2003 Guildford Borough Council election, Summary of election results, Liberal Democrat seat changes
In May 2003, the Liberal Democrats gained 3 seats from the Labour Party in Westborough ward, towards the west of Guildford town. The Liberal Democrats retook from the Conservatives the Worplesdon seat which the Liberal Democrats had lost as a result of a defection during the 1999-2003 session.


2003 Guildford Borough Council election, Summary of election results, Liberal Democrat seat changes
The Liberal Democrats lost 4 seats to the Conservatives three in Guildford town itself (2 losses in the Merrow & Burpham areas and 1 in Onslow ward) and one in the rural Tillingbourne ward.


2003 Guildford Borough Council election, Summary of election results, Labour seat changes
The Labour Party lost 3 seats to the Liberal Democrats in Westborough. Additionally the Labour Party lost 1 seat in Stoke ward, towards the north of Guildford town as a result of boundary changes and a reduction in the number of councillors representing that ward from 3 to 2.


2003 Guildford Borough Council election, Summary of election results, By election changes
Subsequent to the May 2003 elections, the Liberal Democrats gained a seat from the Conservatives in Merrow ward, in a by election in July 2003, increasing the number of Liberal Democrat seats on the council from 19 to 20 and reducing the number of Conservative seats from 26 to 25.


2003 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état
The 2003 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état was the bloodless military coup that took place in Guinea-Bissau on 14 September 2003, led by General Veríssimo Correia Seabra against incumbent President Kumba Ialá. Seabra referred to the "incapacity" of Ialá's government as justification for the takeover, together with a stagnant economy, political instability, and military discontent over unpaid salaries. Ialá publicly announced his resignation on 17 September, and a political agreement signed that month prohibited him from participating in politics for five years. A civilian-led transitional government led by businessman Henrique Rosa and PRS secretary general Artur Sanhá was set up at the end of September.


2003 Guinean presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Guinea on 21 December 2003. Incumbent Lansana Conté won over 95.6% of the vote after most opposition parties boycotted the elections.


2003 Guinean presidential election, Candidates
Conté ran for another seven-year term despite serious health problems, including diabetes, which caused some to doubt his ability to continue as President. He was unanimously nominated as the candidate of the ruling Unity and Progress Party (PUP) in September 2003, but he said that he would not participate in campaigning. Demands from the Republican Front for Democratic Change (FRAD) opposition coalition concerning the creation of an independent electoral commission and access to state media were unfulfilled by the government, and consequently all the major opposition leaders chose to boycott the election.


2003 Guinean presidential election, Candidates
Although the main opposition politicians chose to boycott, six others tried to run but saw their candidacies rejected due to technicalities. Aside from Conté, only one candidate was permitted to run: Mamadou Bhoye Barry of the Union for National Progress. Barry was known as a supporter and friend of Conté; as a veterinarian, he also cared for Conté's livestock. Despite his failing health, Conté was officially certified as being medically fit to stand as a candidate.


2003 Guinean presidential election, Results
With no serious opposition, Conté was re-elected by an overwhelming margin. Turnout was officially placed at 86%, despite the opposition boycott and lack of competition; however, FRAD claimed that turnout was actually less than 15%. Conté was sworn in for his new seven-year term on 19 January 2004 and vowed to fight corruption in a television broadcast on the occasion.


2003 Gulf Club Champions Cup
The GCC Champions League (Arabic: دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية), is an annually organized football league tournament for club of the Arabian Peninsula.


2003 Gulf Club Champions Cup
The 2003 edition was the 20th time that it was organised and was won by Kuwaiti side Al Arabi Kuwait for the second time.


2003 HEW Cyclassics
The 2003 HEW Cyclassics was the eighth edition of the HEW Cyclassics cycle race and was held on 3 August 2003. The race started and finished in Hamburg. The race was won by Paolo Bettini.


2003 Halifax RLFC season
The 2003 Halifax RLFC season was the 108th season in the club's rugby league history and the eighth season in the Super League. Coached by Tony Anderson, Halifax competed in Super League VIII and finished in 12th place, relegating the club to National League One. The club also reached the fourth round of the Challenge Cup.


2003 Halifax RLFC season, Table
Source: . Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference. Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.


2003 Halifax RLFC season, Table
^ a: St Helens deducted two points for salary cap breaches^ b: Hull F.C. deducted two points for salary cap breaches^ c: Halifax deducted two points for salary cap breaches


2003 Hamburg Masters
The 2003 Hamburg Masters was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 97th edition of the Hamburg Masters and was part of the Tennis Masters Series of the 2003 ATP Tour. It took place at the Am Rothenbaum in Hamburg in Germany from 12 May through 18 May 2003.


2003 Hamburg Masters
The singles field was headlined by new ATP No. 1, Scottsdale, Indian Wells winner and Masters Cup defending champion Lleyton Hewitt, Buenos Aires, Barcelona champion, Miami runner-up and Monte Carlo semifinalist Carlos Moyá and Marseille, Dubai, Munich winner and recent Rome finalist Roger Federer. Other top seeds competing were Memphis and Houston finalist Andy Roddick, 2002 French Open champion Albert Costa, Jiří Novák, Paradorn Srichaphan and David Nalbandian. Young Rafael Nadal at 16 defeated world number 4 Moya in 2 sets.


2003 Hamburg Masters
For the first time in a Tennis Masters Series tournament all four semifinalists were from the same country. The Argentine semifinalists were Guillermo Coria, Agustín Calleri, Gastón Gaudio and David Nalbandian.


2003 Hamburg Masters, Finals, Doubles
Mark Knowles /  Daniel Nestor defeated  Mahesh Bhupathi /  Max Mirnyi 6–4, 7–6(12–10)


2003 Hamburg Masters – Doubles
The 2003 Hamburg Masters – Doubles was a German tennis event.


2003 Hamburg Masters – Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi and Jan-Michael Gambill were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Bhupathi with Max Mirnyi and Gambill with Graydon Oliver.


2003 Hamburg Masters – Doubles
Gambill and Oliver lost in the first round to Gustavo Kuerten and Tim Henman.


2003 Hamburg Masters – Doubles
Bhupathi and Mirnyi lost in the final 6–4, 7–6(12–10) against Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor.


2003 Hamburg Masters – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes to the second round.


2003 Hamburg Masters – Singles
Roger Federer was the defending champion but lost in the third round to Mark Philippoussis.


2003 Hamburg Masters – Singles
Guillermo Coria won in the final 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 against Agustín Calleri.


2003 Hamburg Masters – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2003 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
The 2003 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 46th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 54th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in 4th place in the East Division with a 1–17 record, which set the record for most regular season losses in professional Canadian football history. With a .059 record, the Tiger-Cats set a CFL record for worst winning percentage and are only second to the 1949 Hamilton Wildcats in Canadian football history who went winless in 1949. They also tied the 1954 and 1961 BC Lions and 1959 Saskatchewan Roughriders for fewest wins in CFL history.


2003 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election
The 2003 Hamilton municipal election was held on November 10, 2003 Electors in Hamilton. On election day, Hamiltonians elected a mayor, 15 city councillors, and trustees for the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board, Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire Viamonde, and Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir.


2003 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward One (Chedoke-Cootes)
The race for Ward One councillor was marked by nine-year incumbent councillor Marvin Caplan's faltering support because of a major issue. During the campaign Marvin Caplan openly supported the completion of the Red Hill Creek Expressway, opposed by a majority of Ward One's residents.


2003 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward One (Chedoke-Cootes)
Challenger Brian McHattie, who had run for Mayor in 1997, was a 43-year-old environmental consultant at the time of the election, and received support due to his opposition to the Red Hill Creek Expressway. Michael Puskas, the third candidate in the race, was a local lawyer who echoed Caplan's support for the Expressway.


2003 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board Election
The 2003 election for trustees to the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board was marked by numerous acclamations, despite the board being put under provincial supervision from August 2002 to October 2003 for failing to pass a balanced budget. A provincial report critiqued trustees and the supervisor placed in charge of the board accused trustees of being "parent advocates, rather than system leaders".


