2022 World Athletics U20 Championships

Host city	Cali, Colombia
Nations	145
Athletes	1533
Events	45
Dates	1–6 August 2022
Main venue	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Website	worldathletics.org
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The 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships, also known colloquially by its former official title, the World Junior Championships, was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 2003), which was held from 1 to 6 August 2022 at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia.^[1][2][3] Cali previously hosted the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics.

Sports venues

The main venue for the competitions was the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium with capacity for 35,405 spectators, while the Pedro Grajales Athletics Stadium was used for training sessions.

Schedule

All dates are COT (UTC−5)

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Qualifying Standards

Qualification period lasted from 1 October 2021 to 18 July 2022.^[5]

Men's results

Track events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Letsile Tebogo  Botswana	9.91 WU20R	Bouwahjgie Nkrumie  Jamaica	10.02 NU20R	Benjamin Richardson  South Africa	10.12
200 metres details	Blessing Afrifah  Israel	19.96 [.954] CR, AU20R	Letsile Tebogo  Botswana	19.96 [.960] CR, AU20R	Calab Law  Australia	20.48
400 metres details	Lythe Pillay  South Africa	45.28 PB	Steven McElroy  United States	45.65 PB	Yusuf Ali Abbas  Bahrain	45.80
800 metres details	Ermias Girma [uk]  Ethiopia	1:47.36	Heithem Chenitef  Algeria	1:47.61 PB	Ethan Hussey  Great Britain	1:47.65
1500 metres details	Reynold Cheruiyot  Kenya	3:35.83	Ermias Girma  Ethiopia	3:37.24	Daniel Kimaiyo  Kenya	3:37.43
3000 metres details	Melkeneh Azize  Ethiopia	7:44.06	Felix Korir  Kenya	7:47.86 PB	Edwin Kisalsak  Kenya	7:49.82 PB
5000 metres details	Addisu Yihune  Ethiopia	14:03.05	Merhawi Mebrahtu  Eritrea	14:03.33	Habtom Samuel  Eritrea	14:03.67
110 metres hurdles details	Antoine Andrews  Bahamas	13.23 WU20L	Malik Mixon  United States	13.27 PB	Matthew Sophia [es]  Netherlands	13.34 NU20R
400 metres hurdles details	İsmail Nezir [de]  Turkey	48.84 NU20R	Matic Ian Guček [de]  Slovenia	48.91 NU20R	Roshawn Clarke  Jamaica	49.62
3000 metres steeplechase details	Samuel Duguna  Ethiopia	8:37.92	Samuel Firewu  Ethiopia	8:39.11	Salaheddine Ben Yazide  Morocco	8:40.62
4×100 metres relay details	Japan Kowa Ikeshita Hiroto Fujiwara Shunki Tateno Hiroki Yanagita [de]	39.35	Jamaica Bouwahjgie Nkrumie Bryan Levell Mark-Anthony Daley Adrian Kerr David Lynch*	39.35	United States Laurenz Colbert Michael Gizzi Brandon Miller Johnny Brackins David Foster* Charlie Bartholomew*	39.57 SB
4×400 metres relay details	United States Steven McElroy Ashton Schwartzman Charlie Bartholomew Will Sumner Kody Blackwood* Grant Williams*	3:04.47 SB	Jamaica Shemar Palmer Shaemar Uter Jasauna Dennis Delano Kennedy Derrick Grant* Malachi Johnson*	3:05.72 SB	Canada Christopher Morales-Williams Ben Tilson Daniel Kidd Tyler Floyd Riley Flemington*	3:06.50 NU20R
10,000 m walk details	Mazlum Demir [uk]  Turkey	42:36.02	Ismail Benhammouda  Algeria	42:42.49	Hayrettin Yıldız  Turkey	43:07.95

