2018 World U20 Championships in Athletics
Host cityFinland Tampere, Finland
Nations156 + 2 teams
Athletes1462
Events44
Dates10–15 July
Opened bySauli Niinistö
Main venueRatina Stadium

The 2018 World U20 Championships in Athletics, also known as the World Junior Championships, was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 1999) which was held at Tampere Stadium in Tampere, Finland on 10–15 July 2018.[1] The championships were originally awarded to Tampere by the IAAF in March, 2016.[2]

Schedule

Q Qualification H Heats ½ Semifinals F Final
M = morning session, A = afternoon session
All dates are EEST (UTC+3)

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Qualifying Standards

Event Men Women
100 m 10.55 11.80
200 m 21.35 24.20
400 m 47.70 55.00
800 m 1:50.00 2:08.70
1500 m 3:48.00 4:27.00
5000 m 5000 m 14:15.00
8:15.00 (3000 m)		 5000 m 16:40.00
9:35.00 (3000 m)
10,000 m 31:00.00 10,000 m –
3000 m sc 9:10.00 10:43.00
100 mH – 14.10
110 mH 14.20 0.995 m –
400 mH 53.00 60.75
10,000 m RW 44:00.00 51:00.00
4x100 m Relay No standard No standard
4x400 m Relay No standard No standard
Heptathlon – 5300 points
Decathlon 7200 points –
High Jump 2.16 m 1.82 m
Pole Vault 5.10 m 4.05 m
Long Jump 7.55 m 6.15 m
Triple Jump 15.60 m 12.85 m
Shot Put 18.25 m (6 kg) 14.50 m
Discus 56.00 m 48.00 m
Hammer 68.00 m (6 kg) 57.00 m
Javelin 68.70 m 50.00 m

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Men's results

Track

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
details 		Lalu Muhammad Zohri
 Indonesia		 10.18 NJR Anthony Schwartz
 United States		 10.22 Eric Harrison
 United States		 10.22 PB
200 m
details 		Jona Efoloko
 Great Britain		 20.48 PB Charles Dobson
 Great Britain		 20.57 Eric Harrison
 United States		 20.79
400 m
details 		Jonathan Sacoor
 Belgium		 45.03 NJR Christopher Taylor
 Jamaica		 45.38 Chantz Sawyers
 Jamaica		 45.89
800 m
details 		Solomon Lekuta [fr]
 Kenya		 1:46.35 Ngeno Kipngetich
 Kenya		 1:46.45 PB Eliott Crestan
 Belgium		 1:47.27
1500 m
details 		George Manangoi
 Kenya		 3:41.71 Jakob Ingebrigtsen
 Norway		 3:41.89 Justus Soget
 Kenya		 3:42.14
5000 m
details 		Edward Zakayo
 Kenya		 13:20.16 Stanley Mburu
 Kenya		 13:20.57 Jakob Ingebrigtsen
 Norway		 13:20.78 AJR
10,000 m
details 		Rhonex Kipruto
 Kenya		 27:21.08 CR Jacob Kiplimo
 Uganda		 27:40.36 Berihu Aregawi
 Ethiopia		 27:48.41 PB
110 m hurdles
(99.0 cm)
details 		Damion Thomas
 Jamaica		 13.18 Orlando Bennett
 Jamaica		 13.33 Shunsuke Izumiya
 Japan		 13.38 PB
400 m hurdles
details 		Sokwakhana Zazini
 South Africa		 49.42 Bassem Hemeida
 Qatar		 49.59 PB Alison dos Santos
 Brazil		 49.78 PB
3000 m steeplechase
details 		Takele Nigate
 Ethiopia		 8:25.35 SB Leonard Bett
 Kenya		 8:25.39 Getnet Wale
 Ethiopia		 8:26.16 SB
4×100 m relay
details 		 United States
Eric Harrison
Anthony Schwartz
Austin Kratz
Micah Williams		 38.88 WJL  Jamaica
Xavier Nairne
Christopher Taylor
Jhevaughn Matherson
Michael Stephens		 38.96 NJR  Germany
Lucas Ansah-Peprah
Marvin Schulte
Milo Skupin-Alfa
Luis Brandner		 39.22
4×400 m relay
details 		 Italy
Klaudio Gjetja
Andrea Romani
Alessandro Sibilio
Edoardo Scotti
Lorenzo Benati (heats)		 3:04.05 WJL, AJR[5]  United States
Elija Godwin
Nicholas Ramey
Justin Robinson
Howard Fields
Matthew Boling
Umajesty Williams		 3:05.24  Great Britain
Alex Haydock-Wilson
Joseph Brier
Alastair Chalmers
Alex Knibbs		 3:05.64
10,000 m walk
details 		Zhang Yao
 China		 40:32.06 PB David Hurtado
 Ecuador		 40:32.06 PB José Ortiz
 Guatemala		 40:45.26 PB

