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

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

According to an unofficial count, 126 athletes from 37 countries participated in the Men's short race.

The announced athletes from the  Democratic Republic of the Congo,  Lebanon,  Sierra Leone,  Sudan, and  Tanzania did not show.