2018 IAAF World U20 Championships

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]

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

Schedule

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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

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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

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Track

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
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Lalu Muhammad Zohri
  Indonesia
10.18 NJR Anthony Schwartz
  United States
10.22 Eric Harrison
  United States
10.22 PB
200 m
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Jona Efoloko
  Great Britain
20.48 PB Charles Dobson
  Great Britain
20.57 Eric Harrison
  United States
20.79
400 m
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Jonathan Sacoor
  Belgium
45.03 NJR Christopher Taylor
  Jamaica
45.38 Chantz Sawyers
  Jamaica
45.89
800 m
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Solomon Lekuta [fr]
  Kenya
1:46.35 Ngeno Kipngetich
  Kenya
1:46.45 PB Eliott Crestan
  Belgium
1:47.27
1500 m
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George Manangoi
  Kenya
3:41.71 Jakob Ingebrigtsen
  Norway
3:41.89 Justus Soget
  Kenya
3:42.14
5000 m
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Edward Zakayo
  Kenya
13:20.16 Stanley Mburu
  Kenya
13:20.57 Jakob Ingebrigtsen
  Norway
13:20.78 AJR
10,000 m
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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)
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Damion Thomas
  Jamaica
13.18 Orlando Bennett
  Jamaica
13.33 Shunsuke Izumiya
  Japan
13.38 PB
400 m hurdles
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Sokwakhana Zazini
  South Africa
49.42 Bassem Hemeida
  Qatar
49.59 PB Alison dos Santos
  Brazil
49.78 PB
3000 m steeplechase
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Takele Nigate
  Ethiopia
8:25.35 SB Leonard Bett
  Kenya
8:25.39 Getnet Wale
  Ethiopia
8:26.16 SB
4×100 m relay
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  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
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  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
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Zhang Yao
  China
40:32.06 PB David Hurtado
  Ecuador
40:32.06 PB José Ortiz
  Guatemala
40:45.26 PB
  • WJR (World Junior Record), WJL (World Junior Leader), CR (Championship Record), AJR (Area Junior Record), NJR (National Junior Record ), PB (Personal Best), SB (Season Best)

Field

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump
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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
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Armand Duplantis
  Sweden
5.82m CR Zachery Bradford
  United States
5.55m PB Masaki Ejima
  Japan
5.55m
Long jump
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Yuki Hashioka
  Japan
8.03m Maikel Vidal
  Cuba
7.99m Wayne Pinnock
  Jamaica
7.90m
Triple jump
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Jordan Díaz
  Cuba
17.15m CR Martin Lamou [fr]
  France
16.44m Jonathan Seremes [es]
  France
16.18m PB
Shot put (6 kg)
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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)
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Kai Chang
  Jamaica
62.36m PB Yauheni Bahutski
  Belarus
61.75m Claudio Romero
  Chile
60.81m SB
Hammer throw (6 kg)
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Jake Norris
  Great Britain
80.65m NJR Mykhaylo Kokhan
  Ukraine
79.68m PB Mykhaylo Havryliuk [es]
  Ukraine
77.71m PB
Javelin throw
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Nash Lowis
  Australia
75.31m PB Tzuriel Pedigo
  United States
73.76m PB Maurice Voigt
  Germany
73.44m PB
Decathlon (junior)
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Ashley Moloney
  Australia
8190 pts
CR, AJR, WJL
Gary Haasbroek
  Australia
7798 pts PB Simon Ehammer
  Switzerland
7642 pts PB
  • WJR (World Junior Record), WJL (World Junior Leader), CR (Championship Record), AJR (Area Junior Record), NJR (National Junior Record ), PB (Personal Best), SB (Season Best)

