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, and for the IAAF.

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

Race results

Women's short race (4 km)

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

Teams Rank Team Points Gelete Burka 1 Meselech Melkamu 3 Bezunesh Bekele 9 Teyiba Erkesso 12 (Etalemahu Kidane) (13) (Tirunesh Dibaba) (DNF) 25 Prisca Ngetich 2 Beatrice Chepchumba 6 Vivian Cheruiyot 8 Isabella Ochichi 10 (Nancy Wambui) (14) (Beatrice Rutto) (41) 26 Benita Johnson 4 Melissa Rollison 11 Anna Thompson 25 Donna MacFarlane 29 (Victoria Mitchell) (33) (Eloise Wellings) (39) 69 4 Zhor El Kamch 7 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli 15 Bouchra Chaâbi 20 Hanane Ouhaddou 31 (Saïda El Mehdi) (47) (Fatima Ayachi) (56) 73 5 Blake Russell 18 Kara Goucher 21 Sara Bei-Hall 26 Carrie Tollefson 34 (Sarah Schwald) (38) (Amy Mortimer) (66) 99 6 Olga Komyagina 16 Olesya Syreva 23 Yelena Sidorchenkova 27 Liliya Shobukhova 36 (Yekaterina Volkova) (61) 102 7 Malindi Elmore 19 Carmen Douma-Hussar 22 Courtney Babcock 24 Megan Metcalfe 50 (Tara Quinn-Smith) (57) 115 8 Dong Xiaoqin 32 Bao Guiying 35 Sun Wenqin 43 Xi Qiuhong 46 (Zhang Chong) (51) (Jiang Chengcheng) (52) 156 9 Ruhama Shauri 17 Pascalina Bombo 40 Zaituni Jumanne 54 Emeliana Joseph 76 187 10 Kareema Jasim 28 Maryam Jamal 37 Taiba Waked 55 Diana Seigi 81 201 11 Yuriko Kobayashi 30 Ayumi Hashimoto 53 Mika Yoshikawa 68 Rie Takayoshi 75 (Minori Hayakari) (77) (Tomoko Ishii) (79) 226 12 René Kalmer 58 Lisa Van Der Merwe 62 Nicolene Van Rooyen 67 Poppy Mlambo 69 (Violet Raseboya) (72) (Chanelle Olivier) (74) 256 13 Valeria Rodríguez 73 María Peralta 80 Nadia Rodríguez 84 Carina Allay 85 322 14 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 According to an unofficial count, 92 athletes from 26 countries participated in the Women's short race.

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See also 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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