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
1999	Bydgoszcz	Poland	July 16-18
2001	Debrecen	Hungary	July 12-15
2003	Sherbrooke	Canada	0July 9th to 13th
2005	Marrakech	Morocco	July 13th to 17th
2007	Ostrava	Czech Republic	July 11th to 15th
2009	Bressanone , Brixen ( South Tyrol )	Italy	0July 9th to 12th
2011	Lille	France	0July 6-10
2013	Donetsk	Ukraine	July 10-14
2015	Cali	Colombia	July 15-19
2017	Nairobi	Kenya	July 12-16

Championship records

Men

discipline	record	athlete	origin	date	place
100 m	10.28 s (−0.4 m / s)	Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	Japan	15th July 2015	Cali
200 m	20.34 s (−0.7 m / s)	Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	Japan	19th July 2015	Cali
400 m	45.24 s	Kirani James	Grenada	July 10, 2009	Brixen
800 m	1: 44.08 min	Leonard Kirwa Kosencha	Kenya	July 9, 2011	Lille
1500 m	3: 36.38 min	Kumari Taki	Kenya	17th July 2015	Cali
3000 m	7: 40.10 min	William Malel Sitonik	Kenya	July 10, 2011	Lille
110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	13.04 s (+0.1 m / s)	De'Jour Russell	Jamaica	July 14, 2017	Nairobi
400 m hurdles (84 cm)	49.01 s	William Wynne	United States	July 15, 2007	Ostrava
2000 m obstacle	5: 19.99 min	Meresa Kahsay	Ethiopia	12th of July 2013	Donetsk
high jump	2.27 m	Huang Haiqiang	People's Republic of China	July 16, 2005	Marrakech
Pole vault	5.30 m	Armand Duplantis	Sweden	19th July 2015	Cali
		Wladyslaw Malychin	Ukraine
Long jump	8.05 m (+0.5 m / s)	Maykel Demetrio Massó	Cuba	July 16, 2015	Cali
Triple jump	17.30 m (+0.6 m / s)	Jordan A. Díaz	Cuba	July 14, 2017	Nairobi
Shot put (5 kg)	24.35 m	Jacko Gill	New Zealand	July 7, 2011	Lille
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	70.67 m	Mykyta Nesterenko	Ukraine	July 13, 2007	Ostrava
Hammer throw (5 kg)	84.91 m	Hlib Piskunov	Ukraine	17th July 2015	Cali
Javelin throw (700 g)	83.16 m	Morné Moolman	South Africa	July 9, 2011	Lille
Eight fight	6491 points	Jake Stein	Australia	July 7, 2011	Lille
Decathlon	8002 points	Niklas Kaul	Germany	July 16, 2015	Cali
10 km by train	40: 51.31 min	Pavel Parshin	Russia	July 9, 2011	Lille
Sprint relay	1: 49.23 min	Waseem Williams Michael O'Hara Okeen Williams Martin Manley	Jamaica	July 14, 2013	Donetsk

Women

discipline	record	Athlete	origin	date	place
100 m	11.08 s (0.0 m / s)	Candace Hill	United States	July 16, 2015	Cali
200 m	22.43 s (−0.7 m / s)	Candace Hill	United States	19th July 2015	Cali
400 m	51.19 s	Nawal El Jack	Sudan	July 15, 2005	Marrakech
800 m	2: 01.13 min	Aníta Hinriksdóttir	Iceland	July 14, 2013	Donetsk
1500 m	4: 09.48 min	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	July 9, 2011	Lille
3000 m	8: 53.94	Mercy Cherono	Kenya	July 11, 2007	Ostrava
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	12.94 s (0.0 m / s)	Yanique Thompson	Jamaica	July 11th 2013	Donetsk
400 m hurdles	55.94 s	Sydney McLaughlin	United States	July 18, 2015	Cali
2000 m obstacle	6: 11.83 min	Korahubsh Itaa	Ethiopia	July 10, 2009	Brixen
high jump	1.92 m	Iryna Kovalenko	Ukraine	July 12, 2003	Sherbrooke
	1.92 m	Yaroslav Mahuchik	Ukraine	July 14, 2017	Nairobi
Pole vault	4.35 m	Vicky Parnov	Australia	July 14, 2007	Ostrava
Long jump	6.47 m (+1.3 m / s)	Darja Klischina	Russia	July 15, 2007	Ostrava
Triple jump	13.86 m (−0.6 m / s)	Cristine Spătaru	Romania	July 11, 2003	Sherbrooke
Shot put (3 kg)	20.14 m	Emel Dereli	Turkey	July 11th 2013	Donetsk
Shot put (4 kg)	16.87 m	Valerie Vili	New Zealand	July 13, 2001	Debrecen
Discus throw	56.34 m	Xie Yuchen	People's Republic of China	July 10, 2013	Donetsk
Hammer throw (3 kg)	73.20 m	Réka Gyurátz	Hungary	July 13, 2013	Donetsk
Hammer throw (4 kg)	64.61 m	Bianca Perie	Romania	July 14, 2007	Ostrava
Javelin throw (500 g)	62.92 m	Marisleisy's Duarthe	Cuba	July 16, 2017	Nairobi
Javelin throw (600 g)	59.74 m	Christin Hussong	Germany	July 7, 2011	Lille
Heptathlon until 2013	5875 points	Tatiana Chernova	Russia	July 16, 2005	Marrakech
Heptathlon from 2013	6037 points	Géraldine Ruckstuhl	Switzerland	July 18, 2015	Cali
5 km by train	20: 28.05 min	Tatyana Kalmykova	Russia	July 12, 2007	Ostrava
Sprint relay	2: 03.42 min	Christiana Williams Shericka Jackson Chrisanne Gordon Olivia James	Jamaica	July 10, 2011	Lille

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
01	United States	50	42	39	131
02	Kenya	47	45	25th	117
03	People's Republic of China	28	24	13	65
04th	Russia	27	29	17th	73
05	Jamaica	22nd	17th	19th	58
06th	Germany	20th	20th	26th	66
07th	South Africa	18th	16	15th	49
08th	Cuba	18th	13	14th	45
09	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

• List of youth athletics world bests

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

1. ↑ Eberhard Vollmer: IAAF Council decides to change the competition program , Rio de Janeiro, on: Leichtathletik.de, from August 22, 2016, accessed June 30, 2017
2. ↑ 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)
3. ↑ 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)
4. ↑ 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