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2003 in the sport of athletics

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Field	Value
Title	2003 in athletics
Image	2003 World Athletics Championships (147769455).jpg
ImageSize	180
Caption	Action at the World Championships in Paris
Major world competitions	World Championships
World Indoor Championships
IAAF Athletes of the Year	Hicham El Guerrouj
Hestrie Cloete
Previous	2002
Next	2004

World Indoor Championships |No. of world records = |IAAF Athletes of the Year = Hicham El Guerrouj Hestrie Cloete

This article contains an overview of the sport of athletics, including track and field, cross country and road running, in the year 2003.

The foremost competition of the year was the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, followed by the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships. At regional level, athletics was featured at two major games that were held that year: the 2003 Pan American Games and the 2003 All-Africa Games.

Major events

World

Regional

All-Africa Games
African Junior Championships
Asian Championships
Asian Cross Country Championships
Central Asian Games
Indian Ocean Island Games
Southeast Asian Games
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Pan American Games
South American Athletics Championships
South American Cross Country Championships
Balkan Games
European Cross Country Championships
European Cup
European Junior Championships
European U23 Championships
European Mountain Running Championships

World records

Men

Event	Athlete	Nation	Performance	Meeting	Place	Date
30 kilometres (road)	Takayuki Matsumiya		1:28.36		JPN Kumamoto, Japan	16 February
Marathon	Paul Tergat		2:04:55		GER Berlin, Germany	28 September

Women

Event	Athlete	Performance	Place	Date
10 kilometres (road)	Paula Radcliffe	30:21	PUR San Juan, Puerto Rico	23 February
Marathon	Paula Radcliffe	2:15:25	GBR London, Great Britain	13 April
3000 m steeplechase	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina	9:08.33	RUS Tula, Russia	10 August
400 m hurdles	Yuliya Pechonkina	52.34 m	RUS Tula, RUS	8 August
Pole vault	Yelena Isinbayeva	4.82 m	GBR Gateshead, Great Britain	13 July

Awards

Men

2003 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	WINNER
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Hicham El Guerrouj
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Hicham El Guerrouj
European Athlete of the Year Award	Christian Olsson
Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award	Tim Montgomery

Women

2003 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	WINNER
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Hestrie Cloete
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Hestrie Cloete
European Athlete of the Year Award	Carolina Klüft
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award	Gail Devers

Men's best year performances

[[400m hurdles]]

RANK	2003 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Félix Sánchez	47.25
2.	Kemel Thompson	48.05
3.	Periklís Iakovákis	48.17
4.	Joey Woody	48.18
5.	Bershawn Jackson	48.23

[[3000m steeplechase]]

RANK	2003 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Saif Saeed Shaheen	7:57.38
2.	Paul Kipsiele Koech	7:57.42
3.	Ezekiel Kemboi	8:02.49
4.	Bouabdellah Tahri	8:06.91
5.	Kipkirui Misoi	8:07.74

[[Pole vault]]

RANK	2003 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Romain Mesnil	5.95 m
2.	Aleksandr Averbukh	5.93 m
3.	Tim Lobinger	5.91 m
4.	Giuseppe Gibilisco	5.90 m
5.	Oscar Janson	5.87 m

[[Hammer throw]]

Main article: 2003 hammer throw year ranking

[[Decathlon]]

Main article: 2003 decathlon year ranking

Women's best year performances

[[100 metres]]

RANK	2003 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Chryste Gaines	10.86
2.	Chandra Sturrup	10.89
3.	Torri Edwards	10.93
4.	Debbie Ferguson	10.97
5.	Zhanna Block	10.99

[[200 metres]]

RANK	2003 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Allyson Felix	22.11
2.	Torri Edwards	22.28
3.	LaTasha Jenkins	22.31
4.	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya	22.38
5.	Muriel Hurtis-Houairi	22.41

[[Half marathon]]

RANK	2003 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Paula Radcliffe	1:05:39

[[100m hurdles]]

