9th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Paris - RESULTS / COMMENTARY / PICTURES - Day 2 - 8/24/03

9th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Paris - Day Two - 8/24/03

Results - IAAF, Pictures Kirby Lee - Comentary - Larry Eder - copyright 2003 by shooting star media, inc.

24 08 2003 Results MEN

Official Results - DISCUS THROW - Men - Qualification

Qual. rule: qualification standard 64.50m or at least best 12 qualified

Group A - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 9:45
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 135 Kaptyukh Vasiliy BLR 65.76 Q (SB)
2 575 Möllenbeck Michael GER 65.19 Q
3 1143 Kruger Frantz RSA 65.04 Q
4 641 Fazekas Róbert HUN 64.44 q
5 1190 Shevchenko Dmitriy RUS 63.21 q
6 220 Tunks Jason CAN 63.00 q
7 400 Pestano Mario ESP 62.63 q
8 1132 Ursu Sergiu ROM 61.98
9 112 Van Daele Jo BEL 61.64
10 1414 Malone Casey USA 61.50
11 1423 Petrucci Nick USA 59.58
12 309 Martínez Lois Maikel CUB 57.87
13 413 Kanter Gerd EST 56.63

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd

Kaptyukh Vasiliy 62.12 63.71 65.76
Möllenbeck Michael 65.19 NM NM
Kruger Frantz 62.02 65.04 NM
Fazekas Róbert X 63.70 64.44
Shevchenko Dmitriy 62.34 62.71 63.21
Tunks Jason 59.90 61.94 63.00
Pestano Mario 59.61 59.75 62.63
Ursu Sergiu X 58.79 61.98
Van Daele Jo 60.35 60.97 61.64
Malone Casey 61.50 X X
Petrucci Nick X 58.92 59.58
Martínez Lois Maikel 57.87 56.56 55.14
Kanter Gerd 56.63 X X

Group B - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 11:35
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 890 Alekna Virgilijus LTU 68.29 Q
2 579 Riedel Lars GER 64.51 Q
3 416 Tammert Aleksander EST 63.53 q
4 1379 Brown Carl USA 63.01 q
5 131 Cherevko Leonid BLR 62.46 q
6 995 Smith Rutger NED 61.55
7 700 Fortuna Diego ITA 61.46
8 331 Malina Libor CZE 61.35
9 647 Kövágó Zoltán HUN 61.31
10 1161 Borichevskiy Aleksandr RUS 60.21
11 302 Casañas Yennifer Frank CUB 59.99
12 1020 Ugwu Chima NGR 58.13
648 Máté Gábor HUN NM
1351 Bilonog Yuriy UKR NM

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd

Alekna Virgilijus 68.29 NM NM
Riedel Lars 64.51 NM NM
Tammert Aleksander 63.53 61.33 -
Brown Carl X 63.01 60.86
Cherevko Leonid 61.46 62.46 X
Smith Rutger 60.57 61.37 61.55
Fortuna Diego 60.16 61.46 59.47
Malina Libor 58.37 58.51 61.35
Kövágó Zoltán 61.31 60.63 59.63
Borichevskiy Aleksandr 60.02 60.21 X
Casañas Yennifer Frank 59.99 X X
Ugwu Chima 58.13 58.06 X
Bilonog Yuriy X X X
Máté Gábor X X X

Official Results - 100 METRES - Men - Heats

Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest losers (q) qualified

Heat 1 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 15:30 Wind:0.7 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 7 88 Thompson Obadele BAR 10.15 Q 0.157
2 4 611 Theodorídis Yeóryios GRE 10.17 Q (PB) 0.145
3 2 520 Lewis-Francis Mark GBR 10.17 Q 0.165
4 5 165 Mascarenhas Jarbas BRA 10.36 0.128
5 3 954 Gilford Darren MLT 10.60 0.149
6 8 871 El Tawerghi Abubaker LBA 10.96 0.216
7 6 288 Djaffar Hadhari COM 11.05 (SB) 0.318
1 965 Cress Roman MSH DNS

Heat 2 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 15:37 Wind:0.8 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 4 1443 Williams Bernard USA 10.19 Q 0.134
2 3 1156 Vries Sherwin RSA 10.20 Q 0.155
3 5 640 Dobos Gábor HUN 10.22 Q 0.153
4 2 757 Asahara Nobuharu JPN 10.23 q (SB) 0.158
5 1 116 Alamou Souhalia BEN 10.46 0.150
6 8 753 Al-Hanahneh Khalil JOR 10.81 (NR) 0.169
7 6 503 Mocci Raoumbé Patrick GAB 11.03 (SB) 0.161
7 34 Javakhyan Vahagn ARM DQ

Heat 3 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 15:44 Wind:0 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 8 43 Johnson Patrick AUS 10.29 Q 0.183
2 5 729 Frater Michael JAM 10.32 Q 0.160
3 6 789 Chernovol Gennadiy KAZ 10.33 Q 0.143
4 2 559 Kosenkow Alexander GER 10.36 0.118
5 7 192 Sanou Idrissa BUR 10.42 0.174
3 1297 Maseko Machave SWZ DQ
4 887 Tamim Mohamad LIB DQ

Heat 4 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 15:51 Wind:-0.2 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 6 513 Campbell Darren GBR 10.18 Q 0.122
2 4 203 Macrozonaris Nicolas CAN 10.23 Q 0.156
3 5 241 Chen Haijian CHN 10.31 Q 0.151
4 7 1357 Rurak Kostyantyn UKR 10.46 0.150
5 8 450 Pöyhönen Markus FIN 10.63 0.155
6 3 1240 Berardi Gian Nicola SMR 10.84 0.154
7 1 545 Micha Ndong Reginaldo GEQ 11.47 0.149
8 2 1002 Basnet Devi Bahadur NEP 11.47 (PB) 0.206

Heat 5 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 15:58 Wind:1.7 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 2 1418 Montgomery Tim USA 10.07 Q 0.142
2 7 1331 Brown Darrel TRI 10.10 Q 0.153
3 4 162 Ribeiro Édson Luciano BRA 10.20 Q (SB) 0.146
4 8 654 Wibowo Suryo Agung INA 10.64 0.187
5 1 874 Cooper Sayon LBR 10.67 0.151
6 5 1035 Capelle JJ NRU 11.49 0.170
7 6 829 Mwatiera Kaewanteiti KIR 11.86 (PB) 0.171
3 845 Al-Saffar Jamal Abd. KSA DNS

Heat 6 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 16:05 Wind:0.5 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 6 1392 Drummond Jon USA 10.22 Q 0.122
2 2 473 Nthepe Issa-Aimé FRA 10.30 Q 0.172
3 1 1235 Osovnikar Matic SLO 10.31 Q 0.174
4 8 591 Zakari Aziz GHA 10.48 0.161
5 5 631 Chiang Wai Hung HKG 10.70 0.155
6 7 10 Makaj Arben ALB 10.87 0.140
7 4 234 Mobele Djikoloum CHA 11.38 (SB) 0.175
8 3 1 Ahmadi Assad AFG 11.99 (PB) 0.181

