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{{Short description|Athletics competition in Saint-Denis, France}}
{{Infobox games
| name      = IX World Championships in Athletics<br>{{lang|fr|Championnats du monde d'athlétisme-Saint-Denis}}
| logo      = Paris 2003 IAAF.jpg
| host_city = [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]], France
| nations   = 198
| athletes  = 1679
| events    =
| dates     = 23–31 August 2003
| opened_by = [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]] [[Jean-Pierre Raffarin]]
| closed_by = IAAF President [[Lamine Diack]]
| stadium   = [[Stade de France]]
| previous  = [[2001 World Championships in Athletics|Edmonton 2001]]
| next      = [[2005 World Championships in Athletics|Helsinki 2005]]
}}
The '''9th World Championships in Athletics''', under the auspices of the [[International Association of Athletics Federations]], were held from 23 August to 31 August 2003 in the streets of [[Paris]] and the [[Stade de France]] in [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis]], France.

==Men's results==

===Track===

[[1999 World Championships in Athletics#Track|1999]] | [[2001 World Championships in Athletics#Track|2001]] | 2003 | [[2005 World Championships in Athletics#Track|2005]] | [[2007 World Championships in Athletics#Track|2007]]
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|[[100 metres|100 m]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres}}
|[[Kim Collins]]<br>{{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}||10.07
|[[Darrel Brown]]<br>{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}||10.08
|[[Darren Campbell]]<br>{{flagu|Great Britain}}|| 10.08<br><small>(SB)</small>
|-

|[[200 metres|200 m]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres}}
|[[John Capel]]<br>{{flagu|United States }}||20.30
|[[Darvis Patton]]<br>{{flagu|United States}}||20.31
|[[Shingo Suetsugu]]<br>{{flagu|Japan }}||20.38
|-

|[[400 metres|400 m]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres}}
|[[Tyree Washington]]<br>{{flagu|United States}}||44.77<sup>'''1'''</sup>
|[[Marc Raquil]]<br>{{flagu|France}}||44.79<br><small>(NR)</small>
|[[Michael Blackwood (sprinter)|Michael Blackwood]]<br>{{flag|Jamaica}}||44.80
|-

|[[800 metres|800 m]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres}}
|[[Djabir Saïd-Guerni]]<br>{{flag|Algeria}}||1:44.81
|[[Yuriy Borzakovskiy]]<br>{{flagu|Russia}}||1:44.84
|[[Mbulaeni Mulaudzi]]<br>{{flag|South Africa}}||1:44.90
|-

|[[1500 metres|1500 m]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres}}
|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]<br>{{flag|Morocco}}||3:31.77
|[[Mehdi Baala]]<br>{{flagu|France}}||3:32.31
|[[Ivan Heshko]]<br>{{flag|Ukraine}}||3:33.17
|-

|[[5000 metres|5000 m]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres}}
|[[Eliud Kipchoge]]<br>{{flag|Kenya}}||12:52.79<br><small>(CR)</small>
|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]<br>{{flag|Morocco}}||12:52.83
|[[Kenenisa Bekele]]<br>{{flag|Ethiopia|1996}}||12:53.12
|-

|[[10,000 m]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres}}
|[[Kenenisa Bekele]]<br>{{flag|Ethiopia|1996}}||26:49.57<br><small>(CR)</small>
|[[Haile Gebrselassie]]<br>{{flag|Ethiopia|1996}}||26:50.77<br><small>(SB)</small>
|[[Sileshi Sihine]]<br>{{flag|Ethiopia|1996}}||27:01.44
|-

|[[Marathon (sport)|Marathon]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon}}
|[[Jaouad Gharib]]<br>{{flag|Morocco}}||2:08:31<br><small>(CR)</small>
|[[Julio Rey]]<br>{{flagu|Spain}}||2:08:38
|[[Stefano Baldini]]<br>{{flagu|Italy}}||2:09:14
|-

