World Youth Athletics Championships 2001

2nd World Youth Athletics Championships (U18)
István Gyulai Atlétikai Stadium 2009
city	Debrecen , Hungary
Stadion	Gyulai István Atlétikai Stadium
participating countries	166 (reported)
Participating athletes	1,335 (reported)
Competitions	39
opening	July 12, 2001
Final day	July 15, 2001
timeline
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The 2nd World Athletics Championships took place from July 12th to 15th, 2001 in the Hungarian city ​​of Debrecen in the István Gyulai Athletics Stadium there.

1,335 athletes were registered from 166 countries.

The German Athletics Association (DLV) had sent 23 boys and 23 girls to the competitions.

Boys

100 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Darrel Brown	TTO	10.31 CR
2	Willie Hordge	United States	10.41 PB
3	Jonathan Wade	United States	10.53
4th	Dion Rodriguez	TTO	10.60
5	Simón Maestra	ESP	10.66
6th	Christian Krone	RSA	10.71
7th	Masaya Aikawa	JPN	10.73
8th	Samuel Brits	RSA	10.75

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Jonathan Wade	United States	20.95 PB
2	Michael Grant	United States	21.30
3	Dion Rodriguez	TTO	21.36
4th	Tesfa Latty	JAM	21.64
5	Laurence oboe	GBR	21.66
6th	Till Helmke	GER	21.78
	Tamunosiki Atorudibo	NGR	DSQ
	Grafton Ifill	BAH	DSQ

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Karol Grzegorczyk	POLE	46.90 CR
2	Piotr Kędzia	POLE	47.12 PB
3	Jermaine Gonzales	JAM	47.51 PB
4th	Ryan Preddy	GBR	47.80 PB
5	Georgios Zdragas	GRE	48.12
6th	Christian Krone	RSA	10.71
7th	Dimítrios Grávalos	GRE	48.20
	Kimani Williams	RSA	DNF

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Salem Amer Al-Badri	QAT	1: 50.15
2	Cosmas Rono Kipkorir	KEN	1: 50.35 SB
3	Fu pin Liao	TPE	1: 51.35
4th	Elijah Kiprono Boit	KEN	1: 51.65
5	René Bauschinger	GER	1: 51.92
6th	Onalenna Baloyi	BOT	1: 51.98
7th	David Fiegen	LUX	1: 52.28
8th	Christopher Stoves	GBR	1: 52.73

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Isaac Kiprono Songok	KEN	3: 36.78 PB
2	Samuel Dadi	ETH	3: 39.78 PB
3	Abdulrahman Suleiman	QAT	3: 42.03 PB
4th	Samson Kiplangat Ngetich	KEN	3: 42.88 PB
5	Samwel Mwera	TAN	3: 44.85 PB
6th	Bartosz Nowicki	POLE	3: 51.85
7th	Patrick Schulz	GER	3: 53.37
8th	Rolf Steier	United States	3: 53.62 PB

3000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Markos Geneti	ETH	7: 55.82 CR
2	David Kilel	KEN	7: 56.95 PB
3	James Kwalia C'Kurui	KEN	7: 57.71 PB
4th	Yassine Mandour	MAR	8: 05.31 PB
5	Ahmed Khamlaoui	TO DO	8: 15.27 PB
6th	Francisco Garcia	ESP	8: 17.17 PB
7th	Xolani Nkiwane	ZIM	8: 17.32 PB
8th	Zolani Bhitane	RSA	8: 18.60 PB

10,000 m of walking

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Vladimir Kanaikin	RUS	42: 55.75 PB
2	Mikalaj Seradovich	BLR	43: 44.32
3	Francisco Flores	MEX	43: 53.13 PB
4th	Yūki Yamazaki	JPN	43: 55.32 SB
5	Daniele Paris	ITA	44: 40.37
6th	Francisco Arcilla	ESP	44: 45.69 PB
7th	Jared Tallent	OUT	44: 50.94
8th	Marko Lepojevic	YUG	45: 00.10

2000 m obstacle

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	David Kirwa	KEN	5: 33.40 PB
2	Brimin Kiprop Kipruto	KEN	5: 36.81 PB
3	Abrham Kebeto	ETH	5: 37.76
4th	Mohammed Ali Al-Banai	KSA	5: 41.12 PB
5	Brahim Taleb	MAR	5: 45.69
6th	Johan Lottering	RSA	5: 45.78 PB
7th	Yuji Takashita	JPN	5: 47.02
8th	Hiroyoshi Umegae	JPN	5: 49.93

