| IX World Championships in Athletics |
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| Host city | Saint-Denis, France |
| Date(s) | 23 August – 31 August |
| Main Stadium | Stade de France |
| Nations participating | 198 |
| Athletes participating | 1679 |
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.
[edit] Men's Results
1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
100 m
details | Kim Collins
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.07 | Darrel Brown
 Trinidad and Tobago | 10.08 | Darren Campbell
 Great Britain | 10.08
SB |
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200 m
details | John Capel
 United States | 20.30 | Darvis Patton
United States | 20.31 | Shingo Suetsugu
 Japan | 20.38 |
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400 m
details | Tyree Washington
United States | 44.77 | Marc Raquil
 France | 44.79
NR | Michael Blackwood
 Jamaica | 44.80 |
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800 m
details | Djabir Saïd-Guerni
 Algeria | 1:44.81 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy
 Russia | 1:44.84 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi
 South Africa | 1:44.90 |
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1500 m
details | Hicham El Guerrouj
 Morocco | 3:31.77 | Mehdi Baala
France | 3:32.31 | Ivan Heshko
 Ukraine | 3:33.17 |
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5000 m
details | Eliud Kipchoge
 Kenya | 12:52.79
CR | Hicham El Guerrouj
Morocco | 12:52.83 | Kenenisa Bekele
 Ethiopia | 12:53.12 |
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10 000 m
details | Kenenisa Bekele
Ethiopia | 26:49.57
CR | Haile Gebrselassie
Ethiopia | 26:50.77
SB | Sileshi Sihine
Ethiopia | 27:01.44 |
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Marathon
details | Jaouad Gharib
Morocco | 2:08:31
CR | Julio Rey
 Spain | 2:08:38 | Stefano Baldini
 Italy | 2:09:14 |
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110 m hurdles
details | Allen Johnson
United States | 13.12 | Terrence Trammell
United States | 13.20
SB | Liu Xiang
 China | 13.23 |
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400 m hurdles
details | Felix Sanchez
 Dominican Republic | 47.25
WL | Joey Woody
United States | 48.18
SB | Periklís Iakovákis
 Greece | 48.24 |
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3000 m steeplechase
details | Saif Saaeed Shaheen
 Qatar | 8:04.39 | Ezekiel Kemboi
Kenya | 8:05.11 | Eliseo Martin
Spain | 8:09.09
PB |
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20 km walk
details | Jefferson Pérez
 Ecuador | 1:17:21
WBP | Francisco Fernandez
Spain | 1:18:00
SB | Roman Rasskazov
Russia | 1:18:07
SB |
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50 km walk
details | Robert Korzeniowski
 Poland | 3:36.03
WBP | German Skurygin
Russia | 3:36:42
NR | Andreas Erm
 Germany | 3:37:46
NR |
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4 x 100 m
details | 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 |
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4 x 400 m
details | 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,
Chris Brown
 Bahamas | 3:00.53
SB |
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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 |
1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007
[edit] Women's Results
1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
100 m
details | Torri Edwards (USA) | 10.93
(PB) | Zhanna Pintusevich (UKR) | 10.99
(SB) | Chandra Sturrup (BAH) | 11.02 |
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200 m
details | Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (RUS) | 22.38
(PB) | Torri Edwards (USA) | 22.47 | Muriel Hurtis (FRA) | 22.59 |
400 m
details |  Ana Guevara (MEX) | 48.89
(WL) | Lorraine Fenton (JAM) | 49.43
(SB) |  Amy Mbacke Thiam (SEN) | 49.95
(SB) |
800 m
details |  Maria Mutola (MOZ) | 1:59.89 | Kelly Holmes (GBR) | 2:00.18 | Natalya Khrushchelyova (RUS) | 2:00.29 |
1,500 m
details | Tatyana Tomashova (RUS) | 3:58.52
(CR) |  Sureyya Ayhan (TUR) | 3:59.04 | Hayley Tullett (GBR) | 3:59.95
(PB) |
5,000 m
details | Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) | 14:51.72 | Marta Dominguez (ESP) | 14:52.26 | Edith Masai (KEN) | 14:52.30 |
10,000 m
details | Berhane Adere (ETH) | 30:04.18
(CR) | Werknesh Kidane (ETH) | 30:07.15
(PB) | Sun Yingjie (CHN) | 30:07.20
(PB) |
Marathon
details | Catherine Ndereba (KEN) | 2:23.55
(CR) | Mizuki Noguchi (JPN) | 2:24.14 | Masako Chiba (JPN) | 2:25.09 |
100 m hurdles
details |  Perdita Felicien (CAN) | 12.53
(NR) | Brigitte Foster (JAM) | 12.57 | Miesha McKelvy (USA) | 12.67 |
400 m hurdles
details |  Jana Pittman (AUS) | 53.22
(PB) | Sandra Glover (USA) | 53.65
(SB) | Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS) | 53.71 |
20 km walk
details | Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) | 1:26:52
(CR) |  Gillian O'Sullivan (IRL) | 1:27:34 |  Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR) | 1:28:10
(NR) |
4 x 100 m relay
details | Patricia Girard-Léno
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 relay
details | 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) |
| 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 |
1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007
[edit] Medal Table
[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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