2003 Harding
2003 Harding, provisional designation 6559 P-L, is a carbonaceous Eoan asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 18 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered during the Palomar–Leiden survey on 24 September 1960, by astronomers Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden, and Tom Gehrels at Palomar, California. The asteroid was later named after astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.


2003 Harding, Orbit and characterization
The asteroid is a member of the Eos family. Orbiting the Sun at a distance of 2.7–3.4 AU once every 5 years and 4 months, the asteroid's path is nearly coplanar to the plane of the ecliptic with an orbital inclination of less than 2 degrees. It has a short rotation period of three hours.


2003 Harding, Orbit and characterization
The survey designation "P-L" stands for Palomar–Leiden, named after Palomar Observatory and Leiden Observatory, which collaborated on the fruitful Palomar–Leiden survey in the 1960s. Gehrels used Palomar's Samuel Oschin telescope (also known as the 48-inch Schmidt Telescope), and shipped the photographic plates to Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden Observatory where astrometry was carried out. The trio are credited with the discovery of several thousand asteroid discoveries.


2003 Harding, Naming
The asteroid is named after German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding (1765–1834), who discovered the minor planet 3 Juno. He is also honored by the lunar crater Harding. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 15 October 1977 (M.P.C. 4238).


2003 Harlow District Council election
The 2003 Harlow District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2003 Harlow District Council election, Background
Before the election both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats had 12 councillors, while Labour had 9 seats.


2003 Harlow District Council election, Background
A total of 36 candidates stood for the 11 seats that were being contested, with the councillors who got the lowest number of votes from the 2002 election defending their seats. One Labour councillor, John Cave, stood down at the election after 32 years, while 3 former Labour councillors and 1 former Liberal Democrat councillor attempted to regain seats. Among the councillors defending their seats was the Conservative group leader Andrew Johnson in Sumners and Kingsmoor ward.


2003 Harlow District Council election, Election result
There was no change in the party situation on the council with no party gaining a majority. The closest result was in Bush Fair ward where Liberal Democrat Chris Millington held the seat by 39 votes, but the Liberal Democrat council chairman Nick Macy was not re-elected after contesting the Labour held seat in Little Parndon and Hare Street. Overall turnout at the election was 29%.


2003 Harlow District Council election, Election result
However an enquiry was started after the election as 3,279 postal votes had to be rejected as they did not have an official mark on them.


2003 Harrogate Borough Council election
The 2003 Harrogate Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Harrogate Borough Council in North Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2003 Harrogate Borough Council election, Campaign
Before the election the Liberal Democrats had 27 seats on the council, the Conservatives 26 and there was 1 independent. The campaign saw the national leaders of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties, Iain Duncan Smith and Charles Kennedy, visit Harrogate to support their parties.


2003 Harrogate Borough Council election, Campaign
The Liberal Democrats defended their record in control of the council, pointing to an improvement in the council finances, providing new facilities for the area, keeping Harrogates portion of the council tax rises low and tackling anti-social behaviour. However the Conservatives attacked "over intensive housing development" for causing traffic congestion, said they were the only party opposed to congestion charging, proposed to provide an hours free parking for residents and to work with police to tackle anti-social behaviour.


2003 Harrogate Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw no party win a majority on the council, but the Conservatives became the largest party with 27 seats, compared to 25 for the Liberal Democrats and 2 independents. The Conservatives gained Bilton and High Harrogate wards from the Liberal Democrats, the latter by 656 votes to 610 after a recount. These gains came despite the Liberal Democrats winning slightly more votes overall in the election, 46.5% compared to 44.7% for the Conservatives. However the Conservatives did lose one seat in Ripon Moorside, which was taken by independent Charles Powell. Meanwhile, Labour failed to win any seats and only came second in Woodfield ward. Overall turnout in the election was 34.7%.


2003 Harrogate Borough Council election, Election result
Following the election the Conservatives took control of the council, with Conservative Mike Gardner becoming council leader, replacing Liberal Democrat Geoff Webber. Meanwhile, the outgoing mayor of Harrogate Alan Skidmore quit the Liberal Democrats after the election to become an independent, criticising the party both nationally and locally.


2003 Hart District Council election
The 2003 Hart Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2003 Hart District Council election, Background
12 seats were to be contested in the 2003 election, but Eversley ward saw Conservative councillor Hugo Eastwood re-elected without opposition. The other 11 seats had the Conservatives defending 6 seats compared to 5 for the Liberal Democrats, with 10 of them having sitting councillors standing for re-election. The only candidates from other parties standing were 4 from the Labour Party and 3 from the Green Party.


2003 Hart District Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservatives retain control of the council after no seats changed parties. There were 2 close results with the Conservatives holding Fleet North by 19 votes over the Liberal Democrats, while the Liberal Democrats held Blackwater and Hawley by 16 votes over the Conservatives. This meant the Conservatives retained 22 seats, compared to 10 for the Liberal Democrats and 3 Independents. Overall turnout in the election was 28.52%.


2003 Hart District Council election, Election result
Following the election, councillor Jan Pearson, quit the Conservative group to sit as an Independent saying she was unhappy about how the group made decisions. Meanwhile, Conservative Lorraine Fullbrook became the new leader of the council after only having been first elected to the council in the 2002 election.


2003 Harvard Crimson football team
The 2003 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Harvard tied for second in the Ivy League.


2003 Harvard Crimson football team
In their 10th year under head coach Timothy Murphy, the Crimson compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents 317 to 221. Dante Balestracci was the team captain.


2003 Harvard Crimson football team
The Crimson's 4–3 conference record placed them in a four-way tie for second in the Ivy League standings. Harvard outscored Ivy opponents 212 to 151.


2003 Harvard Crimson football team
Harvard began the year unranked, but a six-game winning streak to start the season saw it enter the national top 25 in early October and climb as high as No. 16. November losses to two unranked opponents dropped the Crimson from the rankings, and they finished the year outside the top 25.


2003 Harvard Crimson football team
Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.


2003 Hastings Direct International Championships
The 2003 Hastings Direct International Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Eastbourne Tennis Centre in Eastbourne in the United Kingdom that was part of Tier II of the 2003 WTA Tour. It was the 29th edition of the tournament and was held from 16 June through 21 June 2003. Chanda Rubin won the singles title.


2003 Hastings Direct International Championships, Finals, Doubles
Lindsay Davenport /  Lisa Raymond defeated  Jennifer Capriati /  Magüi Serna 6–3, 6–2


2003 Hastings Direct International Championships – Doubles
Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Raymond with Lindsay Davenport and Stubbs with Jelena Dokić.


2003 Hastings Direct International Championships – Doubles
Dokić and Stubbs lost in the quarterfinals to Stéphanie Foretz and Antonella Serra Zanetti.


2003 Hastings Direct International Championships – Doubles
Davenport and Raymond won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Jennifer Capriati and Magüi Serna.


2003 Hastings Direct International Championships – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2003 Hastings Direct International Championships – Singles
The Singles competition of the 2003 Hastings Direct International Championships was part of the 29th edition of the Eastbourne International tennis tournament, Tier II of the 2003 WTA Tour. Chanda Rubin was the defending champion and won in the final 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 against Conchita Martínez.


2003 Hastings Direct International Championships – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.


2003 Havant Borough Council election
The 2003 Havant Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Havant Borough Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2003 Havant Borough Council election, Election result
The Conservative majority on the council was unchanged after they both gained and lost one seat.


2003 Hawaii Bowl
The 2003 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl was played on December 25, 2003, in Honolulu and matched the hometown Hawaii Warriors with the Houston Cougars. This was the second Hawaii Bowl, and the first time Hawaii and Houston played each other. The game was sponsored by Sheraton Hotels and Resorts.


2003 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary
Houston scored first with a 34-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Kevin Kolb to wide receiver Chad McCullar. David Bell kicked a 21-yard field goal to increase Houston's lead to 10–0. Hawaii got its first points of the game at the end of the first quarter on a 19-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Timmy Chang found wide receiver Clifton Herbert for a 49-yard touchdown pass to make the score 10–10.


