2003 World Championships in Athletics

Template:Short description Template:Infobox games 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.

Men's results

Track

1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007

100 m Template:DetailsLink	Kim Collins Template:Flag	10.07	Darrel Brown Template:Flag	10.08	Darren Campbell Template:Flagu	10.08 (SB)
200 m Template:DetailsLink	John Capel Template:Flagu	20.30	Darvis Patton Template:Flagu	20.31	Shingo Suetsugu Template:Flagu	20.38
400 m Template:DetailsLink	Tyree Washington Template:Flagu	44.771	Marc Raquil Template:Flagu	44.79 (NR)	Michael Blackwood Template:Flag	44.80
800 m Template:DetailsLink	Djabir Saïd-Guerni Template:Flag	1:44.81	Yuriy Borzakovskiy Template:Flagu	1:44.84	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi Template:Flag	1:44.90
1500 m Template:DetailsLink	Hicham El Guerrouj Template:Flag	3:31.77	Mehdi Baala Template:Flagu	3:32.31	Ivan Heshko Template:Flag	3:33.17
5000 m Template:DetailsLink	Eliud Kipchoge Template:Flag	12:52.79 (CR)	Hicham El Guerrouj Template:Flag	12:52.83	Kenenisa Bekele Template:Flag	12:53.12
10,000 m Template:DetailsLink	Kenenisa Bekele Template:Flag	26:49.57 (CR)	Haile Gebrselassie Template:Flag	26:50.77 (SB)	Sileshi Sihine Template:Flag	27:01.44
Marathon Template:DetailsLink	Jaouad Gharib Template:Flag	2:08:31 (CR)	Julio Rey Template:Flagu	2:08:38	Stefano Baldini Template:Flagu	2:09:14
110 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Allen Johnson Template:Flagu	13.12	Terrence Trammell Template:Flagu	13.20 (SB)	Liu Xiang Template:Flagu	13.23
400 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Félix Sánchez Template:Flag	47.25 (WL)	Joey Woody Template:Flagu	48.18 (SB)	Periklís Iakovákis Template:Flag	48.24
3000 m steeplechase Template:DetailsLink	Saif Saaeed Shaheen Template:Flag	8:04.39	Ezekiel Kemboi Template:Flag	8:05.11	Eliseo Martin Template:Flagu	8:09.09 (PB)
20 km race walk Template:DetailsLink	Jefferson Pérez Template:Flag	1:17:21 (WBP)	Paquillo Fernández Template:Flagu	1:18:00 (SB)	Roman Rasskazov Template:Flagu	1:18:07 (SB)
50 km race walk Template:DetailsLink	Robert Korzeniowski Template:Flag	3:36:03 (WBP)	German Skurygin Template:Flagu	3:36:42 (NR)	Andreas Erm Template:Flagu	3:37:46 (NR)
4 × 100 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagteam John Capel Bernard Williams Darvis Patton Joshua J. Johnson	38.06	Template:Flagteam Vicente de Lima Édson Ribeiro André da Silva Cláudio Roberto Souza	38.26 (SB)	Template:Flagteam Timothy Beck Troy Douglas Patrick van Balkom Caimin Douglas Guus Hoogmoed*	38.87
4 × 400 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagteam Leslie Djhone Naman Keïta Stéphane Diagana Marc Raquil Ahmed Douhou*	2:58.962 (NR)	Template:Flagteam Brandon Simpson Danny McFarlane Davian Clarke Michael Blackwood Michael Campbell* Lansford Spence*	2:59.60 (SB)	Template:Flagteam Avard Moncur Dennis Darling Nathaniel McKinney Chris Brown Carl Oliver*	3:00.53 (SB)
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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

