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2003 European Athletics Junior Championships

Field	Value
Name	2003 European Athletics Junior Championships
Logo	Tampere2003logo.png
Host city	Tampere, Finland Finland
Dates	23 – 27 July
Stadium	Tampere Stadium
Events	44
Records set	1 WR, 4 CRs
Level	Under 20
Previous	2001 Grosseto
Next	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.

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.

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. 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.

Records

Name	Event	Record	Type
Magnus Lohse	Shot put	20.28 m†	CR
Erik Cadée	Discus throw	60.42 m†	CR
Lorenzo Povegliano	Hammer throw	72.72 m†	CR
Catalina Oprea	2000 metres steeplechase	6:21.78	WR, CR

Key:	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

Decathlon	Nicklas Wiberg
SWE	7604 pts	Alexey Sysoev
RUS	7531 pts	Steffen Willwacher
GER	7497 pts

Women

Heptathlon	Olga Levenkova	5748 pts	Kathrin Geissler	5631 pts	Anna Kryazheva	5605 pts

Medal table

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)

References

[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ejm.htm European Junior Championships (Men)]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-06-04.
Sonninen, Anti-Pekka (2003). [http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=114&Itemid=123 17th European Junior Championships 2003]. [[European Athletics]]. Retrieved on 2010-06-04.

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