World Junior Athletics Championships 2008

12th World Junior Athletics Championships
city	Bydgoszcz , Poland
Stadion	Zdzisław Stadium
participating countries	165
Participating athletes	1408 (757 men) (651 women)
Competitions	44
opening	July 8, 2008
Final day	July 13, 2008
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The Mayor of Bydgoszcz, Konstanty Dombrowicz, taking over the flag for the World Championships in Beijing

The 12th Junior World Championships in Athletics took place from July 8 to July 13, 2008 in the Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium in the Polish city ​​of Bydgoszcz . It was the biennial competition highlight of the best track and field athletes under 20 years of age and up to the European Football Championship 2012 the largest sporting event in the history of Poland.

Men

100 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Dexter Lee	JAM	10.40
2	Wilhelm van der Vyver	RSA	10.42
3	Terrell Wilks	United States	10.45
4th	Yohan Blake	JAM	10.51
5	Benjamin Olsson	SWE	10.67
6th	David Lescay	CUB	10.71
7th	Shehan Abeypitiya	SRI	10.71
8th	Kemar Hyman	CAY	10.79

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Christophe Lemaitre	FRA	20.83 PB
2	Nickel Ashmeade	JAM	20.84
3	Robert Hering	GER	20.96
4th	Curtis Mitchell	United States	20.98
5	Ramil Quliyev	AZE	21.00
6th	Antonio Sales	United States	21.01
7th	Omar Jouma Bilal Al-Salfa	UAE	21.10
	Adel Jaber Asseri	KSA	DSQ

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marcus Boyd	United States	45.53 WJL
2	Kirani James	GRN	45.70 NJR
3	O'Neal Wilder	United States	45.76
4th	Kurt Mulcahy	OUT	46.54
5	Niklas Zender	GER	46.78
6th	Tyler Daniel Harper	CAN	47.20
7th	Jordan McGrath	GBR	47.81
	Brian Gregan	IRL	DSQ

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Abukaker persimmon	SOUTH	1: 45.60
2	Keoffrey Kibet	KEN	1: 46.23 PB
3	André Olivier	RSA	1: 47.57
4th	Adam Kszczot	POLE	1: 47.91
5	Diomar de Souza	BRA	1: 49.80
6th	Giordano Benedetti	ITA	1: 50.65
7th	Amine El Manaoui	MAR	1: 51.43
8th	James Kaan	OUT	1: 52.41

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Imad Touil	ALG	3: 47.40
2	James Magut	KEN	3: 47.51
3	Demma Daba	ETH	3: 47.65
4th	Fredrick Musyoki Ndunge	KEN	3: 48.00
5	Ryan Gregson	OUT	3: 48.23
6th	Taha Belkorchi	MAR	3: 49.26
7th	Florian Carvalho	FRA	3: 49.48
8th	Evan Jager	United States	3: 49.59

5000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Abreham Cherkos	ETH	13: 08.57 CR
2	Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio	KEN	13: 11.57 PB
3	Dejen Gebremeskel	ETH	13: 11.97
4th	Geofrey Kusuro	UGA	13: 31.80
5	Tonny Wamulwa	ZAM	13: 33.09
6th	Vincent Kipsegechi Yator	KEN	13: 35.67 PB
7th	Abraham Kiplimo	UGA	13: 41.89 PB
8th	Pascal Mombo	TAN	13: 50.29 PB

10,000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Josphat bed Kipkoech	KEN	27: 30.85 CR
2	Titus Kipjumba Mbishei	KEN	27: 31.65 PB
3	Ibrahim Jeilan	ETH	28: 07.98
4th	Hunegnaw Mesfin	ETH	28: 08.58
5	Stephen Kiprotich	UGA	28: 10.71
6th	Youssef Nasir	MAR	29: 19.85 NJR
7th	Ryuji Kashiwabara	JPN	29: 31.52
8th	Houssam Rouabhi	ALG	29: 58.19 PB

