# 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships

The 4th European Athletics U23 Championships were held in Bydgoszcz, Poland at the Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium between 17 and 20 July 2003.

## Results

Complete results and medal winners were published.

### Men's

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Ronald Pognon France | 10.19 | Argo Golberg Estonia | 10.28 (NR) | Fabrice Calligny France | 10.34 |
| 200 metres details | Chris Lambert Great Britain | 20.34 | Marcin Jędrusiński Poland | 20.39 | Johan Wissman Sweden | 20.43 |
| 400 metres details | Leslie Djhone France | 45.04 | Timothy Benjamin Great Britain | 45.86 | Rafał Wieruszewski Poland | 45.87 |
| 800 metres details | René Herms Germany | 1:46.26 | Florent Lacasse France | 1:46.47 | Manuel Olmedo Spain | 1:46.83 |
| 1500 metres details | Mounir Yemmouni France | 3:44.02 | Xavier Areny Spain | 3:44.65 | Lorenzo Perrone Italy | 3:45.05 |
| 5000 metres details | Christopher Thompson Great Britain | 13:58.62 | Mo Farah Great Britain | 13:58.88 | Robert Connolly Ireland | 14:03.75 |
| 10,000 metres details | Ioannis Kanelopoulos Greece | 29:00.78 | Vasyl Matviychuk Ukraine | 29:01.29 | Paweł Ochal Poland | 29:17.41 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Ladji Doucouré France | 13.25 | Philip Nossmy Sweden | 13.50 | Gregory Sedoc Netherlands | 13.55 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Marek Plawgo Poland | 48.45 | Christian Duma Germany | 49.53 | Thomas Kortbeek Netherlands | 49.68 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Martin Pröll Austria | 8:25.86 | Radosław Popławski Poland | 8:27.95 | Jukka Keskisalo Finland | 8:28.53 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Great Britain Tyrone Edgar Chris Lambert Darren Chin Dwayne Grant | 39.31 | France Daniel Adolia Fabrice Calligny David Socrier Leslie Dhjone | 39.38 | Belgium Pieter-Jan Vereecke François Gourmet Kristof Beyens Xavier de Baerdemacker | 39.54 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Poland Rafał Wieruszewski Kacper Skalski Daniel Dąbrowski Marek Plawgo | 3:03.32 | Germany Sebastian Gatzka Christian Duma Steffen Staffelmaier Bastian Swillims | 3:03.36 | Russia Roman Matveyev Dmitriy Petrov Aleksandr Borshchenko Andrey Polukeyev | 3:04.18 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Benjamin Kuciński Poland | 1:22:07 | Sergey Lystsov Russia | 1:24:04 | Andrey Talashko Belarus | 1:24:28 |
| High jump details | Aleksander Waleriańczyk Poland | 2.36 | Andrey Tereshin Russia | 2.27 | Wojciech Borysiewicz Poland | 2.27 |
| Pole vault details | Oleksandr Korchmid Ukraine | 5.50 | Marvin Osei-Tutu Germany | 5.50 | Maksym Mazuryk Ukraine | 5.45 |
| Long jump details | Louis Tsatoumas Greece | 8.24 | Volodymyr Zyuskov Ukraine | 8.22 | Danut Simion Romania | 8.09 |
| Triple jump details | Dmitrij Valukevic Belarus | 17.57 | Marian Oprea Romania | 17.28 | Rudolf Helpling Germany | 16.66 |
| Shot put details | Pavel Lyzhyn Belarus | 20.43 | Pavel Sofin Russia | 20.33 | Rutger Smith Netherlands | 20.18 |
| Discus throw details | Rutger Smith Netherlands | 59.90 | Dmitriy Sivakov Belarus | 58.00 | Bogdan Pishchalnikov Russia | 56.88 |
| Hammer throw details | Krisztián Pars Hungary | 77.25 | Eşref Apak Turkey | 76.52 | Aleksandr Vashchyla Belarus | 71.91 |
| Javelin throw details | Alexandr Ivanov Russia | 82.59 | Igor Janik Poland | 82.54 | Tero Pitkämäki Finland | 78.84 |
| Decathlon details | André Niklaus Germany | 7983 | Indrek Turi Estonia | 7864 | Atis Vaisjuns Latvia | 7681 |

