The Junior women's race at the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Barnett Demesne/Queen’s University Playing Fields in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, on March 27, 1999. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.

Complete results for individuals, for junior women's teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.

Race results

Junior women's race (6.124 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Worknesh Kidane 21:26 Vivian Cheruiyot 21:37 Yoshiko Fujinaga 21:41 4 Hareg Sidelil 21:44 5 Naoko Sakata 21:46 6 Merima Hashim 21:50 7 Helena Volná 21:53 8 Pamela Kiyara 21:59 9 Elvan Abeye 22:03 10 Flomena Cheyech 22:07 11 Jackline Chemwok 22:14 12 Elizabeth Rumokol 22:15 13 Inês Monteiro 22:21 14 Hirut Abera 22:23 15 Hana Chaouach 22:26 16 Deborah Chepkorir 22:30 17 Jane Makombe 22:30 18 Yoshiko Watanabe 22:34 19 Linda Roets 22:35 20 Rina Fujioka 22:36 21 Erin Sullivan 22:37 22 Yolandi Neuhoff 22:37 23 Lize-Mari Venter 22:40 24 Kazuko Kanno 22:45 25 Minna Myllykoski 22:48 26 Hanane Ouhaddou 22:48 27 Hiromi Fujii 22:49 28 Tonia Carstens 22:51 29 Yelena Samokhvalova 22:53 30 Sabrina Mockenhaupt 22:53 31 Tatyana Gerasimova 22:59 32 Madaí Pérez 23:00 33 Sibel Özyurt 23:06 34 Bezunesh Bekele 23:08 35 Türkan Erişmiş 23:08 36 Fouzia Zoutat 23:09 37 Tausi Saidi 23:13 38 Sikulile Sibanda 23:16 39 Lina Usmanova 23:17 40 Siphuluwazi Sibindi 23:17 41 René Kalmer 23:27 42 Ashley Labudde 23:28 43 Kenza Dahmani 23:31 44 Tuula Laitinen 23:34 45 Nassira Taibi 23:36 46 Tezeta Sürekli 23:37 47 Caroline Walsh 23:38 48 Lucy Siwela 23:40 49 Saloua Hassani 23:40 50 Fatiha Bahi 23:41 51 Minna Nummela 23:42 52 Caroline Annis 23:44 53 Irene Alfonso 23:46 54 Malika Mejdoub 23:46 55 Cheryl Smith 23:47 56 Sultana Aït Hammou 23:54 57 Lucélia Peres 23:55 58 Rosana Fernández 23:59 59 Riina Tolonen 24:00 60 Tara Struyk 24:03 61 Ann-Marie Larkin 24:03 62 Ana Castro 24:05 63 Cristina Alvarez 24:07 64 Louise Kelly 24:08 65 Emily Kroshus 24:11 66 Dana Boyle 24:12 67 Emma Ward 24:12 68 Anna Markelova 24:13 69 Caroline Daly 24:13 70 Latifa El Mekkaoui 24:14 71 Kary Tripp 24:29 72 Mebarka Zellit 24:34 73 Sara Gorton 24:35 74 Jennifer Handley 24:36 75 Alessia Lutskovskaya 24:37 76 Swata Muchaneta 24:41 77 Emilie Rollier 24:41 78 Valquíria Santos 24:42 79 Catherine Lamb 24:43 80 Claire Colmer 24:43 81 Ayfer Yigit 24:45 82 Dina Mijuskovic 24:47 83 Sanne Bakker 24:48 84 Natalya Razhkova 24:48 85 Mélissa Benoumeur 24:50 86 Beata Naigambo 24:51 87 Federica Dal Ri 24:52 88 Claudia Ramirez 24:52 89 Susan Partridge 24:53 90 Anna Incerti 24:53 91 Mary Cullen 25:01 92 Gemma Masnou 25:04 93 Keli de Godoy 25:06 94 Krystina Kirova 25:11 95 Deirdre Byrne 25:15 96 Gülten Öztürk 25:16 97 Aoife Byrne 25:17 98 Tamara Budija 25:18 99 Letitia Pheleu 25:19 100 Martha Ronceria 25:20 101 Émilie Mondor 25:21 102 Alex Carter 25:25 103 Ciara Broe 25:27 104 Sara Berti 25:31 105 Emily Tallen 25:37 106 Sonia Bejarano 25:43 107 Amarjit Kaur 26:02 108 Irina Ryzhkova 26:08 109 Anastasiya Padalinskaya 26:13 110 Luana Pocorobba 26:16 111 Megan Metcalfe 26:24 112 Swathi Gurnule 26:36 113 Jisha Thomas 26:37 114 Andrea Nieto 26:38 115 Claudia Barajas 26:39 116 Tina Gacina 28:05 117 Kalpana Morey 28:51 118 Leyla Dzhumayeva 29:48 119 Olesy Jovnir 30:39 120 Saeda A.Y. Amro 32:45 — Viktoriya Brigadnaya DNF — Tatiane Sá DNF — Malika Asahssah DNF — Nadia Ejjafini DQ† †: Nadia Ejjafini of was the original 21st-place finisher in 22:37 min, but was disqualified for age falsification.