10 km walking

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Stanislav Jemelyanov	RUS	39: 35.01 CR
2	Chen thing	CHN	39: 47.20 AJR
3	Lluis Torlá	ESP	40: 29.57 PB
4th	Alexei Bartsaykin	RUS	41: 14.90 SB
5	Geng Lingfu	CHN	41: 57.69 PB
6th	Caio Bonfim	BRA	42: 18.33 PB
7th	Hédi Teraoui	TO DO	42: 18.65 PB
8th	Dawid Tomala	POLE	42: 33.60 PB

110 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Konstantin Schabanow	RUS	13.27 WJL
2	Kooker Nunley	United States	13.45
3	Keiron Stewart	JAM	13.51
4th	Sami Ahmed Al-Haydar	KSA	13.51 AJR
5	Alexey Dremin	RUS	13.52
6th	Jin Nakamura	JPN	13.53 NJR
7th	Balázs Baji	HUN	13.60 NJR
8th	Quentin Ruffacq	BEL	13.65

400 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Jeshua Anderson	United States	48.68 PB
2	Johnny Dutch	United States	49.25
3	Amaury Valle	CUB	49.56 NJR
4th	Cornel Fredericks	RSA	50.39 PB
5	PC Beneke	RSA	50.78 PB
6th	Taras Shtcherenko	ISR	51.35 NJR
7th	John Kituu Wambua	KEN	51.70
8th	David Gollnow	GER	53.63

3000 m obstacle

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Jonathan Muia Ndiku	KEN	8: 17.28 PB
2	Benjamin Kiplagat	UGA	7: 19.24
3	Patrick Terer	KEN	8: 25.14 PB
4th	Dereje Abdi	ETH	8: 32.98
5	Legese Lamiso	ETH	8: 38.34
6th	Abdelghani Ait Bahmad	MAR	8: 45.45
7th	Krystian Zalewski	POLE	8: 45.64 PB
8th	Majed Saleh Besheer	BHR	8: 49.27

4 × 100 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Dante Sales Antonio Sales Marquise Goodwin Terrell Wilks	38.98 WJL
2	Jamaica	Oshane Bailey Dexter Lee Nickel Ashmeade Yohan Blake	39.25 SB
3	South Africa	Johannes Mosala Roscoe Angel Patrick Vosloo Wilhelm van der Vyver	39.70
4th	Japan	Genki Kawai Seiya Hane Masanori Kaji Yuichi Kobayashi	39.89 SB
5	United Kingdom	Olufunmi Sobodu Junior Ejehu James Alaka Richard Kilty	39.89
6th	Trinidad and Tobago	Abiola Glasgow Kendall Bacchus Zwade Edwards Shermund Allsop	40.16 SB
7th	Chinese Taipei	Tse-Ching Liang Ming-En Wang Po-Yu Pan Yung-Chun Su	40.17
8th	Thailand	Poommanus Jankem Wattana Deewong Weerawat Pharueang Suppachai Chimdee	40.28

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Marcus Boyd Bryan Miller O'Neal Wilder Jeshua Anderson	3: 03.86 WJL
2	United Kingdom	Louis Persent Robert Davis Nigel Levine Jordan McGrath	3: 05.82 SB
3	Germany	Niklas Zender Alexander Juretzko Marc-John Dombrowski Pascal Nabow	3: 06.47 SB
4th	Jamaica	Kevin Williams Nickel Ashmeade Rolando Berch Akino Ming	3: 08.58 SB
5	Poland	Arkadiusz Wojno Michał Pietrzak Rafał Omelko Jakub Krzewina	3: 08.65 SB
6th	Nigeria	Nkami Ifeanyi Edu Noah Akwu Ayokunle Odelusi Victor Isaiah	3: 12.56
7th	Bahamas	Juan Lewis Jeffery Gibson Lesley Hanna La'Sean Pickstock	3: 21.75
	Trinidad and Tobago	Darnell Greig Jov from Toppin Emanuel Mayers Zwede Hewitt	DSQ