Heat 7 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 16:12 Wind:0.1 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 6 44 Shirvington Matthew AUS 10.30 Q 0.137
2 7 514 Chambers Dwain GBR 10.33 Q 0.168
3 1 644 Németh Roland HUN 10.37 Q 0.134
4 3 316 Katsantonis Prodromos CYP 10.46 0.158
5 2 848 Al-Yami Salem Mubarak KSA 10.51 0.138
6 5 265 Bengono Serge CMR 10.56 (SB) 0.148
7 4 500 Howard John FSM 11.08 (SB) 0.183
8 8 971 Aung Nay MYA 11.37 (SB) 0.180

Heat 8 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 16:19 Wind:-0.6 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 2 588 Nkansah Eric GHA 10.18 Q 0.137
2 3 1397 Greene Maurice USA 10.18 Q 0.142
3 7 1006 Emedolu Uchenna NGR 10.22 Q 0.153
4 4 1332 Burns Marc TRI 10.28 (SB) 0.157
5 1 4 Martina Churandy AHO 10.35 0.138
6 5 1467 Tran Van Xuan VIE 10.78 (SB) 0.159
7 6 1223 Alias Mohd Yusof SIN 11.02 0.166
8 8 85 Shamsuddin Mohammad BAN 11.18 0.153

Heat 9 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 16:26 Wind:0.9 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 3 735 Powell Asafa JAM 10.05 Q (PB) 0.147
2 5 1226 Collins Kim SKN 10.09 Q 0.167
3 2 587 Myles-Mills Leonard GHA 10.25 Q 0.133
4 1 204 Henry Anson CAN 10.33 0.164
5 7 258 N'Dri Eric Pacome CIV 10.38 0.156
6 8 1009 Egbele Aaron NGR 10.43 (SB) 0.170
7 4 625 Blackman Andre GUY 10.86 0.152
8 6 948 Josifovski Zoran MKD 11.63 0.157

Heat 10 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 16:33 Wind:0.7 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 4 1005 Aliu Deji NGR 10.19 Q 0.148
2 8 731 Thomas Dwight JAM 10.22 Q (SB) 0.140
3 3 1330 Boldon Ato TRI 10.23 Q 0.154
4 1 472 Pognon Ronald FRA 10.26 q 0.123
5 5 231 Angouono-Moke Roger CGO 10.50 0.156
6 2 957 Gattuso Sébastien MON 10.94 0.159
7 7 1461 Molisingi Jason VAN 11.20 (PB) 0.224
8 6 861 Somchanmavong Somphavanh LAO 11.43 0.141

Official Results - 400 METRES - Men - Semi-Final

Men's 400m semi finals

Jerome Young and Calvin Harrison, in heat 1, ran a smart race, and were controlled at 200 meters. At 300 meters, they began to roll and Young ran a seasonal best of 44.7 with Harrison right behind them at 44.7. Eric Milazar of Mauritania ran 44.7 and Aleyen Francique of Grenada ran 44.8 to move on.

Tyree Washington won the second heat in 44.60, with Leslie Dihone of France, who came from fifth to second over the last fifty meters, ran 45.02 to move on.

But it was the third heat, that will provide some thought for people-Marc Raquil of France, came from way back, in fifth at least, and ran 44.88, all in the last thirty meters, to take first over Micheal Blackwood of Jamaica. Watch this runner, as he could make it a very tough go for silver or bronze. He might actually steal this race, as the crowd went nuts when he moved.

It could take a sub 44 to win this thing....

Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest losers (q) qualified

Heat 1 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 17:10
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 6 1439 Young Jerome USA 44.70 Q (SB) 0.148
2 4 1400 Harrison Calvin USA 44.71 Q 0.138
3 3 962 Milazar Eric MRI 44.75 q (SB) 0.264
4 7 615 Francique Alleyne GRN 44.81 q 0.279
5 5 841 Al-Bishi Hamdan O. KSA 44.99 (SB) 0.167
6 2 111 van Branteghem Cedric BEL 45.27 0.162
7 8 359 Santa Carlos DOM 45.43 (PB) 0.172
8 1 173 Oliveira dos Santos Anderson Jorge BRA 45.94 0.163

Heat 2 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 17:17
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 5 1446 Washington Tyree USA 44.60 Q 0.189
2 2 463 Djhone Leslie FRA 45.03 Q 0.170
3 3 512 Caines Daniel GBR 45.29 (SB) 0.160
4 6 76 Brown Christopher BAH 45.29 0.154
5 7 1341 Labidi Sofiane TUN 45.56 (SB) 0.196
6 1 80 Moncur Avard BAH 45.65 0.161
7 8 565 Schultz Ingo GER 46.02 0.153
8 4 858 Al-Shammari Fawzi KUW 46.52 0.136

Heat 3 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 17:24
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 4 477 Raquil Marc FRA 44.88 Q 0.196
2 6 726 Blackwood Michael JAM 44.98 Q 0.269
3 5 275 Kikaya Gary COD 44.99 (SB) 0.176
4 2 306 López Geyman CUB 45.11 (PB) 0.259
5 3 738 Simpson Brandon JAM 45.18 0.177
6 8 52 Hill Clinton AUS 45.35 0.144
7 1 216 Niemi Shane CAN 45.60 0.185
8 7 380 Canal David ESP 45.63 0.150

Official Results - 100 METRES - Men - Quarter-Final

Mens 100 meters, quarter finals

And then it got really, really weird....

Quarter 1

Tim Montgomery continued to round into racing shape, with a 10.04 time, just ahead of a hard charging Bernard Williams, who ran 10.12.

Quarter 2

Here is how it got strange. There was a false start, called on the field, which is the IAAF rule, not the USATF rule. The sprinters got into their blocks and a false start was called again. It looked to me as if Asafa Powell, from Jamaica in lane five was the culprit, with a reaction time of .086. Now remember, only God can do a legal start under 0.1. That means that sprinters are anticipating the gun. Which is what they do, sometimes they get caught and sometimes they win medals or at least, races.

The red card was given to Asafa, but that was AFTER Jon Drummond recieved a red card. None of us had seen Jon move, and this is some serious track geeks here. But Drummond was given a time of .052 as a reaction time from the Seiko timing equipment.

Jon Drummond layed down in his lane, after he argued with the judge, who did not look at him. The crowd went on Drummond's side and as he layed down, the crowd booed. No one would take charge. No IAAF official did anything but show him the red card, as Drummond, who I believe was theatrical, but quite serious about his perception of his race, was fighting for his life.

He was respectful at first, but then it got a bit strange. This debacle took over 60 minutes, and after 31 minutes and the crowd booing and the cameras showing former IOC Presidente Samaranch in the crowd, the rest of the sprinters in his heat walk off the field!

I would have killed to hear what was happening in the IAAF Dept rooms, but Drummond accepted the judgment. He gave us a statement, " I flinched, the guy next to me flinched, and another guy flinched. I did't understand the rule to mean that a flinch is a false start. I protested because this is my livelihood. At this point in my career, for me to lose an opportunity to pursue a dream, it crushes me. I walked away from what i had worked for the whole year."

My take on this--Jon did move, but the machine must be set up to quantify stomach gases-there needs to be a human element in this and this was handled by all concerned in a less than professional fashion... I can see the french papers now...

Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) qualified

Heat 1 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 18:00 Wind:0.6 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 4 1418 Montgomery Tim USA 10.04 Q (SB) 0.155
2 6 1443 Williams Bernard USA 10.12 Q 0.134
3 5 1156 Vries Sherwin RSA 10.18 Q 0.157
4 8 757 Asahara Nobuharu JPN 10.23 Q (SB) 0.136
5 1 473 Nthepe Issa-Aimé FRA 10.25 0.174
6 7 587 Myles-Mills Leonard GHA 10.25 0.155
7 3 44 Shirvington Matthew AUS 10.28 0.163
8 2 640 Dobos Gábor HUN 10.34 0.129

Heat 2 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 18:07 Wind:0.7 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 8 1330 Boldon Ato TRI 10.09 Q (SB) 0.134
2 1 1006 Emedolu Uchenna NGR 10.13 Q 0.154
3 7 203 Macrozonaris Nicolas CAN 10.16 Q 0.141
4 2 472 Pognon Ronald FRA 10.23 Q 0.139
4 3 731 Thomas Dwight JAM 10.23 Q 0.159
6 6 43 Johnson Patrick AUS 10.27 0.162
4 1392 Drummond Jon USA DQ
5 735 Powell Asafa JAM DQ

Heat 3 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 18:14 Wind:0 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 6 1331 Brown Darrel TRI 10.01 Q (WJ) 0.148
2 5 513 Campbell Darren GBR 10.14 Q 0.151
3 3 588 Nkansah Eric GHA 10.15 Q 0.159
4 2 520 Lewis-Francis Mark GBR 10.18 Q 0.167
5 4 611 Theodorídis Yeóryios GRE 10.25 0.153
6 7 729 Frater Michael JAM 10.25 0.176
7 8 1235 Osovnikar Matic SLO 10.35 0.217
8 1 789 Chernovol Gennadiy KAZ 10.42 0.177

Heat 4 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 18:21 Wind:0.6 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 3 1226 Collins Kim SKN 10.02 Q 0.160
2 7 514 Chambers Dwain GBR 10.03 Q (SB) 0.132
3 5 1397 Greene Maurice USA 10.04 Q 0.106
4 6 1005 Aliu Deji NGR 10.04 Q 0.147
5 4 88 Thompson Obadele BAR 10.14 0.179
6 8 162 Ribeiro Édson Luciano BRA 10.28 0.153
7 1 241 Chen Haijian CHN 10.32 0.167
8 2 644 Németh Roland HUN 10.40 0.141

Official Results - 10000 METRES - Men - Final

Men's 10,000 meters

There are great runners, and then, there are iconic runners. Haile Gebreslassie of Ethiopia is an iconic runner. I have seen each of his world championship 10k runs since 1995, and am proud to say that this is was the most exciting and competitive race that I have ever seen. It was the first time I have seen someone go under 13 minutes for 5k, and that was in the second half!

Meb Keflezighi of the U.S. led the 10k in 2.52.01, and was still in the lead at 2000 meters, which he hit in 5:36.76 ( a second 1k in 2.44.75) with Dieter Bauman of Germany urging him on. The pack was Haile Gebreselassie, Bekele Kenenisa and Sihine Sileshi of Ethiopia, John Cheriout Korir,Salim Kipsang and Wilbelforce Talel of Kenya with Ahmad Hassan of Qatar and Kamiel Maase of the Netherlands in attendance.

In the second pack was Karl Keska of GBR, David Galvan of Mexico and John Yuda of Tanzania, followed by Alan Culpepper of the U.S.

Salim Kipsand took the lead at 3k, with a 2.47.96 romp, hitting the 3k in 8.24.72, and that was the last time a non-Ethiopian led this race, and actually, was a factor in this race. Bekele lead for the next kilometer, running it in 2.46.05 and hitting the 4k mark in 11.10.77. It was then that Haile Gebresalassie took to the fore and the race was on. Mr. G took the field through the fastest 1k of the race, a 2.41.56, to hit the 5k in 13.52.33 and you knew the race was on.

Gebresalassie ran the kilometer from five to six in 2.34.52 and it was obvious, that the runners from Kenya, and Qatar were distressed, and this was becoming a Ethiopia only show. To watch Gebresalassie up close is to see distance perfection, and he gives his team no quarter-Bekele and Sileshi worked hard, but G was making a huge run to break his competitors.

Mr. G hit 6k in 16.26.85 and then ran a 2.38.29 between six and seven and the Kenyans went out the back door, and the crowd literally gasped...Gebresalssie is very efficient, but to see Kenenisa Bekele running next to him, it is the heroic and the inevitable. I tend to support the heroic, but Bekele is at the top of his form, and while Mr. G is there too, he has to make Bekele hurt terribly to break him.

And this is what Haile Gebreselassie did, first hitting 8k in 21.42.58, ( a kilo in 2.37.44), then hitting 9k in 24.20.56 ( a kilo in 2.37.98) and Sihine Sileshi started to break.

By 9k, Gebresalassie was still in front, him arm carriage perfect, his legs lifting and churning up the track and Kenenisa Bekele there, waiting to pounce.

Haile Gebressalassie, who won World Champ 10ks in 95,97,99 and Olympics in 96 and 00, hit the 9600m mark in 25.54-and the crowd was loud-Bekele was at his shoulder, and that is where he stayed, until 200m to go and he went by, on the outside. Mr. G did not stop, Bekele just kept moving, completing the last lap in 55, to set a new World Championship record of 26.49.57. Haile was rewarded with a seasonal best of 26.50.77 and the silver and Sileshi Sihine had to take solace with the bronze and a mediocre time of 27.01.44 ( it was not his seasonal best-oh my God!).

Ethiopia showed that they are the kings of the 10k. In analyzing the race, it should be noted that the last 5k was run in 12.58!

The U.S.'s Alan Culpepper was 14th in 28.14.92, Meb Keflezegi was 16th in 28.35.43 and Daniel Browne was 19th in 29.01.60.

Here is what the great ones said:

Kenenisa Bekele said " I am Haile's successor, and it is a wonderful thing, and my victory is also for him. I am very thankful for the great audience here today."

Haile Gebrselassie, " The most important thing tonight was to have three Ethiopians on the podium. We had team tactics and obviously they worked. I thought I had a good sprint left in me for the end, but Kenenisa proved to be stronger."

Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 19:00
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Records
1 423 Bekele Kenenisa ETH 26:49.57 (CR)
2 426 Gebrselassie Haile ETH 26:50.77 (SB)
3 429 Sihine Sileshi ETH 27:01.44
4 1118 Hassan Abdullah Ahmad QAT 27:18.28 (AR)
5 812 Korir John Cheruiyot KEN 27:19.94 (SB)
6 821 Talel Wilberforce KEN 27:33.60 (PB)
7 809 Kipsang Salim KEN 27:45.05 (SB)
8 985 Maase Kamiel NED 27:45.46 (SB)
9 529 Keska Karl GBR 27:47.89 (SB)
10 492 Sghyr Ismaïl FRA 27:54.87
11 934 Galván José David MEX 27:55.31
12 1306 Yuda John TAN 27:56.21 (SB)
13 1304 Joseph Fabian TAN 28:06.36
14 1388 Culpepper Alan USA 28:14.92
15 942 Vega Teodoro MEX 28:31.71
16 1409 Keflezighi Mebrahtom USA 28:35.08
17 668 Lombard Cathal IRL 28:36.43
18 782 Tsubota Tomoo JPN 28:37.10
19 1380 Browne Daniel USA 29:01.60
549 Baumann Dieter GER DNF
1038 Aish Michael NZL DNF
799 Kamathi Charles KEN DNF
395 Martínez José Manuel ESP DNS

Intermediate Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
1000m
1 1409 Keflezighi Mebrahtom USA 2:52.01
2000m
1 1409 Keflezighi Mebrahtom USA 5:36.76
3000m
1 809 Kipsang Salim KEN 8:24.72
4000m
1 426 Gebrselassie Haile ETH 11:10.77
5000m
1 423 Bekele Kenenisa ETH 13:52.33
6000m
1 426 Gebrselassie Haile ETH 16:26.85
7000m
1 426 Gebrselassie Haile ETH 19:05.14
8000m
1 426 Gebrselassie Haile ETH 21:42.58
9000m
1 426 Gebrselassie Haile ETH 24:20.56

24 08 2003 Results WOMEN

Official Results - 20 KILOMETRES WALK - Women - Final

Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 9:30 - Revised
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Records
1 931 Nikolayeva Yelena RUS 1:26:52 (CR)
2 545 O'Sullivan Gillian IRL 1:27:34
3 115 Tsybulskaya Valentina BLR 1:28:10 (NR)
4 912 Gudkova Tatyana RUS 1:28:53
5 883 Stef Claudia ROM 1:29:09 (PB)
6 569 Giordano Rossella ITA 1:29:14 (SB)
7 493 Tsoumeléka Athanasía GRE 1:29:34 (NR)
8 456 Seeger Melanie GER 1:29:44 (NR)
9 849 Feitor Susana POR 1:30:15
10 583 Rigaudo Elisa ITA 1:30:34 (SB)
11 47 Saville Jane AUS 1:30:51 (SB)
12 543 Loughnane Olive IRL 1:30:53
13 180 Xu Aihui CHN 1:31:34
14 691 Saltanovic Kristina LTU 1:32:13
15 853 Santos Vera POR 1:32:43 (PB)
16 689 Milušauskaité Sonata LTU 1:32:58
17 1111 Zozulya Vira UKR 1:33:34
18 120 Irusta Geovana BOL 1:33:42 (AR)
19 372 Ouali Fatiha FRA 1:34:01
20 458 Zimmer Sabine GER 1:34:08
21 252 Dibelková Barbora CZE 1:34:44
22 648 Tolstaya Svetlana KAZ 1:35:11
23 875 Cîrlan Daniela ROM 1:36:02
24 1122 Dow Joanne USA 1:36:32
25 634 Tadamasa Ryoko JPN 1:38:00
26 806 Gorst Gabrielle NZL 1:38:51
27 1037 Svensson Monica SWE 1:39:21
28 503 Collado Teresita GUA 1:41:19
176 Song Hongjuan CHN DQ
906 Fedoskina Natalya RUS DQ
712 Yuan Yufang MAS DQ
671 Kim Mi-jung KOR DQ
293 Díaz Mari Cruz ESP DQ
798 Plätzer Kjersti NOR DQ
873 Cîmpean Norica ROM DQ
108 Kardopoltseva Olga BLR DQ
166 Gao Kelian CHN DQ
582 Perrone Elisabetta ITA DNF
297 Gargallo Maria Teresa ESP DNF
733 Sánchez Maria del Rosario MEX DNF
309 Vasco María ESP DNF
914 Ivanova Olimpiada RUS DNF

Intermediate Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
5Km
1 582 Perrone Elisabetta ITA 22:09
2 545 O'Sullivan Gillian IRL 22:09
3 931 Nikolayeva Yelena RUS 22:10
4 906 Fedoskina Natalya RUS 22:13
5 912 Gudkova Tatyana RUS 22:13
6 569 Giordano Rossella ITA 22:14
7 176 Song Hongjuan CHN 22:15
8 849 Feitor Susana POR 22:18
9 309 Vasco María ESP 22:18
10 108 Kardopoltseva Olga BLR 22:23
11 47 Saville Jane AUS 22:23
12 798 Plätzer Kjersti NOR 22:23
13 883 Stef Claudia ROM 22:23
14 115 Tsybulskaya Valentina BLR 22:23
15 583 Rigaudo Elisa ITA 22:24
16 180 Xu Aihui CHN 22:24
17 166 Gao Kelian CHN 22:24
18 456 Seeger Melanie GER 22:24
19 689 Milušauskaité Sonata LTU 22:27
20 543 Loughnane Olive IRL 22:28
21 648 Tolstaya Svetlana KAZ 22:28
22 873 Cîmpean Norica ROM 22:28
23 712 Yuan Yufang MAS 22:29
24 875 Cîrlan Daniela ROM 22:30
25 733 Sánchez Maria del Rosario MEX 22:31
26 293 Díaz Mari Cruz ESP 22:36
27 493 Tsoumeléka Athanasía GRE 22:39
28 1111 Zozulya Vira UKR 22:44
29 458 Zimmer Sabine GER 22:46
30 120 Irusta Geovana BOL 22:47
31 691 Saltanovic Kristina LTU 22:47
32 372 Ouali Fatiha FRA 22:52
33 297 Gargallo Maria Teresa ESP 22:52
34 853 Santos Vera POR 22:53
35 252 Dibelková Barbora CZE 23:06
36 671 Kim Mi-jung KOR 23:12
37 1122 Dow Joanne USA 23:13
38 634 Tadamasa Ryoko JPN 23:14
39 1037 Svensson Monica SWE 23:22
40 503 Collado Teresita GUA 23:23
41 806 Gorst Gabrielle NZL 23:25
10Km
1 931 Nikolayeva Yelena RUS 43:26
2 582 Perrone Elisabetta ITA 43:46
3 545 O'Sullivan Gillian IRL 43:46
4 912 Gudkova Tatyana RUS 44:01
5 569 Giordano Rossella ITA 44:02
6 115 Tsybulskaya Valentina BLR 44:11
7 883 Stef Claudia ROM 44:12
8 798 Plätzer Kjersti NOR 44:16
9 849 Feitor Susana POR 44:17
10 456 Seeger Melanie GER 44:21
11 176 Song Hongjuan CHN 44:22
12 583 Rigaudo Elisa ITA 44:33
13 47 Saville Jane AUS 44:33
14 108 Kardopoltseva Olga BLR 44:34
15 180 Xu Aihui CHN 44:34
16 873 Cîmpean Norica ROM 45:01
17 689 Milušauskaité Sonata LTU 45:10
18 493 Tsoumeléka Athanasía GRE 45:10
19 875 Cîrlan Daniela ROM 45:22
20 166 Gao Kelian CHN 45:23
21 733 Sánchez Maria del Rosario MEX 45:31
22 648 Tolstaya Svetlana KAZ 45:32
23 691 Saltanovic Kristina LTU 45:37
24 1111 Zozulya Vira UKR 45:38
25 458 Zimmer Sabine GER 45:46
26 120 Irusta Geovana BOL 45:50
27 372 Ouali Fatiha FRA 46:07
28 252 Dibelková Barbora CZE 46:13
29 853 Santos Vera POR 46:17
30 297 Gargallo Maria Teresa ESP 46:21
31 1122 Dow Joanne USA 46:52
32 634 Tadamasa Ryoko JPN 46:54
33 543 Loughnane Olive IRL 47:25
34 806 Gorst Gabrielle NZL 47:48
35 1037 Svensson Monica SWE 48:04
36 503 Collado Teresita GUA 48:05
15Km
1 931 Nikolayeva Yelena RUS 1:04:53
2 545 O'Sullivan Gillian IRL 1:05:41
3 912 Gudkova Tatyana RUS 1:06:04
4 569 Giordano Rossella ITA 1:06:06
5 115 Tsybulskaya Valentina BLR 1:06:11
6 883 Stef Claudia ROM 1:06:26
7 849 Feitor Susana POR 1:06:42
8 798 Plätzer Kjersti NOR 1:06:46
9 583 Rigaudo Elisa ITA 1:07:11
10 456 Seeger Melanie GER 1:07:11
11 47 Saville Jane AUS 1:07:20
12 493 Tsoumeléka Athanasía GRE 1:07:23
13 180 Xu Aihui CHN 1:07:38
14 108 Kardopoltseva Olga BLR 1:07:45
15 543 Loughnane Olive IRL 1:07:56
16 689 Milušauskaité Sonata LTU 1:08:47
17 691 Saltanovic Kristina LTU 1:08:48
18 458 Zimmer Sabine GER 1:09:17
19 1111 Zozulya Vira UKR 1:09:17
20 853 Santos Vera POR 1:09:21
21 120 Irusta Geovana BOL 1:09:25
22 875 Cîrlan Daniela ROM 1:09:44
23 372 Ouali Fatiha FRA 1:09:53
24 733 Sánchez Maria del Rosario MEX 1:09:54
25 648 Tolstaya Svetlana KAZ 1:10:05
26 252 Dibelková Barbora CZE 1:10:20
27 634 Tadamasa Ryoko JPN 1:11:33
28 1122 Dow Joanne USA 1:11:36
29 806 Gorst Gabrielle NZL 1:12:56
30 1037 Svensson Monica SWE 1:13:18
31 503 Collado Teresita GUA 1:14:14

