World Youth Athletics Championships 2007

5th World Youth Athletics Championships (U18)
Ostrava-Vítkovice Stadium 2015
city	Ostrava , Czech Republic
Stadion	Městský stadium
participating countries	152
Participating athletes	1,228 (672 boys) (556 girls)
Competitions	39
opening	July 11, 2007
Final day	July 15, 2007
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The 5th World Athletics Championships took place from July 11 to 15, 2007 in the Městský stadium (in German: municipal stadium) in the district of Vítkovice in the Czech city ​​of Ostrava .

1228 athletes (556 women, 672 men) from 152 countries took part.

The German Athletics Association (DLV) registered 33 athletes for the competitions.

Boys

100 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Dexter Lee	JAM	10.51
2	Nickel Ashmeade	JAM	10.54
3	Kenneth Gilstrap	United States	10.65
4th	Christophe Lemaitre	FRA	10.67
5	Keynan Parker	CAN	10.74
6th	Václav Zich	CZE	10.74
7th	Ian Warner	CAN	10.81
8th	Tse-Ching Liang	TPE	10.84

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Ramone McKenzie	JAM	20.67
2	Ramil Quliyev	AZE	20.72
3	Nickel Ashmeade	JAM	20.76 PB
4th	Hiroyuki Kubota	JPN	21.07 PB
5	Christophe Lemaitre	FRA	21.15 PB
6th	Kenneth Gilstrap	United States	21.63
7th	Seiya Hane	JPN	21.70
	Likourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas	GRE	DNF

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Christopher Clarke	GBR	46.74
2	Kirani James	GRN	46.96 PB
3	Vladimir Krasnov	RUS	47.03
4th	Jordan McGrath	GBR	47.09 PB
5	Yonas Al-Hosah	KSA	47.53 PB
6th	Niklas Zender	GER	48.04
7th	Danzell Fortson	United States	48.13
	Hendrik Maartens	RSA	DSQ

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Geoffrey Kibet Cheruiyot	KEN	1: 49.99
2	Ali Al-Deraan	KSA	1: 50.10
3	Amine El Manaoui	MAR	1: 50.12 PB
4th	Aleksandr Sheplyakov	RUS	1: 50.48
5	Cihat Ulus	DOOR	1: 50.84
6th	James Kaan	OUT	1: 51.06
7th	Henok Tesfaye	ETH	1: 51.90
8th	Dylan Ferris	United States	1: 51.91

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Fredrick Musyoki Ndunge	KEN	3: 44.27 PB
2	Josphat Mitunga Kithii	KEN	3: 44.68
3	Dawit Wolde	ETH	3: 45.03 PB
4th	David Bustos	ESP	3: 46.73
5	Ryan Gregson	OUT	3: 48.61
6th	Taha Belkorchi	MAR	3: 48.75
7th	Simon Horsfield	GBR	3: 52.44
8th	Toshiki Imazaki	JPN	3: 52.61

3000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Daniel Lemashon Salel	KEN	7: 57.81 PB
2	Lucas Kimeli Rotich	KEN	7: 59.67 PB
3	Hicham El Amrani	MAR	8: 00.98 PB
4th	Moussa Karich	MAR	8: 04.43 PB
5	Abera Kuma	ETH	8: 22.68
6th	Yohei Kondo	JPN	8: 23.17
7th	Sami Lafi	ALG	8: 27.49
8th	Folavia sole	RSA	8: 29.72

2000 m obstacle

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Legese Lamiso	ETH	5: 30.81
2	Silas Kosgei Kitum	KEN	5: 32.88 PB
3	Abdellah Dacha	MAR	5: 34.49 PB
4th	Jonathan Muia Ndiku	KEN	5: 37.30 PB
5	Antonio Abadía	ESP	5: 53.54 PB
6th	Richard Everest	OUT	5: 54.27
7th	Mohamed Mahcene	ALG	5: 54.59 PB
8th	Álvaro Cordero	ESP	5: 55.58 PB

110 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Wayne Davis	United States	13.18 WYB
2	William Wynne	United States	13.44
3	Denis Semenov	KAZ	13.82
4th	Andreas Martinsen	THE	13.86 PB
5	Athanásios Hrisaidís	GRE	13.98
6th	Cornel Bananau	ROU	13.98
7th	Daniel Martin	OUT	14.05
8th	Martin Mazác	CZE	14.22

