World Youth Athletics Championships 2003

3rd World Athletics Championships (U18)
city	Sherbrooke , Canada
Stadion	the Université de Sherbrooke
participating countries	158
Participating athletes	1,128
Competitions	39
opening	July 9, 2003
Final day	July 13, 2003
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The 3rd World Athletics Championships took place from 9 to 13 July 2003 in the Canadian city ​​of Sherbrooke in the stadium of the French-speaking Université de Sherbrooke .

1128 athletes from 158 countries were registered.

The German Athletics Association (DLV) had nominated 18 boys and 17 girls for the competitions.

Boys

100 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Yahya Al-Gahes	KSA	10.69
2	Yahya Hassan I. Habeeb	KSA	10.73
3	Craig Pickering	GBR	10.85
4th	David Pedneault	CAN	10.87
5	Pierre-Hans Horacius	CAN	10.87
6th	Nilson Andrè	BRA	10.88
7th	Rafael Ribeiro	BRA	10.92
8th	Patrick Sihler	GER	10.92

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Usain Bolt	JAM	20.40 CR
2	Michael Grant	United States	21.04
3	Jamahl Alert-Khan	GBR	21.35
4th	Daniel Bailey	ATG	21.59
5	Graeme Read	NZL	21.71
6th	Andrew Watkins	GBR	21.71
7th	Nilson Andrè	BRA	21.90
	Mohamed Sanad Al-Rasheedi	BHR	DNF

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr	SOUTH	46.10 CR
2	Cedric Goodman	United States	46.42
3	Željko Vincek	CRO	47.45
4th	Jamil James	TTO	47.61
5	Frank Puriza	NAM	47.76
6th	Aleksandr Sigalowskiy	RUS	48.42
7th	Rafal Blocian	POLE	48.62
8th	Myung-jun Choi	COR	48.90

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Mohammed Al-Salhi	KSA	1: 48.79 CR
2	Bernard Kiptanui Kiptum	KEN	1: 49.14
3	Abraham Kipngetich Ngeno	KEN	1: 49.17
4th	Michael Rimmer	GBR	1: 49.61 PB
5	Abdalla Abdelgadir	SOUTH	1: 51.12
6th	Steven Fennell	GBR	1: 52.11
7th	Florin Gania	ROME	1: 52.11
8th	Michael Haddan	United States	1: 53.31

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Benson Marrianyi Esho	KEN	3: 44.94 PB
2	Samson Kiplangat Ngetich	KEN	3: 45.13
3	Isaac Mboyaza	RSA	3: 48.05 PB
4th	Tola Kene	ETH	3: 48.22 PB
5	Colin Costello	IRL	3: 51.55 PB
6th	Anthony Moran	GBR	3: 51.56
7th	Edgar Santoyo	MEX	3: 52.30 PB
8th	Víctor Montaner	ESP	3: 53.45 PB

3000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Augustine Kiprono Choge	KEN	7: 52.53
2	Tariku Bekele	ETH	7: 54.71 PB
3	Shimelis Girma	ETH	7: 55.12 PB
4th	William Kimeli Tarus	KEN	7: 56.30 PB
5	Ahmed El Radi	SOUTH	7: 58.42 PB
6th	Jean Claude Nduwingoma	BDI	8: 01.06
7th	Galen Rupp	United States	8: 10.42 PB
8th	Satoru Kitamura	JPN	8: 13.66 PB

10,000 m of walking

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Aleksandr Prokhorov	RUS	42: 16.16 CR
2	Makoto Sawada	JPN	42: 17.62
3	Wyacheslav Golovin	RUS	42: 37.15 SB
4th	Giorgio Rubino	ITA	43: 00.37 PB
5	Carsten Schmidt	GER	43: 25.52
6th	Michael McCagh	OUT	44: 38.68 PB
7th	Rafał Sikora	POLE	43: 53.49
8th	Shoichi Tanoue	JPN	45: 22.56

2000 m obstacle

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ronald Kipchumba Rutto	KEN	5: 30.27 WBP
2	Justus Kipchirchir Kiprono	KEN	5: 31.24 PB
3	Chris Winter	CAN	5: 44.23
4th	Stefan Pâtru	ROU	5: 44.95 PB
5	Marcin Chabowski	POLE	5: 45.44
6th	Alex Genest	CAN	5: 51.61 PB
7th	Ryota Komano	JPN	5: 53.16 PB
8th	Adem Belir	DOOR	5: 57.77 PB