|[[110 m hurdles]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles}}
|[[Allen Johnson]]<br>{{flagu|United States}}||13.12
|[[Terrence Trammell]]<br>{{flagu|United States}}||13.20<br><small>(SB)</small>
|[[Liu Xiang (hurdler)|Liu Xiang]]<br>{{flagu|China}}||13.23
|-

|[[400 m hurdles]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles}}
|[[Félix Sánchez (hurdler)|Félix Sánchez]]<br>{{flag|Dominican Republic}}||47.25<br><small>(WL)</small>
|[[Joey Woody]]<br>{{flagu|United States}}||48.18<br><small>(SB)</small>
|[[Periklís Iakovákis]]<br>{{flag|Greece}}||48.24
|-

|[[3000 m steeplechase]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase}}
|[[Saif Saaeed Shaheen]]<br>{{flag|Qatar}}||8:04.39
|[[Ezekiel Kemboi]]<br>{{flag|Kenya}}||8:05.11
|[[Eliseo Martin]]<br>{{flagu|Spain}}||8:09.09<br><small>(PB)</small>
|-

|[[20 km race walk]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk}}
|[[Jefferson Pérez]]<br>{{flag|Ecuador}}||1:17:21<br><small>(WBP)</small>
|[[Paquillo Fernández]]<br>{{flagu|Spain}}||1:18:00<br><small>(SB)</small>
|[[Roman Rasskazov]]<br>{{flagu|Russia}}||1:18:07<br><small>(SB)</small>
|-

|[[50 km race walk]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk}}
|[[Robert Korzeniowski]]<br>{{flag|Poland}}||3:36:03<br><small>(WBP)</small>
|[[German Skurygin]]<br>{{flagu|Russia}}||3:36:42<br><small>(NR)</small>
|[[Andreas Erm]]<br>{{flagu|Germany}}||3:37:46<br><small>(NR)</small>
|-

|[[4 × 100 m relay]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay}}
|{{flagteam|USA}}<br>[[John Capel]]<br>[[Bernard Williams (athlete)|Bernard Williams]]<br>[[Darvis Patton]]<br>[[Joshua J. Johnson]]||38.06
|{{flagteam|BRA}}<br>[[Vicente de Lima]]<br>[[Édson Ribeiro]]<br>[[André Domingos|André da Silva]]<br>[[Cláudio Roberto Souza]]||38.26<br><small>(SB)</small>
|{{flagteam|NED}}<br>[[Timothy Beck]]<br>[[Troy Douglas]]<br>[[Patrick van Balkom]]<br>[[Caimin Douglas]]<br/>[[Guus Hoogmoed]]*||38.87
|-

|[[4 × 400 m relay]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay}}
|{{flagteam|FRA}}<br>[[Leslie Djhone]]<br>[[Naman Keïta]]<br>[[Stéphane Diagana]]<br>[[Marc Raquil]]<br/>[[Ahmed Douhou]]*||2:58.96<sup>'''2'''</sup><br><small>(NR)</small>
|{{flagteam|JAM}}<br>[[Brandon Simpson]]<br>[[Danny McFarlane]]<br>[[Davian Clarke]]<br>[[Michael Blackwood (sprinter)|Michael Blackwood]]<br/>[[Michael Campbell (athlete)|Michael Campbell]]*<br>[[Lansford Spence]]*||2:59.60<br><small>(SB)</small>
|{{flagteam|BAH}}<br>[[Avard Moncur]]<br>[[Dennis Darling]]<br>[[Nathaniel McKinney]]<br>[[Chris Brown (sprinter)|Chris Brown]]<br/>[[Carl Oliver]]*||3:00.53<br><small>(SB)</small>
|-

|- bgcolor= e8e8e8
|colspan=7|{{Sports record codes}}
|}
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.<br/>
<sup>1</sup> [[Jerome Young]] of the United States originally finished first in 44.50, but was disqualified after he tested positive for drugs in 2004. <br>
<sup>2</sup> The United States ([[Calvin Harrison]], [[Tyree Washington]], [[Derrick Brew]], Jerome Young) originally finished first in 2:58.88, but were disqualified after Jerome Young and Calvin Harrison both tested positive for drugs in 2004.

