2003 World Championships in Athletics
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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 Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.
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[edit] Men's Results
[edit] Track
1999 |2001 |2003 |2005 |2007 |
| Event: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: | |||
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| 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. |
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| 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. | ||||||
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AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record |
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[edit] Field
1999 |2001 |2003 |2005 |2007 |
| Event: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: | |||
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| 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 |
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Tom Pappas United States |
8750 | Roman Šebrle Czech Republic |
8634 | Dmitry Karpov Kazakhstan |
8374 NR |
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AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record |
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[edit] Women's Results
[edit] Track
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[edit] Medals Table
| Position: | Nation: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: | Total: |
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| 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 |
[edit] 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.
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