2003 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ATHLETICS

The '9th World Championships in Athletics', under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from August 23 to August 31, 2003 in the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.

Contents

Men's Results

Track

Field

Women's Results

Track

Field

Medals Table

References

Men's Results

Track

1999 |2001 |2003 |2005 |2007 |

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
100 m	Kim Collins Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.07	Darrel Brown Trinidad and Tobago	10.08	Darren Campbell Great Britain	10.08 SB
	Reigning World and Olympic Champion Maurice Greene was eliminated in the semi-finals, being out of shape all season, leaving the final without a clear favourite. The final was very close, with early leader Collins eventually edging out Brown, Campbell and Dwain Chambers, who all finished in 10.08 s.The quarter-finals saw great controversy when American Jon Drummond refused to leave the track after being disqualified for a false start.
200 m	John Capel United States	20.30	Darvis Patton United States	20.31	Shingo Suetsugu Japan	20.38
	John Capel finished eight in the 2000 Olympic final when he thought there was a false start. He played American football for the Chicago Bears and the Kansas City Chiefs, but wasn't very successful either. In Paris, he beat his friend Patton in a close finish.
400 m	Jerome Young United States	44.50 SB	Tyree Washington United States	44.77	Marc Raquil France	44.79 NR
	Former Jamaican Young clearly beat compatriot and favourite Washington. Crowd favourite Raquil, who was in the back of the field with just 100 m to go raced to a bronze medal in the final metres. After the race, it was revealed that Young had tested positive for doping in 1999, but was let off by the United States Track and Field Association, allowing him to compete in the 2000 Summer Olympics, where he won a gold medal with the American 4 x 400 m relay team.
800 m	Djabir Saïd-Guerni Algeria	1:44.81	Yuriy Borzakovskiy Russia	1:44.84	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi South Africa	1:44.90
1500 m	Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco	3:31.77	Mehdi Baala France	3:32.31	Ivan Heshko Ukraine	3:33.17
	World Record holder El Guerrouj took his fourth consecutive title in the event, holding off French challenger Baala with a fast pace.
5000 m	Eliud Kipchoge Kenya	12:52.79 CR	Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco	12:52.83	Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia	12:53.12
10 000 m	Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia	26:49.57 CR	Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia	26:50.77 SB	Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia	27:01.44
	The race was totally dominated by the Ethiopians. 21-year-old four-time cross country World Champion Bekele showed he might become the next long-distance hero, beating Gebrselassie, a four-time winner of the event.
Marathon	Jaouad Gharib Morocco	2:08:31 CR	Julio Rey Spain	2:08:38	Stefano Baldini Italy	2:09:14
110 m H	Allen Johnson United States	13.12	Terrence Trammell United States	13.20 SB	Liu Xiang China	13.23
400 m H	Felix Sanchez Dominican Republic	47.25 WL	Joey Woody United States	48.18 SB	Periklís Iakovákis Greece	48.24
	2001 World Champion Sánchez was the man to beat in this final, and out-ran the rest of the field by almost a second. South-Africa's Llewellyn Herbert was in silver medal position, but fell on the final hurdle and came in last.
3000 m St.	Saif Saaeed Shaheen Qatar	8:04.39	Ezekiel Kemboi Kenya	8:05.11	Eliseo Martin Spain	8:09.09 PB
	Kenyan runner Stephen Cherono became a Qatarese citizen just weeks before the World Championships, apparently for a good salary. He did not disappoint his new country, and won Qatar's first World Championship medal in an exciting duel with former compatriot Kemboi, whom he only beat in the final metres. Martín's medal was the first one won in the event by a European since 1993.
20 km Walk	Jefferson Pérez Ecuador	1:17:21 WBP	Francisco Fernandez Spain	1:18:00 SB	Roman Rasskazov Russia	1:18:07 SB
	Pérez, the 1996 Olympic Champion overtook long-time leader Fernández in the final kilometres of the race to set a new World Best Mark (no World Records are recognised in this event) by a second. His gold medal was the first World Championship medal for Ecuador.
50 km Walk	Robert Korzeniowski Poland	3:36.03 WBP	German Skurygin Russia	3:36:42 NR	Andreas Erm Germany	3:37:46 NR
	Korzeniowski, one of the best race walkers in recent years, lead throughout the race, with competitors dropping off because of disqualification or because of the high pace. His final time was a new World Best Mark.
4 X 100 m	John Capel, Bernard Williams, Darvis Patton, Joshua J Johnson United States	38.06	Vicente de Lima, Edson Luciano Ribeiro, André Domingos da Silva, Cláudio Roberto Souza Brazil	38.26 SB	Timothy Beck, Troy Douglas, Patrick van Balkom, Caimin Douglas Netherlands	38.87
	Great Britain's quartet (Christian Malcolm, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers) was a close second in 38.08, but was later disqualified because Chambers admitted to taking drugs following the BALCO scandal.
4 X 400 m	Leslie Djhone, Naman Keïta, Stéphane Diagana, Marc Raquil France	2:58.96 NR	Brandon Simpson, Danny McFarlane, Davian Clarke, Michael Blackwood Jamaica	2:59.60 SB	Avard Moncur, Dennis Darling, Nathaniel McKinney, Christopher Brown Bahamas	3:00.53 SB
	The USA team (Calvin Harrison, Tyree Washington, Derrick Brew, Jerome Young) won with the time 2:58.88, but was stripped of the gold medal on November 28, 2004 because Calvin Harrison was found guilty of a doping violation (modafinil) in June 2003.

