The Senior 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

Senior men's race (12.355 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Kenenisa Bekele 35:56 Patrick Ivuti 36:09 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 36:17 4 Richard Limo 36:39 5 Paul Koech 36:42 6 John Cheruiyot Korir 36:50 7 Sileshi Sihine 37:03 8 Hicham Chatt 37:07 9 Zersenay Tadesse 37:10 10 Khalid El Amri 37:12 11 Meb Keflezighi 37:16 12 Abraham Cherono 37:17 13 Ketema Nigusse 37:18 14 Sammy Kipketer 37:30 15 Abderrahim Goumri 37:32 16 Eduardo Henriques 37:33 17 José Manuel Martínez 37:35 18 Julio Rey 37:38 19 Fabiano Joseph 37:49 20 Dejene Berhanu 37:50 21 José Rios 37:50 22 Fabián Roncero 37:59 23 Jaouad Gharib 38:06 24 Michael Ngaaseke 38:16 25 Yevgeniy Bozhko 38:17 26 Ridha El Amri 38:19 27 Saïd El Wardi 38:25 28 Hélder Ornelas 38:28 29 Faustin Baha 38:36 30 Dieudonné Disi 38:38 31 Manuel Magalhães 38:39 32 Phil Costley 38:40 33 Alfredo Bráz 38:42 34 Ahmed El Hamzaoui 38:45 35 Abdi Abdirahman 38:54 36 Gabalebe Moloko 38:58 37 Yibeltal Admassu 38:59 38 Israel Nari 39:00 39 Eliseo Martín 39:01 40 Jean-Claude Mushingantahe 39:03 41 Tesfayohannes Mesfen 39:05 42 Arthur Osman 39:06 43 Cutbert Nyasango 39:06 44 Vasyl Matviychuk 39:08 45 Umberto Pusterla 39:10 46 Freddy González 39:14 47 Dieudonné Gahungu 39:18 48 Maurizio Leone 39:20 49 Matt Smith 39:22 50 Stephen Rogart 39:23 51 Edwardo Torres 39:25 52 Simon Bairu 39:31 53 Kabo Gabaseme 39:45 54 Omid Mehrabi 39:46 55 Mohamed Belasri 39:48 56 Tom van Hooste 39:51 57 Jafar Babakhani 39:51 58 Chad Johnson 39:56 59 Alberto Maravilha 40:01 60 Tiyapo Maso 40:03 61 Rees Buck 40:05 62 Tesfit Berhe 40:09 63 Christian Nemeth 40:10 64 Rachid Safari 40:10 65 Jafred Lorone 40:11 66 Eric Gillis 40:11 67 Hans Janssens 40:17 68 Keenetse Moswasi 40:17 69 Rob Birchall 40:20 70 Bruno Heuberger 40:23 71 Dave Cullum 40:24 72 François Bagambiki 40:26 73 Glynn Tromans 40:28 74 Jean Bosco Ndagijimana 40:32 75 José Amado García 40:35 76 Tekle Menghisteab 40:38 77 Athanase Manirazika 40:44 78 Gervais Nzeyimana 40:53 79 Nick Rogers 41:01 80 Eric Sindayigaya 41:07 81 Dou Zhaobo 41:11 82 Zheng Kai 41:16 83 Scott Winton 41:19 84 Chen Fuchun 41:19 85 Matthew Holder 41:20 86 Tom Compernolle 41:40 87 Risa Ghadimi 41:44 88 Michael Booth 41:49 89 Jamie Epp 41:54 90 Yevgeniy Medvednikov 41:55 91 Sun Wenyong 41:56 92 Cheikh Ndiaye 41:57 93 Ali El-Zaidi 41:57 94 Francis Khanje 41:58 95 Ahmad Joldei 42:04 96 Rodwell Kamwendo 42:36 97 Abraham Habte 43:48 98 Natnael Amare 44:53 99 Kemal Tuvakuliyev 45:32 100 Bakhodur Boimuradov 46:36 101 Cesar Condori 46:43 102 Sehad Gunner 51:48 — Domingos Castro DNF — Sergiy Lebid DNF — Enrique Molina DNF — Kamel Kohil DNF — Giuliano Battocletti DNF — Jean-Berchmans Ndayisenga DNF — Spencer Barden DNF — Egide Manirazika DNF — Scott Simpson DNF — Mark Miles DNF — Al-Mustafa Riyadh DNF — Graham Cocksedge DNS — Jonathan Monje DNS — Noel Berkeley DNS — Martin McCarthy DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Patrick Ivuti 2 Richard Limo 4 Paul Koech 5 John Cheruiyot Korir 6 (Abraham Cherono) (n/s) (Sammy Kipketer) (n/s) 17 Kenenisa Bekele 1 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam 3 Sileshi Sihine 7 Ketema Nigusse 12 (Dejene Berhanu) (n/s) (Yibeltal Admassu) (n/s) 23 Hicham Chatt 8 Khalid El Amri 10 Abderrahim Goumri 13 Jaouad Gharib 20 (Saïd El Wardi) (n/s) (Ahmed El Hamzaoui) (n/s) 51 4 José Manuel Martínez 15 Julio Rey 16 José Rios 18 Fabián Roncero 19 (Eliseo Martín) (n/s) (Enrique Molina) (DNF) 68 5 Eduardo Henriques 14 Hélder Ornelas 21 Manuel Magalhães 24 Alfredo Bráz 26 (Alberto Maravilha) (n/s) (Domingos Castro) (DNF) 85 6 Fabiano Joseph 17 Faustin Baha 22 Israel Nari 29 Stephen Rogart 33 101 7 Meb Keflezighi 11 Abdi Abdirahman 27 Edwardo Torres 34 Chad Johnson 40 (Dave Cullum) (n/s) (Nick Rogers) (n/s) 112 8 Zersenay Tadesse 9 Tesfayohannes Mesfen 31 Tesfit Berhe 43 Tekle Menghisteab 51 (Abraham Habte) (n/s) (Natnael Amare) (n/s) 134 9 Gabalebe Moloko 28 Kabo Gabaseme 36 Tiyapo Maso 41 Keenetse Moswasi 48 153 10 Dieudonné Disi 23 Rachid Safari 45 François Bagambiki 49 Jean Bosco Ndagijimana 50 (Gervais Nzeyimana) (n/s) 167 11 Jean-Claude Mushingantahe 30 Dieudonné Gahungu 32 Athanase Manirazika 52 Eric Sindayigaya 53 (Jean-Berchmans Ndayisenga) (DNF) (Egide Manirazika) (DNF) 167 12 Phil Costley 25 Rees Buck 42 Scott Winton 56 Matthew Holder 58 181 13 Tom van Hooste 38 Christian Nemeth 44 Hans Janssens 47 Tom Compernolle 59 188 14 Omid Mehrabi 37 Jafar Babakhani 39 Risa Ghadimi 60 Ahmad Joldei 64 200 15 Simon Bairu 35 Eric Gillis 46 Michael Booth 61 Jamie Epp 62 (Scott Simpson) (DNF) 204 16 Dou Zhaobo 54 Zheng Kai 55 Chen Fuchun 57 Sun Wenyong 63 229DNF Matt Smith (n/s) Rob Birchall (n/s) Glynn Tromans (n/s) Spencer Barden (DNF) (Mark Miles) (DNF) DNF Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Participation According to an unofficial count, 113 athletes from 37 countries participated in the Senior men's race. The announced athletes from and did not show.

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See also 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 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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