2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics

2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics

Host city	Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Events	39
Dates	9–13 July
Main venue	Université de Sherbrooke Stadium

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.

Host stadium in Sherbrooke.

Results

Boys

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Yahya Al-Gahes Saudi Arabia	10.69	Yahya Hassan I. Habeeb Saudi Arabia	10.73	Craig Pickering Great Britain	10.85
200 metres	Usain Bolt Jamaica	20.40 CR	Michael Grant United States	21.04	Jamahl Alert Great Britain	21.35
400 metres	Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr Sudan	46.10 CR	Demiko Goodman United States	46.42	Željko Vincek Croatia	47.45
800 metres	Mohammed Al-Salhi Saudi Arabia	1:48.79 CR	Bernard Kiptanui Kenya	1:49.14	Abraham Kipngetich Kenya	1:49.17
1500 metres	Benson Marrianyi Kenya	3:44.94 PB	Samson Kiplangat Kenya	3:45.13	Isaac Mboyaza South Africa	3:48.05 PB
3000 metres	Augustine Choge Kenya	7:52.53	Tariku Bekele Ethiopia	7:54.71 PB	Shimelis Girma Ethiopia	7:55.12 PB
2000 m steeplechase	Ronald Kipchumba Kenya	5:30.27 WYR	Justus Kipchirchir Kenya	5:31.24 PB	Chris Winter Canada	5:44.23 PB
110 m hurdles 91.4 cm	Jason Richardson United States	13.29 WYL	Mubarak Al-Mabadi Saudi Arabia	13.41 PB	Alexander John Germany	13.50 PB
400 m hurdles 84.0 cm	Jason Richardson United States	49.91 WYL	Wouter le Roux South Africa	50.85 PB	Jamaal Charles United States	51.48 PB
10,000 m track walk	Aleksandr Prokhorov Russia	42:16.16 CR	Makoto Sawada Japan	42:17.62 PB	Vyacheslav 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 jump	Martin Gunther Germany	2.11	Oleksandr Nartov Ukraine	2.11	Hikaru Tsuchiya Japan	2.11
Pole vault	Germán Chiaraviglio Argentina	5.15	Dmitry Starodubtsev Russia	5.10 PB	Steven Lewis Great Britain	5.05 PB
Long jump	Naohiro Shinada Japan	7.61	Yves Renaux France	7.44	Andrejs Maskancevs Latvia	7.05
Triple jump	Dennis Fernández Cuba	15.77	Mousa Abdou Alkam Qarqaran Saudi Arabia	15.60 PB	Mohamed Abbas Darwish United Arab Emirates	15.55
Shot put 5 kg	Liu Feng China	21.45 WYR	Kyle Helf Canada	20.79 PB	Ameen Al-Aradi Saudi Arabia	19.69 PB
Discus throw 1.5 kg	Ronnie Buckley Australia	64.34 CR	Wu Jian China	63.18 PB	Yao-Hui Wang Chinese Taipei	60.00
Hammer throw 5 kg	Mikhail Levin Russia	76.41	Kristóf Németh Hungary	75.59	Sándor Pálhegyi Hungary	75.47 PB
Javelin throw 700 g	Julio Cesar de Oliveira Brazil	81.16 CR	John Robert Oosthuizen South Africa	81.07 PB	Raldu Potgieter South Africa	75.56 PB
Octathlon	Andrés Silva Uruguay	6456 WYR	Andrei Krauchanka Belarus	6366	Lukaš Patera Czech Republic	6316 PB

