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Encyclopedia > 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 9th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham,UK between 14 March and 16 March 2003. The National Indoor Arena (opened in 1991) is situated in Birmingham, England is the countrys leading indoor sports arena as well as being host to many other events such as music concerts. ... This article is about the city in England. ... March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


It was the first time the Championships had been held in the UK.

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Results

Men

1999 |2001 |2003 |2004 |2006 | The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between August 3 and August 12 and was the first time the event had visited North America. ... The 10th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Budapest Arena, Hungary between March 5 and March 7, 2004. ... The 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations will be held in Moscow, Russia during March 2006 in the Olimpiyski Sport Complex. ...

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
60 m Justin Gatlin
USA
6.46 Kim Collins
ST Kitts and Nevis
6.53 Jason Gardener
Great Britain
6.55
200 m Marlon Devonish
Great Britain
20.62 Joseph Batangdon
Cameroon
20.76 Dominic Demeritte
Bahamas
20.92
400 m Tyree Washington
USA
45.34 Daniel Caines
Great Britain
45.43 Paul McKee, Ireland and
Jamie Baulch, Great Britain
45.99
800 m David Krummenacker
USA
1:45.69 Wilson Kipketer
Denmark
1:45.87 Wilfred Bungei
Kenya
1:46.54
1500 m Driss Maazouzi
France
3:42.59 Bernard Lagat
Kenya
3:42.62 Abdelkader Hachlaf
Morocco
3:42.71
3000 m Haile Gabrselasie
Ethiopia
7:40.97 Alberto Garcia
Spain
7:42.08 Luke Kipkosgei
Kenya
7:42.56
60 m Hurdles Allen Johnson
USA
7.47 Anier Garcia
Cuba
7.49 Liu Xiang
China
7.52
High Jump Stefan Holm
Sweden
2.35 Yaroslav Rybakov
Russia
2.33 Gennadiy Moroz
Belarus
2.30
Pole Vault Tim Lobinger
Germany
5.80 Michael Stolle
Germany
5.75 Rens Blom
Netherlands
5.75
Long Jump Dwight Phillips
USA
8.29 Yago Lamela
Spain
8.28 Miguel Pate
UAS
8.21
Triple Jump Christian Olsson
Sweden
17.70 Walter Davis
USA
17.35 Yoelbi Quesada
Cuba
17.27
Shot Put Manuel Martinez
Spain
21.24 John Godina
USA
21.23 Yuriy Bilonog
Ukraine
21.13
4 x 400 m Relay USA
James Davis, Jerome Young,
Milton Campbell, Tyree Washington
3:04.09 Jamaica
Leroy Coloquhoun, Danny McFarlane,
Michael Blackwood, Davian Clarke
3:04.21 Great Britain
Jamie Baulch, Tim Benjamin,
Cori Henry, Daniel Caines
3:06.12
Heptathlon Tom Pappas
USA
6361 Lev Lobodin
Russia
6297 Roman Šebrle
Czech Republic
6196

Justin Gatlin (born February 10, 1982) is an American athlete. ... Kim Collins (born April 5, 1976) is a sprinter from Saint Kitts and Nevis. ... Jason Gardener (born September 18, 1975 in Bath, England) is a sprint athlete. ... Marlon Devonish (born 1 June 1976 in Coventry, England, UK) is a British sprint athlete. ... Tyree Washington (born: August 28, 1974) in Riverside, California, United States of America is an African American athlete. ... Jamie Baulch (born: May 3, 1973) in Nottingham, England is a British sprint athlete. ... Wilson Kipketer (born December 12, 1972 in Kapchemoyiwo, Kenya into the Kalenjin tribe) is a middle distance runner. ... Bernard Kipchirchir Lagat (born: December 12, 1974 in Kapsabet Kenya) is a middle and long distance athlete. ... Allen K. Johnson (born March 1, 1971) is a hurdling athlete and won Olympic Gold in the 110 m hurdles at the 1996 games in Atlanta, Georgia. ... Anier García Ortiz (b. ... This is a Chinese name; the family name is Liu. ... Gold medal winner Ethel Catherwood of Canada scissors over the bar at the 1928 Summer Olympics The high jump is an athletics/track and field event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights. ... Stefan Holm (born May 25, 1976) is a Swedish high jumper and an olympic gold medalist. ... Pole vaulting is an athletics event where competitors use a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar, similar to the high jump, but at much greater heights. ... The long jump (formerly called broad jump) is an athletic (track and field) event in which athletes attempt to land as far from their take-off points as possible. ... Dwight Phillips (born: October 1, 1977 in Decatur, Georgia, USA) is an athlete who specialises in the long jump. ... The triple jump is an athletics (track and field) event, previously also known as hop, step and jump, whose various names describe the actions a competitor takes. ... Christian Olsson (born January 25, 1980) is a Swedish athlete and triple jumper from Gothenburg. ... Shot put The shot put is an athletics (track and field) event involving putting (throwing in a pushing motion) a heavy metal ball, also called the shot, as far as possible. ... There is more than one person called James , Jim or Jimmy Davis: James Davis (VC) Jim Davis, the cartoonist of Garfield Jim Davis, the actor (Dallas) Jim Davis, the Congressman from Florida Jimmie Davis, singer and governer of Louisiana Jimmy Davis, Manchester United footballer Jim Davis (Musician), Frontman of The... Jerome Young (born: August 14, 1976) in Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America, is a sprint athlete. ... Tyree Washington (born: August 28, 1974) in Riverside, California, United States of America is an African American athlete. ... Jamie Baulch (born: May 3, 1973) in Nottingham, England is a British sprint athlete. ... Roman Å ebrle (born 26 November 1974 in LanÅ¡kroun) is an athlete from the Czech Republic. ...

