World Junior Athletics Championships 1996

6. World Junior Athletics Championships
city	Sydney , Australia
Stadion	Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Center
participating countries	142
Participating athletes	1049 (640 men) (409 women)
Competitions	41
opening	August 20, 1996
Final day	August 25, 1996
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The 6th World Athletics Championships took place from August 20-25, 1996 in Sydney , Australia .

Men

100 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Francis Obikwelu	NGR	10.21
2	Seun Ogunkoya	NGR	10.25
3	Francesco Scuderi	ITA	10.43
4th	Jamie Henthorn	GBR	10.45
5	Dwain Chambers	GBR	10.47
6th	Lawrence Armstrong	United States	10.48
7th	Lindel Frater	JAM	10.52
8th	Dean Wise	NZL	10.59

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Francis Obikwelu	NGR	20.47
2	Riaan Dempers	RSA	20.96
3	Bryan Harrison	United States	21.10
4th	Sunday Emmanuel	NGR	21.11
5	Ruddy Zami	FRA	21.11
6th	Paul Pearce	OUT	21.12
7th	Aldo Tonazzi	SUI	21.22
8th	Roy Bailey	JAM	21.24

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Obea Moore	United States	45.27
2	Jerome Davis	United States	45.86
3	Shane Niemi	CAN	45.94
4th	Dai Tamesue	JPN	46.03
5	Piotr Haczek	POLE	46.29
6th	Rohan McDonald	JAM	46.88
7th	David Canal	ESP	47.21
8th	Piotr Długosielski	POLE	47.43

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Mwengi Mutua	KEN	1: 48.21
2	Tom Lerwill	GBR	1: 48.40
3	Grant Cremer	OUT	1: 48.46
4th	Japheth Kimutai	KEN	1: 48.97
5	Nils Schumann	GER	1: 49.44
6th	Viktors Lācis	LAT	1: 50.11
7th	Zach Whitmarsh	CAN	1: 50.26
8th	James Nolan	IRL	1: 51.88

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Shadrack Langat	KEN	3: 38.96
2	Mohammed Yagoub	SOUTH	3: 39.17
3	Miloud Abaoub	ALG	3: 39.37
4th	Gert-Jan Liefers	NED	3: 40.47
5	Grigory Generalov	RUS	3: 40.82
6th	Rui Silva	POR	3: 41.81
7th	Ali Saïdi-Sief	ALG	3: 42.12
8th	Noah Ngeny	KEN	3: 42.44

5000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Assefa Mezgebu	ETH	13: 35.30 CR
2	David Chelule	KEN	13: 36.27
3	Aaron Gabonewe	RSA	13: 46.19
4th	Tetsuhiro Furuta	JPN	13: 46.59
5	Marko Hhawu	TAN	13: 52.51
6th	Godfrey Nyombi	UGA	13: 55.92
7th	Yuki Yamamoto	JPN	14: 06.59
8th	John Gilay	TAN	14: 07.93

10,000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Assefa Mezgebu	ETH	28: 27.78
2	David Chelule	KEN	28: 29.14
3	Tetsuhiro Furuta	JPN	28: 31.61
4th	David Galindo	MEX	28: 34.66
5	Marko Hhawu	TAN	28: 35.02
6th	David Ngetich	KEN	28: 39.79
7th	Naoki Mishiro	JPN	28: 50.21
8th	Sisay Bezabeh	ETH	28: 55.97

10 km walking

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Paquillo Fernández	ESP	40: 38.25
2	David Marquez	ESP	41: 03.73
3	Nathan Deakes	OUT	41: 11.44
4th	Liu Yunfeng	CHN	41: 20.36
5	Aleksander Mironov	RUS	42: 01.63
6th	Masato Yoshiara	JPN	42: 07.53
7th	Grzegorz Sudoł	POLE	42: 12.26
8th	Mario Flores	MEX	42: 40.53

110 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Yoel Hernández	CUB	13.83
2	Tomasz Ścigaczewski	POLE	13.88
3	Joe Naivalu	FIJ	13.91
4th	Ross Baillie	GBR	14.01
5	Damien Greaves	GBR	14.04
6th	David Janin	FRA	14.04
7th	John McAfee	United States	14.22
8th	Zhivko Widenow	BUL	32.79

