2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race

The Men's short 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,[1][2] in the Herald,[3] and for the IAAF.[4]

Men's short race at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition31st
DateMarch 29
Host cityLausanne, Vaud, Switzerland Switzerland
VenueL'Institut Équestre National d'Avenches
Events1
Distances4.03 km – Men's short
Participation126 athletes from
37 nations

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

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Men's short race (4.03 km)

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Individual

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Rank Athlete Country Time
  Kenenisa Bekele   Ethiopia 11:01
  John Kibowen   Kenya 11:04
  Benjamin Limo   Kenya 11:06
4 Mike Kipyego   Kenya 11:18
5 Thomas Kiplitany   Kenya 11:20
6 Khalid El Amri   Morocco 11:22
7 Meba Tadesse   Ethiopia 11:24
8 David Kilel   Kenya 11:25
9 Smail Sghir   France 11:27
10 Abderrahim Goumri   Morocco 11:28
11 Yousef El Nasri   Spain 11:28
12 Tessema Absher   Ethiopia 11:29
13 Abiyote Endale   Ethiopia 11:31
14 Driss Maazouzi   France 11:32
15 Ahmed Baday   Morocco 11:34
16 Abdelkader Hachlaf   Morocco 11:35
17 Ketema Nigusse   Ethiopia 11:39
18 Christian Belz    Switzerland 11:39
19 Chris Thompson   United Kingdom 11:40
20 Evans Kipchumba   Kenya 11:42
21 Fethi Meftah   Algeria 11:42
22 Saïd El Wardi   Morocco 11:43
23 Azzedine Zerdoum   Algeria 11:43
24 Ali Abdalla   Eritrea 11:44
25 Kevin Sullivan   Canada 11:44
26 Luciano Di Pardo   Italy 11:45
27 Khoudir Aggoune   Algeria 11:45
28 Antonio Manuel Martínez   Spain 11:45
29 Phil Costley   New Zealand 11:46
30 Hassan Oubassour   France 11:46
31 Sandu Rebenciuc   United States 11:47
32 Umberto Pusterla   Italy 11:47
33 Viktor Röthlin    Switzerland 11:47
34 Sergio Gallardo   Spain 11:48
35 Salah Hissou   Morocco 11:48
36 Rachid Chékhémani   France 11:49
37 Dan Browne   United States 11:49
38 Boštjan Buč   Slovenia 11:50
39 Abdelhakim Maazouz   Algeria 11:51
40 Dehe Woyesha   Ethiopia 11:52
41 Adrian Blincoe   New Zealand 11:53
42 Manuel Silva   Portugal 11:54
43 Fernando Silva   Portugal 11:55
44 Rees Buck   New Zealand 11:55
45 Philipp Bandi    Switzerland 11:56
46 Joël Bourgeois   Canada 11:56
47 Steven Vernon   United Kingdom 11:57
48 Abdulhak Zakaria   Bahrain 11:58
49 Tarek Boukensa   Algeria 11:58
50 Clodoaldo da Silva   Brazil 11:59
51 Irba Lakhal   France 12:00
52 Fortunato Yaccob   Eritrea 12:00
53 Mário Teixeira   Portugal 12:01
54 Chris Davies   United Kingdom 12:01
55 Javier Carriqueo   Argentina 12:01
56 Luke Watson   United States 12:02
57 Sean Kaley   Canada 12:02
58 Jesús España   Spain 12:02
59 Karl Savage   United States 12:03
