2003 World Judo Championships

Judo
2003 World Judo Championships
Judo 2003 World Judo Championships
Venue	Osaka-jō Hall
Location	Osaka, Japan
Dates	11–14 September 2003
Competitors	631 from 100 nations
Champions
Men's team	France
Women's team	Japan
Competition at external databases
Links	IJF • JudoInside
	← Munich 2001 (individual); ← Basel 2002 (Team) Cairo 2005 →

The 2003 World Judo Championships were the 23rd edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in Osaka, Japan 11–15 September 2003.^[1]^[2] On the last day of competition, team events were held, as France won the men's team event and Japan won the women's.^[3]^[4]

Medal overview edit

Men edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Extra-lightweight (60 kg) details	Choi Min-Ho (KOR)	Craig Fallon (GBR)	Tadahiro Nomura (JPN)
Extra-lightweight (60 kg) details	Choi Min-Ho (KOR)	Craig Fallon (GBR)	Anis Lounifi (TUN)
Half-lightweight (66 kg) details	Arash Miresmaeili (IRI)	Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA)	Yordanis Arencibia (CUB)
Half-lightweight (66 kg) details	Arash Miresmaeili (IRI)	Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA)	Magomed Dzhafarov (RUS)
Lightweight (73 kg) details	Lee Won-Hee (KOR)	Daniel Fernandes (FRA)	João Neto (POR)
Lightweight (73 kg) details	Lee Won-Hee (KOR)	Daniel Fernandes (FRA)	Vitaliy Makarov (RUS)
Half-middleweight (81 kg) details	Florian Wanner (GER)	Sergei Aschwanden (SUI)	Robert Krawczyk (POL)
Half-middleweight (81 kg) details	Florian Wanner (GER)	Sergei Aschwanden (SUI)	Aleksei Budõlin (EST)
Half-middleweight (90 kg) details	Hwang Hee-Tae (KOR)	Zurab Zviadauri (GEO)	Siarhei Kukharenka (BLR)
Half-middleweight (90 kg) details	Hwang Hee-Tae (KOR)	Zurab Zviadauri (GEO)	Carlos Honorato (BRA)
Half-heavyweight (100 kg) details	Kosei Inoue (JPN)	Ghislain Lemaire (FRA)	Ihar Makarau (BLR)
Half-heavyweight (100 kg) details	Kosei Inoue (JPN)	Ghislain Lemaire (FRA)	Mário Sabino (BRA)
Heavyweight (+100 kg) details	Yasuyuki Muneta (JPN)	Dennis van der Geest (NED)	Tamerlan Tmenov (RUS)
Heavyweight (+100 kg) details	Yasuyuki Muneta (JPN)	Dennis van der Geest (NED)	Yevgen Sotnikov (UKR)
Openweight details	Keiji Suzuki (JPN)	Indrek Pertelson (EST)	Abdullo Tangriev (UZB)
Openweight details	Keiji Suzuki (JPN)	Indrek Pertelson (EST)	Movlud Miraliyev (AZE)
Men's team details	France (FRA)	Japan (JPN)	Iran (IRI)
Men's team details	France (FRA)	Japan (JPN)	Russia (RUS)

Women edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Extra-lightweight (48 kg) details	Ryoko Tamura (JPN)	Frédérique Jossinet (FRA)	Neşe Şensoy (TUR)
Extra-lightweight (48 kg) details	Ryoko Tamura (JPN)	Frédérique Jossinet (FRA)	Danieska Carrión (CUB)
Half-lightweight (52 kg) details	Amarilis Savón (CUB)	Annabelle Euranie (FRA)	Raffaella Imbriani (GER)
Half-lightweight (52 kg) details	Amarilis Savón (CUB)	Annabelle Euranie (FRA)	Yuki Yokosawa (JPN)
Lightweight (57 kg) details	Kye Sun-hui (PRK)	Yvonne Bönisch (GER)	Yurisleidis Lupetey (CUB)
Lightweight (57 kg) details	Kye Sun-hui (PRK)	Yvonne Bönisch (GER)	Deborah Gravenstijn (NED)
Half-middleweight (63 kg) details	Daniela Krukower (ARG)	Driulis González (CUB)	Anna von Harnier (GER)
Half-middleweight (63 kg) details	Daniela Krukower (ARG)	Driulis González (CUB)	Ylenia Scapin (ITA)
Middleweight (70 kg) details	Masae Ueno (JPN)	Regla Leyén (CUB)	Edith Bosch (NED)
Middleweight (70 kg) details	Masae Ueno (JPN)	Regla Leyén (CUB)	Annett Böhm (GER)
Half-heavyweight (78 kg) details	Noriko Anno (JPN)	Yurisel Laborde (CUB)	Edinanci Silva (BRA)
Half-heavyweight (78 kg) details	Noriko Anno (JPN)	Yurisel Laborde (CUB)	Esther San Miguel (ESP)
Heavyweight (+78 kg) details	Sun Fuming (CHN)	Maki Tsukada (JPN)	Tea Donguzashvili (RUS)
Heavyweight (+78 kg) details	Sun Fuming (CHN)	Maki Tsukada (JPN)	Karina Bryant (GBR)
Openweight details	Tong Wen (CHN)	Karina Bryant (GBR)	Mara Kovačević (SCG)
Openweight details	Tong Wen (CHN)	Karina Bryant (GBR)	Daima Beltrán (CUB)
Women's team details	Japan (JPN)	China (CHN)	France (FRA) (25x17px)
Women's team details	Japan (JPN)	China (CHN)	Cuba (CUB) (25x17px)

