The Junior women's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Turin, Italy, at the Parco del Valentino on March 23, 1997. A report on the event was given in The New York Times in the Herald, and for the IAAF.

Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Race results

Junior women's race (4.689 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Rose Kosgei 14:58 Prisca Ngetich 14:59 Ayelech Worku 15:02 4 Edna Kiplagat 15:10 5 Zenebech Tadese 15:11 6 Kei Satomura 15:12 7 Emiko Kojima 15:12 8 Caroline Tarus 15:14 9 Anita Kiptum 15:15 10 Agnes Kiprop 15:15 11 Risa Tanaka 15:20 12 René Kalmer 15:31 13 Worknesh Kidane 15:32 14 Tomoko Hashimoto 15:40 15 Judit Plá 15:46 16 Kumiko Hiyama 15:48 17 Yuka Hata 15:51 18 Etaferahu Tarekegn 15:53 19 Sonja Stolić 15:54 20 Kutre Dulecha 15:55 21 Hind Chahid 15:57 22 Katie Skorupska 15:58 23 Merima Hashim 15:58 24 Cathérine Lallemand 16:01 25 Fabiane Cristine da Silva 16:05 26 Malika Asahssah 16:07 27 Sandra Levenez 16:07 28 Samira Bahdaoui 16:09 29 Message Mapfumo 16:11 30 Erin McClure 16:11 31 Tatyana Khmeleva 16:12 32 Soumia Mastacou 16:14 33 Yelena Tolstygina 16:16 34 Alessandra Aguilar 16:18 35 Yelena Mikhaylova 16:19 36 Jennifer Handley 16:21 37 Laura Suffa 16:22 38 Iona Oltean 16:24 39 Larissa Kleinmann 16:26 40 Rialette Kruger 16:27 41 Tanya Povey 16:27 42 Tatyana Gerasimova 16:29 43 Ansie van Heerden 16:30 44 Bertha Sánchez 16:31 45 Mónica Rosa 16:31 46 Ilze Kidson 16:32 47 Martha Garces 16:34 48 Natalia Rodríguez 16:35 49 Tuula Laitinen 16:35 50 Marina Munćan 16:35 51 Suzanne Ritter 16:36 52 Bouchra Benthami 16:37 53 Khadija Touati 16:38 54 Paula Hernandez 16:40 55 Elizabeth Mtombeni 16:41 56 Helena Volná 16:42 57 Irina Danilova 16:42 58 Kenza Dahmani 16:47 59 Ana Rondón 16:48 60 Anna Markelova 16:49 61 Rosa Morató 16:49 62 Rachel Nthulane 16:50 63 Laura Cernat 16:51 64 Michelle de la Vina 16:53 65 Catalina Big 16:54 66 Elizabeth Kampfe 16:54 67 Anke Onsia 16:54 68 Tamara Cojocar 16:55 69 Marja Loukkola 16:55 70 Johanna Raja-aho 16:56 71 Hakima Baatouche 16:56 72 Nassira Taibi 16:57 73 Amy Wiseman 16:57 74 Zivile Balciunaité 16:58 75 Valquíria Santos 16:58 76 Francine Darroch 16:59 77 Marzena Linkowska 17:00 78 Magdalena Haamwanyena 17:00 79 Joelle Franzmann 17:01 80 Petra Teveli 17:01 81 Olena Samko 17:01 82 Yâprak Kalemoglu 17:02 83 Silvia Weissteiner 17:04 84 Laila Hmatou 17:06 85 Jilly Ingman 17:07 86 Tera Moody 17:09 87 Zsanett Teveli 17:09 88 Julie Martin 17:10 89 Donyazad Mimouni 17:10 90 Kyla Barbour 17:12 91 Almira Kuci 17:12 92 Sonia Scheurer 17:13 93 Sonia Thomas 17:13 94 Celine Dutot 17:14 95 Bianca Cojocar 17:14 96 Bettina Pintér 17:15 97 Louise Brown 17:15 98 Souad Aït Salem 17:17 99 Silvia Fernández 17:19 100 Ekta Huldhar 17:19 101 Marie-Celine Jacquard 17:21 102 Orsolya Ritter 17:22 103 Cristina Pozzo 17:23 104 Bridget Quenzer 17:26 105 Ayfer Yigit 17:27 106 Celine Larnois 17:28 107 Romina Ridolfi 17:28 108 Maria Lynch 17:30 109 Bojana Radojcic 17:33 110 Hanan Najih 17:33 111 Amy Waterlow 17:34 112 Paulina Rath 17:34 113 Luana Pocorobba 17:37 114 Nina-Carita Liljedahl 17:38 115 Sümeyra Tali 17:39 116 Elizabeth Benishai 17:40 117 Kristina Obronek 17:42 118 Aniela Buciu 17:43 119 Govindassamy Pangadjame 17:44 120 Renuka Hegde 17:46 121 Irina Podkorytova 17:47 122 Kim Hemstreet 17:49 123 Rosanna Cavoli 17:49 124 Nebhat Cavus 17:52 125 Erika Abril 17:55 126 Renuka Goferi 17:55 127 Marina Heurtault 17:56 128 Isabel Boldo 17:56 129 Nathalie Rousseau 17:59 130 Nóra Nemere 18:03 131 Dildar Mamedova 18:06 132 Sandra Cardenas 18:14 133 Marijana Stopic 18:21 134 Alma Xicotencatl 18:23 135 Ana do Nascimento 18:26 136 Virginie Koomanikooa 20:40 — Renate Rungger DNF — Hilia Mundja DNF

