International athletics championship event
Men's short race at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Organisers IAAF Edition 31st Date March 29 Host city Lausanne , Vaud , Switzerland Venue Events 1 Distances 4.03 km – Men's short Participation 126 athletes from 37 nations
The Men's short race at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the 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]
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 [ ]
Men's short race (4.03 km) [ ]
Individual [ ]
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
Kenya
11:42
21
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
Spain
11:45
29
New Zealand
11:46
30
France
11:46
31
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
Ethiopia
11:52
41
Adrian Blincoe
New Zealand
11:53
42
Manuel Silva
Portugal
11:54
43
Fernando Silva
Portugal
11:55
44
New Zealand
11:55
45
Philipp Bandi
Switzerland
11:56
46
Joël Bourgeois
Canada
11:56
47
United Kingdom
11:57
48
Abdulhak Zakaria
Bahrain
11:58
49
Tarek Boukensa
Algeria
11:58
50
Brazil
11:59
51
France
12:00
52
Eritrea
12:00
53
Portugal
12:01
54
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
United States
12:03
60
United States
12:04
61
United States
12:04
62
United Kingdom
12:05
63
Canada
12:05
64
José Ramos
Portugal
12:06
65
Canada
12:07
66
Stefano Scaini
Italy
12:07
67
Egypt
12:08
68
Michael Aish
New Zealand
12:09
69
José Luis Blanco
Spain
12:09
70
South Africa
12:11
71
Jonathan Monje
Chile
12:12
72
Peter Philipp
Switzerland
12:12
73
Ireland
12:13
74
Mo Farah
United Kingdom
12:13
75
Domenico D'Ambrosio
Italy
12:13
76
Rui Silva
Portugal
12:15
77
Eritrea
12:16
78
South Africa
12:16
79
Giuliano Battocletti
Italy
12:17
80
Belgium
12:17
81
Ireland
12:17
82
Belarus
12:18
83
Egypt
12:18
84
United Kingdom
12:19
85
South Africa
12:19
86
South Africa
12:20
87
Julius Achon
Uganda
12:20
88
Belarus
12:21
89
Mandla Maseko
South Africa
12:23
90
Egypt
12:24
91
Nick Willis
New Zealand
12:24
92
Iceland
12:25
93
Mohamed Khaldi
Algeria
12:26
94
Switzerland
12:27
95
Belarus
12:28
96
Belgium
12:28
97
Andorra
12:29
98
Belgium
12:29
99
Noel Berkeley
Ireland
12:30
100
Alibay Shukurov
Azerbaijan
12:32
101
Ireland
12:33
102
France
12:34
103
Seychelles
12:34
104
Burundi
12:35
105
Switzerland
12:37
106
Luís Feiteira
Portugal
12:37
107
Víctor Martínez
Andorra
12:37
108
Ireland
12:38
109
Croatia
12:38
110
Valeriy Pisarev
Kyrgyzstan
12:38
111
Belarus
12:39
112
Monder Rizki
Belgium
12:42
113
Kyrgyzstan
12:43
114
Ernest Ndjissipou
Central African Republic
12:46
115
Iceland
12:48
116
Seychelles
12:52
117
Egypt
13:00
118
South Africa
13:02
119
Ireland
13:03
120
Uzbekistan
13:04
121
Turkmenistan
13:12
122
U.S. Virgin Islands
13:13
123
Uzbekistan
13:19
124
Eritrea
14:05
125
Peru
14:52
—
Alberto García
Spain
DQ†
—
Algeria
DNS
—
DR Congo
DNS
—
DR Congo
DNS
—
DR Congo
DNS
—
Gabriele De Nard
Italy
DNS
—
Lebanon
DNS
—
Sierra Leone
DNS
—
Sierra Leone
DNS
—
Mohammed Yagoub
Sudan
DNS
—
Tanzania
DNS
—
Tanzania
DNS
—
Tanzania
DNS
† : Alberto García from Spain finished about 20th in 11:42 min, but was disqualified.
Teams [ ]
Rank
Team
Points
Kenya
14
Ethiopia
Kenenisa Bekele
1
Meba Tadesse
7
Tessema Absher
11
Abiyote Endale
12
(Ketema Nigusse )
(n/s)
()
(n/s)
31
Morocco
44
4
France
78
5
Algeria
93
6
Spain
110
7
Switzerland
138
8
United Kingdom
Chris Thompson
17
40
43
48
(Mo Farah )
(n/s)
()
(n/s)
148
9
New Zealand
149
10
Canada
154
11
Italy
158
12
United States
27
Dan Browne
32
47
Luke Watson
56
()
(n/s)
()
(n/s)
162
13
Portugal
163
14
Eritrea
195
15
South Africa
54
59
64
65
(Mandla Maseko )
(n/s)
()
(n/s)
242
16
Egypt
257
17
Ireland
56
61
Noel Berkeley
71
72
()
(n/s)
()
(n/s)
260
18
Belarus
269
19
Belgium
273
Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)
Participation [ ]
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 [ ]
References [ ]
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"PLUS: CROSS-COUNTRY; Kidane of Ethiopia Wins World Title" , The New York Times , March 30, 2003, retrieved October 31, 2013
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"PLUS: CROSS-COUNTRY; Bekele and Masai Victorious Again" , The New York Times , March 31, 2003, retrieved October 31, 2013
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Gillon, Doug (March 31, 2003), "Bekele blazes a trail past all others - Ethiopian defends long- and short-course crowns" , Herald , retrieved October 31, 2013
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Gillon, Doug (March 29, 2003), Invincible Bekele - men's short course race in Lausanne , IAAF , retrieved October 31, 2013
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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 CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link )
^ a b Short Race - M Final , IAAF , March 29, 2003, archived from the original on November 5, 2013, retrieved October 31, 2013
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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
^ Official Team Results Short Race - M , IAAF , March 29, 2003, archived from the original on November 5, 2013, retrieved October 31, 2013
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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
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IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS , Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 31, 2013
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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
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