Field events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Brandon Pottinger  Jamaica	2.14 m =PB[6]	Brian Raats  South Africa	2.10 m	Not awarded[7]
			Bozhidar Sarâboyukov [de]  Bulgaria
Pole vault details	Anthony Ammirati  France	5.75 m WU20L, PB	Juho Alasaari [fi]  Finland	5.60 m =NU20R	Michał Gawenda [pl]  Poland	5.45 m PB
Long jump details	Erwan Konaté  France	8.08 m WU20L	Alejandro Parada  Cuba	7.91 m	Gabriel Luiz Boza [de]  Brazil	7.90 m =SB
Triple jump details	Jaydon Hibbert  Jamaica	17.27 m CR, PB	Selva Thirumaran  India	16.15 m PB	Viktor Morozov [de]  Estonia	16.13 m PB
Shot put (6 kg) details	Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan  United States	20.73 m PB	Kobe Lawrence  Jamaica	20.58 m PB	Tizian Lauria  Germany	20.55 m
Discus throw (1.750 kg) details	Marius Karges [uk]  Germany	65.55 m	Miká Sosna  Germany	63.88 m	Mykhailo Brudin  Ukraine	63.30 m PB
Hammer throw (6 kg) details	Ioannis Korakidis [uk]  Greece	79.11 m WU20L	Max Lampinen  Finland	76.33 m PB	Iosif Kesidis  Cyprus	76.32 m PB
Javelin throw details	Artur Felfner  Ukraine	79.36 m	Max Dehning  Germany	77.24 m	Keyshawn Strachan  Bahamas	72.95 m

Combined events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Decathlon details	Gabriel Emmanuel [uk]  Netherlands	7860 pts WU20L	Jacob Thelander  Sweden	7770 pts	Elliot Duvert  Sweden	7622 pts PB

Women's results

Track events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Tina Clayton  Jamaica	10.95 CR	Serena Cole  Jamaica	11.14	Shawnti Jackson  United States	11.15 PB
					N'Ketia Seedo  Netherlands	11.15 NU20R
200 metres details	Brianna Lyston  Jamaica	22.65	Jayla Jamison  United States	22.77 PB	Alana Reid  Jamaica	22.95 PB
400 metres details	Yemi Mary John  Great Britain	51.50 PB	Damaris Mutunga  Kenya	51.71 NU20R	Rupal  India	51.85 PB
800 metres details	Roisin Willis  United States	1:59.13 CR	Audrey Werro  Switzerland	1:59.53 NU20R	Juliette Whittaker  United States	2:00.18
1500 metres details	Birke Haylom  Ethiopia	4:04.27 CR	Brenda Chebet  Kenya	4:04.64 PB	Purity Chepkirui  Kenya	4:07.64 PB
3000 metres details	Betty Chelangat  Kenya	9:01.03	Tsiyon Abebe  Ethiopia	9:03.85	Nancy Cherop  Kenya	9:05.98
5000 metres details	Medina Eisa  Ethiopia	15:29.71	Melknat Wudu  Ethiopia	15:30.06	Prisca Chesang  Uganda	15:31.17
100 metres hurdles details	Kerrica Hill  Jamaica	12.77 CR, WU18B	Alexis James  Jamaica	12.87 PB	Anna Tóth  Hungary	13.00 NU20R
400 metres hurdles details	Akala Garrett  United States	56.16 WU20L	Hanna Karlsson  Sweden	56.71 PB	Michaela Rose  United States	56.86 PB
3000 metres steeplechase details	Faith Cherotich  Kenya	9:16.14	Sembo Almayew  Ethiopia	9:30.41	Meseret Yeshaneh  Ethiopia	9:42.02
4×100 metres relay details	Jamaica Serena Cole Tina Clayton Kerrica Hill Tia Clayton Alexis James*	42.59 WU20R	United States Jayla Jamison Autumn Wilson Iyana Gray Shawnti Jackson Lily Jones* Alyssa Colbert*	43.28 NU20R	Colombia María Alejandra Murillo Marlet Ospino Melany Bolaño Laura Martínez	44.59
4×400 metres relay details	United States Makenze Kelley Shawnti Jackson Akala Garrett Roisin Willis Madison Whyte* Zaya Akins* Kennedy Wade*	3:28.06 SB	Jamaica Dejanea Oakley Abigail Campbell Oneika McAnnuff Alliah Baker Rickiana Russell* Oneika Brissett*	3:31.59 SB	Great Britain Yemi Mary John Jessica Astill Ophelia Pye Etty Sisson Poppy Malik*	3:31.86 SB
10,000 m walk details	Karla Serrano  Mexico	46:24.35 PB	Ai Ooyama  Japan	46:24.44	Ayane Yanai  Japan	46:43.07

* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminary heats but not the final.