400 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Mubarak Al-Nubi	QAT	49.07
2	Llewellyn Herbert	RSA	49.15
3	Angelo Taylor	United States	50.18
4th	Kjell Provost	BEL	51.11
5	Marcel Lopuchovský	SVK	51.16
6th	Alexandre Marchand	CAN	51.29
7th	Willie Smith	NAM	51.83
8th	Isaac Magut	KEN	52.00

3000 m obstacle

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Julius Chelule	KEN	8: 33.09
2	Kipkurui Misoi	KEN	8: 33.31
3	Ali Ezzine	MAR	8: 35.60
4th	Günther Weidlinger	AUT	8: 38.97
5	Antonio Álvarez	ESP	8: 41.98
6th	Million wolde	ETH	8: 42.37
7th	Bouabdallah Tahri	FRA	8: 45.85
8th	Li Changzhong	CHN	8: 46.74

4 × 100 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Vince Williams Jerome Davis Obea Moore Lawrence Armstrong	39.36
2	France	Vincent Caure Didier Héry Ruddy Zami David Patros	39.47
3	Australia	Peter Missingham David Baxter Paul Pearce Paul Di Bella	39.62
4th	Germany	Marc-Oliver Schmidtchen Jens Weissbach Patrick Weimer Jérôme Crews	39.67
5	Japan	Yasuhide Nishikawa Masayuki Okusako Takashi Miyata Shingo Kawabata	39.75
6th	Italy	Omar Sacco Alessandro Attene Michele Paggi Francesco Scuderi	40.18
7th	United Kingdom	Christian Malcolm Jamie Henthorn Uvie Ugono Dwain Chambers	40.32
	New Zealand	Donald MacDonald Michael O'Connor Corey Chase Dean Wise	DNF

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Desmond Johnson Jerome Davis Robin Martin Obea Moore	3: 03.65
2	Japan	Hiroki Takahashi Dai Tamesue Masayuki Okusako Shinji Morita	3: 06.01
3	United Kingdom	Kris Stewart Tom Lerwill Mark Rowlands Geoff Dearman	3: 06.76
4th	Spain	Victor Vallejo Adrián Fernández Alberto Martínez David Canal	3: 06.95
5	Australia	Scott Thom Eugene Bernaudo Brad Jamieson Casey Vincent	3: 07.21
6th	Poland	Piotr Jagiello Jacek Lewandowski Piotr Długosielski Piotr Haczek	3: 08.04
7th	Jamaica	Michael Campbell Roy Bailey David Spencer Rohan McDonald	3: 09.04
8th	Kenya	Joseph Mwengi Mutua Paul Ngotho Japheth Kimutai Isaac Magut	3: 09.04

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Mark Boswell	CAN	2.24
2	Svatoslav tone	CZE	2.21
	Ben Challenger	GBR	2.21
4th	David Furman	United States	2.18
5	Toni Huikuri	FIN	2.18
6th	Dejan Vreljakovic	SCG	2.18
7th	James Brierley	GBR	2.15
	Roman Fricke	GER	2.15

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Paul Burgess	OUT	5.35
2	Patrik Kristiansson	SWE	5.30
3	Danny Ecker	GER	5.30
4th	Xu Gang	CHN	5.25
5	Timo Makkonen	FIN	5.10
6th	Ferenc László	HUN	5.30
7th	Viktor von Bothmer	SWE	5.10
8th	Jonne Willman	FIN	5.00
	Lars Börgeling	GER	5.00
	Sergei Porochin	RUS	5.00

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Oleksiy Lukashevytsch	UKR	7.91
2	Raúl Fernández	ESP	7.75
3	Nathan Morgan	GBR	7.74
4th	Yago Lamela	ESP	7.73
5	Ranko Leskovar	SVN	7.68
6th	Yann Doménech	FRA	7.68
7th	Joan Lino Martínez	CUB	7.59
8th	Younès Moudrik	MAR	7.51

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	René Hernández	CUB	16.50
2	Michael Calvo	CUB	16.17
3	Ionuț Punga	ROU	16.15
4th	Wang Tao	CHN	16.11
5	Colomba Fofana	FRA	16.09
6th	Allan Mortimer	BAH	15.87
7th	Kim Hyuk	COR	16.74
8th	Viktor Gushchinsky	RUS	15.69

