2003 European Athletics Junior Championships
Dates	23 – 27 July
Host city	Tampere, Finland
Venue	Tampere Stadium
Level	Under 20
Events	44
Records set	1 WR, 4 CRs
← 2001 Grosseto 2005 Kaunas →

The 2003 European Athletics Junior Championships was held in Tampere, Finland from 23 to 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]

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 Lohse	Shot put	Sweden	20.28 m†	CR
Erik Cadée	Discus throw	Netherlands	60.42 m†	CR
Lorenzo Povegliano	Hammer throw	Italy	72.72 m†	CR
Catalina Oprea	2000 metres steeplechase	Romania	6:21.78	WR, CR

• † = New mark established with a lighter junior throwing implement (6 kg shot and hammer, 1.75 kg discus)

Medal summary

Men

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

  *   Host nation ( Finland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	9	10	7	26
2	Russia	9	8	7	24
3	Great Britain	4	5	8	17
4	Romania	3	5	2	10
5	France	3	3	2	8
6	Sweden	2	1	4	7
7	Poland	2	1	2	5
8	Bulgaria	2	0	1	3
	Portugal	2	0	1	3
10	Italy	2	0	0	2
11	Finland*	1	1	2	4
12	Latvia	1	1	1	3
13	Czech Republic	1	0	1	2
	Netherlands	1	0	1	2
	Ukraine	1	0	1	2
16	Greece	1	0	0	1
17	Belarus	0	3	0	3
18	Switzerland	0	1	1	2
19	Croatia	0	1	0	1
	Ireland	0	1	0	1
	Luxembourg	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
	Turkey	0	1	0	1
24	Spain	0	0	2	2
25	Denmark	0	0	1	1
Totals (25 entries)		44	44	44	132

See also

• 2003 in athletics (track and field)

References

Results

• European Junior Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-06-04.
• European Junior Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-06-04.
• Full results (archived)