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

The Senior 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 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 women's race (7.92 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Worknesh Kidane | Ethiopia | 25:53 |
| | Deena Drossin | United States | 26:02 |
| | Merima Denboba | Ethiopia | 26:28 |
| 4 | Eyerusalem Kuma | Ethiopia | 26:30 |
| 5 | Magdaline Chemjor | Kenya | 26:33 |
| 6 | Elizabeth Rumokol | Kenya | 26:37 |
| 7 | Colleen de Reuck | United States | 26:49 |
| 8 | Caroline Kilel | Kenya | 26:55 |
| 9 | Tereza Yohanes | Ethiopia | 27:06 |
| 10 | Asha Gigi | Ethiopia | 27:12 |
| 11 | Anália Rosa | Portugal | 27:19 |
| 12 | Jepkorir Ayabei | Kenya | 27:27 |
| 13 | Rocío Ríos | Spain | 27:31 |
| 14 | Alice Timbilil | Kenya | 27:34 |
| 15 | Katie McGregor | United States | 27:36 |
| 16 | Nebiat Habtemariam | Eritrea | 27:37 |
| 17 | Elva Dryer | United States | 27:43 |
| 18 | Beatriz Santíago | Spain | 27:46 |
| 19 | Hayley Yelling | United Kingdom | 27:47 |
| 20 | Helena Javornik | Slovenia | 27:48 |
| 21 | Patrizia Tisi | Italy | 27:49 |
| 22 | Kazue Ogoshi | Japan | 27:50 |
| 23 | Dorthe Vibjerg | Denmark | 27:52 |
| 24 | Ana Dias | Portugal | 27:56 |
| 25 | Milena Glusac | United States | 27:57 |
| 26 | María Abel | Spain | 28:01 |
| 27 | Fátima Cabral | Portugal | 28:02 |
| 28 | Louise Damen | United Kingdom | 28:03 |
| 29 | Alessandra Aguilar | Spain | 28:04 |
| 30 | Nadia Al-Jaffaini | Bahrain | 28:13 |
| 31 | Inês Monteiro | Portugal | 28:15 |
| 32 | Catherine Chikwakwa | Malawi | 28:18 |
| 33 | Bizunesh Deba | Ethiopia | 28:18 |
| 34 | Maria Luisa Lárraga | Spain | 28:19 |
| 35 | Marie-Luce Romanens | Switzerland | 28:24 |
| 36 | Helena Sampaio | Portugal | 28:33 |
| 37 | Claudia Oberli | Switzerland | 28:34 |
| 38 | Tausi Juma | Tanzania | 28:35 |
| 39 | Sara Wells | United States | 28:43 |
| 40 | Michelle Carson | Canada | 28:45 |
| 41 | Mónica Rosa | Portugal | 28:45 |
| 42 | Laura Pinela | Spain | 28:53 |
| 43 | Meryem Khali | Morocco | 28:55 |
| 44 | Mirja Moser | Switzerland | 28:56 |
| 45 | Kim Offergeld | Belgium | 28:57 |
| 46 | Soud Kanbouchia | Morocco | 29:06 |
| 47 | Faith Kamangila | Zimbabwe | 29:29 |
| 48 | Rukia Mkanda | Tanzania | 29:34 |
| 49 | Alison Rendell | Canada | 29:37 |
| 50 | Anja Smolders | Belgium | 29:49 |
| 51 | Corinne Debaets | Belgium | 30:02 |
| 52 | Melissa Moon | New Zealand | 30:06 |
| 53 | Maria Zambrano | Canada | 30:08 |
| 54 | Janine Moffett | Canada | 30:14 |
| 55 | Dina Cruz | Guatemala | 30:37 |
| 56 | Alexandra Babcock | Canada | 31:00 |
| 57 | Sarah Ali-Kahn | Canada | 31:14 |
| 58 | Samira Daoui | Morocco | 31:20 |
| 59 | Yekaterina Shatnaya | Kazakhstan | 31:58 |
| 60 | Lisha Hamilton | U.S. Virgin Islands | 32:23 |
| 61 | Dildar Mamedova | Turkmenistan | 33:30 |
| — | Sonja Stolić | Yugoslavia | DNF |
| — | Fatiha Baouf | Belgium | DNF |
| — | Pamela Chepchumba | Kenya | DQ$^†$ |
| — | Asmae Leghzaoui | Morocco | DQ$^†$ |
| — | Soumiya Labani | Morocco | DQ |
| — | Restituta Joseph | Tanzania | DNS |
| — | Banuelia Katesigwa | Tanzania | DNS |
$^†$: Pamela Chepchumba from Kenya finished 6th in 26:35 min, Asmae Leghzaoui from Morocco finished 18th in 27:39 min, but both were disqualified.

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Ethiopia Worknesh Kidane1 Merima Denboba3 Eyerusalem Kuma4 Tereza Yohanes9 (Asha Gigi)(n/s) (Bizunesh Deba)(n/s) | 17 |
| | Kenya Magdaline Chemjor5 Elizabeth Rumokol6 Caroline Kilel8 Jepkorir Ayabei11 (Alice Timbilil)(n/s) | 30 |
| | United States Deena Drossin2 Colleen de Reuck7 Katie McGregor13 Elva Dryer14 (Milena Glusac)(n/s) (Sara Wells)(n/s) | 36 |
| 4 | Spain Rocío Ríos12 Beatriz Santíago15 María Abel17 Alessandra Aguilar19 (Maria Luisa Lárraga)(n/s) (Laura Pinela)(n/s) | 63 |
| 5 | Portugal Anália Rosa10 Ana Dias16 Fátima Cabral18 Inês Monteiro20 (Helena Sampaio)(n/s) (Mónica Rosa)(n/s) | 64 |
| 6 | Canada Michelle Carson21 Alison Rendell22 Maria Zambrano23 Janine Moffett24 (Alexandra Babcock)(n/s) (Sarah Ali-Kahn)(n/s) | 90 |
| DNF | Belgium (Kim Offergeld)(n/s) (Anja Smolders)(n/s) (Corinne Debaets)(n/s) (Fatiha Baouf)(DNF) | DNF |
| DQ | Morocco (Meryem Khali)(n/s) (Soud Kanbouchia)(n/s) (Samira Daoui)(n/s) (Asmae Leghzaoui)(DQ) (Soumiya Labani)(DQ) | DQ |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 65 athletes from 25 countries participated in the Senior women's race.
* Bahrain (1)
* Belgium (4)
* Canada (6)
* Denmark (1)
* Eritrea (1)
* Ethiopia (6)
* Guatemala (1)
* Italy (1)
* Japan (1)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Kenya (6)
* Malawi (1)
* Morocco (4)
* New Zealand (1)
* Portugal (6)
* Slovenia (1)
* Spain (6)
* Switzerland (3)
* Tanzania (2)
* Turkmenistan (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (6)
* U.S. Virgin Islands (1)
* Yugoslavia (1)
* Zimbabwe (1)