1996_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics

1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Host city	Sydney, Australia
Nations	142
Athletes	1049
Events	41
Dates	August 20–25
Main venue	Sydney International Athletic Centre
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1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics

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The 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Sydney, Australia on August 20–25.

The host stadium in Sydney.

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Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 October 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015

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IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, p. 5, retrieved 13 June 2015

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Francis Obikwelu Nigeria	10.21	Seun Ogunkoya Nigeria	10.25	Francesco Scuderi Italy	10.43
200 metres details	Francis Obikwelu Nigeria	20.47	Riaan Dempers South Africa	20.96	Bryan Harrison United States	21.10
400 metres details	Obea Moore United States	45.27	Jerome Davis United States	45.86	Shane Niemi Canada	45.94
800 metres details	Joseph Mutua Kenya	1:48.21	Tom Lerwill Great Britain	1:48.40	Grant Cremer Australia	1:48.46
1500 metres details	Shadrack Langat Kenya	3:38.96	Mohamed Yagoub Babiker Sudan	3:39.17	Miloud Abaoub Algeria	3:39.37
5000 metres details	Assefa Mezgebu Ethiopia	13:35.30 CR	David Chelule Kenya	13:36.27	Aaron Gabonewe South Africa	13:46.19
10,000 metres details	Assefa Mezgebu Ethiopia	28:27.78	David Chelule Kenya	28:29.14	Tetsuhiro Furuta Japan	28:31.61
110 metres hurdles details	Yoel Hernández Cuba	13.83	Tomasz Scigaczewski Poland	13.88	Jovesa Naivalu Fiji	13.91
400 metres hurdles details	Mubarak Al-Nubi Qatar	49.07 CR	Llewellyn Herbert South Africa	49.15	Angelo Taylor United States	50.18
3000 metres steeplechase details	Julius Chelule Kenya	8:33.09	Kipkurui Misoi Kenya	8:33.31	Ali Ezzine Morocco	8:35.60
10,000 metres walk details	Paquillo Fernández Spain	40:38.25	David Márquez Spain	41:03.73	Nathan Deakes Australia	41:11.44
4 × 100 metres relay details	United States Vince Williams Jerome Davis Obea Moore Lawrence Armstrong	39.36	France Vincent Caure Didier Héry Ruddy Zami David Patros	39.47	Australia Peter Missingham David Baxter Paul Pearce Paul Di Bella	39.62
4 × 400 metres relay details	United States Desmond Johnson Jerome Davis Robin Martin Obea Moore	3:03.65	Japan Hiroki Takahashi Dai Tamesue Masayuki Okusako Shinji Morita	3:06.01	Great Britain Kris Stewart Tom Lerwill Mark Rowlands Geoff Dearman	3:06.76
High jump details	Mark Boswell Canada	2.24	Ben Challenger Great Britain Svatoslav Ton Czech Republic	2.21	None awarded	None awarded
Pole vault details	Paul Burgess Australia	5.35	Patrik Kristiansson Sweden	5.30	Danny Ecker Germany	5.30
Long jump details	Olexiy Lukashevych Ukraine	7.91	Raúl Fernández Spain	7.75	Nathan Morgan Great Britain	7.74
Triple jump details	René Hernández Cuba	16.50	Michael Calvo Cuba	16.17	Ionut Punga Romania	16.15
Shot put details	Ralf Bartels Germany	18.71	Justin Anlezark Australia	18.21	Clay Cross Australia	17.69
Discus throw details	Casey Malone United States	56.22	Roland Varga Hungary	55.20	Frank Casañas Cuba	54.86
Javelin throw details	Sergey Voynov Uzbekistan	79.78	Harri Haatainen Finland	76.12	Steven Madeo Australia	73.88
Hammer throw details	Maciej Palyszko Poland	71.24	Vadim Devyatovskiy Belarus	70.88	Roman Konevtsov Russia	70.32
