2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race

The Men's short race at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the L'Institut Équestre National in Avenches near Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 29, 2003. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times,[1][2] in the Herald,[3] and for the IAAF.[4]

Men's short race at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition31st
DateMarch 29
Host cityLausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
VenueL'Institut Équestre National d'Avenches
Events1
Distances4.03 km – Men's short
Participation126 athletes from
37 nations

Complete results for individuals,[5][6][7] for teams,[5][8][9] medallists,[10] and the results of British athletes who took part[11] were published.

Race results

Individual
RankAthleteCountryTime
Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia11:01
John Kibowen Kenya11:04
Benjamin Limo Kenya11:06
4Mike Kipyego Kenya11:18
5Thomas Kiplitany Kenya11:20
6Khalid El Amri Morocco11:22
7Meba Tadesse Ethiopia11:24
8David Kilel Kenya11:25
9Smail Sghir France11:27
10Abderrahim Goumri Morocco11:28
11Yousef El Nasri Spain11:28
12Tessema Absher Ethiopia11:29
13Abiyote Endale Ethiopia11:31
14Driss Maazouzi France11:32
15Ahmed Baday Morocco11:34
16Abdelkader Hachlaf Morocco11:35
17Ketema Nigusse Ethiopia11:39
18Christian Belz  Switzerland11:39
19Chris Thompson United Kingdom11:40
20Evans Kipchumba Kenya11:42
21Fethi Meftah Algeria11:42
22Saïd El Wardi Morocco11:43
23Azzedine Zerdoum Algeria11:43
24Ali Abdalla Eritrea11:44
25Kevin Sullivan Canada11:44
26Luciano Di Pardo Italy11:45
27Khoudir Aggoune Algeria11:45
28Antonio Manuel Martínez Spain11:45
29Phil Costley New Zealand11:46
30Hassan Oubassour France11:46
31Sandu Rebenciuc United States11:47
32Umberto Pusterla Italy11:47
33Viktor Röthlin  Switzerland11:47
34Sergio Gallardo Spain11:48
35Salah Hissou Morocco11:48
36Rachid Chékhémani France11:49
37Dan Browne United States11:49
38Boštjan Buč Slovenia11:50
39Abdelhakim Maazouz Algeria11:51
40Dehe Woyesha Ethiopia11:52
41Adrian Blincoe New Zealand11:53
42Manuel Silva Portugal11:54
43Fernando Silva Portugal11:55
44Rees Buck New Zealand11:55
45Philipp Bandi  Switzerland11:56
46Joël Bourgeois Canada11:56
47Steven Vernon United Kingdom11:57
48Abdulhak Zakaria Bahrain11:58
49Tarek Boukensa Algeria11:58
50Clodoaldo da Silva Brazil11:59
51Irba Lakhal France12:00
52Fortunato Yaccob Eritrea12:00
53Mário Teixeira Portugal12:01
54Chris Davies United Kingdom12:01
55Javier Carriqueo Argentina12:01
56Luke Watson United States12:02
57Sean Kaley Canada12:02
58Jesús España Spain12:02
59Karl Savage United States12:03
60Dan Wilson United States12:04
61Ian Connor United States12:04
62Chris Bolt United Kingdom12:05
63Jeremy Deere Canada12:05
64José Ramos Portugal12:06
65Mark Bomba Canada12:07
66Stefano Scaini Italy12:07
67Ahmed Abd El Mangoud Egypt12:08
68Michael Aish New Zealand12:09
69José Luis Blanco Spain12:09
70Sivuyile Dlongwana South Africa12:11
71Jonathan Monje Chile12:12
72Peter Philipp  Switzerland12:12
73Martin McCarthy Ireland12:13
74Mo Farah United Kingdom12:13
75Domenico D'Ambrosio Italy12:13
76Rui Silva Portugal12:15
77Yonas Ogbagebriel Eritrea12:16
78David Mokwana South Africa12:16
79Giuliano Battocletti Italy12:17
80Ridouane Es-Saadi Belgium12:17
81Dermot Donnelly Ireland12:17
82Igor Teteryukov Belarus12:18
83Abd Al-Rasool Ahmed Egypt12:18
84Angus MacLean United Kingdom12:19
85Vincent Kuotane South Africa12:19
86Alexander Motone South Africa12:20
87Julius Achon Uganda12:20
88Ruslan Sadovskiy Belarus12:21
89Mandla Maseko South Africa12:23
90Adel Behery Egypt12:24
91Nick Willis New Zealand12:24
92Sveinn Margeirsson Iceland12:25
93Mohamed Khaldi Algeria12:26
94Jérôme Schaffner  Switzerland12:27
95Aleksandr Nikolayuk Belarus12:28
96Tim Clerbout Belgium12:28
97Josep Sansa Andorra12:29
98Stijn van den Velde Belgium12:29
99Noel Berkeley Ireland12:30
100Alibay Shukurov Azerbaijan12:32
101Robert Connolly Ireland12:33
102Aléxis Abraham France12:34
103Ronny Marie Seychelles12:34
104Bonaventure Niyonizigiye Burundi12:35
105Michael Maechler  Switzerland12:37
106Luís Feiteira Portugal12:37
107Víctor Martínez Andorra12:37
108Gary Murray Ireland12:38
109Robert Juricic Croatia12:38
110Valeriy Pisarev Kyrgyzstan12:38
111Sergey Berdnik Belarus12:39
112Monder Rizki Belgium12:42
113Denis Bagrev Kyrgyzstan12:43
114Ernest Ndjissipou Central African Republic12:46
115Gauti Jóhannesson Iceland12:48
116Simon Labiche Seychelles12:52
117Ahmed El Feky Egypt13:00
118Anthony Godongwana South Africa13:02
119Nigel Brunton Ireland13:03
120Vasiliy Medvedev Uzbekistan13:04
121Dovran Amandjayev Turkmenistan13:12
122William Boehlke U.S. Virgin Islands13:13
123Ivan Morozov Uzbekistan13:19
124Natnael Amare Eritrea14:05
125Vladimir Escajadillo Peru14:52
—Alberto García SpainDQ†
—Abdelbeki Zaiter AlgeriaDNS
—Nzolameso Lufua DR CongoDNS
—Mbiya Makwenda DR CongoDNS
—Eddy Assana DR CongoDNS
—Gabriele De Nard ItalyDNS
—Khodor Abdou LebanonDNS
—Amadu Kamara Sierra LeoneDNS
—Dauda Sundufu-Sowa Sierra LeoneDNS
—Mohammed Yagoub SudanDNS
—Rogart John TanzaniaDNS
—Jumanne Tluway TanzaniaDNS
—Israel Nari TanzaniaDNS