Medal table edit

* Host nation (Japan)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)*	6	1	2	9
2	South Korea (KOR)	3	0	0	3
3	China (CHN)	2	0	0	2
4	Cuba (CUB)	1	3	4	8
5	Germany (GER)	1	1	3	5
6	Argentina (ARG)	1	0	0	1
	Iran (IRN)	1	0	0	1
	North Korea (PRK)	1	0	0	1
9	France (FRA)	0	5	0	5
10	Great Britain (GBR)	0	2	1	3
11	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	2	3
12	Estonia (EST)	0	1	1	2
13	Georgia (GEO)	0	1	0	1
13	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
15	Russia (RUS)	0	0	4	4
16	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	3	3
17	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	2	2
18	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
	Tunisia (TUN)	0	0	1	1
	Turkey (TUR)	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	0	1	1
Totals (27 entries)		16	16	32	64

Results overview edit

Men edit

60 kg edit

14 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Choi Min-Ho (KOR)
2.	Craig Fallon (GBR)
3.	Tadahiro Nomura (JPN)
3.	Anis Lounifi (TUN)
5.	Oliver Gussenberg (GER)
5.	Pak Nam-Choi (PRK)
7.	Elchin Ismaylov (AZE)
7.	Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh (IRI)

66 kg edit

13 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Arash Miresmaeili (IRI)
2.	Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA)
3.	Yordanis Arencibia (CUB)
3.	Magomed Dzhafarov (RUS)
5.	João Pina (POR)
5.	Miloš Mijalković (SCG)
7.	Hüseyin Özkan (TUR)
7.	Tomoo Torii (JPN)

73 kg edit

13 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Lee Won-Hee (KOR)
2.	Daniel Fernandes (FRA)
3.	João Neto (POR)
3.	Vitaliy Makarov (RUS)
5.	Victor Bivol (MDA)
5.	Egamnazar Akbarov (UZB)
7.	Yoel Razvozov (ISR)
7.	Yusuke Kanamaru (JPN)

81 kg edit

12 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Florian Wanner (GER)
2.	Sergei Aschwanden (SUI)
3.	Robert Krawczyk (POL)
3.	Aleksei Budõlin (EST)
5.	Yoshihiro Akiyama (JPN)
5.	Ricardo Echarte (ESP)
7.	Ariel Sganga (ARG)
7.	Cédric Claverie (FRA)

90 kg edit

12 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Hwang Hee-Tae (KOR)
2.	Zurab Zviadauri (GEO)
3.	Siarhei Kukharenka (BLR)
3.	Carlos Honorato (BRA)
5.	Yosvany Despaigne (CUB)
5.	Keith Morgan (CAN)
7.	Gabriel Lama (CHI)
7.	Francesco Lepre (ITA)

100 kg edit

11 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Kosei Inoue (JPN)
2.	Ghislain Lemaire (FRA)
3.	Ihar Makarau (BLR)
3.	Mário Sabino (BRA)
5.	Michele Monti (ITA)
5.	Nicolas Gill (CAN)
7.	Iveri Jikurauli (GEO)
7.	Michael Jurack (GER)

+100 kg edit

11 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Yasuyuki Muneta (JPN)
2.	Dennis van der Geest (NED)
3.	Tamerlan Tmenov (RUS)
3.	Yevgen Sotnikov (UKR)
5.	Daniel Hernandes (BRA)
5.	Frank Möller (GER)
7.	Janusz Wojnarowicz (POL)
7.	Selim Tataroğlu (TUR)

