View source for 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships

{{EngvarB|date=October 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox Athletics Championships
|Name =9th IAAF World Indoor Championships
|Logo = Birmingham 2003 logo.jpg
|Size = 250
|Host city =[[Birmingham]], United Kingdom
|Optional caption = 
|Nations participating = 131
|Athletes participating = 583
|Events = 28
|Dates = 14–16 March
|Stadium = [[National Indoor Arena]]
|Previous = [[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2001 Lisbon]]
|Next = [[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2004 Budapest]]
}}

The '''9th [[IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics]]''' were held in the [[National Indoor Arena]] in [[Birmingham]], United Kingdom from 14 to 16 March 2003. It was the first time the Championships had been held in the UK. There were a total number of 589 participating athletes from 133 countries.<ref name=Countries>[http://www.iaaf.org/WIC10/news/kind=100/newsid=55746.html Record breaking gathering expected in Doha – 150 countries confirm participation]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved 4 March 2010.</ref>

==Results==
===Men===
[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships#Men|1999]] | [[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships#Men|2001]] | 2003 | [[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships#Men|2004]] | [[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships#Men|2006]]
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|60 m<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Justin Gatlin]]|USA}}||6.46
|{{flagmedalist|[[Kim Collins]]|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} ||6.53
|{{flagmedalist|[[Jason Gardener]]|GBR}}||6.55
|-
|200 m<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Marlon Devonish]]|GBR}}||20.62
|{{flagmedalist|[[Joseph Batangdon]]|CMR}}||20.76
|{{flagmedalist|[[Dominic Demeritte]]|BAH}}||20.92
|-
|rowspan="2"|400 m<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres}}
|rowspan="2"|{{flagmedalist|[[Tyree Washington]]|USA}}||rowspan="2"|45.34
|rowspan="2"|{{flagmedalist|[[Daniel Caines]]|GBR}}||rowspan="2"|45.43
|{{flagmedalist|[[Paul McKee (sprinter)|Paul McKee]]|IRL}}||rowspan="2"|45.99
|-
|{{flagmedalist|[[Jamie Baulch]]|GBR}}
|-
|800 m<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[David Krummenacker]]|USA}}||1:45.69
|{{flagmedalist|[[Wilson Kipketer]]|DEN}}||1:45.87
|{{flagmedalist|[[Wilfred Bungei]]|KEN}}||1:46.54
|-
|1500 m<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Driss Maazouzi]]|FRA}}||3:42.59
|{{flagmedalist|[[Bernard Lagat]]|KEN}}||3:42.62
|{{flagmedalist|[[Abdelkader Hachlaf]]|MAR}}||3:42.71
|-
|3000 m<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Haile Gebrselassie]]|ETH|1996}}||7:40.97
|{{flagmedalist|[[Alberto García (athlete)|Alberto García]]|ESP}}||7:42.08
|{{flagmedalist|[[Luke Kipkosgei]]|KEN}}||7:42.56
|-
|60 m hurdles<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Allen Johnson]]|USA}}||7.47
|{{flagmedalist|[[Anier García]]|CUB}}||7.49
|{{flagmedalist|[[Liu Xiang (hurdler)|Liu Xiang]]|CHN}}||7.52
|-
|4 × 400 m relay<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay}}
|{{flagteam|JAM}}<br>[[Leroy Colquhoun]]<br>[[Danny McFarlane]]<br>[[Michael Blackwood (sprinter)|Michael Blackwood]]<br>[[Davian Clarke]]<br>[[Kemel Thompson]]*||3:04.21<sup>'''1'''</sup><br>(NR)
|{{flagteam|GBR}}<br>[[Jamie Baulch]]<br>[[Timothy Benjamin]]<br>[[Cori Henry]]<br>[[Daniel Caines]]<br>[[Mark Hylton (sprinter)|Mark Hylton]]*<br>[[Jared Deacon]]*||3:06.12
|{{flagteam|POL}}<br>[[Rafał Wieruszewski]]<br>[[Grzegorz Zajączkowski]]<br>[[Marcin Marciniszyn]]<br>[[Marek Plawgo]]<br>[[Artur Gąsiewski]]*<br>[[Piotr Rysiukiewicz]]*||3:06.61
|-
|High jump<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Stefan Holm]]|SWE}}||2.35
|{{flagmedalist|[[Yaroslav Rybakov]]|RUS}}||2.33
|{{flagmedalist|[[Gennadiy Moroz]]|BLR}}||2.30
|-
|Pole vault<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Tim Lobinger]]|GER}}||5.80
|{{flagmedalist|[[Michael Stolle]]|GER}}||5.75
|{{flagmedalist|[[Rens Blom]]|NED}}||5.75<br><small>(NR)</small>
|-
|Long jump<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Dwight Phillips]]|USA}}||8.29
|{{flagmedalist|[[Yago Lamela]]|ESP}}||8.28
|{{flagmedalist|[[Miguel Pate]]|USA}}||8.21
|-
|Triple jump<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Christian Olsson]]|SWE}}||17.70
|{{flagmedalist|[[Walter Davis (athletics)|Walter Davis]]|USA}}||17.35
|{{flagmedalist|[[Yoelbi Quesada]]|CUB}}||17.27
|-
|Shot put<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez|Manuel Martínez]]|ESP}}||21.24
|{{flagmedalist|[[John Godina]]|USA}}||21.23
|{{flagmedalist|[[Yuriy Bilonog]]|UKR}}||21.13
|-
|Heptathlon<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Tom Pappas]]|USA}}||6361
|{{flagmedalist|[[Lev Lobodin]]|RUS}}||6297
|{{flagmedalist|[[Roman Šebrle]]|CZE}}||6196
|-
|}
<sup>'''1'''</sup> The United States ([[James Davis (athlete)|James Davis]], [[Jerome Young]], [[Milton Campbell]], and [[Tyree Washington]]; [[Derrick Brew]] ran in the heats) originally won gold in 3:04.09, but were disqualified after Young tested positive for steroids in 2004.<ref>IAAF: ''[http://www.iaaf.org/antidoping/news/newsid=49468.html Jerome Young is stripped of 2003 World Championship 400m gold].'' 24 February 2009</ref>