60 Dan Wilson   United States 12:04
61 Ian Connor   United States 12:04
62 Chris Bolt   United Kingdom 12:05
63 Jeremy Deere   Canada 12:05
64 José Ramos   Portugal 12:06
65 Mark Bomba   Canada 12:07
66 Stefano Scaini   Italy 12:07
67 Ahmed Abd El Mangoud   Egypt 12:08
68 Michael Aish   New Zealand 12:09
69 José Luis Blanco   Spain 12:09
70 Sivuyile Dlongwana   South Africa 12:11
71 Jonathan Monje   Chile 12:12
72 Peter Philipp    Switzerland 12:12
73 Martin McCarthy   Ireland 12:13
74 Mo Farah   United Kingdom 12:13
75 Domenico D'Ambrosio   Italy 12:13
76 Rui Silva   Portugal 12:15
77 Yonas Ogbagebriel   Eritrea 12:16
78 David Mokwana   South Africa 12:16
79 Giuliano Battocletti   Italy 12:17
80 Ridouane Es-Saadi   Belgium 12:17
81 Dermot Donnelly   Ireland 12:17
82 Igor Teteryukov   Belarus 12:18
83 Abd Al-Rasool Ahmed   Egypt 12:18
84 Angus MacLean   United Kingdom 12:19
85 Vincent Kuotane   South Africa 12:19
86 Alexander Motone   South Africa 12:20
87 Julius Achon   Uganda 12:20
88 Ruslan Sadovskiy   Belarus 12:21
89 Mandla Maseko   South Africa 12:23
90 Adel Behery   Egypt 12:24
91 Nick Willis   New Zealand 12:24
92 Sveinn Margeirsson   Iceland 12:25
93 Mohamed Khaldi   Algeria 12:26
94 Jérôme Schaffner    Switzerland 12:27
95 Aleksandr Nikolayuk   Belarus 12:28
96 Tim Clerbout   Belgium 12:28
97 Josep Sansa   Andorra 12:29
98 Stijn van den Velde   Belgium 12:29
99 Noel Berkeley   Ireland 12:30
100 Alibay Shukurov   Azerbaijan 12:32
101 Robert Connolly   Ireland 12:33
102 Aléxis Abraham   France 12:34
103 Ronny Marie   Seychelles 12:34
104 Bonaventure Niyonizigiye   Burundi 12:35
105 Michael Maechler    Switzerland 12:37
106 Luís Feiteira   Portugal 12:37
107 Víctor Martínez   Andorra 12:37
108 Gary Murray   Ireland 12:38
109 Robert Juricic   Croatia 12:38
110 Valeriy Pisarev   Kyrgyzstan 12:38
111 Sergey Berdnik   Belarus 12:39
112 Monder Rizki   Belgium 12:42
113 Denis Bagrev   Kyrgyzstan 12:43
114 Ernest Ndjissipou   Central African Republic 12:46
115 Gauti Jóhannesson   Iceland 12:48
116 Simon Labiche   Seychelles 12:52
117 Ahmed El Feky   Egypt 13:00
118 Anthony Godongwana   South Africa 13:02
119 Nigel Brunton   Ireland 13:03
120 Vasiliy Medvedev   Uzbekistan 13:04
121 Dovran Amandjayev   Turkmenistan 13:12
122 William Boehlke   U.S. Virgin Islands 13:13
123 Ivan Morozov   Uzbekistan 13:19
124 Natnael Amare   Eritrea 14:05
125 Vladimir Escajadillo   Peru 14:52
Alberto García   Spain DQ
Abdelbeki Zaiter   Algeria DNS
Nzolameso Lufua   DR Congo DNS
Mbiya Makwenda   DR Congo DNS
Eddy Assana   DR Congo DNS
Gabriele De Nard   Italy DNS
Khodor Abdou   Lebanon DNS
Amadu Kamara   Sierra Leone DNS
Dauda Sundufu-Sowa   Sierra Leone DNS
Mohammed Yagoub   Sudan DNS
Rogart John   Tanzania DNS
Jumanne Tluway   Tanzania DNS
Israel Nari   Tanzania DNS

