Athletics U18 World Championships
The U18 World Championships in Athletics , Youth World Championships until November 2015 , (official name: IAAF World U18 Championships , formerly: IAAF World Youth Championships ) are the world championships for athletes under 18 years of age ( U18 ) and were held every two years from 1999 to 2017 July organized by the World Athletics Federation IAAF . They took place in the odd years and alternate with the U20 World Championships (for athletes under 20 years of age) held in the even years . The International Athletics Federation IAAF decided at its council meeting in Rio de Janeiro on August 20, 2016 to discontinue the competitions, but to continue to discuss with the continental federations what the future championship structure should look like for the U18s. The early specialization of athletes was seen as problematic.
Conditions of participation
Athletes who are 16 or 17 years old on December 31 of the respective competition year are admitted to the World Athletics Championships. This means that 15 to 17-year-olds can take part in the world championships, depending on their birthday.
In order to limit the physical stress during the World Championships, restrictions apply to the number of disciplines in which an athlete participates. In contrast to the adult competitions, endurance competitions are held on shorter distances, the hurdles are lower and the competition equipment of the boys in the throwing disciplines is lighter.
Disciplines
- Sprint: 100 m , 200 m , 400 m
- Run: 800 m , 1500 m , 3000 m
- Hurdles
- Girls: 100 m hurdles (76.2 cm hurdle height)
- Boys: 110 m hurdles (91.4 cm hurdle height)
- Boys and girls: 400 m hurdles (hurdle height: 83.8 for boys, 76.2 cm for girls)
- 2000 m obstacle
- Go
- Boys: Walk 10,000 m
- Girls: 5000 m track walking
- Jump: high jump , long jump , pole vault , triple jump
- Throw: (lighter devices for boys than adults) discus throw (boys: 1.5 kg discus), shot put (boys: 5 kg ball), hammer throw (boys: 5 kg hammer), javelin throw (boys : 700 g spear)
- All-around:
- Girl: Heptathlon
- Boys: since 2015 decathlon , until 2014: eightfight (disciplines: 100 m, long jump, shot put, 400 m; 110 m hurdles, high jump, javelin throw, 1000 m )
- Sprint relay : 100 m - 200 m - 300 m - 400 m
Overview
year | city | country | date |
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1999 | Bydgoszcz | Poland | July 16-18 |
2001 | Debrecen | Hungary | July 12-15 |
2003 | Sherbrooke | Canada | July 9th to 13th |
2005 | Marrakech | Morocco | July 13th to 17th |
2007 | Ostrava | Czech Republic | July 11th to 15th |
2009 | Bressanone , Brixen ( South Tyrol ) | Italy | July 9th to 12th |
2011 | Lille | France | July 6-10 |
2013 | Donetsk | Ukraine | July 10-14 |
2015 | Cali | Colombia | July 15-19 |
2017 | Nairobi | Kenya | July 12-16 |
Championship records
Men
Women
Eternal medal table
A total of 393 gold, 693 silver and 692 bronze medals were won by athletes for 90 countries at the U18 World Athletics Championships. The following table contains the 20 most successful nations in lexicographical order (as of the 2017 U18 World Athletics Championships).
space | country | gold | silver | bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 50 | 42 | 39 | 131 |
2 | Kenya | 47 | 45 | 25th | 117 |
3 | People's Republic of China | 28 | 24 | 13 | 65 |
4th | Russia | 27 | 29 | 17th | 73 |
5 | Jamaica | 22nd | 17th | 19th | 58 |
6th | Germany | 20th | 20th | 26th | 66 |
7th | South Africa | 18th | 16 | 15th | 49 |
8th | Cuba | 18th | 13 | 14th | 45 |
9 | Ethiopia | 16 | 21st | 21st | 58 |
10 | United Kingdom | 16 | 6th | 13 | 35 |
11 | Australia | 14th | 13 | 12 | 39 |
12 | France | 11 | 6th | 13 | 30th |
13 | Romania | 10 | 4th | 10 | 24 |
14th | Ukraine | 7th | 13 | 10 | 30th |
15th | Japan | 6th | 10 | 16 | 32 |
16 | Hungary | 6th | 6th | 3 | 15th |
17th | Sweden | 5 | 7th | 3 | 15th |
18th | Brazil | 4th | 4th | 7th | 15th |
19th | Qatar | 4th | 4th | 2 | 10 |
20th | Poland | 3 | 9 | 4th | 16 |
See also
Web links
- IAAF competition conditions for the youth class, here for the 2010 Youth Olympics; PDF
- World Youth Championships on the IAAF website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eberhard Vollmer: IAAF Council decides to change the competition program , Rio de Janeiro, on: Leichtathletik.de, from August 22, 2016, accessed June 30, 2017
- ↑ Looking forward to the IAAF World U18 Championships Nairobi 2017 , on: iaaf.org, in: IAAF Newsletter, Edition 184, from June 29, 2017, accessed June 30, 2017 (pdf 366 kB)
- ↑ The IAAF Council at its meeting in Rio de Janeiro on August 20, 2016 , at: iaaf.org, August 20, 2016, accessed June 30, 2017 (pdf 164 kB)
- ↑ Michele Fortunato: World Youth Championships canceled starting from 2018, latest IAAF Council in Rio decided , on: trackarena.com, from August 21, 2016, accessed June 30, 2017