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

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, 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
### Senior men's race (12.355 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | 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 |
| 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 Ivuti2 Richard Limo4 Paul Koech5 John Cheruiyot Korir6 (Abraham Cherono)(n/s) (Sammy Kipketer)(n/s) | 17 |
| | Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele1 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam3 Sileshi Sihine7 Ketema Nigusse12 (Dejene Berhanu)(n/s) (Yibeltal Admassu)(n/s) | 23 |
| | Morocco Hicham Chatt8 Khalid El Amri10 Abderrahim Goumri13 Jaouad Gharib20 (Saïd El Wardi)(n/s) (Ahmed El Hamzaoui)(n/s) | 51 |
| 4 | Spain José Manuel Martínez15 Julio Rey16 José Rios18 Fabián Roncero19 (Eliseo Martín)(n/s) (Enrique Molina)(DNF) | 68 |
| 5 | Portugal Eduardo Henriques14 Hélder Ornelas21 Manuel Magalhães24 Alfredo Bráz26 (Alberto Maravilha)(n/s) (Domingos Castro)(DNF) | 85 |
| 6 | Tanzania Fabiano Joseph17 Faustin Baha22 Israel Nari29 Stephen Rogart33 | 101 |
| 7 | United States Meb Keflezighi11 Abdi Abdirahman27 Edwardo Torres34 Chad Johnson40 (Dave Cullum)(n/s) (Nick Rogers)(n/s) | 112 |
| 8 | Eritrea Zersenay Tadesse9 Tesfayohannes Mesfen31 Tesfit Berhe43 Tekle Menghisteab51 (Abraham Habte)(n/s) (Natnael Amare)(n/s) | 134 |
| 9 | Botswana Gabalebe Moloko28 Kabo Gabaseme36 Tiyapo Maso41 Keenetse Moswasi48 | 153 |
| 10 | Rwanda Dieudonné Disi23 Rachid Safari45 François Bagambiki49 Jean Bosco Ndagijimana50 (Gervais Nzeyimana)(n/s) | 167 |
| 11 | Burundi Jean-Claude Mushingantahe30 Dieudonné Gahungu32 Athanase Manirazika52 Eric Sindayigaya53 (Jean-Berchmans Ndayisenga)(DNF) (Egide Manirazika)(DNF) | 167 |
| 12 | New Zealand Phil Costley25 Rees Buck42 Scott Winton56 Matthew Holder58 | 181 |
| 13 | Belgium Tom van Hooste38 Christian Nemeth44 Hans Janssens47 Tom Compernolle59 | 188 |
| 14 | Iran Omid Mehrabi37 Jafar Babakhani39 Risa Ghadimi60 Ahmad Joldei64 | 200 |
| 15 | Canada Simon Bairu35 Eric Gillis46 Michael Booth61 Jamie Epp62 (Scott Simpson)(DNF) | 204 |
| 16 | China Dou Zhaobo54 Zheng Kai55 Chen Fuchun57 Sun Wenyong63 | 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.
* 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)
* Spain (6)
* Switzerland (1)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Tanzania (4)
* Turkmenistan (1)
* Tunisia (1)
* Uganda (1)
* Ukraine (3)
* United Kingdom (5)
* United States (6)
* Venezuela (1)
* Zimbabwe (2)