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, 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

Junior men's race (7.92 km)

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

Teams Rank Team Points Eliud Kipchoge 1 Solomon Bushendich 3 Augustine Choge 4 Moses Mosop 7 (Barnabas Kosgei) (n/s) (Kipkorir Chepkwony) (n/s) 15 Girma Assefa 5 Getachew Dinku 6 Tessema Absher 8 Solomon Molla 9 (Dehe Woyesha) (n/s) (Tesfaye Mengistu) (n/s) 28 Boniface Kiprop 2 James Kibet 10 Moses Kipsiro 14 Isaac Kiprop 22 (Martin Kiplimo) (n/s) 48 4 Yassine Mandour 13 Lahoussine Dhame 15 Mohamed Fadil 17 Driss Bensaïd 18 (Yassine Abatourab) (n/s) (Mohamed Moustaoui) (n/s) 63 5 Simon Tesfai 11 Tadesse Abrham 12 Samson Kiflemariam 20 Teklit Ketema 29 72 6 Noureddine Athamna 16 Aïssa Dahmar 23 Mourad Naami 24 Hamza Djeghima 40 (Djelloul Aggoun) (n/s) (Benyoucef Fettah) (n/s) 103 7 Yegeniy Rybakov 19 Aleksey Aleksandrov 26 Anatoliy Rybakov 28 Mikhail Zhdanov 35 (Aleksey Reunkov) (n/s) (Sergey Reunkov) (n/s) 108 8 Billy Nelson (athlete) 21 Timothy Moore 27 Brett Gotcher 36 Andy Weilacher 37 (James Hower) (n/s) (Bret Schoolmeester) (n/s) 121 9 Ali Abdalla 30 Peter Ashak 32 Abdalla Abdelgadir 33 Hamaza Hamid 48 (Ahmed El Radi) (n/s) 143 10 Jérémy Pierrat 31 Yoan Meudec 44 David Pomies 45 Christopher Berraho 52 (Alexis Traub) (n/s) (Philippe Le Ferrand) (DNF) 172 11 Ahmed Khamlaoui 25 Ibrahim Sboui 39 Mohamed Ali Gmati 64 Slaheddine Chnini 74 (Salah Badri) (DNF) 202 12 Kurt Benninger 41 Adam Hortian 47 Braden Novakowski 56 Kristjan Hunter 61 (Matt Loiselle) (n/s) (Geoff Kerr) (n/s) 205 13 Tom Humphries 38 Ryan McLeod 43 Tom Lancashire 59 Sam Jacobs 69 209 14 Arkaitz Nogales 49 Joaquin Carlus 53 Marc Roig 54 Francisco España 55 (Alejandro González) (n/s) (José Antonio Molina) (DNF) 211 15 Stefano La Rosa 42 Marco Majori 46 Stefano Cugusi 50 Omar Rachedi 73 (Enea Longo) (DNF) 211 16 Mario van Wayenberghe 34 Kristof Mouton 62 Gert van Poucke 72 Denis Galerin 77 245 17 Nihat Kaya 57 Ali Yaydar Tekgoz 60 Erdal Bucut 71 Hamdullah Gul 75 (Adem Belir) (n/s) 263 18 Aleksandr Mikhaylov 51 Yuriy Adnaochka 65 Tsimafei Nedzialevich 67 Igor Daronin 80 263 19 Rolf Rüfenacht 63 Daniel Fässler 66 Mathias Büschi 68 Claudio Ammann 70 (Patrick Gentsch) (n/s) (Fabian Hertner) (n/s) 267 20 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 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.

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See also 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short 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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