110 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Jason Richardson	United States	13.29 WYL
2	Mubarak Al-Mabadi	KSA	13.41
3	Alexander John	GER	13.50 PB
4th	Carlos Jorge	DOM	13.85 PB
5	Kevin Craddock	GER	13.87 PB
6th	Dayron Robles	CUB	13.91
7th	Ioánnis Gasiónis	GRE	14.14
	Konstandinos Douvalidis	GRE	DNF

400 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Jason Richardson	United States	49.91 WYL
2	Wouter le Roux	RSA	50.85 PB
3	Jamaal Charles	United States	51.48 PB
4th	Go Tanabe	JPN	51.58 PB
5	Milton Slides	POR	52.12 PB
6th	Johann Hanekom	RSA	52.21
7th	Yuki Iwataki	JPN	53.31 PB
8th	Mohammed Yahya Daak	KSA	52.67

Sprint relay (100 m - 200 m - 300 m - 400 m)

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Jay Cooper Michael Grant Jamaal Charles Cedric Goodman	1: 52.03 WYB
2	Poland	Dariusz Kuć Kamil Witkowski Rafal Blocian Ziemowit Rys	1: 53.08
3	Japan	Shin-ya Saburi Kenji Fujimitsu Naohiro Shinada Go Tanabe	1: 53.11
4th	Puerto Rico	Yavid Zackey Christian Olivieri Marcos Sánchez-Valle Christian Santiago	1: 56.51
5	New Zealand	Cameron Hayton Graeme Read Jordan Vandermade Samuel Wilson	1: 57.62
6th	Bahamas	Carl Stuart Jacobi Mitchell Kayuse Burrows Tyrone Sawyer	1: 58.03
7th	Canada	Pierre-Hans Horacius David Pedneault Quinton Gamble Ed Kalinowski	1: 58.52
8th	Mexico	Mario Herrera Carlos Perez Osbaldo Chavez Jaime Peña	2: 01.44

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Martin Günther	GER	2.11
2	Oleksandr Nartow	UKR	2.11
3	Hikaru Tsuchiya	JPN	2.11
4th	Philipp Britner	RUS	2.11 PB
5	Wojciech Theiner	POLE	2.08
6th	David Baskin	OUT	2.05
7th	Dawid Piechowski	POLE	2.05
8th	Chi-Han Huang	TPE	2.00
	Jermaine Alphous Jackson	JAM	2.00

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Germán Chiaraviglio	ARG	5.15
2	Dmitry Starodubtsev	RUS	5.10 PB
3	Steven Lewis	GBR	5.05 PB
4th	Konstandinos Filippidis	GRE	4.95
5	Mihaíl Pástos	GRE	4.85
6th	Mikhail Golovtsov	RUS	4.85
7th	Takeshi Funamoto	JPN	4.85 PB
8th	Albert Velez	ESP	4.75 PB

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Naohiro Shinada	JPN	7.61
2	Yves Renaux	FRA	7.44
3	Ahmed NH Al-Sharfa	KSA	7.15
4th	Andrejs Maškancevs	LAT	7.05
5	Kazuya Urakami	JPN	7.00
6th	Oluseyi Smith	CAN	6.97
7th	Roman Novotný	CZE	6.96
8th	Nicolas Gomont	FRA	6.95

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Dennis Fernández	CUB	15.77
2	Mousa Abdou Alkam Qarqaran	KSA	15.60 PB
3	Mohamed Abbas Darwish	UAE	15.55
4th	Taras Moiseenko	UZB	15.20
5	Konstantin Safronov	KAZ	15.17
6th	Andrea Saccani	ITA	15.15
7th	Mohammad Al-Majrashi	KSA	15.06 PB
8th	Ta-Wei Lin	TPE	15.00

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Liu Feng	CHN	21.45 WBP
2	Kyle Help	CAN	20.79 PB
3	Ameen Al-Aradi	KSA	19.69 PB
4th	Remigius Machura	CZE	19.52
5	Candy Bauer	GER	19.32
6th	Ali Ahmad Said	KUW	19.28 PB
7th	Damianós Kaloyerákis	GRE	18.87
8th	Christopher Gearing	GBR	18.70 PB

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ronnie Buckley	OUT	64.34 CR
2	Wu Jian	CHN	63.18 PB
3	Yao-Hui Wang	TPE	60.00
4th	Lajos Kürthy	HUN	59.69
5	Oleg Pirog	RUS	58.92
6th	Martin Richter	GER	58.74
7th	Kamil Grzegorczyk	POLE	57.95
8th	Kyle Davis-Hammerquist	United States	57.63 PB

