2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

Junior men's race at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Junior men's race at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	31st
Date	March 30
Host city	Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Venue	L'Institut Équestre National d'Avenches
Events	1
Distances	7.92 km – Junior men
Participation	121 athletes from ; 30 nations
	← 2002 Dublin 2004 Bruxelles →

The Junior 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,^[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 edit

Junior men's race (7.92 km) edit

Individual edit

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	22:47
	Boniface Kiprop	Uganda	22:49
	Solomon Bushendich	Kenya	22:51
4	Augustine Choge	Kenya	22:55
5	Girma Assefa	Ethiopia	22:58
6	Getachew Dinku	Ethiopia	23:10
7	Moses Mosop	Kenya	23:17
8	Tessema Absher	Ethiopia	23:22
9	Solomon Molla	Ethiopia	23:27
10	Barnabas Kosgei	Kenya	23:45
11	Dehe Woyesha	Ethiopia	24:03
12	Kipkorir Chepkwony	Kenya	24:06
13	James Kibet	Uganda	24:10
14	Simon Tesfai	Eritrea	24:11
15	Tesfaye Mengistu	Ethiopia	24:12
16	Tadesse Abrham	Eritrea	24:14
17	Yassine Mandour	Morocco	24:15
18	Moses Kipsiro	Uganda	24:17
19	Lahoussine Dhame	Morocco	24:26
20	Noureddine Athamna	Algeria	24:29
21	Mohamed Fadil	Morocco	24:36
22	Driss Bensaïd	Morocco	24:38
23	Yegeniy Rybakov	Russia	24:39
24	Samson Kiflemariam	Eritrea	24:50
25	Yassine Abatourab	Morocco	24:51
26	Bill Nelson	United States	24:52
27	Isaac Kiprop	Uganda	24:55
28	Mohamed Moustaoui	Morocco	24:59
29	Aïssa Dahmar	Algeria	25:07
30	Mourad Naami	Algeria	25:11
31	Ahmed Khamlaoui	Tunisia	25:13
32	Martin Kiplimo	Uganda	25:14
33	Aleksey Aleksandrov	Russia	25:25
34	Timothy Moore	United States	25:25
35	Anatoliy Rybakov	Russia	25:29
36	Teklit Ketema	Eritrea	25:35
37	Ali Abdalla	Sudan	25:36
38	Jérémy Pierrat	France	25:38
39	Peter Ashak	Sudan	25:40
40	Cristinel Irimia	Romania	25:41
41	Abdalla Abdelgadir	Sudan	25:46
42	Mario van Wayenberghe	Belgium	25:47
43	Mikhail Zhdanov	Russia	25:47
44	Brett Gotcher	United States	25:48
45	Andy Weilacher	United States	25:49
46	James Hower	United States	25:50
47	Aleksey Reunkov	Russia	25:50
48	Tom Humphries	United Kingdom	25:54
49	Ibrahim Sboui	Tunisia	25:56
50	Hamza Djeghima	Algeria	25:56
51	Kurt Benninger	Canada	25:59
52	Stefano La Rosa	Italy	26:01
53	Mohamed El Gayar	Egypt	26:03
54	Ryan McLeod	United Kingdom	26:06
55	Yoan Meudec	France	26:07
56	David Pomies	France	26:10
57	Marco Majori	Italy	26:11
58	Djelloul Aggoun	Algeria	26:11
59	Adam Hortian	Canada	26:13
60	Hamaza Hamid	Sudan	26:14
61	Arkaitz Nogales	Spain	26:15
62	Marius Ionescu	Romania	26:16
63	Bret Schoolmeester	United States	26:17
64	Stefano Cugusi	Italy	26:19
65	Aleksandr Mikhaylov	Belarus	26:19
66	Christopher Berraho	France	26:20
67	Amer Ayyad Helil	Egypt	26:21
68	Joaquin Carlus	Spain	26:23
69	Marc Roig	Spain	26:26
70	Benyoucef Fettah	Algeria	26:26
71	Francisco España	Spain	26:27
72	Braden Novakowski	Canada	26:29
73	Nihat Kaya	Turkey	26:30
74	Craig Appleby	Australia	26:34
75	Ruslan Nasyrov	Uzbekistan	26:39
76	Tom Lancashire	United Kingdom	26:44
77	Ahmed El Radi	Sudan	26:45
78	Ali Yaydar Tekgoz	Turkey	26:46
79	Kristjan Hunter	Canada	26:46
80	Alexis Traub	France	26:50
81	Sergey Reunkov	Russia	26:51
82	Kristof Mouton	Belgium	26:53
83	Vitaliy Kolodin	Turkmenistan	26:54
84	Collis Birmingham	Australia	26:55
85	Rolf Rüfenacht	Switzerland	26:57
86	Mohamed Ali Gmati	Tunisia	26:59
87	Yuriy Adnaochka	Belarus	26:59
88	Daniel Fässler	Switzerland	27:02
89	Tsimafei Nedzialevich	Belarus	27:05
90	Ajmal Amirov	Tajikistan	27:05
91	Ahmed Bakry	Egypt	27:10
92	Mathias Büschi	Switzerland	27:11
93	Sam Jacobs	United Kingdom	27:13
94	Claudio Ammann	Switzerland	27:17
95	Matt Loiselle	Canada	27:18
96	Erdal Bucut	Turkey	27:20
97	Gert van Poucke	Belgium	27:21
98	Omar Rached	Italy	27:21
99	Matija Petricevic	Croatia	27:22
100	Slaheddine Chnini	Tunisia	27:23
101	Geoff Kerr	Canada	27:41
102	Nozimjon Irmatov	Tajikistan	27:51
103	Pedro Martins	Portugal	27:52
104	Alejandro González	Spain	27:57
105	Hamdullah Gul	Turkey	28:09
106	Patrick Gentsch	Switzerland	28:11
107	Marat Nizamov	Uzbekistan	28:29
108	Denis Galerin	Belgium	28:47
109	Yodgor Akhmatov	Uzbekistan	28:54
110	Michael Sanchez	Gibraltar	28:57
111	Amir Garifullin	Uzbekistan	28:57
112	Igor Daronin	Belarus	29:05
113	Fabian Hertner	Switzerland	29:18
114	Adem Belir	Turkey	31:43
115	Gi Ka Man	Hong Kong	32:07
116	Lee Taylor	Gibraltar	34:17
—	Philippe Le Ferrand	France	DNF
—	Mark Christie	Ireland	DNF
—	Salah Badri	Tunisia	DNF
—	Enea Longo	Italy	DNF
—	José Antonio Molina	Spain	DNF
—	Zaki Hussein	Egypt	DNS

