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, 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 (5.962 km)

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

Teams Rank Team Points Viola Kibiwott 1 Vivian Cheruiyot 3 Fridah Domongole 4 Peninah Chepchumba 5 (Sharon Cherop) (n/s) (Valentine Koech) (n/s) 13 Tirunesh Dibaba 2 Bezunesh Bekele 6 Mestawat Tufa 7 Yenealem Ayano 9 (Meseret Defar) (n/s) (Derbe Ayele) (n/s) 24 Emi Ikeda 10 Chiaki Iwamoto 14 Mika Matsumoto 17 Ayumi Hashimoto 22 (Misaki Katsumata) (n/s) 63 4 Melissa Rollison 8 Joanna Wall 13 Aleisha Anderson 18 Clare McKechnie 38 77 5 Erika Odlaug 11 Maria Cicero 20 Valerie Lauver 26 Nicole Lee 30 (Sara Bei) (n/s) (Kathryn Andersen) (n/s) 87 6 Galina Ignatyeva 15 Galina Yegorova 23 Marina Ivanova 29 Tatyana Petrova 39 (Viktoriya Zuyeva) (n/s) 106 7 Gwendoline Despres 19 Anne Gauthier 25 Nancy Frouin 31 Elodie Mené 53 (Mélanie Veron) (n/s) 128 8 Charlotte Dale 21 Henrietta Freeman 34 Faye Fullerton 35 Jessica Nugent 40 (Freya Murray) (n/s) (Lisa Dobriskey) (n/s) 130 9 Irvette van Blerk 12 Chantel Bartleman 24 Lebogang Phalula 44 Chanelle Olivier 59 (Christel Arnold) (n/s) 139 10 Lemlem Bereket 16 Simret Sultan 37 Simret Asmerom 43 Asmara Gebrezghi 48 144 11 Alba García 27 Amparo Menéndez 28 Isabel Macías 42 Maria Carbo 50 (Belén Iñigo) (n/s) (Estela Alhambra) (n/s) 147 12 Chahrazad Cheboub 36 Fatiha Bahi 41 Noura Cheffara 46 Saloua Hassani 54 (Fadhila Cheffara) (n/s) (Samira Afettouche) (DNF) 177 13 Yuliya Stashkiv 32 Olga Kryvyak 45 Yuliya Ruban 49 Tetyana Filonyuk 57 183 14 Silvia La Barbera 33 Rosemary Grosso 47 Eleonora Riga 51 Erica Lombardi 56 (Manuela Fadda) (DNF) 187 15 Evelien Hofmans 55 Kirsten Braem 60 Miek Vyncke 63 Marijke Jacobs 67 (Anke van Campen) (n/s) 245 16 Fionnuala Britton 52 Linda Byrne 62 Michelle Gallagher 64 Lisa Coohill 70 (Ava Hutchinson) (n/s) (Ashling Baker) (n/s) 248 17 Lindsay Laltoo 58 Caitlin Malone 61 Natalie Rogers 65 Alyson Kohlmeier 66 (Jessica Crate) (n/s) 250 18 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 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.

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See also 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race

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