110 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Nassim Mezian Brahimi	QAT	13.27 PB
2	Marthinus van der Vyver	RSA	13.35
3	Eddy De Lepine	FRA	13.39 PB
4th	Thiago Jacinto Dias	BRA	13.41 PB
5	Tobias Soller	GER	13.59 PB
6th	Dexter Faulk	United States	13.64
7th	Mohamad Zeed	OUT	13.64
8th	Andreas Kundert	SUI	13.80 PB

400 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Amin Mohammed Al-Ozone	SYR	50.25 PB
2	Jonathan Walker	United States	51.32 PB
3	Kenji Narisako	JPN	52.09 PB
4th	Levy Ouedraogo	BUR	52.33 PB
5	Siphine Mtshali	RSA	52.56
6th	David Busch	GER	52.71
7th	Camel Bensaad	ALG	53.23
	Julius Bungei	KEN	DSQ

Sprint relay (100 m - 200 m - 300 m - 400 m)

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Poland	Tomasz Kaska Piotr Kędzia Piotr Kędzia Karol Grzegorczyk	1: 50.46 WYB
2	United States	Jonathan Wade Michael Grant Willie Hordge Jonathan Walker	1: 50.90
3	South Africa	Samuel Brits Marthinus van der Vyver Leigh Julius L. J. van Zyl	1: 51.35
4th	Jamaica	Tesfa Latty André Maxwell Usain Bolt Jermaine Gonzales	1: 52.36
5	Japan	Masaya Aikawa Shota Abe Masami Yasuda Kenji Narisako	1: 52.60
6th	Spain	Álvaro Aljarilla Simón Maestra Oscar Albalat David Testa	1: 54.56
7th	Greece	Efthymios Stergioulis Kiriakos Giannakoudakis Dimitrios Gravalos Georgios Zdragas	1: 54.60
8th	Venezuela	Wilmer Rivas Jorge Querales José Acevedo Olwin Granado	1: 55.38

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Aleksey Dmitrik	RUS	2.23 CR
2	James Watson	OUT	2.21 PB
3	Alyaksandr Plisko	BLR	2.19 PB
4th	Michal Bieniek	POLE	2.17 PB
5	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena	RSA	2.10 PB
6th	Marios Iacovou	CYP	2.10 PB
7th	Radoslaw Struzik	POLE	2.10
8th	Manjula Kumara	SRI	2.10 PB

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Artem Kupzow	RUS	5.15
2	Vincent Favretto	FRA	5.15
3	Go Kishita	JPN	5.00
4th	Denys Fedas	UKR	5.00
5	David Foley	CAN	5.00
6th	Ron Schieskow	GER	4.95
7th	Takaya Shibata	JPN	4.80
8th	Guillermo González	ESP	4.75

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Thiago Jacinto Dias	BRA	7.72 PB
2	Ibrahim Abdulla Al-Waleed	QAT	7.62
3	Andrew Howe	ITA	7.61 PB
4th	Kenji Fujikawa	JPN	7.46
5	Takaya Saeki	JPN	7.45
6th	Dae-Young Go	COR	7.40
7th	Brian Calhoun	United States	7.38 PB
8th	An-Ko Lin	TPE	7.19

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Jonathan Moore	GBR	16.36 CR
2	Arnie David Giralt	CUB	16.33 PB
3	Osniel Tosca	CUB	15.67
4th	Chen Pei	CHN	15.55
5	Mujahid Al-Yassen	KSA	15.22 PB
6th	Majid Ghazi Marzouq	KSA	15.15 PB
7th	Aleh Bondar	BLR	15.10
8th	Efthymios Stergioulis	GRE	14.57

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Georgi Ivanov	BUL	19.73 PB
2	Yasser Ibrahim Faraj	EGY	19.58 PB
3	Min-Won Lee	COR	19.57 PB
4th	Khaled Habash al-Suwaidi	QAT	19.43
5	Alexander Grekov	RUS	19.32 PB
6th	Gustavo Mendonça	BRA	19.03
7th	Eoin Leen	IRL	18.82
8th	Jiovanny García	COL	18.59 PB

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Khaled Habash Alsuwaidi	QAT	62.67 PB
2	Robert Harting	GER	62.04
3	Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly	EGY	61.06
4th	Andriy Semenov	UKR	58.38 PB
5	Sultan Mubarak al-Dawoodi	KSA	57.78 PB
6th	Tobias Obermaier	GER	57.74
7th	Timothy Driesen	OUT	57.51
8th	Assad Mamoon	QAT	53.65 PB