Teams edit

Rank

Team

Points

Kenya

Eliud Kipchoge	1
Solomon Bushendich	3
Augustine Choge	4
Moses Mosop	7
(Barnabas Kosgei)	(n/s)
(Kipkorir Chepkwony)	(n/s)

15

Ethiopia

Girma Assefa	5
Getachew Dinku	6
Tessema Absher	8
Solomon Molla	9
(Dehe Woyesha)	(n/s)
(Tesfaye Mengistu)	(n/s)

28

Uganda

Boniface Kiprop	2
James Kibet	10
Moses Kipsiro	14
Isaac Kiprop	22
(Martin Kiplimo)	(n/s)

48

4

Morocco

Yassine Mandour	13
Lahoussine Dhame	15
Mohamed Fadil	17
Driss Bensaïd	18
(Yassine Abatourab)	(n/s)
(Mohamed Moustaoui)	(n/s)

63

5

Eritrea

Simon Tesfai	11
Tadesse Abrham	12
Samson Kiflemariam	20
Teklit Ketema	29

72

6

Algeria

Noureddine Athamna	16
Aïssa Dahmar	23
Mourad Naami	24
Hamza Djeghima	40
(Djelloul Aggoun)	(n/s)
(Benyoucef Fettah)	(n/s)

103

7

Russia

Yegeniy Rybakov	19
Aleksey Aleksandrov	26
Anatoliy Rybakov	28
Mikhail Zhdanov	35
(Aleksey Reunkov)	(n/s)
(Sergey Reunkov)	(n/s)

108

8

United States

Bill Nelson	21
Timothy Moore	27
Brett Gotcher	36
Andy Weilacher	37
(James Hower)	(n/s)
(Bret Schoolmeester)	(n/s)

121

9

Sudan

Ali Abdalla	30
Peter Ashak	32
Abdalla Abdelgadir	33
Hamaza Hamid	48
(Ahmed El Radi)	(n/s)

143

10

France

Jérémy Pierrat	31
Yoan Meudec	44
David Pomies	45
Christopher Berraho	52
(Alexis Traub)	(n/s)
(Philippe Le Ferrand)	(DNF)

172

11

Tunisia

Ahmed Khamlaoui	25
Ibrahim Sboui	39
Mohamed Ali Gmati	64
Slaheddine Chnini	74
(Salah Badri)	(DNF)

