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

Results

Men

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)

Women

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)

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Australia)

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
	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

Participation

According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list,^[1] 1049 athletes from 142 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[2]