400 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	William Wynne	United States	49.01 WYB
2	Reginald Wyatt	United States	50.33 PB
3	Amaurys R. Valle	CUB	50.37 PB
4th	Nathan Arnett	BAH	50.89 PB
5	Cornel Fredericks	RSA	51.04
6th	Hamada Al-Bishi	KSA	51.64 PB
7th	Julius Rotich Oletygor	KEN	51.79
8th	PC Beneke	RSA	51.93

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

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Isaiah Sweeney Kenneth Gilstrap William Wynne Danzell Fortson	1: 51.34
2	Japan	Seiya Hane Daizo Hamano Hiroyuki Kubota Akihiro Urano	1: 51.42
3	Jamaica	Dexter Lee Ramone McKenzie Nickel Ashmeade Dwayne Extol	1: 52.18
4th	Bahamas	Warren Fraser Marcus Thompson Jeffery Gibson Triedecio Davis	1: 53.39
5	Brazil	Jeferson Carvalho Jefferson Lucindo Jonatha Lídia Jonathan da Silva	1: 53.56
6th	Spain	Rubén Pros Alex Puchol Antonio Martínez Cristian González	1: 54.61
	Saudi Arabia	Hamada Al-Bishi Yonas Al-Hosah Adel Al-Nasser Ali Al-Deraan	DSQ
	South Africa	Mogomotsi Galosikwe Stefan Brits Dean Swart Hendrik Maartens	DSQ

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Wang Chen	CHN	2.22
2	Sergei Mudrow	RUS	2.22
3	Josh Hall	OUT	2.20 PB
4th	Miguel Ángel Sancho	ESP	2.16
5	Edgar Rivera	MEX	2.14 PB
6th	Willem Voigt	RSA	2.14 PB
7th	Bao Senlin	CHN	2.11 PB
8th	Aleksey Proswirnin	RUS	2.11 PB

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Nico Weiler	GER	5.26 CR
2	Manuel Concepción	ESP	4.85
	Shota Doi	JPN	4.85
4th	Nick Cruchley	GBR	4.85 PB
5	Quentin Gouil	FRA	4.75
6th	Serhiy Tsybulka	UKR	4.75
7th	Cheyne Rahme	RSA	4.75
8th	Panayiótis-Yeóryios Láskaris	GRE	4.60

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Yasumichi Konishi	JPN	7.52
2	Daisuke Yoshiyama	JPN	7.32
3	Christian Taylor	United States	7.29 PB
4th	Lukasz Pabich	POLE	7.26
5	Dino Pervan	CRO	7.17
6th	William Barrionuevo	BRA	7.16
7th	Tarik Batchelor	JAM	7.09
8th	Maksim Botsman	BLR	7.08

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Christian Taylor	United States	15.98
2	Alexei Feodorov	RUS	15.59 PB
3	Gennady Zhudinov	RUS	15.54 PB
4th	Ke Cheng Stefan Tseng	SGP	15.54
5	Sergey Vladimir Brigadniy	BHR	15.48 PB
6th	Ali Bouguesba	ALG	15.08
7th	Patrick Radler	GER	15.08
8th	Bryce Lamb	United States	14.99

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	David Storl	GER	21.60
2	Marin Premeru	CRO	20.42
3	Dmytro Savyzkyj	UKR	20.15
4th	Konrad Partyka	POLE	19.84
5	Simon Gustafsson	SWE	19.71 PB
6th	Sun Bin	CHN	19.69 PB
7th	Marko Špiler	SLO	19.11 PB
8th	Colin Quirke	IRL	18.98

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Mykyta Nesterenko	UKR	68.54
2	Marin Premeru	CRO	64.20 PB
3	Andrius Gudžius	LTU	61.59 PB
4th	Gordon Wolf	GER	60.54
5	Sean Tabor	United States	59.07 PB
6th	Pyry Niskala	FIN	56.97 PB
7th	Curtis Griffith-Parker	GBR	55.59
8th	Jeremy Baillard	FRA	55.22