: Alberto García from   Spain finished about 20th in 11:42 min, but was disqualified.

Teams

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Rank Team Points
    Kenya
John Kibowen 2
Benjamin Limo 3
Mike Kipyego 4
Thomas Kiplitany 5
(David Kilel) (n/s)
(Evans Kipchumba) (n/s)
14
    Ethiopia
Kenenisa Bekele 1
Meba Tadesse 7
Tessema Absher 11
Abiyote Endale 12
(Ketema Nigusse) (n/s)
(Dehe Woyesha) (n/s)
31
    Morocco
Khalid El Amri 6
Abderrahim Goumri 9
Ahmed Baday 14
Abdelkader Hachlaf 15
(Saïd El Wardi) (n/s)
(Salah Hissou) (n/s)
44
4   France
Smail Sghir 8
Driss Maazouzi 13
Hassan Oubassour 26
Rachid Chékhémani 31
(Irba Lakhal) (n/s)
(Aléxis Abraham) (n/s)
78
5   Algeria
Fethi Meftah 18
Azzedine Zerdoum 19
Khoudir Aggoune 23
Abdelhakim Maazouz 33
(Tarek Boukensa) (n/s)
(Mohamed Khaldi) (n/s)
93
6   Spain
Yousef El Nasri 10
Antonio Manuel Martínez 24
Sergio Gallardo 30
Jesús España 46
(José Luis Blanco) (n/s)
110
7    Switzerland
Christian Belz 16
Viktor Röthlin 29
Philipp Bandi 38
Peter Philipp 55
(Jérôme Schaffner) (n/s)
(Michael Maechler) (n/s)
138
8   United Kingdom
Chris Thompson 17
Steven Vernon 40
Chris Davies 43
Chris Bolt 48
(Mo Farah) (n/s)
(Angus MacLean) (n/s)
148
9   New Zealand
Phil Costley 25
Adrian Blincoe 34
Rees Buck 37
Michael Aish 53
(Nick Willis) (n/s)
149
10   Canada
Kevin Sullivan 21
Joël Bourgeois 39
Sean Kaley 45
Jeremy Deere 49
(Mark Bomba) (n/s)
154
11   Italy
Luciano Di Pardo 22
Umberto Pusterla 28
Stefano Scaini 51
Domenico D'Ambrosio 57
(Giuliano Battocletti) (n/s)
158
12   United States
Sandu Rebenciuc 27
Dan Browne 32
Karl Savage 47
Luke Watson 56
(Dan Wilson) (n/s)
(Ian Connor) (n/s)
162
13   Portugal
Manuel Silva 35
Fernando Silva 36
Mário Teixeira 42
José Ramos 50
(Rui Silva) (n/s)
(Luís Feiteira) (n/s)
163
14   Eritrea
Ali Abdalla 20
Fortunato Yaccob 41
Yonas Ogbagebriel 58
Natnael Amare 76
195
15   South Africa
Sivuyile Dlongwana 54
David Mokwana 59
Vincent Kuotane 64
Alexander Motone 65
(Mandla Maseko) (n/s)
(Anthony Godongwana) (n/s)
242
16   Egypt
Ahmed Abd El Mangoud 52
Abd Al-Rasool Ahmed 63
Adel Behery 67
Ahmed El Feky 75
257
17   Ireland
Martin McCarthy 56
Dermot Donnelly 61
Noel Berkeley 71
Robert Connolly 72
(Gary Murray) (n/s)
(Nigel Brunton) (n/s)
260
18   Belarus
Igor Teteryukov 62
Ruslan Sadovskiy 66
Aleksandr Nikolayuk 68
Sergey Berdnik 73
269
19   Belgium
Ridouane Es-Saadi 60
Tim Clerbout 69
Stijn van den Velde 70
Monder Rizki 74
273
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 126 athletes from 37 countries participated in the Men's short race. The announced athletes from the   Democratic Republic of the Congo,   Lebanon,   Sierra Leone,   Sudan, and   Tanzania did not show.[6][7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "PLUS: CROSS-COUNTRY; Kidane of Ethiopia Wins World Title", The New York Times, March 30, 2003, retrieved October 31, 2013
  2. ^ "PLUS: CROSS-COUNTRY; Bekele and Masai Victorious Again", The New York Times, March 31, 2003, retrieved October 31, 2013
  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
  4. ^ Gillon, Doug (March 29, 2003), Invincible Bekele - men's short course race in Lausanne, IAAF, retrieved October 31, 2013
  5. ^ a b Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.0km CC Men - Lausanne Institut National Equestre Avenches Date: Saturday, March 29, 2003, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 31, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ a b Short Race - M Final, IAAF, March 29, 2003, archived from the original on November 5, 2013, retrieved October 31, 2013
  7. ^ a b Results - 31st IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Lausanne, SWITZERLAND 29 MAR 2003 - 30 MAR 2003 - Short Race - men, IAAF, March 29, 2003, retrieved October 31, 2013
  8. ^ Official Team Results Short Race - M, IAAF, March 29, 2003, archived from the original on November 5, 2013, retrieved October 31, 2013
  9. ^ Results - 31st IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Lausanne, SWITZERLAND 29 MAR 2003 - 30 MAR 2003 - Short Race - men - Final - Team, IAAF, March 29, 2003, retrieved October 31, 2013
  10. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 31, 2013
  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