Women

1999 |2001 |2003 |2004 |2006 | The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between August 3 and August 12 and was the first time the event had visited North America. ... The 10th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Budapest Arena, Hungary between March 5 and March 7, 2004. ... The 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations will be held in Moscow, Russia during March 2006 in the Olimpiyski Sport Complex. ...

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
60 m Zhanna Block
Ukraine
7.04 Angela Williams
USA
7.16 Torri Edwards
USA
7.17
200 m Michelle Collins
USA
22.18 Muriel Hurtis
France
22.54 Anastasiya Kapachinskaya
Russia
22.80
400 m Natalya Nazarova
Russia
50.83 Christine Amertil
Bahamas
51.11 Grit Breuer Germany
51.13
800 m Maria Mutola
USA
1:58.94 Stephi Graff
1:59.39 Mayte Martínez
1:59.53
1500 m Regina Jacobs
USA
4:01.76 Kelly Holmes
Great Britain
4:02.66 Yelaterina Rozenberg
Russia
4:02.80
3000 m Berhane Adere
Ethiopia
8:40.25 Marta Domínguez
Spain
8:42.12 Meseret Defar
Ethiopia
8:42.58
60 m Hurdles Gail Devers
USA
7.81 Glory Alozie
Spain
7.90 Melissa Morrison-Howard
USA
7.92
High Jump Kajsa Bergqvist
Sweden
2.01 Yelena Yelesina
Russia
1.99 Anna Chicherova
Russia
1.99
Pole Vault Svetlana Feofanova
Russia
4.80 WR Yelena Isinbayeva
Russia
4.60 Monika Pyrek
Poland
4.45
Long Jump Tatyana Kotova
Russia
6.84 Inessa Kravets
Ukraine
6.72 Higa Maggi Maurren
Brazil
6.70
Triple Jump Ashia Hansen
Great Britain
15.01 Françoise Mbango Etone
Cameroon
14.88 Kéné Ndoye
Senegal
14.72
Shot Put Irina Korzhanenko
Russia
20.55 Nadezhda Ostapchuk
Belarus
20.31 Astrid Kumbernuss
Germany
19.86
4 x 400 m Relay Russia
Natalya Antyukh, Yuliya Pechonkina,
Olesya Zykina, Natalya Nazarova
3:28.45 Jamaica
Ronetta Smith, Catherine Scott,
Sheryl Morgan, Sandie Richards
3:31.23 United States
Monique Hennagan, Meghan Addy,
Brenda Taylor, Mary Danner
3:31.69
Pentathlon Carolina Klüft
Sweden
4933 Natalya Sazanovich
Belarus
4715 Marie Collonvillé
France
4644

Michelle Collins (born May 28, 1963) is a British actress best known for her roles on television in EastEnders and Sunburn. ... Muriel Hurtis is a French athlete born on March 25, 1979 at Bondy, France. ... Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (born: November 20, 1979 in Moscow, Russia) is a sprint athlete. ... Natalya Nazarova (born: May 24, 1979 in Moscow, Russia. ... Maria de Lurdes Mutola (born October 27, 1972 in Maputo) is an athlete from Mozambique who has specialised in the 800 m. ... Dame Kelly Holmes Dame Kelly Holmes (born: April 19, 1970) is a British middle distance athlete. ... Meseret Defar is a female athlete from Ethiopia. ... Yolanda Gail Devers (born November 19, 1966 in Seattle, Washington, USA) is a two-time Olympic 100 m champion in athletics for the US Olympic Team. ... Gold medal winner Ethel Catherwood of Canada scissors over the bar at the 1928 Summer Olympics The high jump is an athletics/track and field event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights. ... Kajsa Bergqvist (born October 12, 1976) is a Swedish high jumper. ... Pole vaulting is an athletics event where competitors use a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar, similar to the high jump, but at much greater heights. ... Svetlana Feofanova (Russian: Светлана Евгеньевна Феофанова; born 16 July 1980) in Moscow, she is a Russian pole vaulter. ... Yelena Isinbayeva (born June 3, 1982) is a Russian pole vaulter. ... The long jump (formerly called broad jump) is an athletic (track and field) event in which athletes attempt to land as far from their take-off points as possible. ... The Ukrainian triple jumper Inessa Kravets (Інеса Кравець, born October 5, 1966) jumped the world record at the 1995 world championships after studying a picture of Jonathan Edwards. ... The triple jump is an athletics (track and field) event, previously also known as hop, step and jump, whose various names describe the actions a competitor takes. ... Ashia Hansen (born 5 December 1971 in Evansville, Indiana, USA) is an athlete who is considered Britains greatest-ever female triple jumper. ... Françoise Mbango Etone (born April 14, 1976) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for the Cameroon. ... Shot put The shot put is an athletics (track and field) event involving putting (throwing in a pushing motion) a heavy metal ball, also called the shot, as far as possible. ... Natalya Nazarova (born: May 24, 1979 in Moscow, Russia. ... Sandie Richards (born November 6, 1968 in Clarendon Park, Jamaica) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for the Jamaica. ... Carolina Evelyn Klüft (born February 2, 1983 in BorÃ¥s) is a Swedish athlete competing in heptathlon. ...

