2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 29/30, 2003. The races were held at the L'Institut Équestre National in Avenches near Lausanne, Switzerland. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times,[1][2] in the Herald,[3] and for the IAAF.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | IAAF |
Edition | 31st |
Date | March 29/30 |
Host city | Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland |
Venue | L'Institut Équestre National d'Avenches |
Events | 6 |
Distances | 12.355 km – Senior men 4.03 km – Men's short 7.92 km – Junior men 7.92 km – Senior women 4.03 km – Women's short 6.215 – Junior women |
Participation | 605 athletes from 65 nations |
Complete results for senior men,[10][11][12] for senior men's teams,[10][13][14] for men's short race,[15][16][17] for men's short race teams,[15][18][19] for junior men,[20][21][22] for junior men's teams,[20][23][24] senior women,[25][26][27] for senior women's teams,[25][28][29] for women's short race,[30][31][32] for women's short race teams,[30][33][34] for junior women,[35][36][37] for junior women's teams,[35][38][39] medallists,[40] and the results of British athletes who took part[41] were published.
Doping
There were several doping positives at the championships.[42]
Positives at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
- Pamela Chepchumba Kenya – 2-year ban (EPO)
- Alberto García Fernandez Spain – 2-year ban (EPO)
- Soumiya Labani Morocco – 2-year ban
- Asmae Leghzaoui Morocco – 2-year ban (EPO)
Medallists
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual | ||||||
Senior men (12.355 km) |
Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia | 35:56 | Patrick Ivuti Kenya | 36:09 | Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam Ethiopia | 36:17 |
Men's short (4.03 km) |
Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia | 11:01 | John Kibowen Kenya | 11:04 | Benjamin Limo Kenya | 11:06 |
Junior men (7.92 km) |
Eliud Kipchoge Kenya | 22:47 | Boniface Kiprop Uganda | 22:49 | Solomon Bushendich Kenya | 22:51 |
Senior women (7.92 km) |
Worknesh Kidane Ethiopia | 25:53 | Deena Drossin United States | 26:02 | Merima Denboba Ethiopia | 26:28 |
Women's short (4.03 km) |
Edith Masai Kenya | 12:43 | Worknesh Kidane Ethiopia | 12:44 | Jane Wanjiku Kenya | 12:46 |
Junior women (6.215) |
Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia | 20:21 | Peninah Chepchumba Kenya | 20:22 | Gelete Burka Ethiopia | 20:28 |
Team | ||||||
Senior men | Kenya | 17 | Ethiopia | 23 | Morocco | 51 |
Men's short | Kenya | 14 | Ethiopia | 31 | Morocco | 44 |
Junior men | Kenya | 15 | Ethiopia | 28 | Uganda | 48 |
Senior women | Ethiopia | 17 | Kenya | 30 | United States | 36 |
Women's short | Kenya | 18 | Ethiopia | 24 | Russia | 76 |
Junior women | Ethiopia | 14 | Kenya | 22 | Morocco | 78 |
Race results
Senior men's race (12.355 km)
- For full event details see 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 35:56 | |
Patrick Ivuti | Kenya | 36:09 | |
Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam | Ethiopia | 36:17 | |
4 | Richard Limo | Kenya | 36:39 |
5 | Paul Koech | Kenya | 36:42 |
6 | John Cheruiyot Korir | Kenya | 36:50 |
7 | Sileshi Sihine | Ethiopia | 37:03 |
8 | Hicham Chatt | Morocco | 37:07 |
9 | Zersenay Tadesse | Eritrea | 37:10 |
10 | Khalid El Amri | Morocco | 37:12 |
11 | Meb Keflezighi | United States | 37:16 |
12 | Abraham Cherono | Kenya | 37:17 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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Kenya
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17 | |||||||||||||
Ethiopia
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23 | |||||||||||||
Morocco
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51 | |||||||||||||
4 | Spain | 68 | ||||||||||||
5 | Portugal | 85 | ||||||||||||
6 | Tanzania | 101 | ||||||||||||
7 | United States | 112 | ||||||||||||
8 | Eritrea | 134 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)
Men's short race (4.03 km)
- For full event details see 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 11:01 | |
John Kibowen | Kenya | 11:04 | |
Benjamin Limo | Kenya | 11:06 | |
4 | Mike Kipyego | Kenya | 11:18 |
5 | Thomas Kiplitany | Kenya | 11:20 |
6 | Khalid El Amri | Morocco | 11:22 |
7 | Meba Tadesse | Ethiopia | 11:24 |
8 | David Kilel | Kenya | 11:25 |
9 | Smail Sghir | France | 11:27 |
10 | Abderrahim Goumri | Morocco | 11:28 |
11 | Yousef El Nasri | Spain | 11:28 |
12 | Tessema Absher | Ethiopia | 11:29 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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Kenya
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14 | |||||||||||||
Ethiopia
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31 | |||||||||||||
Morocco
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44 | |||||||||||||
4 | France | 78 | ||||||||||||
5 | Algeria | 93 | ||||||||||||
6 | Spain | 110 | ||||||||||||
7 | Switzerland | 138 | ||||||||||||
8 | United Kingdom | 148 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)
Junior men's race (7.92 km)
- For full event details see 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Eliud Kipchoge | Kenya | 22:47 | |
Boniface Kiprop | Uganda | 22:49 | |
Solomon Bushendich | Kenya | 22:51 | |
4 | Augustine Choge | Kenya | 22:55 |
5 | Girma Assefa | Ethiopia | 22:58 |
6 | Getachew Dinku | Ethiopia | 23:10 |
7 | Moses Mosop | Kenya | 23:17 |
