The Junior 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 on 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 women's race (6.215)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Tirunesh Dibaba 20:21 Peninah Chepchumba 20:22 Gelete Burka 20:28 4 Meselech Melkamu 20:33 5 Emily Chebet 20:39 6 Sentayehu Ejigu 20:56 7 Gladys Chemweno 21:09 8 Anesie Kwizera 21:13 9 Chemutai Rionotukei 21:33 10 Valentine Koech 21:34 11 Sharon Kipsang 21:40 12 Aziza Aliyu 21:49 13 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli 21:54 14 Charlotte Dale 21:56 15 Simret Sultan 22:11 16 Irvette van Blerk 22:17 17 Lamberte Nyabamikazi 22:18 18 Belaynesh Fekadu 22:31 19 Siham Hilali 22:32 20 Amy Hastings 22:34 21 Stefanie Murer 22:38 22 Najat El Fiddi 22:47 23 Habiba Ghribi 22:48 24 Olga Minina 22:48 25 Rebecca Walter 22:50 26 Silvia La Barbera 22:54 27 Danielle Barnes 22:58 28 Türkan Bozkurt 22:59 29 Zhang Chong 23:00 30 Adina Barbinta 23:03 31 Marta Romo 23:14 32 Laura Silva 23:22 33 Fionnuala Britton 23:23 34 Yousra Jemmali 23:30 35 Liu Lixia 23:30 36 Li Lihua 23:32 37 Aine Hoban 23:34 38 Amira Benamor 23:34 39 Clara Horowitz 23:35 40 Yang Juan 23:35 41 Julia Lucas 23:40 42 Nancy Frouin 23:41 43 Anne-Laure Vidal 23:43 44 Faye Fullerton 23:45 45 Clare Goodwin 23:54 46 Hanane Makhloufi 23:56 47 Jiang Chengcheng 23:58 48 Yekaterina Tunguskova 24:00 49 Imène Badraoui 24:00 50 Safa Aissaoui 24:01 51 Angela Homan 24:02 52 Chahrazad Cheboub 24:02 53 Olga Rezkaya 24:03 54 Marieken Verhaeghe 24:04 55 Aslı Çakır 24:05 56 Mélanie Veron 24:06 57 Ruth Proctor 24:06 58 Laura Hodgson 24:08 59 Corina Dumbrăveanu 24:09 60 Nikki Tufts 24:12 61 Anke van Campen 24:19 62 Isabel Macías 24:20 63 Sophie Maranda 24:21 64 Clemantine Nyiraguhirwa 24:26 65 Marta Fernández 24:30 66 Loubna Jao 24:36 67 Doaa Adel 24:36 68 Tatyana Lukashuk 24:38 69 Barkehoum Belagrouz 24:39 70 Jenny Leonard 24:43 71 Laila Klilech 24:49 72 Hanem Abou Seada 24:49 73 Fatna Chtoina 24:50 74 Danette Doetzel 24:55 75 Kirsten Braem 24:57 76 Irina Padabed 24:58 77 Carmen Ballard 25:03 78 Lynelle Blignaut 25:04 79 Fatma Zohra Kasdi 25:07 80 Edna Souza 25:10 81 Maica Rodríguez 25:14 82 Deborah Büttel 25:15 83 Sara Abou Hassan 25:17 84 Julia Hicks 25:18 85 Seham El Agizy 25:20 86 Heba Abou Wahdan 25:25 87 Hassiba Mahiddine 25:26 88 Amanda McAllister 25:33 89 Helena Pluymers 25:37 90 Veronika Kirgizbayeva 25:39 91 Fadhila Cheffara 25:58 92 Irina Moroz 26:02 93 Marina Khmelevskaya 26:29 94 Monica Gutierrez 26:34 95 Yeter Karakoc 26:39 96 Aysen Özkul 27:01 97 Marija Loncarevic 27:13 98 Binnaz Uslu 27:23 99 Nadima Mirzoeva 28:43 100 Parvina Ziyaeva 29:32 — Adrienne Herzog DNF — Katrina Wootton DNF — Miriam Ortiz DNF — Yekaterina Ilyazova DNF — Evelyne Mayunga DNS — Lemlem Bereket DNS — Élodie Guégan DNS — Maiama Baïlo Souare DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Tirunesh Dibaba 1 Gelete Burka 3 Meselech Melkamu 4 Sentayehu Ejigu 6 (Aziza Aliyu) (n/s) (Belaynesh Fekadu) (n/s) 14 Peninah Chepchumba 2 Emily Chebet 5 Gladys Chemweno 7 Chemutai Rionotukei 8 (Valentine Koech) (n/s) (Sharon Kipsang) (n/s) 22 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli 9 Siham Hilali 11 Najat El Fiddi 13 Loubna Jao 45 (Laila Klilech) (n/s) (Fatna Chtoina) (n/s) 78 4 Amy Hastings 12 Rebecca Walter 16 Clara Horowitz 26 Julia Lucas 28 (Angela Homan) (n/s) (Laura Hodgson) (n/s) 82 5 Charlotte Dale 10 Danielle Barnes 17 Aine Hoban 24 Faye Fullerton 31 (Ruth Proctor) (n/s) (Katrina Wootton) (DNF) 82 6 Zhang Chong 19 Liu Lixia 22 Li Lihua 23 Yang Juan 27 (Jiang Chengcheng) (n/s) 91 7 Habiba Ghribi 14 Yousra Jemmali 21 Amira Benamor 25 Imène Badraoui 34 (Safa Aissaoui) (n/s) 94 8 Nancy Frouin 29 Anne-Laure Vidal 30 Mélanie Veron 39 Jenny Leonard 49 147 9 Olga Minina 15 Olga Rezkaya 36 Tatyana Lukashuk 47 Irina Padabed 53 151 10 Marta Romo 20 Isabel Macías 42 Marta Fernández 44 Maica Rodríguez 56 (Monica Gutierrez) (n/s) (Miriam Ortiz) (DNF) 162 11 Hanane Makhloufi 32 Chahrazad Cheboub 35 Barkehoum Belagrouz 48 Fatma Zohra Kasdi 55 (Hassiba Mahiddine) (n/s) (Fadhila Cheffara) (n/s) 170 12 Türkan Bozkurt 18 Aslı Çakır 38 Yeter Karakoc 63 Aysen Özkul 64 (Binnaz Uslu) (n/s) 183 13 Nikki Tufts 40 Sophie Maranda 43 Danette Doetzel 51 Carmen Ballard 54 (Julia Hicks) (n/s) (Amanda McAllister) (n/s) 188 14 Marieken Verhaeghe 37 Anke van Campen 41 Kirsten Braem 52 Helena Pluymers 59 189 15 Doaa Adel 46 Hanem Abou Seada 50 Sara Abou Hassan 57 Seham El Agizy 58 (Heba Abou Wahdan) (n/s) 211 16 Yekaterina Tunguskova 33 Veronika Kirgizbayeva 60 Irina Moroz 61 Marina Khmelevskaya 62 216 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Participation According to an unofficial count, 104 athletes from 31 countries participated in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. 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 – 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 – Women's short race

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