===Field===
[[1999 World Championships in Athletics#Field|1999]] | [[2001 World Championships in Athletics#Field|2001]] | 2003 | [[2005 World Championships in Athletics#Field|2005]] | [[2007 World Championships in Athletics#Field|2007]]
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[High jump]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump}}
|[[Jacques Freitag]]<br>{{flag|South Africa}}||2.35<br><small>(SB)</small>
|[[Stefan Holm]]<br>{{flag|Sweden}}||2.32
|[[Mark Boswell (athlete)|Mark Boswell]]<br>{{flagu|Canada}}||2.32<br><small>(SB)</small>
|-
|colspan=6|
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Long jump]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump}}
|[[Dwight Phillips]]<br>{{flagu|United States}}||8.32
|[[James Beckford (athlete)|James Beckford]]<br>{{flag|Jamaica}}||8.28<br><small>(SB)</small>
|[[Yago Lamela]]<br>{{flagu|Spain}}||8.22
|-
|colspan=6|
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Pole vault]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault}}
|[[Giuseppe Gibilisco]]<br>{{flagu|Italy}}||5.90<br><small>(NR)</small>
|[[Okkert Brits]]<br>{{flag|South Africa}}||5.85<br><small>(SB)</small>
|[[Patrik Kristiansson]]<br>{{flag|Sweden}}||5.85<br><small>(PB)</small>
|-
|colspan=6|
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Triple jump]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump}}
|[[Christian Olsson]]<br>{{flag|Sweden}}||17.72
|[[Yoandri Betanzos]]<br>{{flag|Cuba}}||17.28<br><small>(SB)</small>
|[[Leevan Sands]]<br>{{flag|Bahamas}}||17.26
|-
|colspan=6|
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Shot put]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put}}
|[[Andrei Mikhnevich]]<br>{{flag|Belarus}}||21.69<br><small>(PB)</small>
|[[Adam Nelson]]<br>{{flagu|United States}}||21.26
|[[Yuriy Bilonoh]]<br>{{flag|Ukraine}}||21.10
|-
|colspan=6|
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Discus throw|Discus]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw}}
|[[Virgilijus Alekna]]<br>{{flag|Lithuania|1988}}||69.69<br><small>(SB)</small>
|[[Róbert Fazekas]]<br>{{flag|Hungary}}||69.01
|[[Vasiliy Kaptyukh]]<br>{{flag|Belarus}}||66.51<br><small>(SB)</small>
|-
|colspan=6|
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Javelin throw|Javelin]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw}}
|[[Sergey Makarov (athlete)|Sergey Makarov]]<br>{{flagu|Russia}}||85.44
|[[Andrus Värnik]]<br>{{flag|Estonia}}||85.17
|[[Boris Henry]]<br>{{flagu|Germany}}||84.74
|-
|colspan=6|
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Hammer throw|Hammer]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw}}
|[[Ivan Tikhon]]<br>{{flag|Belarus}}||83.05
|[[Adrián Annus]]<br>{{flag|Hungary}}||80.36
|[[Koji Murofushi]]<br>{{flagu|Japan}}||80.12
|-
|colspan=6|
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Decathlon]]<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon}}
|[[Tom Pappas]]<br>{{flagu|United States}}||8750
|[[Roman Šebrle]]<br>{{flag|Czech Republic}}||8634
|[[Dmitry Karpov]]<br>{{flag|Kazakhstan}}||8374<br><small>(NR)</small>
|-
|colspan=6|
|-
|- bgcolor= e8e8e8
|colspan=7|{{Sports record codes}}
|}

