2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres

The Men's 60 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships

2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 9th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, UK from 14 March to 16 March 2003. It was the first time the Championships had been held in the UK...

was held on March 14.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin is an American sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medalist, with a 100 m personal best of 9.85 seconds. He served a four-year ban from track and field for testing positive for a banned substance; Gatlin had appealed the ban in 2009, but it was later denied.- Biography :Gatlin attended...	Kim Collins Kim Collins Kim Collins is a track and field sprinter from the Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 2003, he became the World Champion in the 100 m. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics on four occasions, from 1996 to 2008, and was the country's first athlete to ever reach an event...	Jason Gardener Jason Gardener Jason Carl Gardener is a retired British sprint athlete, and former World Indoor Champion. Gardener was educated at Beechen Cliff School and the City of Bath College, and went on to graduate from Bath Spa University.-Athletics career:Gardener started his career at the World Junior Championships in... United Kingdom

Heats

First 3 of each heat (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin is an American sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medalist, with a 100 m personal best of 9.85 seconds. He served a four-year ban from track and field for testing positive for a banned substance; Gatlin had appealed the ban in 2009, but it was later denied.- Biography :Gatlin attended...		6.53	Q
	7	Markus Pöyhönen Markus Pöyhönen Markus Pöyhönen is a Finnish athlete, who specialises in the 100m sprint. His trainer is Asser Pettinen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgFjnT1kYyE...		6.58	Q, =NR Finnish records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Finland maintained by Finland's national athletics federation: Suomen Urheiluliitto .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing# = not recognised by federation...
	5	Kim Collins Kim Collins Kim Collins is a track and field sprinter from the Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 2003, he became the World Champion in the 100 m. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics on four occasions, from 1996 to 2008, and was the country's first athlete to ever reach an event...		6.59	Q
	5	Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Anthony Lewis-Francis is a British track and field athlete, specifically a sprinter, who specialises in the 100 metres. A renowned junior, his greatest sporting achievement at senior level has been to anchor the Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4 x 100 metres relay team to a shock gold...	United Kingdom	6.60	Q
	2	Gábor Dobos Gábor Dobos Gábor Dobos is a Hungarian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He finished fifth in the 60 metres at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. His personal best time over 100 m is 10.17 seconds, achieved in July 1999 in Budapest...		6.61	Q
	4	Jason Gardener Jason Gardener Jason Carl Gardener is a retired British sprint athlete, and former World Indoor Champion. Gardener was educated at Beechen Cliff School and the City of Bath College, and went on to graduate from Bath Spa University.-Athletics career:Gardener started his career at the World Junior Championships in...	United Kingdom	6.61	Q
	4	Eric Nkansah Eric Nkansah Eric Nkansah Appiah is a Ghanaian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.He is one of the current national record holders in 4 x 100 m relay with 38,12 seconds, achieved at the 1997 World Championships in Athens where the Ghanaian team finished fifth in the final.Participating in the 2004 Summer...		6.61	Q, SB
	6	Vicente de Lima Vicente de Lima Vicente Lenílson de Lima is a Brazilian sprinter specializing in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and the 4×100 metres relay.De Lima represented Brazil at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney...		6.63	Q, AR
	2	Deji Aliu Deji Aliu Deji Aliu is a Nigerian sprinter. He won the 100 metres event at the 2003 All-Africa Games. He also took fourth place in the event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games....		6.64	Q
	7	Prodromos Katsantonis Prodromos Katsantonis Prodromos Katsantonis is a Cypriot sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. He is also a former hurdler. In 200 m he finished sixth the 1998 European Indoor Championships and seventh at the 1998 European Championships....		6.64	Q, PB
11	3	Georgios Theodoridis		6.65	Q
12	6	Simone Collio Simone Collio Simone Collio is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 60 and 100 metres. His personal best times are 6.55 seconds in the 60 metres and 10.06 seconds in the 100 metres, the second all time best performance in the Italian ranking of 100 meters, after the 10"01 in altitude of Pietro...		6.66	Q, PB
13	6	Roger Angouono-Moke		6.67	Q
13	7	Dejan Vojnović Dejan Vojnović Dejan Vojnović is a retired Croatian sportsperson. He started his career as a sprinter specializing in the 100 metres run, and competed at the 2000 Olympic Games. Some years later he took up bobsleigh, participating in the 2006 Olympic Games...		6.67	Q
15	2	Morne Nagel Morne Nagel Morné Nagel is a South African sprinter. Together with Corne Du Plessis, Lee-Roy Newton and Matthew Quinn he won a gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics....		6.68	Q, SB
16	2	Anatoliy Dovhal Anatoliy Dovhal Anatoliy Dovhal is a Ukrainian sprinter, who specializes in the 100 metres....		6.68	q