Field

Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump
details 		Adónios Mérlos  [fr] PB
 Greece
Roberto Vílches
 Mexico		 2.23m Not Awarded JuVaughn Blake PB
 United States
Breyton Poole
 South Africa		 2.23m
Pole vault
details 		Armand Duplantis
 Sweden		 5.82m CR Zachery Bradford
 United States		 5.55m PB Masaki Ejima
 Japan		 5.55m
Long jump
details 		Yuki Hashioka
 Japan		 8.03m Maikel Vidal
 Cuba		 7.99m Wayne Pinnock
 Jamaica		 7.90m
Triple jump
details 		Jordan Díaz
 Cuba		 17.15m CR Martin Lamou [fr]
 France		 16.44m Jonathan Seremes [es]
 France		 16.18m PB
Shot put (6 kg)
details 		Kyle Blignaut
 South Africa		 22.07m WJL Adrian Piperi
 United States		 22.06m AJR Odisséas Mouzenídis [fr]
 Greece		 21.07m NJR
Discus throw (1.750 kg)
details 		Kai Chang
 Jamaica		 62.36m PB Yauheni Bahutski
 Belarus		 61.75m Claudio Romero
 Chile		 60.81m SB
Hammer throw (6 kg)
details 		Jake Norris
 Great Britain		 80.65m NJR Mykhaylo Kokhan
 Ukraine		 79.68m PB Mykhaylo Havryliuk [es]
 Ukraine		 77.71m PB
Javelin throw
details 		Nash Lowis
 Australia		 75.31m PB Tzuriel Pedigo
 United States		 73.76m PB Maurice Voigt
 Germany		 73.44m PB
Decathlon (junior)
details 		Ashley Moloney
 Australia		 8190 pts
CR, AJR, WJL 		Gary Haasbroek
 Australia		 7798 pts PB Simon Ehammer
 Switzerland		 7642 pts PB