===Women===
[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships#Women|1999]] | [[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships#Women|2001]] | 2003 | [[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships#Women|2004]] | [[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships#Women|2006]]
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|60 m<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Angela Williams (sprinter born 1980)|Angela Williams]]|USA}} <sup>'''1'''</sup> ||7.16
|{{flagmedalist|[[Torri Edwards]]|USA}} ||7.17
|{{flagmedalist|[[Merlene Ottey]]|SLO}} ||7.20
|-
|200 m<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Muriel Hurtis]]|FRA}} <sup>'''2'''</sup>||22.54
|{{flagmedalist|[[Anastasiya Kapachinskaya]]|RUS}} ||22.80
|{{flagmedalist|[[Juliet Campbell (Jamaican sprinter)|Juliet Campbell]]|JAM}} ||22.81
|-
|400 m<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Natalya Nazarova]]|RUS}} ||50.83
|{{flagmedalist|[[Christine Amertil]]|BAH}} ||51.11
|{{flagmedalist|[[Grit Breuer]]|GER}} ||51.13
|-
|800 m<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Maria Mutola]]|MOZ}} ||1:58.94
|{{flagmedalist|[[Stephanie Graf]]|AUT}} ||1:59.39
|{{flagmedalist|[[Mayte Martínez]]|ESP}} ||1:59.53
|-
|1500 m<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Regina Jacobs]]|USA}} ||4:01.76
|{{flagmedalist|[[Kelly Holmes]]|GBR}} ||4:02.66
|{{flagmedalist|[[Yekaterina Rozenberg]]|RUS}} ||4:02.80
|-
|3000 m<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Berhane Adere]]|ETH|1996}} ||8:40.25
|{{flagmedalist|[[Marta Domínguez]]|ESP}} ||8:42.12
|{{flagmedalist|[[Meseret Defar]]|ETH|1996}} ||8:42.58
|-
|60 m hurdles<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Gail Devers]]|USA}} ||7.81
|{{flagmedalist|[[Glory Alozie]]|ESP}} ||7.90
|{{flagmedalist|[[Melissa Morrison-Howard|Melissa Morrison]]|USA}} ||7.92
|-
|4 × 400 m relay <br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay}}
|{{flagteam|RUS}}<br>[[Natalya Antyukh]]<br>[[Yuliya Pechonkina]]<br>[[Olesya Zykina]]<br>[[Natalya Nazarova]]||3:28.45
|{{flagteam|JAM}}<br>[[Ronetta Smith]]<br>[[Catherine Scott (athlete)|Catherine Scott]]<br>[[Sheryl Morgan]]<br>[[Sandie Richards]]||3:31.23
|{{flagteam|USA}}<br>[[Monique Hennagan]]<br>[[Meghan Addy]]<br>[[Brenda Taylor (athlete)|Brenda Taylor]]<br>[[Mary Danner]]||3:31.69
|-
|High jump<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Kajsa Bergqvist]]|SWE}} ||2.01
|{{flagmedalist|[[Yelena Yelesina]]|RUS}} ||1.99
|{{flagmedalist|[[Anna Chicherova]]|RUS}} ||1.99
|-
|Pole vault<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Svetlana Feofanova]]|RUS}} ||4.80<br><small>('''WR''')</small>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Yelena Isinbayeva]]|RUS}} ||4.60
|{{flagmedalist|[[Monika Pyrek]]|POL}} ||4.45
|-
|Long jump<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Tatyana Kotova]]|RUS}} ||6.84
|{{flagmedalist|[[Inessa Kravets]]|UKR}} ||6.72
|{{flagmedalist|[[Maurren Higa Maggi|Maurren Maggi]]|BRA}} ||6.70
|-
|Triple jump<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Ashia Hansen]]|GBR}} ||15.01
|{{flagmedalist|[[Françoise Mbango Etone]]|CMR}} ||14.88<br>(NR)
|{{flagmedalist|[[Kéné Ndoye]]|SEN}} ||14.72
|-
|Shot put<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Irina Korzhanenko]]|RUS}} ||20.55
|{{flagmedalist|[[Nadzeya Astapchuk]]|BLR}} ||20.31
|{{flagmedalist|[[Astrid Kumbernuss]]|GER}} ||19.86
|-
|Pentathlon<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Carolina Klüft]]|SWE}} ||4933
|{{flagmedalist|[[Natalya Sazanovich]]|BLR}} ||4715
|{{flagmedalist|[[Marie Collonvillé]]|FRA}} ||4644
|-
|}
<sup>1</sup> [[Zhanna Block]] of Ukraine originally won the 60 m in 7.04, but was disqualified in 2011 for doping offences.<ref name=IAAF2012112>{{Cite news|url=http://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=b844cdf7-b52b-4fdc-abd4-4727202b92a3.pdf&urlslug=List%20of%20athletes%20currently%20serving%20a%20period%20of%20ineligibility%20as%20a%20result%20of%20an%20anti-doping%20rule%20violation%20under%20IAAF%20Rules|publisher=[[IAAF]]|title=List of athletes currently serving a period of ineligibility as a result of an anti-doping rule violation under IAAF Rules|date=2 November 2012|access-date=17 November 2012}}</ref><ref>IAAF: [http://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/2003/9th-iaaf-world-indoor-championships-2959/women/60-metres/final/result Viewing IAAF World Indoor Championships > 9th IAAF World Indoor Championships > 60 Metres – women], iaaf.org</ref>
<br>
<sup>'''2'''</sup> [[Michelle Collins (athlete)|Michelle Collins]] of the USA originally won the 200 m in 22.18, but was disqualified in 2005 due to the BALCO scandal.

