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
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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	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	Kenya	1:49.14	Kenya	1:49.17
1500 metres	Kenya	3:44.94 PB	Kenya	3:45.13	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	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	Saudi Arabia	13.41 PB	Alexander John  Germany	13.50 PB
400 m hurdles 84.0 cm	Jason Richardson  United States	49.91 WYL	South Africa	50.85 PB	Jamaal Charles  United States	51.48 PB
10,000 m track walk	Russia	42:16.16 CR	Japan	42:17.62 PB	Russia	42:37.15 SB
Medley relay	United States Michael Grant Jamaal Charles Cedric Goodman	1:52.03 WYL	Poland Dariusz Kuć	1:53.08 SB	Japan Kenji Fujimitsu Naohiro Shinada	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	France	7.44	Saudi Arabia	7.15
Triple jump	Cuba	15.77	Saudi Arabia	15.60 PB	Mohamed Abbas Darwish  United Arab Emirates	15.55
Shot put 5 kg	Liu Feng  China	21.45 WYR	Canada	20.79 PB	Saudi Arabia	19.69 PB
Discus throw 1.5 kg	Ronnie Buckley  Australia	64.34 CR	Wu Jian  China	63.18 PB	Chinese Taipei	60.00
Hammer throw 5 kg	Mikhail Levin  Russia	76.41	Kristóf Németh  Hungary	75.59	Hungary	75.47 PB
Javelin throw 700 g	Julio Cesar de Oliveira  Brazil	81.16 CR	John Robert Oosthuizen  South Africa	81.07 PB	South Africa	75.56 PB
Octathlon	Andrés Silva  Uruguay	6456 WYR	Andrei Krauchanka  Belarus	6366	Czech Republic	6316 PB

Girls[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	United States	11.31 CR	United States	11.50	Kelly-Ann Baptiste  Trinidad and Tobago	11.58
200 metres	Anneisha McLaughlin  Jamaica	23.26	United States	23.56	United States	23.67
400 metres	Natasha Hastings  United States	53.41	Antonina Krivoshapka  Russia	53.54 PB	Australia	53.78 PB
800 metres	Russia	2:03.40 CR	Olga Cristea  Moldova	2:04.30 PB	Romania	2:04.31 PB
1500 metres	Ethiopia	4:17.41 PB	Latvia	4:17.43	Kenya	4:17.65 PB
3000 metres	Siham Hilali  Morocco	9:12.70 PB	Pasalia Kipkoech Chepkorir  Kenya	9:13.77	Japan	9:14.82
100 metres hurdles 76.2 cm	Sally McLellan  Australia	13.42	Jamaica	13.49	United States	13.60
400 metres hurdles	Zuzana Hejnova  Czech Republic	57.54 CR	Yekaterina Kostetskaya  Russia	58.37	United States	59.15
5000 m track walk	Vera Sokolova  Russia	22:50.23	Ireland	23:37.00 PB	Japan	23:50.69
Medley relay	United States Alexandria Anderson Natasha Hastings	2:03.87 WYL	Jamaica Samantha Henry-Robinson Sonita Sutherland Anneisha McLaughlin	2:07.05 PB	Russia Antonina Krivoshapka	2:07.52 PB
High jump	Iryna Kovalenko  Ukraine	1.92 CR	Germany	1.86 PB	Svetlana Shkolina  Russia	1.86
Pole vault	Lisa Ryzih  Germany	4.05	Belarus	4.00 PB	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	Finland	12.95	Greece	12.93 PB
Shot put	Jiang Limin  China	15.60 WYL	Poland	15.42 PB	South Africa	15.10
Discus throw	Lisandra Rodriguez  Cuba	48.56	Australia	48.32	Germany	48.31
Hammer throw	Valentina Srša  Croatia	61.18	Mariya Bespalova  Russia	57.81	Germany	56.46
Javelin throw	Xue Juan  China	56.82 CR	South Korea	53.74 PB	Germany	52.20
Heptathlon	Marisa De Aniceto  France	5458	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	2	7
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
27	Finland (FIN)	0	1	0	1
	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	0	1
	Latvia (LAT)	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 nations)		39	40	38	117

References[]

• Official results