2003 World Championships in Athletics
The 9th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from 23 August to 31 August 2003 in the streets of Paris and the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.
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Host city | Saint-Denis, France |
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Nations | 198 |
Athletes | 1679 |
Dates | 23–31 August 2003 |
Opened by | Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin |
Main venue | Stade de France |
Men's results
Track
1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 m |
Kim Collins![]() | 10.07 | Darrel Brown![]() | 10.08 | Darren Campbell![]() | 10.08 (SB) |
200 m |
John Capel![]() | 20.30 | Darvis Patton![]() | 20.31 | Shingo Suetsugu![]() | 20.38 |
400 m |
Tyree Washington![]() | 44.771 | Marc Raquil![]() | 44.79 (NR) |
Michael Blackwood![]() | 44.80 |
800 m |
Djabir Saïd-Guerni![]() | 1:44.81 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy![]() | 1:44.84 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi![]() | 1:44.90 |
1500 m |
Hicham El Guerrouj![]() | 3:31.77 | Mehdi Baala![]() | 3:32.31 | Ivan Heshko![]() | 3:33.17 |
5000 m |
Eliud Kipchoge![]() | 12:52.79 (CR) |
Hicham El Guerrouj![]() | 12:52.83 | Kenenisa Bekele![]() | 12:53.12 |
10,000 m |
Kenenisa Bekele![]() | 26:49.57 (CR) |
Haile Gebrselassie![]() | 26:50.77 (SB) |
Sileshi Sihine![]() | 27:01.44 |
Marathon |
Jaouad Gharib![]() | 2:08:31 (CR) |
Julio Rey![]() | 2:08:38 | Stefano Baldini![]() | 2:09:14 |
110 m hurdles |
Allen Johnson![]() | 13.12 | Terrence Trammell![]() | 13.20 (SB) |
Liu Xiang![]() | 13.23 |
400 m hurdles |
Félix Sánchez![]() | 47.25 (WL) |
Joey Woody![]() | 48.18 (SB) |
Periklís Iakovákis![]() | 48.24 |
3000 m steeplechase |
Saif Saaeed Shaheen![]() | 8:04.39 | Ezekiel Kemboi![]() | 8:05.11 | Eliseo Martin![]() | 8:09.09 (PB) |
20 km race walk |
Jefferson Pérez![]() | 1:17:21 (WBP) |
Paquillo Fernández![]() | 1:18:00 (SB) |
Roman Rasskazov![]() | 1:18:07 (SB) |
50 km race walk |
Robert Korzeniowski![]() | 3:36:03 (WBP) |
German Skurygin![]() | 3:36:42 (NR) |
Andreas Erm![]() | 3:37:46 (NR) |
4 × 100 m relay |
![]() John Capel Bernard Williams Darvis Patton Joshua J. Johnson | 38.06 | ![]() Vicente de Lima Édson Ribeiro André da Silva Cláudio Roberto Souza | 38.26 (SB) |
![]() Timothy Beck Troy Douglas Patrick van Balkom Caimin Douglas Guus Hoogmoed* | 38.87 |
4 × 400 m relay |
![]() Leslie Djhone Naman Keïta Stéphane Diagana Marc Raquil Ahmed Douhou* | 2:58.962 (NR) |
![]() Brandon Simpson Danny McFarlane Davian Clarke Michael Blackwood Michael Campbell* Lansford Spence* | 2:59.60 (SB) |
![]() Avard Moncur Dennis Darling Nathaniel McKinney Chris Brown Carl Oliver* | 3:00.53 (SB) |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
1 Jerome Young of the United States originally finished first in 44.50, but was disqualified after he tested positive for drugs in 2004.
2 The United States (Calvin Harrison, Tyree Washington, Derrick Brew, Jerome Young) originally finished first in 2:58.88, but were disqualified after Jerome Young and Calvin Harrison both tested positive for drugs in 2004.