2003 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary
Running back Jackie Battle scored on a 2-yard touchdown run for Houston, as they increased their lead to 17–10. David Bell later kicked a field goal to increase the lead to 20–10. A Hawaii field goal before half time cut the lead to 20–13.


2003 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary
In the third quarter, running back Michael Brewster Jr. ran in for a touchdown tying the game at 20. Timmy Chang then threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jason Rivers, and Hawaii claimed its first lead of the game at 27–20. Jackie Battle scored on a 2-yard touchdown run and the score was 27–27. Jason Rivers caught a 4-yard touchdown pass to give Hawaii a 34–27 lead. In the fourth quarter, wide receiver Vincent Marshall caught an 81-yard touchdown pass to tie the game at 34. The game headed into overtime.


2003 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary
In overtime, Timmy Chang found Britton Komine for an 11-yard touchdown and a 41–34 Hawaii lead. Houston answered with an Anthony Evans touchdown run. After one overtime period the score was 41–41. On Houston's next possession, Jackie Battle got the handoff, and rushed 4 yards for a touchdown. The score was now 48–41 Houston. Jason Rivers tied it for Hawaii, by catching a 19-yard touchdown pass. In the third overtime period, Michael Brewster ran in for an 8-yard touchdown. The two-point conversion attempt failed leaving the score 54–48 Hawaii, and giving Houston a chance to win. Houston couldn't score, and that ended up being the final margin.


2003 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary
The game is also memorable for fighting that occurred between teams at the completion of the game, as players got into shouting matches and punches were thrown. Play-by-play announcer Dave Barnett called the ending sad and surprising.


2003 Hawaii Warriors football team
The 2003 Hawaii Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. Hawaii finished the 2003 season with a 9–5 record, going 6–2 in Western Athletic Conference (WAC) play. The Warriors made their second straight appearance in the Hawaii Bowl, facing off against Houston. The Warriors capped off their second straight winning season, and the fourth in five seasons, under head coach June Jones with a bowl win.


2003 Hawthorn Football Club season
The 2003 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 79th season in the Australian Football League and their 102nd season overall.


2003 Heineken Cup Final
The 2003 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 2002–03 Heineken Cup, the eighth season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 24 May 2003 at Lansdowne Road in Dublin. The match was contested by Toulouse and Perpignan, both of France. Toulouse became the second team to win the competition more than once, winning the match 22–17.


2003 Heineken Open
The 2003 Heineken Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland in New Zealand and was part of the International Series of the 2003 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 6 January through 12 January 2003.


2003 Heineken Open, Finals, Doubles
David Adams /  Robbie Koenig defeated  Tomáš Cibulec /  Leoš Friedl 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–3


2003 Heineken Open – Doubles
Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


2003 Heineken Open – Doubles
David Adams and Robbie Koenig won in the final 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–3 against Tomáš Cibulec and Leoš Friedl.


2003 Heineken Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2003 Heineken Open – Singles
Greg Rusedski was the defending champion of the singles event of the Heineken Open tennis tournament, held in Auckland, New Zealand, but did not compete that year.


2003 Heineken Open – Singles
Fourth-seeded Gustavo Kuerten won in the final 6–3, 7–5 against unseeded Dominik Hrbatý.


2003 Heineken Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2003 Hel van het Mergelland
The 2003 Hel van het Mergelland was the 30th edition of the Volta Limburg Classic cycle race and was held on 5 April 2003. The race started and finished in Eijsden. The race was won by Wim Van Huffel.


2003 Herefordshire Council election
Elections to Herefordshire Council were held on 1 May 2003, along with other local elections in England and Scotland. Due to prior boundary reviews, all 38 wards were contested - with each ward electing either one two or three members to the council, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2007. The council remained in no overall control, with the Conservative party replacing the Liberal Democrats as the largest party on the council, winning 20 out of a total of 56 seats on the council.


2003 Herefordshire Council election, Result
The overall turnout was 60.80% with a total of 114,492 valid votes cast. A total of 2,808 ballots were rejected.


2003 Herefordshire Council election, Council Composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:


2003 Herefordshire Council election, Ward Results
Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Councillors seeking re-election were first elected in 2000, and these results are therefore compared to that year's polls. All results are listed below:


2003 Herefordshire Council election, Ward Results, Bromyard
Andrews previously served as a cllr for Three Elms. Both Haycock and Paton previously stood as BNP candidates.


2003 Herefordshire Council election, Ward Results, Ledbury
This ward previously only elected two members to the council. Both Cllrs Harling and Ashton served in the Ledbury ward, whilst Cllr Rule served as a councillor for Marcle Ridge.


2003 Herefordshire Council election, Ward Results, Leominster South
Both Cllrs Burke and Thomas previously served as councillors for Leominster East & South prior to the election.


2003 Herefordshire Council election, Ward Results, St. Martins & Hinton
Cllrs Chappell and Attfield previously served as councillors for Hinton ward, and Cllr Preece served as a councillor for St. Martins prior to the election.


2003 Herefordshire Council election, Ward Results, Sutton Walls
Cllr Guthrie previously served as the councillor for Brumarsh prior to the election.


2003 Heritage Classic
The Heritage Classic was an outdoor ice hockey game played on November 22, 2003, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, between the Edmonton Oilers and the Montreal Canadiens. It was the first National Hockey League (NHL) game to be played outdoors as a part of regular season play. The Heritage Classic concept was modeled after the success of the "Cold War" game between the University of Michigan and Michigan State University in 2001. The game was given the tagline "A November to Remember".


2003 Heritage Classic
The event took place in Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium in front of a crowd of 57,167, despite temperatures of close to −18 °C, −30 °C (−22 °F) with wind chill. It was held to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Edmonton Oilers joining the NHL in 1979 and the 20th anniversary of their first Stanley Cup win in 1984. The CBC television broadcast drew 2.747 million viewers in Canada, the second-highest audience for a regular-season NHL game. This was the first NHL game broadcast in HD on CBC.


2003 Heritage Classic
First, the MegaStars game was played between some of the best former players from both clubs. The Oilers were represented by the best players from their 1980s dynasty, led by Wayne Gretzky. The Canadiens were represented by players from their 1970s dynasty, led by Guy Lafleur, and a few members of the 1986 and 1993 championship squads. Both teams were composed of players who had won Stanley Cups with the Oilers or Canadiens, except for the Oilers' first NHL captain, Ron Chipperfield, and the Canadiens' Russ Courtnall, who Rejean Houle said was selected for his speed.


2003 Heritage Classic
Cam Connor and Mark Napier were the only players that played for both the Oilers and the Canadiens during their NHL careers; both played for the Canadiens during the game. Mark Messier, the only active player at the time, received special permission from the New York Rangers front office to compete for Edmonton in the game and was the only player in the game to wear a helmet. The MegaStars game consisted of two 15-minute halves rather than three 20-minute periods, and was won by the Oilers by a score of 2–0. After the game, Messier jokingly called the low-scoring contest "a typical Oilers win," a reference to the numerous high-scoring games of the Oilers' heyday in the 1980s.


2003 Heritage Classic
The second game was an official NHL regular season contest between the Edmonton Oilers and the Montreal Canadiens. Montreal won the game 4–3. Richard Zednik of the Canadiens scored the first goal of the game, and also scored the game-winner. Goaltender Jose Theodore wore a Canadiens tuque over the top of his goalie mask.


2003 Heritage Classic
The game was released to DVD by the CBC, and included special features such as player interviews.


2003 Heritage Classic
Following the success of the Heritage Classic, in 2008 the league began a series of Winter Classics, an outdoor regular season game played annually on New Year's Day, which to date have all taken place in American-based NHL cities. The first NHL game to be played outdoors was an exhibition game on September 27, 1991, when the Los Angeles Kings played the New York Rangers outside Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The next outdoor game to be awarded by the league to a Canadian-based NHL city was the 2011 Heritage Classic in Calgary, part of the Heritage Classic series of games.