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Mikhail Lewin	RUS	76.41
2	Kristóf Németh	HUN	75.59
3	Sándor Pálhegyi	HUN	75.47 PB
4th	Evgeniy Aydamirov	RUS	72.76
5	Efthímios Katsíkadámis	GRE	68.47
6th	Simon Wardhaugh	OUT	67.07
7th	Petri Mättölä	FIN	65.42
8th	Margus Hunt	EST	64.77 PB

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Júlio César de Oliveira	BRA	81.16 CR
2	John Robert Oosthuizen	RSA	81.07 PB
3	Raldu Potgieter	RSA	75.56 PB
4th	Sang-woo Lee	COR	71.34
5	Roman Avramenko	UKR	70.01
6th	Ari Inkerö	FIN	69.93
7th	Chad Brown	United States	69.08
8th	Sarádis Paraschákis	GRE	67.70

Eight fight

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Andrés Silva	URU	6456 WBP
2	Andrei Krautschanka	BLR	6366
3	Lukáš Patera	CZE	6316 PB
4th	Jordan Vandermade	OUT	6234 PB
5	Benjamin Chevrol	FRA	6103
6th	Manuel Siebel	GER	6093
7th	Sinval Souza de Oliveira	BRA	5921
8th	Marcos Sánchez-Valle	PURE	5906 PB

girl

100 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Jessica Onyepunuka	United States	11.31 CR
2	Krystin Lacy	United States	11.50
3	Kelly-Ann Baptiste	TTO	11.58
4th	Franciela Krasucki	BRA	10.61
5	Sherline Duncan	JAM	11.66
6th	Kadi-Ann Thomas	GBR	11.74
7th	Lina Grincikaité	LTU	11.75 PB
8th	Monique Cabral	TTO	11.95

200 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Anneisha McLaughlin	JAM	23.26
2	Courtney Champion	United States	23.56
3	Cleo Tyson	United States	23.67
4th	Sherline Duncan	JAM	23.80 PB
5	Sally Pearson	OUT	24.01
6th	Carley Wenham	GBR	24.18
7th	Darlenys Obregón	COL	24.43
8th	Giulia Arcioni	ITA	24.47

400 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Natasha Hastings	United States	53.41
2	Antonia Kriwoschapka	RUS	53.54 PB
3	Jaimee-Lee Hoebergen-Starr	OUT	53.78 PB
4th	Gemma Nicol	GBR	54.16 PB
5	Brandi Cross	United States	54.28 SB
6th	Muna Jabir Adam	SOUTH	54.28 PB
7th	Sonita Sutherland	JAM	54.50
8th	Queen Ogbemudia	NGR	55.79

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Maria Shapaeva Shuravleva	RUS	2: 03.40 CR
2	Olga Cristea	MDA	2: 04.30 PB
3	Larisa Arcip	ROU	2: 04.31 PB
4th	Ekatarina Sharmina	RUS	2: 05.62 PB
5	Laura Finucane	GBR	2: 05.90
6th	Brooke Simpson	OUT	2: 06.55
7th	Imène Badraoui	TO DO	2: 07.37 PB
8th	Morag MacLarty	GBR	2: 10.42

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Alem Techale	ETH	4: 17.41 PB
2	Jelena Ština	LAT	4: 17.43
3	Joyce Jepkosgei Musungu	KEN	4: 17.65 PB
4th	Lemlem Bereket	ERI	4: 19.09 PB
5	Stephanie Thieke	GER	4: 21.98
6th	Charlotte Browning	GBR	4: 22.16 PB
7th	Alyson Kohlmeier	CAN	4: 22.97
8th	Naomi Jebiwot Kipkemboi	KEN	4: 23.22

3000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Siham Hilali	MAR	9: 12.70 PB
2	Paskalia Chepkorir Kipkoech	KEN	9: 13.77 PB
3	Yuko Nohara	JPN	9: 14.82
4th	Jebichi Yator	KEN	9: 14.89
5	Saori Makishima	JPN	9: 25.34
6th	Inés Melchor	BY	9: 28.44 SB
7th	Azra Eminovic	YUG	9: 31.37
8th	Chang Jinxue	CHN	9: 38.39 PB

