2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships
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The 9th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics
IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics
The International Association of Athletics Federations World Indoor Championships were inaugurated as the World Indoor Games in 1985 in Paris, France and were subsequently renamed in 1987 as they are known today.-History:...

were held in the National Indoor Arena
National Indoor Arena
The National Indoor Arena is a large indoor arena and is owned by the NEC Group. It is situated in central Birmingham, England and was opened in 1991, as the largest indoor arena at the time in the UK...

 in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

, UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 from 14 March to 16 March 2003. It was the first time the Championships had been held in the UK. There were a total number of 589 participating athletes from 133 countries.

Men

1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2004 | 2006
60 m
|6.46 6.53 |6.55
200 m
|20.62 |20.76 |20.92
400 m
rowspan="2" |rowspan="2"|45.34 rowspan="2" |rowspan="2"|45.43 |rowspan="2"|45.99
800 m
|1:45.69 |1:45.87 |1:46.54
1,500 m
|3:42.59 |3:42.62 |3:42.71
3,000 m
|7:40.97 |7:42.08 |7:42.56
60 m hurdles
|7.47 |7.49 |7.52
4x400 m relay
 Jamaica
Leroy Colquhoun
Leroy Colquhoun
Leroy Colquhoun is a Jamaican sprinter. He won a silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships and a gold medal in the same event at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships.-External links:...


Danny McFarlane
Danny McFarlane
Danny McFarlane, OD is a Jamaican hurdler, who has won numerous international medals in individual and relay contests...


Michael Blackwood
Michael Blackwood
Michael Blackwood is a male track and field athlete from Jamaica, who specializes in 400 Metres, his personal best being 44.60 set in Madrid in 2002. He is the brother of Catherine Scott.-Achievements:...


Davian Clarke
Davian Clarke
Davian Clarke is a Jamaican athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 metres. He won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1996 Olympics, and many relay medals followed, before he won his first individual medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-External links:*...

3:04.211
(NR)
 United Kingdom
Jamie Baulch
Jamie Baulch
James Steven Baulch , but raised by foster parents in Risca, near Newport, is a British sprint athlete and television presenter. He won the 400 metres gold medal at the 1999 World Indoor Championships. As a member of British 4 x 400 metres relay teams, he won a gold medal at the 1997 World...


Timothy Benjamin
Timothy Benjamin
Timothy David Benjamin is a former professional athlete from Wales. He specialised in the 400 metres, and in his teens was coached by Jock Anderson, in the same training group as Christian Malcolm...


Cori Henry
Daniel Caines
Daniel Caines
Daniel Stephen Caines is an English athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres.-Early life:He was educated at Solihull School, a British independent school in the affluent West Midlands town of Solihull...

3:06.12  Poland
Rafał Wieruszewski
Grzegorz Zajączkowski
Grzegorz Zajaczkowski
Grzegorz Zajączkowski is a Polish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.He finished fourth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2003 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Rafał Wieruszewski, Marcin Marciniszyn and Marek Plawgo....


Marcin Marciniszyn
Marcin Marciniszyn
Marcin Marciniszyn is a Polish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:Outdoor*200 metres - 21.07 s *400 metres - 45.27 s Indoor...


Marek Plawgo
Marek Plawgo
Marek Plawgo is a Polish athlete. He mainly competes in the 400 meters hurdles, but he also starts in the 400 meters and the 4x400 meters relay....

3:06.61
High jump
|2.35 |2.33 |2.30
Pole vault
|5.80 |5.75 |5.75
(NR)
Long jump
|8.29 |8.28 |8.21
Triple jump
|17.70 |17.35 |17.27
Shot put
|21.24 |21.23 |21.13
Heptathlon
|6361 |6297 |6196

1 The United States (James Davis, Jerome Young
Jerome Young
Jerome Young in Clarendon, Jamaica, attended high school in Hartford, Connecticut at Prince Technical, is a sprint athlete. He was caught doping in 1999, which cast suspicious shadows over his entire track & field career....

, Milton Campbell
Milton Campbell
Milton Campbell is a former track and field athlete from the United States who mainly competes in the 400 metres.His success comes during the indoor season...