High jump Template:DetailsLink	Jacques Freitag Template:Flag	2.35 (SB)	Stefan Holm Template:Flag	2.32	Mark Boswell Template:Flagu	2.32 (SB)
Long jump Template:DetailsLink	Dwight Phillips Template:Flagu	8.32	James Beckford Template:Flag	8.28 (SB)	Yago Lamela Template:Flagu	8.22
Pole vault Template:DetailsLink	Giuseppe Gibilisco Template:Flagu	5.90 (NR)	Okkert Brits Template:Flag	5.85 (SB)	Patrik Kristiansson Template:Flag	5.85 (PB)
Triple jump Template:DetailsLink	Christian Olsson Template:Flag	17.72	Yoandri Betanzos Template:Flag	17.28 (SB)	Leevan Sands Template:Flag	17.26
Shot put Template:DetailsLink	Andrei Mikhnevich Template:Flag	21.69 (PB)	Adam Nelson Template:Flagu	21.26	Yuriy Bilonoh Template:Flag	21.10
Discus Template:DetailsLink	Virgilijus Alekna Template:Flag	69.69 (SB)	Róbert Fazekas Template:Flag	69.01	Vasiliy Kaptyukh Template:Flag	66.51 (SB)
Javelin Template:DetailsLink	Sergey Makarov Template:Flagu	85.44	Andrus Värnik Template:Flag	85.17	Boris Henry Template:Flagu	84.74
Hammer Template:DetailsLink	Ivan Tikhon Template:Flag	83.05	Adrián Annus Template:Flag	80.36	Koji Murofushi Template:Flagu	80.12
Decathlon Template:DetailsLink	Tom Pappas Template:Flagu	8750	Roman Šebrle Template:Flag	8634	Dmitry Karpov Template:Flag	8374 (NR)
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Women's results

Track

1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007

100 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	10.93 (PB)	Template:Flagmedalist	11.02	Template:Flagmedalist	11.03 (SB)
200 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	22.38 (PB)	Template:Flagmedalist	22.47	Template:Flagmedalist	22.59
400 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	48.89 (PB)	Template:Flagmedalist	49.43 (SB)	Template:Flagmedalist	49.95 (SB)
800 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	1:59.89	Template:Flagmedalist	2:00.18	Template:Flagmedalist	2:00.29
1500 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	3:58.52 (CR)	Template:Flagmedalist	3:59.04	Template:Flagmedalist	3:59.95 (PB)
5000 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	14:51.72	Template:Flagmedalist	14:52.26	Template:Flagmedalist	14:52.30
10,000 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	30:04.18 (CR)	Template:Flagmedalist	30:07.15 (PB)	Template:Flagmedalist	30:07.20 (PB)
Marathon Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	2:23:55 (CR)	Template:Flagmedalist	2:24:14	Template:Flagmedalist	2:25:09
100 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	12.53 (NR)	Template:Flagmedalist	12.57	Template:Flagmedalist	12.67
400 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	53.22 (PB)	Template:Flagmedalist	53.65 (SB)	Template:Flagmedalist	53.71
20 km walk Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	1:26:52 (CR)	Template:Flagmedalist	1:27:34	Template:Flagmedalist	1:28:10 (NR)
4 × 100 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagteam Patricia Girard-Léno Muriel Hurtis Sylviane Félix Christine Arron	41.78 (WL)	Template:Flagteam Angela Williams Chryste Gaines Inger Miller Torri Edwards Lauryn Williams*	41.83 (SB)	Template:Flagteam Olga Fyodorova Yuliya Tabakova Marina Kislova Larisa Kruglova	42.66
4 × 400 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagteam Demetria Washington Jearl Miles Clark Me'Lisa Barber Sanya Richards DeeDee Trotter*	3:22.63 (WL)	Template:Flagteam Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Natalya Nazarova Olesya Zykina Yuliya Pechonkina (Nosova) Svetlana Pospelova* Svetlana Goncharenko*	3:22.91 (SB)	Template:Flagteam Allison Beckford Lorraine Fenton (Graham) Ronetta Smith Sandie Richards Michelle Burgher*	3:22.92 (SB)
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Note: * Indicates medalists who ran in preliminary rounds.

Field

1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007

High jump Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	2.06 (WL, AR)	Template:Flagmedalist	2.00	Template:Flagmedalist	2.00
Pole vault Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	4.75 (CR)	Template:Flagmedalist	4.70 (SB)	Template:Flagmedalist	4.65
Long jump Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	6.99 (SB)	Template:Flagmedalist	6.74	Template:Flagmedalist	6.70 (SB)
Triple jump Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	15.18 (SB)	Template:Flagmedalist	15.05 (AR)	Template:Flagmedalist	14.90 (NR)
Shot put Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	20.63	Template:Flagmedalist	20.12 (PB)	Template:Flagmedalist	20.08 (SB)
Discus throw Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	67.32 (SB)	Template:Flagmedalist	67.14 (SB)	Template:Flagmedalist	66.73 (PB)
Hammer throw Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	73.33	Template:Flagmedalist	71.71	Template:Flagmedalist	70.92
Javelin throw Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	66.52 (WL)	Template:Flagmedalist	63.28	Template:Flagmedalist	62.70
Heptathlon Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	7001 (WL)	Template:Flagmedalist	6755 (SB)	Template:Flagmedalist	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.
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References

Template:Sister project Template:Reflist 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