# 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

The Junior 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, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.

## Race results
### Junior men's race (7.92 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | 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 |
| 13 | James Kibet | Uganda | 24:10 |
| 14 | Simon Tesfai | Eritrea | 24:11 |
| 15 | Tesfaye Mengistu | Ethiopia | 24:12 |
| 16 | Tadesse Abrham | Eritrea | 24:14 |
| 17 | Yassine Mandour | Morocco | 24:15 |
| 18 | Moses Kipsiro | Uganda | 24:17 |
| 19 | Lahoussine Dhame | Morocco | 24:26 |
| 20 | Noureddine Athamna | Algeria | 24:29 |
| 21 | Mohamed Fadil | Morocco | 24:36 |
| 22 | Driss Bensaïd | Morocco | 24:38 |
| 23 | Yegeniy Rybakov | Russia | 24:39 |
| 24 | Samson Kiflemariam | Eritrea | 24:50 |
| 25 | Yassine Abatourab | Morocco | 24:51 |
| 26 | Bill Nelson | United States | 24:52 |
| 27 | Isaac Kiprop | Uganda | 24:55 |
| 28 | Mohamed Moustaoui | Morocco | 24:59 |
| 29 | Aïssa Dahmar | Algeria | 25:07 |
| 30 | Mourad Naami | Algeria | 25:11 |
| 31 | Ahmed Khamlaoui | Tunisia | 25:13 |
| 32 | Martin Kiplimo | Uganda | 25:14 |
| 33 | Aleksey Aleksandrov | Russia | 25:25 |
| 34 | Timothy Moore | United States | 25:25 |
| 35 | Anatoliy Rybakov | Russia | 25:29 |
| 36 | Teklit Ketema | Eritrea | 25:35 |
| 37 | Ali Abdalla | Sudan | 25:36 |
| 38 | Jérémy Pierrat | France | 25:38 |
| 39 | Peter Ashak | Sudan | 25:40 |
| 40 | Cristinel Irimia | Romania | 25:41 |
| 41 | Abdalla Abdelgadir | Sudan | 25:46 |
| 42 | Mario van Wayenberghe | Belgium | 25:47 |
| 43 | Mikhail Zhdanov | Russia | 25:47 |
| 44 | Brett Gotcher | United States | 25:48 |
| 45 | Andy Weilacher | United States | 25:49 |
| 46 | James Hower | United States | 25:50 |
| 47 | Aleksey Reunkov | Russia | 25:50 |
| 48 | Tom Humphries | United Kingdom | 25:54 |
| 49 | Ibrahim Sboui | Tunisia | 25:56 |
| 50 | Hamza Djeghima | Algeria | 25:56 |
| 51 | Kurt Benninger | Canada | 25:59 |
| 52 | Stefano La Rosa | Italy | 26:01 |
| 53 | Mohamed El Gayar | Egypt | 26:03 |
| 54 | Ryan McLeod | United Kingdom | 26:06 |
| 55 | Yoan Meudec | France | 26:07 |
| 56 | David Pomies | France | 26:10 |
| 57 | Marco Majori | Italy | 26:11 |
| 58 | Djelloul Aggoun | Algeria | 26:11 |
| 59 | Adam Hortian | Canada | 26:13 |
| 60 | Hamaza Hamid | Sudan | 26:14 |
| 61 | Arkaitz Nogales | Spain | 26:15 |
| 62 | Marius Ionescu | Romania | 26:16 |
| 63 | Bret Schoolmeester | United States | 26:17 |
| 64 | Stefano Cugusi | Italy | 26:19 |
| 65 | Aleksandr Mikhaylov | Belarus | 26:19 |
| 66 | Christopher Berraho | France | 26:20 |
| 67 | Amer Ayyad Helil | Egypt | 26:21 |
| 68 | Joaquin Carlus | Spain | 26:23 |
