The 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 29/30, 2003. The races were held at the L'Institut Équestre National in Avenches near Lausanne, Switzerland. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times,^[1][2] in the Herald,^[3] and for the IAAF.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9]}

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2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	31st
Date	March 29/30
Host city	Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Venue	L'Institut Équestre National d'Avenches
Events	6
Distances	12.355 km – Senior men 4.03 km – Men's short 7.92 km – Junior men 7.92 km – Senior women 4.03 km – Women's short 6.215 – Junior women
Participation	605 athletes from 65 nations
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Complete results for senior men,^[10][11][12] for senior men's teams,^[10][13][14] for men's short race,^[15][16][17] for men's short race teams,^[15][18][19] for junior men,^[20][21][22] for junior men's teams,^[20][23][24] senior women,^[25][26][27] for senior women's teams,^[25][28][29] for women's short race,^[30][31][32] for women's short race teams,^[30][33][34] for junior women,^[35][36][37] for junior women's teams,^[35][38][39] medallists,^[40] and the results of British athletes who took part^[41] were published.

There were several doping positives at the championships.^[42]

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ethiopia	6	5	3	14
	Kenya	6	5	3	14
3	Uganda	0	1	1	2
	United States	0	1	1	2
5	Morocco	0	0	3	3
6	Russia	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		12	12	12	36

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• Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

According to an unofficial count, 605 athletes from 65 countries participated. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[41] The announced athletes from the  Democratic Republic of the Congo, from  Guinea,  Lebanon, and  Sierra Leone did not show.^{[16][17][36][37]}

• 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 – 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
• 2003 in athletics (track and field)