The 9th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, UK from 14 to 16 March 2003.

There were a total number of 589 participating athletes from 133 countries.

[1] 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2004 | 2006 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.

[2] 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2004 | 2006 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.