IAAF_World_Youth_Championships_in_Athletics

IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics

Former global track and field athletics event

The IAAF U18 Championships in Athletics (until 2015 known as IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics)^[1] was a global athletics event comprising track and field events for competitors who were 17 or younger (youth = Under-18). The event was organized by International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). It was held biennially from 1999 to 2017.

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Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	Top of the medal table
1st	1999	Bydgoszcz	Poland	16–18 July	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium	Kenya
2nd	2001	Debrecen	Hungary	12–15 July	Gyulai István Atlétikai Stadion	United States
3rd	2003	Sherbrooke	Canada	9–13 July	Université de Sherbrooke Stadium	United States
4th	2005	Marrakech	Morocco	13–17 July	Stade Sidi-Youssef-Ben-Ali [fr]	United States
5th	2007	Ostrava	Czech Republic	11–15 July	Městský stadion	United States
6th	2009	Brixen	Italy	8–12 July	Raiffeisen Arena di Bressanone [pl]	Kenya
7th	2011	Lille	France	6–10 July	Stadium Lille Métropole	United States
8th	2013	Donetsk	Ukraine	10–14 July	RSC Olimpiyskiy	Jamaica
9th	2015	Cali	Colombia	15–19 July	Cali Olympic Stadium	United States
10th	2017	Nairobi	Kenya	12–16 July	Moi International Sports Centre	South Africa