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Andrij Martynjuk	UKR	76.09
2	Dániel Szabó	HUN	75.30 PB
3	Richard Olbrich	GER	75.18
4th	Conor McCullough	United States	74.54
5	Kai Räsänen	FIN	74.36 PB
6th	Peter Smith	GBR	72.79 SB
7th	Norbert Schwéger	HUN	72.58
8th	Aleh Dubizki	BLR	71.83 PB

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tuomas Laaksonen	FIN	79.91
2	Hamish Peacock	OUT	76.31 PB
3	Edgars Rütinš	LAT	74.65 PB
4th	Luke Bissett	OUT	71.33
5	Nikita Zakharov	RUS	70.62 PB
6th	Joonas Verronen	FIN	70.53
7th	Stipe Žunić	CRO	70.25
8th	Adriaan van der Merwe	RSA	70.00

Eight fight

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Shane Brathwaite	BAR	6261
2	Jaroslav Hedvicák	CZE	6212 PB
3	Adam Bevis	OUT	6212 PB
4th	Curtis Beach	United States	6170 PB
5	Stefan Matula	GER	6153 PB
6th	Eusebio Cáceres	ESP	6144 PB
7th	Einar Dadi Lárusson	ISL	5999 PB
8th	Armin Beham	AUT	5935 PB

girl

100 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Asha Philip	GBR	11.46
2	Rosângela Santos	BRA	11.46 PB
3	Ashlee Nelson	GBR	11.58
4th	Bárbara Leoncio	BRA	10.72
5	Andreea Ograzeanu	ROU	11.80
6th	Alyssa Conley	RSA	11.98
7th	Ashton Purvis	United States	12.04
	Erica Alexander	United States	DSQ

200 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Bárbara Leoncio	BRA	23.50 PB
2	Chalonda Goodman	United States	23.54
3	Nivea Smith	BAH	23.69
4th	Rosângela Santos	BRA	23.75 PB
5	Ashton Purvis	United States	23.89
6th	Souheir Bouali	ALG	24.02
7th	Elza Wildanova	RUS	24.03
8th	Alyssa Conley	RSA	24.40

400 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Julija Baralej	UKR	53.57
2	Latoya McDermott	JAM	54.12
3	Alexandra Štuková	SVK	54.46 PB
4th	Olha Semljak	UKR	54.71
5	Natalie Geiger	CAN	54.82 PB
6th	Meshawn Graham	United States	55.18
7th	MR Poovamma	IND	55.49
8th	Francesca Xuereb	MLT	55.86

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Elena Mirela Lavric	ROU	2: 04.29
2	Alison Leonard	GBR	2: 05.36
3	Juana Ivis Méndez	CUB	2: 05.42 PB
4th	Olha Bibik	UKR	2: 06.17
5	Sofia Öberg	SWE	2: 06.25
6th	Chanelle Price	United States	2: 06.55
7th	Ewa Jacniak	POLE	2: 15.58
	Winny Chebet	KEN	DSQ

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Sammary Cherotich	KEN	4: 15.47 PB
2	Jordan Hasay	United States	4: 17.24
3	Sheila Chepkirui Kiprotich	KEN	4: 19.26 SB
4th	Melissa Duncan	OUT	4: 20.24
5	Bertukan Feyisa	ETH	4: 20.39 PB
6th	Evangelina Thomas	ARG	4: 22.91 PB
7th	Hanae Tanaka	JPN	4: 23.34 PB
8th	Réka Czebei	HUN	4: 24.10 PB

3000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Mercy Cherono	KEN	8: 53.94 CR
2	Grind Melese	ETH	8: 56.98 PB
3	Sule Utura	ETH	9: 06.48 PB
4th	Saki Nakamichi	JPN	9: 13.84 PB
5	Ayaka Mori	JPN	9: 13.89
6th	Daniela Fetcere	LAT	9: 21.36 SB
7th	Irene Chepet Cheptai	KEN	9: 22.05
8th	Olha Skrypak	UKR	9: 34.31

2000 m obstacle

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Caroline Chepkurui Tuigong	KEN	6: 22.30 CR
2	Christine Kambua Muyanga	KEN	6: 22.49 PB
3	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal	NOR	6: 25.30 SB
4th	Marta Tigabea	ETH	6: 29.81 PB
5	Louise Webb	GBR	6: 32.45 PB
6th	Sarah Hopkinson	GBR	6: 32.55 PB
7th	Diana Sujew	GER	6: 36.25 PB
8th	Sarah Cornelsen	GER	6: 37.70 PB

