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.

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.

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.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Bernard Williams  United States	10.04	John Capel  United States	10.05	Uchenna Emedolu  Nigeria	10.08
200 m	Joshua Johnson  United States	20.35	Shawn Crawford  United States	20.37	Stéphan Buckland  Mauritius	20.44
400 m	Jerome Young  United States	45.25	Michael Blackwood  Jamaica	45.25	Alleyne Francique  Grenada	45.67
800 m	Wilfred Bungei  Kenya	1:45.97	Joseph Mutua  Kenya	1:46.13	André Bucher  Switzerland	1:46.28
1500 m	Paul Korir  Kenya	3:40.09	Alex Kipchirchir  Kenya	3:40.21	Ivan Heshko  Ukraine	3:40.72
3000 m	Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia	7:36.98	John Kibowen  Kenya	7:38.21	Abraham Chebii  Kenya	7:39.28
5000 m	Eliud Kipchoge  Kenya	13:23.34	Richard Limo  Kenya	13:23.95	Gebregziabher Gebremariam  Ethiopia	13:24.13
110 m hurdles	Allen Johnson  United States	13.11	Terrence Trammell  United States	13.17	Staņislavs Olijars  Latvia	13.25
400 m hurdles	Félix Sánchez  Dominican Republic	47.80	Kemel Thompson  Jamaica	48.50	Danny McFarlane  Jamaica	48.66
3000 m s'chase	Saif Saaeed Shaheen  Qatar	7:57.38	Paul Kipsiele Koech  Kenya	7:57.42	Ezekiel Kemboi  Kenya	8:11.79
Pole vault	Tim Lobinger  Germany	5.91 m	Okkert Brits  South Africa	5.86 m	Dmitri Markov  Australia	5.76 m
High jump	Yaroslav Rybakov  Russia	2.30 m	Stefan Holm  Sweden	2.30 m	Jamie Nieto  United States	2.30 m
Long jump	Dwight Phillips  United States	8.31 m	Hussein Taher Al-Sabee  Saudi Arabia	8.30 m	Ignisious Gaisah  Ghana	8.26 m NR
Triple jump	Christian Olsson  Sweden	17.55 m	Walter Davis  United States	17.09 m	Kenta Bell  United States	16.95 m
Shot put	Christian Cantwell  United States	20.93 m	Yuriy Bilonoh  Ukraine	20.53 m	Andrei Mikhnevich  Belarus	20.51 m
Discus throw	Virgilijus Alekna  Lithuania	68.30 m	Róbert Fazekas  Hungary	66.08 m	Vasiliy Kaptyukh  Belarus	65.85 m
Javelin throw	Sergey Makarov  Russia	85.66 m	Jan Železný  Czech Republic	84.33 m	Boris Henry  Germany	81.00 m
Hammer throw	Adrián Annus  Hungary	82.10 m	Libor Charfreitag  Slovakia	81.22 m	Ivan Tikhon  Belarus	80.84 m

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Chryste Gaines  United States	10.86	Christine Arron  France	11.04	Torri Edwards  United States	11.06
200 m	Muriel Hurtis  France	22.41	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya  Russia	22.57	Torri Edwards  United States	22.58
400 m	Ana Guevara  Mexico	49.34	Lorraine Fenton  Jamaica	50.29	Tonique Williams  Bahamas	50.87
800 m	Maria de Lurdes Mutola  Mozambique	1:59.59	Kelly Holmes  Great Britain	1:59.92	Mina Aït Hammou  Morocco	1:59.97
1500 m	Süreyya Ayhan  Turkey	3:57.72	Jackline Maranga  Kenya	4:01.48	Hayley Tullett  Great Britain	4::01.60
3000 m	Edith Masai  Kenya	8:36.82	Yelena Zadorozhnaya  Russia	8:37.40	Joanne Pavey  Great Britain	8:37.89
5000 m	Elvan Abeylegesse  Turkey	14:56.25	Derartu Tulu  Ethiopia	14:56.93	Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia	14:57.87
100 m hurdles	Gail Devers  United States	12.45	Glory Alozie  Spain	12.66	Miesha McKelvy  United States	12.69
400 m hurdles	Sandra Glover  United States	53.65	Andrea Blackett  Barbados	54.28	Ionela Târlea  Romania	54.44
Pole vault	Tatyana Polnova  Russia	4.68 m	Svetlana Feofanova  Russia	4.60 m	Stacy Dragila  United States	4.50 m
High jump	Hestrie Cloete  South Africa	2.01 m	Vita Palamar  Ukraine	2.01 m	Kajsa Bergqvist  Sweden	1.99 m
Long jump	Eunice Barber  France	7.05 m NR	Tatyana Kotova  Russia	6.92 m	Grace Upshaw  United States	6.60 m
Triple jump	Tatyana Lebedeva  Russia	15.13 m	Yamilé Aldama  Cuba	14.99 m	Françoise Mbango Etone  Cameroon	14.83 m
Shot put	Vita Pavlysh  Ukraine	19.86 m	Svetlana Krivelyova  Russia	19.66 m	Nadzeya Astapchuk  Belarus	19.51 m
Discus throw	Věra Pospíšilová  Czech Republic	65.42 m	Aretha Hill  United States	65.20 m	Ekaterini Voggoli  Greece	63.55 m
Javelin throw	Tatyana Shikolenko  Russia	64.47 m	Steffi Nerius  Germany	64.25 m	Nikolett Szabó  Hungary	62.88 m
Hammer throw	Yipsi Moreno  Cuba	73.42 m	Olga Kuzenkova  Russia	71.16 m	Mihaela Melinte  Romania	69.27 m

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	9	5	7	21
2	Russia	5	6	0	11
3	Kenya	4	6	2	12
4	France	2	1	0	3
5	Turkey	2	0	0	2
6	Ukraine	1	2	1	4
7	Ethiopia	1	1	2	4
8	Germany	1	1	1	3
	Hungary	1	1	1	3
	Sweden	1	1	1	3
11	Cuba	1	1	0	2
	Czech Republic	1	1	0	2
	South Africa	1	1	0	2
14	Dominican Republic	1	0	0	1
	Lithuania	1	0	0	1
	Mexico	1	0	0	1
	Mozambique	1	0	0	1
	Qatar	1	0	0	1
19	Jamaica	0	3	1	4
20	Great Britain	0	1	2	3
21	Barbados	0	1	0	1
	Saudi Arabia	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
25	Belarus	0	0	4	4
26	Romania	0	0	2	2
27	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Bahamas	0	0	1	1
	Cameroon	0	0	1	1
	Ghana	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Grenada	0	0	1	1
	Latvia	0	0	1	1
	Mauritius	0	0	1	1
	Morocco	0	0	1	1
	Nigeria	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (37 entries)		35	35	35	105