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

Senior men's race at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition31st
DateMarch 30
Host cityLausanne, Vaud, Switzerland Switzerland
VenueL'Institut Équestre National d'Avenches
Events1
Distances12.355 km – Senior men
Participation113 athletes from
37 nations

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia 35:56
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Patrick Ivuti  Kenya 36:09
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Kenya
Patrick Ivuti 2
Richard Limo 4
Paul Koech 5
John Cheruiyot Korir 6
(Abraham Cherono) (n/s)
(Sammy Kipketer) (n/s)
17
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ethiopia
Kenenisa Bekele 1
Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 3
Sileshi Sihine 7
Ketema Nigusse 12
(Dejene Berhanu) (n/s)
(Yibeltal Admassu) (n/s)
23
3rd place, bronze medalist(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)
51
4  Spain
José Manuel Martínez 15
Julio Rey 16
José Rios 18
Fabián Roncero 19
(Eliseo Martín) (n/s)
(Enrique Molina) (DNF)
68
5  Portugal
Eduardo Henriques 14
Hélder Ornelas 21
Manuel Magalhães 24
Alfredo Bráz 26
(Alberto Maravilha) (n/s)
(Domingos Castro) (DNF)
85
6  Tanzania
Fabiano Joseph 17
Faustin Baha 22
Israel Nari 29
Stephen Rogart 33
101
7  United States
Meb Keflezighi 11
Abdi Abdirahman 27
Edwardo Torres 34
Chad Johnson 40
(Dave Cullum) (n/s)
(Nick Rogers) (n/s)
112
8  Eritrea
Zersenay Tadesse 9
Tesfayohannes Mesfen 31
Tesfit Berhe 43
Tekle Menghisteab 51
(Abraham Habte) (n/s)
(Natnael Amare) (n/s)
134
9  Botswana
Gabalebe Moloko 28
Kabo Gabaseme 36
Tiyapo Maso 41
Keenetse Moswasi 48
153
10  Rwanda
Dieudonné Disi 23
Rachid Safari 45
François Bagambiki 49
Jean Bosco Ndagijimana 50
(Gervais Nzeyimana) (n/s)
167
11  Burundi
Jean-Claude Mushingantahe 30
Dieudonné Gahungu 32
Athanase Manirazika 52
Eric Sindayigaya 53
(Jean-Berchmans Ndayisenga) (DNF)
(Egide Manirazika) (DNF)
167
12  New Zealand
Phil Costley 25
Rees Buck 42
Scott Winton 56
Matthew Holder 58
181
13  Belgium
Tom van Hooste 38
Christian Nemeth 44
Hans Janssens 47
Tom Compernolle 59
188
14  Iran
Omid Mehrabi 37
Jafar Babakhani 39
Risa Ghadimi 60
Ahmad Joldei 64
200
15  Canada
Simon Bairu 35
Eric Gillis 46
Michael Booth 61
Jamie Epp 62
(Scott Simpson) (DNF)
204
16  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]

See also

References

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  3. ^ Gillon, Doug (March 31, 2003), "Bekele blazes a trail past all others - Ethiopian defends long- and short-course crowns", Herald, retrieved October 31, 2013
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  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