| Host city |  Guangzhou, China |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25–28 September 2003 |
| Main venue | Guangdong International Boating Center |
The 2003 Asian Rowing Championships were the 10th Asian Rowing Championships and took place from 25 to 28 September 2003, in Guangdong International Boating Center, Guangzhou, China. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls | Cui Yonghui China | Yoshimichi Nishimura  Japan | Maeng Chol-ho  North Korea |
| Double sculls | China Zhang Peng Zhou Qiang |  Hong Kong So Sau Wah Lo Ting Wai |  India Saji Thomas Harish Chandra |
| Quadruple sculls | China |  Kazakhstan | Japan |
| Coxless pair | China Ma Weiguo Tian Qiqiang | India Jenil Krishnan Inderpal Singh |  Chinese Taipei |
| Coxless four | China |  South Korea | Chinese Taipei |
| Coxed eight | China | India | Japan |
| Lightweight single sculls | Vũ Đăng Tuấn  Vietnam | Xu Yu China | Jose Rodriguez  Philippines |
| Lightweight double sculls | China Xu Yu Zhu Zhifu | North Korea | Philippines |
| Lightweight coxless pair | China | Philippines | India |
| Lightweight coxless four | China |  Indonesia | India |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls | Huo Ling China | Chiang Chien-ju Chinese Taipei | Pere Karoba Indonesia |
| Double sculls | China | Japan | North Korea |
| Quadruple sculls | China | Chinese Taipei | Kazakhstan |
| Coxless pair | China | Indonesia | Chinese Taipei |
| Lightweight single sculls | Yu Hua China | Lee Ka Man Hong Kong | Liu Yu-hsin Chinese Taipei |
| Lightweight double sculls | China Tan Meiyun Zhou Weijuan | Vietnam Phạm Thị Hiền Mai Thị Dung |  Thailand Bussayamas Phaengkathok Phuttharaksa Neegree |
| Lightweight quadruple sculls | China | Hong Kong | Vietnam |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 16 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Vietnam | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | India | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Japan | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Indonesia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | North Korea | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Philippines | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Thailand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | |
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