, Tyree Washington
Tyree Washington
Tyree Washington is a retired American sprinter.He attended both La Sierra High School and San Bernardino Valley College....

) originally won the 4x400&m gold medal in 3:04.09, but were disqualified after Young tested positive for drugs in 2004.

Women

1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2004 | 2006
60 m
7.04 7.16 7.17
200 m*
22.54 22.80 22.81
400 m
50.83 51.11 51.13
800 m
1:58.94 1:59.39 1:59.53
1,500 m
4:01.76 4:02.66 4:02.80
3,000 m
8:40.25 8:42.12 8:42.58
60 m hurdles
7.81 7.90 7.92
4x400 m relay
 Russia
Natalya Antyukh
Natalya Antyukh
Natalya Nikolayevna Antyukh is a Russian athlete who primarily competed in the 400 metres and 400 metre hurdles.In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics....


Yuliya Pechonkina
Yuliya Pechonkina
Yuliya Sergeyevna Pechonkina, née Nosova is a Russian former athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles and 4 x 400 metres relay....


Olesya Zykina
Olesya Zykina
Olesya Nikolaevna Zykina is a Russian athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.-Achievements:...


Natalya Nazarova
Natalya Nazarova
Natalya Viktorovna Nazarova is a sprint athlete.She was born in Moscow.Following a personal best time of 49.65 seconds run a fortnight earlier, Natalya had lost form by the start of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and only just made the final finishing 8th...

3:28.45  Jamaica
Ronetta Smith
Ronetta Smith
Ronetta Smith is a Jamaican sprinter.A 400m runner with a personal best of 51.23 , Smith has never reached an international final in an individual race. However, she was a part of the Jamaican 4 x 400 meters relay teams that won the bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships and the silver medal...


Catherine Scott
Catherine Scott
Catherine Scott is a retired Jamaican athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. She also competed on the successful Jamaican team in the 4 x 400 metres relay, winning an Olympic silver medal in 2000. she is the sister of Michael Blackwood.-Achievements:-External links:...


Sheryl Morgan
Sheryl Morgan
Sheryl Morgan is a sprinter, who specializes in the 400 metres.Morgan won a bronze medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships...


Sandie Richards
Sandie Richards
Alexandra Richards is a Jamaican track and field athlete. She was a bronze medalist in the 4x400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece....

3:31.23  United States
Monique Hennagan
Monique Hennagan
Monique Hennagan is an American athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 meters. She won her first relay medal at the 1999 World Indoor Championships and her second in 2003....


Meghan Addy
Brenda Taylor
Brenda Taylor (athlete)
Brenda Taylor is an American track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 meter hurdles. She reached the final of the event at the 2004 Summer Olympics...


Mary Danner
3:31.69
High jump
2.01 1.99 1.99
Pole vault
4.80
(WR)
4.60 4.45
Long jump
6.84 6.72 6.70
Triple jump
15.01 14.88
(NR)
14.72
Shot put
20.55 20.31 19.86
Pentathlon
4933 4715 4644
* Michelle Collins of the USA originally won the gold medal in 200 m, but lost it due to a doping case.

Medal table by country

1 8 3 4 15
2 5 5 2 12
3 4 0 0 4
4  United Kingdom 2 3 2 7
5 2 0 1 3
2 0 1 3
7 1 4 1 6
8 1 1 2 4
9 1 1 1 3
1 1 1 3
11 1 0 0 1
12 0 2 1 3
13 0 2 0 2
14 0 1 2 3
15 0 1 1 2
0 1 1 2
17 0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
20 0 0 2 2
21 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1

Participating nations

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(1) (3) (11) (1) (9) (3) (1) (2) (5) (5) (23) (1) (10) (2) (34) (10) (1) (1) (1) (2) (1) (7) (2) (1) (1) (10) (1)
(19) (20) (3) (2) (6) (1) (1) (2) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (2) (1) (1) (1) (1) (9) (1) (1) (1) (11)
(1) (3) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (15) (7) (1) (1) (11) (42) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (2) (2) (2) (10)
(1) (4) (27) (2) (1) (1) (12) (3) (1) (1) (1) (1) (2) (4) (2) (1) (1) (24) (49) (1) (1) (1) (1)

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