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Bohdan Bondarenko	UKR	2.26 WJL
2	Sylwester Bednarek	POLE	2.24 SB
3	Miguel Ángel Sancho	ESP	2.21
4th	Sergei Mudrow	ESP	2.17
	Ümit Tan	DOOR	2.17
6th	Adonios Mástoras	GRE	2.17
7th	Marco Fassinotti	ITA	2.13
8th	Raymond Higgs	BAH	2.13

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Raphael Holzdeppe	GER	5.50
2	Paweł Wojciechowski	POLE	5.40 PB
3	Karsten Dilla	GER	5.30
4th	Dezsö Szabó	HUN	5.30 PB
5	Andrew Marsh	GBR	5.20 PB
6th	Rasmus Wejnold Jørgensen	THE	5.20 NJR
7th	Joe Berry	United States	5.10
	Hiroki Sasase	JPN	5.10

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Marquise Goodwin	United States	7.74 PB
2	Dimitry Astrouski	BLR	7.64
3	Eusebio Cáceres	ESP	7.59
4th	Mubarak Jasser Al-Jaseer	KSA	7.57
5	Roni Ollikainen	FIN	7.46
6th	Stefan Brits	RSA	7.42
7th	Christian Taylor	ESP	7.41
8th	Julian Howard	GER	7.40

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Teddy Tamgho	FRA	17.33
2	Osviel Hernández	CUB	16.90
3	Mohamed Youssef Al-Sahabi	BHR	16.59
4th	Daniele Greco	ITA	16.33 PB
5	Henry Frayne	OUT	16.29
6th	Austin Davis	United States	15.78
7th	José Alfonso Palomanes	ESP	15.63
8th	Christian Taylor	United States	15.61

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	David Storl	GER	21.08 WJL
2	Aleksandr Bulanov	RUS	20.14
3	Marin Premeru	CRO	19.93 PB
4th	Przemyslaw Krawczak	POLE	19.85 PB
5	Stanislaw Seheda	UKR	19.80
6th	Simon Gustafsson	SWE	19.39
7th	Petr Novotný	CZE	19.21 PB
8th	Hendrik Müller	GER	19.11

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Gordon Wolf	GER	62.00 PB
2	Marin Premeru	CRO	61.85
3	Mykyta Nesterenko	UKR	61.01
4th	Victor Hogan	RSA	60.64
5	Mikhail Dwornikov	RUS	59.89
6th	Andrius Gudžius	LTU	58.63 PB
7th	Fredrik Amundgård	NOR	56.75
8th	Tibor Petrovszki	HUN	56.41

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Walter Henning	United States	76.92 AJR
2	Conor McCullough	United States	75.88 PB
3	Aleh Dubizki	BLR	75.42
4th	Paweł Fajdek	POLE	75.31 NJR
5	Sjarhej Kalamoyez	BLR	74.22
6th	Dániel Szabó	HUN	73.56 PB
7th	Ákos Hudi	HUN	73.31 PB
8th	Markus Johansson	SWE	72.97

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Robert Szpak	POLE	78.01 WJL
2	Ihab Abd El Rahman	EGY	76.20 NJR
3	Ansis Bruns	LAT	75.31 PB
4th	Jaakko Talvitie	FIN	74.47 PB
5	Hamish Peacock	OUT	74.44 PB
6th	Bobur Shokirjonov	UZB	71.66
7th	Dmytro Kossynskyi	UKR	69.59
8th	Tuomas Laaksonen	FIN	69.07

Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Jan Felix Knobel	GER	7896 WJL
2	Eduard Michan	BLR	7894 NJR
3	Mihail Dudas	SRB	7663 NJR
4th	Thorsten Margis	GER	7555 PB
5	Daniil Wasilew	RUS	7552 PB
6th	Adam Bevis	OUT	7443 NJR
7th	Jacek Nabozny	POLE	7314
8th	Mark Tymchenko	UKR	7250 PB

Women

100 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Jeneba Tarmoh	United States	11.37
2	Ashleigh Nelson	GBR	11.49
3	Sheniqua Ferguson	BAH	11.52
4th	Rosângela Santos	BRA	11.63
5	Shayla Mahan	United States	11.66
6th	Andreea Ograzeanu	ROU	11.67
7th	Meritzer Williams	SKN	11.82
	Maria Serkova	RUS	DNS

