2003 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships

XII Pan American Junior Athletics Championships
XII Pan American Junior Athletics Championships
Dates	18–20 July
Host city	Bridgetown, Barbados
Venue	Barbados National Stadium
Level	Junior
Events	43
Participation	about 352 athletes from ; 31 nations
	← 2001 Santa Fe 2005 Windsor → ;

The 12th Pan American Junior Athletics Championships were held in Bridgetown, Barbados at the National Stadium on 18–20 July 2003.^[1] Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt had the outstanding performance equalling the 200m World Junior record, while the team of the USA dominated the championships gaining 48 medals.^[2]

Participation (unofficial)[]

Detailed result lists can be found on the CACAC,^[3] the CFPI,^[4] the USA Track & Field,^[5] and the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[6] An unofficial count yields the number of about 352 athletes from about 31 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (7), Argentina (12), Bahamas (6), Barbados (17), Bolivia (1), Brazil (22), British Virgin Islands (2), Canada (46), Cayman Islands (1), Chile (14), Colombia (11), Costa Rica (2), Cuba (6), Dominica (2), Dominican Republic (3), Ecuador (6), El Salvador (3), Grenada (4), Guyana (3), Jamaica (34), Mexico (21), Netherlands Antilles (1), Nicaragua (1), Peru (5), Puerto Rico (11), Saint Lucia (5), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2), Trinidad and Tobago (14), United States (72), U.S. Virgin Islands (1), Venezuela (17).

Medal summary[]

Medal winners are published.^[7] Complete results can be found on the CACAC,^[3] the CFPI^[4] on the USA Track & Field^[5] and on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[6]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Churandy Martina (AHO)	10.33	(USA)	10.42	(JAM)	10.47
200 metres	Usain Bolt (JAM)	20.13 WYB, =WJR, CR	David Neville (USA)	20.63	(BRA)	20.70
400 metres	(USA)	45.59	Jeremy Wariner (USA)	45.63	Michael Mathieu (BAH)	46.47
800 metres	(BRA)	1:48.76	(TRI)	1:49.54	(USA)	1:50.16
1500 metres	Maury Surel Castillo (CUB)	3:47.13	(CAN)	3:49.08	Mike Woods (CAN)	3:50.93
5000 metres	Galen Rupp (USA)	14:20.29	(MEX)	14:30.68	Maury Surel Castillo (CUB)	14:38.04
10,000 metres	Brett Gotcher (USA)	30:39.51	(MEX)	30:40.04	(VEN)	30:40.66
3000 metres steeplechase	Cristian Patiño (ECU)	9:05.70	(USA)	9:06.20	(VEN)	9:06.25
110 metres hurdles (Wind: +0.0 m/s)	Kenneth Ferguson (USA)	13.60	Dexter Faulk (USA)	13.82	Jesse King (BAR)	14.46
400 metres hurdles	Kenneth Ferguson (USA)	50.07	Isa Phillips (JAM)	50.95	Javier Culson (PUR)	51.10
4 × 100 metres relay	United States Willie Hordge	39.29 PB	Jamaica Usain Bolt	39.40 PB	Canada Jamie Adjetey-Nelson	41.74
4 × 400 metres relay	United States Jeremy Wariner Kenneth Fergusson	3:02.88 PB	Canada Hank Palmer	3:11.56	Jamaica Isa Phillips	3:12.41
10,000 metres track walk	(MEX)	46:27.34	Eder Sánchez (MEX)	46:27.41	(CHI)	46:28.70
High jump	Keith Moffatt (USA)	2.20	(CAN)	2.15	(USA)	2.10
Pole vault	Germán Chiaraviglio (ARG)	5.15	(BRA)	5.00	(CAN)	4.90
Long jump	Wilfredo Martínez (CUB)	7.70 (+0.2 m/s)	David Giralt (CUB)	7.63 (+0.0 m/s)	(USA)	7.58 (+0.0 m/s)
Triple jump	David Giralt (CUB)	16.93 PB (−0.5 m/s)	Ayata Joseph (ATG)	16.29 (+0.1 m/s)	(BRA)	15.66 (+0.1 m/s)
Shot put	Garrett Johnson (USA)	19.95	Noah Bryant (USA)	19.40	(BRA)	19.24
Discus throw	(BRA)	58.76	(USA)	55.41	Jim Steacy (CAN)	55.26
Hammer throw	Jim Steacy (CAN)	70.70	(USA)	65.13	(ARG)	64.76
Javelin throw	Júlio César de Oliveira (BRA)	68.42	(USA)	68.30	(USA)	63.57
Decathlon	(USA)	7486 CR	(ARG)	6635	(VEN)	6616