Field

1999 |2001 |2003 |2005 |2007 |

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
High Jump	Jacques Freitag South Africa	2.35 SB	Stefan Holm Sweden	2.32	Mark Boswell Canada	2.32 SB
	Freitag, a 2.04 m tall 21-year-old, was one of the three jumpers to make 2.32. He was the only one to clear the next height, winning the gold in his first international final.
Long Jump	Dwight Phillips United States	8.32	James Beckford Jamaica	8.28 SB	Yago Lamela Spain	8.22
	The winning mark in the long jump final, which did not include four-time World Champion Iván Pedroso and 2001 silver medallist Savanté Stringfellow (both eliminated in the qualification), was the shortest in the history of the event. The competition heated up in the 5th round, when the lead changed three times.
Pole Vault	Giuseppe Gibilisco Italy	5.90 NR	Okkert Brits South Africa	5.85 SB	Patrik Kristiansson Sweden	5.85 PB
	Gibilisco, who had never placed better than 10th at a major tournament, upset the field with a new National Record of 5.90. Two of the pre-tournament favourites, Aleksandr Averbukh and Romain Mesnil, were already eliminated before the final, while defending World Champion Markov placed fourth in the final.
Triple Jump	Christian Olsson Sweden	17.72	Yoandri Betanzos Cuba	17.28 SB	Leevan Sands Bahamas	17.26
	World Record holder and double World Champion Jonathan Edwards announced his retirement after the Championships. He qualified for the final, but had to give up after two jumps due to an injury. The title was won by 2002 European Champion Olsson, who started triple jumping after seeing Edwards win the 1995 World Championship in Gothenburg.
Shot Put	Andrei Mikhnevich Belarus	21.69 PB	Adam Nelson United States	21.26	Yuriy Bilonoh Ukraine	21.10
	Mikhnevich threw five of his six throws over 21 metre, and his winning mark was a new personal best. He had been suspended until August 6 after a doping offence in 2001. Triple World Champion John Godina made the final, but placed 9th after a foul throw - heavily disputed by Godina - meaning he couldn't get three more attempts.
Discus	Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania	69.69 SB	Robert Fazekas Hungary	69.01	Vasiliy Kaptyukh Belarus	66.51 SB
	Five-time World Champion Lars Riedel of Germany was looking for a record-tying sixth title, but he placed fourth behind Alekna, the 2000 Olympic Champion.
Javelin	Sergey Makarov Russia	85.44	Andrus Värnik Estonia	85.17	Boris Henry Germany	84.74
Hammer	Ivan Tikhon Belarus	83.05	Adrian Ànnus Hungary	80.36	Koji Murofushi Japan	80.12
Decathlon	Tom Pappas United States	8750	Roman Šebrle Czech Republic	8634	Dmitry Karpov Kazakhstan	8374 NR

