2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics

The 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics was the third edition of the international athletics competition for youth (under-18) athletes organised by the IAAF. It was held in Sherbrooke, Canada from the 9–13 July at the Université de Sherbrooke Stadium.

2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Host cityCanada Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Events39
Dates9–13 July
Main venueUniversité de Sherbrooke Stadium
Host stadium in Sherbrooke.

Results

Boys

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresYahya Al-Gahes
 Saudi Arabia
10.69Yahya Hassan I. Habeeb
 Saudi Arabia
10.73Craig Pickering
 Great Britain
10.85
200 metresUsain Bolt
 Jamaica
20.40 CRMichael Grant
 United States
21.04Jamahl Alert
 Great Britain
21.35
400 metresNagmeldin Ali Abubakr
 Sudan
46.10 CRDemiko Goodman
 United States
46.42Željko Vincek
 Croatia
47.45
800 metresMohammed Al-Salhi
 Saudi Arabia
1:48.79 CRBernard Kiptanui
 Kenya
1:49.14Abraham Kipngetich
 Kenya
1:49.17
1500 metresBenson Marrianyi
 Kenya
3:44.94 PBSamson Kiplangat
 Kenya
3:45.13Isaac Mboyaza
 South Africa
3:48.05 PB
3000 metresAugustine Choge
 Kenya
7:52.53Tariku Bekele
 Ethiopia
7:54.71 PBShimelis Girma
 Ethiopia
7:55.12 PB
2000 m steeplechaseRonald Kipchumba
 Kenya
5:30.27 WYRJustus Kipchirchir
 Kenya
5:31.24 PBChris Winter
 Canada
5:44.23 PB
110 m hurdles 91.4 cmJason Richardson
 United States
13.29 WYLMubarak Al-Mabadi
 Saudi Arabia
13.41 PBAlexander John
 Germany
13.50 PB
400 m hurdles 84.0 cmJason Richardson
 United States
49.91 WYLWouter le Roux
 South Africa
50.85 PBJamaal Charles
 United States
51.48 PB
10,000 m track walkAleksandr Prokhorov
 Russia
42:16.16 CRMakoto Sawada
 Japan
42:17.62 PBVyacheslav Golovin
 Russia
42:37.15 SB
Medley relay  United States
Jay Cooper
Michael Grant
Jamaal Charles
Cedric Goodman
1:52.03 WYL  Poland
Dariusz Kuć
Kamil Witkowski
Rafał Błocian
Ziemowit Ryś
1:53.08 SB  Japan
Shinya Saburi
Kenji Fujimitsu
Naohiro Shinada
Go Tanabe
1:53.11 SB
High jumpMartin Gunther
 Germany
2.11Oleksandr Nartov
 Ukraine
2.11Hikaru Tsuchiya
 Japan
2.11
Pole vaultGermán Chiaraviglio
 Argentina
5.15Dmitry Starodubtsev
 Russia
5.10 PBSteven Lewis
 Great Britain
5.05 PB
Long jumpNaohiro Shinada
 Japan
7.61Yves Renaux
 France
7.44Andrejs Maskancevs
 Latvia
7.05
Triple jumpDennis Fernández
 Cuba
15.77Mousa Abdou Alkam Qarqaran
 Saudi Arabia
15.60 PBMohamed Abbas Darwish
 United Arab Emirates
15.55
Shot put 5 kgLiu Feng
 China
21.45 WYRKyle Helf
 Canada
20.79 PBAmeen Al-Aradi
 Saudi Arabia
19.69 PB
Discus throw 1.5 kgRonnie Buckley
 Australia
64.34 CRWu Jian
 China
63.18 PBYao-Hui Wang
 Chinese Taipei
60.00
Hammer throw 5 kgMikhail Levin
 Russia
76.41Kristóf Németh
 Hungary
75.59Sándor Pálhegyi
 Hungary
75.47 PB
Javelin throw 700 gJulio Cesar de Oliveira
 Brazil
81.16 CRJohn Robert Oosthuizen
 South Africa
81.07 PBRaldu Potgieter
 South Africa
75.56 PB
OctathlonAndrés Silva
 Uruguay
6456 WYRAndrei Krauchanka
 Belarus
6366Lukaš Patera
 Czech Republic
6316 PB