200 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Sheniqua Ferguson	BAH	23.24
2	Meritzer Williams	SKN	23.40
3	Janelle Redhead	GRN	23.52
4th	Souheir Bouali	ALG	23.58
5	Tiffany Townsend	United States	23.64
6th	Jamile Samuel	NED	23.76
7th	Anna Kiełbasińska	POLE	23.95
8th	Jurassic Levy	JAM	23.95

400 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Sade Abugan	NGR	51.84
2	Jessica Beard	United States	52.09
3	Susana Clement	CUB	52.36
4th	Racheal Nachula	ZAM	52.44
5	Julija Baralej	UKR	53.18
6th	Angeline Blackburn	OUT	53.43
7th	Lanie Whittaker	United States	53.98
8th	Fabienne Kohlmann	GER	54.12

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Mirela Lavric	ROU	2: 00.06 CR
2	Merve Aydin	DOOR	2: 00.92
3	Power Lord Mulder	NED	2: 02.05
4th	Alison Leonard	GBR	2: 02.15 PB
5	Winny Chebet	KEN	2: 04.13 SB
6th	Sofia Öberg	SWE	2: 05.07
7th	Trychelle Kingdom	OUT	2: 06.84
8th	Amina Bakhit	SOUTH	2: 10.71

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Stephanie Twell	GBR	4: 15.09
2	Kalkidan Gezahegne	ETH	4: 16.58
3	Emma Pallant	GBR	4: 17.06
4th	Jordan Hasay	United States	4: 19.02
5	Bridey Delaney	OUT	4: 21.20
6th	Alexandra Kosinski	United States	4: 21.26
7th	Jana Sussmann	GER	4: 21.82
8th	Ekaterina Ischowa	RUS	4: 22.41

3000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Mercy Cherono	KEN	8: 58.07 SB
2	Bizunesh Urgesa	ETH	8: 58.90
3	Frehiwat Goshu	ETH	9: 03.76 PB
4th	Marina Gordeeva	RUS	9: 11.59 PB
5	Jackline Chebii	KEN	9: 12.85
6th	Laurynne Chetelat	United States	9: 15.11 PB
7th	Ekaterina Ischowa	RUS	9: 15.59 PB
8th	Tamara Jewett	CAN	9: 15.74 PB

5000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Sule Utura	ETH	16: 15.59
2	Genzebe Dibaba	ETH	16: 16.75
3	Nelly Chebet	KEN	16: 17.96
4th	Lucia Kamene Muangi	KEN	16: 25.04
5	Kasumi Nishihara	JPN	16: 33.28
6th	Olha Skrypak	UKR	16: 36.46
7th	Kendra Schaaf	CAN	16: 37.79
8th	Emily Pidgeon	GBR	16: 41.29

10 km walking

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Tatiana Mineeva	RUS	43: 24.72 CR
2	Elmira Alembekowa	RUS	43: 45.16 PB
3	Li Yanfei	CHN	44: 24.10 PB
4th	Jess Rothwell	OUT	44: 44.22 AJR
5	Anamaria Greceanu	ROU	45: 53.50 PB
6th	Júlia Takács	ESP	45: 58.29 NJR
7th	Seasbyeol Weon	COR	46: 08.65
8th	Kumiko Okada	JPN	46: 10.26 PB

100 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Teona Rodgers	United States	13.40
2	Shermaine Williams	JAM	13.48
3	Belkis Milanés	CUB	13.49
4th	Alina Talaj	BLR	13.50
5	Anne Zagré	BEL	13.55 PB
6th	Natasha Ruddock	JAM	13.70
7th	Krystal Bodie	BAH	13.72
8th	Kierre Beckles	BAR	13.96

400 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Takecia Jameson	United States	56.29 WJL
2	Janeil Bellille	TRI	56.84 NJR
3	Meghan Beesley	GBR	57.08 PB
4th	Hanna Titimez	UKR	57.22 PB
5	Laura Hansen	GER	57.46 PB
6th	Hanna Ryschykowa	UKR	58.43
7th	Frida Persson	SWE	58.62
8th	Nikita Tracey	JAM	59.05