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ralf Bartels	GER	18.71
2	Justin Anlezark	OUT	18.21
3	Clay Cross	OUT	17.69
4th	Petr Stehlík	CZE	17.35
5	Mikuláš Konopka	SVK	17.33
6th	Ian Waltz	United States	17.31
7th	Jarkko Haukijärvi	FIN	17.09
8th	Iker Sukía	ESP	16.77

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Casey Malone	United States	56.22
2	Roland Varga	HUN	55.20
3	Frank Casanas	CUB	54.86
4th	Zoltán Kővágó	HUN	53.72
5	Ian Waltz	United States	53.16
6th	Nikolai Kovalenko	UKR	51.94
7th	Patrick Stang	GER	51.86
8th	Sergei Pavlij	RUS	51.56

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Maciej Paryszko	POLE	71.24
2	Vadsim Dsevyatousky	BLR	70.88
3	Roman Konewtsow	RUS	70.32
4th	Sergei Martemyanov	BLR	68.22
5	Mikko Dannbäck	FIN	67.68
6th	Yosmel Montes	CUB	67.34
7th	Oleg Sergeyev	RUS	67.12
8th	Ioannis Barlis	GRE	66.52

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Sergey Voynov	UZB	79.78
2	Harri Haatainen	FIN	76.12
3	Steven Madeo	OUT	73.88
4th	Juha Aarnio	FIN	73.10
5	Johan Vosloo	RSA	71.96
6th	Ju Ki-Young	COR	71.60
7th	Christian Fusenig	GER	69.84
8th	Ola Larsen Pramm	NOR	69.58

Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Attila Zsivóczky	HUN	7582
2	Dean Macey	GBR	7480
3	Chiel Warners	NED	7368
4th	Štěpán Janáček	CZE	7276
5	Bart Bennema	NED	7177
6th	James Fitzpatrick	OUT	7166
7th	Aleksander Tschtepa	RUS	7084
8th	Gerd Brinkmann	GER	7073

Women

100 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Nora Ivanova	BUL	11.32
2	Andrea Anderson	United States	11.43
3	Esther Möller	GER	11.46
4th	Saran Patterson	JAM	11.47
5	Lakeesha White	United States	11.48
6th	Cydonie Mothersill	CAY	11.51
7th	Manuela Levorato	ITA	11.54
8th	Lauren Hewitt	OUT	11.55

200 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Sylviane Félix	FRA	23.16
2	Lauren Hewitt	OUT	23.32
3	Nora Ivanova	BUL	23.59
4th	Agnė Visockaitė	LTU	23.75
5	Fabé Dia	FRA	23.79
6th	Nanceen Perry	United States	23.81
7th	Kim Gevaert	BEL	23.88
8th	Johanna Manninen	FIN	23.89

400 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Andreea Burlacu	ROU	52.32
2	Suzianne Reid	United States	53.17
3	Rosemary Hayward	OUT	53.28
4th	Yulia Taranova	RUS	53.43
5	Cindy Ega	FRA	53.45
6th	Otilia Ruicu	ROU	53.87
7th	Doreen Harstick	GER	54.46
8th	Li Jing	CHN	54.61

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Claudia Gesell	GER	2: 02.67
2	Kathleen Friedrich	GER	2: 02.70
3	Nancy Jebet Langat	KEN	2: 03.21
4th	Mairelín Fuentes	CUB	2: 03.49
5	Anca Safta	ROU	2: 03.64
6th	Rhode Senekal-Snyman	RSA	2: 04.59
7th	Marilena Zevedeanu	ROU	2: 08.19
8th	Natalia Evdokimova	UKR	2: 10.77

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kutre Dulecha	ETH	4: 08.65
2	Jackline Maranga	KEN	4: 08.98
3	Shura Hotesa	ETH	4: 09.49
4th	Rose Jerotich Kosgei	KEN	4: 10.64
5	Lidia Chojecka	POLE	4: 11.36
6th	Brigitta Tusai	HUN	4: 13.59
7th	Anita Weyermann	SUI	4: 13.67
8th	Lavinia Miroiu	ROU	4: 14.68