==Women's results==

===Track===
[[1999 World Championships in Athletics#Track 2|1999]] | [[2001 World Championships in Athletics#Track 2|2001]] | 2003 | [[2005 World Championships in Athletics#Track 2|2005]] | [[2007 World Championships in Athletics#Track 2|2007]]
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|rowspan=2|100 m<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Torri Edwards]]|USA}}||10.93<br><small>(PB)</small>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Chandra Sturrup]]|BAH}}||11.02
|{{flagmedalist|[[Ekaterini Thanou]]|GRE}}||11.03<br><small>(SB)</small>
|-
|colspan=6|
|-
|200 m<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Anastasiya Kapachinskaya]]|RUS}}||22.38<br><small>(PB)</small>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Torri Edwards]]|USA}}||22.47
|{{flagmedalist|[[Muriel Hurtis]]|FRA}}||22.59
|-
|400 m<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Ana Guevara]]|MEX}}||48.89<br><small>(PB)</small>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Lorraine Fenton]]|JAM}}||49.43<br><small>(SB)</small>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Amy Mbacké Thiam]]|SEN}}||49.95<br><small>(SB)</small>
|-
|800 m<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Maria Mutola]]|MOZ}}||1:59.89
|{{flagmedalist|[[Kelly Holmes]]|GBR}}||2:00.18
|{{flagmedalist|[[Natalya Khrushchelyova]]|RUS}}||2:00.29
|-
|1500 m<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Tatyana Tomashova]]|RUS}}||3:58.52<br><small>(CR)</small>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Süreyya Ayhan]]|TUR}}||3:59.04
|{{flagmedalist|[[Hayley Tullett]]|GBR}}||3:59.95<br><small>(PB)</small>
|-
|5000 m<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Tirunesh Dibaba]]|ETH|1996}}||14:51.72
|{{flagmedalist|[[Marta Domínguez]]|ESP}}||14:52.26
|{{flagmedalist|[[Edith Masai]]|KEN}}||14:52.30
|-
|10,000 m<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Berhane Adere]]|ETH|1996}}||30:04.18<br><small>(CR)</small>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Werknesh Kidane]]|ETH|1996}}||30:07.15<br><small>(PB)</small>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Sun Yingjie]]|CHN}}||30:07.20<br><small>(PB)</small>
|-
|Marathon<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's Marathon}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Catherine Ndereba]]|KEN}}||2:23:55<br><small>(CR)</small>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Mizuki Noguchi]]|JPN}}||2:24:14
|{{flagmedalist|[[Masako Chiba]]|JPN}}||2:25:09
|-
|100 m hurdles<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Perdita Felicien]]|CAN}}||12.53<br><small>(NR)</small>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Brigitte Foster-Hylton|Brigitte Foster]]|JAM}}||12.57
|{{flagmedalist|[[Miesha McKelvy]]|USA}}||12.67
|-
|400 m hurdles<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Jana Pittman]]|AUS}}||53.22<br><small>(PB)</small>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Sandra Glover]]|USA}}||53.65<br><small>(SB)</small>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Yuliya Pechonkina]]|RUS}}||53.71
|-
|20&nbsp;km walk<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Yelena Nikolayeva (racewalker)|Yelena Nikolayeva]]|RUS}}||1:26:52<br><small>(CR)</small>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Gillian O'Sullivan]]|IRL}}||1:27:34
|{{flagmedalist|[[Valentina Tsybulskaya]]|BLR}}||1:28:10<br><small>(NR)</small>
|-
|4 × 100 m relay<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay}}
|{{flagteam|FRA}}<br>[[Patricia Girard-Léno]] <br>[[Muriel Hurtis]] <br>[[Sylviane Félix]] <br>[[Christine Arron]]||41.78<br><small>(WL)</small>
|{{flagteam|USA}}<br>[[Angela Williams (sprinter born 1980)|Angela Williams]] <br>[[Chryste Gaines]] <br>[[Inger Miller]] <br>[[Torri Edwards]]<br/>[[Lauryn Williams]]*||41.83<br><small>(SB)</small>
|{{flagteam|RUS}}<br>[[Olga Fyodorova]] <br>[[Yuliya Tabakova]] <br>[[Marina Kislova]] <br>[[Larisa Kruglova]]||42.66
|-
|4 × 400 m relay<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay}}
|{{flagteam|USA}}<br>[[Demetria Washington]]<br>[[Jearl Miles Clark]]<br>[[Me'Lisa Barber]]<br>[[Sanya Richards]]<br>[[DeeDee Trotter]]*||3:22.63<br><small>(WL)</small>
|{{flagteam|RUS}}<br>[[Anastasiya Kapachinskaya]]<br>[[Natalya Nazarova]]<br>[[Olesya Zykina]]<br>[[Yuliya Pechonkina|Yuliya Pechonkina (Nosova)]]<br>[[Svetlana Pospelova]]*<br>[[Svetlana Goncharenko]]*||3:22.91<br><small>(SB)</small>
|{{flagteam|JAM}}<br>[[Allison Beckford]]<br>[[Lorraine Fenton|Lorraine Fenton (Graham)]]<br>[[Ronetta Smith]]<br>[[Sandie Richards]]<br>[[Michelle Burgher]]*||3:22.92<br><small>(SB)</small>
|-
|- bgcolor= e8e8e8
|colspan=7|{{Sports record codes}}
|}
Note: * Indicates medalists who ran in preliminary rounds.