Field
1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump |
Jacques Freitag![]() | 2.35 (SB) |
Stefan Holm![]() | 2.32 | Mark Boswell![]() | 2.32 (SB) |
Long jump |
Dwight Phillips![]() | 8.32 | James Beckford![]() | 8.28 (SB) |
Yago Lamela![]() | 8.22 |
Pole vault |
Giuseppe Gibilisco![]() | 5.90 (NR) |
Okkert Brits![]() | 5.85 (SB) |
Patrik Kristiansson![]() | 5.85 (PB) |
Triple jump |
Christian Olsson![]() | 17.72 | Yoandri Betanzos![]() | 17.28 (SB) |
Leevan Sands![]() | 17.26 |
Shot put |
Andrei Mikhnevich![]() | 21.69 (PB) |
Adam Nelson![]() | 21.26 | Yuriy Bilonoh![]() | 21.10 |
Discus |
Virgilijus Alekna![]() | 69.69 (SB) |
Róbert Fazekas![]() | 69.01 | Vasiliy Kaptyukh![]() | 66.51 (SB) |
Javelin |
Sergey Makarov![]() | 85.44 | Andrus Värnik![]() | 85.17 | Boris Henry![]() | 84.74 |
Hammer |
Ivan Tikhon![]() | 83.05 | Adrián Annus![]() | 80.36 | Koji Murofushi![]() | 80.12 |
Decathlon |
Tom Pappas![]() | 8750 | Roman Šebrle![]() | 8634 | Dmitry Karpov![]() | 8374 (NR) |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |
Women's results
Track
1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 m |
Torri Edwards![]() | 10.93 (PB) |
Chandra Sturrup![]() | 11.02 | Ekaterini Thanou![]() | 11.03 (SB) |
200 m |
Anastasiya Kapachinskaya![]() | 22.38 (PB) |
Torri Edwards![]() | 22.47 | Muriel Hurtis![]() | 22.59 |
400 m |
Ana Guevara![]() | 48.89 (PB) |
Lorraine Fenton![]() | 49.43 (SB) |
Amy Mbacké Thiam![]() | 49.95 (SB) |
800 m |
Maria Mutola![]() | 1:59.89 | Kelly Holmes![]() | 2:00.18 | Natalya Khrushchelyova![]() | 2:00.29 |
1,500 m |
Tatyana Tomashova![]() | 3:58.52 (CR) |
Süreyya Ayhan![]() | 3:59.04 | Hayley Tullett![]() | 3:59.95 (PB) |
5,000 m |
Tirunesh Dibaba![]() | 14:51.72 | Marta Domínguez![]() | 14:52.26 | Edith Masai![]() | 14:52.30 |
10,000 m |
Berhane Adere![]() | 30:04.18 (CR) |
Werknesh Kidane![]() | 30:07.15 (PB) |
Sun Yingjie![]() | 30:07.20 (PB) |
Marathon |
Catherine Ndereba![]() | 2:23:55 (CR) |
Mizuki Noguchi![]() | 2:24:14 | Masako Chiba![]() | 2:25:09 |
100 m hurdles |
Perdita Felicien![]() | 12.53 (NR) |
Brigitte Foster![]() | 12.57 | Miesha McKelvy![]() | 12.67 |
400 m hurdles |
Jana Pittman![]() | 53.22 (PB) |
Sandra Glover![]() | 53.65 (SB) |
Yuliya Pechonkina![]() | 53.71 |
20 km walk |
Yelena Nikolayeva![]() | 1:26:52 (CR) |
Gillian O'Sullivan![]() | 1:27:34 | Valentina Tsybulskaya![]() | 1:28:10 (NR) |
4 × 100 m relay |
![]() Patricia Girard-Léno Muriel Hurtis Sylviane Félix Christine Arron | 41.78 (WL) |
![]() Angela Williams Chryste Gaines Inger Miller Torri Edwards Lauryn Williams* | 41.83 (SB) |
![]() Olga Fyodorova Yuliya Tabakova Marina Kislova Larisa Kruglova | 42.66 |
4 × 400 m relay |
![]() Demetria Washington Jearl Miles Clark Me'Lisa Barber Sanya Richards DeeDee Trotter* | 3:22.63 (WL) |
![]() Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Natalya Nazarova Olesya Zykina Yuliya Pechonkina (Nosova) Svetlana Pospelova* Svetlana Goncharenko* | 3:22.91 (SB) |
![]() Allison Beckford Lorraine Fenton (Graham) Ronetta Smith Sandie Richards Michelle Burgher* | 3:22.92 (SB) |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |
Note: * Indicates medalists who ran in preliminary rounds.
Field
1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump |
Hestrie Cloete![]() | 2.06 (WL, AR) |
Marina Kuptsova![]() | 2.00 | Kajsa Bergqvist![]() | 2.00 |
Pole vault |
Svetlana Feofanova![]() | 4.75 (CR) |
Annika Becker![]() | 4.70 (SB) |
Yelena Isinbayeva![]() | 4.65 |
Long jump |
Eunice Barber![]() | 6.99 (SB) |
Tatyana Kotova![]() | 6.74 | Anju Bobby George![]() | 6.70 (SB) |
Triple jump |
Tatyana Lebedeva![]() | 15.18 (SB) |
Françoise Mbango Etone![]() | 15.05 (AR) |
Magdelín Martínez![]() | 14.90 (NR) |
Shot put |
Svetlana Krivelyova![]() | 20.63 | Nadzeya Astapchuk![]() | 20.12 (PB) |
Vita Pavlysh![]() | 20.08 (SB) |
Discus throw |
Irina Yatchenko![]() | 67.32 (SB) |
Anastasia Kelesidou![]() | 67.14 (SB) |
Ekaterini Voggoli![]() | 66.73 (PB) |
Hammer throw |
Yipsi Moreno![]() | 73.33 | Olga Kuzenkova![]() | 71.71 | Manuela Montebrun![]() | 70.92 |
Javelin throw |
Mirela Manjani![]() | 66.52 (WL) |
Tatyana Shikolenko![]() | 63.28 | Steffi Nerius![]() | 62.70 |
Heptathlon |
Carolina Klüft![]() | 7001 (WL) |
Eunice Barber![]() | 6755 (SB) |
Natallia Sazanovich![]() | 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 ever to score more than 7000 points. | ||||||
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |
Medal table
* Host nation (France)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 8 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
2 | ![]() | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
5 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
6 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
7 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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9 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
11 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
12 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
13 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
14 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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24 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
25 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
26 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
27 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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29 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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31 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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38 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
39 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
40 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Totals (43 entries) | 46 | 46 | 46 | 138 |
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.