3000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Anita Weyermann	SUI	8: 50.73
2	Edna Kiplagat	KEN	8: 53.06
3	Etaferahu Tarekegne	ETH	8: 53.77
4th	Ayelech Worku	ETH	8: 54.24
5	Olivera Jevtić	SCG	9: 06.95
6th	Sun Guanghong	CHN	9: 07.14
7th	Miwako Yamanaka	JPN	9: 09.06
8th	Elizabeth Chemweno	KEN	9: 12.22

5000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ayelech Worku	ETH	15: 40.03
2	Olivera Jevtić	YUG	15: 40.59
3	Cristina Iloc	ROU	15: 41.44
4th	Etaferahu Tarekegn	ETH	15: 46.68
5	Joan Jepkorir Aiyabei	KEN	15: 58.15
6th	Rie Matsuoka	JPN	15: 58.96
7th	Sun Guanghong	CHN	16: 13.40
8th	Priscah Jepleting Cherono	KEN	16: 20.39

5 km walking

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Irina Stankina	RUS	21: 31.85
2	Olga Panfjorova	RUS	21: 52.27
3	Claudia Iovan	ROU	21: 57.11
4th	Melanie Seeger	GER	22: 11.29
5	Never Yulin	CHN	22: 23.41
6th	Linda Coffee	OUT	22: 34.77
7th	Abigail Saenz	MEX	22: 37.68
8th	Gabriele Herold	GER	22: 42.62

100 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Joyce Bates	United States	13.27
2	Glory alozie	NGR	13.30
3	Tan Yali	CHN	13.37
4th	Dominque Calloway	United States	13.55
5	Anna Pettersson	SWE	13.88
6th	Tasha Danvers	GBR	14.00
7th	Sandra Ingelmo	ESP	14.11
	Reïna-Flor Okori	FRA	DSQ

400 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Ulrike Urbansky	GER	56.65
2	Vicki Jamison	GBR	57.57
3	Tanya Jarrett	JAM	57.91
4th	Josephine Fowley	OUT	58.52
5	Svetlana Badrankova	KAZ	58.53
6th	Annika Kumlin	FIN	58.80
7th	Medina Tudor	ROU	58.90
8th	Yasnay ​​Lescay	CUB	59.40

4 × 100 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Andrea Anderson Lakeesha White Jernae Wright Nanceen Perry	43.79
2	Jamaica	Tulia Robinson Peta-Gaye Dowdie Saran Patterson Aleen Bailey	44.26
3	Germany	Sandra Abel Esther Möller Nancy Chain Marion Wagner	44.57
4th	France	Celine Thélamon Doris Deruel Nadine Mahobah Fabé Dia	44.58
5	Italy	Stefania Ferrante Irene Daniele Manuela Grillo Manuela Levorato	45.27
6th	Australia	Simone Purvis Tamsyn Lewis Mindy Slomka Lauren Hewitt	45.50
7th	Japan	Kozue Motohashi Kayo Kuramoto Emiko Toda Ayumi Shimazaki	45.97
	United Kingdom	Gosha Rostek Sarah Wilhelmy Victoria Shipman Rebecca Drummond	DNF

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Germany	Peggy Müller Claudia Gesell Doreen Harstick Ulrike Urbansky	3: 31.12
2	Romania	Medina Tudor Anca Safta Otilia Ruicu Andreea Barlacu	3: 32.16
3	Australia	Jennifer Marshall Tamsyn Lewis Josephine Fowley Rosemary Hayward	3: 32.47
4th	United States	Heather Hanchak Tamieka Grizzle Theodoesha Rivers Suziann Reid	3: 34.26
5	People's Republic of China	Wu Wei Bi Tanna Chen Yuxiang Li Jing	3: 35.33
6th	Russia	Julija Nossowa Olga Sacharowa Jekaterina Solowjowa Julija Taranowa	3: 37.34
	France	Sylviane Félix Katiana Rene Sylvanie Morandais Cindy Ega	DSQ
	Jamaica	Michelle Burgher Keasha Downer Ronetta Smith Tanya Jarrett	DSQ

