2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

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,[1][2] in the Herald,[3] and for the IAAF.[4]

Senior women's race at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition31st
DateMarch 29
Host cityLausanne, Vaud, Switzerland Switzerland
VenueL'Institut Équestre National d'Avenches
Events1
Distances7.92 km – Senior women
Participation65 athletes from
25 nations

Complete results for individuals,[5][6][7] for teams,[5][8][9] medallists,[10] and the results of British athletes who took part[11] were published.

Race results

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Senior women's race (7.92 km)

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Individual

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

: Pamela Chepchumba from   Kenya finished 6th in 26:35 min, Asmae Leghzaoui from   Morocco finished 18th in 27:39 min, but both were disqualified.

Teams

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Rank Team Points
    Ethiopia
Worknesh Kidane 1
Merima Denboba 3
Eyerusalem Kuma 4
Tereza Yohanes 9
(Asha Gigi) (n/s)
(Bizunesh Deba) (n/s)
17
    Kenya
Magdaline Chemjor 5
Elizabeth Rumokol 6
Caroline Kilel 8
Jepkorir Ayabei 11
(Alice Timbilil) (n/s)
30
    United States
Deena Drossin 2
Colleen de Reuck 7
Katie McGregor 13
Elva Dryer 14
(Milena Glusac) (n/s)
(Sara Wells) (n/s)
36
4   Spain
Rocío Ríos 12
Beatriz Santíago 15
María Abel 17
Alessandra Aguilar 19
(Maria Luisa Lárraga) (n/s)
(Laura Pinela) (n/s)
63
5   Portugal
Anália Rosa 10
Ana Dias 16
Fátima Cabral 18
Inês Monteiro 20
(Helena Sampaio) (n/s)
(Mónica Rosa) (n/s)
64
6   Canada
Michelle Carson 21
Alison Rendell 22
Maria Zambrano 23
Janine Moffett 24
(Alexandra Babcock) (n/s)
(Sarah Ali-Kahn) (n/s)
90
DNF   Belgium
(Kim Offergeld) (n/s)
(Anja Smolders) (n/s)
(Corinne Debaets) (n/s)
(Fatiha Baouf) (DNF)
DNF
DQ   Morocco
(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

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "PLUS: CROSS-COUNTRY; Kidane of Ethiopia Wins World Title", The New York Times, March 30, 2003, retrieved October 31, 2013
  2. ^ "PLUS: CROSS-COUNTRY; Bekele and Masai Victorious Again", The New York Times, March 31, 2003, retrieved October 31, 2013
  3. ^ Gillon, Doug (March 31, 2003), "Bekele blazes a trail past all others - Ethiopian defends long- and short-course crowns", Herald, retrieved October 31, 2013
  4. ^ Henderson, Jason (March 29, 2003), Kidane completes Ethiopian first day triumph - women's long course race in Lausanne, IAAF, retrieved October 31, 2013
  5. ^ a b Magnusson, Tomas (July 4, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.9km CC Women - Lausanne Institut National Equestre Avenches Date: Saturday, March 29, 2003, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 31, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ Long Race - W Final, IAAF, March 29, 2003, archived from the original on November 5, 2013, retrieved October 31, 2013
  7. ^ Results - 31st IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Lausanne, SWITZERLAND 29 MAR 2003 - 30 MAR 2003 - Long Race - women, IAAF, March 29, 2003, retrieved October 31, 2013
  8. ^ Official Team Results Long Race - W, IAAF, March 29, 2003, archived from the original on November 5, 2013, retrieved October 31, 2013
  9. ^ Results - 31st IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Lausanne, SWITZERLAND 29 MAR 2003 - 30 MAR 2003 - Long Race - women - Final - Team, IAAF, March 29, 2003, retrieved October 31, 2013
  10. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 31, 2013
  11. ^ 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 31, 2013