2003 IAAF World Athletics Final

The 1st IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Stade Louis II, in Monte Carlo, Monaco on 13 September and 14 September 2003. It was the series finale for the 2003 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings and the successor tournament to the 2002 IAAF Grand Prix Final.

The hammer throw event for men and women had to take place in Szombathely, Hungary a week previous as the Monaco stadium was not large enough to hold the event.

One of the biggest shocks came in the pole vault where current world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva failed to take a medal after only managing to clear 4.50 metres.

Medal summary

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 mBernard Williams
 United States
10.04John Capel
 United States
10.05Uchenna Emedolu
 Nigeria
10.08
200 mJoshua Johnson
 United States
20.35Shawn Crawford
 United States
20.37Stéphan Buckland
 Mauritius
20.44
400 mJerome Young
 United States
45.25Michael Blackwood
 Jamaica
45.25Alleyne Francique
 Grenada
45.67
800 mWilfred Bungei
 Kenya
1:45.97Joseph Mutua
 Kenya
1:46.13André Bucher
 Switzerland
1:46.28
1500 mPaul Korir
 Kenya
3:40.09Alex Kipchirchir
 Kenya
3:40.21Ivan Heshko
 Ukraine
3:40.72
3000 mKenenisa Bekele
 Ethiopia
7:36.98John Kibowen
 Kenya
7:38.21Abraham Chebii
 Kenya
7:39.28
5000 mEliud Kipchoge
 Kenya
13:23.34Richard Limo
 Kenya
13:23.95Gebregziabher Gebremariam
 Ethiopia
13:24.13
110 m hurdlesAllen Johnson
 United States
13.11Terrence Trammell
 United States
13.17Staņislavs Olijars
 Latvia
13.25
400 m hurdlesFélix Sánchez
 Dominican Republic
47.80Kemel Thompson
 Jamaica
48.50Danny McFarlane
 Jamaica
48.66
3000 m s'chaseSaif Saaeed Shaheen
 Qatar
7:57.38Paul Kipsiele Koech
 Kenya
7:57.42Ezekiel Kemboi
 Kenya
8:11.79
Pole vaultTim Lobinger
 Germany
5.91 mOkkert Brits
 South Africa
5.86 mDmitri Markov
 Australia
5.76 m
High jumpYaroslav Rybakov
 Russia
2.30 mStefan Holm
 Sweden
2.30 mJamie Nieto
 United States
2.30 m
Long jumpDwight Phillips
 United States
8.31 mHussein Taher Al-Sabee
 Saudi Arabia
8.30 mIgnisious Gaisah
 Ghana
8.26 m NR
Triple jumpChristian Olsson
 Sweden
17.55 mWalter Davis
 United States
17.09 mKenta Bell
 United States
16.95 m
Shot putChristian Cantwell
 United States
20.93 mYuriy Bilonoh
 Ukraine
20.53 mAndrei Mikhnevich
 Belarus
20.51 m
Discus throwVirgilijus Alekna
 Lithuania
68.30 mRóbert Fazekas
 Hungary
66.08 mVasiliy Kaptyukh
 Belarus
65.85 m
Javelin throwSergey Makarov
 Russia
85.66 mJan Železný
 Czech Republic
84.33 mBoris Henry
 Germany
81.00 m
Hammer throwAdrián Annus
 Hungary
82.10 mLibor Charfreitag
 Slovakia
81.22 mIvan Tikhon
 Belarus
80.84 m

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 mChryste Gaines
 United States
10.86Christine Arron
 France
11.04Torri Edwards
 United States
11.06
200 mMuriel Hurtis
 France
22.41Anastasiya Kapachinskaya
 Russia
22.57Torri Edwards
 United States
22.58
400 mAna Guevara
 Mexico
49.34Lorraine Fenton
 Jamaica
50.29Tonique Williams
 Bahamas
50.87
800 mMaria de Lurdes Mutola
 Mozambique
1:59.59Kelly Holmes
 Great Britain
1:59.92Mina Aït Hammou
 Morocco
1:59.97
1500 mSüreyya Ayhan
 Turkey
3:57.72Jackline Maranga
 Kenya
4:01.48Hayley Tullett
 Great Britain
4::01.60
3000 mEdith Masai
 Kenya
8:36.82Yelena Zadorozhnaya
 Russia
8:37.40Joanne Pavey
 Great Britain
8:37.89
5000 mElvan Abeylegesse
 Turkey
14:56.25Derartu Tulu
 Ethiopia
14:56.93Tirunesh Dibaba
 Ethiopia
14:57.87
100 m hurdlesGail Devers
 United States
12.45Glory Alozie
 Spain
12.66Miesha McKelvy
 United States
12.69
400 m hurdlesSandra Glover
 United States
53.65Andrea Blackett
 Barbados
54.28Ionela Târlea
 Romania
54.44
Pole vaultTatyana Polnova
 Russia
4.68 mSvetlana Feofanova
 Russia
4.60 mStacy Dragila
 United States
4.50 m
High jumpHestrie Cloete
 South Africa
2.01 mVita Palamar
 Ukraine
2.01 mKajsa Bergqvist
 Sweden
1.99 m
Long jumpEunice Barber
 France
7.05 m NRTatyana Kotova
 Russia
6.92 mGrace Upshaw
 United States
6.60 m
Triple jumpTatyana Lebedeva
 Russia
15.13 mYamilé Aldama
 Cuba
14.99 mFrançoise Mbango Etone
 Cameroon
14.83 m
Shot putVita Pavlysh
 Ukraine
19.86 mSvetlana Krivelyova
 Russia
19.66 mNadzeya Astapchuk
 Belarus
19.51 m
Discus throwVěra Pospíšilová
 Czech Republic
65.42 mAretha Hill
 United States
65.20 mEkaterini Voggoli
 Greece
63.55 m
Javelin throwTatyana Shikolenko
 Russia
64.47 mSteffi Nerius
 Germany
64.25 mNikolett Szabó
 Hungary
62.88 m
Hammer throwYipsi Moreno
 Cuba
73.42 mOlga Kuzenkova
 Russia
71.16 mMihaela Melinte
 Romania
69.27 m

Medals table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States95721
2  Russia56011
3  Kenya46212
4  France2103
5  Turkey2002
6  Ukraine1214
7  Ethiopia1124
8  Germany1113
 Hungary1113
 Sweden1113
11  Cuba1102
 Czech Republic1102
 South Africa1102
14  Dominican Republic1001
 Lithuania1001
 Mexico1001
 Mozambique1001
 Qatar1001
19  Jamaica0314
20  Great Britain0123
21  Barbados0101
 Saudi Arabia0101
 Slovakia0101
 Spain0101
25  Belarus0044
26  Romania0022
27  Australia0011
 Bahamas0011
 Cameroon0011
 Ghana0011
 Greece0011
 Grenada0011
 Latvia0011
 Mauritius0011
 Morocco0011
 Nigeria0011
 Switzerland0011
Totals (37 entries)353535105

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