World Indoor Athletics Championships 2003

9th World Indoor Athletics Championships
National Indoor Arena (2005)
city	Birmingham , UK
Stadion	National Indoor Arena
participating countries	131
Participating athletes	583
Competitions	28
opening	March 14, 2003
Final day	March 16, 2003
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The 9th IAAF World Indoor Championships took place from March 14 to 16, 2003 in Birmingham . The competitions were held in the National Indoor Arena .

The Russian Svetlana Feofanova set the only world record . In the pole vault she reached a height of 4.80 m.

Men

60 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Justin Gatlin	United States	6.46
2	Kim Collins	SKN	6.53 (NR)
3	Jason Gardener	GBR	6.55
4th	Mark Lewis-Francis	GBR	6.57
5	Gábor Dobos	HUN	6.64
6th	Jérôme Éyana	FRA	6.64 (PB)
7th	Markus Pöyhönen	FIN	6.65
8th	Deji Aliu	NGR	6.72

Date: March 14th, 6:00 p.m.

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marlon Devonish	GBR	20.62
2	Joseph Batangdon	CMR	20.76
3	Dominic Demeritte	BAH	20.92
4th	Matic Osovnikar	SLO	21.17
5	Marco Torrieri	ITA	21.68
6th	Allyn Condon	GBR	DQ

Date: March 15, 6:30 p.m.

Allyn Condon was disqualified for two false starts, but protested and contested the race. The disqualification was however upheld.

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Tyree Washington	United States	45.34 (WL)
2	Daniel Caines	GBR	45.43 (PB)
3	Paul McKee	IRL	45.99 (NR)
	Jamie Baulch	GBR	45.99
5	David McCarthy	IRL	46.61 (PB)
6th	Daniel Batman	OUT	46.67

Date: March 16, 3:05 p.m.

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	David Krummenacker	United States	1: 45.69 (PB)
2	Wilson Kipketer	THE	1: 45.87
3	Wilfred Bungei	KEN	1: 46.54
4th	Antonio Manuel Reina	ESP	1: 46.58
5	Bram Som	NED	1: 47.00
6th	Arnoud Okken	NED	1: 48.71

Date: March 16, 3:40 p.m.

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Driss Maazouzi	FRA	3: 42.59
2	Bernard Lagat	KEN	3: 42.62
3	Abdelkader Hachlaf	MAR	3: 42.71
4th	Cornelius Chirchir	KEN	3: 43.03
5	Ivan Heschko	UKR	3: 44.56
6th	James Nolan	IRL	3: 44.67
7th	Andrei Sadorozhni	RUS	3: 44.80
8th	Juan Carlos Higuero	ESP	3: 44.81

Date: March 15, 6:10 p.m.

3000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	7: 40.97
2	Alberto García	ESP	7: 42.08
3	Luke Kipkosgei	KEN	7: 42.56
4th	Jesús España	ESP	7: 42.70 (PB)
5	Abiyote Abate	ETH	7: 43.21
6th	Gert-Jan Liefers	NED	7: 44.34
7th	Leonard Mucheru Maina	KEN	7: 44.83
8th	John Mayock	GBR	7: 45.32

Date: March 16, 4:10 p.m.

60 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Allen Johnson	United States	7.47
2	Anier García	CUB	7.49
3	Liu Xiang	CHN	7.52
4th	Ladji Doucouré	FRA	7.58 (PB)
5	Colin Jackson	GBR	7.61
6th	Staņislavs Olijars	LAT	7.62
7th	Robert Kronberg	SWE	7.67
8th	Shaun Bownes	RSA	7.67

Date: March 16, 4:40 p.m.

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Jamaica	Leroy Colquhoun Danny McFarlane Michael Blackwood Davian Clarke	3: 04.21 (NR)
2	United Kingdom	Jamie Baulch Timothy Benjamin Cori Henry Daniel Caines	3: 06.12
3	Poland	Rafał Wieruszewski Grzegorz Zajączkowski Marcin Marciniszyn Marek Plawgo	3: 06.61
	Russia	Oleg Mishukov Alexandr Ussow Andrei Rudnizki Dmitri Bogdanow	DQ
	United States	James Davis Jerome Young Milton Campbell Tyree Washington	DQ

Date: March 16, 5:35 p.m.