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = 
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_USA = 9 | silver_USA = 3 | bronze_USA = 3
 | gold_RUS = 5 | silver_RUS = 5 | bronze_RUS = 2
 | gold_SWE = 4 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 0
 | gold_GBR = 2 | silver_GBR = 3 | bronze_GBR = 2
 | gold_ETH = 2 | silver_ETH = 0 | bronze_ETH = 1 | name_ETH = {{flagteam|ETH|1996}}
 | gold_FRA = 2 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 1
 | gold_ESP = 1 | silver_ESP = 4 | bronze_ESP = 1
 | gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 2
 | gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 1 | bronze_UKR = 1
 | gold_JAM = 1 | silver_JAM = 1 | bronze_JAM = 1
 | gold_MOZ = 1 | silver_MOZ = 0 | bronze_MOZ = 0
 | gold_BLR = 0 | silver_BLR = 2 | bronze_BLR = 1
 | gold_CMR = 0 | silver_CMR = 2 | bronze_CMR = 0
 | gold_KEN = 0 | silver_KEN = 1 | bronze_KEN = 2
 | gold_BAH = 0 | silver_BAH = 1 | bronze_BAH = 1
 | gold_CUB = 0 | silver_CUB = 1 | bronze_CUB = 1
 | gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 1 | bronze_AUT = 0
 | gold_DEN = 0 | silver_DEN = 1 | bronze_DEN = 0
 | gold_SKN = 0 | silver_SKN = 1 | bronze_SKN = 0
 | gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 2
 | gold_BRA = 0 | silver_BRA = 0 | bronze_BRA = 1
 | gold_CZE = 0 | silver_CZE = 0 | bronze_CZE = 1
 | gold_IRL = 0 | silver_IRL = 0 | bronze_IRL = 1
 | gold_MAR = 0 | silver_MAR = 0 | bronze_MAR = 1
 | gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 0 | bronze_NED = 1
 | gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 0 | bronze_CHN = 1
 | gold_SEN = 0 | silver_SEN = 0 | bronze_SEN = 1
 | gold_SVN = 0 | silver_SVN = 0 | bronze_SVN = 1
}}