Decathlon details	Attila Zsivoczky Hungary	7582	Dean Macey Great Britain	7480	Chiel Warners Netherlands	7368
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Nora Ivanova Bulgaria	11.32	Andrea Anderson United States	11.43	Esther Möller Germany	11.46
200 metres details	Sylviane Félix France	23.16	Lauren Hewitt Australia	23.32	Nora Ivanova Bulgaria	23.59
400 metres details	Andrea Burlacu Romania	52.32	Suziann Reid United States	53.17	Rosemary Hayward Australia	53.28
800 metres details	Claudia Gesell Germany	2:02.67	Kathleen Friedrich Germany	2:02.70	Jebet Langat Kenya	2:03.21
1500 metres details	Kutre Dulecha Ethiopia	4:08.65	Jackline Maranga Kenya	4:08.98	Shura Hutesa Ethiopia	4:09.49
3000 metres details	Anita Weyermann Switzerland	8:50.73	Edna Kiplagat Kenya	8:53.06	Etaferahu Tarekegne Ethiopia	8:53.77
5000 metres details	Ayelech Worku Ethiopia	15:40.03	Olivera Jevtić Yugoslavia	15:40.59	Cristina Iloc Romania	15:41.44
100 metres hurdles details	Joyce Bates United States	13.27	Glory Alozie Nigeria	13.30	Tan Yali China	13.37
400 metres hurdles details	Ulrike Urbansky Germany	56.65	Vicki Jamison Great Britain	57.57	Tanya Jarrett Jamaica	57.91
5000 metres walk details	Irina Stankina Russia	21:31.85	Olga Panfyorova Russia	21:52.27	Claudia Iovan Romania	21:57.11
4 × 100 metres relay details	United States Andrea Anderson Lakeesha White Jernae Wright Nanceen Perry	43.79	Jamaica Tulia Robinson Peta-Gaye Dowdie Saran Patterson Aleen Bailey	44.26	Germany Sandra Abel Esther Möller Nancy Kette Marion Wagner	44.57
4 × 400 metres relay details	Germany Peggy Müller Claudia Gesell Doreen Harstick Ulrike Urbansky	3:31.12	Romania Medina Tudor Anca Safta Otilia Ruicu Andrea Burlacu	3:32.16	Australia Jennifer Marshall Tamsyn Lewis Josephine Fowley Rosemary Hayward	3:32.47
High jump details	Yuliya Lyakhova Russia	1.93	Dóra Győrffy Hungary	1.91	Svetlana Lapina Russia	1.91
Long jump details	Guan Yingnan China	6.53	Cristina Nicolau Romania	6.47	Johanna Halkoaho Finland	6.38
Triple jump details	Tereza Marinova Bulgaria	14.62 CR	Cristina Nicolau Romania	13.64	Adelina Gavrilă Romania	13.50
Shot put details	Song Feina China	16.58	Nadine Beckel Germany	16.39	Yelena Ivanenko Belarus	16.22
Discus throw details	Ma Shuli China	56.32	Seilala Sua United States	56.32	Zhang Yaqing China	55.70
Javelin throw details	Osleidys Menéndez Cuba	60.96	Nikolett Szabó Hungary	58.34	Bina Ramesh France	57.70
Heptathlon details	Yelizaveta Shalygina Russia	5711	Johanna Halkoaho Finland	5656	Hana Doleželová Czech Republic	5504
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	6	4	2	12
2	Germany	4	2	3	9
3	Ethiopia	4	0	2	6
4	Kenya	3	5	1	9
5	Russia	3	1	2	6
6	Cuba	3	1	1	5
7	China	3	0	3	6
8	Nigeria	2	2	0	4
9	Bulgaria	2	0	1	3
10	Romania	1	3	4	8
11	Hungary	1	3	0	4
12	Australia*	1	2	7	10
13	Spain	1	2	0	3
14	France	1	1	1	3
15	Poland	1	1	0	2
16	Canada	1	0	1	2
17	Qatar	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
	Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1
21	Great Britain	0	4	2	6
22	Finland	0	2	1	3
22	South Africa	0	2	1	3
24	Belarus	0	1	1	2
	Jamaica	0	1	1	2
	Japan	0	1	1	2
27	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	Sudan	0	1	0	1
	Sweden	0	1	0	1
	Yugoslavia	0	1	0	1
31	Algeria	0	0	1	1
	Fiji	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Morocco	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
Totals (35 entries)		41	42	40	123

1996_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics

1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics

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