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	József Horváth	HUN	80.11 CR
2	Werner Smit	RSA	79.48
3	Kirill Ikonnikow	RUS	77.75 PB
4th	Mohamed Faraj Al-Kaabi	QAT	75.75 PB
5	Pavel Kryvitsky	BLR	75.15 PB
6th	Ali Mohamed Al-Zankawi	KUW	72.91
7th	Jaroslaw Zabrocki	POLE	72.80
8th	Robert Maksymiuk	POLE	72.73 PB

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Teemu Wirkkala	FIN	76.18 PB
2	Hamad Khalifa Jabir	QAT	73.56 PB
3	Tero Järvenpää	FIN	68.85 PB
4th	Till Siegling	GER	67.95
5	Joshua Robinson	OUT	66.64
6th	Zoltán Magyari	HUN	66.34
7th	Bohdan Kharchenko	UKR	65.31
8th	Yeóryios Pános	GRE	63.03

Eight fight

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Rene Oruman	EST	6219
2	Essa Mufarrah	KSA	6024
3	Jason Dudley	OUT	5997
4th	Akira Kano	JPN	5947
5	Kamghe Gaba	GER	5875
6th	Jamie Adjetey-Nelson	CAN	5809
7th	Johannes Kuenz	AUT	5799
8th	Jirí Kliner	CZE	5771

girl

100 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Allyson Felix	United States	11.57
2	Kerron Stewart	JAM	11.72
3	Zuzana Kosová	CZE	11.83 PB
4th	Simone Facey	JAM	10.83
5	Ekaterina Kuznetsova	RUS	11.85
6th	Vicky Van Os	RSA	11.96
7th	Utica Edgecombe	BAH	15.05
	Tissilli Rogers	United States	DNF

200 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Angel Perkins	United States	23.07 CR
2	Amy Spencer	GBR	23.45 PB
3	Zuzana Kosová	CZE	23.98 PB
4th	Ivet Lalowa	BUL	24.39
5	April Brough	NZL	24.40
6th	Nadia Cocoranu	ROU	24.66
	Carnation Casabona	CUB	DSQ
	Wolha Varabej	BLR	DNF

400 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Stephanie Smith	United States	52.19 CR
2	Jerrika Chapple	United States	52.80 SB
3	Anneisha McLaughlin	JAM	53.35
4th	Olga Tereshkova	KAZ	53.82
5	Joanne Cuddihy	IRL	53.86 PB
6th	Maria Dryachlova	RUS	54.52
7th	Ioana Ciurila	ROU	54.62
8th	Yu Mei	CHN	55.30

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Cherotich Kipkorir Ruto	KEN	2: 05.50 CR
2	Veronika Plesarová	CZE	2: 06.01 PB
3	Carlene Robinson	JAM	2: 06.18 PB
4th	Danielle Barnes	GBR	2: 06.51 PB
5	Anna Alminova	RUS	2: 08.20
6th	Lisa Corrigan	OUT	2: 08.77
7th	Doreen Klose	GER	2: 09.54
8th	Jemma Simpson	GBR	2: 11.38

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Georgie Clarke	OUT	4: 14.09 CR
2	Florence Kyalo	KEN	4: 15.71 SB
3	Sentayehu Ejigu	ETH	4: 17.51
4th	Inna Poluškina	LAT	4: 19.65
5	Zoe Jelbert	GBR	4: 20.56 PB
6th	Yukari So	JPN	4: 22.86
7th	Yu Lanying	CHN	4: 23.44
8th	Amanda Kohlmeier	CAN	4: 25.63

3000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Sally Kaptich Chepyego	KEN	9: 09.95 SB
2	Mestavet Tufa	ETH	9: 11.60 PB
3	Fridah Chepkemoi Domongole	KEN	9: 12.70
4th	Chiaki Iwamoto	JPN	9: 26.25
5	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	MAR	9: 26.27 PB
6th	Tomoko Horioka	JPN	9: 28.57
7th	Catherine Chikwakwa	MAW	9: 35.41
8th	Alicia González	ESP	9: 52.07