3000 m obstacle

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Christine Muyanaga	KEN	9: 31.35 CR
2	Elizabeth Mueni	KEN	9: 36.50 PB
3	Korahubish Itaa	ETH	9: 37.81 NJR
4th	Halima hates	ETH	9: 38.44 PB
5	Sandra Eriksson	FIN	10: 00.87 NJR
6th	Polina Jelizarova	LAT	10: 07.15
7th	Aleksandra Kudryashova	RUS	10: 12.74
8th	Lucie Sekanová	CZE	10: 16.31 NJR

4 × 100 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Jeneba Tarmoh Shayla Mahan Gabrielle Glenn Tiffany Townsend	43.66 WJL
2	Jamaica	Shawna Anderson Kaycea Jones Gayon Evans Jura Levy	43.98 SB
3	Brazil	Barbara de Oliveira Bárbara Leoncio Luana Correa Rosângela Santos	44.61
4th	Bahamas	Sheniqua Ferguson Krystal Bodie Tia role Nivea Smith	44.61
5	France	Orlann Ombissa-D'Zangue Émilie Gaydu Wendy Pascal Cornnelly Calydon	45.02
6th	St. Kitts and Nevis	Marecia Pemberton Meritzer Williams Sheriffa Whyte Tameka Williams	45.10
7th	Barbados	Tameka Rawlins Mara Weekes Sade Greene Kierre Beckles	45.36
8th	Switzerland	Marisa Lavanchy Jacqueline Gasser Grace Muamba Valentine Arrieta	45.51

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Lanie Whittaker Jessica Beard Erica Alexander Takecia Jameson	3: 30.19
2	Ukraine	Olha Semljak Julija Krasnoschtschok Hanna Yaroschtschuk Julija Baralej	3: 34.20 NJR
3	Australia	Brittney McGlone Trychelle Kingdom Olivia Tauro Angeline Blackburn	3: 34.23 SB
4th	France	Amélie Fosse Bérénice Manimba Margot Viot Floria Gueï	3: 35.83 SB
5	Russia	Lilija Gafijatullina Ksenija Gusarowa Olesja Zaranok Aleksandra Bulanowa	3: 37.40
6th	Belarus	Maryna Libosa Wiktoryja Schautschuk Wiktoryja Manko Kazjaryna Mischyna	3: 38.38
7th	Germany	Vera Stelkens Julia Müller-Foell Inga Maria Müller Fabienne Kohlmann	3: 39.00
8th	Canada	Alyssa Johnson Jessica Parry Sarah-Lynn Wells Natalie Geiger	3: 39.27

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Kimberly Jess	GER	1.86
2	Mirela Demirewa	BUL	1.86
3	Hannelore Desmet	BEL	1.86
	Lesyanis Mayor	CUB	1.86
5	Zoe Timmers	OUT	1.82
6th	Esthera Petre	ROU	1.82 SB
7th	Natalia Mamlina	RUS	1.82
8th	Ellen Björklund	SWE	1.78
	Anja Saumweber	GER	1.78

Pole vault

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Valeria Wolik	RUS	4.40 CR
2	Ekaterina Kolesova	RUS	4.40 CR
3	Ekaterini Stefanidi	GRE	4.25 SB
4th	Rachel Laurent	United States	4.25
5	Vicky Parnov	OUT	4.20
6th	Vanessa Vandy	FIN	4.20
7th	Natasha Benner	GER	4.10
8th	Petra Olsen	SWE	4.10
	Leslie Brost	United States	4.10 PB

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ivana Španović	SRB	6.61
2	Nastassja Mirontschyk	BLR	6.46
3	Dailenys Alcántara	CUB	6.41 PB
4th	Ksenia Achkinadze	GER	6.33
5	Arantxa King	BER	6.31 SB
6th	Eileen Matthes	GER	6.28 PB
7th	Anna Jagaciak	POLE	6.27
8th	Abigail Irozuru	GBR	6.16 PB

