2003 World Judo Championships

The 2003 World Judo Championships were the 23rd edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in Osaka, Japan 11–14 September 2003.

Medal overview

Men

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

Women

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

Medal table

* 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 nations)		16	16	32	64

Results overview

Men

60 kg

14 September – Final

Position	Judoka	Country
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

13 September – Final

Position	Judoka	Country
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

13 September – Final

Position	Judoka	Country
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

12 September – Final

Position	Judoka	Country
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

12 September – Final

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Hwang Hee-Tae	KOR
2.	Zurab Zviadauri	Georgia (country)
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

11 September – Final

Position	Judoka	Country
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	Georgia (country)
7.	Michael Jurack	GER

+100 kg

11 September – Final

Position	Judoka	Country
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

14 September – Final

Position	Judoka	Country
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

Women

48 kg

14 September – Final

Position	Judoka	Country
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

13 September – Final

Position	Judoka	Country
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

13 September – Final

Position	Judoka	Country
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

12 September – Final

Position	Judoka	Country
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 Decosse	FRA
7.	Gella Vandecaveye	BEL

70 kg

12 September – Final

Position	Judoka	Country
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

11 September – Final

Position	Judoka	Country
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

11 September – Final

Position	Judoka	Country
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.	Francoise Harteveld	NED

Open class

14 September – Final

Position	Judoka	Country
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	Venezuela

External links

Competition Results – 2003 Osaka World Judo Championships (International Judo Federation)