# 2003 World Judo Championships

The 2003 World Judo Championships were the 23rd edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in Osaka, Japan 11–15 September 2003. On the last day of competition, team events were held, as France won the men's team event and Japan won the women's.

## Medal overview
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) details | Choi Min-Ho (KOR) | Craig Fallon (GBR) | Tadahiro Nomura (JPN) |
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) details | Choi Min-Ho (KOR) | Craig Fallon (GBR) | Anis Lounifi (TUN) |
| Half-lightweight (66 kg) details | Arash Miresmaeili (IRI) | Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA) | Yordanis Arencibia (CUB) |
| Half-lightweight (66 kg) details | Arash Miresmaeili (IRI) | Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA) | Magomed Dzhafarov (RUS) |
| Lightweight (73 kg) details | Lee Won-Hee (KOR) | Daniel Fernandes (FRA) | João Neto (POR) |
| Lightweight (73 kg) details | Lee Won-Hee (KOR) | Daniel Fernandes (FRA) | Vitaliy Makarov (RUS) |
| Half-middleweight (81 kg) details | Florian Wanner (GER) | Sergei Aschwanden (SUI) | Robert Krawczyk (POL) |
| Half-middleweight (81 kg) details | Florian Wanner (GER) | Sergei Aschwanden (SUI) | Aleksei Budõlin (EST) |
| Half-middleweight (90 kg) details | Hwang Hee-Tae (KOR) | Zurab Zviadauri (GEO) | Siarhei Kukharenka (BLR) |
| Half-middleweight (90 kg) details | Hwang Hee-Tae (KOR) | Zurab Zviadauri (GEO) | Carlos Honorato (BRA) |
| Half-heavyweight (100 kg) details | Kosei Inoue (JPN) | Ghislain Lemaire (FRA) | Ihar Makarau (BLR) |
| Half-heavyweight (100 kg) details | Kosei Inoue (JPN) | Ghislain Lemaire (FRA) | Mário Sabino (BRA) |
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) details | Yasuyuki Muneta (JPN) | Dennis van der Geest (NED) | Tamerlan Tmenov (RUS) |
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) details | Yasuyuki Muneta (JPN) | Dennis van der Geest (NED) | Yevgen Sotnikov (UKR) |
| Openweight details | Keiji Suzuki (JPN) | Indrek Pertelson (EST) | Abdullo Tangriev (UZB) |
| Openweight details | Keiji Suzuki (JPN) | Indrek Pertelson (EST) | Movlud Miraliyev (AZE) |
| Men's team details | France (FRA) | Japan (JPN) | Iran (IRI) |
| Men's team details | France (FRA) | Japan (JPN) | Russia (RUS) |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) details | Ryoko Tamura (JPN) | Frédérique Jossinet (FRA) | Neşe Şensoy (TUR) |
| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) details | Ryoko Tamura (JPN) | Frédérique Jossinet (FRA) | Danieska Carrión (CUB) |
| Half-lightweight (52 kg) details | Amarilis Savón (CUB) | Annabelle Euranie (FRA) | Raffaella Imbriani (GER) |
| Half-lightweight (52 kg) details | Amarilis Savón (CUB) | Annabelle Euranie (FRA) | Yuki Yokosawa (JPN) |
| Lightweight (57 kg) details | Kye Sun-hui (PRK) | Yvonne Bönisch (GER) | Yurisleidis Lupetey (CUB) |
| Lightweight (57 kg) details | Kye Sun-hui (PRK) | Yvonne Bönisch (GER) | Deborah Gravenstijn (NED) |
| Half-middleweight (63 kg) details | Daniela Krukower (ARG) | Driulis González (CUB) | Anna von Harnier (GER) |
| Half-middleweight (63 kg) details | Daniela Krukower (ARG) | Driulis González (CUB) | Ylenia Scapin (ITA) |
| Middleweight (70 kg) details | Masae Ueno (JPN) | Regla Leyén (CUB) | Edith Bosch (NED) |
| Middleweight (70 kg) details | Masae Ueno (JPN) | Regla Leyén (CUB) | Annett Böhm (GER) |
| Half-heavyweight (78 kg) details | Noriko Anno (JPN) | Yurisel Laborde (CUB) | Edinanci Silva (BRA) |
| Half-heavyweight (78 kg) details | Noriko Anno (JPN) | Yurisel Laborde (CUB) | Esther San Miguel (ESP) |
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) details | Sun Fuming (CHN) | Maki Tsukada (JPN) | Tea Donguzashvili (RUS) |
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) details | Sun Fuming (CHN) | Maki Tsukada (JPN) | Karina Bryant (GBR) |
| Openweight details | Tong Wen (CHN) | Karina Bryant (GBR) | Mara Kovačević (SCG) |
| Openweight details | Tong Wen (CHN) | Karina Bryant (GBR) | Daima Beltrán (CUB) |
| Women's team details | Japan (JPN) | China (CHN) | France (FRA) (25x17px) |
| Women's team details | Japan (JPN) | China (CHN) | Cuba (CUB) (25x17px) |