Official Results - 400 METRES HURDLES - Women - Heats

Women's 400m hurdles

How this event has changed. I remember being in Goteborg, when Kim Batten and Tonja Buford Bailey both broke the WR for the intermediate hurdles. What a race! This has been a relatively depressing event for the US for the past several years, but we look to have a nice crop of intermediate hurdlers coming up. As I use to tell my athletes, the 400m has a certain type of pain, but the intermediate hurdles requires someone who knows that they are going to hurt and goes for the burn, PLUS has to hurdle-pretty sick race.

Yuliya Pechonka of Russia lead the qualifying with 54.61, followed by Sandra Glover of the US in 54.48 and Jana Pittman of Australia in 54.80. Raasin McIntosh of the US ran 55.53 and Joana Hayes, also of the US, who ran 56.10 also moved to the next round. To make the final, it will take sub 55.00. To medal, will require a 53.5 or better. This one will be tough.

Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest losers (q) qualified

Heat 1 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 10:00
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 5 933 Pechonkina Yuliya RUS 54.01 Q 0.157
2 7 1102 Tereschuk-Antipova Tetiana UKR 55.28 Q 0.290
3 6 1134 Hayes Joanna USA 56.10 Q 0.243
4 8 248 Sialou Androula CYP 56.11 0.296
5 4 808 Wardell Rebecca NZL 56.51 0.167
6 2 573 Niederstatter Monika ITA 56.62 0.243
7 3 215 Djamaldine Salhate COM 58.91 0.223

Heat 2 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 10:07
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 1 893 Febbraio Surita RSA 55.41 Q 0.165
2 4 450 Meissner Heike GER 55.80 Q 0.192
3 5 640 Torshina Natalya KAZ 55.86 Q (SB) 0.243
4 6 389 Danvers Natasha GBR 56.02 q 0.150
5 7 75 Blackett Andrea BAR 56.05 q 0.204
6 2 980 Diouf Mame Tacko SEN 56.22 0.160
7 8 1115 Miller Jessica URU 1:01.03 0.320
8 3 686 El Chab Diala LIB 1:02.90 (SB) 0.225

Heat 3 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 10:14
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 5 43 Pittman Jana AUS 54.80 Q 0.179
2 2 1145 McIntosh Raasin USA 55.53 Q 0.156
3 3 442 Kampf Stephanie GER 55.79 Q 0.172
4 6 835 Jesien Anna POL 56.07 0.224
5 7 677 Zunda Ieva LAT 56.87 0.249
6 4 814 Moreno Velveth PAN 1:03.55 0.238
8 864 Harrison Yvonne PUR DNF 0.162

Heat 4 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 10:21
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 3 1132 Glover Sandra USA 54.48 Q 0.223
2 4 887 Tirlea Ionela ROM 54.98 Q 0.196
3 6 839 Pskit Malgorzata POL 55.18 Q (SB) 0.184
4 5 589 Beckford Allison JAM 55.75 q 0.162
5 8 301 Olivero Cora ESP 55.95 q 0.282
6 7 623 Yoshida Makiko JPN 57.08 0.162
7 2 141 Soulama Aïssata BUR 1:01.86 0.199

Official Results - HEPTATHLON - Women
AfterEvent 5
Pos Bib Athlete Country Points Records
1 1033 Klüft Carolina SWE 5209
2 346 Barber Eunice FRA 4992
3 112 Sazanovich Natalya BLR 4891
4 935 Prokhorova Yelena RUS 4727
5 445 Kesselschläger Sonja GER 4575
6 400 Lewis Denise GBR 4567
7 675 Klavina Liga LAT 4544
8 487 Stratáki Aryiró GRE 4478
9 312 Netseporuk Larisa EST 4466
10 396 Hollman Julie GBR 4450
11 692 Skujyte Austra LTU 4422
12 563 Bacher Gertrud ITA 4395
13 465 Simpson Margaret GHA 4393
14 937 Roshchupkina Natalya RUS 4383
15 107 Butor Irina BLR 4375
16 647 Naumenko Irina KAZ 4374
17 902 Chernyavskaya Yelena RUS 4369
18 645 Kazanina Svetlana KAZ 4254
19 1018 Dufour Sylvie SUI 4135
553 Gnezdilov Svetlana ISR DNF
88 Hellebaut Tia BEL DNF
1157 Schiemenz Kim USA DNF

Official Results - LONG JUMP - Women - Heptathlon

Group A - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 10:30
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points Records
1 675 Klavina Liga LAT 6.07 871
2 396 Hollman Julie GBR 6.06 868
3 487 Stratáki Aryiró GRE 6.03 859
4 647 Naumenko Irina KAZ 6.00 850
5 902 Chernyavskaya Yelena RUS 5.99 846
6 563 Bacher Gertrud ITA 5.99 846
7 465 Simpson Margaret GHA 5.96 837
8 937 Roshchupkina Natalya RUS 5.85 804
9 1018 Dufour Sylvie SUI 5.62 735
88 Hellebaut Tia BEL DNS
553 Gnezdilov Svetlana ISR DNS

