2003 World Orienteering Championships
{{Short description|2003 edition of the World Orienteering Championships}}
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| host_city = Rapperswil and Jona
| country = Switzerland
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| events = 8
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| previous = 2001 Tampere
| next = 2004 Västerås
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The 2003 World Orienteering Championships, the 20th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Rapperswil and Jona, Switzerland, 3 –9 August 2003.{{cite web | url=https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=34 | title=World Orienteering Championships 2003 | publisher=International Orienteering Federation | accessdate=9 September 2017 | archive-date=6 July 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706035406/https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=34 | url-status=dead }}
The championships had eight events; sprint for men and women, middle distance for men and women, long distance (formerly called individual or classic distance) for men and women, and relays for men and women.
Medalists
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| {{flagathlete|Jamie Stevenson|GBR}} | style="text-align:right;"| 12:43.7
| {{flagathlete|Rudolf Ropek |CZE}} | style="text-align:right;"|
| {{flagathlete|Thierry Gueorgiou |FRA}} | style="text-align:right;"| |
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| {{flagathlete|Simone Luder |SUI}} | style="text-align:right;"| 13:21.3
| {{flagathlete|Marie-Luce Romanens |SUI}} | style="text-align:right;"|
| {{flagathlete|Jenny Johansson |SWE}} | style="text-align:right;"| |
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| {{flagathlete|Thierry Gueorgiou |FRA}} | style="text-align:right;"| 30:08
| {{flagathlete|Bjørnar Valstad|NOR}} | style="text-align:right;"|
| {{flagathlete|Øystein Kristiansen |NOR}} | style="text-align:right;"| |
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| {{flagathlete|Simone Luder|SUI}} | style="text-align:right;"| 32:40
| {{flagathlete|Hanne Staff|NOR}} | style="text-align:right;"|
| {{flagathlete|Heli Jukkola |FIN}} | style="text-align:right;"| |
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| {{flagathlete|Thomas Bührer |SUI}} | style="text-align:right;"| 1:48:20
| {{flagathlete|Yuri Omeltchenko|UKR}} | style="text-align:right;"|
| {{flagathlete|Emil Wingstedt |SWE}} | style="text-align:right;"| |
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| {{flagathlete|Simone Luder |SUI}} | style="text-align:right;"| 1:26:14
| {{flagathlete|Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard |SWE}} | style="text-align:right;"|
| {{flagathlete|Brigitte Wolf |SUI}} | style="text-align:right;"| |
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| {{collapsible list |liststyle= font-size:90% |titlestyle= font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; |title= {{flagteam|SWE}} |1= Niclas Jonasson |2= Mattias Karlsson |3= Emil Wingstedt }} |style="text-align:right;"| 1:58:42 | {{collapsible list |liststyle= font-size:90% |titlestyle= font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; |title= {{flagteam|FIN}} |1=Jani Lakanen |2=Jarkko Huovila |3= Mats Haldin }} |style="text-align:right;"| | {{collapsible list |liststyle= font-size:90% |titlestyle= font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; |title= {{flagteam|GBR}} |1=Daniel Marston |2= Jon Duncan |3= Jamie Stevenson }} |style="text-align:right;"| | |||
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| {{collapsible list |liststyle= font-size:90% |titlestyle= font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; |title= {{flagteam|SUI}} |1=Brigitte Wolf |2= Vroni König-Salmi |3=Simone Luder }} |style="text-align:right;"| 1:57:41 | {{collapsible list |liststyle= font-size:90% |titlestyle= font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; |title= {{flagteam|SWE}} |1= Gunilla Svärd |2= Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard |3=Jenny Johansson }} |style="text-align:right;"| 1:59:46 | {{collapsible list |liststyle= font-size:90% |titlestyle= font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; |title= {{flagteam|NOR}} |1= Elisabeth Ingvaldsen |2= Birgitte Husebye |3=Hanne Staff }} |style="text-align:right;"| |
Results
=Women's long distance=
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| data-sort-type="number" | Rank | class="unsortable" | Competitor | Nation | Time |
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| style="text-align:center" | {{gold01}} | Simone Luder | {{flagg|usue|SUI}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:26:14 |
| style="text-align:center" | {{silver02}} | Karolina Arewång Höjsgaard | {{flagg|usue|SWE}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:29:19 |
| style="text-align:center" | {{bronze03}} | Brigitte Wolf | {{flagg|usue|SUI}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:32:52 |
| style="text-align:center" | 4 | Emma Engstrand | {{flagg|usue|SWE}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:33:59 |
| style="text-align:center" | 5 | Sara Gemperle | {{flagg|usue|SUI}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:34:28 |
| style="text-align:center" | 6 | Barbara Bączek | {{flagg|usue|POL}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:34:31 |
| style="text-align:center" | 7 | Hanne Staff | {{flagg|usue|NOR}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:34:57 |
| style="text-align:center" | 8 | Marianne Andersen | {{flagg|usue|NOR}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:36:17 |
| style="text-align:center" | 9 | Karin Schmalfeld | {{flagg|usue|GER}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:36:28 |
| style="text-align:center" | 10 | Martina Rakayova | {{flagg|usue|SVK}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:36:29 |
| style="text-align:center" | 11 | Dana Brožková | {{flagg|usue|CZE}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:36:50 |
| style="text-align:center" | 12 | Yulia Novikova | {{flagg|usue|RUS}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:36:52 |
| style="text-align:center" | 13 | Terhi Holster | {{flagg|usue|FIN}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:37:28 |
| style="text-align:center" | 14 | Heather Monro | {{flagg|usue|GBR}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:38:36 |
| style="text-align:center" | 15 | Zsuzsa Fey | {{flagg|usue|ROM}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:40:00 |
| style="text-align:center" | 16 | Marta Štěrbová | {{flagg|usue|CZE}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:40:21 |