2003 European Athletics Junior Championships

The 2003 European Athletics Junior Championships was held in Tampere, Finland from 23–27 July 2003. A total of 44 events were contested; 22 by men and 22 by women. Germany had the biggest medal haul with nine golds and a total of 26, closely followed by Russia (also 9 golds but 24 medals in total). Great Britain was third with 17 medals, while Romania was fourth with ten medals. Four championship records were set at the competition, although three were as a result of using lighter implements in the men's throwing events.[1]

Host stadium in Tampere.
2003 European Athletics Junior Championships
Dates23 – 27 July
Host cityTampere, Finland
VenueTampere Stadium
LevelUnder 20
Events44
Records set1 WR, 4 CRs

Nelson Évora was a stand-out performer, having won both the long jump and triple jump. Ivet Lalova of Bulgaria did the sprint double in the women's 100 metres and 200 metres, while Sophie Krauel showed her versatility by taking golds in the 100 metres hurdles and the long jump. The long-distance track events also provided opportunities for athletes to double up, as Inna Poluškina and Marius Ionescu both left the competition with a gold and a silver medal.[2]

The men's javelin throw offered the chance for the hosts to demonstrate their ability in the country's favourite athletics event – the Finnish men swept the podium through the efforts of Teemu Wirkkala, Tero Järvenpää, and Antti Ruuskanen. In the women's 2000 m steeplechase, Catalina Oprea set a world record in the rarely competed event, despite falling over mid-race.[2] This was the last time that the women's 2000 metres steeplechase was held, as it was replaced by a 3000 m version in 2005.[1]

Records

Name Event Country Record Type
Magnus LohseShot put Sweden20.28 m†CR
Erik CadéeDiscus throw Netherlands60.42 m†CR
Lorenzo PoveglianoHammer throw Italy72.72 m†CR
Catalina Oprea2000 metres steeplechase Romania6:21.78WR, CR
Key:0000 WR — World record   AR — Area record   CR — Championship record   NR — National record
  • † = New mark established with a lighter junior throwing implement (6 kg shot and hammer, 1.75 kg discus)

Medal summary

Men

Nelson Évora completed a long jump/triple jump double
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m Leon Baptiste
 Great Britain
10.50 Till Helmke
 Germany
10.52 Monu Miah
 Great Britain
10.54
200 m Sebastian Ernst
 Germany
20.63 Roman Smirnov
 Russia
20.86 Till Helmke
 Germany
20.86
400 m Dimítrios Gravalos
 Greece
46.54 Kamghe Gaba
 Germany
46.63 Piotr Kedzia
 Poland
46.69
800 m René Bauschinger
 Germany
1:46.43 David Fiegen
 Luxembourg
1:49.91 Ireneusz Sekretarski
 Poland
1:49.97
1500 m Bartosz Nowicki
 Poland
3:45.01 Thomas Lancashire
 Great Britain
3:45.60 Olle Walleräng
 Sweden
3:46.17
5000 m Anatoliy Rybakov
 Russia
14:13.41 Marius Ionescu
 Romania
14:16.12 Cristinel Irimia
 Romania
14:17.30
10,000 m Marius Ionescu
 Romania
29:40.41 Alexey Reunkov
 Russia
29:40.80 Mohammed Bashir
 Denmark
29:42.42
3000 m steeplechase Ruben Schwarz
 Germany
8:46.21 Maricel Ionascu
 Romania
8:53.31 Christoforos Meroussis
 Greece
8:55.69
110 m hurdles Bano Traore
 France
13.95 Andreas Kundert
  Switzerland
14.18 Kai Doskoczynski
 Germany
14.26
400 m hurdles Rhys Williams
 Great Britain
51.15 Mohamed Atig
 France
51.46 Rupert Gardner
 Great Britain
51.83
4×100 metres relay  Great Britain
Andrew Matthews
Laurence Oboh
Monu Miah
Leon Baptiste
40.37  Germany
Martin Lohmann
Kai Doskoczynski
Sebastian Ernst
Till Helmke
40.41  France
Cédric Fagris
Jean-Paul Fernandez
Guillaume Wallard
Eddy De Lépine
40.50
4×400 metres relay  Germany
Lars Förster
Thomas Wilhelm
Christoph Gernand
Kamghe Gaba
3:08.31  Poland
Łukasz Pryga
Karol Grzegorczyk
Rafał Błocian
Piotr Kędzia
3:08.62  Russia
Konstantin Svechkar
Maksim Aleksandrenko
Ivan Kozhukhar
Dmitriy Shubin
3:08.81
10 km walk Vladimir Parvatkin
 Russia
41:33.55 Michal Blazek
 Slovakia
41:54.66 Francisco Arcilla
 Spain
42:06.15
High jump Jaroslav Baba
 Czech Republic
2.28 m Aleksey Dmitrik
 Russia
2.26 m Linus Thörnblad
 Sweden
2.23 m
Pole vault Vincent Favretto
 France
5.50 m Artyom Kuptsov
 Russia
5.50 m Fabian Schulze
 Germany
5.40 m
Long jump Nelson Évora
 Portugal
7.83 m Christian Kaczmarek
 Germany
7.81 m Tim Riedel
 Germany
7.65 m
Triple jump Nelson Évora
 Portugal
16.43 m Dmitriy Detsuk
 Belarus
16.13 m Yevgen Semenenko
 Ukraine
16.04 m
Shot put Magnus Lohse
 Sweden
20.28 m Anton Lyuboslavskiy
 Russia
20.10 m Georgi Ivanov
 Bulgaria
19.94 m
Discus throw Erik Cadée
 Netherlands
60.42 m Martin Marić
 Croatia
58.59 m Andreas Porth
 Germany
58.45 m
Hammer throw Lorenzo Povegliano
 Italy
72.72 m Kamilius Bethke
 Germany
72.60 m Andrey Azarenkov
 Russia
72.10 m
Javelin throw Teemu Wirkkala
 Finland
79.90 m Tero Järvenpää
 Finland
73.66 m Antti Ruuskanen
 Finland
72.87 m
Decathlon Nicklas Wiberg
 Sweden
7604 pts Alexey Sysoev
 Russia
7531 pts Steffen Willwacher
 Germany
7497 pts