2003 Hertsmere Borough Council election
The 2003 Hertsmere Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Hertsmere Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2003 Hertsmere Borough Council election, Background
Before the Conservatives ran the council with 25 seats, compared to 9 for Labour and 5 Liberal Democrats. A total of 38 candidates contested the 13 seats that were up for election. Both the Conservative and Labour parties stood in all 13 seats, while there were also 10 Liberal Democrats, 1 Green Party and 1 Socialist Labour Party candidates.


2003 Hertsmere Borough Council election, Election result
The Conservatives maintained an 8-seat majority with 25 councillors, Labour dropped 1 to 8 seats, while the Liberal Democrats gained 1 to 6 seats. The Conservatives gained a seat in Borehamwood Hillside by 98 votes, with Jean Heywood reclaiming a seat on the council after having lost her seat in Borehamwood Cowley Hill in 2002 standing as an independent. However the Liberal Democrats took a seat from the Conservatives in Bushey St James.


2003 Hertsmere Borough Council election, Election result
The count saw angry words from the Labour group leader Frank Ward, who had held his seat in Borehamwood Kenilworth by just 28 votes. Ward said "Conservative councillors have no place in Borehamwood" and "it was a campaign that was marred by vilification, smears and lies".


2003 Hessian state election
The 2003 Hessian state election was held on 2 February 2003 to elect the members of the Landtag of Hesse. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Roland Koch was returned with an increased majority. The CDU recorded a 5.4% swing in its favour, winning an absolute majority of seats. It subsequently formed government alone, with Roland Koch continuing in office.


2003 Hessian state election, Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Hesse.


2003 High Peak Borough Council election
Elections to High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held on 1 May 2003. All of the council was up for election and the control of the council changed from Labour control to no overall control. Boundary changes since the 1999 local elections reduced the number of seats by 1, and meant that all wards had changed boundaries, with the exception of Whaley Bridge ward.


2003 Highland Council election
Elections to the Highland Council were held on 1 May 2003; the same day as elections to the Scottish Parliament and to the 31 other councils in Scotland. 80 councillors were elected from 80 wards using the plurality system (a.k.a. ' First Past the Post'). Independent councillors retained their status as the majority group, with councillors also being elected representing the Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, and Scottish National Party.


2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Himachal Pradesh in 2003.


2003 Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council election
Elections to Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election, with boundary changes having taken place since the last election in 1999. The Conservative Party took overall control of the council.


2003 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2003 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 19th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 6 and March 17, 2003. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts, the home venue of the NHL's Boston Bruins. By winning the tournament New Hampshire received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


2003 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play. The team that finishes ninth in the conference is not eligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a best-of-three with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-elimination game, with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


2003 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


2003 Hokkaido gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held on 13 April 2003 to elect the Governor of Hokkaido Prefecture.


2003 Holiday Bowl
The 2003 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30 in San Diego, California, part of the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the fifth-ranked Texas Longhorns and the Washington State Cougars, who pulled off a 28–20 upset, and moved up to ninth in the final rankings.


2003 Holiday Bowl
Scoreless after the first quarter, Texas running back Cedric Benson scored in the second quarter with a 1-yard touchdown run. Washington State tied the game following a 12-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Matt Kegel to wide receiver Sammy Moore. Following a 39-yard field goal, Texas held a 10–7 lead at halftime.


2003 Holiday Bowl
In the third quarter, Washington State outscored Texas by nineteen points. They took their first lead at 13–10 on a 54-yard touchdown pass from Kegel to Moore. Jonathan Smith rushed 12 yards for a touchdown increasing the lead to 20–10, and the Cougars extended their lead to 26–10 lead after Jason David returned a fumble 18 yards for a touchdown.


2003 Holiday Bowl
Early in the fourth quarter, Texas was held to a field goal; WSU led by thirteen, and the Cougars added a safety as Texas was flagged for holding in their own end zone. Chance Mock threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Roy Williams to pull Texas to within 28–20 with over four minutes remaining, but that was the end  of the scoring.


2003 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
The 2003 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Holy Cross tied for last in the Patriot League.


2003 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
In their eighth and final year under head coach Dan Allen, the Crusaders compiled a 1–11 record. Ari Confesor, Steve Fox, Ben Koller and Nick Larsen were the team captains.


2003 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
The Crusaders were outscored 478 to 322. Holy Cross' 1–6 conference record tied for worst in the Patriot League standings. The Crusaders' sole win came against fellow Patriot League cellar-dweller Georgetown.


2003 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
Holy Cross played its home games at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.


2003 Hong Kong Sevens
The 2003 Hong Kong Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Hong Kong Stadium between 28–30 March 2003. It was the 28th edition of the Hong Kong Sevens and was the fifth tournament of the 2002–03 IRB Sevens World Series. Twenty-four teams competed in the tournament and were separated into six groups of four with the top eight teams qualifying through to the cup tournament.


2003 Hong Kong Sevens
Due to the SARS outbreak that was occurring in Hong Kong, some teams delayed their arrival to the country with three teams (Argentina, France and Italy withdrawing from the competition.


2003 Hong Kong Sevens
England defended their Hong Kong title that they won the previous year defeating New Zealand in the final by a score of 22–17. The plate-final saw Canada defeat Scotland while the United States took home the bowl defeating Japan.


2003 Hong Kong Sevens, Teams
Compared to other tournament of the series, the Hong Kong Sevens had 24 teams compete for the title instead of the regular sixteen teams that usually competed in a World Series event. The tournament saw three teams withdraw after the official draw was revealed on February 27 due to the SARS outbreak that was occurring in South-East Asia. On March 21, France and Italy withdrew from the competition with Argentina withdrawing two days later. They were replaced by Namibia, Tonga and the Netherlands respectively. Other teams delayed their arrivals to Hong Kong with Fiji and New Zealand only arriving three days before the tournament started.


2003 Hong Kong Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into six pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with three points awarded for a win, two points for a draw, and one point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The pool stage was played over the first two days of the tournament. The top team from each pool along with the two best runners-up advanced to the Cup quarter finals. The remaining four runners-up along with the four best third-placed teams advanced to the Plate quarter finals. The remaining eight teams went on to the Bowl quarter finals.


2003 Hong Kong Sevens, Pool stage
The draw for the 2003 Hong Kong Sevens was held on 27 February 2003 with the revised draw occurring on the 25 March.


2003 Hong Kong local elections
The 2003 Hong Kong District Council elections were held on 23 November 2003 for all 18 districts of Hong Kong, 400 members from directly elected constituencies out of total 529 council members. It was the second District Council election after the handover of Hong Kong in 1997.


2003 Hong Kong local elections
The election was historically significant as it was the first election came after the controversies over the legislation of the Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23 and the large-scale July 1 protests in mid-2003 against the unpopular Tung Chee-hwa administration. The election saw the devastating defeat of the pro-government pro-Beijing camp.


2003 Hong Kong local elections
The pro-Beijing flagship party Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) received the largest defeat in the elections, only 62 of the 206 of its candidates were elected. The party's heavyweights, Yeung Yiu-chung, Lau Kong-wah and Ip Kwok-him all lost their seats to the pro-democracy challengers, with Ip lost his longtime base of Kwun Lung to Cyd Ho of The Frontier. Choy So-yuk also faced challenge from Leung Kwok-hung of April Fifth Action, only retained her seat with narrow margin. DAB chairman Tsang Yok-sing resigned for the party's defeat after the election, and subsequently was replaced by Ma Lik. The pro-democracy camp received overall success, with Democratic Party winning the most of 95 seats.


2003 Hong Kong local elections
After the election, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa appointed 102 pro-government members to the District Councils to dilute the influence of the pro-democrats and retained control of some of the councils.


2003 Hong Kong local elections, Overview
Before the elections were held, media had speculated the effect of the controversy over the legislation of the Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23 to the pro-Beijing camp. With the surge of popularity after the 2003 July 1 protests, the pro-democrats managed to present a united platform in the District Council election.