5000 m walk

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Tatyana Kalmykowa	RUS	20: 28.05 WYB
2	Irina Yumanova	RUS	21: 21.14 PB
3	Panayióta Tsinopoúlou	GRE	22: 49.15 PB
4th	Paige Hooper	OUT	22: 57.67 PB
5	Antonella Palmisano	ITA	22: 58.52 PB
6th	Anna Mielcarek	MEX	22: 58.94 PB
7th	Alexandra Gradinariu	ROU	22: 59.18 PB
8th	Adriana Turnea	ROU	23: 17.68 PB

100 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Julian Purvis	United States	13.41 PB
2	Shermaine Williams	JAM	13.48
3	Anne Zagré	BEL	13.58 PB
4th	Jasmine Stowers	United States	13.70
5	Ivana Lončarek	CRO	13.76
6th	Jacinta Doyle	OUT	13.80
7th	Lucie Cincinatis	BEL	13.86
8th	Christabel Nettey	CAN	14.42

400 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Dalilah Muhammad	United States	57.25
2	Andreea Ionescu	ROU	57.33 PB
3	Ryann Krais	United States	57.50
4th	Shana-Gaye Tracey	JAM	57.74
5	Emilia Granqvist	SWE	59.66
6th	Christiane Klopsch	GER	60.51
7th	Valeria Znamenskaya	RUS	61.83
8th	Mila Andric	SRB	61.22

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

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Chalonda Goodman Ashton Purvis Ryann Krais Erica Alexander	2: 05.74
2	Jamaica	Gayon Evans Jura Levy Shana-Gaye Tracey Latoya McDermott	2: 06.77
3	Canada	Loudia Laarman Christabel Nettey Alyssa Johnson Natalie Geiger	2: 09.08
4th	Australia	Jane Larkin Jacinta Doyle Olivia Tauro Selma Kajan	2: 09.96
5	India	Srabani Nanda Shriya Nitin Vidwans Anu Mariam Jose MR Poovamma	2: 10.18
6th	Barbados	Kierre Beckles Mara Weekes Sade Sealy Latoya Griffith	2: 11.37
7th	Japan	Hitomi Nakano Shizuka Watanabe Hanae Iwadate Chisato Kitamura	2: 12.45
	Kazakhstan	Tatiana Rogovskaya Regina Kolewatowa Taissa Machmajewa Jelena Dombrowskaja	DSQ

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Natalia Mamlina	RUS	1.89
2	Misha-Gaye DaCosta	JAM	1.84 PB
3	Elena Vallortigara	ITA	1.81 SB
	Aleksandrina Klimentinova	BUL	1.81
5	Esthera Petre	ROU	1.81 SB
6th	Ilva Bikanova	LAT	1.78
	Oksana Okuneva	UKR	1.78
8th	Kimberly Jess	GER	1.78

Pole vault

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Vicky Parnov	OUT	4.35 CR
2	Ekaterini Stefanidi	GRE	4.25 SB
3	Petra Olsen	SWE	4.05
4th	Anna Nilson	SWE	4.05 PB
5	Marianna Zachariadi	GRE	4.05
6th	Katharina Bauer	GER	3.95
7th	Rachel Birtles	OUT	3.95 PB
	Dana Cižková	SVK	3.95
	Ekaterina Kolesova	RUS	3.95

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Darja Klischina	RUS	6.47 CR
2	Ivana Španović	SRB	6.41 SB
3	Maria Shumilova	RUS	6.29
4th	Cristina Sandu	ROU	6.19
5	Hitomi Nakano	JPN	6.14
6th	Thóra Végvári	HUN	6.10
7th	Dailenys Alcántara	CUB	6.09
8th	Sabrina Nettey	CAN	5.96

Triple jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Dailenys Alcántara	CUB	13.63
2	Josleidy Ribalta	CUB	13.32 SB
3	Maja Bratkic	SLO	12.96
4th	Mia Haave	NOR	12.82
5	Tahnee Reynolds Hopkins	OUT	12.76
6th	Kristin Gierisch	GER	12.70
7th	Alisa Vlasova	RUS	12.67
8th	Liane Pintsaar	EST	12.67