†: Alberto García from  Spain finished about 20th in 11:42 min, but was disqualified.

Teams
RankTeamPoints
 Kenya
John Kibowen2
Benjamin Limo3
Mike Kipyego4
Thomas Kiplitany5
(David Kilel)(n/s)
(Evans Kipchumba)(n/s)
 14
 Ethiopia
Kenenisa Bekele1
Meba Tadesse7
Tessema Absher11
Abiyote Endale12
(Ketema Nigusse)(n/s)
(Dehe Woyesha)(n/s)
 31
 Morocco
Khalid El Amri6
Abderrahim Goumri9
Ahmed Baday14
Abdelkader Hachlaf15
(Saïd El Wardi)(n/s)
(Salah Hissou)(n/s)
 44
4 France
Smail Sghir8
Driss Maazouzi13
Hassan Oubassour26
Rachid Chékhémani31
(Irba Lakhal)(n/s)
(Aléxis Abraham)(n/s)
 78
5 Algeria
Fethi Meftah18
Azzedine Zerdoum19
Khoudir Aggoune23
Abdelhakim Maazouz33
(Tarek Boukensa)(n/s)
(Mohamed Khaldi)(n/s)
 93
6 Spain
Yousef El Nasri10
Antonio Manuel Martínez24
Sergio Gallardo30
Jesús España46
(José Luis Blanco)(n/s)
 110
7  Switzerland
Christian Belz16
Viktor Röthlin29
Philipp Bandi38
Peter Philipp55
(Jérôme Schaffner)(n/s)
(Michael Maechler)(n/s)
 138
8 United Kingdom
Chris Thompson17
Steven Vernon40
Chris Davies43
Chris Bolt48
(Mo Farah)(n/s)
(Angus MacLean)(n/s)
 148
9 New Zealand
Phil Costley25
Adrian Blincoe34
Rees Buck37
Michael Aish53
(Nick Willis)(n/s)
 149
10 Canada
Kevin Sullivan21
Joël Bourgeois39
Sean Kaley45
Jeremy Deere49
(Mark Bomba)(n/s)
 154
11 Italy
Luciano Di Pardo22
Umberto Pusterla28
Stefano Scaini51
Domenico D'Ambrosio57
(Giuliano Battocletti)(n/s)
 158
12 United States
Sandu Rebenciuc27
Dan Browne32
Karl Savage47
Luke Watson56
(Dan Wilson)(n/s)
(Ian Connor)(n/s)
 162
13 Portugal
Manuel Silva35
Fernando Silva36
Mário Teixeira42
José Ramos50
(Rui Silva)(n/s)
(Luís Feiteira)(n/s)
 163
14 Eritrea
Ali Abdalla20
Fortunato Yaccob41
Yonas Ogbagebriel58
Natnael Amare76
 195
15 South Africa
Sivuyile Dlongwana54
David Mokwana59
Vincent Kuotane64
Alexander Motone65
(Mandla Maseko)(n/s)
(Anthony Godongwana)(n/s)
 242
16 Egypt
Ahmed Abd El Mangoud52
Abd Al-Rasool Ahmed63
Adel Behery67
Ahmed El Feky75
 257
17 Ireland
Martin McCarthy56
Dermot Donnelly61
Noel Berkeley71
Robert Connolly72
(Gary Murray)(n/s)
(Nigel Brunton)(n/s)
 260
18 Belarus
Igor Teteryukov62
Ruslan Sadovskiy66
Aleksandr Nikolayuk68
Sergey Berdnik73
 269
19 Belgium
Ridouane Es-Saadi60
Tim Clerbout69
Stijn van den Velde70
Monder Rizki74
 273
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 126 athletes from 37 countries participated in the Men's short race. The announced athletes from the  Democratic Republic of the Congo,  Lebanon,  Sierra Leone,  Sudan, and  Tanzania did not show.[6][7]

See also

References
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  2. "PLUS: CROSS-COUNTRY; Bekele and Masai Victorious Again", The New York Times, March 31, 2003, retrieved October 31, 2013
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  10. IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 31, 2013
  11. 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 31, 2013
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