The 9th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, UK from 14 March to 16 March 2003. It was the first time the Championships had been held in the UK. There were a total number of 589 participating athletes from 132 countries.

[edit] Results

[edit] Men

1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2004 | 2006

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 m details	Justin Gatlin (USA)	6.46	Kim Collins (Saint Kitts and Nevis)	6.53	Jason Gardener (GBR)	6.55
200 m details	Marlon Devonish (GBR)	20.62	Joseph Batangdon (CMR)	20.76	Dominic Demeritte (BAH)	20.92
400 m details	Tyree Washington (USA)	45.34	Daniel Caines (GBR)	45.43	Paul McKee (IRL)	45.99
					Jamie Baulch (GBR)
800 m details	David Krummenacker (USA)	1:45.69	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:45.87	Wilfred Bungei (KEN)	1:46.54
1,500 m details	Driss Maazouzi (FRA)	3:42.59	Bernard Lagat (KEN)	3:42.62	Abdelkader Hachlaf (MAR)	3:42.71
3,000 m details	Haile Gebreselassie (ETH)	7:40.97	Alberto Garcia (ESP)	7:42.08	Luke Kipkosgei (KEN)	7:42.56
60 m hurdles details	Allen Johnson (USA)	7.47	Anier Garcia (CUB)	7.49	Liu Xiang (CHN)	7.52
High jump details	Stefan Holm (SWE)	2.35	Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)	2.33	Gennadiy Moroz (BLR)	2.30
Pole vault details	Tim Lobinger (GER)	5.80	Michael Stolle (GER)	5.75	Rens Blom (NED)	5.75 (NR)
Long jump details	Dwight Phillips (USA)	8.29	Yago Lamela (ESP)	8.28	Miguel Pate (USA)	8.21
Triple jump details	Christian Olsson (SWE)	17.70	Walter Davis (USA)	17.35	Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)	17.27
Shot put details	Manuel Martínez (ESP)	21.24	John Godina (USA)	21.23	Yuriy Bilonog (UKR)	21.13
4x400 m relay* details	Leroy Colquhoun Danny McFarlane Michael Blackwood Davian Clarke (JAM)	3:04.21	Jamie Baulch Timothy Benjamin Cori Henry Daniel Caines (GBR)	3:06.12	Rafał Wieruszewski Grzegorz Zajączkowski Marcin Marciniszyn Marek Plawgo (POL)	3:06.61
Heptathlon details	Tom Pappas (USA)	6361	Lev Lobodin (RUS)	6297	Roman Šebrle (CZE)	6196

*  James Davis, Jerome Young, Milton Campbell and Tyree Washington (USA) originally won the 4x400  m gold medal in 3:04.09, but lost it after Young tested positive for using banned substances.

[edit] Women

1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2004 | 2006

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 m details	Zhanna Block (UKR)	7.04	Angela Williams (USA)	7.16	Torri Edwards (USA)	7.17
200 m* details	Muriel Hurtis (FRA)	22.54	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (RUS)	22.80	Juliet Campbell (JAM)	22.81
400 m details	Natalya Nazarova (RUS)	50.83	Christine Amertil (BAH)	51.11	Grit Breuer (GER)	51.13
800 m details	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	1:58.94	Stephanie Graf (AUT)	1:59.39	Mayte Martínez (ESP)	1:59.53
1,500 m details	Regina Jacobs (USA)	4:01.76	Kelly Holmes (GBR)	4:02.66	Yekaterina Rozenberg (RUS)	4:02.80
3,000 m details	Berhane Adere (ETH)	8:40.25	Marta Domínguez (ESP)	8:42.12	Meseret Defar (ETH)	8:42.58
60 m hurdles details	Gail Devers (USA)	7.81	Glory Alozie (ESP)	7.90	Melissa Morrison (USA)	7.92
High jump details	Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)	2.01	Yelena Yelesina (RUS)	1.99	Anna Chicherova (RUS)	1.99
Pole vault details	Svetlana Feofanova (RUS)	4.80 (WR)	Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)	4.60	Monika Pyrek (POL)	4.45
Long jump details	Tatyana Kotova (RUS)	6.84	Inessa Kravets (UKR)	6.72	Maurren Maggi (BRA)	6.70
Triple jump details	Ashia Hansen (GBR)	15.01	Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR)	14.88	Kéné Ndoye (SEN)	14.72
Shot put details	Irina Korzhanenko (RUS)	20.55	Nadzeya Astapchuk (BLR)	20.31	Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)	19.86
4x400 m relay details	Russia (RUS) Natalya Antyukh Yuliya Pechonkina Olesya Zykina Natalya Nazarova	3:28.45	Jamaica (JAM) Ronetta Smith Catherine Scott Sheryl Morgan Sandie Richards	3:31.23	United States (USA) Monique Hennagan Meghan Addy Brenda Taylor Mary Danner	3:31.69
Pentathlon details	Carolina Klüft (SWE)	4933	Natalya Sazanovich (BLR)	4715	Marie Collonvillé (FRA)	4644

* Michelle Collins of the USA originally won the gold medal in 200 m, but lost it due to a doping case.

[edit] Medal table by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	8	3	4	15
2	Russia	5	5	2	12
3	Sweden	4	0	0	4
4	United Kingdom	2	3	2	7
5	Ethiopia	2	0	1	3
	France	2	0	1	3
7	Spain	1	4	1	6
8	Germany	1	1	2	4
9	Ukraine	1	1	1	3
	Jamaica	1	1	1	3
11	Mozambique	1	0	0	1
12	Belarus	0	2	1	3
13	Cameroon	0	2	0	2
14	Kenya	0	1	2	3
15	Bahamas	0	1	1	2
	Cuba	0	1	1	2
17	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Denmark	0	1	0	1
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	1	0	1
20	Poland	0	0	2	2
21	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Ireland	0	0	1	1
	Morocco	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
	China	0	0	1	1
	Senegal	0	0	1	1

[edit] See also

• 2003 in athletics (track and field)

[edit] External links

• IAAF Official Website
• Athletics Australia