The Russian team was disqualified for breaking rule 170.8 when switching. The US relay crossed the finish line first with a time of 3: 04.09 min, but was disqualified in 2009 when Jerome Young admitted continuous doping for the period from 1999 to 2003 and his results at that time were therefore canceled.

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Stefan Holm	SWE	2.35
2	Yaroslav Rybakov	RUS	2.33
3	Henads Maros	BLR	2.30 (PB)
4th	Dragutin Topić	SCG	2.30
5	Mark Boswell	CAN	2.25
6th	Tomáš Janků	CZE	2.25
7th	Staffan beach	SWE	2.25
8th	Andrij Sokolowskyj	UKR	2.25

Date: March 15, 5:00 p.m.

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Tim Lobinger	GER	5.80
2	Michael Stolle	GER	5.75
3	Ren Blom	NED	5.75 (NR)
4th	Vasily Gorshkov	RUS	5.70
5	Derek Miles	United States	5.70
6th	Viktor Chistiakov	OUT	5.60 (AR)
7th	Romain Mesnil	FRA	5.60
8th	Giuseppe Gibilisco	ITA	5.40

Date: March 15, 3:40 p.m.

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Dwight Phillips	United States	8.29 (PB)
2	Yago Lamela	ESP	8.28
3	Miguel Godfather	United States	8.21
4th	Luis Felipe Méliz	CUB	8.01
5	Volodymyr Syuskov	UKR	8.00
6th	Petar Datschew	BUL	7.79
7th	Salim Sdiri	FRA	7.63
	Bogdan Țăruş	ROU	DQ

Date: March 15, 2:55 p.m.

Bogdan Țăruş , who finished sixth with 7.97 m, was subsequently disqualified when it turned out that his registration form had incorrect information about his qualifying jumps for the championships.

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Christian Olsson	SWE	17.70 (WL)
2	Walter Davis	United States	17.35 (PB)
3	Yoelbi Quesada	CUB	17.27
4th	Jonathan Edwards	GBR	17.19
5	Timothy Rusan	United States	16.88
6th	Jadel Gregório	BRA	16.86
7th	Aljaksandr Hlawazki	BLR	16.66
8th	Marian Oprea	ROU	16.59

Date: March 16, 4:07 pm

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Manuel Martínez	ESP	21.24
2	John Godina	United States	21.23
3	Jurij Bilonoh	UKR	21.13
4th	Arsi Harju	FIN	20.96
5	Justin Anlezark	OUT	20.65
6th	Tepa Reinikainen	FIN	20.59
7th	Milan Haborák	SVK	20.21
8th	Joachim Olsen	THE	20.12

Date: March 14th, 7:00 p.m.

Heptathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Tom Pappas	United States	6361 (PB)
2	Lev Lobodin	RUS	6297
3	Roman Šebrle	CZE	6196
4th	Jón Arnar Magnússon	ISL	6185
5	Tomáš Dvořák	CZE	6005
6th	Alexander Pogorelow	RUS	5999
7th	Laurent Hernu	FRA	5988

Date: 15./16. March

The heptathlon consisted of a 60-meter run, long jump, shot put, high jump, 60-meter hurdle run, pole vault and 1000-meter run.

Women

60 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Schanna block	UKR	7.04 (WL)
2	Angela Williams	United States	7.16
3	Torri Edwards	United States	7.17 (PB)
4th	Merlene Ottey	SLO	7.20
5	Karin Mayr-Krifka	AUT	7.23
6th	Marina Kislowa	RUS	7.26
7th	Joice Maduaka	GBR	7.34
	Savatheda Fynes	BAH	DNS

Date: March 14, 6:13 p.m.

200 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Muriel Hurtis	FRA	22.54
2	Anastassija Kapachinskaya	RUS	22.80
3	Juliet Campbell	JAM	22.81
4th	Cydonie Mothersill	CAY	23.18
5	Natallja Safronnikawa	BLR	23.61
	Michelle Collins	United States	DQ

Date: March 15, 6:20 p.m.