Medals table

Position: Nation: Gold: Silver: Bronze: Total:
1. United States United States 10 3 4 17
2. Russia Russia 5 4 3 12
3. Sweden Sweden 4 0 0 4
4. United Kingdom United Kingdom 2 2 3 7
5. Ethiopia Ethiopia 2 0 1 3
6. Spain Spain 1 4 1 6
7. Germany Germany 1 1 2 4
8. France France 1 1 1 3
8. Ukraine Ukraine 1 1 1 3
10. Mozambique Mozambique 1 0 0 1
11. Belarus Belarus 0 2 1 3
12. Cameroon Cameroon 0 2 0 2
12. Jamaica Jamaica 0 2 0 2
14. Kenya Kenya 0 1 2 3
15. Bahamas Bahamas 0 1 1 2
15. Cuba Cuba 0 1 1 2
17. Austria Austria 0 1 0 1
17. Denmark Denmark 0 1 0 1
17. Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 1 0 1
20. Brazil Brazil 0 0 1 1
20. Czech Republic Czech Republic 0 0 1 1
20. Ireland Ireland 0 0 1 1
20. Morocco Morocco 0 0 1 1
20. Netherlands Netherlands 0 0 1 1
20. Poland Poland 0 0 1 1
20.  China, People's Republic of 0 0 1 1
20. Senegal Senegal 0 0 1 1


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The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics (known in the US as track and field). It was founded in 1912 at its first Congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation. ... The World Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations. ... The inaugural World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between August 7 and August 14. ... The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6. ... The 3rd World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan between August 23 and September 1. ... The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, Stuttgart, Germany between August 13 and August 22. ... The 1995 World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden between August 5 and August 13. ... The 1997 World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10. ... The 7th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29. ... The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between August 3 and August 12 and was the first time the event had visited North America. ... The 9th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held from August 23 to August 31, 2003 in the Stade de France in Saint Denis, Paris, France. ... Day Two (Aug 7th) Preview Helsinki Olympic Stadium during 2005 World Championships in Athletics 20 km walk in Mannerheimintie street in Helsinki, August 6, 2005 The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, will once again be held in the Olympic Stadium... The International Association of Athletics Federations World Indoor Championships were inaugurated as the World Indoor Games in 1985 in Paris, France and were subsequently renamed in 1987 as they are known today. ... The 10th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Budapest Arena, Hungary between March 5 and March 7, 2004. ... The 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations will be held in Moscow, Russia during March 2006 in the Olimpiyski Sport Complex. ...

External Link

  • IAAF 2003 World Indoor Championships in Athletics Official Website

  Results from FactBites:
 
IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (444 words)
They have been held every two years except for when they were held in consecutive years 2003 and 2004 to facilitate the need for them to be held in alternate years to the main IAAF World Championships (outdoors) in the future.
The 200 m was absent from the 2006 championships in Moscow, as in recent years it has become too predictable.
In their short history the championships have seen Mozambique's Maria Mutola claim an incredible 6 gold medals in the women's 800 m from 1993 to 2004, her only defeat coming at the hands of Ludmila Formanová of the Czech Republic in 1999 in a championship record of 1 minute 56.9 seconds that still stands.
American Track and Field -- Regional News Article (1035 words)
The 1992 and '96 Olympic gold medalist in the 100m dash, Devers was the World Championships silver medalist in the hurdles in 1991 and 2001.
She is coming off of a phenomenal 2003 indoor campaign, where she twice broke the American record in the 60m hurdles (best of 7.74 at the USA Indoor Championships semifinals) and won her first World Indoor title in the event.
The 1997 World Indoor 400m gold medalist, Miles-Clark is a two-time World Outdoors bronze medalist in the 400 ('95, '97), four-time U.S. 400-meter champion and three-time U.S. 800m champion.
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