Open class edit

14 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Keiji Suzuki (JPN)
2.	Indrek Pertelson (EST)
3.	Abdullo Tangriev (UZB)
3.	Movlud Miraliyev (AZE)
5.	Amel Mekić (BIH)
5.	Gabriel Munteanu (ROM)
7.	Janusz Wojnarowicz (POL)
7.	Daniel Hernandes (BRA)

Men's team edit

15 September – Final^[3]

Position	Country
1.	France (FRA)
2.	Japan (JPN)
3.	Iran (IRI)
3.	Russia (RUS)
5.	Cuba (CUB)
5.	South Korea (KOR)
7.	Australia (AUS)
7.	Tunisia (TUN)

Women edit

48 kg edit

14 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Ryoko Tamura (JPN)
2.	Frédérique Jossinet (FRA)
3.	Neşe Şensoy (TUR)
3.	Danieska Carrión (CUB)
5.	Julia Matijass (GER)
5.	Gao Feng (CHN)
7.	Alina Dumitru (ROM)
7.	Anna Żemła (POL)

52 kg edit

13 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Amarilis Savón (CUB)
2.	Annabelle Euranie (FRA)
3.	Raffaella Imbriani (GER)
3.	Yuki Yokosawa (JPN)
5.	Ri Sang-Rim (PRK)
5.	Georgina Singleton (GBR)
7.	Ana Carrascosa (ESP)
7.	Michal Feinblat (ISR)

57 kg edit

13 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Kye Sun-hui (PRK)
2.	Yvonne Bönisch (GER)
3.	Yurisleidis Lupetey (CUB)
3.	Deborah Gravenstijn (NED)
5.	Maria Pekli (AUS)
5.	Barbara Harel (FRA)
7.	Isabel Fernández (ESP)
7.	Xu Yan (CHN)

63 kg edit

12 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Daniela Krukower (ARG)
2.	Driulis González (CUB)
3.	Anna von Harnier (GER)
3.	Ylenia Scapin (ITA)
5.	Lee Bok-Hee (KOR)
5.	Vânia Yukie Ishii (BRA)
7.	Lucie Décosse (FRA)
7.	Gella Vandecaveye (BEL)

70 kg edit

12 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Masae Ueno (JPN)
2.	Regla Leyén (CUB)
3.	Edith Bosch (NED)
3.	Annett Böhm (GER)
5.	Qin Dongya (CHN)
5.	Kate Howey (GBR)
7.	Kim Ryon-Mi (PRK)
7.	Cecilia Blanco (ESP)

78 kg edit

11 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Noriko Anno (JPN)
2.	Yurisel Laborde (CUB)
3.	Edinanci Silva (BRA)
3.	Esther San Miguel (ESP)
5.	Claudia Zwiers (NED)
5.	Céline Lebrun (FRA)
7.	Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand (MGL)
7.	Uta Kühnen (GER)

+78 kg edit

11 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Sun Fuming (CHN)
2.	Maki Tsukada (JPN)
3.	Tea Donguzashvili (RUS)
3.	Karina Bryant (GBR)
5.	Sandra Köppen (GER)
5.	Daima Beltrán (CUB)
7.	Barbara Andolina (ITA)
7.	Françoise Harteveld (NED)

Open class edit

14 September – Final

Position	Judoka
1.	Tong Wen (CHN)
2.	Karina Bryant (GBR)
3.	Mara Kovačević (SCG)
3.	Daima Beltrán (CUB)
5.	Magdalena Kozioł (POL)
5.	Céline Lebrun (FRA)
7.	Claudia Zwiers (NED)
7.	Giovanna Blanco (VEN)

References edit

^ "World Championships Osaka 2003". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
^ "World Championships Osaka". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Fuji TV [World Judo 2003] – Men's team". Fuji TV (in Japanese). 15 September 2003. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
^ "Fuji TV [World Judo 2003] – Women's team". Fuji TV (in Japanese). 15 September 2003. Archived from the original on 17 March 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

External links edit

2003 World Judo Championships at the International Judo Federation
2003 World Judo Championships at JudoInside.com
Competition Results – 2003 Osaka World Judo Championships (International Judo Federation)

[IJF-1] "World Championships Osaka 2003". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

[JI-2] "World Championships Osaka". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

[Mteam-3] "Fuji TV [World Judo 2003] – Men's team". Fuji TV (in Japanese). 15 September 2003. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

[Wteam-4] "Fuji TV [World Judo 2003] – Women's team". Fuji TV (in Japanese). 15 September 2003. Archived from the original on 17 March 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

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