The Junior women's race at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, on March 30, 2008. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.

Complete results for individuals, and for teams were published.

Race results

Junior women's race (6.04 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Genzebe Dibaba 19:59 Irine Chepet Cheptai 20:04 Emebt Etea 20:06 4 Delvine Relin Meringor 20:06 5 Emebet Bacha 20:11 6 Jackline Chebii 20:11 7 Betelhem Moges 20:13 8 Dorcas Jepchirchir Kiptarus 20:17 9 Tigist Memuye 20:27 10 Yukino Ninomiya 20:30 11 Bitaw Yehune 20:33 12 Christine Kambua Muyanga 20:34 13 Alexandra Gits 20:41 14 Atsuko Matsumura 20:47 15 Asami Kato 20:48 16 Charlotte Purdue 20:52 17 Laura Park 20:58 18 Ayaka Mori 21:02 19 Cristina Jordán 21:05 20 Kendra Schaaf 21:06 21 Emily Brichacek 21:09 22 Kokob Mehari 21:13 23 Paula Findlay 21:13 24 Elise Clayton 21:15 25 Danelle Woods 21:15 26 Risa Takenaka 21:15 27 Emma Pallant 21:17 28 Emily Schwitzer 21:19 29 Laurynne Chetelat 21:19 30 Emily Reese 21:22 31 Lindsay Carson 21:26 32 Sara Louise Treacy 21:27 33 Mercy Jelimo Kosgei 21:31 34 Tamara Carvolth 21:31 35 Joanne Harvey 21:32 36 Geneviève Lalonde 21:35 37 Sandra Mosquera 21:37 38 Lauren Saylor 21:37 39 Barkahoum Drici 21:44 40 Marina Gordeeva 21:48 41 Emily Pidgeon 21:49 42 Miriam Thole 21:52 43 Lillian Partridge 21:53 44 Marissa Treece 21:55 45 Daniela Cunha 21:58 46 Liudmila Lebedeva 21:59 47 Veronica Inglese 22:05 48 Yukari Abe 22:15 49 Emmie Charayron 22:18 50 Valeria Roffino 22:24 51 Karolina Waszak 22:24 52 Paula Mayobre 22:27 53 Patricia Barry 22:32 54 Alexis McKillop 22:41 55 Tamara Jewett 22:43 56 Nandipha Dywili 22:45 57 Ruth Croft 22:55 58 Tatiana Prorokova 23:04 59 Daria Furkalo 23:13 60 Valentina Belovic 23:34 61 Bara'ah Awadallah 23:47 62 Makampong Masaile 24:09 63 Ala'ziad Khalifah 24:21 64 Snezhana Ivanova 25:27 65 Govher Jumeniyazova 25:27 — Clémence Calvin DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Genzebe Dibaba 1 Emebt Etea 3 Emebet Bacha 5 Betelhem Moges 7 (Tigist Memuye) (9) (Bitaw Yehune) (11) 16 Irine Chepet Cheptai 2 Delvine Relin Meringor 4 Jackline Chebii 6 Dorcas Jepchirchir Kiptarus 8 (Christine Kambua Muyanga) (12) (Mercy Jelimo Kosgei) (33) 20 Yukino Ninomiya 10 Atsuko Matsumura 14 Asami Kato 15 Ayaka Mori 18 (Risa Takenaka) (26) (Yukari Abe) (48) 57 4 Charlotte Purdue 16 Laura Park 17 Emma Pallant 27 Joanne Harvey 35 (Emily Pidgeon) (41) (Lillian Partridge) (43) 95 5 Kendra Schaaf 20 Paula Findlay 23 Danelle Woods 25 Lindsay Carson 31 (Geneviève Lalonde) (36) (Tamara Jewett) (55) 99 6 Alexandra Gits 13 Emily Schwitzer 28 Laurynne Chetelat 29 Emily Reese 30 (Lauren Saylor) (38) (Marissa Treece) (44) 100 7 Emily Brichacek 21 Elise Clayton 24 Tamara Carvolth 34 Alexis McKillop 54 133 8 Marina Gordeeva 40 Liudmila Lebedeva 46 Tatiana Prorokova 58 Daria Furkalo 59 (Snezhana Ivanova) (64) 203 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Participation According to an unofficial count, 65 athletes from 23 countries participated in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

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