2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

Events at the 2003 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the men's decathlon competition at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris, France. There were a total number of 20 participating athletes, including eight non-finishers. The competition started on Monday 26 August 2003 and ended on Tuesday 27 August 2003.

Medalists

Gold	Tom Pappas United States (USA)
Silver	Roman Šebrle Czech Republic (CZE)
Bronze	Dmitriy Karpov Kazakhstan (KAZ)

Schedule

• Monday 26 August
  1. 100 m
  2. Long jump
  3. Shot put
  4. High jump
  5. 400 m
• Tuesday 27 August
  6. 110 m hurdles
  7. Discus throw
  8. Pole vault
  9. Javelin throw
  10. 1,500 m

Records

World record	Roman Šebrle (CZE)	9026	27 May 2001	Götzis, Austria
Event record	Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)	8902	7 August 2001	Edmonton, Canada

Results

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Athlete	Decathlon										Points
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Tom Pappas (USA)	10.80	7.62	16.11	2.09	47.58	13.99	46.94	5.10	65.90	4:44.31	8750
	Roman Šebrle (CZE)	11.00	7.64	15.47	2.06	47.90	14.25	47.47	4.80	69.79	4:34.45	8634
	Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ)	10.72	7.75	15.51	2.12	47.33	13,95	47.38	4.40	47.53	4:37.70	8374
4	Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)	11.03	7.28	15.95	1.94	50.04	14.15	45.47	4.50	67.10	4:27.63	8242
5	Laurent Hernu (FRA)	11.20	7.22	13.99	2.03	48.95	14.15	46.13	4.90	59.63	4:28.38	8218
6	Lev Lobodin (RUS)	10.99	7.08	15.43	1.97	49.54	14.36	48.36	5.00	56.50	4:34.63	8198
7	Qi Haifeng (CHN)	11.30	7.39	12.85	2.00	48.73	14.40	46.72	4.80	59.98	4:25.40	8126
8	André Niklaus (GER)	11.19	7.21	13.87	1.97	49.95	14.50	42.68	5.10	57.55	4:28.84	8020
9	Claston Bernard (JAM)	10.91	7.22	15.39	2.03	49.31	14.76	43.47	4.30	59.47	4:34.49	8000
10	Vitaliy Smirnov (UZB)	11.10	6.98	13.89	1.97	48.98	14.98	42.70	4.50	62.69	4:24.68	7897
11	Chiel Warners (NED)	10.95	7.55	14.13	1.91	48.94	14.72	41.49	4.50	54.87	4:51.35	7753
12	Paul Terek (USA)	10.99	7.14	15.30	2.03	48.75	DSQ	45.72	5.30	61.14	4:30.77	7503
—	Aleksandr Pogorelov (RUS)	11.16	7.22	15.21	2.06	50.49	14.28	44.59	4.90	DNS	—	DNF
—	Paolo Casarsa (ITA)	11.46	6.69	14.57	1.94	51.63	14.54	36.21	NM	DNS	—	DNF
—	Attila Zsivoczky (HUN)	11.32	6.76	14.35	2.09	49.79	DNS	—	—	—	—	DNF
—	Bryan Clay (USA)	10.50	7.70	15.05	1.97	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
—	Kristian Rahnu (EST)	10.85	7.18	15.55	1.97	DSQ	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
—	Hamdi Dhouibi (TUN)	10.83	6.96	13.13	DNS	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
—	Erki Nool (EST)	11.09	6.78	14.14	DNS	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
—	Jón Arnar Magnússon (ISL)	11.11	6.15	15.29	DNS	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF

See also

• 2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon
• 2003 Decathlon Year Ranking
• 2003 Hypo-Meeting
• Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games – Men's decathlon
• Athletics at the 2003 Summer Universiade – Men's decathlon
• Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

References

• Results