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Yulia Lyachova	RUS	1.93
2	Thóra Györffy	HUN	1.91
3	Svetlana Lapina	RUS	1.91
4th	Erin Aldrich	United States	1.88
5	Emelie Fardigh	SWE	1.88
6th	Hestrie Storbeck	RSA	1.85
	Wita Palamar	UKR	1.85
8th	Katja Vainikainen	FIN	1.80
	Michelle Dunkley	GBR	1.80

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Guan Yingnan	CHN	6.53
2	Cristina Nicolau	ROU	6.47
3	Johanna Halkoaho	FIN	6.38
4th	Magdalena Christowa	BUL	6.35
5	Yulia Akulenko	UKR	6.31
6th	Tambi yogis	OUT	6.18
7th	Olivia Wöckinger	AUT	6.09
8th	Eva Dolezalová	CZE	6.03

Triple jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Teresa Marinova	BUL	14.62 CR
2	Cristina Nicolau	ROU	13.64
3	Adelina Gavrilă	ROU	13.50
4th	Oksana Rogova	RUS	13.49
5	Anja Valant	SVN	13.49
6th	Wu Xueli	CHN	13.42
7th	Liliana Zagacka	POLE	13.15
8th	Chrystelle Le Gouguec	FRA	13.11

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Song Feina	CHN	16.58
2	Nadine Beckel	GER	16.39
3	Yelena Ivanenko	BLR	16.22
4th	Bai Damei	CHN	16.06
5	Sofia Orfaniotou	GRE	15.50
6th	Oksana Chibisova	RUS	15.21
7th	Claudia Venghaus	GER	15.16
8th	Seilala Sua	United States	15.04

Discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ma Shuli	CHN	56.32
2	Seilala Sua	United States	56.32
3	Zhang Yaqing	CHN	55.70
4th	Nadine Beckel	GER	52.98
4th	Lăcrămioara Ionescu	ROU	52.86
6th	Yuka Murofushi	JPN	51.56
7th	Lyudmila Rublevskaya	RUS	51.20
8th	Barbara Sugár	HUN	50.84

Javelin throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Osleidys Menéndez	CUB	60.96
2	Nikolett Szabó	HUN	58.34
3	Bina Ramesh	FRA	57.70
4th	Nora Bicet	CUB	55.52
5	Elizabeta Randjelovic	SVN	54.72
6th	Chu Chunxia	CHN	53.86
7th	Sarah Walter	FRA	52.86
8th	Andrea Gránicz	HUN	52.80

Heptathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Yelisaveta Shalygina	RUS	5711
2	Johanna Halkoaho	FIN	5656
3	Hana Dolezelová	CZE	5504
4th	Inga Leiwesmeier	GER	5490
5	Natalia Roschtschupkina	RUS	5448
6th	Saskia Meijer	NED	5352
7th	Sonja Kesselschläger	GER	5322
8th	Katja Ripatti	FIN	5308

Medal table

Medal table (final result after 41 decisions)
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	United States	6th	4th	2	12
02	Germany	4th	2	3	9
03	Ethiopia	4th	0	2	6th
04th	Kenya	3	5	1	9
05	Russia	3	1	2	6th
06th	Cuba	3	1	1	5
07th	People's Republic of China	3	0	2	5
08th	Nigeria	2	2	0	4th
09	Bulgaria	2	0	1	3
10	Romania	1	3	4th	8th
11	Hungary	1	3	0	4th
12	Australia	1	2	7th	10
13	Spain	1	2	0	3
14th	France	1	1	1	3
15th	Poland	1	1	0	2
16	Canada	1	0	1	2
17th	Qatar	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
	Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1
21st	United Kingdom	0	3	3	6th
22nd	Finland	0	2	1	3
	South Africa	0	2	1	3
24	Jamaica	0	1	1	2
	Japan	0	1	1	2
	Czech Republic	0	1	1	2
	Belarus	0	1	1	2
28	Yugoslavia	0	1	0	1
	Sudan	0	1	0	1
	Sweden	0	1	0	1
31	Algeria	0	0	1	1
	Fiji	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Morocco	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
total		41	41	41	123

Web links

• Results on the website GBRathletics.com (English)