2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Dates	12–15 July 2001
Host city	Debrecen, Hungary
Venue	Gyulai István Atlétikai Stadion
Level	Youth (under 18)
Events	39
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The 2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics was the second edition of the World Youth Championships in Athletics. It was held in Debrecen, Hungary 12–15 July 2001.^[1]

Results

Boys

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Darrel Brown  Trinidad and Tobago	10.31 CR	Willie Hordge  United States	10.41	Jonathan Wade  United States	10.53
200 m	Jonathan Wade  United States	20.95	Michael Grant  United States	21.30	Dion Rodriguez  Trinidad and Tobago	21.36
400 m	Karol Grzegorczyk  Poland	46.90	Piotr Kędzia  Poland	47.12	Jermaine Gonzales  Jamaica	47.51
800 m	Salem Amer Al-Badri  Qatar	1:50.15	Cosmas Rono  Kenya	1:50.35	Liao Fu-Pin  Chinese Taipei	1:51.35
1500 m	Isaac Songok  Kenya	3:36.78 CR	Samuel Dadi  Ethiopia	3:39.78	Abdulrahman Sulaiman  Qatar	3:42.03
3000 m	Markos Geneti  Ethiopia	7:55.82	David Kilel  Kenya	7:56.95	James Kwalia  Kenya	7:57.71
2000 m St.	David Kirwa  Kenya	5:33.40	Brimin Kipruto  Kenya	5:36.81	Abrham Kebeto  Ethiopia	5:37.76
110 m H 91.4 cm	Nassim Meziane Ibrahimi  Qatar	13.27	Marthinus van der Vyver  South Africa	13.35	Eddy De Lépine  France	13.39
400 m H 84.0 cm	Amin Mohammed Al-Ozon  Syria	50.25	Jonathan Walker  United States	51.32	Kenji Narisako  Japan	52.09
10,000 m track walk	Vladimir Kanaykin  Russia	42:55.75	Mikhail Seredovich  Belarus	43:44.32	Francisco Flores  Mexico	43:53.13
Medley relay	Poland Tomasz Kaska Piotr Zrada Piotr Kędzia Karol Grzegorczyk	1:50.46	United States Jonathan Wade Michael Grant Willie Hordge Jonathan Walker	1:50.90	South Africa Samuel Brits Marthinus van der Vyver Leigh Julius Louis Van Zyl	1:51.35
High jump	Aleksey Dmitrik  Russia	2.23	James Watson  Australia	2.21	Aleksandr Plisko  Belarus	2.19
Pole vault	Artyom Kuptsov  Russia	5.15	Vincent Favretto  France	5.15	Go Kishita  Japan	5.00
Long jump	Thiago Dias  Brazil	7.72	Ibrahim Abdulla Al-Waleed  Qatar	7.62	Andrew Howe Besozzi  Italy	7.61
Triple jump	Jonathan Moore  Great Britain	16.36	Arnie David Giralt  Cuba	16.33	Osniel Tosca  Cuba	15.67
Shot put 5 kg	Georgi Ivanov  Bulgaria	19.73	Yasser Ibrahim Farag  Egypt	19.58	Lee Min-Won  South Korea	19.57
Discus 1.500 kg	Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi  Qatar	62.67	Robert Harting  Germany	62.04	Omar Ahmed El Ghazali  Egypt	61.06
Hammer 5 kg	József Horváth  Hungary	80.11	Werner Smit  South Africa	79.48	Kirill Ikonnikov  Russia	77.75
Javelin 700g	Teemu Wirkkala  Finland	76.18	Hamed Al-Khalifa  Qatar	73.56	Tero Järvenpää  Finland	68.85
Octathlon	Rene Oruman  Estonia	6219	Essa Mufarrah  Saudi Arabia	6024	Jason Dudley  Australia	5997
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)