Michelle Collins was the first to cross the finish line with a time of 22.18 s, but was subsequently disqualified when the investigations into the BALCO affair revealed that she was a drug user .

400 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Natalia Nazarova	RUS	50.83
2	Christine Amertil	BAH	51.11 (NR)
3	Grit Breuer	GER	51.13
4th	Catherine Murphy	GBR	51.99
5	Monique Hennagan	United States	52.08
6th	Svyatlana Usovich	BLR	52.72

Date: March 16, 2:50 p.m.

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	MOZ	1: 58.94
2	Stephanie Graf	AUT	1: 59.39
3	Mayte Martínez	ESP	1: 59.53 (NR)
4th	Jolanda Čeplak	SLO	1: 59.54
5	Joanne Fenn	GBR	1: 59.95
	Ekaterina Pushanova	RUS	DQ

Date: March 16, 3:25 p.m.

Joanne Fenn had been leading since the first lap and was only overtaken by defending champion Mutola in the last corner. Ekaterina Pusanowa came in sixth with a time of 2: 00.86 minutes, but was tested positive for prohibited substances during the subsequent doping control and was disqualified.

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Regina Jacobs	United States	4: 01.67 CR
2	Kelly Holmes	GBR	4: 02.66 NO
3	Ekaterina Rosenberg	RUS	4: 02.80
4th	Natalia Gorelova	RUS	4: 06.18
5	Iryna Lishchynska	UKR	4: 07.19
6th	Elena Iagăr	ROU	4: 07.44
7th	Alesja Turawa	BLR	4: 08.20
8th	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	4: 10.32

Date: March 16, 3:55 p.m.

3000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Berhane Adere	ETH	8: 40.25
2	Marta Domínguez	ESP	8: 42.17
3	Meseret Defar	ETH	8: 42.58 (PB)
4th	Zahra Ouaziz	MAR	8: 49.50
5	Zhor El Kamch	MAR	8: 49.55
6th	Galina Bogomolova	RUS	8: 50.62 (PB)
7th	Benita Johnson	OUT	8: 51.62
8th	Maria Cristina Grosu	ROU	8: 58.65

Date: March 15, 6:40 p.m.

The indoor world record holder Berhane Adere took the lead 700 meters from the finish and was the first Ethiopian to win gold at indoor world championships. The Greek Maria Tsirba came in eighth with a time of 8:52:21 minutes, but was tested positive for erythropoietin and disqualified during a training control carried out shortly before .

60 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Gail Devers	United States	7.81
2	Glory alozie	ESP	7.90
3	Melissa Morrison	United States	7.92
4th	Lacena Golding-Clarke	JAM	7.92
5	Linda Ferga-Khodadin	FRA	7.95
6th	Brigitte Foster	JAM	7.96 (PB)
7th	Susanna Kallur	SWE	7.97
8th	Patricia Girard	FRA	8.02

Date: March 16, 4:25 p.m.

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Russia	Natalja Antjuch Julija Pschonkina Olesja Sykina Natalja Nazarowa	3: 28.45
2	Jamaica	Ronetta Smith Catherine Scott Sheryl Morgan Sandie Richards	3: 29.96
3	United States	Monique Hennagan Meghan Addy Brenda Taylor Mary Danner	3: 30.06
4th	United Kingdom	Jennifer Meadows Danielle Halsall Amy Spencer Catherine Murphy	3: 32.18 (NR)
5	Ukraine	Antonina Yefremova Tetiana Debela Natalija Shuravljowa Natalija Makuch	3: 36.18

Date: March 16, 5:15 p.m.

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Kajsa Bergqvist	SWE	2.01
2	Jelena Jelessina	RUS	1.99
3	Anna Chicherova	RUS	1.99
4th	Blanka Vlašić	CRO	1.96
5	Iryna Mychaltchenko	UKR	1.96
	Ruth Beitia	ESP	1.96 (NR)
7th	Tisha Waller	United States	1.96
8th	Inha Babakowa	UKR	1.92

Date: March 16, 1:30 p.m.