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Alyona Dubitskaya	BLR	15.91 PB
2	Samira Burkhardt	GER	15.36
3	Sophie Kleeberg	GER	14.94 PB
4th	Rebecca O'Brien	United States	14.94 PB
5	Ekaterina Zyuganova	RUS	14.62 PB
6th	Vera Kunova	RUS	14.24
7th	Zeynep Uzun	DOOR	14.12
8th	Lomana Fagatuai	OUT	13.71

Discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Julia Fischer	GER	51.39 PB
2	Sandra Perković	CRO	51.25
3	Jin Yuanyuan	CHN	51.20
4th	Kimberly Mulhall	OUT	48.21
5	Maria Koschkarjowa	UKR	46.44
6th	Vika Lolo	OUT	45.60
7th	Matilda Gunnarsson	SWE	44.85
8th	Rebecca O'Brien	United States	44.48

Hammer throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Bianca Perie	ROU	64.61 CR
2	Andriána Papadopoúlou-Fatála	GRE	56.32
3	Barbara Špiler	SLO	55.97
4th	Mareike Nannen	GER	55.07
5	Eszter Németh	HUN	55.00
6th	Alina Kastrowa	BLR	54.89
7th	Karina Frolova	RUS	54.01
8th	Li Shuo	CHN	53.57

Javelin throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tazmin Brits	RSA	51.71
2	Carita Hinkka	FIN	51.61
3	Sini Kiiski	FIN	50.75 SB
4th	Bianca Mason	OUT	48.81 PB
5	Leanke Steyn	RSA	48.80
6th	Tatjana Jelača	SRB	48.12
7th	Hanna Habina	UKR	47.64
8th	Evita Trušele	LAT	46.58

Heptathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Kateřina Cachová	CZE	5641 PB
2	Carolin Schäfer	GER	5544 PB
3	Elisa-Sophie Döbel	GER	5494 PB
4th	Frida Linde	SWE	5432 PB
5	Helga Margrét Thorsteinsdóttir	ISL	5405 PB
6th	Patricia Marciello	SUI	5163 PB
7th	Nikola Ogrodníková	CZE	5161 PB
8th	Els de Wael	BEL	5155 PB

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 40 decisions)
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	United States	7th	4th	3	14th
2	Kenya	6th	4th	1	11
3	Russia	4th	3	3	10
4th	Germany	3	2	3	8th
5	Ukraine	3	0	1	4th
6th	Jamaica	2	5	2	9
7th	United Kingdom	2	1	1	4th
8th	Romania	2	1	0	3
9	Japan	1	3	0	4th
10	Australia	1	1	2	4th
	Cuba	1	1	2	4th
	Ethiopia	1	1	2	4th
13	Finland	1	1	1	3
14th	Brazil	1	1	0	2
	Czech Republic	1	1	0	2
16	People's Republic of China	1	0	1	2
17th	Barbados	1	0	0	1
	Belarus	1	0	0	1
	South Africa	1	0	0	1
20th	Croatia	0	3	0	3
21st	Greece	0	2	1	3
22nd	Azerbaijan	0	1	0	1
	Grenada	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Mexico	0	1	0	1
	Saudi Arabia	0	1	0	1
	Serbia	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
29	Morocco	0	0	3	3
30th	Italy	0	0	2	2
	Slovenia	0	0	2	2
32	Bahamas	0	0	1	1
	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
	Latvia	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
total		40	41	40	121

Web links

• Previous Event: 5th IAAF World Youth Championships IAAF website, accessed September 4, 2013
• Results Competition results , accessed September 4, 2013
• U18 World Championship in Ostrava Competition results from Leichtathletik.de, accessed September 4, 2013

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1228 participating athletes - World Youth Championships conclude on a high Laura Arcoleo at IAAF, July 15, 2007, accessed September 5, 2013
2. ^ The DLV trump cards at the U18 World Championships Christian Fuchs on July 9, 2007, accessed September 4, 2013
3. ^ IAAF medal table , accessed on September 1, 2013