The Junior women's race at the 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Hippodrome Joseph Desjoyaux in Saint-Galmier near Saint-Étienne, France, on March 19, 2005. Reports on the event were given in The New York Times, in the Glasgow 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 (6.153 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Gelete Burka 20:12 Veronica Wanjiru 20:39 Beatrice Chebusit 20:44 4 Mercy Njoroge 20:46 5 Belainesh Zemedkun 20:47 6 Workitu Ayanu 20:54 7 Pauline Korikwiang 20:56 8 Gladys Chemweno 20:57 9 Aliphine Tuliamuk 21:09 10 Alemitu Abera 21:10 11 Akane Wakita 21:16 12 Azalech Masresha 21:37 13 Hitomi Niiya 21:39 14 Danette Doetzel 21:41 15 Yurika Nakamura 21:43 16 Madeline Heiner 21:52 17 Kazue Kojima 22:06 18 Lindsey Scherf 22:12 19 Viktoriya Ivanova 22:15 20 Emily Pidgeon 22:15 21 Ancuța Bobocel 22:18 22 Adelina De Soccio 22:21 23 Asmae Ghizlane 22:21 24 Maya Iino 22:22 25 Yuri Suzuki 22:22 26 Irvette van Blerk 22:24 27 Farida Makula 22:27 28 Erin Bedell 22:32 29 Inés Melchor 22:33 30 Lindsay Flacks 22:37 31 Halima Hachlaf 22:42 32 Merat Bahta 22:43 33 Amina Bettiche 22:43 34 Sian Edwards 22:45 35 Sarah Ramadhan 22:47 36 Aïcha Bani 22:48 37 Chahrazad Cheboub 22:50 38 Marta Romo 22:50 39 Bai Xue 22:53 40 Maria Sánchez 22:57 41 Jiang Chengcheng 22:57 42 Elizabeth Pasciuto 22:58 43 Rebecca Forlong 22:58 44 Aïcha Rezig 22:59 45 Malika Benlafkir 22:59 46 Galina Maksimova 23:02 47 Jennifer Barringer 23:03 48 Varaidzo Shindi 23:05 49 Roseanne Galligan 23:07 50 Azra Eminovic 23:09 51 Elena García 23:10 52 Regina Khamzina 23:11 53 Christine Kalmer 23:12 54 Jackline Sakilu 23:13 55 Karina Villazana 23:13 56 Halima Ramadhani 23:18 57 Kate Van Buskirk 23:19 58 Susan Kuijken 23:21 59 Zineb Nadir 23:21 60 Stephanie Twell 23:23 61 Oana Mircea 23:24 62 Alma Mendoza 23:26 63 Asmaa Hallouz 23:28 64 Weini Tedros Tesfay 23:29 65 Tarah McKay 23:34 66 Kheira Belmediouni 23:35 67 Mihaela Ana Susa 23:35 68 Linda Byrne 23:37 69 Viktoriya Kharitonova 23:37 70 Naziha Djellakh 23:39 71 Morag MacLarty 23:48 72 Selien de Schryder 23:51 73 Rocío Cántara 23:52 74 Monica Martínez 23:53 75 Ercilia Machado 23:53 76 Yekaterina Sagdiyeva 23:55 77 Puleng Khumalo 23:55 78 Violet Raseboya 23:57 79 Rosta Matlawe 24:01 80 Volha Kaminskaya 24:02 81 Tatyana Makarova 24:04 82 Andrea García 24:05 83 Papali Maliba 24:09 84 Anita Campbell 24:09 85 Morgane Riou 24:10 86 Aleksandra Nowak 24:14 87 Olga Rezkaya 24:16 88 Valentina Costanza 24:17 89 Valentina Saburkina 24:25 90 Kathleen Engel 24:27 91 Barbara Maveau 24:35 92 Fanchon Brouillet 24:41 93 Christina Fiduccia 24:42 94 Silvia Del Fava 24:47 95 Nathalie Bouilly 24:53 96 Roshell Moses 24:57 97 Andreea Cristina Plesu 25:00 98 Anna