Girls

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Jessica Onyepunuka United States	11.31 CR	Krystin Lacy United States	11.50	Kelly-Ann Baptiste Trinidad and Tobago	11.58
200 metres	Anneisha McLaughlin Jamaica	23.26	Courtney Champion United States	23.56	Cleo Tyson United States	23.67
400 metres	Natasha Hastings United States	53.41	Antonina Krivoshapka Russia	53.54 PB	Jaimee-Lee Hoebergen Australia	53.78 PB
800 metres	Mariya Shapaeva Russia	2:03.40 CR	Olga Cristea Moldova	2:04.30 PB	Larisa Arcip Romania	2:04.31 PB
1500 metres	Alem Techale Ethiopia	4:17.41 PB	Jelena Ština Latvia	4:17.43	Joyce Jepkosgei Musungu Kenya	4:17.65 PB
3000 metres	Siham Hilali Morocco	9:12.70 PB	Pasalia Kipkoech Chepkorir Kenya	9:13.77	Yuko Nohara Japan	9:14.82
100 metres hurdles 76.2 cm	Sally McLellan Australia	13.42	LaToya Greaves Jamaica	13.49	Domenique Manning United States	13.60
400 metres hurdles	Zuzana Hejnova Czech Republic	57.54 CR	Yekaterina Kostetskaya Russia	58.37	Mackenzie Hill United States	59.15
5000 m track walk	Vera Sokolova Russia	22:50.23	Ann Loughnane Ireland	23:37.00 PB	Noriko 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 jump	Iryna Kovalenko Ukraine	1.92 CR	Annett Engel Germany Svetlana Shkolina Russia	1.86 PB 1.86	–
Pole vault	Lisa Ryzih Germany	4.05	Sviatlana Makarevich Belarus	4.00 PB	Charmaine Lucock Australia	4.00 PB
Long jump	Cristine Spataru Romania	6.41 CR	Denisa Ščerbová Czech Republic	6.40 PB	Hanna Demydova Ukraine	6.15
Triple jump	Cristine Spataru Romania	13.86 CR	Elina Sorsa Finland	12.95	Aliki-Yvoni Askitopoulou Greece	12.93 PB
Shot put	Jiang Limin China	15.60 WYL	Magdalena Sobieszek Poland	15.42 PB	Marli Knoetze South Africa	15.10
Discus throw	Lisandra Rodriguez Cuba	48.56	Julie Bennell Australia	48.32	Kristina Gehrig Germany	48.31
Hammer throw	Valentina Srša Croatia	61.18	Mariya Bespalova Russia	57.81	Johanna Hoppe Germany	56.46
Javelin throw	Xue Juan China	56.82 CR	Bo-Ra Shin South Korea	53.74 PB	Vivian Zimmer Germany	52.20
Heptathlon	Marisa De Aniceto France	5458	Sarah Kern Germany	5445	Marina 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.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	6	4	4	14
2	Russia (RUS)	4	5	3	12
3	Kenya (KEN)	3	4	2	9
4	China (CHN)	3	1	0	4
5	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	2	3	1	6
6	Germany (GER)	2	2	4	8
7	Jamaica (JAM)	2	2	0	4
8	Australia (AUS)	2	1	2	5
9	Romania (ROM)	2	0	1	3
10	Cuba (CUB)	2	0	0	2
11	Japan (JPN)	1	1	4	6
12	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	1	1	3
	Ethiopia (ETH)	1	1	1	3
	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	1	3
15	France (FRA)	1	1	0	2
16	Croatia (CRO)	1	0	1	2
17	Argentina (ARG)	1	0	0	1
	Brazil (BRA)	1	0	0	1
	Morocco (MAR)	1	0	0	1
	Sudan (SUD)	1	0	0	1
	Uruguay (URU)	1	0	0	1
22	South Africa (RSA)	0	2	3	5
23	Belarus (BLR)	0	2	0	2
	Poland (POL)	0	2	0	2
25	Canada (CAN)	0	1	1	2
	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	1	2
	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	1	2
28	Finland (FIN)	0	1	0	1
	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	0	1
	Moldova (MDA)	0	1	0	1
	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	0	1
32	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	3	3
33	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	1	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	0	0	1	1
	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (36 entries)		39	40	38	117

References

• Official results