Athlete 1st w 2nd w 3rd w

Klavina Liga 6.07 (1) X X
Hollman Julie X X 6.06 (0.3)
Stratáki Aryiró 5.92 (0.3) 5.97 (-0.1) 6.03 (-0.6)
Naumenko Irina 5.93 (0) 6.00 (-1.4) 5.98 (0.1)
Chernyavskaya Yelena 5.99 (-0.7) X 5.99 (-0.2)
Bacher Gertrud 5.99 (0.6) 5.93 (0.2) X
Simpson Margaret 5.85 (1.2) 5.96 (-0.3) X
Roshchupkina Natalya 5.85 (-0.1) 5.79 (-0.1) X
Dufour Sylvie 5.60 (0.2) X 5.62 (0.2)
Hellebaut Tia NM NM NM
Gnezdilov Svetlana NM NM NM

Group B - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 10:30
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points Records
1 1033 Klüft Carolina SWE 6.68 1066
2 346 Barber Eunice FRA 6.61 1043
3 112 Sazanovich Natalya BLR 6.47 997
4 935 Prokhorova Yelena RUS 6.46 994
5 400 Lewis Denise GBR 6.19 908
6 445 Kesselschläger Sonja GER 6.17 902
7 312 Netseporuk Larisa EST 6.05 865
8 645 Kazanina Svetlana KAZ 5.91 822
9 692 Skujyte Austra LTU 5.86 807
9 107 Butor Irina BLR 5.86 807
1157 Schiemenz Kim USA DNS

Athlete 1st w 2nd w 3rd w

Klüft Carolina X X 6.68 (1)
Barber Eunice 6.61 (0.8) 6.55 (0.2) 6.53 (-0.1)
Sazanovich Natalya X 6.29 (-0.6) 6.47 (0)
Prokhorova Yelena 6.46 (0.7) X X
Lewis Denise 5.93 (0.5) 6.19 (0.1) 6.13 (-0.6)
Kesselschläger Sonja X 6.17 (0.7) 6.08 (0)
Netseporuk Larisa 5.74 (0.2) 6.02 (0.4) 6.05 (0.2)
Kazanina Svetlana 5.91 (0.3) 5.63 (-0.6) X
Butor Irina X X 5.86 (-0.4)
Skujyte Austra X 5.86 (-0.3) X
Schiemenz Kim NM NM NM

Official Results - 400 METRES - Women - Heats

Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 9 fastest losers (q) qualified

Heat 1 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 11:20
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 3 726 Guevara Ana MEX 51.14 Q 0.228
2 4 105 Usovich Svetlana BLR 51.39 Q (PB) 0.209
3 8 777 Afolabi Olabisi NGR 51.47 Q 0.227
4 6 196 Nguimgo Mireille CMR 51.65 q 0.198
5 5 547 Shinkins Karen IRL 52.06 q (SB) 0.181
6 7 1067 Thiébaud-Kangni Sandrine TOG 52.50 (NR) 0.167
7 2 124 Coutinho Geisa Aparecida BRA 53.31 0.199

Heat 2 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 11:26
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 6 930 Nazarova Natalya RUS 51.09 Q 0.217
2 8 61 Amertil Christine BAH 51.72 Q 0.220
3 3 608 Richards Sandie JAM 51.86 Q (SB) 0.227
4 7 1109 Yefremova Antonina UKR 51.91 q 0.180
5 4 556 Tkach Anna ISR 52.06 q (NR) 0.189
6 2 1162 Trotter DeeDee USA 52.17 q 0.261
7 5 159 Kithouka Irisca CGO 1:00.04 0.186

Heat 3 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 11:32
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 7 69 Williams Tonique BAH 51.24 Q 0.165
2 8 945 Zykina Olesya RUS 51.32 Q 0.178
3 1 1168 Washington Demetria USA 51.53 Q 0.200
4 4 500 Regis Hazel-Ann GRN 51.97 q 0.200
5 6 469 Goudenoúdi Hrísoula GRE 52.33 0.273
6 5 350 Désert Solen FRA 52.41 0.270
7 2 28 Torosyan Aida ARM 58.02 (SB) 0.167
8 3 696 Hoi Wai Kuan MAC 1:00.75 0.220

Heat 4 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 11:38
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 5 593 Fenton Lorraine JAM 50.90 Q 0.205
2 6 934 Pospelova Svetlana RUS 51.00 Q 0.190
3 7 403 McConnell Lee GBR 51.67 Q 0.221
4 3 332 Bulikiobo Makelesi FIJ 52.01 q (NR) 0.208
5 2 509 Pompey Aliann GUY 52.21 0.248
6 4 981 Fall Fatou Bintou SEN 52.35 0.190
7 8 1193 Pacheco Eliana VEN 54.32 0.248

Heat 5 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 11:44
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 4 985 Thiam Amy Mbacke SEN 50.86 Q 0.161
2 7 1155 Richards Sanya USA 51.00 Q 0.194
3 6 838 Prokopek Grazyna POL 51.36 Q (SB) 0.235
4 5 609 Smith Ronetta JAM 51.62 q 0.145
5 1 895 Seyerling Heide RSA 52.18 q 0.173
6 2 436 Marx Claudia GER 52.30 0.142
7 3 1202 Bwalya Lilian ZAM 56.84 (SB) 0.201
8 8 721 Ali Shifana MDV 1:01.74 (NR) 0.357

Official Results - JAVELIN THROW - Women - Heptathlon

Group A - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 15:00
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points Records
1 645 Kazanina Svetlana KAZ 50.17 863 (PB)
2 312 Netseporuk Larisa EST 50.05 861
3 1033 Klüft Carolina SWE 49.90 858 (PB)
4 400 Lewis Denise GBR 49.88 858
5 346 Barber Eunice FRA 49.60 852
6 692 Skujyte Austra LTU 47.57 813
7 107 Butor Irina BLR 46.43 791
8 112 Sazanovich Natalya BLR 44.93 762
9 935 Prokhorova Yelena RUS 43.60 736
10 445 Kesselschläger Sonja GER 41.57 697
1157 Schiemenz Kim USA DNS

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd

Kazanina Svetlana 46.98 50.17 46.64
Netseporuk Larisa 49.83 50.05 47.91
Klüft Carolina 48.24 49.90 43.40
Lewis Denise 45.56 49.88 47.30
Barber Eunice 47.62 49.60 47.74
Skujyte Austra 47.57 43.73 45.72
Butor Irina 41.29 40.74 46.43
Sazanovich Natalya 42.99 42.92 44.93
Prokhorova Yelena 38.16 43.60 43.14
Kesselschläger Sonja 41.57 40.41 38.76
Schiemenz Kim NM NM NM

Group B - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 17:00
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points Records
1 563 Bacher Gertrud ITA 47.11 804
2 487 Stratáki Aryiró GRE 44.27 749 (PB)
3 937 Roshchupkina Natalya RUS 43.22 729
4 647 Naumenko Irina KAZ 42.15 709
5 675 Klavina Liga LAT 41.17 690
6 396 Hollman Julie GBR 41.01 687 (PB)
7 1018 Dufour Sylvie SUI 39.83 664
8 902 Chernyavskaya Yelena RUS 37.83 626
88 Hellebaut Tia BEL DNS
465 Simpson Margaret GHA DNS
553 Gnezdilov Svetlana ISR DNS

