2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

These are the official results of the men's decathlon competition at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris, France. With 20 participating athletes, including eight non-finishers, the competition is notable for having the lowest number of competitors in the World Championships history. The competition started on Monday 26 August 2003 and ended on Tuesday 27 August 2003.

Medalists

Gold Tom Pappas
United States (USA)
Silver Roman Šebrle
Czech Republic (CZE)
Bronze Dmitriy Karpov
Kazakhstan (KAZ)

Schedule

Monday, 26 August
  1. 100 m
  2. Long jump
  3. Shot put
  4. High jump
  5. 400 m
Tuesday, 27 August
  1. 110 m hurdles
  2. Discus throw
  3. Pole vault
  4. Javelin throw
  5. 1,500 m

Records

World record  Roman Šebrle (CZE)902627 May 2001 Götzis, Austria
Event record  Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)89027 August 2001 Edmonton, Canada

Results

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
RankAthleteDecathlonPoints
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 Tom Pappas (USA)10.807.6216.112.0947.5813.9946.945.1065.904:44.318750
 Roman Šebrle (CZE)11.007.6415.472.0647.9014.2547.474.8069.794:34.458634
 Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ)10.727.7515.512.1247.3313.9547.384.4047.534:37.708374
4  Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)11.037.2815.951.9450.0414.1545.474.5067.104:27.638242
5  Laurent Hernu (FRA)11.207.2213.992.0348.9514.1546.134.9059.634:28.388218
6  Lev Lobodin (RUS)10.997.0815.431.9749.5414.3648.365.0056.504:34.638198
7  Qi Haifeng (CHN)11.307.3912.852.0048.7314.4046.724.8059.984:25.408126
8  André Niklaus (GER)11.197.2113.871.9749.9514.5042.685.1057.554:28.848020
9  Claston Bernard (JAM)10.917.2215.392.0349.3114.7643.474.3059.474:34.498000
10  Vitaliy Smirnov (UZB)11.106.9813.891.9748.9814.9842.704.5062.694:24.687897
11  Chiel Warners (NED)10.957.5514.131.9148.9414.7241.494.5054.874:51.357753
12  Paul Terek (USA)10.997.1415.302.0348.75DSQ45.725.3061.144:30.777503
 Aleksandr Pogorelov (RUS)11.167.2215.212.0650.4914.2844.594.90DNSDNF
 Paolo Casarsa (ITA)11.466.6914.571.9451.6314.5436.21NMDNSDNF
 Attila Zsivoczky (HUN)11.326.7614.352.0949.79DNSDNF
 Bryan Clay (USA)10.507.7015.051.97DNFDNF
 Kristjan Rahnu (EST)10.857.1815.551.97DSQDNF
 Hamdi Dhouibi (TUN)10.836.9613.13DNSDNF
 Erki Nool (EST)11.096.7814.14DNSDNF
 Jón Arnar Magnússon (ISL)11.116.1515.29DNSDNF

See also

References