2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics

Host city	Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Events	39
Dates	9–13 July
Main venue	Université de Sherbrooke Stadium

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	Jamahl Alert  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	Bernard Kiptanui  Kenya	1:49.14	Abraham Kipngetich  Kenya	1:49.17
1500 metres	Benson Marrianyi  Kenya	3:44.94 PB	Samson Kiplangat  Kenya	3:45.13	Isaac Mboyaza  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	Justus Kipchirchir  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	Mubarak Al-Mabadi  Saudi Arabia	13.41 PB	Alexander John  Germany	13.50 PB
400 m hurdles 84.0 cm	Jason Richardson  United States	49.91 WYL	Wouter le Roux  South Africa	50.85 PB	Jamaal Charles  United States	51.48 PB
10,000 m track walk	Aleksandr Prokhorov  Russia	42:16.16 CR	Makoto Sawada  Japan	42:17.62 PB	Vyacheslav Golovin  Russia	42:37.15 SB
Medley relay	United States Jay Cooper Michael Grant Jamaal Charles Cedric Goodman	1:52.03 WYL	Poland Dariusz Kuć Kamil Witkowski Rafał Błocian Ziemowit Ryś	1:53.08 SB	Japan Shinya Saburi Kenji Fujimitsu Naohiro Shinada Go Tanabe	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	Yves Renaux  France	7.44	Andrejs Maskancevs  Latvia	7.05
Triple jump	Dennis Fernández  Cuba	15.77	Mousa Abdou Alkam Qarqaran  Saudi Arabia	15.60 PB	Mohamed Abbas Darwish  United Arab Emirates	15.55
Shot put 5 kg	Liu Feng  China	21.45 WYR	Kyle Helf  Canada	20.79 PB	Ameen Al-Aradi  Saudi Arabia	19.69 PB
Discus throw 1.5 kg	Ronnie Buckley  Australia	64.34 CR	Wu Jian  China	63.18 PB	Yao-Hui Wang  Chinese Taipei	60.00
Hammer throw 5 kg	Mikhail Levin  Russia	76.41	Kristóf Németh  Hungary	75.59	Sándor Pálhegyi  Hungary	75.47 PB
Javelin throw 700 g	Julio Cesar de Oliveira  Brazil	81.16 CR	John Robert Oosthuizen  South Africa	81.07 PB	Raldu Potgieter  South Africa	75.56 PB
Octathlon	Andrés Silva  Uruguay	6456 WYR	Andrei Krauchanka  Belarus	6366	Lukaš Patera  Czech Republic	6316 PB

Girls

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Jessica Onyepunuka  United States	11.31 CR	Krystin Lacy  United States	11.50	Kelly-Ann Baptiste  Trinidad and Tobago	11.58
200 metres	Anneisha McLaughlin  Jamaica	23.26	Courtney Champion  United States	23.56	Cleo Tyson  United States	23.67
400 metres	Natasha Hastings  United States	53.41	Antonina Krivoshapka  Russia	53.54 PB	Jaimee-Lee Hoebergen  Australia	53.78 PB
800 metres	Mariya Shapaeva  Russia	2:03.40 CR	Olga Cristea  Moldova	2:04.30 PB	Larisa Arcip  Romania	2:04.31 PB
1500 metres	Alem Techale  Ethiopia	4:17.41 PB	Jelena Ština  Latvia	4:17.43	Joyce Jepkosgei Musungu  Kenya	4:17.65 PB
3000 metres	Siham Hilali  Morocco	9:12.70 PB	Pasalia Kipkoech Chepkorir  Kenya	9:13.77	Yuko Nohara  Japan	9:14.82
100 metres hurdles 76.2 cm	Sally McLellan  Australia	13.42	LaToya Greaves  Jamaica	13.49	Domenique Manning  United States	13.60
400 metres hurdles	Zuzana Hejnova  Czech Republic	57.54 CR	Yekaterina Kostetskaya  Russia	58.37	Mackenzie Hill  United States	59.15
5000 m track walk	Vera Sokolova  Russia	22:50.23	Ann Loughnane  Ireland	23:37.00 PB	Noriko Nishide  Japan	23:50.69
Medley relay	United States Jessica Onyepunuka Alexandria Anderson Krystin Lacy Natasha Hastings	2:03.87 WYL	Jamaica Samantha Henry-Robinson Sherline Duncan Sonita Sutherland Anneisha McLaughlin	2:07.05 PB	Russia Yelena Kremneva Yelena Khvashchevskaya Anastasiya Shuvalova Antonina Krivoshapka	2:07.52 PB
High jump	Iryna Kovalenko  Ukraine	1.92 CR	Annett Engel  Germany Svetlana Shkolina  Russia	1.86 PB 1.86	–
Pole vault	Lisa Ryzih  Germany	4.05	Sviatlana Makarevich  Belarus	4.00 PB	Charmaine Lucock  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	Elina Sorsa  Finland	12.95	Aliki-Yvoni Askitopoulou  Greece	12.93 PB
Shot put	Jiang Limin  China	15.60 WYL	Magdalena Sobieszek  Poland	15.42 PB	Marli Knoetze  South Africa	15.10
Discus throw	Lisandra Rodriguez  Cuba	48.56	Julie Bennell  Australia	48.32	Kristina Gehrig  Germany	48.31
Hammer throw	Valentina Srša  Croatia	61.18	Mariya Bespalova  Russia	57.81	Johanna Hoppe  Germany	56.46
Javelin throw	Xue Juan  China	56.82 CR	Bo-Ra Shin  South Korea	53.74 PB	Vivian Zimmer  Germany	52.20
Heptathlon	Marisa De Aniceto  France	5458	Sarah Kern  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	1	6
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
	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	1	2
28	Finland (FIN)	0	1	0	1
	Ireland (IRL)	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 entries)		39	40	38	117

References

• Official results