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd

Bacher Gertrud 43.71 45.84 47.11
Stratáki Aryiró 43.73 44.27 40.87
Roshchupkina Natalya 43.22 42.92 43.02
Naumenko Irina 36.33 41.04 42.15
Klavina Liga 40.74 41.17 X
Hollman Julie X X 41.01
Dufour Sylvie X 39.83 X
Chernyavskaya Yelena 37.01 37.83 36.15
Simpson Margaret NM NM NM
Gnezdilov Svetlana NM NM NM
Hellebaut Tia NM NM NM

Official Results - HEPTATHLON - Women
AfterEvent 6
Pos Bib Athlete Country Points Records
1 1033 Klüft Carolina SWE 6067
2 346 Barber Eunice FRA 5844
3 112 Sazanovich Natalya BLR 5653
4 935 Prokhorova Yelena RUS 5463
5 400 Lewis Denise GBR 5425
6 312 Netseporuk Larisa EST 5327
7 445 Kesselschläger Sonja GER 5272
8 692 Skujyte Austra LTU 5235
9 675 Klavina Liga LAT 5234
10 487 Stratáki Aryiró GRE 5227
11 563 Bacher Gertrud ITA 5199
12 107 Butor Irina BLR 5166
13 396 Hollman Julie GBR 5137
14 645 Kazanina Svetlana KAZ 5117
15 937 Roshchupkina Natalya RUS 5112
16 647 Naumenko Irina KAZ 5083
17 902 Chernyavskaya Yelena RUS 4995
18 1018 Dufour Sylvie SUI 4799
553 Gnezdilov Svetlana ISR DNF
465 Simpson Margaret GHA DNF
88 Hellebaut Tia BEL DNF
1157 Schiemenz Kim USA DNF

Official Results - TRIPLE JUMP - Women - Qualification

Qual. rule: qualification standard 14.15m or at least best 12 qualified

Group A - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 16:00
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 580 Martínez Magdelín ITA 14.73 Q
2 929 Lebedeva Tatyana RUS 14.62 Q
3 494 Vasdéki Ólga GRE 14.50 Q (SB)
4 240 Gay Mabel CUB 14.43 Q (PB)
5 170 Huang Qiuyan CHN 14.26 Q (SB)
6 932 Oleynikova Yelena RUS 14.24 Q
7 15 Rahouli Baya ALG 14.22 Q
8 1088 Hovorova Olena UKR 14.16 Q
9 111 Safronova Natalya BLR 14.05
10 718 Bolsova Olga MDA 13.95
11 1152 Perez Yuliana USA 13.89
12 290 Castrejana Carlota ESP 13.83
13 135 Dimitrova Maria BUL 13.61
14 880 Nicolau Cristina ROM 13.48
15 606 Lee Suzette JAM 13.43

Athlete 1st w 2nd w 3rd w

Martínez Magdelín 14.73 (0.7) NM NM
Lebedeva Tatyana 14.62 (0.1) NM NM
Vasdéki Ólga 14.12 (-0.2) X 14.50 (1.2)
Gay Mabel 14.09 (0.3) 14.43 (0.1) NM
Huang Qiuyan 13.80 (-0.2) 13.43 (-0.2) 14.26 (0.5)
Oleynikova Yelena 13.55 (1.7) 14.08 (0.5) 14.24 (0.6)
Rahouli Baya 14.22 (-0.5) NM NM
Hovorova Olena X X 14.16 (-0.3)
Safronova Natalya 13.34 (0.6) 13.56 (-0.4) 14.05 (0.3)
Bolsova Olga X 13.90 (0.7) 13.95 (0.9)
Perez Yuliana 13.76 (0) 13.89 (-0.1) 13.89 (0.2)
Castrejana Carlota 13.79 (0) X 13.83 (0.2)
Dimitrova Maria 13.57 (-0.5) 13.61 (0.1) 13.26 (-0.9)
Nicolau Cristina 13.48 (0.4) 13.44 (-0.1) X
Lee Suzette 12.84 (0.1) 13.43 (1.3) 13.12 (0.1)

Group B - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 16:00
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 877 Gavrila Adelina ROM 14.45 Q
2 202 Mbango Etone Françoise CMR 14.37 Q
3 468 Devetzí Hrysopiyí GRE 14.34 Q (PB)
4 936 Pyatykh Anna RUS 14.28 Q
5 577 Lah Barbara ITA 14.25 Q
6 982 Ndoye Kéné SEN 14.20 Q
7 338 Koivula Kruger Heli FIN 14.10
8 232 Bicet Yusmay CUB 14.06 (SB)
9 576 La Mantia Simona ITA 14.05
10 1031 Johansson Camilla SWE 13.87
11 899 Bazhenova Nadezhda RUS 13.77
12 254 Kašparkova Šárka CZE 13.75
13 638 Bocharova Tatyana KAZ 13.40
181 Zhang Hao CHN NM

Athlete 1st w 2nd w 3rd w

Gavrila Adelina 14.45 (0.1) NM NM
Mbango Etone Françoise 14.37 (0.5) NM NM
Devetzí Hrysopiyí 14.34 (-0.2) NM NM
Pyatykh Anna 14.28 (0.5) NM NM
Lah Barbara 14.25 (0.9) NM NM
Ndoye Kéné 14.20 (0.3) NM NM
Koivula Kruger Heli X 14.10 (0.6) 13.84 (-1.7)
Bicet Yusmay 14.06 (0.9) 13.81 (0) 13.70 (-1)
La Mantia Simona X 13.69 (0.7) 14.05 (0.4)
Johansson Camilla X 13.49 (0.5) 13.87 (-0.2)
Bazhenova Nadezhda 13.77 (0.3) X 13.15 (0.3)
Kašparkova Šárka X 13.75 (0) X
Bocharova Tatyana 13.15 (0) 13.18 (0.3) 13.40 (0.4)
Zhang Hao X X X

Official Results - 100 METRES - Women - Semi-Final

Women's 100m semi finals

heat 1

It was Kelli White all the way, as she had a wonderful start and drove through
the finish, running 10.96. Christine Arron of France, who had the Stade de France and its crowd of 56,000 screaming, took second with a seasonal best of 11.01. Zhanna Block, the 01 winner, from the Ukraine, took third in 11.02 and Aleen Bailey of Jamaica took fourth in 11.15.

heat 2

Chandra Sturrup of the Bahamas continued to look strong and won this heat in 11.06. Ekaterina Thanou of Greece was second in 11.08 and Torri Edwards followed in 11.11 and Gail Devers was fourth in 11.12, a seasonal best.

And the race was on....

Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) qualified

Heat 1 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 16:55 Wind:0.8 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 4 1174 White Kelli USA 10.96 Q 0.152
2 6 345 Arron Christine FRA 11.01 Q (SB) 0.170
3 5 1087 Block Zhanna UKR 11.02 Q (SB) 0.134
4 3 588 Bailey Aleen JAM 11.15 Q 0.203
5 2 918 Kislova Marina RUS 11.15 0.135
6 8 1001 Ottey Merlene SLO 11.26 0.179
7 7 82 Gevaert Kim BEL 11.32 0.134
1 1182 Perepelova Lyubov UZB DNS

Heat 2 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 17:01 Wind:-0.4 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records React
1 3 66 Sturrup Chandra BAH 11.06 Q 0.129
2 5 471 Thánou Ekateríni GRE 11.08 Q (SB) 0.120
3 4 1126 Edwards Torri USA 11.11 Q 0.131
4 6 1121 Devers Gail USA 11.12 Q (SB) 0.137
5 8 63 Ferguson Debbie BAH 11.27 0.161
6 2 780 Onyali-Omagbemi Mary NGR 11.35 0.153
7 7 942 Tabakova Yuliya RUS 11.36 0.163
8 1 402 Maduaka Joice GBR 11.40 0.159

Official Results - 800 METRES - Women - Semi-Final

Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest losers (q) qualified

Heat 1 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 17:40
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 4 51 Graf Stephanie AUT 1:59.26 Q
2 3 917 Khrushchelyova Natalya RUS 1:59.39 Q
3 6 390 Fenn Joanne GBR 2:00.56 (SB)
4 5 1021 Vriesde Letitia SUR 2:00.88 (SB)
5 1 654 Macharia Faith KEN 2:01.30
6 7 999 Langerholc Brigita SLO 2:01.58
7 8 1161 Toomey Jennifer USA 2:02.35
8 2 42 Lewis Tamsyn AUS 2:05.11

Intermediate Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
400m
1 42 Lewis Tamsyn AUS 57.59

Heat 2 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 17:48
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 4 748 Mutola Maria de Lourdes MOZ 1:58.45 Q
2 5 397 Holmes Kelly GBR 1:58.86 Q (SB)
3 2 148 Cummins Diane CAN 1:59.58 q
4 7 464 Serwaa Akosua GHA 2:00.42 q (NR)
5 8 874 Cioncan Maria ROM 2:00.72
6 6 1025 Klocová Lucia SVK 2:00.73
7 3 956 Yevdokimova Natalya RUS 2:01.17
8 1 263 Jensen Heidi DEN 2:01.73 (SB)

Intermediate Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
400m
1 748 Mutola Maria de Lourdes MOZ 58.08

Heat 3 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 17:56
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Qualified Records
1 4 702 Aït Hammou Amina MAR 2:00.57 Q
2 3 438 Gesell Claudia GER 2:01.01 Q
3 8 703 Aït Hammou Seltana MAR 2:01.34
4 2 920 Klyuka Svetlana RUS 2:01.61
5 5 749 Paulino Tina MOZ 2:01.85
6 7 526 Varga Judit HUN 2:02.20
7 6 1017 Brägger Anita SUI 2:02.34
8 1 758 Samaria Agnes NAM 2:02.66

Intermediate Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
400m
1 920 Klyuka Svetlana RUS 1:00.99

Official Results - HEPTATHLON - Women
AfterEvent 7
Pos Bib Athlete Country Points Records
1 1033 Klüft Carolina SWE 7001 (WL)
2 346 Barber Eunice FRA 6755 (SB)
3 112 Sazanovich Natalya BLR 6524 (SB)
4 935 Prokhorova Yelena RUS 6452 (SB)
5 400 Lewis Denise GBR 6254
6 563 Bacher Gertrud ITA 6166 (SB)
7 312 Netseporuk Larisa EST 6154
8 445 Kesselschläger Sonja GER 6134
9 487 Stratáki Aryiró GRE 6077
10 692 Skujyte Austra LTU 6077
11 645 Kazanina Svetlana KAZ 6047
12 107 Butor Irina BLR 6035
13 937 Roshchupkina Natalya RUS 6034
14 396 Hollman Julie GBR 6018 (SB)
15 647 Naumenko Irina KAZ 5971
16 902 Chernyavskaya Yelena RUS 5969
17 675 Klavina Liga LAT 5932
18 1018 Dufour Sylvie SUI 5723
553 Gnezdilov Svetlana ISR DNF
465 Simpson Margaret GHA DNF
88 Hellebaut Tia BEL DNF
1157 Schiemenz Kim USA DNF

Official Results - 800 METRES - Women - Heptathlon

Heat 1 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 18:40
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Points Records
1 8 902 Chernyavskaya Yelena RUS 2:09.38 974
2 4 563 Bacher Gertrud ITA 2:09.83 967
3 8 645 Kazanina Svetlana KAZ 2:12.42 930
4 5 1018 Dufour Sylvie SUI 2:12.77 924
5 6 937 Roshchupkina Natalya RUS 2:12.95 922
6 1 647 Naumenko Irina KAZ 2:15.36 888
7 3 396 Hollman Julie GBR 2:15.83 881
8 2 107 Butor Irina BLR 2:16.72 869
9 7 487 Stratáki Aryiró GRE 2:18.06 850 (PB)

Intermediate Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
400m
1 902 Chernyavskaya Yelena RUS 1:00.82

Heat 2 - Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 18:51
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Points Records
1 4 935 Prokhorova Yelena RUS 2:08.31 989
2 5 1033 Klüft Carolina SWE 2:12.12 934 (PB)
3 2 346 Barber Eunice FRA 2:13.68 911 (PB)
4 6 112 Sazanovich Natalya BLR 2:16.53 871
5 1 445 Kesselschläger Sonja GER 2:17.19 862 (PB)
6 7 692 Skujyte Austra LTU 2:18.64 842
7 3 400 Lewis Denise GBR 2:19.58 829
8 8 312 Netseporuk Larisa EST 2:19.76 827
9 8 675 Klavina Liga LAT 2:29.60 698

Intermediate Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark
400m
1 935 Prokhorova Yelena RUS 1:01.25

Kelli White (far left) - Kirby Lee

Women's 100m Final

The crowd was focused, as Christine Arron was in the race, and the Women's heptathlon was just finished, and an exciting men's 10k had just been watched.

The starter, who has been having issues all night long, held the finalists long enough for Gail Devers to raise her hand and get released from the blocks.

All sprinters then returned, the starter did his job, and the race was off. The best start of the race was Torri Edwards, who took off blazing, and through 50 meters, it looked as if she just might surprise all. But Kelli White, who had a good start, found another gear at 50m, made up the disadvantage by 70m and ran a 10.85, blazing away from the field to take her first gold medal at 100 meters!

Torri Edwards was rewarded with her race with a pb of 10.93 and the silver medal. Zhanna Block, the 01 winner, ran a smart race and took third in 10.99, a seasonal best. Chandra Sturrup, the women who many thought would win, took fourth in 11.02-she just looked flat and did not react to Kelli White's moves.

Christine Arron ran 11.06 in sixth and Gail Devers of the U.S. tok 8th in 11.11, a seasonal best.

Official Results - 100 METRES - Women - Final

Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 19:45 Wind:0.9 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Records React
1 5 1174 White Kelli USA 10.85 (WL) 0.184
2 1 1126 Edwards Torri USA 10.93 (PB) 0.133
3 2 1087 Block Zhanna UKR 10.99 (SB) 0.160
4 6 66 Sturrup Chandra BAH 11.02 0.136
5 4 471 Thánou Ekateríni GRE 11.03 (SB) 0.219
6 3 345 Arron Christine FRA 11.06 0.182
7 8 588 Bailey Aleen JAM 11.07 (PB) 0.205
8 7 1121 Devers Gail USA 11.11 (SB) 0.150

Kelli White wins the 100 - Kirby Lee photo