2003 Hong Kong local elections, Overview
More than two hundred candidates form all pro-democracy parties and groups supported the direct election of the Chief Executive by 2007; direct elections of all seats of the Legislative Council by 2008; the initiation of public consultations on political reforms by the government before the end of 2003; and the abolition of all appointed seats to the District Councils after the November 2003 elections.


2003 Hong Kong local elections, Overview
The pro-democrat candidates challenged the heavyweights of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), the flagship pro-government party in many constituencies, including the party vice-chairman Ip Kwok-him's Kwun Lung, Choy So-yuk's Kam Ping, Yeung Yiu-chung's Mei Foo South and Lau Kong-wah's Kam To. Lau Kong-wah stood in Kam To, challenging Democratic Party's Shirley Ho Suk-ping. As Lau was the Legislative Councillor for New Territories East, pro-democrats saw Kam To as a crucial target. Icons like Audrey Eu, Alan Leong and Cheung Man-kwong took turns campaigning for Shirley Ho.


2003 Hong Kong local elections, Overview
Standing in the traditional Hokkien community Kam Ping, Choy so-yuk faced the challenged from Leung Kwok-hung of the April Fifth Action, while The Frontier's Cyd Ho stood in Kwun Lung against Ip Kwok-him. Both Ho and Ip were members of the Legislative Council, while Ip chaired the Legco committee on the national security bill. Ho was supported by Article 45 Concern Group's Ronny Tong and Ip was supported by the DAB chairman Tsang Yok-sing.


2003 Hong Kong local elections, Overview
An unprecedented record of 44 percent, in total of 1.06 millions voters cast their vote in the election. In result, Yeung Yiu-chung, Lau Kong-wah and Ip Kwok-him were all defeated by the pro-democrats while Choy So-yuk retained her seat with narrow margin. The pro-democracy flagship party Democratic Party became the clear winner by winning the most number of 95 seats. Cyd Ho's Civic Act-up which was established after the July 1 protest also captured three seats in the Wan Chai District Council and was able to control the council for the first time with the other independent councillors. Only 62 of the 206 DAB candidates were elected, which became the worst defeat in DAB's history. Tsang Yok-sing took responsibility for the electoral setback and resigned his chairman post. He claimed that the defeat was due to the DAB's unfortunate "Tung loyalist" public image.


2003 Hong Kong local elections, Aftermath
In December 2003 after the elections, Tung appointed 21 political party appointees to the District Councils to dilute the influence of the pro-democrats as follows:


2003 Hong Kong local elections, Aftermath
Professor of politics and sociology at Lingnan University, Dr. Li Pang-kwong said "As in the past, most of the appointees were pro-government or persons without a clear political stance... ensur[ing] that no district council is in the hands of the democrats."


2003 Hong Kong local elections, Aftermath
A spokesman for the democrats said the appointees "will have an unfair advantage in that they are getting financial support from the government which will help them run for office in future elections."


2003 Hong Kong–Macau Interport
The 59th Hong Kong–Macau Interport was held in Hong Kong on 22 May 2004. It was originally scheduled to be held on 1 May 2003, but was postponed due to the outbreak of SARS. Hong Kong captured the champion by winning 6-0.


2003 Hong Kong–Macau Interport, Squads, Hong Kong
Hong Kong was represented by its youth team with age eligible to play for the 2008 Summer Olympics.


2003 Hong Kong–Macau Interport, Squads, Macau
Macau was represented by its youth team. The following only shows the players played in the match.


2003 Hopman Cup
The 2003 Hopman Cup (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the fifteenth edition of the Hopman Cup tennis sporting event, held on 28 December 2002 through 4 January 2003 at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth, Western Australia. The champions are Serena Williams and James Blake of the United States, who defeated Alicia Molik and Lleyton Hewitt of Australia in the final.


2003 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2003 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament took place at the end of the 2002–03 regular season. The better seed hosted each first round match. Milwaukee hosted the second round, semifinals, and championship game.


2003 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All Horizon League schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2002–03 Horizon League season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 2 teams received a bye to the semifinals and the third seed received a bye to the quarterfinals.


2003 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket
First round games at campus sites of higher seedsSecond round and semifinals hosted by the top seed. Championship hosted by best remaining seed


2003 Horsham District Council election
The 2003 Horsham District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. The result left the council with no no overall control with the Conservatives one seat short of a majority.


2003 Horsham District Council election, Council Composition
Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:


2003 Houston Astros season
The 2003 Houston Astros season was the 42nd season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, Texas.


2003 Houston Astros season, Regular season
During a 3–2 loss to the Montreal Expos on April 26, first baseman Jeff Bagwell's infield single gave him 2,000 hits for his career, joining Craig Biggio as the only Astros players to achieve this mark.


2003 Houston Astros season, Regular season
On June 11, six Astros pitchers combined to throw a no-hitter against the New York Yankees, establishing a major league record for most pitchers contributing to a no-hitter. The six were Roy Oswalt, Pete Munro, Kirk Saarloos, Brad Lidge, Octavio Dotel and Billy Wagner. It was the first no-hitter against the Yankees in 45 years.


2003 Houston Astros season, Regular season
Playing the Cincinnati Reds on July 20, Bagwell hit two home runs for the  off Danny Graves, becoming the 35th player in MLB history to do so.


2003 Houston Astros season, Regular season
ESPN's "The List" ranked Bagwell and Biggio as the second- and third-most underrated athlete of the top four North American professional sports leagues in an August publication.


2003 Houston Bowl
The 2003 Houston Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Navy Midshipmen and the Texas Tech Red Raiders on December 30, 2003, at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. It was the fourth time the Houston Bowl was played and the final game of the 2003 NCAA Division I FBS football season for both teams. Texas Tech defeated Navy 38–14.


2003 Houston Bowl
The Houston Bowl was Navy's first bowl game since the 1996 Aloha Bowl, in which Navy defeated California 42–38. Texas Tech, representing the Big 12 conference, was playing in its fourth straight bowl game, stretching back to the inaugural Houston Bowl (then the Galleryfurniture.com Bowl).


2003 Houston Comets season
The 2003 WNBA season was the seventh for the Houston Comets. Former WNBA MVP Cynthia Cooper came out of retirement and played four games with the Comets. This was their final year in the Compaq Center.


2003 Houston Cougars football team
The 2003 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH represented the University of Houston in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the 58th year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by first year head football coach, Art Briles. The team played its home games at Robertson Stadium, a 32,000-person capacity stadium on-campus in Houston.


2003 Houston Texans season
The 2003 Houston Texans season was the franchise's second season in the National Football League and the second under head coach Dom Capers. It saw the Texans make a one-game improvement on its initial season's record.


2003 Houston mayoral election
The Houston Mayoral Election of 2003 took place to elect a successor to Mayor of Houston Lee Brown. An election was first held on November 4, 2003; as no candidate received a majority of the votes a runoff election was held on December 6, 2003 and resulted in the election of Former Deputy Secretary of Energy Bill White. The election was non-partisan.


2003 Hull City Council election
The 2003 Hull City Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2003 Hull City Council election
The council had fallen from Labour control in the 2002 election after the Liberal Democrats made big gains. The 2003 election saw controversy over a proposal to demolish 2,500 council houses in Hull, which had seen some Liberal Democrat cabinet members sacked and other councillors leave the party. The results saw Labour make 4 gains to become the largest party on the council once again, which enabled them to form the administration on the council.


2003 Hull City Council election, Ward results
No elections were held in Bricknell, Southcoates East, Southcoates West and St Andrews wards.


2003 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 2003 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State University during the 2003 NCAA Division II football season. Humboldt State competed in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC).


2003 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 2003 Lumberjacks were led by fourth-year head coach Doug Adkins. They played home games at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, California. Humboldt State finished the season with a record of three wins and seven losses (3–7, 0–3 GNAC). The Lumberjacks were outscored by their opponents 198–268 for the 2003 season.


2003 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team, Team players in the NFL
No Humboldt State players were selected in the 2004 NFL Draft.


