The Junior women's race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, on April 1, 2006. Reports on 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

Junior women's race (6 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Pauline Korikwiang 19:27 Veronica Wanjiru 19:27 Mercy Kosgei 19:45 4 Emmy Chepkirui 19:52 5 Belainesh Zemedkun 19:56 6 Workitu Ayanu 19:57 7 Emebt Etea 20:05 8 Pamela Chesopich Lisoreng 20:06 9 Gladys Chemweno 20:09 10 Sian Edwards 20:10 11 Asselefech Assefa 20:22 12 Merat Bahta 20:22 13 Hitomi Niiya 20:25 14 Megumi Kinukawa 20:29 15 Kazue Kojima 20:29 16 Yuko Nohara 20:31 17 Chisato Ozaki 20:33 18 Madeline Heiner 20:39 19 Marta Romo 20:46 20 Elsa Medhanie 20:56 21 Derebe Godan 20:56 22 Aïcha Bani 20:56 23 Aimi Horikoshi 20:57 24 Furtuna Zegergish 21:09 25 Weini Tedros Tesfay 21:10 26 Pelagie Musengimana 21:10 27 Magdalena Lotter 21:11 28 Viktoriya Ivanova 21:12 29 Aïcha Rezig 21:13 30 Stephanie Twell 21:14 31 McKayla Plank 21:15 32 Asmae Ghizlane 21:19 33 Natalya Starkova 21:19 34 Erin Bedell 21:20 35 Lucy Starrat 21:21 36 Non Stanford 21:24 37 Danielle Sale 21:24 38 Kauren Tarver 21:26 39 Nicole Blood 21:28 40 Kheira Belmediouni 21:38 41 Fouzia Majdoubi 21:40 42 Lara Tamsett 21:40 43 Jessica Sparke 21:41 44 Kate Van Buskirk 21:42 45 Natalya Orlova 21:42 46 Sheila Reid 21:52 47 Fatima Ouezzani 21:55 48 Houda Regragui 21:57 49 Mandy McBean 21:58 50 Joanne Harvey 21:59 51 Lucy Oliver 21:59 52 Marie Lawrence 22:05 53 Karina Villazana 22:07 54 Sitora Hamidova 22:13 55 Astrid Leutert 22:13 56 Anita Campbell 22:17 57 Cátia Galhardo 22:18 58 Lindsay Carson 22:20 59 Majida Maayouf 22:21 60 Valentina Costanza 22:23 61 Tarah McKay 22:24 62 Yekaterina Gorbunova 22:38 63 Rachel Green 22:40 64 Volha Kaminskaya 22:46 65 Amina Bettiche 22:48 66 Rocío Cántara 22:50 67 Madeline McKeever 22:52 68 Antonina Popova 22:59 69 Sara Louise Treacy 23:11 70 Yamina Mescari 23:14 71 Sarah Grahame 23:28 72 Luciana Viengo 23:49 73 Chahrazed Bououden 24:01 74 Rocio Huillca 25:11 75 Belen Chaiza 25:30 — Sara Cardona DNF — Arina Korobitskaya DNF — Yuliya Mochalova DQ† †: Yuliya Mochalova from finished 24th in 21:03 min, but was disqualified because of doping violations.

Teams Rank Team Points Pauline Korikwiang 1 Veronica Wanjiru 2 Mercy Kosgei 3 Emmy Chepkirui 4 (Pamela Chesopich Lisoreng) (8) (Gladys Chemweno) (9) 10 Belainesh Zemedkun 5 Workitu Ayanu 6 Emebt Etea 7 Asselefech Assefa 11 (Derebe Godan) (21) 29 Hitomi Niiya 13 Megumi Kinukawa 14 Kazue Kojima 15 Yuko Nohara 16 (Chisato Ozaki) (17) (Aimi Horikoshi) (23) 58 4 Merat Bahta 12 Elsa Medhanie 20 Furtuna Zegergish 24 Weini Tedros Tesfay 25 81 5 Sian Edwards 10 Stephanie Twell 30 Non Stanford 36 Danielle Sale 37 (Jessica Sparke) (43) (Joanne Harvey) (50) 113 6 McKayla Plank 31 Erin Bedell 34 Kauren Tarver 38 Nicole Blood 39 (Marie Lawrence) (52) (Madeline McKeever) (67) 142 7 Aïcha Bani 22 Asmae Ghizlane 32 Fouzia Majdoubi 41 Fatima Ouezzani 47 (Houda Regragui) (48) (Majida Maayouf) (59) 142 8 Madeline Heiner 18 Lucy Starrat 35 Lara Tamsett 42 Rachel Green 63 (Sarah Grahame) (71) 158 9 Viktoriya Ivanova 28 Natalya Starkova 33 Natalya Orlova 45 Yekaterina Gorbunova 62 168 10 Kate Van Buskirk 44 Sheila Reid 46 Mandy McBean 49 Anita Campbell 56 (Lindsay Carson) (58) (Tarah McKay) (61) 195 11 Aïcha Rezig 29 Kheira Belmediouni 40 Amina Bettiche 65 Yamina Mescari 70 (Chahrazed Bououden) (73) 204 12 Karina Villazana 53 Rocío Cántara 66 Rocio Huillca 74 Belen Chaiza 75 268 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Participation According to an unofficial count, 78 athletes from 25 countries participated in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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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 – Women's short race

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