17	4	Gennadiy Chernovol Gennadiy Chernovol Gennadiy Sergeyevich Chernovol is a Kazakhstani athlete who competes in the sprints events. He is married to Anna Chicherova.-Achievements:2003 Afro-Asian Games - silver medal 2003 Central Asian Games - gold medal...		6.69	Q
18	5	Andrea Rabino		6.70	Q
19	4	Jérôme Éyana Jérôme Éyana Jérôme Éyana is a French sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.At the 2002 European Championships he finished fourth in 4x100 m relay with teammates David Patros, Issa-Aimé Nthépé and Ronald Pognon...		6.71	q
19	6	Nobuharu Asahara Nobuharu Asahara is a Japanese former athlete who specialized in the 100 metres and long jump. He won the 100 m at the Japanese national championship on five occasions in 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001 and 2002, and he took part in the Olympics four times in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008...		6.71	SB
19	7	Nicolas Macrozonaris Nicolas Macrozonaris Nicolas Macrozonaris is a Canadian 100m sprinter. Born in Laval, Quebec, of Greek descent, he began sprinting after being inspired by Donovan Bailey's gold medal in the 100m sprint in 1996 in Atlanta...		6.71	q
22	3	Lindel Frater Lindel Frater Lindel Frater is a former sprinter who specialised in the 60 metres and 100 metres events.He competed at the 2000 Olympic Games, reaching the semi-finals in the 100 m and finishing fourth in the 4 × 100 metres relay as part of the Jamaican team which broke the national record...		6.72	Q
22	6	Aristotelis Gavelas Aristotelis Gavelas Aristotelis Gavelas is a retired Greek sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.He finished sixth at the 2002 European Championships and won the gold medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games, the latter in a career best time of 10.14 seconds. In Greece only Angelos Pavlakakis has run faster...		6.72
24	1	Dwight Thomas Dwight Thomas Dwight Thomas O.D is a Jamaican sprinter mainly competing in the 100 metres event and more recently the 110m hurdles....		6.73	Q
24	4	Aleksandr Smirnov		6.73
26	1	Dave Tomlin		6.74	Q
27	1	Rok Predanič		6.75
28	3	Andrey Epishin		6.76	Q
28	3	Shen Yunbao		6.76
28	7	Matic Šušteršic		6.76
31	1	Argo Goldberg		6.77
31	3	Terrence Trammell Terrence Trammell Terrence R. Trammell is a track and field athlete who won the silver medal in the 110 meter hurdles at both the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, as well as three silver medals at the World Championships.The 1997 Track & Field News Male High School Athlete of the Year attended the University of...		6.77
31	4	Idrissa Sanou Idrissa Sanou Idrissa Sanou is a Burkinabé athlete specializing in the 100 metres. Sanou holds the national records in both 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay....		6.77	NR Burkinabé records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Burkina Faso maintained by Burkina Faso's national athletics federation: Fédération Burkinabé d'Athlétisme .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing# = not officially ratified...
31	5	Daniel Dubois		6.77
35	2	Stéphane Cali		6.79
35	4	Peter Pulu		6.79	=NR Papua New Guinean records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Papua New Guinea maintained by PNG's national athletics federation: Papua New Guinea Athletic Union.-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not officially ratifiedx = mixed raceA = affected by altitude...
35	6	Salem Mubarak Al-Yami		6.79	NR Saudi Arabian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Saudi Arabia maintained by the Saudi Arabian Athletics Federation .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:-External links:* *...
38	4	Suryo Agung Wibowo Suryo Agung Wibowo Suryo Agung Wibowo is an Indonesian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. Dubbed as "the Fastest Man in Southeast Asia," his personal best time, also the current Southeast Asian Games record is 10.17 seconds achieved at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games in Laos.He competed at the 2003 World...		6.82
39	5	Erol Mutlusoy		6.83
39	6	Leonard Myles-Mills Leonard Myles-Mills Leonard Myles-Mills is a Ghanaian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.He has won a gold medal at the 1999 All-Africa Games, a silver medal at the 2003 All-Africa Games and a bronze medal at the 1998 African Championships. In 1999 he set a new African indoor record in 60 metres with 6.45 seconds...		6.83
41	5	Stéphane Buckland Stéphane Buckland Stéphan Buckland is a retired Mauritian track and field athlete who competed in the 100 and 200 metres....		6.84
42	7	Darren Gilford Darren Gilford Darren Gilford is a Maltese sprinter specializing in the 100 metres.Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved fifth place in his 100 metres heat, thus failing to make it through to the second round....		6.87	PB
43	3	Chiang Wai Hung		6.90
44	1	Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud		6.93
45	6	Diego Ferreira Diego Ferreira Diego Ferreira is a Paraguayan athlete specializing in the 100 metres.Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved fifth place in his 100 metres heat, thus failing to make it through to the second round.-References:*...		6.96	NR Paraguayan records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Paraguay maintained by its national athletics federation: Federación Paraguaya de Atletismo .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:A = affected by altitudex = mark was made in a mixed race-External links:...
46	7	Vahagn Javakhyan		6.97	NR Armenian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Armenia maintained by the Armenian Athletic Federation .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timingA = affected by altitude# = not officially ratified by IAAF-External links:* *...
47	2	Reanchai Seerhawong		7.01	PB
48	5	Gian Nicola Berardi		7.02
49	3	Diego Valdés		7.13
50	1	Andre Tambazah Amadie Isilam		7.17	PB
51	2	Afzal Baig		7.24
52	7	JJ Capelle		7.30
53	1	Brian Mohammed		7.40
54	5	Antonio Ichiou		7.44
55	2	Ibrahim Umar		7.71
56	3	Fagamanu Sofai		7.72