===Field===
[[1999 World Championships in Athletics#Field 2|1999]] | [[2001 World Championships in Athletics#Field 2|2001]] | 2003 | [[2005 World Championships in Athletics#Field 2|2005]] | [[2007 World Championships in Athletics#Field 2|2007]]
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|High jump<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Hestrie Cloete]]|RSA}}||2.06<br><small>(WL, AR)</small>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Marina Kuptsova]]|RUS}}||2.00
|{{flagmedalist|[[Kajsa Bergqvist]]|SWE}}||2.00
|-
|Pole vault<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Svetlana Feofanova]]|RUS}}||4.75<br><small>(CR)</small>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Annika Becker]]|GER}}||4.70<br><small>(SB)</small>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Yelena Isinbayeva]]|RUS}}||4.65
|-
|Long jump<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Eunice Barber]]|FRA}}||6.99<br><small>(SB)</small>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Tatyana Kotova]]|RUS}}||6.74
|{{flagmedalist|[[Anju Bobby George]]|IND}}||6.70<br><small>(SB)</small>
|-
|Triple jump<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Tatyana Lebedeva]]|RUS}}||15.18<br><small>(SB)</small>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Françoise Mbango Etone]]|CMR}}||15.05<br><small>(AR)</small>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Magdelín Martínez]]|ITA}}||14.90<br><small>(NR)</small>
|-
|Shot put<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Svetlana Krivelyova]]|RUS}}||20.63
|{{flagmedalist|[[Nadzeya Astapchuk]]|BLR}}||20.12<br><small>(PB)</small>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Vita Pavlysh]]|UKR}}||20.08<br><small>(SB)</small>
|-
|Discus throw<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Irina Yatchenko]]|BLR}}||67.32<br><small>(SB)</small>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Anastasia Kelesidou]]|GRE}}||67.14<br><small>(SB)</small>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Ekaterini Voggoli]]|GRE}}||66.73<br><small>(PB)</small>
|-
|Hammer throw<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Yipsi Moreno]]|CUB}}||73.33
|{{flagmedalist|[[Olga Kuzenkova]]|RUS}}||71.71
|{{flagmedalist|[[Manuela Montebrun]]|FRA}}||70.92
|-
|Javelin throw<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Mirela Manjani]]|GRE}}||66.52<br><small>(WL)</small>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Tatyana Shikolenko]]|RUS}}||63.28
|{{flagmedalist|[[Steffi Nerius]]|GER}}||62.70
|-
|rowspan="2"|Heptathlon<br>{{DetailsLink|2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon}}
|{{flagmedalist|[[Carolina Klüft]]|SWE}}||7001<br><small>(WL)</small>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Eunice Barber]]|FRA}}||6755<br><small>(SB)</small>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Natallia Sazanovich]]|BLR}}||6524<br><small>(SB)</small>
|-
|colspan=6|Swedish [[Carolina Klüft]] won with big margin following a breaking of her personal best in six of the seven events and the totals. She was the third woman ever to score more than 7000 points.
|-
|- bgcolor= e8e8e8
|colspan=7|{{Sports record codes}}
|}

