2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race

The Men'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 29, 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.

Individual
†: Alberto García from 🇪🇸 finished about 20th in 11:42 min, but was disqualified.

Teams

 * Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Participation
According to an unofficial count, 126 athletes from 37 countries participated in the Men's short race. The announced athletes from the 🇨🇩,, 🇸🇱, , and did not show.


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 * 🇦🇩 andorra (2)
 * 🇦🇷 argentina (1)
 * 🇦🇿 azerbaijan (1)
 * 🇧🇭 bahrain (1)
 * 🇧🇾 belarus (4)
 * 🇧🇪 belgium (4)
 * 🇧🇷 brazil (1)
 * 🇧🇮 burundi (1)
 * 🇨🇦 canada (5)
 * 🇨🇫 central african republic (1)
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 * 🇪🇬 egypt (4)
 * 🇪🇷 eritrea (4)
 * 🇪🇹 ethiopia (6)
 * 🇫🇷 france (6)
 * 🇮🇸 iceland (2)
 * 🇮🇪 ireland (6)
 * 🇮🇹 italy (5)
 * 🇰🇪 kenya (6)
 * 🇰🇬 kyrgyzstan (2)
 * 🇲🇦 morocco (6)
 * 🇳🇿 new zealand (5)
 * 🇵🇪 peru (1)
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 * 🇪🇸 spain (6)
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 * 🇹🇲 turkmenistan (1)
 * 🇺🇬 uganda (1)
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (6)
 * 🇺🇸 united states (6)
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 * 🇺🇿 uzbekistan (2)