Semifinals

First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Jason Gardener Jason Gardener Jason Carl Gardener is a retired British sprint athlete, and former World Indoor Champion. Gardener was educated at Beechen Cliff School and the City of Bath College, and went on to graduate from Bath Spa University.-Athletics career:Gardener started his career at the World Junior Championships in...	United Kingdom	6.54	Q
	2	Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Anthony Lewis-Francis is a British track and field athlete, specifically a sprinter, who specialises in the 100 metres. A renowned junior, his greatest sporting achievement at senior level has been to anchor the Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4 x 100 metres relay team to a shock gold...	United Kingdom	6.55	Q, SB
	1	Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin is an American sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medalist, with a 100 m personal best of 9.85 seconds. He served a four-year ban from track and field for testing positive for a banned substance; Gatlin had appealed the ban in 2009, but it was later denied.- Biography :Gatlin attended...		6.56	Q
	2	Gábor Dobos Gábor Dobos Gábor Dobos is a Hungarian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He finished fifth in the 60 metres at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. His personal best time over 100 m is 10.17 seconds, achieved in July 1999 in Budapest...		6.58	Q, SB
	2	Deji Aliu Deji Aliu Deji Aliu is a Nigerian sprinter. He won the 100 metres event at the 2003 All-Africa Games. He also took fourth place in the event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games....		6.59	q
	3	Markus Pöyhönen Markus Pöyhönen Markus Pöyhönen is a Finnish athlete, who specialises in the 100m sprint. His trainer is Asser Pettinen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgFjnT1kYyE...		6.59	Q
	2	Kim Collins Kim Collins Kim Collins is a track and field sprinter from the Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 2003, he became the World Champion in the 100 m. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics on four occasions, from 1996 to 2008, and was the country's first athlete to ever reach an event...		6.60	q
	3	Eric Nkansah Eric Nkansah Eric Nkansah Appiah is a Ghanaian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.He is one of the current national record holders in 4 x 100 m relay with 38,12 seconds, achieved at the 1997 World Championships in Athens where the Ghanaian team finished fifth in the final.Participating in the 2004 Summer...		6.63
	3	Morne Nagel Morne Nagel Morné Nagel is a South African sprinter. Together with Corne Du Plessis, Lee-Roy Newton and Matthew Quinn he won a gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics....		6.65	SB
10	3	Prodromos Katsantonis Prodromos Katsantonis Prodromos Katsantonis is a Cypriot sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. He is also a former hurdler. In 200 m he finished sixth the 1998 European Indoor Championships and seventh at the 1998 European Championships....		6.66
11	1	Jérôme Éyana Jérôme Éyana Jérôme Éyana is a French sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.At the 2002 European Championships he finished fourth in 4x100 m relay with teammates David Patros, Issa-Aimé Nthépé and Ronald Pognon...		6.67	Q, SB
11	3	Nicolas Macrozonaris Nicolas Macrozonaris Nicolas Macrozonaris is a Canadian 100m sprinter. Born in Laval, Quebec, of Greek descent, he began sprinting after being inspired by Donovan Bailey's gold medal in the 100m sprint in 1996 in Atlanta...		6.67
13	1	Georgios Theodoridis		6.68
13	2	Dejan Vojnović Dejan Vojnović Dejan Vojnović is a retired Croatian sportsperson. He started his career as a sprinter specializing in the 100 metres run, and competed at the 2000 Olympic Games. Some years later he took up bobsleigh, participating in the 2006 Olympic Games...		6.68
15	1	Lindel Frater Lindel Frater Lindel Frater is a former sprinter who specialised in the 60 metres and 100 metres events.He competed at the 2000 Olympic Games, reaching the semi-finals in the 100 m and finishing fourth in the 4 × 100 metres relay as part of the Jamaican team which broke the national record...		6.69
16	1	Gennadiy Chernovol Gennadiy Chernovol Gennadiy Sergeyevich Chernovol is a Kazakhstani athlete who competes in the sprints events. He is married to Anna Chicherova.-Achievements:2003 Afro-Asian Games - silver medal 2003 Central Asian Games - gold medal...		6.69
17	1	Vicente de Lima Vicente de Lima Vicente Lenílson de Lima is a Brazilian sprinter specializing in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and the 4×100 metres relay.De Lima represented Brazil at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney...		6.70
17	2	Roger Angouono-Moke		6.70
19	1	Simone Collio Simone Collio Simone Collio is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 60 and 100 metres. His personal best times are 6.55 seconds in the 60 metres and 10.06 seconds in the 100 metres, the second all time best performance in the Italian ranking of 100 meters, after the 10"01 in altitude of Pietro...		6.71
20	2	Anatoliy Dovhal Anatoliy Dovhal Anatoliy Dovhal is a Ukrainian sprinter, who specializes in the 100 metres....		6.72
21	3	Andrea Rabino		6.73
22	2	Andrey Epishin		6.77
23	1	Dave Tomlin		6.83
24	3	Dwight Thomas Dwight Thomas Dwight Thomas O.D is a Jamaican sprinter mainly competing in the 100 metres event and more recently the 110m hurdles....		7.33