Women's Results

Track

1999 |2001 |2003 |2005 |2007 |

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
100 m	Torri Edwards United States	10.93 PB	Zhanna Pintusevich-Block Ukraine	10.99 SB	Chandra Sturrup Bahamas	11.02
200 m	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Russia	22.38 PB	Torri Edwards United States	22.47	Muriel Hurtis France	22.59
400 m	Ana Guevara Mexico	48.89 WL	Lorraine Fenton (Graham) Jamaica	49.43 SB	Amy Mbacke Thiam Senegal	49.95 SB
800 m	Maria Mutola Mozambique	1:59.89	Kelly Holmes Great Britain	2:00.18	Natalya Khrushchelyova Russia	2:00.29
1500 m	Tatyana Tomashova Russia	3:58.52 CR	Sureyya Ayhan Turkey	3:59.04	Hayley Tullett Great Britain	3:59.95 PB
5000 m	Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia	14:51.72	Marta Dominguez Spain	14:52.26	Edith Masai Kenya	14:52.30
10 000 m	Berhane Adere Ethiopia	30:04.18 CR	Werknesh Kidane Ethiopia	30:07.15 PB	Sun Yingjie China	30:07.20 PB
Marathon	Catherine Ndereba Kenya	2:23.55 CR	Mizuki Noguchi Japan	2:24.14	Masako Chiba Japan	2:25.09
100 m H	Perdita Felicien Canada	12.53 NR	Brigitte Foster-Hylton Jamaica	12.57	Miesha McKelvy United States	12.67
400 m H	Jana Pittman Australia	53.22 PB	Sandra Glover United States	53.65 SB	Yuliya Pechonkina (Nosova) Russia	53.71
20 km Walk	Yelena Nikolayeva Russia	1:26:52 CR	Gillian O'Sullivan Ireland	1:27:34	Valentina Tsybulskaya Belarus	1:28:10 NR
4 X 100 m	Patricia Girard Muriel Hurtis Sylviane Felix Christine Arron France	41.78 WL	Angela Williams Chryste Gaines Inger Miller Torri Edwards United States	41.83 SB	Olga Fyodorova Yuliya Tabakova Marina Kislova Larisa Kruglova Russia	42.66
4 X 400 m	Demetria Washington, Jearl Miles-Clark, Me'Lisa Barber, Sanya Richards United States	3:22.63 WL	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Natalya Nazarova, Olesya Zykina, Yuliya Pechonkina (Nosova) Russia	3:22.91 SB	Allison Beckford, Lorraine Fenton (Graham), Ronetta Smith, Sandie Richards, Jamaica	3:22.92 SB

Field

1999 |2001 |2003 |2005 |2007 |

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
High Jump	Hestrie Cloete (Storbeck) South Africa	2.06 WL	Marina Kuptsova Russia	2.00	Kajsa Bergqvist Sweden	2.00
Pole Vault	Svetlana Feofanova Russia	4.75 CR	Annika Becker Germany	4.70 SB	Yelena Isinbayeva Russia	4.65
Long Jump	Eunice Barber France	6.99 SB	Tatyana Kotova Russia	6.74	Anju Bobby George India	6.70 SB
Triple Jump	Tatyana Lebedeva Russia	15.18 SB	Françoise Mbango-Etone Cameroon	15.05 AR	Magdelin Martinez Italy	14.90 NR
Shot Put	Svetlana Krivelyova Russia	20.63	Nadezhda Ostapchuk Belarus	20.12 PB	Vita Pavlysh Ukraine	20.08 SB
Discus	Irina Yatchenko Belarus	67.32 SB	Anastasia Kelesidou Greece	67.14 SB	Ekaterini Voggoli Greece	66.73 PB
Hammer	Yipsi Moreno Cuba	73.33	Olga Kuzenkova Russia	71.71	Manuela Montebrun France	70.92
Javelin	Mirela Manjani (Tzelili) Greece	66.52 WL	Tatyana Shikolenko Russia	63.28	Steffi Nerius Germany	62.70
Heptathlon	Carolina Klüft Sweden	7001 WL	Eunice Barber France	6755 SB	Natalya Sazanovich Belarus	6524 SB
	Swedish Carolina Klüft won with big margin following a breaking of her personal best in six of the seven events and the totals. She was the third woman to score more than 7000 points.

Medals Table

Position:	Nation:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:	Total:
1.	United States	8	8	1	17
2.	Russia	7	7	5	19
3.	France	3	2	3	8
4.	Ethiopia	3	2	2	7
5.	Belarus	3	1	3	7
6.	Sweden	2	1	2	5
7.	Kenya	2	1	1	4
=.	South Africa	2	1	1	4
9.	Morocco	2	1	0	3
10.	Greece	1	1	2	4
11.	Cuba	1	1	0	2
12.	Italy	1	0	2	3
13.	Canada	1	0	1	2
14.	Algeria	1	0	0	1
=.	Australia	1	0	0	1
=.	Dominican Republic	1	0	0	1
=.	Ecuador	1	0	0	1
=.	Lithuania	1	0	0	1
=.	Mexico	1	0	0	1
=.	Mozambique	1	0	0	1
=.	Poland	1	0	0	1
=.	Qatar	1	0	0	1
=.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	0	0	1
24.	Jamaica	0	4	1	5
25.	Spain	0	3	2	5
26.	Hungary	0	2	0	2
27.	Germany	0	1	3	4
=.	Japan	0	1	3	4
=.	Ukraine	0	1	3	4
30.	United Kingdom	0	1	2	3
31.	Brazil	0	1	0	1
=.	Cameroon	0	1	0	1
=.	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
=.	Estonia	0	1	0	1
=.	Ireland	0	1	0	1
=.	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	0	1
=.	Turkey	0	1	0	1
38.	Bahamas	0	0	3	3
39.	China	0	0	2	2
40.	India	0	0	1	1
=.	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
=.	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
=.	Senegal	0	0	1	1

References

For more information about these results including in-depth results of all heats and finals that include photo finish, wind readings and reaction times see the link below.

★ IAAF Championship 2003