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World Championships Paris 2003 (0)

Oct 30, 2026
Tom Pappas won the men's decathlon at the 2003 World Athletics Championships in Paris Saint-Denis, France, on 26–27 August, scoring 8750 points to claim his first outdoor world title. World record holder Roman Šebrle of the Czech Republic took silver with 8634 points, while Kazakhstan's Dmitri Karpov secured bronze with 8374 points.
P Athlete Nation Points Results
1 Tom Pappas USA 8750 10,80 - 7.62 - 16.11 - 2.09 - 47,58 -
13,99 - 46.94 - 5.10 - 65.90 - 4.44,31
2 Roman Šebrle CZE 8634 11,00 - 7.64 - 15.47 - 2.06 - 47,90 -
14,25 - 47.47 - 4.80 - 69.79 - 4.34,45
3 Dmitri Karpov KAZ 8374
NR
10,72 - 7.75 - 15.51 - 2.12 - 47,33 -
13,95 - 47.38 - 4.40 - 47.53 - 4.37,70
4 Tomaš Dvorak CZE 8242 11,03 - 7.28 - 15.95 - 1.94 - 50,04 -
14,15 - 45.47 - 4.50 - 67.10 - 4.27,63
5 Laurent Hernu FRA 8218 11,20 - 7.22 - 13.99 - 2.03 - 48,95 -
14,15 - 46.13 - 4.90 - 59.63 - 4.28,38
6 Lev Lobodin RUS 8198 10,99 - 7.08 - 15.43 - 1.97 - 49,54 -
14,36 - 48.36 - 5.00 - 56.50 - 4.34,63
7 Qi Haifeng CHN 8126
NR
11,30 - 7.39 - 12.85 - 2.00 - 48,73 -
14,40 - 46.72 - 4.80 - 59.98 - 4.25,40
8 Andre Niklaus GER 8020 11,19 - 7.21 - 13.87 - 1.97 - 49,95 -
14,50 - 42.68 - 5.10 - 57.55 - 4.28,84
9 Claston Bernard JAM 8000 10,91 - 7.22 - 15.39 - 2.03 - 49,31 -
14,76 - 43.47 - 4.30 - 59.47 - 4.34,49
10 Vitali Smirnov UZB 7897 11,10 - 6.98 - 13.89 - 1.97 - 48,98 -
14,98 - 42.70 - 4.50 - 62.69 - 4.24,68
11 Chiel Warners NED 7753 10,95 - 7.55 - 14.13 - 1.91 - 48,94 -
14,72 - 41.49 - 4.50 - 54.87 - 4.51,35
12 Paul Terek USA 7503 10,99 - 7.14 - 15.30 - 2.03 - 48,75 -
0 - 45.72 - 5.30 - 61.14 - 4.30,77

Didn’t finish:
Bryan Clay (USA), Erki Nool (EST), Aleksandr Pogorelov (RUS), Kristjan Rahnu (EST), Attila Zsivoczky (HUN), Jon Arnar Magnusson (ISL), Paolo Casarsa (ITA), Hamdi Dhouibi (TUN).

Historical note: Kazakhstan's Dmitri Karpov led the decathlon after the first day with 4599 points and remained ahead of Tom Pappas after the discus. However, the pole vault proved decisive: Karpov cleared only 4.40 m, while Pappas reached 5.10 m to take the lead and eventually secure the world title.

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