The 2003 UIAA Climbing World Championships, the 7th edition, were held in Chamonix, France from 9 to 13 July 2003. It was organized by the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA). The championships consisted of lead, speed, and bouldering events.
Medalists Men's Lead Men's Bouldering Men's Speed Women's Lead Women's Bouldering Women's Speed Lead
Men Tomáš Mrázek clinched gold medal after climbing 2 meters higher than the rest of the field. Patxi Usobiaga Lakunza won silver medal by edging out David Caude who took bronze. Alexandre Chabot placed 5th. RankNameNation1/4 Final1/2 FinalFinalResultTomáš MrázekTop22.50-23.55-9500 Patxi Usobiaga Lakunza Top20.64-21.29+7600 David CaudeTop24.24+21.2961754Christian BindhammerTop20.6415.40-52255Alexandre ChabotTop25.00-14.48-48456Sylvain MilletTop23.76-12.31-44657Ramón Julián PuigblanquéTop22.87-10.8140858Evgeny OvchinnikovTop20.6410.813800
Women Muriel Sarkany took the win by climbing 2 meter higher than her closest competition. Six climbers struggled on the same hold: touching, holding, or moving off it. In the end, Emilie Pouget claimed silver medal, ahead of her teammate Sandrine Levet who claimed bronze. RankNameNation1/4 Final1/2 FinalFinalResultMuriel SarkanyTopTop24.60-8400 Emilie Pouget Top18.15-22.27+6720 Sandrine LevetTopTop22.2754604Jenny LavardaTop18.1522.27-46205Alexandra EyerTop18.15-22.27-42846Caroline CiavaldiniTop16.9422.27-39487Angela EiterTop16.94-22.27-36128Barbara BacherTop17.42+20.1233609Emily HarringtonTop16.94-17.72-310810Olga ShalaginaTop16.94-7.26-2856 Bouldering Bouldering scores were decided by number of tops, number of attempts to tops, number of zones, and number of attempts to zones in decreasing order of importance. Men Christian Core sent four boulder problems in the final round and won gold medal after edging out Jérôme Meyer by one less attempt. Tomasz Oleksy placed 3rd. RankNameNationQualificationFinalResultTopZoneRankTopZoneChristian Core11691147577900 Jérôme Meyer 22614648676320 Tomasz Oleksy33674335851354Mauro Calibani495103345743455Kilian Fischhuber254810344540296Serik Kazbekov48682354637137Salavat Rakhmetov466813661133978Akito Matsushima34585374831609Stephane Julien2441092248292310Andrew Earl223472349268611Alexander Meikl11491228414244912Georgos Progulakis24611800282212
Women Sandrine Levet topped 5 boulder problems in the final round, securing a gold medal. Nataliya Perlova sent 3 problems and placed second, while Fanny Rogeaux sent 2 problems in two attempts claiming third place. RankNameNationQualificationFinalResultTopZoneRankTopZoneSandrine Levet666615146137600 Nataliya Perlova 58681236446080 Fanny Rogeaux67663223349404Olga Bibik566610235641805Juliette Danion5766112451638766Vera Kotasova-Kostruhova69674113335727Venera Chereshneva66661113432688Olga Shalagina69674124730409Myriam Motteau696871235281210Yulia Abramchuk696741224258411Stella Marchisio556691327235612Corinne Theroux610698164112128
Speed
Men Maksym Styenkovvy took the win. Tomasz Oleksy placed second and Alexander Peshekhonov placed third. RankNameNationQual.1/2-Finalsmall FinalFinalResultMaksym Styenkovyy28.8125.9721.5521.315500 Tomasz Oleksy 32.1525.9624.3125.714400 Alexander Peshekhonov32.7426.9622.1135754Oleksandr Salimov35.2028.7427.4330255Alexei Gadeev31.0529.6628056Dmytro Konovalov34.5326.7225857Sergei Sinitcyn28.2931.7423658Iakov Soubbotine26.6427.0122009Yevgen Kryvosheytsev29.0127.19203510Csaba Komondi32.5330.03187011Alexandre Chaoulsky28.4630.87170512Ivan Shyshkovskyy40.2534.18154013Salah Boulbahaiem48.9542.32143014Mathieu Dutray34.80elim.132014Nicolas Januel33.84elim.132014Andrzej Mecherzynski-Wiktor33.45elim.132017C. M. Praveen49.98100818Kyrylo Shevchenkoelim.896
Women Olena Ryepko took the win. Tatiana Ruyga placed second and Yurina Valentina third. RankNameNationQual.small FinalFinalResultOlena Ryepko43.5737.1535.763300 Tatiana Ruyga 44.3837.8637.682640 Valentina Yurina43.7242.2521454Olga Zakharova43.0938.8618155Mayya Piratinskaya45.3816836Olga Bezhko53.6815517Edyta Ropek48.9614198Olena Ostapenko51.1413209Svetlana Sutkina53.83177610Agung Ethi Hendrawati57.45163211Sabine Knabl59.22148812Nataliya Perlova60.54134413M. N. Vathsala86.02124814Bangalore Subbarao Archanaelim.115214Anna Stenkovayaelim.1152
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