Athletics at the World Youth Games
The host stadium in Moscow (shown in 2009)
Dates14 – 17 July
Host cityMoscow, Russia
VenueLuzhniki Stadium
Events36
Participation678 athletes from
87 nations

1998 World Youth Games

At the 1998 World Youth Games the athletics competition was held from 14–17 July at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia. A total of 678 youth (under-18) athletes from 87 countries took part in the track and field events.[1]

Several major countries with strong traditions in athletics were absent from the contests (among them Australia, Britain, Canada, France, Germany and the United States) and this undermined the overall quality of performances. Planned subsequent editions were not held.[2] Although the games were not an initial success, the idea was revived in 2010 and athletics events were again held as part of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, which garnered wide participation.

Medal summary

Boys

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Paul Gorries (RSA) 10.76  Kostyantyn Vasyukov (UKR) 10.79  Mirko Turri (ITA) 10.83
200 metres  Wang Hongzhen (CHN) 21.33  Paul Gorries (RSA) 21.40  Vladimir Demchenko (UKR) 21.60
400 metres  Xu Zizhou (CHN) 47.50  Mandla Nkosi (RSA) 48.36  Muhamad Z.Z. Abidin (MAS) 48.72
800 metres  Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS) 1:47.71  Mohamed Osman (KSA) 1:49.88  Mandla Nkosi (RSA) 1:50.30
1500 metres  Berkhani Tadesse (ETH) 3:53.96  Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS) 3:54.84  Kenneth Ruto (KEN) 3:56.13
3000 metres  Morteza Firuozi (IRI) 8:30.06  Adellu Hussen (ETH) 8:30.69  Ion Luchianov (MDA) 8:32.10
110 metres hurdles  Shen Zhensheng (CHN) 13.74  Camilo Aguirre (CHI) 14.15  Stefanos Ioannou (CYP) 14.17
400 metres hurdles  Hani Al-Mourhej (SYR) 51.39  Luca Bortolaso (ITA) 51.70  Ryan Albert Smith (BAR) 53.26
5000 metres walk  Aleksandr Kuzmin (BLR) 20:40.58  Viktor Burayev (RUS) 20:41.08  Yevgeniy Demkov (RUS) 20:41.25
4 × 100 m relay  Finland (FIN)
Ville Vakkuri
Sauli Pahlman
Juha Karhe
Aleksi Sillanpää		 41.87  Ukraine (UKR)
Yevgeniy Shapiro
Vladimir Demchenko
Sergey Mishchenko
Kostyantyn Vasyukov		 42.07  Malaysia (MAS)
Mohd. Hafeez Abdul Razak
Nazmizan Mohamad
Boniface Lejau Jozef
Muhamad Z.Z. Abidin		 42.19
4 × 400 m relay  China (CHN)
Cao Wen
Wang Hongzhen
Peng Tao
Xu Zizhou		 3:13.57  South Africa (RSA)
Mandla Nkosi
Elton Masia
Tshepo Thobelangope
Paul Gorries		 3:15.13  Chinese Taipei (TPE)
Ou Tsung-Han
Sung Chih-Chiang
Cheng Shao-Pai
Liu Yuan-Kai		 3:20.83
High jump  Aleksey Klimov (BLR) 2.12 m  Fabrizio Schembri (ITA) 2.12 m  Jeong Su-Kwang (KOR) 2.12 m
Pole vault  Fílippos Sgoúros (GRE) 5.05 m  Oleksandr Korchmid (UKR) 4.90 m  Aleksey Khanafin (RUS) 4.90 m
Long jump  Yoelmis Pacheco (CUB) 7.50 m  Liu Dai-Wei (TPE) 7.45 m (w)  Luka Aračić (CRO) 7.41 m
Triple jump  Alessandro Bonfim (BRA) 15.57 m  Dmitriy Valyukevich (BLR) 15.52 m  Yevgeniy Shapiro (UKR) 15.15 m
Shot put  Pavel Sofin (RUS) 19.59 m  Mateus Monari (BRA) 19.20 m  John Sullivan (RSA) 19.19 m
Discus throw  Lois Maikel Martínez (CUB) 61.47 m  Pavel Lyzhyn (BLR) 58.59 m  Ivan Napreyenko (UKR) 57.19 m
Javelin throw  Geikel Cabrera (CUB) 72.36 m  Gerhardus Pienaar (RSA) 71.79 m  Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS) 67.97 m