Teams Rank Team Points Rose Kosgei 1 Prisca Ngetich 2 Edna Kiplagat 4 Caroline Tarus 8 (Anita Kiptum) (9) (Agnes Kiprop) (10) 15 Kei Satomura 6 Emiko Kojima 7 Risa Tanaka 11 Tomoko Hashimoto 14 (Kumiko Hiyama) (16) (Yuka Hata) (17) 38 Ayelech Worku 3 Zenebech Tadese 5 Worknesh Kidane 13 Etaferahu Tarekegn 18 (Kutre Dulecha) (20) (Merima Hashim) (23) 39 4 Hind Chahid 21 Malika Asahssah 26 Samira Bahdaoui 28 Soumia Mastacou 32 (Bouchra Benthami) (52) (Laila Hmatou) (84) 107 5 René Kalmer 12 Rialette Kruger 40 Ansie van Heerden 43 Ilze Kidson 46 (Elizabeth Mtombeni) (55) (Rachel Nthulane) (62) 141 6 Judit Plá 15 Alessandra Aguilar 34 Natalia Rodríguez 48 Paula Hernandez 54 (Rosa Morató) (61) (Silvia Fernández) (99) 151 7 Tatyana Khmeleva 31 Yelena Mikhaylova 35 Tatyana Gerasimova 42 Irina Danilova 57 165 8 Laura Suffa 37 Larissa Kleinmann 39 Suzanne Ritter 51 Joelle Franzmann 79 (Sonia Scheurer) (92) 206 9 Erin McClure 30 Jennifer Handley 36 Francine Darroch 76 Julie Martin 88 (Elizabeth Benishai) (116) (Kim Hemstreet) (122) 230 10 Iona Oltean 38 Laura Cernat 63 Catalina Big 65 Tamara Cojocar 68 (Bianca Cojocar) (95) (Aniela Buciu) (118) 234 11 Katie Skorupska 22 Tanya Povey 41 Jilly Ingman 85 Sonia Thomas 93 (Louise Brown) (97) (Amy Waterlow) (111) 241 12 Khadija Touati 53 Kenza Dahmani 58 Hakima Baatouche 71 Nassira Taibi 72 (Donyazad Mimouni) (89) (Souad Aït Salem) (98) 254 13 Sonja Stolić 19 Marina Munćan 50 Almira Kuci 91 Bojana Radojcic 109 269 14 Michelle de la Vina 64 Elizabeth Kampfe 66 Amy Wiseman 73 Tera Moody 86 (Kyla Barbour) (90) (Bridget Quenzer) (104) 289 15 Tuula Laitinen 49 Marja Loukkola 69 Johanna Raja-aho 70 Nina-Carita Liljedahl 114 302 16 Sandra Levenez 27 Celine Dutot 94 Marie-Celine Jacquard 101 Celine Larnois 106 (Hanan Najih) (110) (Marina Heurtault) (127) 328 17 Bertha Sánchez 44 Ana Rondón 59 Erika Abril 125 Sandra Cardenas 132 360 18 Fabiane Cristine da Silva 25 Valquíria Santos 75 Isabel Boldo 128 Ana do Nascimento 135 363 19 Petra Teveli 80 Zsanett Teveli 87 Bettina Pintér 96 Orsolya Ritter 102 (Nóra Nemere) (130) 365 20 Silvia Weissteiner 83 Cristina Pozzo 103 Romina Ridolfi 107 Luana Pocorobba 113 (Rosanna Cavoli) (123) (Renate Rungger) (DNF) 406 21 Yâprak Kalemoglu 82 Ayfer Yigit 105 Sümeyra Tali 115 Nebhat Cavus 124 426 22 Ekta Huldhar 100 Govindassamy Pangadjame 119 Renuka Hegde 120 Renuka Goferi 126 465 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 138 athletes from 39 countries in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

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