Women's results

Track

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
details 		Briana Williams
 Jamaica		 11.16 Twanisha Terry
 United States		 11.19 Kristal Awuah
 Great Britain		 11.37
200 m
details 		Briana Williams
 Jamaica		 22.50 CR Lauren Rain Williams
 United States		 23.09 Martyna Kotwiła
 Poland		 23.21 NJR
400 m
details 		Hima Das
 India		 51.46 Andrea Miklós
 Romania		 52.07 PB Taylor Manson
 United States		 52.28
800 m
details 		Diribe Welteji
 Ethiopia		 1:59.74
CR, WJL 		Carly Thomas
 Australia		 2:01.13 PB Delia Sclabas
 Switzerland		 2:01.29 NJR
1500 m
details 		Alemaz Samuel
 Ethiopia		 4:09.67 Miriam Cherop
 Kenya		 4:10.73 Delia Sclabas
 Switzerland		 4:11.98
3000 m
details 		Nozomi Tanaka
 Japan		 8:54.01 PB Meselu Berhe
 Ethiopia		 8:56.39 PB Tsigie Gebreselama
 Ethiopia		 8:59.20 PB
5000 m
details 		Beatrice Chebet
 Kenya		 15:30.77 PB Ejgayehu Taye
 Ethiopia		 15:30.87 PB Girmawit Gebrzihair
 Ethiopia		 15:34.01 PB
100 m hurdles
details 		Tia Jones
 United States		 13.01 Britany Anderson
 Jamaica		 13.01 PB Cortney Jones
 United States		 13.19
400 m hurdles
details 		Zenéy van der Walt
 South Africa		 55.34 Shiann Salmon
 Jamaica		 56.11 Yasmin Giger
 Switzerland		 56.98
3000 m steeplechase
details 		Celliphine Chespol
 Kenya		 9:12.79 CR Peruth Chemutai
 Uganda		 9:18.87 Winfred Mutile Yavi
 Bahrain		 9:23.47
4×100 m relay
details 		 Germany
Victoria Dönicke
Corinna Schwab
Sophia Junk
Denise Uphoff		 43.82  Ireland
Molly Scott
Gina Akpe-Moses
Ciara Neville
Patience Jumbo Gula		 43.90 NJR  Great Britain
Kristal Awuah
Alisha Rees
Georgina Adam
Ebony Carr		 44.05
4×400 m relay
details 		 United States
Symone Mason
Shae Anderson
Julia Madubuike
Taylor Manson		 3:28.74 WJL  Australia
Ella Connolly
Cara Jardine
Jemima Russell
Carley Thomas		 3:31.36 SB  Jamaica
Janielle Josephs
Stacey-Ann Williams
Shiann Salmon
Calisha Taylor		 3:31.90 SB
10,000 m walk
details 		Alegna González
 Mexico		 44:13.88 WJL Meryem Bekmez
 Turkey		 44:17.69 NJR Glenda Morejón
 Ecuador		 44:19.40 AJR

Field

Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump
details 		Karyna Taranda
 Belarus		 1.92m NJR Sommer Lecky
 Ireland		 1.90m NJR María Fernanda Murillo
 Colombia		 1.90m AJR
Pole vault
details 		Amálie Švábíková
 Czech Republic		 4.51m NJR Lisa Gunnarsson
 Sweden		 4.35m Alice Moindrot
 France		 4.35m
Long jump
details 		Lea-Jasmine Riecke
 Germany		 6.51m PB Ayaka Kora
 Japan		 6.37m Tara Davis
 United States		 6.36m
Triple jump
details 		Aleksandra Nacheva
 Bulgaria		 14.18m WJL PB Mirieli Santos
 Brazil		 13.81m PB Davisleydi Velazco
 Cuba		 13.78m
Shot put
details 		Maddi Wesche
 New Zealand		 17.09m PB Zhang Linru
 China		 17.05m Jorinde van Klinken
 Netherlands		 17.05m
Discus throw
details 		Alexandra Emilianov
 Moldova		 57.89m Helena Leveelahti
 Finland		 56.80m NJR Silinda Morales
 Cuba		 55.37m PB
Hammer throw
details 		Camryn Rogers
 Canada		 64.90m Alyssa Wilson
 United States		 64.45m Yanitza Martínez
 Cuba		 63.82m
Javelin throw
details 		Alina Shukh
 Ukraine		 55.95m Tomoka Kuwazoe
 Japan		 55.66m Dana Baker
 United States		 55.04m PB
Heptathlon
details 		Niamh Emerson
 Great Britain		 6253 pts WJL Sarah Lagger
 Austria		 6225 pts NJR Adrianna Sułek
 Poland		 5939 pts NJR

