| 2003 World Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | March 24 – 30 |
| Season: | 2002–03 |
| Location: | Washington, D.C., USA |
| Venue: | MCI Center |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Evgeni Plushenko | |
Ladies' singles:  Michelle Kwan | |
Pair skating:  Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | |
Ice dance: .svg.png){kind=small} Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz | |
| Previous: 2002 World Championships | |
| Next: 2004 World Championships | |
The 2003 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C., USA from March 24 to 30. The senior-level international figure skating competition was sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 nations) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Competition notes
Due to the large number of participants, the men's and ladies' qualifying groups and the ice dancing compulsory dance were split into groups A and B. Ice dancers in both groups performed the same compulsory dance. The compulsory dance was the Austrian Waltz.
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | QB | QA | SP | FS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evgeni Plushenko | Russia | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Timothy Goebel | United States | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 3 | Takeshi Honda | Japan | 5.6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Li Chengjiang | China | 8.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| 5 | Michael Weiss | United States | 8.4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
| 6 | Brian Joubert |  France | 13.2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | |
| 7 | Sergei Davydov |  Belarus | 13.6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | |
| 8 | Emanuel Sandhu | Canada | 16.0 | 5 | 10 | 8 | |
| 9 | Ilia Klimkin | Russia | 20.4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | |
| 10 | Stéphane Lambiel |  Switzerland | 20.8 | 3 | 16 | 10 | |
| 11 | Zhang Min | China | 21.8 | 5 | 18 | 9 | |
| 12 | Stanislav Timchenko | Russia | 22.8 | 8 | 11 | 13 | |
| 13 | Ryan Jahnke | United States | 24.6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | |
| 14 | Ivan Dinev | Bulgaria | 25.2 | 7 | 14 | 14 | |
| 15 | Jeffrey Buttle | Canada | 26.2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | |
| 16 | Stanick Jeannette | France | 28.0 | 12 | 12 | 16 | |
| 17 | Andrejs Vlascenko |  Germany | 29.0 | 11 | 21 | 12 | |
| 18 | Gheorge Chiper |  Romania | 30.4 | 8 | 17 | 17 | |
| 19 | Kevin van der Perren | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 31.0 | 7 | 22 | 15 | |
| 20 | Roman Skorniakov |  Uzbekistan | 33.0 | 10 | 15 | 20 | |
| 21 | Vakhtang Murvanidze | .svg.png){kind=small} Georgia | 37.0 | 9 | 19 | 22 | |
| 22 | Tomáš Verner |  Czech Republic | 37.4 | 11 | 20 | 21 | |
| 23 | Silvio Smalun | Germany | 42.0 | 10 | 25 | 23 | |
| 24 | Gregor Urbas |  Slovenia | 43.0 | 13 | 23 | 24 | |
| Free skating not reached | |||||||
| 25 | Karel Zelenka |  Italy | 14 | 24 | |||
| 26 | Sergei Kotov |  Israel | 13 | 27 | |||
| 27 | Zoltán Tóth |  Hungary | 15 | 26 | |||
| 28 | Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari |  Finland | 12 | 28 | |||
| 29 | Juraj Sviatko |  Slovakia | 14 | 29 | |||
| 30 | Konstantin Tupikov |  Ukraine | 15 | 30 | |||
| Short program not reached | |||||||
| 31 | Kristoffer Berntsson |  Sweden | 16 | ||||
| 31 | Maciej Kuś |  Poland | 16 | ||||
| 33 | Yon Garcia |  Spain | 17 | ||||
| 33 | Lee Dong-whun |  South Korea | 17 | ||||
| 35 | Clemens Jonas |  Austria | 18 | ||||
| 35 | Aidas Reklys |  Lithuania | 18 | ||||
| 37 | Bradley Santer | .svg.png){kind=small} Australia | 19 | ||||
| 37 | Manuel Segura |  Mexico | 19 | ||||
| 39 | Sean Carlow | Australia | 20 | ||||
| 39 | Aramais Grigorian |  Armenia | 20 | ||||
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | QA | QB | SP | FS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michelle Kwan | United States | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Elena Sokolova | Russia | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 3 | Fumie Suguri | Japan | 6.2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Sasha Cohen | United States | 6.6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
| 5 | Viktoria Volchkova | Russia | 9.2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |
| 6 | Sarah Hughes | United States | 13.2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | |
| 7 | Elena Liashenko | Ukraine | 14.2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | |
| 8 | Shizuka Arakawa | Japan | 15.2 | 4 | 11 | 7 | |
| 9 | Jennifer Robinson | Canada | 15.2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |
| 10 | Carolina Kostner | Italy | 17.0 | 9 | 4 | 11 | |
| 11 | Yoshie Onda | Japan | 23.8 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |
| 12 | Alisa Drei | Finland | 24.0 | 8 | 18 | 10 | |
| 13 | Ludmila Nelidina | Russia | 24.0 | 5 | 15 | 13 | |
| 14 | Júlia Sebestyén | Hungary | 24.0 | 10 | 10 | 14 | |
| 15 | Julia Lautowa | Austria | 27.0 | 12 | 17 | 12 | |
| 16 | Galina Maniachenko | Ukraine | 27.2 | 7 | 14 | 16 | |
| 17 | Joannie Rochette | Canada | 32.2 | 9 | 16 | 19 | |
| 18 | Fang Dan | China | 32.6 | 7 | 13 | 22 | |
| 19 | Sarah Meier | Switzerland | 35.2 | 13 | 20 | 18 | |
| 20 | Mojca Kopač | Slovenia | 35.4 | 13 | 22 | 17 | |
| 21 | Jenna McCorkell |  United Kingdom | 35.8 | 11 | 19 | 20 | |
| 22 | Anne-Sophie Calvez | France | 36.0 | 6 | 21 | 21 | |
| 23 | Anastasia Gimazetdinova | Uzbekistan | 41.0 | 8 | 23 | 24 | |
| 24 | Idora Hegel |  Croatia | 43.2 | 10 | 27 | 23 | |
| Free skating not reached | |||||||
| 25 | Sara Falotico | Belgium | 15 | 24 | |||
| 26 | Miriam Manzano | Australia | 14 | 25 | |||
| 27 | Olga Vassiljeva |  Estonia | 15 | 26 | |||
| 28 | Vanessa Giunchi | Italy | 12 | 28 | |||
| 29 | Johanna Goetesson | Sweden | 11 | 29 | |||
| 30 | Tuğba Karademir |  Turkey | 14 | 30 | |||
| Short program not reached | |||||||
| 31 | Tamara Dorofejev | Hungary | 16 | ||||
| 31 | Daria Timoshenko |  Azerbaijan | 16 | ||||
| 33 | Zuzana Babiaková | Slovakia | 17 | ||||
| 33 | Gintarė Vostrecovaitė | Lithuania | 17 | ||||
| 35 | Lucie Krausová | Czech Republic | 18 | ||||
| 35 | Georgina Papavasiliou |  Greece | 18 | ||||
| 37 | Diane Chen |  Chinese Taipei | 19 | ||||
| 37 | Roxana Luca | Romania | 19 | ||||
| 39 | Ana Cecilia Cantu | Mexico | 20 | ||||
| 39 | Hristina Vassileva | Bulgaria | 20 | ||||
| 41 | Cho Hae-lyeum | South Korea | 21 | ||||
| 41 | Shirene Human |  South Africa | 21 | ||||