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Ivet Lalova (BUL)11.43  Véronique Mang (FRA)11.56  Jade Lucas-Read (GBR)11.60
200 metres  Ivet Lalova (BUL)22.88  Jenny Ljunggren (SWE)23.35  Virginie Michanol (FRA)23.36
400 metres  Mariya Dryakhlova (RUS)52.65  Joanne Cuddihy (IRL)53.62  Christine Ohuruogu (GBR)54.21
800 metres  Simona Barcau (ROM)2:02.76  Charlotte Moore (GBR)2:03.40  Jemma Simpson (GBR)2:03.42
1500 metres  Nelya Neporadna (UKR)4:12.57  Dani Barnes (GBR)4:16.91  Corina Dumbravean (ROM)4:17.56
3000 metres  Inna Poluškina (LAT)9:07.85  Binnaz Uslu (TUR)9:23.10  Adriënne Herzog (NED)9:26.01
5000 metres  Silvia La Barbera (ITA)15:52.20  Inna Poluškina (LAT)15:55.69  Charlotte Dale (GBR)16:07.26
100 metre hurdles  Sophie Krauel (GER)13.28  Symone Belle (GBR)13.53  Sabrina Altermatt (SUI)13.59
400 metre hurdles  Yekaterina Kostetskaya (RUS)57.52  Irina Obedina (RUS)57.57  Zuzana Hejnová (CZE)58.30
2000 metres steeplechase  Catalina Oprea (ROM)6:21.78 WJR  Ancuţa Bobocel (ROM)6:32.03  Yekaterina Bespalova (RUS)6:35.11
4×100 metre relay  France (FRA)
Natacha Vouaux
Lina Jacques-Sébastien
Aurélie Kamga
Véronique Mang
44.60  Great Britain (GBR)
Anyika Onuora
Kadi-Ann Thomas
Amy Spencer
Jade Lucas-Read
44.81  Finland (FIN)
Siina Pylkkä
Elina Korjansalo
Sari Keskitalo
Elisa Hakamäki
45.00
4×400 metre relay  Russia (RUS)
Tatyana Popova
Yekaterina Kostetskaya
Yelena Migunova
Mariya Dryakhlova
3:33.48  France (FRA)
Dora Jemaa
Thélia Sigère
Rose Ndje
Virginie Michanal
3:37.78  Great Britain (GBR)
Christine Ohuruogu
Sian Scott
Victoria Griffiths
Gemma Nicol
3:38.96
10 km walk  Irina Petrova (RUS)47:12.77  Anna Bragina (RUS)47:17.56  Ana Cabecinha (POR)47:36.15
High jump  Ariane Friedrich (GER)1.88 m  Aileen Herrmann (GER)1.86 m  Emma Green (SWE)1.86 m
Pole vault  Silke Spiegelburg (GER)4.15 m  Floé Kühnert (GER)4.15 m  Aleksandra Kiryashova (RUS)4.15 m
Long jump  Sophie Krauel (GER)6.47 m  Adina Anton (ROM)6.46 m  Daniela Lincoln-Saavedra (SWE)6.35 m
Triple jump  Anastasiya Taranova (RUS)13.61 m  Cristine Spataru (ROM)13.54 m  Svetlana Bolshakova (RUS)13.37 m
Shot put  Anna Avdeyeva (RUS)16.71 m  Yulia Leantsiuk (BLR)16.29 m  Petra Lammert (GER)16.16 m
Discus throw  Ulrike Giesa (GER)53.75 m  Nadine Müller (GER)53.44 m  Darya Pishchalnikova (RUS)52.39 m
Hammer throw  Katarzyna Kita (POL)66.08 m  Maryia Smaliachkova (BLR)65.89 m  Berta Castells (ESP)65.64 m
Javelin throw  Julia Zandt (GER)56.96 m  Mareike Rittweg (GER)54.74 m  Ilze Gribule (LAT)52.76 m
Heptathlon  Olga Levenkova (RUS)5748 pts  Kathrin Geissler (GER)5631 pts  Anna Kryazheva (RUS)5605 pts

Medal table

Sprinter Ivet Lalova won both of Bulgaria's gold medals
Teemu Wirkkala took the host's sole gold in the javelin

  *   Host nation (Finland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany910726
2 Russia98724
3 Great Britain45817
4 Romania35210
5 France3328
6 Sweden2147
7 Poland2125
8 Bulgaria2013
 Portugal2013
10 Italy2002
11 Finland*1124
12 Latvia1113
13 Czech Republic1012
 Netherlands1012
 Ukraine1012
16 Greece1001
17 Belarus0303
18  Switzerland0112
19 Croatia0101
 Ireland0101
 Luxembourg0101
 Slovakia0101
 Turkey0101
24 Spain0022
25 Denmark0011
Totals (25 nations)444444132

See also

  • 2003 in athletics (track and field)

References

  1. European Junior Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-06-04.
  2. Sonninen, Anti-Pekka (2003). 17th European Junior Championships 2003. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-06-04.
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