| 69 | Marc Roig | Spain | 26:26 |
| 70 | Benyoucef Fettah | Algeria | 26:26 |
| 71 | Francisco España | Spain | 26:27 |
| 72 | Braden Novakowski | Canada | 26:29 |
| 73 | Nihat Kaya | Turkey | 26:30 |
| 74 | Craig Appleby | Australia | 26:34 |
| 75 | Ruslan Nasyrov | Uzbekistan | 26:39 |
| 76 | Tom Lancashire | United Kingdom | 26:44 |
| 77 | Ahmed El Radi | Sudan | 26:45 |
| 78 | Ali Yaydar Tekgoz | Turkey | 26:46 |
| 79 | Kristjan Hunter | Canada | 26:46 |
| 80 | Alexis Traub | France | 26:50 |
| 81 | Sergey Reunkov | Russia | 26:51 |
| 82 | Kristof Mouton | Belgium | 26:53 |
| 83 | Vitaliy Kolodin | Turkmenistan | 26:54 |
| 84 | Collis Birmingham | Australia | 26:55 |
| 85 | Rolf Rüfenacht | Switzerland | 26:57 |
| 86 | Mohamed Ali Gmati | Tunisia | 26:59 |
| 87 | Yuriy Adnaochka | Belarus | 26:59 |
| 88 | Daniel Fässler | Switzerland | 27:02 |
| 89 | Tsimafei Nedzialevich | Belarus | 27:05 |
| 90 | Ajmal Amirov | Tajikistan | 27:05 |
| 91 | Ahmed Bakry | Egypt | 27:10 |
| 92 | Mathias Büschi | Switzerland | 27:11 |
| 93 | Sam Jacobs | United Kingdom | 27:13 |
| 94 | Claudio Ammann | Switzerland | 27:17 |
| 95 | Matt Loiselle | Canada | 27:18 |
| 96 | Erdal Bucut | Turkey | 27:20 |
| 97 | Gert van Poucke | Belgium | 27:21 |
| 98 | Omar Rached | Italy | 27:21 |
| 99 | Matija Petricevic | Croatia | 27:22 |
| 100 | Slaheddine Chnini | Tunisia | 27:23 |
| 101 | Geoff Kerr | Canada | 27:41 |
| 102 | Nozimjon Irmatov | Tajikistan | 27:51 |
| 103 | Pedro Martins | Portugal | 27:52 |
| 104 | Alejandro González | Spain | 27:57 |
| 105 | Hamdullah Gul | Turkey | 28:09 |
| 106 | Patrick Gentsch | Switzerland | 28:11 |
| 107 | Marat Nizamov | Uzbekistan | 28:29 |
| 108 | Denis Galerin | Belgium | 28:47 |
| 109 | Yodgor Akhmatov | Uzbekistan | 28:54 |
| 110 | Michael Sanchez | Gibraltar | 28:57 |
| 111 | Amir Garifullin | Uzbekistan | 28:57 |
| 112 | Igor Daronin | Belarus | 29:05 |
| 113 | Fabian Hertner | Switzerland | 29:18 |
| 114 | Adem Belir | Turkey | 31:43 |
| 115 | Gi Ka Man | Hong Kong | 32:07 |
| 116 | Lee Taylor | Gibraltar | 34:17 |
| — | Philippe Le Ferrand | France | DNF |
| — | Mark Christie | Ireland | DNF |
| — | Salah Badri | Tunisia | DNF |
| — | Enea Longo | Italy | DNF |
| — | José Antonio Molina | Spain | DNF |
| — | Zaki Hussein | Egypt | DNS |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Eliud Kipchoge1 Solomon Bushendich3 Augustine Choge4 Moses Mosop7 (Barnabas Kosgei)(n/s) (Kipkorir Chepkwony)(n/s) | 15 |
| | Ethiopia Girma Assefa5 Getachew Dinku6 Tessema Absher8 Solomon Molla9 (Dehe Woyesha)(n/s) (Tesfaye Mengistu)(n/s) | 28 |
| | Uganda Boniface Kiprop2 James Kibet10 Moses Kipsiro14 Isaac Kiprop22 (Martin Kiplimo)(n/s) | 48 |