Event	Record	Name	Nation	Date	Games	Ref
100 m	11.08 (0.0 m/s)	Candace Hill	United States	16 July 2015	2015 Cali	^[27]
200 m	22.43 (−0.7 m/s)	Candace Hill	United States	19 July 2015	2015 Cali	^[28]
400 m	51.19	Nawal El Jack	Sudan	15 July 2005	2005 Marrakech
800 m	2:01.13	Aníta Hinriksdóttir	Iceland	14 July 2013	2013 Donetsk	^[29]
1500 m	4:09.48	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	9 July 2011	2011 Lille	^[7]^[30]
3000 m	8:53.94	Mercy Cherono	Kenya	11 July 2007	2007 Ostrava
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	12.94 (0.0 m/s)	Yanique Thompson	Jamaica	11 July 2013	2013 Donetsk	^[31]
400 m hurdles	55.94	Sydney McLaughlin	United States	18 July 2015	2015 Cali	^[32]
2000 m Steeplechase	6:11.83	Korahubsh Itaa	Ethiopia	10 July 2009	2009 Brixen
High jump	1.92 m	Iryna Kovalenko	Ukraine	12 July 2003	2003 Sherbrooke
High jump	1.92 m A	Yaroslava Mahuchikh	Ukraine	14 July 2017	2017 Nairobi	^[33]
Pole vault	4.35 m	Vicky Parnov	Australia	14 July 2007	2007 Ostrava
Long jump	6.47 m (+1.3 m/s)	Darya Klishina	Russia	15 July 2007	2007 Ostrava
Triple jump	13.86 m (−0.6 m/s)	Cristine Spataru	Romania	11 July 2003	2003 Sherbrooke
Shot put (3 kg)	20.14 m	Emel Dereli	Turkey	11 July 2013	2013 Donetsk	^[34]
Shot put (4 kg)	16.87 m	Valerie Adams	New Zealand	13 July 2001	2001 Debrecen
Discus throw	56.34 m	Xie Yuchen	China	10 July 2013	2013 Donetsk	^[35]
Hammer throw (3 kg)	73.20 m	Réka Gyurátz	Hungary	13 July 2013	2013 Donetsk	^[36]
Hammer throw (4 kg)	64.61 m	Bianca Perie	Romania	14 July 2007	2007 Ostrava
Javelin throw (500 g)	62.92 m A	Marisleisys Duarthe	Cuba	16 July 2017	2017 Nairobi	^[37]
Javelin throw (600 g)	59.74 m	Christin Hussong	Germany	7 July 2011	2011 Lille	^[38]
Heptathlon (4 kg Shot put & 600 g Javelin)	5875	Tatyana Chernova	Russia	15–16 July 2005	2005 Marrakech
Heptathlon (4 kg Shot put & 600 g Javelin)	13.62 (+1.4 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 1.69 m (high jump), 10.79 m (shot put), 24.79 (+0.2 m/s) (200 m) / 6.13 (+0.5 m/s) (long jump), 48.20 m (javelin throw), 2:21.91 (800 m)
Heptathlon (with 3 kg Shot Put & 500 g Javelin)	6037	Géraldine Ruckstuhl	Switzerland	17–18 July 2015	2015 Cali	^[39]
Heptathlon (with 3 kg Shot Put & 500 g Javelin)	13.93 (+0.7 m/s) (100 m hurdles/76.2 cm), 1.73 m (high jump), 14.25 m (shot put/3 kg), 25.83 (−0.5 m/s) (200 m) / 5.71 (0.0 m/s) (long jump), 52.87 m (javelin throw/500 g), 2:17.58 (800 m)
5000 m walk (track)	20:28.05	Tatyana Kalmykova	Russia	12 July 2007	2007 Ostrava
Sprint medley relay	2:03.42	Christania Williams Shericka Jackson Chrisann Gordon Olivia James	Jamaica	10 July 2011	2011 Lille	^[10]^[40]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	50	41	40	131
2	Kenya	45	45	25	115
3	China	28	24	13	65
4	Russia	27	29	17	73
5	Jamaica	22	17	19	58
6	Germany	20	19	26	65
7	South Africa	18	15	16	49
8	Cuba	18	13	14	45
9	Ethiopia	16	18	20	54
10	Australia	14	14	13	41
11	Great Britain	14	5	13	32
12	France	11	6	13	30
13	Romania	10	4	10	24
14	Ukraine	7	13	10	30
15	Japan	6	9	16	31
16	Hungary	6	6	3	15
17	Sweden	5	7	3	15
18	Brazil	4	4	7	15
19	Czech Republic	4	4	6	14
20	Qatar	4	4	2	10
21	Sudan	4	0	2	6
22	Poland	3	9	4	16
23	Finland	3	4	3	10
24	Bahamas	3	0	2	5
24	Slovenia	3	0	2	5
26	Saudi Arabia	2	7	4	13
27	Croatia	2	4	2	8
28	Turkey	2	4	1	7
29	Italy	2	2	11	15
30	Bahrain	2	2	1	5
30	Ecuador	2	2	1	5
32	Chinese Taipei	2	1	2	5
33	Norway	2	1	1	4
33	South Korea	2	1	1	4
35	Grenada	2	1	0	3
35	New Zealand	2	1	0	3
37	Syria	2	0	0	2
38	Belarus	1	7	7	15
39	Spain	1	4	5	10
40	Greece	1	2	3	6
40	Trinidad and Tobago	1	2	3	6
42	Barbados	1	2	0	3
42	Ireland	1	2	0	3
44	Morocco	1	1	6	8
45	Bulgaria	1	1	3	5
46	Estonia	1	1	1	3
47	Moldova	1	1	0	2
	Switzerland	1	1	0	2
	Thailand	1	1	0	2
	Venezuela	1	1	0	2
51	Uzbekistan	1	0	2	3
52	Israel	1	0	1	2
52	Uruguay	1	0	1	2
54	Argentina	1	0	0	1
	Bermuda	1	0	0	1
	Chile	1	0	0	1
	Iceland	1	0	0	1
	Iran	1	0	0	1
59	Canada	0	6	7	13
60	Latvia	0	4	4	8
61	Mexico	0	2	3	5
62	U.S. Virgin Islands	0	2	0	2
63	Colombia	0	1	2	3
	Egypt	0	1	2	3
	Eritrea	0	1	2	3
	Slovakia	0	1	2	3
67	Montenegro	0	1	1	2
67	Serbia	0	1	1	2
–	Independent Athletes^[1]	0	1	1	2
69	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Azerbaijan	0	1	0	1
	British Virgin Islands	0	1	0	1
	Cyprus	0	1	0	1
	Denmark	0	1	0	1
	Guyana	0	1	0	1
	India	0	1	0	1
	Nigeria	0	1	0	1
	Samoa	0	1	0	1
	Tajikistan	0	1	0	1
79	Belgium	0	0	2	2
	Kazakhstan	0	0	2	2
	Lithuania	0	0	2	2
82	Kuwait	0	0	1	1
	Paraguay	0	0	1	1
	Portugal	0	0	1	1
	Saint Lucia	0	0	1	1
	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	1	1
	Uganda	0	0	1	1
	United Arab Emirates	0	0	1	1
Totals (88 entries)		390	393	393	1176

IAAF_World_Youth_Championships_in_Athletics

IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics

The name change and cancellation

Editions

Championships records

Boys

Girls

All-time medal table

See also

References

External links

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