The Junior women's race at the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend (Oostende), Belgium, on March 24, 2001. Reports on the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.

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

Race results

Junior women's race (5.9 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Viola Kibiwott 22:05 Abebech Nigussie 22:05 Aster Bacha 22:05 4 Vivian Cheruiyot 22:06 5 Tirunesh Dibaba 22:08 6 Tereza Yohanes 22:10 7 Fridah Domongole 22:12 8 Sally Kipyego 22:22 9 Peninah Chepchumba 22:24 10 Mestawat Tufa 22:24 11 Naoko Sakata 22:36 12 Christine Kalmer 22:45 13 Tomomi Tagao 22:46 14 Melissa Rollison 22:52 15 Anna Ndege 22:53 16 Alice Timbilil 22:54 17 Emi Ikeda 23:00 18 Mika Matsumoto 23:15 19 Georgie Clarke 23:21 20 Simret Sultan 23:24 21 Ruth McDonnell 23:25 22 Elvan Can 23:30 23 Emma Ward 23:31 24 Lina Usmanova 23:34 25 Mikayo Udo 23:36 26 Lauren King 23:37 27 Diane Nukuri 23:37 28 Christel Arnold 23:44 29 Samira Afettouche 23:44 30 Inga Abitova 23:45 31 Trish Nolan 23:47 32 Louise Damen 23:48 33 Fatiha Bahi 23:52 34 Maria Yohana Amosi 23:53 35 Hiromi Koga 23:55 36 Mieke Geens 23:58 37 Lize-Mari Venter 23:59 38 Collette Fagan 24:02 39 Simret Asmerom 24:09 40 Evelien Hofmans 24:10 41 Tatyana Petrova 24:11 42 Alicia Craig 24:12 43 Birgül Özcan 24:15 44 Julie Coulaud 24:16 45 Jane Makombe 24:16 46 Elodie Mené 24:17 47 Laura Zeigle 24:17 48 Faye Fullerton 24:18 49 Eleonora Riga 24:21 50 Isabel Macías 24:21 51 Fiona Crombie 24:22 52 Amparo Menéndez 24:22 53 Joanna Wall 24:23 54 Linda Hadjar 24:29 55 Lakshmaiah Manjula 24:29 56 Alba García 24:29 57 Beatrice Lanza 24:30 58 Saloua Hassani 24:33 59 Lynelle Blignaut 24:33 60 Francesca Smiderle 24:34 61 Victoria Chang 24:37 62 Elizabeth Lilley 24:41 63 Matirinta Mota 24:43 64 Eden Tesfalem 24:43 65 Alisha Williams 24:45 66 Henrietta Freeman 24:45 67 Arzu Berk 24:50 68 Ljiljana Culibrk 24:50 69 Marina Ivanova 24:51 70 Dulce Félix 24:53 71 Lebogang Phalula 24:56 72 Alicia González 24:58 73 Michelle Carson 25:00 74 Emily Blakeslee 25:01 75 Valeria Marinoni 25:01 76 Türkan Erişmiş 25:01 77 Nadia Rodríguez 25:02 78 Seham El Agizy 25:02 79 Rosemary Grosso 25:04 80 Carol Henry 25:09 81 Meriem Benzerga 25:10 82 Megan Metcalfe 25:10 83 Preda Sreedharan 25:12 84 Widad Mendil 25:14 85 Nagamani Basa 25:14 86 Pilar Mendoza 25:16 87 Patricia Lobo 25:20 88 Lesley Shannon 25:24 89 Lies Delameilleure 25:25 90 Sónia Fernandes 25:31 91 Agnès Portier 25:33 92 Karina Pérez 25:36 93 Yuliya Alyoshina 25:38 94 Natalya Alekseyeva 25:38 95 Daphrose Ndayikunda 25:40 96 Belén Iñigo 25:42 97 Anne Gauthier 25:46 98 Fionnuala Britton 25:46 99 Ann Schreurs 25:50 100 Natallia Yakhimovich 25:51 101 Michelle de la Vina 25:56 102 Sophie Christiaens 25:59 103 Eliane Pereira 25:59 104 Karina Córdoba 25:59 105 Sara Abou Hassan 26:12 106 Dimple Naidu 26:19 107 Doaa Adel 26:20 108 Michaela Lynn 26:20 109 Shaimaa Ibrahim 26:35 110 Ava Hutchinson 26:40 111 Irene González 26:40 