### Medal table

* Host nation (Japan)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN)* | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Iran (IRN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | North Korea (PRK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | France (FRA) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 16 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (27 entries) | Totals (27 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |

## Results overview
### Men
#### 60 kg

14 September – Final
| Position | Judoka |
| 1. | Choi Min-Ho (KOR) |
| 2. | Craig Fallon (GBR) |
| 3. | Tadahiro Nomura (JPN) |
| 3. | Anis Lounifi (TUN) |
| 5. | Oliver Gussenberg (GER) |
| 5. | Pak Nam-Choi (PRK) |
| 7. | Elchin Ismaylov (AZE) |
| 7. | Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh (IRI) |

#### 66 kg

13 September – Final
| Position | Judoka |
| 1. | Arash Miresmaeili (IRI) |
| 2. | Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA) |
| 3. | Yordanis Arencibia (CUB) |
| 3. | Magomed Dzhafarov (RUS) |
| 5. | João Pina (POR) |
| 5. | Miloš Mijalković (SCG) |
| 7. | Hüseyin Özkan (TUR) |
| 7. | Tomoo Torii (JPN) |

#### 73 kg

13 September – Final
| Position | Judoka |
| 1. | Lee Won-Hee (KOR) |
| 2. | Daniel Fernandes (FRA) |
| 3. | João Neto (POR) |
| 3. | Vitaliy Makarov (RUS) |
| 5. | Victor Bivol (MDA) |
| 5. | Egamnazar Akbarov (UZB) |
| 7. | Yoel Razvozov (ISR) |
| 7. | Yusuke Kanamaru (JPN) |

#### 81 kg

12 September – Final
| Position | Judoka |
| 1. | Florian Wanner (GER) |
| 2. | Sergei Aschwanden (SUI) |
| 3. | Robert Krawczyk (POL) |
| 3. | Aleksei Budõlin (EST) |
| 5. | Yoshihiro Akiyama (JPN) |
| 5. | Ricardo Echarte (ESP) |
| 7. | Ariel Sganga (ARG) |
| 7. | Cédric Claverie (FRA) |

#### 90 kg

12 September – Final
| Position | Judoka |
| 1. | Hwang Hee-Tae (KOR) |
| 2. | Zurab Zviadauri (GEO) |
| 3. | Siarhei Kukharenka (BLR) |
| 3. | Carlos Honorato (BRA) |
| 5. | Yosvany Despaigne (CUB) |
| 5. | Keith Morgan (CAN) |
| 7. | Gabriel Lama (CHI) |
| 7. | Francesco Lepre (ITA) |

#### 100 kg

11 September – Final
| Position | Judoka |
| 1. | Kosei Inoue (JPN) |
| 2. | Ghislain Lemaire (FRA) |
| 3. | Ihar Makarau (BLR) |
| 3. | Mário Sabino (BRA) |
| 5. | Michele Monti (ITA) |
| 5. | Nicolas Gill (CAN) |
| 7. | Iveri Jikurauli (GEO) |
| 7. | Michael Jurack (GER) |

#### +100 kg

11 September – Final
| Position | Judoka |
| 1. | Yasuyuki Muneta (JPN) |
| 2. | Dennis van der Geest (NED) |
| 3. | Tamerlan Tmenov (RUS) |
| 3. | Yevgen Sotnikov (UKR) |
| 5. | Daniel Hernandes (BRA) |
| 5. | Frank Möller (GER) |
| 7. | Janusz Wojnarowicz (POL) |
| 7. | Selim Tataroğlu (TUR) |

