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, 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

Men's short race (4.03 km)

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

Teams Rank Team Points John Kibowen 2 Benjamin Limo 3 Mike Kipyego 4 Thomas Kiplitany 5 (David Kilel) (n/s) (Evans Kipchumba) (n/s) 14 Kenenisa Bekele 1 Meba Tadesse 7 Tessema Absher 11 Abiyote Endale 12 (Ketema Nigusse) (n/s) (Dehe Woyesha) (n/s) 31 Khalid El Amri 6 Abderrahim Goumri 9 Ahmed Baday 14 Abdelkader Hachlaf 15 (Saïd El Wardi) (n/s) (Salah Hissou) (n/s) 44 4 Smail Sghir 8 Driss Maazouzi 13 Hassan Oubassour 26 Rachid Chékhémani 31 (Irba Lakhal) (n/s) (Aléxis Abraham) (n/s) 78 5 Fethi Meftah 18 Azzedine Zerdoum 19 Khoudir Aggoune 23 Abdelhakim Maazouz 33 (Tarek Boukensa) (n/s) (Mohamed Khaldi) (n/s) 93 6 Yousef El Nasri 10 Antonio Manuel Martínez 24 Sergio Gallardo 30 Jesús España 46 (José Luis Blanco) (n/s) 110 7 Christian Belz 16 Viktor Röthlin 29 Philipp Bandi 38 Peter Philipp 55 (Jérôme Schaffner) (n/s) (Michael Maechler) (n/s) 138 8 Chris Thompson 17 Steven Vernon 40 Chris Davies 43 Chris Bolt 48 (Mo Farah) (n/s) (Angus MacLean) (n/s) 148 9 Phil Costley 25 Adrian Blincoe 34 Rees Buck 37 Michael Aish 53 (Nick Willis) (n/s) 149 10 Kevin Sullivan 21 Joël Bourgeois 39 Sean Kaley 45 Jeremy Deere 49 (Mark Bomba) (n/s) 154 11 Luciano Di Pardo 22 Umberto Pusterla 28 Stefano Scaini 51 Domenico D'Ambrosio 57 (Giuliano Battocletti) (n/s) 158 12 Sandu Rebenciuc 27 Dan Browne 32 Karl Savage 47 Luke Watson 56 (Dan Wilson) (n/s) (Ian Connor) (n/s) 162 13 Manuel Silva 35 Fernando Silva 36 Mário Teixeira 42 José Ramos 50 (Rui Silva) (n/s) (Luís Feiteira) (n/s) 163 14 Ali Abdalla 20 Fortunato Yaccob 41 Yonas Ogbagebriel 58 Natnael Amare 76 195 15 Sivuyile Dlongwana 54 David Mokwana 59 Vincent Kuotane 64 Alexander Motone 65 (Mandla Maseko) (n/s) (Anthony Godongwana) (n/s) 242 16 Ahmed Abd El Mangoud 52 Abd Al-Rasool Ahmed 63 Adel Behery 67 Ahmed El Feky 75 257 17 Martin McCarthy 56 Dermot Donnelly 61 Noel Berkeley 71 Robert Connolly 72 (Gary Murray) (n/s) (Nigel Brunton) (n/s) 260 18 Igor Teteryukov 62 Ruslan Sadovskiy 66 Aleksandr Nikolayuk 68 Sergey Berdnik 73 269 19 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 According to an unofficial count, 126 athletes from 37 countries participated in the Men's short race. The announced athletes from the , , , , and did not show.

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See also 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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