### Women's

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Georgia Kokloni Greece | 11.33 | Daria Onyśko Poland | 11.46 | Aksana Drahun Belarus | 11.48 |
| 200 metres details | Maryna Maydanova Ukraine | 22.82 | Maja Nose Slovenia | 23.09 | Dorota Dydo Poland | 23.34 |
| 400 metres details | Helen Karagounis Great Britain | 51.78 | Solene Désert France | 52.05 | Tatyana Firova Russia | 52.14 |
| 800 metres details | Becky Lyne Great Britain | 2:04.66 | Lucia Klocová Slovakia | 2:05.02 | Esther Desviat Spain | 2:05.38 |
| 1500 metres details$^†$ | Olesya Chumakova Russia | 4:11.75 | Lisa Dobriskey United Kingdom | 4:12.95 | Ingvill Måkestad Norway | 4:13.58 |
| 5000 metres details | Elvan Abeylegesse Turkey | 15:16.79 | Tatyana Petrova Russia | 16:02.79 | Sonia Bejarano Spain | 16:17.81 |
| 10,000 metres details | Krisztina Papp Hungary | 33:23.02 | Valentina Levushkina Russia | 33:28.73 | Louise Damen Great Britain | 33:29.82 |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Susanna Kallur Sweden | 12.88 | Nadine Hentschke Germany | 12.89 | Mariya Koroteyeva Russia | 12.95 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Oksana Gulumyan Russia | 56.23 | Irena Zauna Latvia | 56.47 | Maria Rus Romania | 57.01 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Lyubov Ivanova Russia | 9:41.16 | Michaela Mannová Czech Republic | 9:42.01 | Sigrid Vanden Bempt Belgium | 9:42.04 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Ukraine Nataliya Pyhyda Iryna Shepetyuk Olena Chebanu Maryna Maydanova | 44.29 | Poland Anna Radoszewska Daria Onyśko Dorota Dydo Małgorzata Fleiszar | 44.51 | Germany Tanja Kuckelkorn Lisa Schorr Katja Wakan Nadine Hentschke | 44.59 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Russia Yuliya Gushchina Natalya Ivanova Oksana Gulumyan Tatyana Firova | 3:29.25 | Great Britain Jenny Meadows Danielle Halsall Kim Wall Helen Karagounis | 3:30.44 | Germany Eillen Müller Katharina Gröb Tina Kron Claudia Hoffmann | 3:33.59 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Athanasia Tsoumeleka Greece | 1:33:55 | Vera Santos Portugal | 1:35:18 | Sabine Zimmer Germany | 1:35:56 |
| High jump details | Blanka Vlašić Croatia | 1.98 | Yelena Slesarenko Russia | 1.96 | Anna Ksok Poland | 1.92 |
| Pole vault details | Yelena Isinbayeva Russia | 4.65 | Vanessa Boslak France | 4.40 | Anna Rogowska Poland | 4.35 |
| Long jump details | Carolina Klüft Sweden | 6.86 | Irina Simagina Russia | 6.70 | Ineta Radēviča Latvia | 6.70 |
| Triple jump details | Viktoriya Gurova Russia | 14.37 | Simona La Mantia Italy | 14.31 | Ineta Radēviča Latvia | 14.04 |
| Shot put details | Natalia Khoroneko Belarus | 17.66 | Kathleen Kluge Germany | 17.09 | Filiz Kadoğan Turkey | 16.72 |
| Discus throw details | Natalya Fokina Ukraine | 59.30 | Jana Tucholke Germany | 58.24 | Olga Chernogorova Belarus | 56.57 |
| Hammer throw details | Kamila Skolimowska Poland | 71.38 | Aksana Miankova Belarus | 67.58 | Gulfiya Khanafeyeva Russia | 66.98 |
| Javelin throw details | Jarmila Klimešová Czech Republic | 60.54 | Irina Kharun Ukraine | 58.28 | Mariya Yakovenko Russia | 57.52 |
| Heptathlon details | Jennifer Oeser Germany | 5901 | Yvonne Wisse Netherlands | 5895 | Vasiliki Delinikola Greece | 5863 |
$^†$: In the 1500 metres event, Rasa Drazdauskaitė from Lithuania ranked initially 2nd (4:12.16), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Poland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| 2 | Poland (POL)* | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Ukraine (UKR) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Greece (GRE) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Belarus (BLR) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 19 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (27 entries) | Totals (27 entries) | 44 | 44 | 44 | 132 |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 816 athletes from 46 countries participated in the event.
* Albania (3)
* Armenia (1)
* Austria (5)
* Azerbaijan (2)
* Belarus (44)
* Belgium (23)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
* Bulgaria (5)
* Croatia (12)
* Cyprus (5)
* Czech Republic (23)
* Denmark (3)
* Estonia (17)
* Finland (33)
* France (61)
* Georgia (1)
* Germany (62)
* Great Britain (53)
* Greece (27)
* Hungary (22)
* Iceland (2)
* Ireland (18)
* Israel (4)
* Italy (34)
* Latvia (14)
* Liechtenstein (1)
* Lithuania (12)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Macedonia (2)
* Malta (2)
* Moldova (5)
* Netherlands (18)
* Norway (8)
* Poland (68)
* Portugal (11)
* Romania (18)
* Russia (48)
* San Marino (2)
* Serbia and Montenegro (5)
* Slovakia (10)
* Slovenia (6)
* Spain (41)
* Sweden (28)
* Switzerland (13)
* Turkey (6)
* Ukraine (35)