2003 Hungarian European Union membership referendum
A referendum on joining the European Union was held in Hungary on 12 April 2003. The proposal was approved by 83.8% of voters, with a voter turnout of 45.6%. Hungary subsequently joined the EU on 1 May 2004.


2003 Hungarian European Union membership referendum, Background
Hungary submitted a membership application to the EU on 31 March 1994 and negotiations on entry began in 1998. At a summit in Copenhagen in December 2002, Hungary was one of ten countries invited to join the EU in 2004. All major parties agreed that a binding referendum on membership was needed before Hungary could join the EU.


2003 Hungarian European Union membership referendum, Background
The National Assembly of Hungary changed the rules on referendums in Hungary in 1997, the previous requirement that turnout be over 50% was removed and instead the requirement became that over 25% of registered voters had to support a referendum. In December 2002 the Constitution of Hungary was amended to enable a referendum on EU membership to take place. As part of the amendment it was agreed that the referendum would take place on 12 April 2003.


2003 Hungarian European Union membership referendum, Referendum question
"Do you agree that the Republic of Hungary should become a member of the European Union?"


2003 Hungarian European Union membership referendum, Campaign
All of the major political parties in Hungary, the trade unions, business organisations, churches, and media supported membership of the EU. However the main opposition party Fidesz, while supporting membership, warned that up to 100,000 jobs could be lost due to EU regulations and that foreign competition could cause some sectors of the economy to collapse.


2003 Hungarian European Union membership referendum, Campaign
Media coverage was overwhelmingly positive and a campaign was made to dispel popular misconceptions of EU membership. These included whether the eating of poppy seed dumplings would be allowed in the EU and if only one size of condom was available in the EU. Each of the four main parties also ran their own campaigns in support of the referendum.


2003 Hungarian European Union membership referendum, Campaign
The opposition camp was confined to some small groups which organised themselves into the "Movement for a Free Hungary". None of these groups were in the Hungarian parliament and thus were unable to get any state funding for their campaign. Most opponents stressed they were not against "Europe" but were objecting to the accession terms and the current form of the EU. However opinion polls during the campaign showed strong support for membership.


2003 Hungarian European Union membership referendum, Reactions
Prime Minister Péter Medgyessy announced the result at a celebration on the banks of the Danube telling them, "Allow me to officially announce that the Hungarian republic will be a member of the European Union". The European Commission welcomed the result as marking the end of Hungary's "tragic separation from the European family of democratic nations".


2003 Hungarian European Union membership referendum, Reactions
There was concern  however at the turnout which was significantly below the 70% that had been hoped for. There was criticism that the danger of the referendum being invalid due to low turnout was not stressed during the campaign. The opposition criticised the government's campaign as being simplistic while the government accused the opposition of being lukewarm in their support for membership. However the yes vote at 38% of voters was comfortably above the 25% level required for the referendum to be valid.


2003 Hungarian Figure Skating Championships
The 2003 Hungarian Figure Skating Championships (Hungarian: Senior Országos Bajnokság 2005) took place between January 17 and 18, 2003 in Budapest. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing on the senior level. The results were used to choose the Hungarian teams to the 2003 World Championships and the 2003 European Championships.


2003 Hungarian Grand Prix
The 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj 2003) was a Formula One motor race held on 24 August 2003 at the Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary. It was the thirteenth round of the 2003 Formula One season. The 70-lap race was won by Renault's Fernando Alonso after starting from pole position, becoming at the time the youngest ever driver to win a Grand Prix, beating the previous record of Bruce McLaren. This record lasted for over five years until it was beaten by Sebastian Vettel at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix. It was the first Formula One win for Renault as a constructor since the 1983 Austrian Grand Prix. It was also the first Formula One win for the Enstone-based Formula One team since 1997 German Grand Prix.


2003 Hungarian Grand Prix
It was the first to be held under the newly revamped Hungaroring, with the main straight lengthened and the first hairpin tightened, as well as further alterations near the latter stages of the lap in order to encourage more overtaking.


2003 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Friday drivers
The 3 teams in the 2003 Constructors' Championship had the right to drive a third car on Friday that were involved in additional training. These drivers did not compete in qualifying or the race.


2003 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Practice
During practice Jordan driver Ralph Firman suffered a horrendous crash when his rear wing failed, causing his car to swap ends immediately and collide backwards into the crash barriers with such force that he was knocked unconscious and had to sit out the race. He was replaced by local driver Zsolt Baumgartner making his Formula One debut at his home Grand Prix.


2003 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Alonso, starting from pole on the clean side of the track, made a clean start and lead into the first corner, while the two Williams of Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya, who had started second and fourth respectively on the dirty line had difficulty getting away and were down to around tenth place by the first corner, being compounded by Schumacher's spin at the second corner.


2003 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
The McLaren-Mercedes of Kimi Räikkönen managed to climb to third on the opening lap from his grid position of seventh. With Mark Webber struggling in second place, Alonso managed to gain 7s in the first three laps and 21s in the first 13 laps before being forced to pit for fuel. Webber, who had also light-fueled to a high qualifying position, also pitted. Alonso reentered the track in second place, just behind Räikkönen, while Webber dropped much further down the field. At the end of the 16th lap, Räikkönen, Barrichello and Montoya all pitted, allowing Alonso to resume his lead.


2003 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
On lap 17 Jacques Villeneuve's BAR came to a halt with a hydraulic failure before Michael Schumacher pitted, and was passed by Montoya while in the pits, who had been able to do a quicker lap while not being held up by Schumacher. On the following lap, David Coulthard, the last of the front-runners, who had been in front of both Schumacher and Montoya, pitted for a very long fuel stop, re-entering behind both. On lap 19, the Ferrari of Rubens Barrichello suffered a left rear suspension failure, sending him straight on at the first corner hairpin, into the wall. The race stewards decided against deploying the safety car, preserving Alonso's 24s lead over Räikkönen, who rejoined ahead of Webber and proceeded to pull away from the Australian.


2003 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Alonso's teammate Jarno Trulli led a train of Montoya, Michael and Ralf Schumacher in a train of cars battling for fourth place, when Ralf overtook his brother on the 28th lap. Alonso and Webber were again the first to have a second fuel stop, on lap 30 and 31 respectively but this time Alonso had enough of a lead to re-enter the track ahead of Räikkönen while Webber dropped to ninth after his stop.


2003 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Trulli pitted on the next lap, allowing the faster Williams duo of Montoya and Ralf Schumacher into clear air to set fast laps required to jump him, after Räikkönen rejoined after his pit stop behind them, therefore not causing any impedance. Ralf Schumacher immediately pitted on the next lap and rejoined ahead of Trulli but behind Webber who set a fast lap.


2003 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Montoya set the fastest lap of the race on the next lap, and pitted on the next, exiting in front of Webber as well as Ralf Schumacher and with a clear track in front of him, became the fastest driver on the circuit. On lap 38 Michael Schumacher was in third place, with Coulthard in fourth, followed by Montoya, Webber, Ralf Schumacher and Trulli. Michael Schumacher then pitted, rejoining close behind Trulli, while Webber attempted to hold off Ralf Schumacher.


2003 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
After a long first stop, third-placed Coulthard was the last to pit on lap 43, again with a long stop, indicating that he has switched to a two-stop strategy and rejoined between Trulli and Michael Schumacher. On lap 46, Ralf Schumacher finally passed Webber for fourth place, but was too far behind third-placed Montoya who had not been held up by Webber. The third round of pit stops saw no change in the order, aside from Coulthard who moved up to fifth behind Ralf Schumacher as a result of not having to pit. Alonso eventually lapped Schumacher, while Montoya spun in the latter stages of the race and had to fend off his teammate in the final laps. Alonso ended with a comfortable 16.8s lead over the second-placed Räikkönen.


2003 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
In the process, reigning world champion and the championship leader Michael Schumacher was lapped by the Spaniard, and only managed to salvage one point for an eighth-place finish. The second and third-place finishers Räikkönen and Montoya respectively cut his championship lead over his two rivals to just two and one point respectively.