8 | Tessema Absher | Ethiopia | 23:22 |
9 | Solomon Molla | Ethiopia | 23:27 |
10 | Barnabas Kosgei | Kenya | 23:45 |
11 | Dehe Woyesha | Ethiopia | 24:03 |
12 | Kipkorir Chepkwony | Kenya | 24:06 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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Kenya
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15 | |||||||||||||
Ethiopia
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28 | |||||||||||||
Uganda
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48 | |||||||||||||
4 | Morocco | 63 | ||||||||||||
5 | Eritrea | 72 | ||||||||||||
6 | Algeria | 103 | ||||||||||||
7 | Russia | 108 | ||||||||||||
8 | United States | 121 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)
Senior women's race (7.92 km)
- For full event details see 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Worknesh Kidane | Ethiopia | 25:53 | |
Deena Drossin | United States | 26:02 | |
Merima Denboba | Ethiopia | 26:28 | |
4 | Eyerusalem Kuma | Ethiopia | 26:30 |
5 | Magdaline Chemjor | Kenya | 26:33 |
6 | Elizabeth Rumokol | Kenya | 26:37 |
7 | Colleen de Reuck | United States | 26:49 |
8 | Caroline Kilel | Kenya | 26:55 |
9 | Tereza Yohanes | Ethiopia | 27:06 |
10 | Asha Gigi | Ethiopia | 27:12 |
11 | Anália Rosa | Portugal | 27:19 |
12 | Jepkorir Ayabei | Kenya | 27:27 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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Ethiopia
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17 | |||||||||||||
Kenya
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30 | |||||||||||||
United States
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36 | |||||||||||||
4 | Spain | 63 | ||||||||||||
5 | Portugal | 64 | ||||||||||||
6 | Canada | 90 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)
Women's short race (4.03 km)
- For full event details see 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Edith Masai | Kenya | 12:43 | |
Worknesh Kidane | Ethiopia | 12:44 | |
Jane Wanjiku | Kenya | 12:46 | |
4 | Isabella Ochichi | Kenya | 12:48 |
5 | Benita Johnson | Australia | 12:48 |
6 | Merima Denboba | Ethiopia | 12:52 |
7 | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | 12:54 |
8 | Alla Zhilyayeva | Russia | 12:56 |
9 | Ejagayehu Dibaba | Ethiopia | 12:59 |
10 | Eyerusalem Kuma | Ethiopia | 12:59 |
11 | Prisca Ngetich | Kenya | 13:04 |
12 | Émilie Mondor | Canada | 13:07 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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Kenya
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18 | |||||||||||||
Ethiopia
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24 | |||||||||||||
Russia
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76 | |||||||||||||
4 | Morocco | 84 | ||||||||||||
5 | Australia | 94 | ||||||||||||
6 | Portugal | 100 | ||||||||||||
7 | United Kingdom | 109 | ||||||||||||
8 | Spain | 127 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)
Junior women's race (6.215)
- For full event details see 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | 20:21 | |
Peninah Chepchumba | Kenya | 20:22 | |
Gelete Burka | Ethiopia | 20:28 | |
4 | Meselech Melkamu | Ethiopia | 20:33 |
5 | Emily Chebet | Kenya | 20:39 |
6 | Sentayehu Ejigu | Ethiopia | 20:56 |
7 | Gladys Chemweno | Kenya | 21:09 |
8 | Anesie Kwizera | Burundi | 21:13 |
9 | Chemutai Rionotukei | Kenya | 21:33 |
10 | Valentine Koech | Kenya | 21:34 |
11 | Sharon Kipsang | Kenya | 21:40 |
12 | Aziza Aliyu | Ethiopia | 21:49 |
Full results |
Rank | Team | Points | ||||||||||||
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Ethiopia
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14 | |||||||||||||
Kenya
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22 | |||||||||||||
Morocco
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78 | |||||||||||||
4 | United States | 82 | ||||||||||||
5 | United Kingdom | 82 | ||||||||||||
6 | China | 91 | ||||||||||||
7 | Tunisia | 94 | ||||||||||||
8 | France | 147 | ||||||||||||
Full results |
- Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)
Medal table (unofficial)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Ethiopia | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
Kenya | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | |
3 | Uganda | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
United States | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
5 | Morocco | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
6 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (6 nations) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
- Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 605 athletes from 65 countries participated. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[41] The announced athletes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, from Guinea, Lebanon, and Sierra Leone did not show.[16][17][36][37]
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See also
- 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
- 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
- 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
- 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
- 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
- 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
- 2003 in athletics (track and field)
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