2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Senior men's race at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	31st
Date	March 30
Host city	Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Location	L'Institut Équestre National d'Avenches
Nations participating	37
Athletes participating	113
Races	1
Distances	12.355 km – Senior men
← 2002 Dublin 2004 Bruxelles →

The Senior men's race at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the L'Institut Équestre National in Avenches near Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 30, 2003. Reports of the event were given in the New York Times,^[1]^[2] in the Herald,^[3] and for the IAAF.^[4]

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

Senior men's race (12.355 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	35:56
02 !	Patrick Ivuti	Kenya	36:09
03 !	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
13	Ketema Nigusse	Ethiopia	37:18
14	Sammy Kipketer	Kenya	37:30
15	Abderrahim Goumri	Morocco	37:32
16	Eduardo Henriques	Portugal	37:33
17	José Manuel Martínez	Spain	37:35
18	Julio Rey	Spain	37:38
19	Fabiano Joseph	Tanzania	37:49
20	Dejene Berhanu	Ethiopia	37:50
21	José Rios	Spain	37:50
22	Fabián Roncero	Spain	37:59
23	Jaouad Gharib	Morocco	38:06
24	Michael Ngaaseke	Zimbabwe	38:16
25	Yevgeniy Bozhko	Ukraine	38:17
26	Ridha El Amri	Tunisia	38:19
27	Saïd El Wardi	Morocco	38:25
28	Hélder Ornelas	Portugal	38:28
29	Faustin Baha	Tanzania	38:36
30	Dieudonné Disi	Rwanda	38:38
31	Manuel Magalhães	Portugal	38:39
32	Phil Costley	New Zealand	38:40
33	Alfredo Bráz	Portugal	38:42
34	Ahmed El Hamzaoui	Morocco	38:45
35	Abdi Abdirahman	United States	38:54
36	Gabalebe Moloko	Botswana	38:58
37	Yibeltal Admassu	Ethiopia	38:59
38	Israel Nari	Tanzania	39:00
39	Eliseo Martín	Spain	39:01
40	Jean-Claude Mushingantahe	Burundi	39:03
41	Tesfayohannes Mesfen	Eritrea	39:05
42	Arthur Osman	Poland	39:06
43	Cutbert Nyasango	Zimbabwe	39:06
44	Vasyl Matviychuk	Ukraine	39:08
45	Umberto Pusterla	Italy	39:10
46	Freddy González	Venezuela	39:14
47	Dieudonné Gahungu	Burundi	39:18
48	Maurizio Leone	Italy	39:20
49	Matt Smith	United Kingdom	39:22
50	Stephen Rogart	Tanzania	39:23
51	Edwardo Torres	United States	39:25
52	Simon Bairu	Canada	39:31
53	Kabo Gabaseme	Botswana	39:45
54	Omid Mehrabi	Iran	39:46
55	Mohamed Belasri	France	39:48
56	Tom van Hooste	Belgium	39:51
57	Jafar Babakhani	Iran	39:51
58	Chad Johnson	United States	39:56
59	Alberto Maravilha	Portugal	40:01
60	Tiyapo Maso	Botswana	40:03
61	Rees Buck	New Zealand	40:05
62	Tesfit Berhe	Eritrea	40:09
63	Christian Nemeth	Belgium	40:10
64	Rachid Safari	Rwanda	40:10
65	Jafred Lorone	Uganda	40:11
66	Eric Gillis	Canada	40:11
67	Hans Janssens	Belgium	40:17
68	Keenetse Moswasi	Botswana	40:17
69	Rob Birchall	United Kingdom	40:20
70	Bruno Heuberger	Switzerland	40:23
71	Dave Cullum	United States	40:24
72	François Bagambiki	Rwanda	40:26
73	Glynn Tromans	United Kingdom	40:28
74	Jean Bosco Ndagijimana	Rwanda	40:32
75	José Amado García	Guatemala	40:35
76	Tekle Menghisteab	Eritrea	40:38
77	Athanase Manirazika	Burundi	40:44
78	Gervais Nzeyimana	Rwanda	40:53
79	Nick Rogers	United States	41:01
80	Eric Sindayigaya	Burundi	41:07
81	Dou Zhaobo	China	41:11
82	Zheng Kai	China	41:16
83	Scott Winton	New Zealand	41:19
84	Chen Fuchun	China	41:19
85	Matthew Holder	New Zealand	41:20
86	Tom Compernolle	Belgium	41:40
87	Risa Ghadimi	Iran	41:44
88	Michael Booth	Canada	41:49
89	Jamie Epp	Canada	41:54
90	Yevgeniy Medvednikov	Kazakhstan	41:55
91	Sun Wenyong	China	41:56
92	Cheikh Ndiaye	Senegal	41:57
93	Ali El-Zaidi	Libya	41:57
94	Francis Khanje	Malawi	41:58
95	Ahmad Joldei	Iran	42:04
96	Rodwell Kamwendo	Malawi	42:36
97	Abraham Habte	Eritrea	43:48
98	Natnael Amare	Eritrea	44:53
99	Kemal Tuvakuliyev	Turkmenistan	45:32
100	Bakhodur Boimuradov	Tajikistan	46:36
101	Cesar Condori	Bolivia	46:43
102	Sehad Gunner	Kyrgyzstan	51:48
—	Domingos Castro	Portugal	DNF
—	Sergiy Lebid	Ukraine	DNF
—	Enrique Molina	Spain	DNF
—	Kamel Kohil	Algeria	DNF
—	Giuliano Battocletti	Italy	DNF
—	Jean-Berchmans Ndayisenga	Burundi	DNF
—	Spencer Barden	United Kingdom	DNF
—	Egide Manirazika	Burundi	DNF
—	Scott Simpson	Canada	DNF
—	Mark Miles	United Kingdom	DNF
—	Al-Mustafa Riyadh	Bahrain	DNF
—	Graham Cocksedge	Canada	DNS
—	Jonathan Monje	Chile	DNS
—	Noel Berkeley	Ireland	DNS
—	Martin McCarthy	Ireland	DNS