2003 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Reaction
After the race, Alonso described the win as "..a dream come true. I am 22 years old and I have my first victory. I hope I have a long career with lots more victories". Jean Todt, the Ferrari team's manager, referred to their performance as "disappointing".


2003 Huntingdonshire District Council election
The 2003 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2003 Hyndburn Borough Council election
Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from the Labour party. Overall turnout was 51.5%.


2003 Hypo-Meeting
The 29th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on 31 May and 1 June 2003 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event, was part of the 2003 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.


2003 IAAF Golden League
The 2003 Golden League was the sixth edition of the IAAF's annual series of six athletics meets, held across Europe, with athletes having the chance to win the Golden League Jackpot of $1 million.


2003 IAAF World Athletics Final
The 1st IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Stade Louis II, in Monte Carlo, Monaco on 13 September and 14 September 2003. It was the series finale for the 2003 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings and the successor tournament to the 2002 IAAF Grand Prix Final.


2003 IAAF World Athletics Final
The hammer throw event for men and women had to take place in Szombathely, Hungary a week previous as the Monaco stadium was not large enough to hold the event.


2003 IAAF World Athletics Final
One of the biggest shocks came in the pole vault where current world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva failed to take a medal after only managing to clear 4.50 metres.


2003 IAAF World Athletics Final – Results
These are the results of the 2003 IAAF World Athletics Final, which took place in at the Stade Louis II in Monte Carlo, Monaco on 13–14 September. The hammer throw events were staged separately on 7 September in Szombathely, Hungary, due to stadium limitations in Monaco.


2003 IAAF World Athletics Final – Results
The competition replaced the IAAF Grand Prix Final, which had a varying set of events each year, with a full set programme of 33 track and field events. The year's top seven athletes, based on their IAAF World Rankings, qualified to compete in each event, with an extra four athletes selected for races of 1500 metres and above. One additional athlete, a wildcard, was allocated to each event by the IAAF and replacement athletes were admitted to replace the qualified athletes that could not attend the final.


2003 IAAF World Athletics Final – Results
Two national records were set at the competition, both in the long jump. Frenchwoman Eunice Barber cleared a French record of 7.05 m (23 ft 1+1⁄2 in) while Ignisious Gaisah set a men's Ghanaian record of 8.26 m (27 ft 1 in). Many of the events were affected by the presence of athletes involved in the BALCO scandal, with Dwain Chambers, Zhanna Block, Kelli White, Ramon Clay, Duane Ross, Kevin Toth and Jerome Young all being subsequently disqualified for doping. Young had won the men's 400 metres and White was the women's 200 metres winner.


2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 29/30, 2003. The races were held at the L'Institut Équestre National in Avenches near Lausanne, Switzerland. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.


2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Complete results for senior men, for senior men's teams, for men's short race, for men's short race teams, for junior men, for junior men's teams, senior women, for senior women's teams, for women's short race, for women's short race teams, for junior women,  for junior women's teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 605 athletes from 65 countries participated. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes from the  Democratic Republic of the Congo, from  Guinea,  Lebanon, and  Sierra Leone did not show.


2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
The Junior men's race at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the L'Institut Équestre National in Avenches near Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 30, 2003. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.


2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 121 athletes from 30 countries participated in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
The Junior women's race at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the L'Institut Équestre National in Avenches near Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 29, 2003. Reports onf the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.


2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
Complete results for individuals,  for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 104 athletes from 31 countries participated in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes from the  Democratic Republic of the Congo and  Guinea did not show.


2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
The Men's short race at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the L'Institut Équestre National in Avenches near Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 29, 2003. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.


2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race, Race results, Men's short race (4.03 km), Individual
†: Alberto García from  Spain finished about 20th in 11:42 min, but was disqualified.


2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 126 athletes from 37 countries participated in the Men's short race. The announced athletes from the  Democratic Republic of the Congo,  Lebanon,  Sierra Leone,  Sudan, and  Tanzania did not show.


2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
The Senior men's race at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the L'Institut Équestre National in Avenches near Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 30, 2003. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald,  and for the IAAF.


2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 113 athletes from 37 countries participated in the Senior men's race. The announced athletes from  Chile and  Ireland did not show.


2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
The Senior women's race at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the L'Institut Équestre National in Avenches near Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 29, 2003. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.


2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race, Race results, Senior women's race (7.92 km), Individual
†: Pamela Chepchumba from  Kenya finished 6th in 26:35 min, Asmae Leghzaoui from  Morocco finished 18th in 27:39 min, but bothwere disqualified.


2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 65 athletes from 25 countries participated in the Senior women's race.


2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
The Women's short race at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the L'Institut Équestre National in Avenches near Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 30, 2003. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.


2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race, Race results, Women's short race (4.03 km), Individual
†: Asmae Leghzaoui from  Morocco finished 12th in 13:05 min, but was disqualified.


2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 99 athletes from 28 countries participated in the Women's short race. The announced athlete from  Slovenia did not show.


2003 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
The 12th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on October 4, 2003 in Vilamoura, Portugal. A total of 171 athletes, 98 men and 73 women, from 49 countries took part. Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given bothfor the men's race and for the women's race.


2003 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
Complete results were published for the men's race, for the women's race, for men's team, and for women's team.


2003 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Participation
The participation of 171 athletes (98 men/73 women) from 49 countries is reported. Although announced, athletes from  Cameroon and  Republic of the Congo did not show.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 9th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, UK from 14 to 16 March 2003. It was the first time the Championships had been held in the UK. There were a total number of 589 participating athletes from 133 countries.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Results, Men
1 The United States (James Davis, Jerome Young, Milton Campbell, and Tyree Washington; Derrick Brew ran in the heats) originally won gold in 3:04.09, but were disqualified after Young tested positive for steroids in 2004.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Results, Women
1 Zhanna Block of Ukraine originally won the 60 m in 7.04, but was disqualified in 2011 for doping offences. 2 Michelle Collins of the USA originally won the 200 m in 22.18, but was disqualified in 2005 due to the BALCO scandal.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14–15.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres
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2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14–15.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
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2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
The men's 3000 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14–16.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres, Results, Heats
First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 15–16.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Medalists
* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Medalists
Note: The United States (James Davis, Jerome Young, Milton Campbell, Tyree Washington) originally won the gold medal in 3:04.09, but were disqualified after Young admitted to the use of banned substances in 2004.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres
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2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14–16.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres
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2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres
The men's 60 metres event  at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres, Results, Heats
First 3 of each heat (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles
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2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles
The men's 60 metres hurdles event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 15–16.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
First 3 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
First 4 of each semifinal qualified (Q) directly for the final.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14–16.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon
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2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon
The men's heptathlon event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 15–16.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump
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2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump
The men's high jump event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14–15.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 2.29 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump
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2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump
The men's long jump event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14–15.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump, Results, Qualification
Qualifying perf. 8.10 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault
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2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14–15, 2003.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault, Results, Qualification
To qualify for the final, vaulters had to clear at least 5.65 m or be among the eight best performers.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put
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2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put
The men's shot put event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put, Results, Qualification
Qualifying performance 20.25 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump
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2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 16.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres
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2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 15–16.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres
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2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14–15.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres, Medalists
Note: Michelle Collins of the USA originally won the gold medal but lost it due to a doping case.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres
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2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres
The women's 3000 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14–15.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres, Results, Heats
First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
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2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 16.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
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2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14–16.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres
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2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres
The women's 60 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres
Zhanna Block originally won the gold medal, but she was disqualified in 2011 after her results from 30 November 2002 and onward were deleted as part of a sanction in connection with the BALCO scandal. Angela Williams was instead promoted to 2003 World champion.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres, Results, Heats
First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles
The women's 60 metres hurdles event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 15–16.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
First 3 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
First 4 of each semifinal qualified (Q) directly for the final.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres
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2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14–16.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Final
Note: Yekaterina Puzanova who had originally finished sixth was later disqualified for steroid use.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump
The women's high jump event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 15–16.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 1.95 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump
The women's long jump event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 16.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon
The women's pentathlon event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault
The women's pole vault event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 15–16.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 4.35 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put
The men's shot put event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 15.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put, Results, Qualification
Qualifying performance 18.45 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump
The women's triple jump event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14–15.


