2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race explained

Junior men's race at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers:	IAAF
Edition:	31st
Date:	March 30
Host City:	Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Location:	L'Institut Équestre National d'Avenches
Nations Participating:	30
Athletes Participating:	121
Races:	1
Distances:	7.92 km – Junior men
Previous:	2002 Dublin
Next:	2004 Bruxelles

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

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

Teams

width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 1 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 3 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 4 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 7 align=left style="border:0" (Barnabas Kosgei) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Kipkorir Chepkwony) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	15
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" Girma Assefa align=right style="border:0" 5 align=left style="border:0" Getachew Dinku align=right style="border:0" 6 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 8 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 9 align=left style="border:0" (Dehe Woyesha) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Tesfaye Mengistu) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	28
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 2 align=left style="border:0" James Kibet align=right style="border:0" 10 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 14 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 22 align=left style="border:0" (Martin Kiplimo) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	48
4	align=left	align=left style="border:0" Yassine Mandour align=right style="border:0" 13 align=left style="border:0" Lahoussine Dhame align=right style="border:0" 15 align=left style="border:0" Mohamed Fadil align=right style="border:0" 17 align=left style="border:0" Driss Bensaïd align=right style="border:0" 18 align=left style="border:0" (Yassine Abatourab) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Mohamed Moustaoui) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	63
5	align=left	align=left style="border:0" Simon Tesfai align=right style="border:0" 11 align=left style="border:0" Tadesse Abrham align=right style="border:0" 12 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 20 align=left style="border:0" Teklit Ketema align=right style="border:0" 29	72
6	align=left	align=left style="border:0" Noureddine Athamna align=right style="border:0" 16 align=left style="border:0" Aïssa Dahmar align=right style="border:0" 23 align=left style="border:0" Mourad Naami align=right style="border:0" 24 align=left style="border:0" Hamza Djeghima align=right style="border:0" 40 align=left style="border:0" (Djelloul Aggoun) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Benyoucef Fettah) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	103
7	align=left	align=left style="border:0" Yegeniy Rybakov align=right style="border:0" 19 align=left style="border:0" Aleksey Aleksandrov align=right style="border:0" 26 align=left style="border:0" Anatoliy Rybakov align=right style="border:0" 28 align=left style="border:0" Mikhail Zhdanov align=right style="border:0" 35 align=left style="border:0" (Aleksey Reunkov) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Sergey Reunkov) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	108
8	align=left	align=left style="border:0" Bill Nelson align=right style="border:0" 21 align=left style="border:0" Timothy Moore align=right style="border:0" 27 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 36 align=left style="border:0" Andy Weilacher align=right style="border:0" 37 align=left style="border:0" (James Hower) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Bret Schoolmeester) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	121
9	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 30 align=left style="border:0" Peter Ashak align=right style="border:0" 32 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 33 align=left style="border:0" Hamaza Hamid align=right style="border:0" 48 align=left style="border:0" (Ahmed El Radi) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	143
10	align=left	align=left style="border:0" Jérémy Pierrat align=right style="border:0" 31 align=left style="border:0" Yoan Meudec align=right style="border:0" 44 align=left style="border:0" David Pomies align=right style="border:0" 45 align=left style="border:0" Christopher Berraho align=right style="border:0" 52 align=left style="border:0" (Alexis Traub) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Philippe Le Ferrand) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	172
11	align=left	align=left style="border:0" Ahmed Khamlaoui align=right style="border:0" 25 align=left style="border:0" Ibrahim Sboui align=right style="border:0" 39 align=left style="border:0" Mohamed Ali Gmati align=right style="border:0" 64 align=left style="border:0" Slaheddine Chnini align=right style="border:0" 74 align=left style="border:0" (Salah Badri) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	202
12	align=left	align=left style="border:0" Kurt Benninger align=right style="border:0" 41 align=left style="border:0" Adam Hortian align=right style="border:0" 47 align=left style="border:0" Braden Novakowski align=right style="border:0" 56 align=left style="border:0" Kristjan Hunter align=right style="border:0" 61 align=left style="border:0" (Matt Loiselle) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Geoff Kerr) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	205
13	align=left	United Kingdom align=left style="border:0" Tom Humphries align=right style="border:0" 38 align=left style="border:0" Ryan McLeod align=right style="border:0" 43 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 59 align=left style="border:0" Sam Jacobs align=right style="border:0" 69	209
14	align=left	align=left style="border:0" Arkaitz Nogales align=right style="border:0" 49 align=left style="border:0" Joaquin Carlus align=right style="border:0" 53 align=left style="border:0" Marc Roig align=right style="border:0" 54 align=left style="border:0" Francisco España align=right style="border:0" 55 align=left style="border:0" (Alejandro González) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (José Antonio Molina) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	211
15	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 42 align=left style="border:0" Marco Majori align=right style="border:0" 46 align=left style="border:0" Stefano Cugusi align=right style="border:0" 50 align=left style="border:0" Omar Rachedi align=right style="border:0" 73 align=left style="border:0" (Enea Longo) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	211
16	align=left	align=left style="border:0" Mario van Wayenberghe align=right style="border:0" 34 align=left style="border:0" Kristof Mouton align=right style="border:0" 62 align=left style="border:0" Gert van Poucke align=right style="border:0" 72 align=left style="border:0" Denis Galerin align=right style="border:0" 77	245
17	align=left	align=left style="border:0" Nihat Kaya align=right style="border:0" 57 align=left style="border:0" Ali Yaydar Tekgoz align=right style="border:0" 60 align=left style="border:0" Erdal Bucut align=right style="border:0" 71 align=left style="border:0" Hamdullah Gul align=right style="border:0" 75 align=left style="border:0" (Adem Belir) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	263
18	align=left	align=left style="border:0" Aleksandr Mikhaylov align=right style="border:0" 51 align=left style="border:0" Yuriy Adnaochka align=right style="border:0" 65 align=left style="border:0" Tsimafei Nedzialevich align=right style="border:0" 67 align=left style="border:0" Igor Daronin align=right style="border:0" 80	263
19	align=left	align=left style="border:0" Rolf Rüfenacht align=right style="border:0" 63 align=left style="border:0" Daniel Fässler align=right style="border:0" 66 align=left style="border:0" Mathias Büschi align=right style="border:0" 68 align=left style="border:0" Claudio Ammann align=right style="border:0" 70 align=left style="border:0" (Patrick Gentsch) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Fabian Hertner) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	267
20	align=left	align=left style="border:0" Ruslan Nasyrov align=right style="border:0" 58 align=left style="border:0" Marat Nizamov align=right style="border:0" 76 align=left style="border:0" Yodgor Akhmatov align=right style="border:0" 78 align=left style="border:0" Amir Garifullin align=right style="border:0" 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.

• (6)
• (2)
• (4)
• (4)
• (6)
• (1)
• (3)
• (4)
• (6)
• (6)
• (2)
• (1)
• (1)
• (5)
• (6)
• (6)
• (1)
• (2)
• (6)
• (6)
• (5)
• (6)
• (2)
• (5)
• (5)
• (1)
• (5)
• United Kingdom (4)
• (6)
• (4)

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