5000 m walk

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Vera Sokolova	RUS	22: 50.23
2	Ann Loughnane	IRL	23: 37.00 PB
3	Noriko Nishide	JPN	23: 50.69
4th	Paulina Buziak	POLE	23: 52.00
5	Rosa Orozco	MEX	23: 52.60 PB
6th	Susan Knapton	OUT	24: 06.28 PB
7th	Mia Hovi	FIN	24: 17.17 PB
8th	Katalin Varró	HUN	24: 38.83

100 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Sally Pearson	OUT	13.42
2	LaToya Greaves	JAM	13.49
3	Domenique Manning	United States	13.60
4th	Josephine Onyia	NGR	13.65
5	Veronica Borsi	ITA	13.69
6th	Pavi'elle James	United States	13.78
7th	Eline Berings	BEL	13.94
8th	Nadine Jacobs	GER	13.97

400 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Zuzana Hejnová	CZE	57.54 CR
2	Ekaterina Kostetskaya	RUS	58.37
3	Mackenzie Hill	United States	59.15
4th	Sara Slott Petersen	THE	59.42 PB
5	Heike Wissing	GER	59.85 PB
6th	Valentina Zenkova	RUS	60.62
7th	Nicole Leach	United States	60.80
8th	Evelin Sosnovski	EST	61.29

Sprint relay (100 m - 200 m - 300 m - 400 m)

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Jessica Onyepunuka Alexandria Anderson Krystin Lacy Natasha Hastings	2: 03.87
2	Jamaica	Samantha Henry-Robinson Sherline Duncan Sonita Sutherland Anneisha McLaughlin	2: 07.05
3	Russia	Jelena Kremnewa Jelena Chwaschtschewskaja Anastassija Schuwalowa Antonina Kriwoschapka	2: 07.52
4th	Canada	Teneshia Peart Carline Muir Geneviève Thibault Jenna Martin	2: 09.03
5	Japan	Kanae Narita Azusa Watanabe Ayako Kawano Junko Kitajima	2: 11.34
6th	Bahamas	T'Shonda Webb Tamara Rigby Cotrell Martin Tavara Rigby	2: 12.66
7th	Mexico	Jessica Gonzalez Yahaira Romero Adriana Rangel Viridiana Najera	2: 15.92
	Trinidad and Tobago	Monique Cabral Kelly-Ann Baptiste Crystal Skeete Abigail David	DSQ

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Iryna Kovalenko	UKR	1.92 CR
2	Svetlana Schkolina	RUS	1.86
3	Annett Engel	GER	1.86 PB
4th	Oldriška Marešová	CZE	1.81 PB
5	Anika Smit	RSA	1.78
6th	Gema Martín-Pozuelo	ESP	1.78
7th	Irina Gordeeva	RUS	1.75
	Sophia Begg	OUT	1.75

Pole vault

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Lisa Ryzih	GER	4.05
2	Swiatlana Makarevich	BLR	4.00 PB
3	Charmaine Lucock	OUT	4.00 PB
4th	Kim Kühnert	GER	4.00 PB
5	Jiřina Ptáčníková	CZE	3.90
6th	Maria Pastuchova	RUS	3.80
7th	Jamie Scroop	OUT	3.80 PB
8th	Theresa Wiebe	CAN	3.70 PB

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Cristine Spătaru	ROME	6.41 CR
2	Denisa Rosolová	CZE	6.40 PB
3	Hanna Demydova	UKR	6.15
4th	Iryna Iskryk	BLR	6.07
5	Cristina Bujin	ROME	6.03
6th	Elena Kremneva	RUS	5.96
7th	Alíki-Yvoni Askitopoúlou	GRE	5.96
8th	Erica McLain	United States	5.91

Triple jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Cristine Spătaru	ROU	13.86 CR
2	Elina Torro	FIN	12.95
3	Alíki-Yvoni Askitopoúlou	GRE	12.93 PB
4th	Vanessa Alesiani	ITA	12.91 PB
5	Brittany Daniels	United States	12.83
6th	Aleksandra Zelenina	MDA	12.79
7th	Erica McLain	United States	12.74
8th	Verónica Davis	VEN	12.23

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Jiang Limin	CHN	15.60
2	Magdalena Sobieszek	POLE	15.42 PB
3	Marli Knoetze	RSA	15.10
4th	Denise Hinrichs	GER	15.08
5	Irina Tarasova	RUS	15.04 PB
6th	Jin-sun Kim	COR	14.71 PB
7th	Yaniuvis López	CUB	14.41
8th	Simoné du Toit	RSA	14.14

Discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Lisandra Rodríguez	CUB	48.56
2	Julie Bennell	OUT	48.32
3	Kristina Gehrig	GER	48.31
4th	Josipa Jelicic	CRO	45.85
5	D'Andra Carter	United States	45.00
6th	Michaela Margócziová	SVK	44.83
7th	Marli Knoetze	RSA	44.78
8th	Misti Barber	United States	43.31

Hammer throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Valentina Srša	CRO	61.18
2	Maria Bespalova	RUS	57.81
3	Johanna Hoppe	GER	56.46
4th	Laura Gibilisco	ITA	56.08
5	Orsolya Németh	HUN	55.96
6th	Annika Hjelm	SWE	54.65
7th	Arasay Thondike	CUB	54.43
8th	Marie-Eve Boisselle	CZE	54.03 PB

Javelin throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Xue Juan	CHN	56.82 CR
2	Bo-ra Shin	COR	53.74 PB
3	Vivian room	GER	52.20
4th	Maria Abakumova	RUS	51.41 PB
5	Berna Demirci	DOOR	48.29
6th	Maryna Buksaz	BLR	46.45
7th	Romina Ugatai	FRA	45.05
8th	Elisabeth Onana	THE	44.74 PB

Heptathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Marisa De Aniceto	FRA	5458
2	Sarah Kern	GER	5445
3	Marina Goncharova	RUS	5338 PB
4th	Jaílma de Lima	BRA	5319 PB
5	Jessica Ennis	GBR	5311 PB
6th	Gayle Hunter	United States	5291 PB
7th	Yuliya Tarasova	UZB	5129 PB
8th	Julia Mighty	GER	4947

Abbreviations

WR = world record WJR = junior world record OR = Olympic record YOR = Olympic youth record AR = continental record AJR = junior continental record NR = national record NJR = national junior record CR = championship record MR = event record

WB = world best WJB = Junior World Best WYB = youth world best AB = continent best AJB = Junior Continental Best AYB = youth continental best NB = national best NJB = national youth best performance NYB = national youth record

PB = personal best SB = personal season best QB = best qualification WL = world annual best WJL = Junior World Year's Best WYL = youth world annual best DSQ = disqualified (engl. Disqualified ) DNS = competition not started ( Did Not Start ) DNF = competition not finished ( Did Not Finish )

Medal table

Medal table (final score after 39 decisions)
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	United States	6th	4th	4th	14th
02	Russia	4th	5	3	12
03	Kenya	3	4th	2	9
04th	People's Republic of China	3	1	0	4th
05	Saudi Arabia	2	3	2	7th
06th	Germany	2	2	4th	8th
07th	Jamaica	2	2	0	4th
08th	Australia	2	1	2	5
09	Romania	2	0	1	3
010	Cuba	2	0	0	2
011	Japan	1	1	4th	6th
12	Ethiopia	1	1	1	3
	Czech Republic	1	1	1	3
	Ukraine	1	1	1	3
015th	France	1	1	0	2
016	Croatia	1	0	1	2
17th	Argentina	1	0	0	1
	Brazil	1	0	0	1
	Morocco	1	0	0	1
	Sudan	1	0	0	1
	Uruguay	1	0	0	1
022nd	South Africa	0	2	3	5
23	Poland	0	2	0	2
	Belarus	0	2	0	2
25th	Canada	0	1	1	2
	Hungary	0	1	1	2
27	Finland	0	1	0	1
	Ireland	0	1	0	1
	South Korea	0	1	0	1
	Latvia	0	1	0	1
	Moldova	0	1	0	1
032	United Kingdom	0	0	3	3
33	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
	United Arab Emirates	0	0	1	1
total		39	40	38	117

Web links

• Previous Event: 3rd IAAF World Youth Championships IAAF website, accessed September 5, 2013
• Results Competition results , accessed September 5, 2013
• IAAF World Youth Championships competition results on gbrathletics.com, accessed September 5, 2013
• U18 World Championship in Sherbrooke (July 9-13, 2003) ( Memento from September 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Competition results on Leichtathletik.de, accessed September 5, 2013

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 3rd IAAF World Youth Championships opens with gold for Morocco General News on the IAAF website, July 9, 2003, accessed September 5, 2013
2. ↑ Nomination for the Youth World Cup in Canada ev on Leichtathletik.de from June 24, 2003, accessed September 5, 2013
3. ↑ Medal Table 3rd IAAF World Youth Championships on the IAAF website, 9. – 13. July 2003, Sherbrooke, Canada, accessed September 5, 2013