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Shalonda Solomon (USA)	11.35	Sherone Simpson (JAM)	11.44	Wanda Hutson (TRI)	11.58
200 metres (Wind: +0.0 m/s)	Shalonda Solomon (USA)	22.93 CR	Anneisha McLaughlin (JAM)	23.34	Shana Cox (USA)	23.39
400 metres	(USA)	52.52	(USA)	52.76	Sonita Sutherland (JAM)	53.56
800 metres	Yuneisi Santiusti (CUB)	2:04.78	(JAM)	2:05.54	(JAM)	2:06.51
1500 metres	Yuneisi Santiusti (CUB)	4:24.56	(USA)	4:26.66	(USA)	4:26.87
3000 metres	Inés Melchor (PER)	9:57.96	(USA)	10:04.18	Ángela Figueroa (COL)	10:06.95
5000 metres	Inés Melchor (PER)	16:53.37	(USA)	17:09.20	(USA)	17:46.34
2000 metres steeplechase (exhibition)	(USA)	6:37.84	(USA)	6:40.87	Ángela Figueroa (COL)	6:51.31
100 metres hurdles	Dawn Harper (USA)	13.42	(USA)	13.80	(JAM)	13.86
400 metres hurdles	(BRA)	58.09	Josanne Lucas (TRI)	58.43	(USA)	58.61
4 × 100 metres relay	United States Ashley Owens Shalonda Solomon	44.00	Jamaica Simone Facey Anneisha McLaughlin Sherone Simpson	44.24	Trinidad and Tobago Wanda Hutson Monique Cabral Kelly-Ann Baptiste	45.15
4 × 400 metres relay	United States Natasha Hastings	3:34.08	Jamaica Sonita Sutherland	3:41.26	Canada Alicia Brown	3:43.54
10,000 metres track walk	Alessandra Picagevicz (BRA)	52:27.57	(CHI)	53:04.51	(ECU)	53:39.42
High jump	Sharon Day (USA)	1.85	Levern Spencer (LCA)	1.83	Chaunté Howard (USA)	1.81
Pole vault	(USA)	4.05 CR	(USA) Karla da Silva (BRA)	4.00
Long jump	Yudelkis Fernández (CUB)	6.46 CR (−0.4 m/s)	(MEX)	6.20 (+0.0 m/s)	(USA)	6.19 (−0.4 m/s)
Triple jump	Yudelkis Fernández (CUB)	13.89 CR (+0.0 m/s)	(USA)	12.87 (+0.5 m/s)	(BAR)	12.86 (+0.1 m/s)
Shot put	Michelle Carter (USA)	16.23	Zara Northover (JAM)	14.46	Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG)	14.26
Discus throw	(USA)	52.05	(USA)	50.91	(BAR)	40.64
Hammer throw	Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG)	58.61	(USA)	57.75	(VEN)	56.81
Javelin throw	Erma Gene Evans (LCA)	49.67	Krista Woodward (CAN)	48.90	Dalila Rugama (NCA)	48.61
Heptathlon	(DOM)	5381	(JAM)	5135	(CAN)	5101

Medal table (unofficial)[]

The medal count has been published.^[8]^[9] It is in agreement with the following unofficial medal count.