Teams Rank Team Points Worknesh Kidane 1 Hareg Sidelil 4 Merima Hashim 6 Elvan Abeye 9 (Hirut Abera) (14) (Bezunesh Bekele) (34) 20 Vivian Cheruiyot 2 Pamela Kiyara 8 Flomena Cheyech 10 Jackline Chemwok 11 (Elizabeth Rumokol) (12) (Deborah Chepkorir) (16) 31 Yoshiko Fujinaga 3 Naoko Sakata 5 Yoshiko Watanabe 18 Rina Fujioka 20 (Kazuko Kanno) (24) (Hiromi Fujii) (27) 46 4 Linda Roets 19 Yolandi Neuhoff 22 Lize-Mari Venter 23 Tonia Carstens 28 (René Kalmer) (41) (Letitia Pheleu) (99) 92 5 Jane Makombe 17 Sikulile Sibanda 38 Siphuluwazi Sibindi 40 Lucy Siwela 48 (Swata Muchaneta) (76) 143 6 Erin Sullivan 21 Ashley Labudde 42 Caroline Annis 52 Cheryl Smith 55 (Dana Boyle) (66) (Sara Gorton) (73) 170† 7 Fouzia Zoutat 36 Kenza Dahmani 43 Nassira Taibi 45 Saloua Hassani 49 (Fatiha Bahi) (50) (Mebarka Zellit) (72) 173† 8 Yelena Samokhvalova 29 Tatyana Gerasimova 31 Lina Usmanova 39 Alessia Lutskovskaya 75 174† 9 Minna Myllykoski 25 Tuula Laitinen 44 Minna Nummela 51 Riina Tolonen 59 179† 10 Sibel Özyurt 33 Türkan Erişmiş 35 Tezeta Sürekli 46 Ayfer Yigit 81 (Gülten Öztürk) (96) 195† 11 Hanane Ouhaddou 26 Malika Mejdoub 54 Sultana Aït Hammou 56 Latifa El Mekkaoui 70 (Malika Asahssah) (DNF) 206† 12 Irene Alfonso 53 Rosana Fernández 58 Ana Castro 62 Cristina Alvarez 63 (Gemma Masnou) (92) (Sonia Bejarano) (106) 236 13 Caroline Walsh 47 Louise Kelly 64 Emma Ward 67 Claire Colmer 80 (Susan Partridge) (89) (Alex Carter) (102) 258 14 Tara Struyk 60 Emily Kroshus 65 Jennifer Handley 74 Émilie Mondor 101 (Emily Tallen) (105) (Megan Metcalfe) (111) 300 15 Ann-Marie Larkin 61 Caroline Daly 69 Mary Cullen 91 Deirdre Byrne 95 (Aoife Byrne) (97) (Ciara Broe) (103) 316 16 Federica Dal Ri 87 Anna Incerti 90 Sara Berti 104 Luana Pocorobba 110 391 17 Natalya Razhkova 84 Krystina Kirova 94 Irina Ryzhkova 108 Anastasiya Padalinskaya 109 395 18 Claudia Ramirez 88 Martha Ronceria 100 Andrea Nieto 114 Claudia Barajas 115 417 19 Amarjit Kaur 107 Swathi Gurnule 112 Jisha Thomas 113 Kalpana Morey 117 449DNF (Lucélia Peres) (57) (Valquíria Santos) (78) (Keli de Godoy) (93) (Tatiane Sá) (DNF) DNFDNF (Anna Markelova) (68) (Leyla Dzhumayeva) (118) (Olesy Jovnir) (119) (Viktoriya Brigadnaya) (DNF) DNF Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result †: Nadia Ejjafini of was the original 21st-place finisher in 22:37 min, but was disqualified for age falsification affecting the team scores.

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 124 athletes from 34 countries in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race

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