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2003 UIAA Climbing World Championships

The 2003 UIAA Climbing World Championships, the 7th edition, were held in Chamonix, France from 9 to 13 July 2003. It was organized by the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA). The championships consisted of lead, speed, and bouldering events.

2003 UIAA Climbing World Championships
Chamonix, France
9 – 13 July 2003
241 from 34 nations

The 2003 UIAA Climbing World Championships, the 7th edition, were held in Chamonix, France from 9 to 13 July 2003. It was organized by the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA). The championships consisted of lead, speed, and bouldering events.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Lead	Tomas Mrazek Czech Republic	Patxi Usobiaga Lakunza Spain	David Caude France
Men's Bouldering	Christian Core Italy	Jerome Meyer France	Tomasz Oleksy Poland
Men's Speed	Maksym Styenkovyy Ukraine	Tomasz Oleksy Poland	Alexander Peshekhonov Russia

Women's Lead	Muriel Sarkany Belgium	Emilie Pouget France	Sandrine Levet France
Women's Bouldering	Sandrine Levet France	Nataliya Perlova Ukraine	Fanny Rogeaux France
Women's Speed	Olena Ryepko Ukraine	Tatiana Ruyga Russia	Valentina Yurina Russia

Tomáš Mrázek clinched gold medal after climbing 2 meters higher than the rest of the field. Patxi Usobiaga Lakunza won silver medal by edging out David Caude who took bronze. Alexandre Chabot placed 5th.

Rank	Name	Nation	1/4 Final	1/2 Final	Final	Result
	Tomáš Mrázek	Czech Republic	Top		22.50-	23.55-	9500
	Patxi Usobiaga Lakunza	Spain		Top	20.64-	21.29+	7600
	David Caude	France	Top		24.24+	21.29	6175
4	Christian Bindhammer	Germany	Top		20.64	15.40-	5225
5	Alexandre Chabot	France		Top	25.00-	14.48-	4845
6	Sylvain Millet	France	Top		23.76-	12.31-	4465
7	Ramón Julián Puigblanqué	Spain	Top		22.87-	10.81	4085
8	Evgeny Ovchinnikov	Russia		Top	20.64	10.81	3800

Muriel Sarkany took the win by climbing 2 meter higher than her closest competition. Six climbers struggled on the same hold: touching, holding, or moving off it. In the end, Emilie Pouget claimed silver medal, ahead of her teammate Sandrine Levet who claimed bronze.

Rank	Name	Nation	1/4 Final	1/2 Final	Final	Result
	Muriel Sarkany	Belgium	Top	Top	24.60-	8400
	Emilie Pouget	France	Top	18.15-	22.27+	6720
	Sandrine Levet	France	Top	Top	22.27	5460
4	Jenny Lavarda	Italy	Top	18.15	22.27-	4620
5	Alexandra Eyer	Switzerland	Top	18.15-	22.27-	4284
6	Caroline Ciavaldini	France	Top	16.94	22.27-	3948
7	Angela Eiter	Austria	Top	16.94-	22.27-	3612
8	Barbara Bacher	Austria	Top	17.42+	20.12	3360
9	Emily Harrington	United States	Top	16.94-	17.72-	3108
10	Olga Shalagina	Ukraine	Top	16.94-	7.26-	2856

Bouldering scores were decided by number of tops, number of attempts to tops, number of zones, and number of attempts to zones in decreasing order of importance.

Christian Core sent four boulder problems in the final round and won gold medal after edging out Jérôme Meyer by one less attempt. Tomasz Oleksy placed 3rd.

Sandrine Levet topped 5 boulder problems in the final round, securing a gold medal. Nataliya Perlova sent 3 problems and placed second, while Fanny Rogeaux sent 2 problems in two attempts claiming third place.

Maksym Styenkovvy took the win. Tomasz Oleksy placed second and Alexander Peshekhonov placed third.

Rank	Name	Nation	Qual.	1/2-Final	small Final	Final	Result
	Maksym Styenkovyy	Ukraine	28.81	25.97	21.55	21.31	5500
	Tomasz Oleksy	Poland	32.15	25.96	24.31	25.71	4400
	Alexander Peshekhonov	Russia	32.74	26.96	22.11		3575
4	Oleksandr Salimov	Ukraine	35.20	28.74	27.43		3025
5	Alexei Gadeev	Russia	31.05	29.66			2805
6	Dmytro Konovalov	Ukraine	34.53	26.72			2585
7	Sergei Sinitcyn	Russia	28.29	31.74			2365
8	Iakov Soubbotine	Russia	26.64	27.01			2200
9	Yevgen Kryvosheytsev	Ukraine	29.01	27.19			2035
10	Csaba Komondi	Hungary	32.53	30.03			1870
11	Alexandre Chaoulsky	Russia	28.46	30.87			1705
12	Ivan Shyshkovskyy	Ukraine	40.25	34.18			1540
13	Salah Boulbahaiem	Belgium	48.95	42.32			1430
14	Mathieu Dutray	France	34.80	elim.			1320
14	Nicolas Januel	France	33.84	elim.			1320
14	Andrzej Mecherzynski-Wiktor	Poland	33.45	elim.			1320
17	C. M. Praveen	India	49.98				1008
18	Kyrylo Shevchenko	Ukraine	elim.				896

Olena Ryepko took the win. Tatiana Ruyga placed second and Yurina Valentina third.

Rank	Name	Nation	Qual.	small Final	Final	Result
	Olena Ryepko	Ukraine	43.57	37.15	35.76	3300
	Tatiana Ruyga	Russia	44.38	37.86	37.68	2640
	Valentina Yurina	Russia	43.72	42.25		2145
4	Olga Zakharova	Ukraine	43.09	38.86		1815
5	Mayya Piratinskaya	Russia	45.38			1683
6	Olga Bezhko	Ukraine	53.68			1551
7	Edyta Ropek	Poland	48.96			1419
8	Olena Ostapenko	Ukraine	51.14			1320
9	Svetlana Sutkina	Russia	53.83			1776
10	Agung Ethi Hendrawati	Indonesia	57.45			1632
11	Sabine Knabl	Austria	59.22			1488
12	Nataliya Perlova	Ukraine	60.54			1344
13	M. N. Vathsala	India	86.02			1248
14	Bangalore Subbarao Archana	India	elim.			1152
14	Anna Stenkovaya	Russia	elim.			1152

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