| 4 | Morocco Yassine Mandour13 Lahoussine Dhame15 Mohamed Fadil17 Driss Bensaïd18 (Yassine Abatourab)(n/s) (Mohamed Moustaoui)(n/s) | 63 |
| 5 | Eritrea Simon Tesfai11 Tadesse Abrham12 Samson Kiflemariam20 Teklit Ketema29 | 72 |
| 6 | Algeria Noureddine Athamna16 Aïssa Dahmar23 Mourad Naami24 Hamza Djeghima40 (Djelloul Aggoun)(n/s) (Benyoucef Fettah)(n/s) | 103 |
| 7 | Russia Yegeniy Rybakov19 Aleksey Aleksandrov26 Anatoliy Rybakov28 Mikhail Zhdanov35 (Aleksey Reunkov)(n/s) (Sergey Reunkov)(n/s) | 108 |
| 8 | United States Bill Nelson21 Timothy Moore27 Brett Gotcher36 Andy Weilacher37 (James Hower)(n/s) (Bret Schoolmeester)(n/s) | 121 |
| 9 | Sudan Ali Abdalla30 Peter Ashak32 Abdalla Abdelgadir33 Hamaza Hamid48 (Ahmed El Radi)(n/s) | 143 |
| 10 | France Jérémy Pierrat31 Yoan Meudec44 David Pomies45 Christopher Berraho52 (Alexis Traub)(n/s) (Philippe Le Ferrand)(DNF) | 172 |
| 11 | Tunisia Ahmed Khamlaoui25 Ibrahim Sboui39 Mohamed Ali Gmati64 Slaheddine Chnini74 (Salah Badri)(DNF) | 202 |
| 12 | Canada Kurt Benninger41 Adam Hortian47 Braden Novakowski56 Kristjan Hunter61 (Matt Loiselle)(n/s) (Geoff Kerr)(n/s) | 205 |
| 13 | United Kingdom Tom Humphries38 Ryan McLeod43 Tom Lancashire59 Sam Jacobs69 | 209 |
| 14 | Spain Arkaitz Nogales49 Joaquin Carlus53 Marc Roig54 Francisco España55 (Alejandro González)(n/s) (José Antonio Molina)(DNF) | 211 |
| 15 | Italy Stefano La Rosa42 Marco Majori46 Stefano Cugusi50 Omar Rachedi73 (Enea Longo)(DNF) | 211 |
| 16 | Belgium Mario van Wayenberghe34 Kristof Mouton62 Gert van Poucke72 Denis Galerin77 | 245 |
| 17 | Turkey Nihat Kaya57 Ali Yaydar Tekgoz60 Erdal Bucut71 Hamdullah Gul75 (Adem Belir)(n/s) | 263 |
| 18 | Belarus Aleksandr Mikhaylov51 Yuriy Adnaochka65 Tsimafei Nedzialevich67 Igor Daronin80 | 263 |
| 19 | Switzerland Rolf Rüfenacht63 Daniel Fässler66 Mathias Büschi68 Claudio Ammann70 (Patrick Gentsch)(n/s) (Fabian Hertner)(n/s) | 267 |
| 20 | Uzbekistan Ruslan Nasyrov58 Marat Nizamov76 Yodgor Akhmatov78 Amir Garifullin79 | 291 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 121 athletes from 30 countries participated in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (6)
* Australia (2)
* Belarus (4)
* Belgium (4)
* Canada (6)
* Croatia (1)
* Egypt (3)
* Eritrea (4)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (6)
* Gibraltar (2)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (5)
* Kenya (6)
* Morocco (6)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (2)
* Russia (6)
* Spain (6)
* Sudan (5)
* Switzerland (6)
* Tajikistan (2)
* Tunisia (5)
* Turkey (5)
* Turkmenistan (1)
* Uganda (5)
* United Kingdom (4)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (4)