The Junior women's race at the 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, at the Danie Craven Stadium on March 23, 1996. A preview on the event was given in the Herald, and a report in The New York Times.

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

Race results

Junior women's race (4.22 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Kutre Dulecha 13:27 Annemari Sandell 13:32 Jepkorir Ayabei 13:35 4 Nancy Kipron 13:49 5 Edna Kiplagat 13:50 6 Etaferahu Tarekegn 13:53 7 Cristina Iloc 13:56 8 Shura Hotesa 13:59 9 Elizabeth Cheptanui 14:00 10 Caroline Tarus 14:04 11 Ayelech Worku 14:09 12 Sintayahu Fikre 14:12 13 Iona Oltean 14:12 14 Zenebech Tadese 14:15 15 Emiko Kojima 14:16 16 Yuka Hata 14:18 17 Tomoko Hashimoto 14:21 18 Sun Guanghong 14:23 19 Charlotte Audier 14:26 20 Christine Nichols 14:27 21 Olivera Jevtić 14:30 22 Kaori Yoshimura 14:31 23 Evelyne Coussement 14:31 24 Bouchra Benthami 14:33 25 Courtney Pugmire 14:34 26 Anita Weyermann 14:36 27 Ileana Dorca 14:38 28 Svetlana Berdysheva 14:39 29 Judit Plá 14:40 30 Sara Ferrari 14:41 31 Iuliana Istin 14:41 32 Jennifer Handley 14:41 33 Georgina Fourie 14:42 34 René Kalmer 14:42 35 Silvia Montane 14:45 36 Sunita Rani 14:45 37 Marie Davis 14:45 38 Alessandra Aguilar 14:46 39 Anikó Kálovics 14:46 40 Bertha Sánchez 14:51 41 Katherine Radkewich 14:52 42 Katalin Szentgyörgyi 14:53 43 Letiwe Marakurwa 14:53 44 Vanessa Galan 14:54 45 Andrea Johnson 14:54 46 Fabiane Cristine da Silva 14:57 47 Sonja Knöpfli 15:00 48 Li Meihua 15:01 49 Desiree Kruger 15:03 50 Laura Réal 15:04 51 Tanya Povey 15:05 52 Natallia Kvachuk 15:11 53 Michelle Mann 15:12 54 Manuela Dominguez 15:12 55 Daphne Panhuijsen 15:12 56 Mirela Gavrila 15:13 57 Ngwarai Mapepa 15:13 58 Stephanie van Graan 15:13 59 Letitsia Mubamarwo 15:14 60 Tifenn le Page 15:14 61 Xu Lihong 15:15 62 Katie McGregor 15:19 63 Emi Kato 15:20 64 Ayumi Iwashita 15:20 65 Hanan Najih 15:22 66 Paima de Leo 15:25 67 Albina Ivanova 15:26 68 Jackie Coscia 15:26 69 Lada Brazdilová 15:28 70 Clothilde Gélin 15:29 71 Monica Martel 15:30 72 Cristina Soflau 15:32 73 Sithembila Ndhlovu 15:33 74 Johanna Risku 15:34 75 Juliette Oldfield 15:35 76 Carmen Douma 15:35 77 Sharolyn Shields 15:37 78 Elisabeta Fonseca 15:38 79 Natascia Morichetti 15:38 80 Isabel Boldo 15:41 81 Yekaterina Bogatyreva 15:42 82 Jane Groves 15:42 83 Louisa Leballo 15:47 84 Martina Malquori 15:47 85 Paulina Rath 15:48 86 Gloria Foronda 15:51 87 Jacqueline Toniolo 15:53 88 Ana Rondón 15:54 89 Marilyn Maheux 15:56 90 Yelena Tolstygina 16:01 91 Helen van Lysebetten 16:01 92 Lizette Grobler 16:02 93 Guenaelle Gardel 16:06 94 Christelle Charpentier 16:06 95 Elena Bonanno 16:07 96 Nathalie van Hoorebeke 16:10 97 Francine Darroch 16:19 98 Johanna Raja-aho 16:26 99 Irina Kosolapova 16:26 100 Michelle Costa 16:30 101 Jelena Korol 16:31 102 Luz Rojas 16:37 103 Marja Loukkola 16:46 104 An Gommers 16:49 105 Madhuri Gurnule 16:49 106 Singasi Dube 16:58 107 Kristina Topic 17:10 108 Florencia Vicente 17:56 109 Érica dos Santos 18:14 110 Cecilia David 18:25 — Marina Yushkevich DNF — Sheila Fairweather DNF — Krista Ranta-Pere DQ† — Savita Birajdar DQ† — Lakshmaiah Manjula DQ† †: Krista Ranta-Pere of came in 90th in 16:00 min, Savita Birajdar of 98th in 16:12 min, and Lakshmaiah Manjula of 99th in 16:16 min, but all three were disqualified.