Women's results

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Track

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
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Briana Williams
  Jamaica
11.16 Twanisha Terry
  United States
11.19 Kristal Awuah
  Great Britain
11.37
200 m
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Briana Williams
  Jamaica
22.50 CR Lauren Rain Williams
  United States
23.09 Martyna Kotwiła
  Poland
23.21 NJR
400 m
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Hima Das
  India
51.46 Andrea Miklós
  Romania
52.07 PB Taylor Manson
  United States
52.28
800 m
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Diribe Welteji
  Ethiopia
1:59.74
CR, WJL
Carly Thomas
  Australia
2:01.13 PB Delia Sclabas
  Switzerland
2:01.29 NJR
1500 m
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Alemaz Samuel
  Ethiopia
4:09.67 Miriam Cherop
  Kenya
4:10.73 Delia Sclabas
  Switzerland
4:11.98
3000 m
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Nozomi Tanaka
  Japan
8:54.01 PB Meselu Berhe
  Ethiopia
8:56.39 PB Tsigie Gebreselama
  Ethiopia
8:59.20 PB
5000 m
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Beatrice Chebet
  Kenya
15:30.77 PB Ejgayehu Taye
  Ethiopia
15:30.87 PB Girmawit Gebrzihair
  Ethiopia
15:34.01 PB
100 m hurdles
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Tia Jones
  United States
13.01 Britany Anderson
  Jamaica
13.01 PB Cortney Jones
  United States
13.19
400 m hurdles
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Zenéy van der Walt
  South Africa
55.34 Shiann Salmon
  Jamaica
56.11 Yasmin Giger
  Switzerland
56.98
3000 m steeplechase
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Celliphine Chespol
  Kenya
9:12.79 CR Peruth Chemutai
  Uganda
9:18.87 Winfred Mutile Yavi
  Bahrain
9:23.47
4×100 m relay
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  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
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  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
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Alegna González
  Mexico
44:13.88 WJL Meryem Bekmez
  Turkey
44:17.69 NJR Glenda Morejón
  Ecuador
44:19.40 AJR
  • WJR (World Junior Record), WJL (World Junior Leader), CR (Championship Record), AJR (Area Junior Record), NJR (National Junior Record ), PB (Personal Best), SB (Season Best)

Field

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump
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Karyna Demidik
  Belarus
1.92m NU20R Sommer Lecky
  Ireland
1.90m NU20R María Fernanda Murillo
  Colombia
1.90m = AU20R
Pole vault
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Amálie Švábíková
  Czech Republic
4.51m NJR Lisa Gunnarsson
  Sweden
4.35m Alice Moindrot
  France
4.35m
Long jump
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Lea-Jasmine Riecke
  Germany
6.51m PB Ayaka Kora
  Japan
6.37m Tara Davis
  United States
6.36m
Triple jump
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Aleksandra Nacheva
  Bulgaria
14.18m WJL PB Mirieli Santos
  Brazil
13.81m PB Davisleydi Velazco
  Cuba
13.78m
Shot put
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Maddi Wesche
  New Zealand
17.09m PB Zhang Linru
  China
17.05m Jorinde van Klinken
  Netherlands
17.05m
Discus throw
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Alexandra Emilianov
  Moldova
57.89m Helena Leveelahti
  Finland
56.80m NJR Silinda Morales
  Cuba
55.37m PB
Hammer throw
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Camryn Rogers
  Canada
64.90m Alyssa Wilson
  United States
64.45m Yanitza Martínez
  Cuba
63.82m
Javelin throw
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Alina Shukh
  Ukraine
55.95m Tomoka Kuwazoe
  Japan
55.66m Dana Baker
  United States
55.04m PB
Heptathlon
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Niamh Emerson
  Great Britain
6253 pts WJL Sarah Lagger
  Austria
6225 pts NJR Adrianna Sułek
  Poland
5939 pts NJR
  • WJR (World Junior Record), WJL (World Junior Leader), CR (Championship Record), AJR (Area Junior Record), NJR (National Junior Record ), PB (Personal Best), SB (Season Best)

Medal table

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  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

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

Rank Country       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

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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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  1. ^ "Tampere 2018 IAAF World Athletics Championships". IAAF. 2 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Tampere and Valencia to Host 2018 IAAF World Athletics Series Events". IAAF. 10 March 2016.
  3. ^ "2018 World U20 Championships schedule by day" (PDF). USATF. 2 January 2018.
  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.
  14. ^ "USA fields full-strength team for IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018". www.iaaf.org/. International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). 26 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
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