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

The Women'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 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.

Individual
†: Asmae Leghzaoui from 🇲🇦 finished 12th in 13:05 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, 99 athletes from 28 countries participated in the Women's short race. The announced athlete from did not show.


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 * 🇦🇺 australia (6)
 * 🇧🇭 bahrain (1)
 * 🇧🇪 belgium (4)
 * 🇨🇦 canada (5)
 * undefined (1)
 * 🇪🇬 egypt (1)
 * 🇪🇷 eritrea (1)
 * 🇪🇹 ethiopia (6)
 * 🇫🇷 france (5)
 * 🇮🇪 ireland (6)
 * 🇮🇹 italy (5)
 * 🇯🇵 japan (1)
 * 🇰🇪 kenya (5)
 * 🇰🇬 kyrgyzstan (1)
 * undefined (1)
 * 🇲🇦 morocco (6)
 * 🇳🇿 new zealand (4)
 * undefined (6)
 * 🇷🇺 russia (6)
 * 🇪🇸 spain (6)
 * undefined (5)
 * 🇹🇳 tunisia (1)
 * 🇹🇲 turkmenistan (1)
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (6)
 * 🇺🇸 united states (5)
 * 🇺🇿 uzbekistan (2)
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