#### Open class

14 September – Final
| Position | Judoka |
| 1. | Keiji Suzuki (JPN) |
| 2. | Indrek Pertelson (EST) |
| 3. | Abdullo Tangriev (UZB) |
| 3. | Movlud Miraliyev (AZE) |
| 5. | Amel Mekić (BIH) |
| 5. | Gabriel Munteanu (ROM) |
| 7. | Janusz Wojnarowicz (POL) |
| 7. | Daniel Hernandes (BRA) |

#### Men's team

15 September – Final
| Position | Country |
| 1. | France (FRA) |
| 2. | Japan (JPN) |
| 3. | Iran (IRI) |
| 3. | Russia (RUS) |
| 5. | Cuba (CUB) |
| 5. | South Korea (KOR) |
| 7. | Australia (AUS) |
| 7. | Tunisia (TUN) |

### Women
#### 48 kg

14 September – Final
| Position | Judoka |
| 1. | Ryoko Tamura (JPN) |
| 2. | Frédérique Jossinet (FRA) |
| 3. | Neşe Şensoy (TUR) |
| 3. | Danieska Carrión (CUB) |
| 5. | Julia Matijass (GER) |
| 5. | Gao Feng (CHN) |
| 7. | Alina Dumitru (ROM) |
| 7. | Anna Żemła (POL) |

#### 52 kg

13 September – Final
| Position | Judoka |
| 1. | Amarilis Savón (CUB) |
| 2. | Annabelle Euranie (FRA) |
| 3. | Raffaella Imbriani (GER) |
| 3. | Yuki Yokosawa (JPN) |
| 5. | Ri Sang-Rim (PRK) |
| 5. | Georgina Singleton (GBR) |
| 7. | Ana Carrascosa (ESP) |
| 7. | Michal Feinblat (ISR) |

#### 57 kg

13 September – Final
| Position | Judoka |
| 1. | Kye Sun-hui (PRK) |
| 2. | Yvonne Bönisch (GER) |
| 3. | Yurisleidis Lupetey (CUB) |
| 3. | Deborah Gravenstijn (NED) |
| 5. | Maria Pekli (AUS) |
| 5. | Barbara Harel (FRA) |
| 7. | Isabel Fernández (ESP) |
| 7. | Xu Yan (CHN) |

#### 63 kg

12 September – Final
| Position | Judoka |
| 1. | Daniela Krukower (ARG) |
| 2. | Driulis González (CUB) |
| 3. | Anna von Harnier (GER) |
| 3. | Ylenia Scapin (ITA) |
| 5. | Lee Bok-Hee (KOR) |
| 5. | Vânia Yukie Ishii (BRA) |
| 7. | Lucie Décosse (FRA) |
| 7. | Gella Vandecaveye (BEL) |

#### 70 kg

12 September – Final
| Position | Judoka |
| 1. | Masae Ueno (JPN) |
| 2. | Regla Leyén (CUB) |
| 3. | Edith Bosch (NED) |
| 3. | Annett Böhm (GER) |
| 5. | Qin Dongya (CHN) |
| 5. | Kate Howey (GBR) |
| 7. | Kim Ryon-Mi (PRK) |
| 7. | Cecilia Blanco (ESP) |

#### 78 kg

11 September – Final
| Position | Judoka |
| 1. | Noriko Anno (JPN) |
| 2. | Yurisel Laborde (CUB) |
| 3. | Edinanci Silva (BRA) |
| 3. | Esther San Miguel (ESP) |
| 5. | Claudia Zwiers (NED) |
| 5. | Céline Lebrun (FRA) |
| 7. | Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand (MGL) |
| 7. | Uta Kühnen (GER) |

#### +78 kg

11 September – Final
| Position | Judoka |
| 1. | Sun Fuming (CHN) |
| 2. | Maki Tsukada (JPN) |
| 3. | Tea Donguzashvili (RUS) |
| 3. | Karina Bryant (GBR) |
| 5. | Sandra Köppen (GER) |
| 5. | Daima Beltrán (CUB) |
| 7. | Barbara Andolina (ITA) |
| 7. | Françoise Harteveld (NED) |

#### Open class

14 September – Final
| Position | Judoka |
| 1. | Tong Wen (CHN) |
| 2. | Karina Bryant (GBR) |
| 3. | Mara Kovačević (SCG) |
| 3. | Daima Beltrán (CUB) |
| 5. | Magdalena Kozioł (POL) |
| 5. | Céline Lebrun (FRA) |
| 7. | Claudia Zwiers (NED) |
| 7. | Giovanna Blanco (VEN) |