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	React	Notes
	6	Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin is an American sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medalist, with a 100 m personal best of 9.85 seconds. He served a four-year ban from track and field for testing positive for a banned substance; Gatlin had appealed the ban in 2009, but it was later denied.- Biography :Gatlin attended...		6.46	0.138
	2	Kim Collins Kim Collins Kim Collins is a track and field sprinter from the Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 2003, he became the World Champion in the 100 m. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics on four occasions, from 1996 to 2008, and was the country's first athlete to ever reach an event...		6.53	0.109	NR Saint Kitts and Nevis records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Saint Kitts and Nevis maintained by the country's national athletics federation: Saint Kitts & Nevis Amateur Athletic Association .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distance...
	5	Jason Gardener Jason Gardener Jason Carl Gardener is a retired British sprint athlete, and former World Indoor Champion. Gardener was educated at Beechen Cliff School and the City of Bath College, and went on to graduate from Bath Spa University.-Athletics career:Gardener started his career at the World Junior Championships in...	United Kingdom	6.55	0.132
4	3	Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Anthony Lewis-Francis is a British track and field athlete, specifically a sprinter, who specialises in the 100 metres. A renowned junior, his greatest sporting achievement at senior level has been to anchor the Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4 x 100 metres relay team to a shock gold...	United Kingdom	6.57	0.143
5	4	Gábor Dobos Gábor Dobos Gábor Dobos is a Hungarian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He finished fifth in the 60 metres at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. His personal best time over 100 m is 10.17 seconds, achieved in July 1999 in Budapest...		6.64	0.127
6	7	Jérôme Éyana Jérôme Éyana Jérôme Éyana is a French sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.At the 2002 European Championships he finished fourth in 4x100 m relay with teammates David Patros, Issa-Aimé Nthépé and Ronald Pognon...		6.64	0.131	PB
7	1	Markus Pöyhönen Markus Pöyhönen Markus Pöyhönen is a Finnish athlete, who specialises in the 100m sprint. His trainer is Asser Pettinen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgFjnT1kYyE...		6.65	0.152
8	8	Deji Aliu Deji Aliu Deji Aliu is a Nigerian sprinter. He won the 100 metres event at the 2003 All-Africa Games. He also took fourth place in the event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games....		6.72	0.144

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