112 Stephanie Hirtle 26:46 113 Zulma Morabes 26:52 114 Gizelle de Castro 27:07 115 Alena Kutskevich 27:18 116 Yuliya Krepina 27:30 117 Ana Rosa Fuentes 28:19 118 Lemlem Bereket 28:33 119 Gulya Imomova 28:34 120 Svetlana Barkalova 28:43 121 Jorgelina Litterini 29:01 122 Svetlana Mansurova 30:04 123 Dinara Nerziyeva 30:51 — Wahiba Ifftissen DNF — Natallia Tsyvaka DNF — Tatiane Sá DNF — Anastasiya Pustarnakova DNS — Hawa Hussein DNS — Zakia Mrisho DNS — Olivia Chikotore DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Abebech Nigussie 2 Aster Bacha 3 Tirunesh Dibaba 5 Tereza Yohanes 6 (Mestawat Tufa) (10) 16 Viola Kibiwott 1 Vivian Cheruiyot 4 Fridah Domongole 7 Sally Kipyego 8 (Peninah Chepchumba) (9) (Alice Timbilil) (16) 20 Naoko Sakata 11 Tomomi Tagao 13 Emi Ikeda 17 Mika Matsumoto 18 (Mikayo Udo) (25) (Hiromi Koga) (35) 59 4 Melissa Rollison 14 Georgie Clarke 19 Ruth McDonnell 21 Joanna Wall 53 107 5 Christine Kalmer 12 Christel Arnold 28 Lize-Mari Venter 37 Lynelle Blignaut 59 (Lebogang Phalula) (71) 136 6 Emma Ward 23 Louise Damen 32 Collette Fagan 38 Faye Fullerton 48 (Elizabeth Lilley) (62) (Henrietta Freeman) (66) 141 7 Lina Usmanova 24 Inga Abitova 30 Tatyana Petrova 41 Marina Ivanova 69 164 8 Samira Afettouche 29 Fatiha Bahi 33 Saloua Hassani 58 Meriem Benzerga 81 (Widad Mendil) (84) (Wahiba Ifftissen) (DNF) 201 9 Elvan Can 22 Birgül Özcan 43 Arzu Berk 67 Türkan Erişmiş 76 208 10 Lauren King 26 Trish Nolan 31 Michelle Carson 73 Carol Henry 80 (Megan Metcalfe) (82) (Stephanie Hirtle) (112) 210 11 Alicia Craig 42 Laura Zeigle 47 Victoria Chang 61 Alisha Williams 65 (Emily Blakeslee) (74) (Michelle de la Vina) (101) 215 12 Isabel Macías 50 Amparo Menéndez 52 Alba García 56 Alicia González 72 (Pilar Mendoza) (86) (Belén Iñigo) (96) 230 13 Julie Coulaud 44 Elodie Mené 46 Linda Hadjar 54 Agnès Portier 91 (Anne Gauthier) (97) 235 14 Eleonora Riga 49 Beatrice Lanza 57 Francesca Smiderle 60 Valeria Marinoni 75 (Rosemary Grosso) (79) 241 15 Simret Sultan 20 Simret Asmerom 39 Eden Tesfalem 64 Lemlem Bereket 118 241 16 Mieke Geens 36 Evelien Hofmans 40 Lies Delameilleure 89 Ann Schreurs 99 (Sophie Christiaens) (102) 264 17 Lakshmaiah Manjula 55 Preda Sreedharan 83 Nagamani Basa 85 Dimple Naidu 106 329 18 Seham El Agizy 78 Sara Abou Hassan 105 Doaa Adel 107 Shaimaa Ibrahim 109 399 19 Lesley Shannon 88 Fionnuala Britton 98 Michaela Lynn 108 Ava Hutchinson 110 404 20 Nadia Rodríguez 77 Karina Córdoba 104 Zulma Morabes 113 Jorgelina Litterini 121 415 21 Yuliya Krepina 116 Gulya Imomova 119 Svetlana Barkalova 120 Svetlana Mansurova 122 477DNF (Patricia Lobo) (87) (Eliane Pereira) (103) (Gizelle de Castro) (114) (Tatiane Sá) (DNF) DNFDNF (Natalya Alekseyeva) (94) (Natallia Yakhimovich) (100) (Alena Kutskevich) (115) (Natallia Tsyvaka) (DNF) DNF Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 126 athletes from 32 countries in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race

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