# 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles

The men's 60 metres hurdles event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 15–16.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Allen Johnson United States | Anier García Cuba | Liu Xiang China |

## Results
### Heats

First 3 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Stanislavs Olijars | Latvia | 7.50 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 1 | Anier García | Cuba | 7.56 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Colin Jackson | Great Britain | 7.56 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Ladji Doucouré | France | 7.61 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 2 | Liu Xiang | China | 7.63 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Robert Kronberg | Sweden | 7.68 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Elmar Lichtenegger | Austria | 7.68 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Charles Allen | Canada | 7.70 | q, PB |
| 8 | 3 | Gregory Sedoc | Netherlands | 7.70 | Q, PB |
| 10 | 1 | Shaun Bownes | South Africa | 7.73 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Allen Johnson | United States | 7.74 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Ivan Bitzi | Switzerland | 7.75 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Sultan Tucker | Liberia | 7.76 | q |
| 14 | 4 | Matti Niemi | Finland | 7.77 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Cédric Lavanne | France | 7.79 | q |
| 15 | 2 | Felipe Vivancos | Spain | 7.79 | q |
| 17 | 2 | Márcio Simão de Souza | Brazil | 7.80 | |
| 18 | 3 | Shi Dongpeng | China | 7.81 | |
| 18 | 4 | Dudley Dorival | Haiti | 7.81 | Q, SB |
| 18 | 4 | Dwight Thomas | Jamaica | 7.81 | |
| 21 | 4 | Marcel van der Westen | Netherlands | 7.83 | |
| 22 | 4 | Yoel Hernández | Cuba | 7.86 | |
| 23 | 1 | Anselmo da Silva | Brazil | 7.87 | |
| 24 | 1 | Andrey Kislykh | Russia | 7.90 | |
| 25 | 3 | Miroslav Novaković | Serbia and Montenegro | 7.94 | |
| 26 | 3 | Ricardo Melbourne | Jamaica | 7.94 | |
| 27 | 4 | Jonathan Nsenga | Belgium | 8.03 | |
| 28 | 2 | Arlindo Leócadio Pinheiro | São Tomé and Príncipe | 8.57 | |
| 29 | 1 | Elton Bitincka | Albania | 8.62 | |
| | 2 | David Ilariani | Georgia | DNF | |
| | 3 | Terrence Trammell | United States | DNS | |

### Semifinals

First 4 of each semifinal qualified (Q) directly for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Anier García | Cuba | 7.49 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Stanislavs Olijars | Latvia | 7.50 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | Liu Xiang | China | 7.54 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Colin Jackson | Great Britain | 7.55 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Allen Johnson | United States | 7.57 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Robert Kronberg | Sweden | 7.64 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Ladji Doucouré | France | 7.67 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Shaun Bownes | South Africa | 7.68 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Elmar Lichtenegger | Austria | 7.70 | |
| 10 | 2 | Charles Allen | Canada | 7.70 | PB |
| 11 | 2 | Cédric Lavanne | France | 7.71 | |
| 12 | 2 | Matti Niemi | Finland | 7.72 | |
| 13 | 1 | Gregory Sedoc | Netherlands | 7.75 | |
| 14 | 1 | Ivan Bitzi | Switzerland | 7.80 | |
| 15 | 2 | Dudley Dorival | Haiti | 7.81 | SB |
| 16 | 2 | Felipe Vivancos | Spain | 7.81 | |
| 17 | 1 | Sultan Tucker | Liberia | 7.87 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | React | Notes |
| | 7 | Allen Johnson | United States | 7.47 | 0.155 | |
| | 4 | Anier García | Cuba | 7.49 | 0.150 | |
| | 2 | Liu Xiang | China | 7.52 | 0.138 | |
| 4 | 8 | Ladji Doucouré | France | 7.58 | 0.163 | PB |
| 5 | 3 | Colin Jackson | Great Britain | 7.61 | 0.128 | |
| 6 | 5 | Stanislavs Olijars | Latvia | 7.62 | 0.147 | |
| 7 | 6 | Robert Kronberg | Sweden | 7.67 | 0.140 | |
| 8 | 1 | Shaun Bownes | South Africa | 7.67 | 0.116 | |