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,[1][2] in the Herald,[3] and for the IAAF.[4]

Senior men's race at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition31st
DateMarch 30
Host cityLausanne, Vaud, Switzerland Switzerland
VenueL'Institut Équestre National d'Avenches
Events1
Distances12.355 km – Senior men
Participation113 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 edit

Senior men's race (12.355 km) edit

Individual edit

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 edit

Rank Team Points
    Kenya
Patrick Ivuti 2
Richard Limo 4
Paul Koech 5
John Cheruiyot Korir 6
(Abraham Cherono) (n/s)
(Sammy Kipketer) (n/s)
17
    Ethiopia
Kenenisa Bekele 1
Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 3
Sileshi Sihine 7
Ketema Nigusse 12
(Dejene Berhanu) (n/s)
(Yibeltal Admassu) (n/s)
23
    Morocco
Hicham Chatt 8
Khalid El Amri 10
Abderrahim Goumri 13
Jaouad Gharib 20
(Saïd El Wardi) (n/s)
(Ahmed El Hamzaoui) (n/s)
51
4   Spain
José Manuel Martínez 15
Julio Rey 16
José Rios 18
Fabián Roncero 19
(Eliseo Martín) (n/s)
(Enrique Molina) (DNF)
68
5   Portugal
Eduardo Henriques 14
Hélder Ornelas 21
Manuel Magalhães 24
Alfredo Bráz 26
(Alberto Maravilha) (n/s)
(Domingos Castro) (DNF)
85
6   Tanzania
Fabiano Joseph 17
Faustin Baha 22
Israel Nari 29
Stephen Rogart 33
101
7   United States
Meb Keflezighi 11
Abdi Abdirahman 27
Edwardo Torres 34
Chad Johnson 40
(Dave Cullum) (n/s)
(Nick Rogers) (n/s)
112
8   Eritrea
Zersenay Tadesse 9
Tesfayohannes Mesfen 31
Tesfit Berhe 43
Tekle Menghisteab 51
(Abraham Habte) (n/s)
(Natnael Amare) (n/s)
134
9   Botswana
Gabalebe Moloko 28
Kabo Gabaseme 36
Tiyapo Maso 41
Keenetse Moswasi 48
153
10   Rwanda
Dieudonné Disi 23
Rachid Safari 45
François Bagambiki 49
Jean Bosco Ndagijimana 50
(Gervais Nzeyimana) (n/s)
167
11   Burundi
Jean-Claude Mushingantahe 30
Dieudonné Gahungu 32
Athanase Manirazika 52
Eric Sindayigaya 53
(Jean-Berchmans Ndayisenga) (DNF)
(Egide Manirazika) (DNF)
167
12   New Zealand
Phil Costley 25
Rees Buck 42
Scott Winton 56
Matthew Holder 58
181
13   Belgium
Tom van Hooste 38
Christian Nemeth 44
Hans Janssens 47
Tom Compernolle 59
188
14   Iran
Omid Mehrabi 37
Jafar Babakhani 39
Risa Ghadimi 60
Ahmad Joldei 64
200
15   Canada
Simon Bairu 35
Eric Gillis 46
Michael Booth 61
Jamie Epp 62
(Scott Simpson) (DNF)
204
16   China
Dou Zhaobo 54
Zheng Kai 55
Chen Fuchun 57
Sun Wenyong 63
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 edit

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.[6][7]

See also edit

References edit

  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 30, 2003), Double-double for Bekele - men's long course race in Lausanne, IAAF, retrieved October 31, 2013
  5. ^ a b Magnusson, Tomas (July 4, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.4km 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)
  6. ^ a b Long Race - M Final, IAAF, March 30, 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 - Long Race - men, IAAF, March 30, 2003, retrieved October 31, 2013
  8. ^ Official Team Results Long Race - M, IAAF, March 30, 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 - Long Race - men - Final - Team, IAAF, March 30, 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