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Girls

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Allyson Felix  United States	11.57	Kerron Stewart  Jamaica	11.72	Zuzana Kosová  Czech Republic	11.83
200 m	Angel Perkins  United States	23.07	Amy Spencer  Great Britain	23.45	Zuzana Kosová  Czech Republic	23.98
400 m	Stephanie Smith  United States	52.19	Jerrika Chapple  United States	52.80	Anneisha McLaughlin  Jamaica	53.35
800 m	Cherotich Ruto  Kenya	2:05.50	Veronika Plesarová  Czech Republic	2:06.01	Carlene Robinson  Jamaica	2:06.18
1500 m	Georgie Clarke  Australia	4:14.08	Florence Kyalo  Kenya	4:15.71	Sentayehu Ejigu  Ethiopia	4:17.51
3000 m	Sally Chepyego  Kenya	9:09.95	Mestewat Tufa  Ethiopia	9:11.60	Fridah Domongole  Kenya	9:12.70
100 m H 76.2 cm	Kathrin Geissler  Germany	13.49	Ashley Lodree  United States	13.75	Carla Fick  South Africa	13.75
400 m H	Camile Robinson  Jamaica	58.72	Kim Crow  Australia	59.28	Olga Nikolayeva  Russia	59.41
5000 m track walk	Jiang Kun  China	22:49.21	Kseniya Ischeykina  Russia	22:58.43	Snezhana Yurchenko  Belarus	23:28.51
Medley relay	United States Ashley Lodree Allyson Felix Angel Perkins Stephanie Smith	2:03.83	Jamaica Shaunette Davidson Kerron Stewart Kashain Page Anneisha McLaughlin	2:07.45	Romania Mariana Bilal Nadia Cocoranu Gabriela Ciuca Ioana Ciurila	2:09.70
High jump	Aileen Wilson  Great Britain	1.87	Petrina Price  Australia	1.81	Levern Spencer  Saint Lucia	1.81
Pole vault	Silke Spiegelburg  Germany	4.00	Aleksandra Kiryashova  Russia	4.00	Anna Olko  Poland	3.95
Long jump	Shermin Oksuz  Australia	6.41 CR	Elena Anghelescu  Romania	6.32	Angela Dies  Germany	6.03
Triple jump	Alina Popescu  Romania	13.76	Svetlana Bolshakova  Russia	13.32	Michelle Sanford  United States	13.22
Shot put	Valerie Adams  New Zealand	16.87 CR	Michelle Carter  United States	15.23	Yulia Leantsiuk  Belarus	15.08
Discus	Ma Xuejun  China	54.93 CR	Darya Pishchalnikova  Russia	49.37	Amarachi Ukabam  United States	46.13
Hammer	Andrea Kéri  Hungary	59.86	Berta Castells  Spain	59.65	Mariya Smaliachkova  Belarus	59.16
Javelin	Kimberley Mickle  Australia	51.83	Justine Robbeson  South Africa	51.54	Andrea Kvetová  Czech Republic	51.49
Heptathlon	Annett Wichmann  Germany	5470	Christine Schulz  Germany	5346	Amandine Constantin  France	5296
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

Aleksey Dmitrik of Russia won the high jump.

Allyson Felix of the USA won the gold in the 100 metres and the medley relay.

Silke Spiegelburg won the pole vault gold for Germany.

  *   Host nation (Hungary)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	5	7	3	15
2	Kenya	4	4	2	10
3	Russia	3	4	2	9
4	Australia	3	3	1	7
5	Qatar	3	2	1	6
6	Germany	3	1	1	5
7	Great Britain	2	2	0	4
8	Poland	2	1	1	4
9	China	2	0	0	2
	Hungary*	2	0	0	2
11	Jamaica	1	2	3	6
12	Ethiopia	1	2	2	5
13	Romania	1	1	1	3
14	Finland	1	0	1	2
	Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	1	2
16	Brazil	1	0	0	1
	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
	Estonia	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
	Syria	1	0	0	1
21	South Africa	0	3	2	5
22	Belarus	0	1	4	5
23	Czech Republic	0	1	3	4
24	France	0	1	2	3
25	Cuba	0	1	1	2
	Egypt	0	1	1	2
27	Saudi Arabia	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
29	Japan	0	0	2	2
30	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1
	Saint Lucia	0	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	0	1	1
Totals (34 nations)		39	39	39	117