1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics

The 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was the fourth edition of the international athletics competition for athletes aged 19 years or under. It was held in Seoul, South Korea from September 16 to September 20, 1992.

1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics
The host stadium in Seoul
Host citySouth Korea Seoul, South Korea
Nations90
Athletes954
Events41
Dates16–20 September
Main venueSeoul Olympic Stadium

Results edit

Men edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Ato Boldon
  Trinidad and Tobago
10.30 Darren Campbell
  Great Britain
10.46 Tony McCall
  United States
10.49
200 metres
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Ato Boldon
  Trinidad and Tobago
20.63 Darren Campbell
  Great Britain
20.87 Glen Elferink
  South Africa
21.00
400 metres
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Deon Minor
  United States
45.75 Rikard Rasmusson
  Sweden
46.07 Francis Ogola
  Uganda
46.16
800 metres
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Benson Koech
  Kenya
1:44.77 CR Lee Jin-Il
  South Korea
1:46.34 Brendan Hanigan
  Australia
1:47.26
1500 metres
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Atoi Boru
  Kenya
3:37.94 CR Vénuste Niyongabo
  Burundi
3:38.59 Kevin Sullivan
  Canada
3:39.11
5000 metres
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Haile Gebrselassie
  Ethiopia
13:36.06 CR Ismael Kirui
  Kenya
13:36.11 Hicham El Guerrouj
  Morocco
13:46.79
10,000 metres
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Haile Gebrselassie
  Ethiopia
28:03.99 CR Josphat Ndeti
  Kenya
28:46.95 Yasuyuki Watanabe
  Japan
28:52.89
110 metres hurdles
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Yevgeniy Pechonkin
  Unified Team
13.87 Sven Göhler
  Germany
13.98 Igor Pintusevich-Babichev
  Unified Team
14.08
400 metres hurdles
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Ashraf Saber
  Italy
50.02 Sammy Biwot
  Kenya
50.75 William Porter
  United States
51.37
3000 metres steeplechase
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Mwangangi Muindi
  Kenya
8:31.62 Ayele Mezgebu
  Ethiopia
8:32.43 Stephen Chepseba
  Kenya
8:32:48
10,000 metres walk
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Jefferson Pérez
  Ecuador
40:42.66 Jacek Müller
  Poland
40:50.82 Grzegorz Müller
  Poland
41:12.28
4 × 100 metres relay
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  Great Britain
Allyn Condon
Darren Campbell
Jamie Baulch
Jason Fergus
39.21   United States
George Page
Milton Mallard
Tony McCall
Curtis Johnson
39.59   Nigeria
Tony Ogbeta
Deji Aliu
Uche Olisa
Paul Egonye
39.88
4 × 400 metres relay
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  United States
William Porter
Milton Mallard
Regan Nichols
Deon Minor
3:06.11   Jamaica
Greg Haughton
Edward Clarke
Davian Clarke
Carl McPherson
3:06.58   Japan
Hiroyuki Hayashi
Tadashi Nishihata
Tomonari Ono
Takayuki Sudo
3:06.66
High jump
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Steve Smith
  Great Britain
2.37 =CR Tim Forsyth
  Australia
2.31 Takahiro Kimino
  Japan
2.29
Pole vault
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Laurens Looije
  Netherlands
5.45 Daniel Martí
  Spain
5.40 Okkert Brits
  South Africa
5.40
Long jump
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Neil Chance
  United States
7.89 Robert Thomas
  United States
7.84 Ivaylo Mladenov
  Bulgaria
7.68
Triple jump
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Yoelbi Quesada
  Cuba
17.04 CR Osiris Mora
  Cuba
17.03 Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa
  Zimbabwe
16.57
Shot put
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Yuriy Bilonog
  Unified Team
18.46 Manuel Martínez
  Spain
18.14 Ralf Kahles
  Germany
17.97
Discus throw
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Brian Milne
  United States
58.28 Frits Potgieter
  South Africa
56.28 Marek Bílek
  Czechoslovakia
54.86
Javelin throw
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Aki Parviainen
  Finland
76.34 Boris Henry
  Germany
76.04 Kostas Gatsioudis
  Greece
75.92
Hammer throw
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Vadym Hrabovoyy
  Unified Team
73.00 CR Alberto Sánchez
  Cuba
69.78 Andrey Yevgenyev
  Unified Team
69.24
Decathlon
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Raúl Duany
  Cuba
7403 Bernhard Floder
  Germany
7397 Remco van Veldhuizen
  Netherlands
7313