Medal table

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Kenya won the ranking in the medal table.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Kenya64111
2 Jamaica45312
3 United States38718
4 Ethiopia3249
5 Great Britain3137
6 South Africa3014
7 Australia2305
8 Japan2226
9 Germany2024
10 Mexico2002
11 Cuba1135
12 Ukraine1113
13 Belarus1102
 China1102
 Sweden1102
16 Belgium1012
 Greece1012
18 Bulgaria1001
 Canada1001
 Czech Republic1001
 India1001
 Indonesia1001
 Italy1001
 Moldova1001
 New Zealand1001
26 Ireland0202
 Uganda0202
28 France0123
29 Brazil0112
 Ecuador0112
 Norway0112
32 Austria0101
 Finland*0101
 Qatar0101
 Romania0101
 Turkey0101
37 Switzerland0044
38 Poland0022
39 Bahrain0011
 Chile0011
 Colombia0011
 Guatemala0011
 Netherlands0011
Totals (43 entries)454345133

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Placing table

USA won the ranking in the placing table.[7]

Rank Country 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 5 6 7 8 Points
1  United States 3 8 7 0 1 5 6 2 155
2  Kenya 6 4 1 2 4 0 1 2 112
3  Jamaica 4 5 3 1 1 1 2 0 101
4  Ethiopia 3 2 4 2 5 2 0 0 98
5  Germany 2 0 2 5 3 2 3 3 80
 Great Britain 3 1 3 1 2 3 4 1 80
7  Japan 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 75
8  Australia 2 3 0 2 3 2 3 0 71
9  China 1 1 0 3 2 5 2 0 57
10  France 0 1 2 4 2 1 0 2 52
11  Cuba 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 47
12  South Africa 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 40
13  Italy 1 0 0 2 2 2 1 4 38
14  Switzerland 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 1 35
15  Uganda 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 32
16  Sweden 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 26
17  Ukraine 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 25
 Belgium 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 25
19  Belarus 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 24
 Poland 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 24
21  India 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 23
 Brazil 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 23
23  Canada 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 22
24  Norway 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 18
25  Mexico 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
26  Finland 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 15
 Ireland 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 15
 Spain 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 15
29  Greece 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14
 Czech Republic 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14
 New Zealand 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14
32  Turkey 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 13
 Ecuador 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13
 Romania 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 13
35  Qatar 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11
36  Austria 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10
37  Slovakia 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9
38  Hungary 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 8
 Netherlands 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8
 Bulgaria 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
 Moldova 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
 Indonesia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
43  Chile 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
 Eritrea 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 6
 Guatemala 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
 Colombia 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
 Bahamas 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
48  Armenia 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
 Slovenia 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
 Portugal 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
51  Latvia 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
 Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
53  Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
54  Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
 Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
 Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
 Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
 Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
 Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
 Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
61  Taiwan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
 Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
 Barbados 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Participation

The following is a list of participating nations with the number of qualified athletes in brackets. A country without any qualified athlete could enter either one male or one female.[4] A total 156 countries (plus the teams from Authorized Neutral Athletes and Athlete Refugee team) and 1462 athletes were scheduled to compete.[citation needed]

References

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  4. ^ a b "2018 World U20 Championships Standards" (PDF). IAAF. 2 January 2018.
  5. ^ "RECORDS AND BEST PERFORMANCES - European Outdoor U20 Men". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  6. ^ "IAAF: IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018 Medal Table - iaaf.org". iaaf.org.
  7. ^ "2018 IAAF World U20 Championships - Placing table". iaaf.org. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Athletics Canada selects 32 athletes to compete at 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships". www.athletics.ca/. Athletics Canada. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  9. ^ "China names team for IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018". www.iaaf.org/. International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). 27 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Diaz leads Cuban team for IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018". www.iaaf.org/. International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). 22 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Finland names home team for IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018". www.iaaf.org/. International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). 26 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Great Britain announces squad of 40 for IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018". www.iaaf.org/. International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). 28 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  13. ^ "IAAF U20 – Junior Athletics Championship 2018 – Sri Lanka Athlets Info". www.ceylonathletics.com/. Ceylon Athletics. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
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