* Host nation (Barbados)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	20	18	10	48
2	Cuba	7	1	1	9
3	Brazil	5	2	3	10
4	Argentina	2	1	2	5
5	Peru	2	0	0	2
6	Jamaica	1	9	5	15
7	Canada	1	4	6	11
8	Mexico	1	4	0	5
9	Saint Lucia	1	1	0	2
10	Ecuador	1	0	1	2
11	Dominican Republic	1	0	0	1
11	Netherlands Antilles	1	0	0	1
13	Trinidad and Tobago	0	2	2	4
14	Chile	0	1	1	2
15	Antigua and Barbuda	0	1	0	1
16	Venezuela	0	0	4	4
17	Barbados*	0	0	3	3
18	Bahamas	0	0	1	1
	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Nicaragua	0	0	1	1
	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 nations)		43	44	42	129

References[]

^ 2003 Pan American Junior Championships in Athletics, USA Track & Field, retrieved 5 August 2011
^ Bolt equals World junior 200m record, as USA dominates Pan Am Junior Champs, IAAF, 21 July 2003, retrieved 26 October 2011
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b AthleCAC – Results Service – Servicio de Resultados. 2003 Pan American Junior Championships, PACj Bridgetown BAR, 18–20 Jul 2003, AthleCAC – CACAC, retrieved 26 October 2011
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Pan American Junior Championships at the National Stadium in Bridgetown, Barbados, WI, July 18–20, 2003, C.F.P.I. Timing & Data, Inc., retrieved 26 October 2011
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b 2003 Pan American Junior Championships in Athletics, Results, USA Track & Field, retrieved 24 October 2011
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b World Junior Athletics History, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 23 October 2011, retrieved 24 October 2011
^ "PAN AMERICAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS", Athletics Weekly, retrieved 24 October 2011
^ ROYAL BANK OF CANADA – July 18, 2003 to July 20, 2003, PAN AM JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ATHLETICS 2003, National Stadium, WATERFORD ST. MICHAEL, Medal Count, Combined: Men + Women, C.F.P.I. Timing & Data, Inc., 20 July 2003, retrieved 26 October 2011
^ 2003 Pan American Junior Championships in Athletics, Medal Counts, Combined Men & Women, USA Track & Field, retrieved 26 October 2011

External links[]

World Junior Athletics History

[1] 2003 Pan American Junior Championships in Athletics, USA Track & Field, retrieved 5 August 2011

[2] Bolt equals World junior 200m record, as USA dominates Pan Am Junior Champs, IAAF, 21 July 2003, retrieved 26 October 2011

[cacac-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b AthleCAC – Results Service – Servicio de Resultados. 2003 Pan American Junior Championships, PACj Bridgetown BAR, 18–20 Jul 2003, AthleCAC – CACAC, retrieved 26 October 2011

[cfpi-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Pan American Junior Championships at the National Stadium in Bridgetown, Barbados, WI, July 18–20, 2003, C.F.P.I. Timing & Data, Inc., retrieved 26 October 2011

[usatf-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b 2003 Pan American Junior Championships in Athletics, Results, USA Track & Field, retrieved 24 October 2011

[wjah-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b World Junior Athletics History, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 23 October 2011, retrieved 24 October 2011

[7] "PAN AMERICAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS", Athletics Weekly, retrieved 24 October 2011

[8] ROYAL BANK OF CANADA – July 18, 2003 to July 20, 2003, PAN AM JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ATHLETICS 2003, National Stadium, WATERFORD ST. MICHAEL, Medal Count, Combined: Men + Women, C.F.P.I. Timing & Data, Inc., 20 July 2003, retrieved 26 October 2011

[9] 2003 Pan American Junior Championships in Athletics, Medal Counts, Combined Men & Women, USA Track & Field, retrieved 26 October 2011

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