Pole vault

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Svetlana Feofanova	RUS	4.80 (WR)
2	Elena Isinbayeva	RUS	4.60
3	Monika Pyrek	POLE	4.45
4th	Kellie Suttle	United States	4.45
5	Annika Becker	GER	4.45
6th	Tanja Stefanowa	BUL	4.35
	Anna Rogowska	POLE	4.35

Date: March 16, 2:55 pm

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tatiana Kotova	RUS	6.84 (WL)
2	Inessa Krawez	UKR	6.72
3	Maurren Higa Maggi	BRA	6.70 (AR)
4th	Olga Rublyova	RUS	6.68
5	Niki Xanthou	GRE	6.47
6th	Stiliani Pilatou	GRE	6.47
7th	Anju Bobby George	IND	6.40
8th	Do Vaszi	HUN	6.39

Date: March 16, 1:40 p.m.

Triple jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ashia Hansen	GBR	15.01 (WL)
2	Françoise Mbango Etone	CMR	14.88 (AR)
3	Kéné Ndoye	SEN	14.72 (NR)
4th	Anna Pyatych	RUS	14.35
5	Magdelín Martínez	ITA	14.32
6th	Carlota Castrejana	ESP	14.32 (NR)
7th	Baya Rahouli	ALG	14.31 (NR)
8th	Adelina Gavrilă	ROU	13.92

Date: March 15, 5:05 p.m.

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Irina Korschanenko	RUS	20.55 (WMR)
2	Nadsey Astaptchuk	BLR	20.31
3	Astrid Kumbernuss	GER	19.86
4th	Wita Pavlysch	UKR	19.73
5	Svetlana Kriweljowa	RUS	19.57
6th	Yumileidi Cumbá	CUB	19.19 (PB)
7th	Janina Karoltschyk	BLR	18.94
8th	Assunta Legnante	ITA	18.20

Date: March 15, 5:55 pm

Pentathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Carolina Klüft	SWE	4933 (WMR)
2	Natallia Sasanovich	BLR	4715
3	Marie Collonvillé	FRA	4644 (NR)
4th	Sonja Kesselschläger	GER	4498
5	Naide Gomes	POR	4476
6th	Katja Keller	GER	4430 (PB)
7th	Maryna Breshina	UKR	4313
	Anzhela Atroshchenko	DOOR	DNF

Date: March 14th

The pentathlon consisted of a 60-meter hurdle, high jump, shot put, long jump and 800-meter run.

Explanations

• WR: world record
• WMR: world championship record
• AR: continental record
• NR: national record
• WL: world annual best
• PB: personal best

Medal table

Medal table
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	United States	8th	3	4th	15th
2	Russia	5	5	2	12
3	Sweden	4th	-	-	4th
4th	United Kingdom	2	4th	1	7th
5	Ethiopia	2	-	1	3
	France	2	-	1	3
7th	Spain	1	4th	1	6th
8th	Germany	1	1	2	4th
9	Ukraine	1	1	1	3
	Jamaica	1	1	1	3
11	Mozambique	1	-	-	1
12	Belarus	-	2	1	3
13	Cameroon	-	2	-	2
14th	Kenya	-	1	2	3
15th	Bahamas	-	1	1	2
	Cuba	-	1	1	2
17th	Austria	-	1	-	1
	Denmark	-	1	-	1
	St. Kitts and Nevis	-	1	-	1
20th	Poland	-	-	2	2
21st	Brazil	-	-	1	1
	Czech Republic	-	-	1	1
	Ireland	-	-	1	1
	Morocco	-	-	1	1
	Netherlands	-	-	1	1
	People's Republic of China	-	-	1	1
	Senegal	-	-	1	1

Web links

• World Cup website of the world association IAAF ( Memento from March 17, 2003 in the Internet Archive )

Footnotes

1. ^ IAAF: Jerome Young is stripped of 2003 World Championship 400 m gold ( Memento from September 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). February 24, 2009