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Kenya

Patrick Ivuti	2
Richard Limo	4
Paul Koech	5
John Cheruiyot Korir	6
(Abraham Cherono)	(n/s)
(Sammy Kipketer)	(n/s)

Ethiopia

Kenenisa Bekele	1
Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam	3
Sileshi Sihine	7
Ketema Nigusse	12
(Dejene Berhanu)	(n/s)
(Yibeltal Admassu)	(n/s)

Morocco

Hicham Chatt	8
Khalid El Amri	10
Abderrahim Goumri	13
Jaouad Gharib	20
(Saïd El Wardi)	(n/s)
(Ahmed El Hamzaoui)	(n/s)

Spain

José Manuel Martínez	15
Julio Rey	16
José Rios	18
Fabián Roncero	19
(Eliseo Martín)	(n/s)
(Enrique Molina)	(DNF)

Portugal

Eduardo Henriques	14
Hélder Ornelas	21
Manuel Magalhães	24
Alfredo Bráz	26
(Alberto Maravilha)	(n/s)
(Domingos Castro)	(DNF)

Tanzania

Fabiano Joseph	17
Faustin Baha	22
Israel Nari	29
Stephen Rogart	33

101

United States

Meb Keflezighi	11
Abdi Abdirahman	27
Edwardo Torres	34
Chad Johnson	40
(Dave Cullum)	(n/s)
(Nick Rogers)	(n/s)

112

Eritrea

Zersenay Tadesse	9
Tesfayohannes Mesfen	31
Tesfit Berhe	43
Tekle Menghisteab	51
(Abraham Habte)	(n/s)
(Natnael Amare)	(n/s)

134

Botswana

Gabalebe Moloko	28
Kabo Gabaseme	36
Tiyapo Maso	41
Keenetse Moswasi	48

153

Rwanda

Dieudonné Disi	23
Rachid Safari	45
François Bagambiki	49
Jean Bosco Ndagijimana	50
(Gervais Nzeyimana)	(n/s)

167

Burundi

Jean-Claude Mushingantahe	30
Dieudonné Gahungu	32
Athanase Manirazika	52
Eric Sindayigaya	53
(Jean-Berchmans Ndayisenga)	(DNF)
(Egide Manirazika)	(DNF)

167

New Zealand

Phil Costley	25
Rees Buck	42
Scott Winton	56
Matthew Holder	58

181

Belgium

Tom van Hooste	38
Christian Nemeth	44
Hans Janssens	47
Tom Compernolle	59

188

Iran

Omid Mehrabi	37
Jafar Babakhani	39
Risa Ghadimi	60
Ahmad Joldei	64

200

Canada

Simon Bairu	35
Eric Gillis	46
Michael Booth	61
Jamie Epp	62
(Scott Simpson)	(DNF)

204

China

Dou Zhaobo	54
Zheng Kai	55
Chen Fuchun	57
Sun Wenyong	63

229

DNF

United Kingdom

Matt Smith	(n/s)
Rob Birchall	(n/s)
Glynn Tromans	(n/s)
Spencer Barden	(DNF)
(Mark Miles)	(DNF)

DNF

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 113 athletes from 37 countries participated in the Senior men's race. The announced athletes from Chile and Ireland did not show.^[6]^[7]

Algeria (1)
Bahrain (1)
Belgium (4)
Bolivia (1)
Botswana (4)
Burundi (6)
Canada (5)
China (4)
Eritrea (6)
Ethiopia (6)
France (1)
Guatemala (1)
Iran (4)

Italy (3)
Kazakhstan (1)
Kenya (6)
Kyrgyzstan (1)
Libya (1)
Malawi (2)
Morocco (6)
New Zealand (4)
Poland (1)
Portugal (6)
Rwanda (5)
Senegal (1)

References

↑ PLUS: CROSS-COUNTRY; Kidane of Ethiopia Wins World Title, New York Times, March 30, 2003, retrieved October 31, 2013
↑ PLUS: CROSS-COUNTRY; Bekele and Masai Victorious Again, New York Times, March 31, 2003, retrieved October 31, 2013
↑ Gillon, Doug (March 31, 2003), Bekele blazes a trail past all others - Ethiopian defends long- and short-course crowns, Herald, retrieved October 31, 2013
↑ Gillon, Doug (March 30, 2003), Double-double for Bekele - men's long course race in Lausanne, IAAF, retrieved October 31, 2013
1 2 Magnusson, Tomas (July 4, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.4km CC Men - Lausanne Institut National Equestre Avenches Date: Sunday, March 30, 2003, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 31, 2013
1 2 Long Race - M Final, IAAF, March 30, 2003, retrieved October 31, 2013
1 2 Results - 31st IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Lausanne, SWITZERLAND 29 MAR 2003 - 30 MAR 2003 - Long Race - men, IAAF, March 30, 2003, retrieved October 31, 2013
↑ Official Team Results Long Race - M, IAAF, March 30, 2003, retrieved October 31, 2013
↑ Results - 31st IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Lausanne, SWITZERLAND 29 MAR 2003 - 30 MAR 2003 - Long Race - men - Final - Team, IAAF, March 30, 2003, retrieved October 31, 2013
↑ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 31, 2013
↑ 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, retrieved October 31, 2013

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