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
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 | show_limit     = 
 | remaining_link = 
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 | event          = 
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 | source         = [https://www.worldathletics.org/Competitions/world-athletics-championships/9th-iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics-2962/medaltable]
 | gold_USA = 8 | silver_USA = 7 | bronze_USA = 1
 | gold_RUS = 7 | silver_RUS = 7 | bronze_RUS = 5
 | gold_FRA = 3 | silver_FRA = 3 | bronze_FRA = 2 | host_FRA = yes
 | gold_ETH = 3 | silver_ETH = 2 | bronze_ETH = 2 | name_ETH = {{flagteam|ETH|1996}}
 | gold_BLR = 3 | silver_BLR = 1 | bronze_BLR = 3
 | gold_SWE = 2 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 2
 | gold_KEN = 2 | silver_KEN = 1 | bronze_KEN = 1
 | gold_RSA = 2 | silver_RSA = 1 | bronze_RSA = 1
 | gold_MAR = 2 | silver_MAR = 1 | bronze_MAR = 0
 | gold_GRE = 1 | silver_GRE = 1 | bronze_GRE = 3
 | gold_CUB = 1 | silver_CUB = 1 | bronze_CUB = 0
 | gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 2
 | gold_CAN = 1 | silver_CAN = 0 | bronze_CAN = 1
 | gold_ALG = 1 | silver_ALG = 0 | bronze_ALG = 0
 | gold_AUS = 1 | silver_AUS = 0 | bronze_AUS = 0
 | gold_DOM = 1 | silver_DOM = 0 | bronze_DOM = 0
 | gold_ECU = 1 | silver_ECU = 0 | bronze_ECU = 0
 | gold_LTU = 1 | silver_LTU = 0 | bronze_LTU = 0 | name_LTU = {{flagteam|LTU|1988}}
 | gold_MEX = 1 | silver_MEX = 0 | bronze_MEX = 0
 | gold_MOZ = 1 | silver_MOZ = 0 | bronze_MOZ = 0
 | gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 0
 | gold_QAT = 1 | silver_QAT = 0 | bronze_QAT = 0
 | gold_SKN = 1 | silver_SKN = 0 | bronze_SKN = 0
 | gold_JAM = 0 | silver_JAM = 4 | bronze_JAM = 2
 | gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 3 | bronze_ESP = 2
 | gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 2 | bronze_HUN = 0
 | gold_GER = 0 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 3
 | gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 3
 | gold_BAH = 0 | silver_BAH = 1 | bronze_BAH = 2
 | gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 1 | bronze_GBR = 2
 | gold_BRA = 0 | silver_BRA = 1 | bronze_BRA = 0
 | gold_CMR = 0 | silver_CMR = 1 | bronze_CMR = 0
 | gold_CZE = 0 | silver_CZE = 1 | bronze_CZE = 0
 | gold_EST = 0 | silver_EST = 1 | bronze_EST = 0
 | gold_IRL = 0 | silver_IRL = 1 | bronze_IRL = 0
 | gold_TRI = 0 | silver_TRI = 1 | bronze_TRI = 0
 | gold_TUR = 0 | silver_TUR = 1 | bronze_TUR = 0
 | gold_UKR = 0 | silver_UKR = 0 | bronze_UKR = 3
 | gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 0 | bronze_CHN = 2
 | gold_IND = 0 | silver_IND = 0 | bronze_IND = 1
 | gold_KAZ = 0 | silver_KAZ = 0 | bronze_KAZ = 1
 | gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 0 | bronze_NED = 1
 | gold_SEN = 0 | silver_SEN = 0 | bronze_SEN = 1
}}

==References==
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For more information about these results including in-depth results of all heats and finals that include photo finish, wind readings and reaction times see the link below.
* [http://www.iaaf.org/history/WCH/season=2003/eventCode=2962/news/ IAAF Championship 2003]

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{{IAAF World Championships in Athletics}}
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