Girls

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresJessica Onyepunuka
 United States
11.31 CRKrystin Lacy
 United States
11.50Kelly-Ann Baptiste
 Trinidad and Tobago
11.58
200 metresAnneisha McLaughlin
 Jamaica
23.26Courtney Champion
 United States
23.56Cleo Tyson
 United States
23.67
400 metresNatasha Hastings
 United States
53.41Antonina Krivoshapka
 Russia
53.54 PBJaimee-Lee Hoebergen
 Australia
53.78 PB
800 metresMariya Shapaeva
 Russia
2:03.40 CROlga Cristea
 Moldova
2:04.30 PBLarisa Arcip
 Romania
2:04.31 PB
1500 metresAlem Techale
 Ethiopia
4:17.41 PBJelena Ština
 Latvia
4:17.43Joyce Jepkosgei Musungu
 Kenya
4:17.65 PB
3000 metresSiham Hilali
 Morocco
9:12.70 PBPasalia Kipkoech Chepkorir
 Kenya
9:13.77Yuko Nohara
 Japan
9:14.82
100 metres hurdles 76.2 cmSally McLellan
 Australia
13.42LaToya Greaves
 Jamaica
13.49Domenique Manning
 United States
13.60
400 metres hurdlesZuzana Hejnova
 Czech Republic
57.54 CRYekaterina Kostetskaya
 Russia
58.37Mackenzie Hill
 United States
59.15
5000 m track walkVera Sokolova
 Russia
22:50.23Ann Loughnane
 Ireland
23:37.00 PBNoriko Nishide
 Japan
23:50.69
Medley relay  United States
Jessica Onyepunuka
Alexandria Anderson
Krystin Lacy
Natasha Hastings
2:03.87 WYL  Jamaica
Samantha Henry-Robinson
Sherline Duncan
Sonita Sutherland
Anneisha McLaughlin
2:07.05 PB  Russia
Yelena Kremneva
Yelena Khvashchevskaya
Anastasiya Shuvalova
Antonina Krivoshapka
2:07.52 PB
High jumpIryna Kovalenko
 Ukraine
1.92 CRAnnett Engel
 Germany
Svetlana Shkolina
 Russia
1.86 PB
1.86
Pole vaultLisa Ryzih
 Germany
4.05Sviatlana Makarevich
 Belarus
4.00 PBCharmaine Lucock
 Australia
4.00 PB
Long jumpCristine Spataru
 Romania
6.41 CRDenisa Ščerbová
 Czech Republic
6.40 PBHanna Demydova
 Ukraine
6.15
Triple jumpCristine Spataru
 Romania
13.86 CRElina Sorsa
 Finland
12.95Aliki-Yvoni Askitopoulou
 Greece
12.93 PB
Shot putJiang Limin
 China
15.60 WYLMagdalena Sobieszek
 Poland
15.42 PBMarli Knoetze
 South Africa
15.10
Discus throwLisandra Rodriguez
 Cuba
48.56Julie Bennell
 Australia
48.32Kristina Gehrig
 Germany
48.31
Hammer throwValentina Srša
 Croatia
61.18Mariya Bespalova
 Russia
57.81Johanna Hoppe
 Germany
56.46
Javelin throwXue Juan
 China
56.82 CRBo-Ra Shin
 South Korea
53.74 PBVivian Zimmer
 Germany
52.20
HeptathlonMarisa De Aniceto
 France
5458Sarah Kern
 Germany
5445Marina Ponyarova
 Russia
5338 PB

Medals table

Jason Richardson of the United States won the 110/400m hurdles double.
Zuzana Hejnová won the gold for the Czech Republic in the women's 400 metres hurdles.
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)64414
2  Russia (RUS)45312
3  Kenya (KEN)3429
4  China (CHN)3104
5  Saudi Arabia (KSA)2316
6  Germany (GER)2248
7  Jamaica (JAM)2204
8  Australia (AUS)2125
9  Romania (ROM)2013
10  Cuba (CUB)2002
11  Japan (JPN)1146
12  Czech Republic (CZE)1113
 Ethiopia (ETH)1113
 Ukraine (UKR)1113
15  France (FRA)1102
16  Croatia (CRO)1012
17  Argentina (ARG)1001
 Brazil (BRA)1001
 Morocco (MAR)1001
 Sudan (SUD)1001
 Uruguay (URU)1001
22  South Africa (RSA)0235
23  Belarus (BLR)0202
 Poland (POL)0202
25  Canada (CAN)0112
 Hungary (HUN)0112
 Latvia (LAT)0112
28  Finland (FIN)0101
 Ireland (IRL)0101
 Moldova (MDA)0101
 South Korea (KOR)0101
32  Great Britain (GBR)0033
33  Chinese Taipei (TPE)0011
 Greece (GRE)0011
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)0011
 United Arab Emirates (UAE)0011
Totals (36 entries)394038117

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