The Senior women'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 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

Senior women's race (7.92 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Worknesh Kidane 25:53 Deena Drossin 26:02 Merima Denboba 26:28 4 Eyerusalem Kuma 26:30 5 Magdaline Chemjor 26:33 6 Elizabeth Rumokol 26:37 7 Colleen de Reuck 26:49 8 Caroline Kilel 26:55 9 Tereza Yohanes 27:06 10 Asha Gigi 27:12 11 Anália Rosa 27:19 12 Jepkorir Ayabei 27:27 13 Rocío Ríos 27:31 14 Alice Timbilil 27:34 15 Katie McGregor 27:36 16 Nebiat Habtemariam 27:37 17 Elva Dryer 27:43 18 Beatriz Santíago 27:46 19 Hayley Yelling 27:47 20 Helena Javornik 27:48 21 Patrizia Tisi 27:49 22 Kazue Ogoshi 27:50 23 Dorthe Vibjerg 27:52 24 Ana Dias 27:56 25 Milena Glusac 27:57 26 María Abel 28:01 27 Fátima Cabral 28:02 28 Louise Damen 28:03 29 Alessandra Aguilar 28:04 30 Nadia Al-Jaffaini 28:13 31 Inês Monteiro 28:15 32 Catherine Chikwakwa 28:18 33 Bizunesh Deba 28:18 34 Maria Luisa Lárraga 28:19 35 Marie-Luce Romanens 28:24 36 Helena Sampaio 28:33 37 Claudia Oberli 28:34 38 Tausi Juma 28:35 39 Sara Wells 28:43 40 Michelle Carson 28:45 41 Mónica Rosa 28:45 42 Laura Pinela 28:53 43 Meryem Khali 28:55 44 Mirja Moser 28:56 45 Kim Offergeld 28:57 46 Soud Kanbouchia 29:06 47 Faith Kamangila 29:29 48 Rukia Mkanda 29:34 49 Alison Rendell 29:37 50 Anja Smolders 29:49 51 Corinne Debaets 30:02 52 Melissa Moon 30:06 53 Maria Zambrano 30:08 54 Janine Moffett 30:14 55 Dina Cruz 30:37 56 Alexandra Babcock 31:00 57 Sarah Ali-Kahn 31:14 58 Samira Daoui 31:20 59 Yekaterina Shatnaya 31:58 60 Lisha Hamilton 32:23 61 Dildar Mamedova 33:30 — Sonja Stolić DNF — Fatiha Baouf DNF — Pamela Chepchumba DQ† — Asmae Leghzaoui DQ† — Soumiya Labani DQ — Restituta Joseph DNS — Banuelia Katesigwa DNS †: Pamela Chepchumba from finished 6th in 26:35 min, Asmae Leghzaoui from finished 18th in 27:39 min, but both were disqualified.

Teams Rank Team Points Worknesh Kidane 1 Merima Denboba 3 Eyerusalem Kuma 4 Tereza Yohanes 9 (Asha Gigi) (n/s) (Bizunesh Deba) (n/s) 17 Magdaline Chemjor 5 Elizabeth Rumokol 6 Caroline Kilel 8 Jepkorir Ayabei 11 (Alice Timbilil) (n/s) 30 Deena Drossin 2 Colleen de Reuck 7 Katie McGregor 13 Elva Dryer 14 (Milena Glusac) (n/s) (Sara Wells) (n/s) 36 4 Rocío Ríos 12 Beatriz Santíago 15 María Abel 17 Alessandra Aguilar 19 (Maria Luisa Lárraga) (n/s) (Laura Pinela) (n/s) 63 5 Anália Rosa 10 Ana Dias 16 Fátima Cabral 18 Inês Monteiro 20 (Helena Sampaio) (n/s) (Mónica Rosa) (n/s) 64 6 Michelle Carson 21 Alison Rendell 22 Maria Zambrano 23 Janine Moffett 24 (Alexandra Babcock) (n/s) (Sarah Ali-Kahn) (n/s) 90DNF (Kim Offergeld) (n/s) (Anja Smolders) (n/s) (Corinne Debaets) (n/s) (Fatiha Baouf) (DNF) DNF DQ (Meryem Khali) (n/s) (Soud Kanbouchia) (n/s) (Samira Daoui) (n/s) (Asmae Leghzaoui) (DQ) (Soumiya Labani) (DQ) DQ Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Participation According to an unofficial count, 65 athletes from 25 countries participated in the Senior women's race.

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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 – Junior men'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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