Girls

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Emily Maher (IRL) 11.93  Thatiana Ignâcio (BRA) 12.05  Mojca Vauce (SLO) 12.13
200 metres  Emily Maher (IRL) 24.16  Nataliya Pyhyda (UKR) 24.29  Lucy-Ann Richards (BAR) 24.30
400 metres  Nataliya Pyhyda (UKR) 54.01  Aneta Lemiesz (POL) 54.36  Yana Vetcherkevitch (RUS) 54.53
800 metres  Niuvis Pie (CUB) 2:07.01  Esther Desviat (ESP) 2:07.05  Inna Kravchenko (BLR) 2:07.17
1500 metres  Zanelle Grobler (RSA) 4:20.62  Ljiljana Culibrk (CRO) 4:21.11  Rasa Drazdauskaité (LTU) 4:21.63
3000 metres  Catherine Webombesa (UGA) 9:29.94  Susilia Likango (NAM) 9:30.98  Elvan Abeye (ETH) 9:34.95
100 metres hurdles  Svetlana Sokolova (RUS) 13.42  Joanna Doncer (POL) 13.53  Mariya Koroteyeva (RUS) 13.65
400 metres hurdles  Natalya Antyukh (RUS) 59.94  Li Shuju (CHN) 61.46  Dorota Wyszogrodzka (POL) 61.89
4 × 100 m relay  Poland (POL)
Żaneta Tomczyk
Joanna Doncer
Aneta Lemiesz
Anna Radoszewska		 46.65  Croatia (CRO)
Ria Rukavina
Suzana Rubin
Petra Karanikic
Katarina Perosevic		 47.68  Chile (CHI)
Ana Urrutia
María José Echeverría
Fabiola Hecht
Francisca Guzmán		 48.13
4 × 400 m relay  Russia (RUS)
Svetlana Sokolova
Natalya Antyukh
Mariya Koroteyeva
Yana Vetcherkevitch		 3:44.54  Kazakhstan (KAZ)
Svetlana Valyuzhenich
Irina Vedernikova
Anna Gavriushenko
Yekaterina Zakharova		 3:49.93  South Africa (RSA)
Zanelle Grobler
Merize Theron
Elaine du Plessis
Joretha Eagleton		 3:56.30
3000 metres walk  Lyudmila Yefimkina (RUS) 12:57.97  Aura Morales (MEX) 13:13.29  Irina Klepikova (RUS) 13:16.27
High jump  Marina Kuptsova (RUS) 1.86 m  Tatyana Efimenko (KGZ) 1.84 m  Tatiana Grigorieva (RUS) 1.79 m
Pole vault  Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) 4.00 m  Fanni Juhász (HUN) 3.90 m  Anna Wielgus (POL) 3.70 m
Long jump  Yevgeniya Stavchanskaya (UKR) 6.30 m  Wang Lingli (CHN) 6.20 m  Svetlana Sokolova (RUS) 6.17 m
Triple jump  Mabel Gay (CUB) 13.41 m  Yevgeniya Stavchanskaya (UKR) 13.05 m  Dana Velďáková (SVK) 13.05 m
Shot put  Li Meiju (CHN) 15.89 m  Li Min (CHN) 15.35 m  Laura Bordignon (ITA) 14.43 m
Discus throw  Liu Yanxia (CHN) 49.92 m  Vera Begić (CRO) 48.70 m  Yelena Lebusova (RUS) 48.63 m
Javelin throw  Magdalena Czenska (POL) 49.75 m  Inga Kožarenoka (LAT) 49.59 m  Natallia Shymchuk (BLR) 48.97 m

See also

References

  1. ^ The World Youth Games in Moscow. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved on 2013-10-20.
  2. ^ World Youth Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-10-20.
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