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

The Junior women'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 29, 2003. Reports on 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 women's race (6.215)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | 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 |
| 13 | Mariem Alaoui Selsouli | Morocco | 21:54 |
| 14 | Charlotte Dale | United Kingdom | 21:56 |
| 15 | Simret Sultan | Eritrea | 22:11 |
| 16 | Irvette van Blerk | South Africa | 22:17 |
| 17 | Lamberte Nyabamikazi | Rwanda | 22:18 |
| 18 | Belaynesh Fekadu | Ethiopia | 22:31 |
| 19 | Siham Hilali | Morocco | 22:32 |
| 20 | Amy Hastings | United States | 22:34 |
| 21 | Stefanie Murer | Switzerland | 22:38 |
| 22 | Najat El Fiddi | Morocco | 22:47 |
| 23 | Habiba Ghribi | Tunisia | 22:48 |
| 24 | Olga Minina | Belarus | 22:48 |
| 25 | Rebecca Walter | United States | 22:50 |
| 26 | Silvia La Barbera | Italy | 22:54 |
| 27 | Danielle Barnes | United Kingdom | 22:58 |
| 28 | Türkan Bozkurt | Turkey | 22:59 |
| 29 | Zhang Chong | China | 23:00 |
| 30 | Adina Barbinta | Romania | 23:03 |
| 31 | Marta Romo | Spain | 23:14 |
| 32 | Laura Silva | Portugal | 23:22 |
| 33 | Fionnuala Britton | Ireland | 23:23 |
| 34 | Yousra Jemmali | Tunisia | 23:30 |
| 35 | Liu Lixia | China | 23:30 |
| 36 | Li Lihua | China | 23:32 |
| 37 | Aine Hoban | United Kingdom | 23:34 |
| 38 | Amira Benamor | Tunisia | 23:34 |
| 39 | Clara Horowitz | United States | 23:35 |
| 40 | Yang Juan | China | 23:35 |
| 41 | Julia Lucas | United States | 23:40 |
| 42 | Nancy Frouin | France | 23:41 |
| 43 | Anne-Laure Vidal | France | 23:43 |
| 44 | Faye Fullerton | United Kingdom | 23:45 |
| 45 | Clare Goodwin | New Zealand | 23:54 |
| 46 | Hanane Makhloufi | Algeria | 23:56 |
| 47 | Jiang Chengcheng | China | 23:58 |
| 48 | Yekaterina Tunguskova | Uzbekistan | 24:00 |
| 49 | Imène Badraoui | Tunisia | 24:00 |
| 50 | Safa Aissaoui | Tunisia | 24:01 |
| 51 | Angela Homan | United States | 24:02 |
| 52 | Chahrazad Cheboub | Algeria | 24:02 |
| 53 | Olga Rezkaya | Belarus | 24:03 |
| 54 | Marieken Verhaeghe | Belgium | 24:04 |
| 55 | Aslı Çakır | Turkey | 24:05 |
| 56 | Mélanie Veron | France | 24:06 |
| 57 | Ruth Proctor | United Kingdom | 24:06 |
| 58 | Laura Hodgson | United States | 24:08 |
| 59 | Corina Dumbrăveanu | Romania | 24:09 |
| 60 | Nikki Tufts | Canada | 24:12 |
| 61 | Anke van Campen | Belgium | 24:19 |
| 62 | Isabel Macías | Spain | 24:20 |
| 63 | Sophie Maranda | Canada | 24:21 |
| 64 | Clemantine Nyiraguhirwa | Rwanda | 24:26 |
| 65 | Marta Fernández | Spain | 24:30 |
| 66 | Loubna Jao | Morocco | 24:36 |
| 67 | Doaa Adel | Egypt | 24:36 |
| 68 | Tatyana Lukashuk | Belarus | 24:38 |
| 69 | Barkehoum Belagrouz | Algeria | 24:39 |
| 70 | Jenny Leonard | France | 24:43 |
| 71 | Laila Klilech | Morocco | 24:49 |
| 72 | Hanem Abou Seada | Egypt | 24:49 |
| 73 | Fatna Chtoina | Morocco | 24:50 |
| 74 | Danette Doetzel | Canada | 24:55 |
| 75 | Kirsten Braem | Belgium | 24:57 |
| 76 | Irina Padabed | Belarus | 24:58 |
| 77 | Carmen Ballard | Canada | 25:03 |
| 78 | Lynelle Blignaut | South Africa | 25:04 |
| 79 | Fatma Zohra Kasdi | Algeria | 25:07 |
| 80 | Edna Souza | Brazil | 25:10 |
| 81 | Maica Rodríguez | Spain | 25:14 |
| 82 | Deborah Büttel | Switzerland | 25:15 |
| 83 | Sara Abou Hassan | Egypt | 25:17 |
| 84 | Julia Hicks | Canada | 25:18 |
| 85 | Seham El Agizy | Egypt | 25:20 |
| 86 | Heba Abou Wahdan | Egypt | 25:25 |
| 87 | Hassiba Mahiddine | Algeria | 25:26 |