Field events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Karmen Bruus  Estonia	1.95 m	Britt Weerman  Netherlands	1.93 m NU20R	Angelina Topić  Serbia	1.93 m
Pole vault details	Hana Moll  United States	4.35 m	Chiara Sistermann  Germany	4.30 m =PB	Janne Sophie Ohrt  Germany	4.30 m PB
Long jump details	Plamena Mitkova  Bulgaria	6.66 m PB	Natalia Linares  Colombia	6.59 m	Marta Amani  Italy	6.52 m PB
Triple jump details	Sharifa Davronova  Uzbekistan	14.04 m WU20L	Sohane Aucargos  France	13.38 m	Tiana Boras  Australia	13.30 m PB
Shot put details	Miné de Klerk  South Africa	17.17 m	Pınar Akyol  Turkey	16.84 m	Zuzanna Maślana  Poland	16.06 m PB
Discus throw details	Emma Sralla  Sweden	56.15 m	Despoina Filippidou  Greece	54.48 m	Miné de Klerk  South Africa	53.54 m NU20R
Hammer throw details	Rachele Mori  Italy	67.21 m	Paola Bueno  Mexico	62.74 m	Raika Murakami  Japan	61.45 m SB
Javelin throw details	Adriana Vilagoš  Serbia	63.52 m CR, AU20R	Valentina Barrios  Colombia	57.84 m NU20R	Manuela Rotundo  Uruguay	55.11 m

Combined events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Heptathlon details	Saga Vanninen  Finland	6084 pts	Serina Riedel  Germany	5874 pts	Sandrina Sprengel  Germany	5845 pts

Mixed results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay details	United States Charlie Batholomew Madison Whyte Will Sumner Kennedy Wade Kaylyn Brown*	3:17.69 CR, WU20R	India Barath Sridhar Priya Mohan Kapil Rupal	3:17.76 AU20R	Jamaica Jasauna Dennis Abigail Campbell Malachi Johnson Alliah Baker	3:19.98

* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminary heats but not the final.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Colombia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	7	4	4	15
2	Jamaica	6	7	3	16
3	Ethiopia	6	5	1	12
4	Kenya	3	3	4	10
5	South Africa	2	1	2	5
6	Turkey	2	1	1	4
7	France	2	1	0	3
8	Germany	1	4	3	8
9	Sweden	1	2	1	4
10	Finland	1	2	0	3
11	Japan	1	1	2	4
	Netherlands	1	1	2	4
13	Botswana	1	1	0	2
	Bulgaria	1	1	0	2
	Greece	1	1	0	2
	Mexico	1	1	0	2
17	Great Britain	1	0	2	3
18	Bahamas	1	0	1	2
	Estonia	1	0	1	2
	Italy	1	0	1	2
	Serbia	1	0	1	2
	Ukraine	1	0	1	2
23	Israel	1	0	0	1
	Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1
25	Colombia*	0	2	1	3
	India	0	2	1	3
27	Algeria	0	2	0	2
28	Eritrea	0	1	1	2
29	Cuba	0	1	0	1
	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
32	Australia	0	0	2	2
	Poland	0	0	2	2
34	Bahrain	0	0	1	1
	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Cyprus	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Morocco	0	0	1	1
	Uganda	0	0	1	1
	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
Totals (41 entries)		45	46	45	136

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.^[5] A total 145 National Associations and 1533 athletes were scheduled to compete.^[8]