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 edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Nikole Mitchell
  Jamaica
11.30 Jacqueline Poelman
  Netherlands
11.44 Merlene Frazer
  Jamaica
11.49
200 metres
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Hu Ling
  China
23.14 Cathy Freeman
  Australia
23.25 Merlene Frazer
  Jamaica
23.29
400 metres
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Magdalena Nedelcu
  Romania
51.84 Claudine Williams
  Jamaica
52.03 Ionela Târlea
  Romania
52.13
800 metres
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Lü Yi
  China
2:02.91 Chen Yumei
  China
2:03.14 Kati Kovacs
  Germany
2:03.81
1500 metres
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Liu Dong
  China
4:05.14 CR Jackline Maranga
  Kenya
4:08.79 Li Ying
  China
4:09.04
3000 metres
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Zhang Linli
  China
8:46.86 CR Gabriela Szabo
  Romania
8:48.28 Zhang Lirong
  China
8:48.45
10,000 metres
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Wang Junxia
  China
32:29.90 Gete Wami
  Ethiopia
32:41.57 Sally Barsosio
  Kenya
32:41.76
100 metres hurdles
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Gillian Russell
  Jamaica
13.21 Damaris Anderson
  Cuba
13.43 Svetlana Laukhova
  Unified Team
13.55
400 metres hurdles
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Georgeta Petrea
  Romania
58.03 Erica Peterson
  Canada
58.09 Wynsome Cole
  Jamaica
58.15
5000 metres walk
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Gao Hongmiao
  China
21:20.03 CR Jane Saville
  Australia
21:58.64 Mika Ikatura
  Japan
22:25.58
4 × 100 metres relay
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  Jamaica
Gillian Russell
Merlene Frazer
Michelle Christie
Nikole Mitchell
43.96   United States
Benita Kelley
Zundra Feagin
Lesa Parker
Marion Jones
44.51   Germany
Katja Seidel
Gabi Rockmeier
Birgit Rockmeier
Silke Lichtenhagen
44.52
4 × 400 metres relay
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  Romania
Georgeta Petrea
Mariana Florea
Ionela Tîrlea
Maria Magdalena Nedelcu
3:31.57   Jamaica
Debbie-Ann Parris
Catherine Scott
Ellen Grant
Claudine Williams
3:32.68   Germany
Imke Köhler
Wiebke Steffen
Anita Oppong
Silvia Steimle
3:32.72
High jump
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Manuela Aigner
  Germany
1.93 Ina Gliznuta
  Unified Team
Svetlana Zalevskaya
  Unified Team
1.88   None awarded   None awarded
Long jump
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Erica Johansson
  Sweden
6.65 Nicole Devonish
  Canada
6.43 Yu Huaxiu
  China
6.26
Triple jump
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Anja Vokuhl
  Germany
13.47 Yamina Martínez
  Cuba
13.42 Olena Hovorova
  Unified Team
13.29
Shot put
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Wang Yawen
  China
18.05 Zhang Zhiying
  China
18.03 Olga Ilyina
  Unified Team
17.20
Discus throw
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Bao Dongying
  China
58.34 Zhang Cuilan
  China
57.10 Sabine Fried
  Germany
53.94
Javelin throw
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Claudia Isaila
  Romania
63.04 Yvonne Reichardt
  Germany
61.48 Heli Tolkkinen
  Finland
60.12
Heptathlon
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Natalya Sazanovich
  Unified Team
6038 Kathleen Gutjahr
  Germany
5668 Regla Cárdenas
  Cuba
5602
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 edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China (CHN)83314
2  United States (USA)4329
3  Unified Team42511
4  Romania (ROM)4116
5  Kenya (KEN)3429
6  Jamaica (JAM)3339
7  Germany (GER)25512
8  Cuba (CUB)2417
9  Ethiopia (ETH)2204
  Great Britain (GBR)2204
11  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)2002
12  Netherlands (NED)1113
13  Sweden (SWE)1102
14  Finland (FIN)1012
15  Ecuador (ECU)1001
  Italy (ITA)1001
17  Australia (AUS)0314
18  Canada (CAN)0213
19  Spain (ESP)0202
20  South Africa (RSA)0123
21  Poland (POL)0112
22  Burundi (BDI)0101
  South Korea (KOR)0101
24  Japan (JPN)0044
25  Bulgaria (BUL)0011
  Czechoslovakia (TCH)0011
  Greece (GRE)0011
  Morocco (MAR)0011
  Nigeria (NGR)0011
  Uganda (UGA)0011
  Zimbabwe (ZIM)0011
Totals (31 entries)414240123

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list,[1] 954 athletes from 90 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1992 Seoul KOR Sep 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 5 March 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, p. 5, retrieved 13 June 2015

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