| 88 | Amanda McAllister | Canada | 25:33 |
| 89 | Helena Pluymers | Belgium | 25:37 |
| 90 | Veronika Kirgizbayeva | Uzbekistan | 25:39 |
| 91 | Fadhila Cheffara | Algeria | 25:58 |
| 92 | Irina Moroz | Uzbekistan | 26:02 |
| 93 | Marina Khmelevskaya | Uzbekistan | 26:29 |
| 94 | Monica Gutierrez | Spain | 26:34 |
| 95 | Yeter Karakoc | Turkey | 26:39 |
| 96 | Aysen Özkul | Turkey | 27:01 |
| 97 | Marija Loncarevic | Croatia | 27:13 |
| 98 | Binnaz Uslu | Turkey | 27:23 |
| 99 | Nadima Mirzoeva | Tajikistan | 28:43 |
| 100 | Parvina Ziyaeva | Tajikistan | 29:32 |
| — | Adrienne Herzog | Netherlands | DNF |
| — | Katrina Wootton | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Miriam Ortiz | Spain | DNF |
| — | Yekaterina Ilyazova | Turkmenistan | DNF |
| — | Evelyne Mayunga | DR Congo | DNS |
| — | Lemlem Bereket | Eritrea | DNS |
| — | Élodie Guégan | France | DNS |
| — | Maiama Baïlo Souare | Guinea | DNS |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Ethiopia Tirunesh Dibaba1 Gelete Burka3 Meselech Melkamu4 Sentayehu Ejigu6 (Aziza Aliyu)(n/s) (Belaynesh Fekadu)(n/s) | 14 |
| | Kenya Peninah Chepchumba2 Emily Chebet5 Gladys Chemweno7 Chemutai Rionotukei8 (Valentine Koech)(n/s) (Sharon Kipsang)(n/s) | 22 |
| | Morocco Mariem Alaoui Selsouli9 Siham Hilali11 Najat El Fiddi13 Loubna Jao45 (Laila Klilech)(n/s) (Fatna Chtoina)(n/s) | 78 |
| 4 | United States Amy Hastings12 Rebecca Walter16 Clara Horowitz26 Julia Lucas28 (Angela Homan)(n/s) (Laura Hodgson)(n/s) | 82 |
| 5 | United Kingdom Charlotte Dale10 Danielle Barnes17 Aine Hoban24 Faye Fullerton31 (Ruth Proctor)(n/s) (Katrina Wootton)(DNF) | 82 |
| 6 | China Zhang Chong19 Liu Lixia22 Li Lihua23 Yang Juan27 (Jiang Chengcheng)(n/s) | 91 |
| 7 | Tunisia Habiba Ghribi14 Yousra Jemmali21 Amira Benamor25 Imène Badraoui34 (Safa Aissaoui)(n/s) | 94 |
| 8 | France Nancy Frouin29 Anne-Laure Vidal30 Mélanie Veron39 Jenny Leonard49 | 147 |
| 9 | Belarus Olga Minina15 Olga Rezkaya36 Tatyana Lukashuk47 Irina Padabed53 | 151 |
| 10 | Spain Marta Romo20 Isabel Macías42 Marta Fernández44 Maica Rodríguez56 (Monica Gutierrez)(n/s) (Miriam Ortiz)(DNF) | 162 |
| 11 | Algeria Hanane Makhloufi32 Chahrazad Cheboub35 Barkehoum Belagrouz48 Fatma Zohra Kasdi55 (Hassiba Mahiddine)(n/s) (Fadhila Cheffara)(n/s) | 170 |
| 12 | Turkey Türkan Bozkurt18 Aslı Çakır38 Yeter Karakoc63 Aysen Özkul64 (Binnaz Uslu)(n/s) | 183 |
| 13 | Canada Nikki Tufts40 Sophie Maranda43 Danette Doetzel51 Carmen Ballard54 (Julia Hicks)(n/s) (Amanda McAllister)(n/s) | 188 |
| 14 | Belgium Marieken Verhaeghe37 Anke van Campen41 Kirsten Braem52 Helena Pluymers59 | 189 |
| 15 | Egypt Doaa Adel46 Hanem Abou Seada50 Sara Abou Hassan57 Seham El Agizy58 (Heba Abou Wahdan)(n/s) | 211 |
| 16 | Uzbekistan Yekaterina Tunguskova33 Veronika Kirgizbayeva60 Irina Moroz61 Marina Khmelevskaya62 | 216 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 104 athletes from 31 countries participated in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Guinea did not show.
* Algeria (6)
* Belarus (4)
* Belgium (4)
* Brazil (1)
* Burundi (1)
* Canada (6)
* China (5)
* Croatia (1)
* Egypt (5)
* Eritrea (1)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (4)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Kenya (6)
* Morocco (6)
* Netherlands (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (2)
* Rwanda (2)
* South Africa (2)
* Spain (6)
* Switzerland (2)
* Tajikistan (2)
* Tunisia (5)
* Turkey (5)
* Turkmenistan (1)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (4)