==Participating nations==
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
*{{ALB}} (2)
*{{ALG}} (4)
*{{ATG}} (1)
*{{ARM}} (1)
*{{ARU}} (1)
*{{flagu|Australia}} (5)
*{{AUT}} (7)
*{{AZE}} (1)
*{{BAH}} (10)
*{{BHR}} (1)
*{{BAR}} (1)
*{{BLR}} (9)
*{{flagu|Belgium}} (2)
*{{BOL}} (1)
*{{BOT}} (2)
*{{flagu|Brazil}} (9)
*{{BUL}} (4)
*{{BUR}} (1)
*{{CMR}} (3)
*{{flagu|Canada}} (7)
*{{CPV}} (1)
*{{CAY}} (1)
*{{CHA}} (1)
*{{flagu|Chile}} (1)
*{{flagu|China}} (10)
*{{TPE}} (1)
*{{COM}} (2)
*{{CIV}} (1)
*{{CRO}} (3)
*{{CUB}} (11)
*{{CYP}} (1)
*{{CZE}} (9)
*{{DEN}} (3)
*{{EGY}} (1)
*{{EST}} (2)
*{{Flag|Ethiopia|1996}} (5)
*{{FIN}} (5)
*{{flagu|France}} (23)
*{{flag|Georgia|1990}} (1)
*{{flagu|Germany}} (10)
*{{GHA}} (2)
*{{flagu|Great Britain}} (34)
*{{GRE}} (10)
*{{GRN}} (1)
*{{GUA}} (1)
*{{GUY}} (1)
*{{HAI}} (2)
*{{HKG}} (1)
*{{HUN}} (7)
*{{ISL}} (2)
*{{flagu|India}} (1)
*{{INA}} (1)
*{{IRL}} (10)
*{{ISR}} (1)
*{{flagu|Italy}} (19)
*{{JAM}} (20)
*{{flagu|Japan}} (3)
*{{KAZ}} (2)
*{{KEN}} (6)
*{{KUW}} (1)
*{{flag|Kyrgyzstan|1992}} (1)
*{{LAT}} (2)
*{{LIB}} (1)
*{{LBR}} (1)
*{{flag|Lithuania|1988}} (1)
*{{MAC}} (1)
*{{MAD}} (1)
*{{MAW}} (1)
*{{MAS}} (1)
*{{MLI}} (1)
*{{MDV}} (1)
*{{MLT}} (2)
*{{MHL}} (1)
*{{MRI}} (1)
*{{flagu|Mexico}} (1)
*{{MDA}} (1)
*{{MAR}} (9)
*{{MOZ}} (1)
*{{NAM}} (1)
*{{NRU}} (1)
*{{flagu|Netherlands}} (10)
*{{flagu|New Zealand}} (1)
*{{NGR}} (3)
*{{NMI}} (1)
*{{PAK}} (1)
*{{PLE}} (1)
*{{PAN}} (1)
*{{PNG}} (1)
*{{PAR}} (1)
*{{PER}} (1)
*{{PHI}} (1)
*{{flagu|Poland}} (15)
*{{flagu|Portugal}} (7)
*{{PUR}} (1)
*{{CGO}} (1)
*{{ROM}} (11)
*{{flagu|Russia}} (42)
*{{SKN}} (1)
*{{VIN}} (1)
*{{ESA}} (1)
*{{SAM}} (1)
*{{SMR}} (1)
*{{STP}} (1)
*{{KSA}} (1)
*{{SEN}} (2)
*{{SCG}} (2)
*{{SVK}} (2)
*{{SLO}} (10)
*{{SOL}} (1)
*{{flagu|South Africa}} (4)
*{{flagu|Spain}} (27)
*{{SRI}} (2)
*{{SUR}} (1)
*{{flag|Swaziland}} (1)
*{{flagu|Sweden}} (12)
*{{flagu|Switzerland}} (3)
*{{TJK}} (1)
*{{TAN}} (1)
*{{THA}} (1)
*{{TOG}} (1)
*{{TRI}} (2)
*{{TUN}} (4)
*{{TUR}} (2)
*{{TKM}} (1)
*{{UGA}} (1)
*{{UKR}} (24)
*{{flagu|United States}} (49)
*{{ISV}} (1)
*{{URU}} (1)
*{{UZB}} (1)
*{{ZAM}} (1)
{{div col end}}

==See also==
* [[2003 in athletics (track and field)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050403120749/http://www.iaaf.org/WIC03/index.html IAAF Official Website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120314072149/http://www.athletics.com.au/history/international/int223.htm Athletics Australia]
<br>
{{2003 in athletics}}
{{IAAF_Championships}}

[[Category:2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships| ]]
[[Category:2003 in athletics (track and field)|IAAF World Indoor Championships]]
[[Category:2003 in English sport|IAAF World Indoor Championships]]
[[Category:World Athletics Indoor Championships]]
[[Category:International sports competitions in Birmingham, West Midlands|2003 IAAF]]
[[Category:International athletics competitions hosted by England]]
[[Category:March 2003 sports events in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:2000s in Birmingham, West Midlands]]