The Women'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 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

Women's short race (4.03 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Edith Masai 12:43 Worknesh Kidane 12:44 Jane Wanjiku 12:46 4 Isabella Ochichi 12:48 5 Benita Johnson 12:48 6 Merima Denboba 12:52 7 Tirunesh Dibaba 12:54 8 Alla Zhilyayeva 12:56 9 Ejagayehu Dibaba 12:59 10 Eyerusalem Kuma 12:59 11 Prisca Ngetich 13:04 12 Émilie Mondor 13:07 13 Zhor El Kamch 13:11 14 Olga Romanova 13:12 15 Una English 13:18 16 Anália Rosa 13:18 17 Bouchra Chaâbi 13:19 18 Liz Yelling 13:21 19 Sonja Stolić 13:25 20 Margaret Maury 13:26 21 Zahra Ouaziz 13:27 22 Viola Kibiwott 13:28 23 Mónica Rosa 13:29 24 Amaia Piedra 13:30 25 Zulema Fuentes-Pila 13:30 26 Anna Thompson 13:31 27 Rosanna Martin 13:32 28 Bezunesh Bekele 13:33 29 Adélia Elias 13:34 30 Anastasiya Zubova 13:35 31 Helen Clitheroe 13:36 32 Kylie Risk 13:40 33 Nadia Al-Jaffaini 13:41 34 Viktoriya Klimina 13:41 35 Hayley Tullett 13:42 36 Maria Martins 13:43 37 Carmen Douma 13:43 38 Sarah Toland 13:44 39 Anita Weyermann 13:44 40 Jo Pavey 13:44 41 Anne Keenan-Buckley 13:45 42 Mariya Pantyukhova 13:46 43 Tatyana Borisova 13:47 44 Ouafa Frekech 13:47 45 Hayley McGregor 13:47 46 Silvia Weissteiner 13:48 47 Fernanda Miranda 13:48 48 Hana Chaouach 13:49 49 Cristina Petite 13:49 50 Catherine Chikwakwa 13:50 51 Vincenza Sicari 13:50 52 Iris Fuentes-Pila 13:50 53 Heather Sagan 13:52 54 Kathy Butler 13:53 55 Ann Marie Brooks 13:54 56 Sarah Dupré 13:55 57 Andrea Etter 13:57 58 Rocío Martínez 13:59 59 Seloua Ouaziz 14:01 60 Melissa Moon 14:01 61 Kim Smith 14:02 62 Sarah Dillabaugh 14:03 63 Nasria Azaïdj 14:04 64 Sonia Bejarano 14:04 65 Christine Bardelle 14:07 66 Clarisse Cruz 14:08 67 Elisabete Lopes 14:09 68 Susana Rebolledo 14:09 69 Collette Liss 14:11 70 Eloise Poppett 14:14 71 Valerie Vaughan 14:16 72 Angela Rinicella 14:18 73 Cristiana Artuso 14:19 74 Christina Carruzzo 14:19 75 Kumi Tanabe 14:22 76 Molly Austin 14:26 77 Mieke Geens 14:28 78 Breda Dennehy 14:29 79 Freya Murray 14:30 80 Margaret Butler 14:30 81 Monique Zimmer 14:34 82 Anja Buysse 14:34 83 Liesbeth van de Velde 14:35 84 Niamh Beirne 14:37 85 Rachel Penney 14:42 86 Bouchra M'Darra 14:46 87 Susan Michelsson 14:47 88 Sonia Barry 14:48 89 Maria McCambridge 14:49 90 Yekaterina Priladnykh 14:53 91 Renata Bucher 15:24 92 Nathalie De Vos 15:27 93 Zamira Amirova 15:30 94 Nigiste Neguse 15:41 95 Doaa Adel 15:59 96 Yyldyz Durdiyeva 16:36 97 Anna Sidorova 17:11 — Elodie Olivares DNF — Asmae Leghzaoui DQ† — Laurence Duquenoy DNS — Patrizia Tisi DNS — Miwako Yamanaka DNS — Helena Javornik DNS †: Asmae Leghzaoui from finished 12th in 13:05 min, but was disqualified.

Teams Rank Team Points Edith Masai 1 Jane Wanjiku 3 Isabella Ochichi 4 Prisca Ngetich 10 (Viola Kibiwott) (n/s) 18 Worknesh Kidane 2 Merima Denboba 6 Tirunesh Dibaba 7 Ejagayehu Dibaba 9 (Eyerusalem Kuma) (n/s) (Bezunesh Bekele) (n/s) 24 Alla Zhilyayeva 8 Olga Romanova 13 Anastasiya Zubova 26 Viktoriya Klimina 29 (Mariya Pantyukhova) (n/s) (Yekaterina Priladnykh) (n/s) 76 4 Zhor El Kamch 12 Bouchra Chaâbi 16 Zahra Ouaziz 19 Ouafa Frekech 37 (Seloua Ouaziz) (n/s) 84 5 Benita Johnson 5 Anna Thompson 23 Kylie Risk 28 Hayley McGregor 38 (Eloise Poppett) (n/s) (Susan Michelsson) (n/s) 94 6 Anália Rosa 15 Mónica Rosa 20 Adélia Elias 25 Fernanda Miranda 40 (Clarisse Cruz) (n/s) (Elisabete Lopes) (n/s) 100 7 Liz Yelling 17 Helen Clitheroe 27 Hayley Tullett 30 Jo Pavey 35 (Kathy Butler) (n/s) (Freya Murray) (n/s) 109 8 Amaia Piedra 21 Zulema Fuentes-Pila 22 Cristina Petite 41 Iris Fuentes-Pila 43 (Rocío Martínez) (n/s) (Sonia Bejarano) (n/s) 127 9 Émilie Mondor 11 Carmen Douma 32 Sarah Dupré 46 Sarah Dillabaugh 50 (Margaret Butler) (n/s) 139 10 Rosanna Martin 24 Silvia Weissteiner 39 Vincenza Sicari 42 Angela Rinicella 54 (Cristiana Artuso) (n/s) 159 11 Una English 14 Anne Keenan-Buckley 36 Valerie Vaughan 53 Breda Dennehy 57 (Niamh Beirne) (n/s) (Maria McCambridge) (n/s) 160 12 Margaret Maury 18 Maria Martins 31 Christine Bardelle 51 Bouchra M'Darra 62 (Elodie Olivares) (DNF) 162 13 Sarah Toland 33 Heather Sagan 44 Ann Marie Brooks 45 Collette Liss 52 (Molly Austin) (n/s) 174 14 Anita Weyermann 34 Andrea Etter 47 Christina Carruzzo 55 Monique Zimmer 58 (Renata Bucher) (n/s) 194 15 Melissa Moon 48 Kim Smith 49 Rachel Penney 61 Sonia Barry 63 221 16 Mieke Geens 56 Anja Buysse 59 Liesbeth van de Velde 60 Nathalie De Vos 64 239 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Participation According to an unofficial count, 99 athletes from 28 countries participated in the Women's short race. The announced athlete from 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 – Men's short 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 – Junior women's race

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