Teams Rank Team Points Jepkorir Ayabei 3 Nancy Kipron 4 Edna Kiplagat 5 Elizabeth Cheptanui 9 (Caroline Tarus) (10) 21 Kutre Dulecha 1 Etaferahu Tarekegn 6 Shura Hotesa 8 Ayelech Worku 11 (Sintayahu Fikre) (12) (Zenebech Tadese) (14) 26 Emiko Kojima 15 Yuka Hata 16 Tomoko Hashimoto 17 Kaori Yoshimura 22 (Emi Kato) (63) (Ayumi Iwashita) (64) 70 4 Cristina Iloc 7 Iona Oltean 13 Ileana Dorca 27 Iuliana Istin 31 (Mirela Gavrila) (56) (Cristina Soflau) (72) 78 5 Christine Nichols 20 Courtney Pugmire 25 Marie Davis 37 Katherine Radkewich 41 (Katie McGregor) (62) (Jackie Coscia) (68) 123 6 Judit Plá 29 Silvia Montane 35 Alessandra Aguilar 38 Vanessa Galan 44 (Laura Réal) (50) (Manuela Dominguez) (54) 146 7 Georgina Fourie 33 René Kalmer 34 Desiree Kruger 49 Stephanie van Graan 58 (Louisa Leballo) (83) (Lizette Grobler) (92) 174 8 Charlotte Audier 19 Tifenn le Page 60 Hanan Najih 65 Clothilde Gélin 70 (Guenaelle Gardel) (93) (Christelle Charpentier) (94) 214 9 Jennifer Handley 32 Andrea Johnson 45 Carmen Douma 76 Sharolyn Shields 77 (Marilyn Maheux) (89) (Francine Darroch) (97) 230 10 Letiwe Marakurwa 43 Ngwarai Mapepa 57 Letitsia Mubamarwo 59 Sithembila Ndhlovu 73 (Singasi Dube) (106) 232 11 Sara Ferrari 30 Paima de Leo 66 Natascia Morichetti 79 Martina Malquori 84 (Jacqueline Toniolo) (87) (Elena Bonanno) (95) 259 12 Tanya Povey 51 Michelle Mann 53 Juliette Oldfield 75 Jane Groves 82 (Sheila Fairweather) (DNF) 261 13 Svetlana Berdysheva 28 Albina Ivanova 67 Yekaterina Bogatyreva 81 Irina Kosolapova 99 275 14 Annemari Sandell 2 Johanna Risku 74 Johanna Raja-aho 98 Marja Loukkola 103 277 15 Evelyne Coussement 23 Helen van Lysebetten 91 Nathalie van Hoorebeke 96 An Gommers 104 314 16 Bertha Sánchez 40 Gloria Foronda 86 Ana Rondón 88 Luz Rojas 102 316 17 Fabiane Cristine da Silva 46 Isabel Boldo 80 Michelle Costa 100 Érica dos Santos 109 335DNF (Natallia Kvachuk) (52) (Yelena Tolstygina) (90) (Jelena Korol) (101) (Marina Yushkevich) (DNF) DNFDQ (Sunita Rani) (36) (Madhuri Gurnule) (105) (Lakshmaiah Manjula) (DQ) (Savita Birajdar) (DQ) DQ Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 115 athletes from 30 countries in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

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