, retrieved November 2, 2013
  3. ^ a b Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.0km CC Women - Fukuoka Date: Sunday, April 2, 2006, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved November 2, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Short Race - W Final, IAAF, April 2, 2006, archived from the original on November 6, 2013, retrieved November 2, 2013
  5. ^ Results - 34th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Fukuoka, JAPAN 01 APR 2006 - 02 APR 2006 - Short Race - women, IAAF, April 2, 2006, retrieved November 2, 2013
  6. ^ Official Team Results Short Race - W, IAAF, April 2, 2006, archived from the original on November 6, 2013, retrieved November 2, 2013
  7. ^ Results - 34th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Fukuoka, JAPAN 01 APR 2006 - 02 APR 2006 - Short Race - women - Final - Team, IAAF, April 2, 2006, retrieved November 2, 2013
  8. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved November 2, 2013
  9. ^ 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 November 2, 2013