202

12

Canada

Kurt Benninger	41
Adam Hortian	47
Braden Novakowski	56
Kristjan Hunter	61
(Matt Loiselle)	(n/s)
(Geoff Kerr)	(n/s)

205

13

United Kingdom

Tom Humphries	38
Ryan McLeod	43
Tom Lancashire	59
Sam Jacobs	69

209

14

Spain

Arkaitz Nogales	49
Joaquin Carlus	53
Marc Roig	54
Francisco España	55
(Alejandro González)	(n/s)
(José Antonio Molina)	(DNF)

211

15

Italy

Stefano La Rosa	42
Marco Majori	46
Stefano Cugusi	50
Omar Rachedi	73
(Enea Longo)	(DNF)

211

16

Belgium

Mario van Wayenberghe	34
Kristof Mouton	62
Gert van Poucke	72
Denis Galerin	77

245

17

Turkey

Nihat Kaya	57
Ali Yaydar Tekgoz	60
Erdal Bucut	71
Hamdullah Gul	75
(Adem Belir)	(n/s)

263

18

Belarus

Aleksandr Mikhaylov	51
Yuriy Adnaochka	65
Tsimafei Nedzialevich	67
Igor Daronin	80

263

19

Switzerland

Rolf Rüfenacht	63
Daniel Fässler	66
Mathias Büschi	68
Claudio Ammann	70
(Patrick Gentsch)	(n/s)
(Fabian Hertner)	(n/s)

267

20

Uzbekistan

Ruslan Nasyrov	58
Marat Nizamov	76
Yodgor Akhmatov	78
Amir Garifullin	79

291

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 121 athletes from 30 countries participated in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[11]

Algeria (6)
Australia (2)
Belarus (4)
Belgium (4)
Canada (6)
Croatia (1)
Egypt (3)
Eritrea (4)
Ethiopia (6)
France (6)
Gibraltar (2)
Hong Kong (1)
Ireland (1)
Italy (5)
Kenya (6)
Morocco (6)
Portugal (1)
Romania (2)
Russia (6)
Spain (6)
Sudan (5)
Switzerland (6)
Tajikistan (2)
Tunisia (5)
Turkey (5)
Turkmenistan (1)
Uganda (5)
United Kingdom (4)
United States (6)
Uzbekistan (4)

References edit

^ "PLUS: CROSS-COUNTRY; Kidane of Ethiopia Wins World Title", The New York Times, March 30, 2003, retrieved October 31, 2013
^ "PLUS: CROSS-COUNTRY; Bekele and Masai Victorious Again", The New York Times, March 31, 2003, retrieved October 31, 2013
^ Gillon, Doug (March 31, 2003), "Bekele blazes a trail past all others - Ethiopian defends long- and short-course crowns", Herald, retrieved October 31, 2013
^ Kipchoge restores Kenyan pride - men's junior race in Lausanne, IAAF, March 30, 2003, retrieved October 31, 2013
^ ^a ^b Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.9km CC Men - Lausanne Institut National Equestre Avenches Date: Sunday, March 30, 2003, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 31, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Junior Race - M Final, IAAF, March 30, 2003, archived from the original on November 5, 2013, retrieved October 31, 2013
^ Results - 31st IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Lausanne, SWITZERLAND 29 MAR 2003 - 30 MAR 2003 - Junior Race - men, IAAF, 30 March 2003, archived from the original on 2 November 2013, retrieved 31 October 2013
^ Official Team Results Junior Race - M, IAAF, March 30, 2003, archived from the original on November 5, 2013, retrieved October 31, 2013
^ Results - 31st IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Lausanne, SWITZERLAND 29 MAR 2003 - 30 MAR 2003 - Junior Race - men - Final - Team, IAAF, 30 March 2003, archived from the original on 2 November 2013, retrieved 31 October 2013
^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 31, 2013
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[herald_01-3] Gillon, Doug (March 31, 2003), "Bekele blazes a trail past all others - Ethiopian defends long- and short-course crowns", Herald, retrieved October 31, 2013

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[archive_02-5] Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.9km CC Men - Lausanne Institut National Equestre Avenches Date: Sunday, March 30, 2003, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 31, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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[iaaf_42-9] Results - 31st IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Lausanne, SWITZERLAND 29 MAR 2003 - 30 MAR 2003 - Junior Race - men - Final - Team, IAAF, 30 March 2003, archived from the original on 2 November 2013, retrieved 31 October 2013

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