2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump, Results, Qualification
Qualifying perf. 14.20 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2003 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings
The 2003 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings was the first edition of the annual global series of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). It replaced the IAAF Grand Prix as the IAAF's primary outdoor track and field series. Compared to the 2002 IAAF Grand Prix, a new tier of meetings – IAAF Super Grand Prix – was introduced and the IAAF Permit Meetings concept was dropped. The series had four levels: 2003 IAAF Golden League, Super Grand Prix, Grand Prix and Grand Prix II.


2003 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings
There were 6 Golden League meetings, Super Grand Prix category featured 7 meetings from 12 June to 8 August, the IAAF Grand Prix category featured 10 meetings from 4 May to 7 September and Grand Prix II featured 11 meetings from 1 March to 3 August, making a combined total of 34 meetings for the series.


2003 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings
The Herculis meeting was dropped from the Golden League circuit as it was given the role of host of the new series-ending IAAF World Athletics Final, which had an expanded programme of events compared to the IAAF Grand Prix Final of previous years. The changes to the tiers of the series saw the meeting schedule expanded by nearly 50%. The Super Grand Prix meetings saw two new additions to the circuit (Golden Spike Ostrava and the Meeting de Madrid) with the other five being former Grand Prix meetings.


2003 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings
At the Grand Prix level, the sole new introduction was the Meeting Lille-Métropole (formerly an IAAF Permit Meeting) which was supplemented by existing Grand Prix level meetings and the promotion of the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games, Meeting de Atletismo Sevilla, Grand Prix Zagreb, Gugl-Meeting, Asics GP Helsinki and the Rieti Meeting from Grand Prix II status. The Grand Prix II meetings were mostly upgraded IAAF Permit Meetings (Meeting du Conseil General de la Martinique, Notturna di Milano, Memorial Primo Nebiolo, Brothers Znamensky Memorial, Josef Odložil Memorial, KBC Night of Athletics and International Meeting Thessaloniki) with four pre-existing GPII meetings retaining that status.


2003 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings
Four meetings changed venue from 2002: the Grand Prix Brasil de Atletismo was moved from Rio de Janeiro to Belém and the Tsiklitiria meeting was moved from Athens to Tríkala, the second British meeting moved from Sheffield to Gateshead, and the Oregon Track Classic moved from Portland to Gresham, Oregon. Despite the expansion of the series schedule, two meetings lost Grand Prix status: the Engen Grand Prix in Pretoria and the Qatar Athletic Grand Prix in Doha (which was not held that year).


2003 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings
Performances on designated events on the circuit earned athletes points which qualified them for entry to the 2003 IAAF World Athletics Final, held on 13–14 September in Monaco. This competition replaced the IAAF Grand Prix Final, with the key difference being that the new final held a full set of track and field events, rather than the rotating partial event schedule of the Grand Prix Final.


2003 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings
The points scoring format of previous years was replaced with a world rankings system which scored athletes on both their finishing position at qualifying meetings and also the standard of their performance based on IAAF Scoring Tables. The world rankings system formed the selection criteria for entry to the World Athletics Final rather than exclusively placings at IAAF Grand Prix meetings.


2003 IBF World Championships
The 2003 IBF World Championships were held in the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom, between 28 July and 3 August 2003. The championships had originally been planned to take place from 12 May-18 May, but were rescheduled following the international outbreak of SARS.


2003 IBF World Championships
This edition also rewarded the points for the players to collected for the qualification to 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.


2003 IBF World Championships, Host city selection
International Badminton Federation decided to split the IBF World Championships and the Sudirman Cup as separate tournaments starting from 2003. Canada, China, England, Hong Kong, and the Netherlands were the countries interested in hosting the tournaments. England later announced as host for the first standalone world championships.


2003 IBF World Championships – Men's Doubles
The 2003 IBF World Championships took place in the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England, between July 28 and August 3, 2003. Following the results in the men's doubles.


2003 IBF World Championships – Men's Singles
The 2003 IBF World Championships took place in the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England, between July 28 and August 3, 2003. Following the results in the men's singles.


2003 IBF World Championships – Mixed Doubles
The 2003 IBF World Championships took place in the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England, between July 28 and August 3, 2003. Following the results in the mixed doubles.


2003 IBF World Championships – Women's Doubles
The 2003 IBF World Championships took place in the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England, between July 28 and August 3, 2003. Following the results in the women's doubles.


2003 IBF World Championships – Women's singles
The 2003 IBF World Championships took place in the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England, between July 28 and August 3, 2003. Following the results in the women's singles.


2003 ICC Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship
The 2003 ICC Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship was a cricket tournament held in Namibia from 4–9 October 2003, during the 2003–04 international season. All matches were held in the capital Windhoek.


2003 ICC Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship
Papua New Guinea won the tournament by defeating Uganda in the final, with both teams qualifying for the 2004 Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh. Kenyan batsman Malhar Patel led the competition in runs scored, while Papua New Guinea's William Harry and Uganda's Patrick Ochan took the most wickets.


2003 ICC Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship
The tournament was jointly organised by the African Cricket Association (ACA) and ICC East Asia-Pacific (EAP), the first time such an arrangement had occurred. Eight teams (six African and two EAP) participated, divided into two pools for the group stages. Another joint tournament was held in 2005, for the 2006 World Cup, but separate qualifying tournaments have been held since then – the ICC Africa Under-19 Championships and the EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy.


2003 ICC Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship, Teams and qualification
Both the African and the East Asia-Pacific regional governing bodies hosted qualifiers for the first time for the 2002 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand. The 2001 Africa Under-19 Championship featured five teams, two of which (East and Central Africa and West Africa) were put up by regional bodies disbanded in 2003 (the East and Central Africa Cricket Conference and the West Africa Cricket Council). The 2001 EAP Under-19 Trophy featured three teams, one of which (Hong Kong) was a member of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), and consequently not generally a participant in EAP tournaments.


2003 ICC Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship, Finals, 5th-place playoff
Two semi-finals were held for the 5th-place playoff, with Nigeria defeating Fiji by 61 runs and Zambia defeating Tanzania by five wickets. The losing teams played each other in the 7th-place playoff.


2003 ICC Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship, Finals, Final
Two semi-finals were held, with Uganda defeating Kenya by four wickets and Papua New Guinea defeating Namibia by four wickets. The losing teams played each other in the 3rd-place playoff.


2003 ICC Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship, Statistics, Most runs
The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.


2003 ICC Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average. Information for some games is unavailable, and some statistics are consequently incomplete for some players (marked *):


2003 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 2003 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Augsburg, Germany under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the record-tying third time. It was the 28th edition. Augsburg hosted the championships previously in 1957 and 1985 when the city was part of West Germany, and matches the times hosted by Spittal, Austria (1963, 1965, 1977), Meran, Italy (1953, 1971, 1983), and Bourg St.-Maurice, France (1969, 1987, 2002).


2003 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
Competitions were held at the Augsburg Eiskanal facility which was built for the 1972 Summer Olympics.


2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held September 10–14, 2003 in Gainesville, Georgia, United States at Lake Lanier. Located north of Atlanta, this was also where the canoe sprint and rowing events for the 1996 Summer Olympics took place.


2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Women competed in nine events, all in kayak.


2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Doping controversy
Sergey Ulegin of Russia won two golds (C-4 200 m, C-4 500 m) and one silver (C-2 500 m), but was stripped of those medals when he tested positive for doping. His teammates in the C-2 500 m (Aleksandr Kostoglod), C-4 200 m (Kostoglod, Roman Kruglyakov, and Maxim Opalev), and C-4 500 m (Kostoglod, Kruglyakov, and Opalev) events also lost their medals as a result of Ulegin's positive test. Ulegin received a two-year suspension.