5000 m walk

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Jiang Kun	CHN	22: 49.21 PB
2	Xenia Ishcheikina	RUS	22: 58.43
3	Snyashana Yurchanka	BLR	23: 28.51 PB
4th	Ulrike Sischka	GER	23: 37.71
5	Brigita Virbalyté	LTU	23: 59.84 PB
6th	Lorena Luaces	ESP	24: 03.71 PB
7th	Maja Landmann	GER	24: 18.91
8th	Alessandra Picagevicz	BRA	24: 24.83

100 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Kathrin Geissler	GER	13.49 PB
2	Ashley Lodree	United States	13.75 PB
	Carla fuck	RSA	13.75
4th	Yevgenia Snihur	UKR	13.83
5	Soledad Donzino	ARG	13.91 PB
6th	Eliána Durkó	HUN	13.92 PB
7th	Fumiko Kumagai	JPN	13.97 PB
8th	Natalja Jakowleva	RUS	14.15

400 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Camile Robinson	JAM	58.72 WYB
2	Kimberley Crow	OUT	59.28 PB
3	Olga Nikolayeva	RUS	59.41
4th	Monique Balsamo	RSA	59.90 PB
5	Faye Harding	GBR	60.21
6th	Anna Rybakova	UKR	60.76 PB
7th	Carla Coetzee	RSA	61.13
8th	Courtney Clark	United States	63.70

Sprint relay (100 m - 200 m - 300 m - 400 m)

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Ashley Lodree Allyson Felix Angel Perkins Stephanie Smith	2: 03.83 WYB
2	Jamaica	Shaunette Davidson Kerron Stewart Kashain Page Anneisha McLaughlin	2: 07.45
3	Romania	Mariana Bilal Nadia Cocoranu Gabriela Ciuca Ioana Ciurila	2: 09.70
4th	Ukraine	Julija Semenowa Liset Assehbede Weronika Demchuk Oxana Sheremet	2: 11.13
5	Belarus	Iryna Andruchowa Wolha Woranawa Swjatlana Militsyna Wolha Varabei	2: 11.41
	Canada	Darcelle McCutcheon Lindsay Wilson Shannon Boodram Patricia Mayers	2: 11.50
7th	New Zealand	Sarah Cowley April Brough Monique Williams Anna Spriggens	2: 11.66
	Japan	Saori Kaneko Hitomi Yamamoto Chiaki Tsukamoto Kei Ominato	DSQ

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Aileen Wilson	GBR	1.87 PB
2	Petrina Price	OUT	1.81
3	Levern Spencer	LCA	1.81 PB
4th	Dagmar Kulma	GER	1.78
5	Arrate Azcona	ESP	1.78 SB
6th	Persefoni Hatzinakou	GRE	1.74
7th	Shaunette Davidson	JAM	1.74
8th	Karina Vnukova	LTU	1.70

Pole vault

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Silke Spiegelburg	GER	4.00 PB
2	Alexandra Kirjaschowa	RUS	4.00 PB
3	Anna Olko	POLE	3.95 PB
4th	Simone Langhirt	GER	3.90 PB
5	Annelie van Wyk	RSA	3.90
6th	Wendy Young	OUT	3.80 PB
7th	Julene Bailey	United States	3.80
8th	Dímitra Emmanouíl	GRE	3.60

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Shermin Oksuz	OUT	6.41
2	Elena Anghelescu	ROU	6.32 PB
3	Angela This	GER	6.03
4th	Cristine Spătaru	ROU	6.03 PB
5	Sophie Krauel	GER	6.02
6th	Kemesha Whitmire	United States	5.97
7th	Justine Robbeson	RSA	5.96
8th	Sonja Weissenböck	AUT	5.75

Triple jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Alina Popescu	ROU	13.76 PB
2	Svetlana Bolshakova	RUS	13.32
3	Michelle Sanford	United States	13.22 PB
4th	Karoline Koehler	GER	13.20 PB
5	Irina Maximova	RUS	12.83
6th	Natalija Tomaschewska	UKR	12.83
7th	Agata Kosuda	POLE	12.71
8th	Mfon Etim	SWE	12.61

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Valerie Adams	NZL	16.87
2	Michelle Carter	United States	15.23 PB
3	Julija Leanzjuk	BLR	15.08 PB
4th	Jelena Schlejzje	RUS	15.02
5	Yu Ping	CHN	14.49
6th	Julia Wiechmann	GER	14.42
7th	Chrysi Mousidou	GRE	14.34
8th	Nadine Lange	GER	14.31

Discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ma Xuejun	CHN	54.93
2	Darja Pishchalnikova	RUS	49.37
3	Amarachi Ukabam	United States	46.13
4th	Kateryna Karsak	UKR	45.90
5	Katalin Máté	HUN	45.87 PB
6th	Magdel Venter	RSA	45.59 PB
7th	Valentina Aniballi	ITA	43.58
8th	Olena Fyl	UKR	42.59

Hammer throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Andrea Kéri	HUN	59.86 PB
2	Berta Castells	ESP	59.65
3	Maryja Smaliatschkowa	BLR	59.16
4th	Jennifer Dahlgren	ARG	56.96 PB
5	Natalia Solotuchina	UKR	56.26
6th	Julija Rosenfeld	RUS	55.87
7th	Switlana Kovalchuk	UKR	54.95
8th	Valentina Srša	CRO	53.29 PB

Javelin throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Kimberley Mickle	OUT	51.83 PB
2	Justine Robbeson	RSA	51.54 PB
3	Andrea Kvetová	CZE	51.49
4th	Pauliina Paunu	FIN	48.12 PB
5	Wu Meihong	CHN	47.93
6th	Yuneisy Rodríguez	CUB	47.63
7th	Elfje Willemsen	BEL	46.82
8th	Ayako Yamazaki	JPN	45.61

Heptathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Annett Fleming	GER	5470
2	Christine Schulz	GER	5346
3	Amandine Constantin	FRA	5296
4th	Olga Rypakova	KAZ	5198
5	Iryna Nikolaeva	UKR	5153
6th	Alena-Maria Padi	GRE	5087
7th	Györgyi Farkas	HUN	5082
8th	Karolina Tymińska	POLE	5023

Abbreviations

WR = world record WJR = junior world record OR = Olympic record YOR = Olympic youth record AR = continental record AJR = junior continental record NR = national record NJR = national junior record CR = championship record MR = event record

WB = world best WJB = Junior World Best WYB = youth world best AB = continent best AJB = Junior Continental Best AYB = youth continental best NB = national best NJB = national youth best performance NYB = national youth record

PB = personal best SB = personal season best QB = best qualification WL = world annual best WJL = Junior World Year's Best WYL = youth world annual best DSQ = disqualified (engl. Disqualified ) DNS = competition not started ( Did Not Start ) DNF = competition not finished ( Did Not Finish )

Medal table

Medal table (final score after 39 decisions)
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	United States	5	7th	3	15th
02	Kenya	4th	4th	2	10
03	Russia	3	4th	2	9
04th	Australia	3	3	1	7th
05	Qatar	3	2	1	6th
06th	Germany	3	2	1	6th
07th	United Kingdom	2	1	0	4th
08th	Poland	2	1	1	4th
9	People's Republic of China	2	0	0	2
	Hungary	2	0	0	2
011	Jamaica	1	2	3	6th
012	Ethiopia	1	2	2	5
013	Romania	1	1	1	3
14th	Finland	1	0	1	2
	Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	1	2
16	Brazil	1	0	0	1
	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
	Estonia	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
	Syria	1	0	0	1
021st	South Africa	0	3	2	5
022nd	Belarus	0	1	4th	5
023	Czech Republic	0	1	3	4th
024	France	0	1	2	3
25th	Cuba	0	1	1	2
	Egypt	0	1	1	2
27	Saudi Arabia	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
029	Japan	0	0	2	2
30th	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1
	St. Lucia	0	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	0	1	1
	Taiwan	0	0	1	1
total		39	39	39	117

Web links

• Previous Event 2nd IAAF / Westel World Youth Championships IAAF website, accessed September 5, 2013
• Results Competition results , accessed September 5, 2013
• IAAF World Youth Championships competition results on gbrathletics.com, accessed September 5, 2013
• U18 World Championship in Debrecen Competition results on steeple.de, accessed September 5, 2013

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Youth Championships a festival of athletics and communion between youngsters from 166 countries General News on IAAF, July 10, 2001, accessed September 5, 2013
2. ↑ Hungary, USA and Germany biggest delegations in Debrecen General News at IAAF, July 10, 2001, accessed September 5, 2013
3. ↑ 2nd IAAF / Westel World Youth Championships on the IAAF website, 12. – 15. July 2001, Debrecen (Hungary), accessed September 5, 2013 and results: U18 World Cup in Debrecen ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on steeple.de, accessed September 5, 2013 and IAAF World Youth Championships competition results on gbrathletics.com, accessed September 5, 2013, deviating from: 2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics on Wikipedia (English), accessed September 5, 2013