RANK	2003 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Gail Devers	12.45
Brigitte Foster-Hylton
3.	Miesha McKelvy	12.51
4.	Perdita Felicien	12.53
5.	Donica Merriman	12.65

[[400m hurdles]]

RANK	2003 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Yuliya Pechonkina	52.34
2.	Jana Rawlinson	53.22
3.	Sandra Glover	53.34
4.	Andrea Blackett	53.71
5.	Ionela Târlea	53.87

[[3000m steeplechase]]

RANK	2003 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina	9:08.33
2.	Alesya Turova	9:20.28
3.	Lyubov Ivanova	9:24.78
4.	Yekaterina Volkova	9:32.31
5.	Dorcus Inzikuru	9:39.51

[[High jump]]

RANK	2003 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Kajsa Bergqvist	2.06 m
Hestrie Cloete	2.06 m
3.	Marina Kuptsova	2.02 m
4.	Inga Babakova	2.01 m
Viktoriya Palamar	2.01 m
Blanka Vlašić	2.01 m
Amy Acuff	2.01 m
Venelina Veneva	2.01 m

[[Pole vault]]

RANK	2003 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Yelena Isinbayeva	4.82 m
2.	Svetlana Feofanova	4.75 m
3.	Yvonne Buschbaum	4.70 m
Tatyana Polnova
Annika Becker

[[Hammer throw]]

Main article: 2003 hammer throw year ranking

[[Heptathlon]]

RANK	2003 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Carolina Klüft	7001
2.	Eunice Barber	6755
3.	Natalya Sazanovich	6524
4.	Yelena Prokhorova	6452
5.	Denise Lewis	6282

Marathon

Men's competition

Pan American Games

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
[[Image:Med 1.png]]	Vanderlei de Lima	2:19:08
[[Image:Med 2.png]]	Bruce Deacon	2:20:25
[[Image:Med 3.png]]	Diego Colorado	2:21:48

Best year performances

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME	EVENT
1.	Paul Tergat	2:04:55 WR	Berlin Marathon
2.	Sammy Korir	2:04:56	Berlin Marathon
3.	Evans Rutto	2:05:50	Chicago Marathon
4.	Titus Munji	2:06:15	Berlin Marathon
5.	Michael Kosgei Rotich	2:06:33	Paris Marathon
6.	Benoît Zwierzchiewski	2:06:36	Paris Marathon
7.	William Kipsang	2:06:38	Amsterdam Marathon
8.	Felix Limo	2:06:42	Amsterdam Marathon
9.	Wilson Onsare	2:06:47	Paris Marathon
10.	Driss El Himer	2:06:48	Paris Marathon

Women's competition

Pan American Games

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
[[Image:Med 1.png]]	Márcia Narloch	2:39:54
[[Image:Med 2.png]]	Mariela González	2:42:55
[[Image:Med 3.png]]	Érika Olivera	2:44:52

Best year performances

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME	EVENT
1.	Paula Radcliffe	2:15:24 WR	London Marathon
2.	Sun Yingjie	2:19:39	Beijing Marathon
3.	Catherine Ndereba	2:19:55	London Marathon
4.	Deena Kastor	2:21:15	London Marathon
5.	Mizuki Noguchi	2:21:18	Osaka International Ladies Marathon
6.	Masako Chiba	2:21:45	Osaka Marathon
7.	Naoko Sakamoto	2:21:51	Osaka Marathon
8.	Lornah Kiplagat	2:22:22	Osaka Marathon
9.	Margaret Okayo	2:22:31	New York Marathon
10.	Catherine Ndereba	2:23:03	New York Marathon

Deaths

April 22 — Mike Larrabee, American athlete (b. 1933)
April 25 — Samson Kitur (37), Kenyan middle-distance runner (b. 1966)
April 28 — Juha Tiainen (47), Finnish hammer thrower (b. 1955)
September 24 — Benson Masya (33), Kenyan long-distance runner (b. 1970)

References

ARRS

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