Klyushkina 25:07 99 Juliette Benedicto 25:09 100 Volha Mazuronak 25:10 101 Francesca Fallani 25:11 102 Yekaterina Tunguskova 25:13 103 Gemma Barrachina 25:18 104 Giulia Basoli 25:23 105 Gina Stewart 25:33 106 Anne Sophie Marechal 26:02 107 Carmen Mamani 26:03 108 Annabelle Delarue 26:24 109 Anna Drabenya 26:39 110 Munguntuya Batgerel 26:55 111 Francesca Grana 27:01 — Larisa Arcip DNF — Sarah Morgan DNF — Abby Westley DNF — Marie-Charlotte Bonnaire DNF — Ikram Zouglali DNF — Jessica Sparke DNF

Teams Rank Team Points Veronica Wanjiru 2 Beatrice Chebusit 3 Mercy Njoroge 4 Pauline Korikwiang 7 (Gladys Chemweno) (8) (Aliphine Tuliamuk) (9) 16 Gelete Burka 1 Belainesh Zemedkun 5 Workitu Ayanu 6 Alemitu Abera 10 (Azalech Masresha) (12) 22 Akane Wakita 11 Hitomi Niiya 13 Yurika Nakamura 15 Kazue Kojima 17 (Maya Iino) (24) (Yuri Suzuki) (25) 56 4 Lindsey Scherf 18 Erin Bedell 28 Lindsay Flacks 30 Elizabeth Pasciuto 42 (Jennifer Barringer) (47) (Christina Fiduccia) (93) 118 5 Asmae Ghizlane 23 Halima Hachlaf 31 Aïcha Bani 36 Malika Benlafkir 45 (Zineb Nadir) (59) (Ikram Zouglali) (DNF) 135 6 Farida Makula 27 Sarah Ramadhan 35 Jackline Sakilu 54 Halima Ramadhani 56 172 7 Amina Bettiche 33 Chahrazad Cheboub 37 Aïcha Rezig 44 Asmaa Hallouz 63 (Kheira Belmediouni) (66) (Naziha Djellakh) (70) 177 8 Emily Pidgeon 20 Sian Edwards 34 Stephanie Twell 60 Morag MacLarty 71 (Abby Westley) (DNF) (Jessica Sparke) (DNF) 185 9 Viktoriya Ivanova 19 Galina Maksimova 46 Regina Khamzina 52 Viktoriya Kharitonova 69 (Yekaterina Sagdiyeva) (76) (Tatyana Makarova) (81) 186 10 Marta Romo 38 Maria Sánchez 40 Elena García 51 Monica Martínez 74 (Andrea García) (82) (Gemma Barrachina) (103) 203 11 Danette Doetzel 14 Kate Van Buskirk 57 Tarah McKay 65 Anita Campbell 84 (Kathleen Engel) (90) (Gina Stewart) (105) 220 12 Irvette van Blerk 26 Christine Kalmer 53 Puleng Khumalo 77 Violet Raseboya 78 (Rosta Matlawe) (79) (Roshell Moses) (96) 234 13 Ancuța Bobocel 21 Oana Mircea 61 Mihaela Ana Susa 67 Andreea Cristina Plesu 97 (Larisa Arcip) (DNF) 246 14 Inés Melchor 29 Karina Villazana 55 Rocío Cántara 73 Carmen Mamani 107 264 15 Adelina De Soccio 22 Valentina Costanza 88 Silvia Del Fava 94 Francesca Fallani 101 (Giulia Basoli) (104) (Francesca Grana) (111) 305 16 Morgane Riou 85 Fanchon Brouillet 92 Nathalie Bouilly 95 Juliette Benedicto 99 (Annabelle Delarue) (108) (Marie-Charlotte Bonnaire) (DNF) 371 17 Volha Kaminskaya 80 Olga Rezkaya 87 Volha Mazuronak 100 Anna Drabenya 109 376 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Participation According to an unofficial count, 117 athletes from 34 countries participated in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race

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