Triple jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Dailenys Alcántara	CUB	14.25 WJL
2	Yosleivis Rivalta	CUB	13.85
3	Paraskevi Papachristou	GRE	13.74
4th	Hanna Knjasjewa	UKR	13.61 SB
5	Carmen Toma	ROU	13.40
6th	Yi Lanmei	CHN	13.23
7th	Keshia Willix	FRA	13.22
8th	Mathilde Boateng	FRA	13.15

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Natalia Ducó	CHI	17.23
2	Melissa Boekelman	NED	16.60
3	Ma Qiao	CHN	16.55 SB
4th	Alyona Dubitskaya	BLR	16.55 PB
5	Sophie Kleeberg	GER	16.06
6th	Sandra Lemos	COL	15.92
7th	Anita Marton	HUN	15.88
8th	Lina Berends	GER	15.70

Discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Xi Shangxue	CHN	54.96 SB
2	Julia Fischer	GER	54.69
3	Sandra Perković	CRO	54.24
4th	Anna-Katharina Weller	GER	52.34
5	Viktoria Bolbat	UKR	51.26
6th	Anita Marton	HUN	51.16
7th	Anna Jelmini	United States	49.46
8th	Nastassja Kashtanava	BLR	49.31

Hammer throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Bianca Perie	ROU	67.95 CR
2	Katerina Safránková	CZE	63.13
3	Jenny Ozorai	HUN	60.80
4th	Barbara Špiler	SLO	60.18 NJR
5	Ariannis Vichy	CUB	58.78
6th	Gabi Wolfarth	GER	58.69
7th	Sophie Hitchon	GBR	58.45
8th	Alina Kastrowa	BLR	58.03

Javelin throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Wira Rebryk	UKR	63.01 WJL
2	Li Lingwei	CHN	59.25 PB
3	Tatjana Jelača	SRB	58.77 NJR
4th	Zhang Li	CHN	56.68
5	Tazmin Brits	RSA	56.12
6th	Jelena Jaakkola	FIN	55.26
7th	Anna Wessman	SWE	54.12 NJR
8th	Nikola Ogrodníková	CZE	53.94

Heptathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Carolin Schäfer	GER	5833 PB
2	Jana Maksimawa	BLR	5766
3	Grit Šadeiko	EST	5765 PB
4th	Natalia Gizbullina	RUS	5723 PB
5	Elisa-Sophie Döbel	GER	5536 PB
6th	Amanda Spiljard	NED	5534 PB
7th	Helga Margrét Thorsteinsdóttir	ISL	5516
8th	Frida Linde	SWE	5509 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 44 decisions)
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	United States	11	4th	2	17th
02	Germany	6th	1	3	10
03	Kenya	4th	5	2	11
04th	Russia	4th	3	0	7th
05	Ethiopia	2	3	5	10
06th	Ukraine	2	1	1	4th
07th	France	2	0	0	2
	Romania	2	0	0	2
09	Jamaica	1	4th	1	6th
10	Cuba	1	2	5	8th
11	United Kingdom	1	2	2	5
	People's Republic of China	1	2	2	5
13	Poland	1	2	0	3
14th	Serbia	1	0	2	3
15th	Bahamas	1	0	1	2
16	Algeria	1	0	0	1
	Chile	1	0	0	1
	Nigeria	1	0	0	1
	Sudan	1	0	0	1
20th	Belarus	0	4th	1	5
21st	Croatia	0	1	2	3
	South Africa	0	1	2	2
23	Grenada	0	1	1	2
	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
25th	Egypt	0	1	0	1
	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
	St. Kitts and Nevis	0	1	0	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	Turkey	0	1	0	1
	Uganda	0	1	0	1
32	Spain	0	0	3	3
33	Greece	0	0	2	2
34	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Brunei	0	0	1	1
	Estonia	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Latvia	0	0	1	1
total		44	44	45	133

Web links

Commons : World Junior Athletics Championships 2008  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• official page
• Results
• Results (English)