2017 Athletics U18 World Championships

10. Athletics U18 World Championships
city	Nairobi , Kenya
Stadion	Kasarani Stadium
participating countries	159 (reported)
Participating athletes	more than 2500 (reported)
opening	July 12, 2017
Final day	July 16, 2017
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The 10th World U18 Athletics Championships (until November 2015 called World Youth Championships ) took place from July 12 to 16, 2017 in the Kasarani Stadium of the Moi International Sports Complex in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi . It was the first major athletics event in Kenya.

It was also the last U18 World Championships, since the International Athletics Federation IAAF decided at its council meeting in Rio de Janeiro on August 20, 2016 to suspend the competitions.

Attendees

The German Athletics Association put together a team of 42 young athletes (24 female and 18 male).

One athlete was sent by the Luxembourg Athletics Federation (FLA).

The executive board of the Austrian Athletics Association (ÖLV) decided unanimously at its meeting in November 2016 that Austria would not take part in the U18 World Championships because it could not take responsibility for the risks that were not only due to the failure to plan ongoing preparations exist, but also because of the current security situation and the numerous necessary vaccinations and prophylactic measures, which are particularly important when sending a group of minors.

The central board of the Swiss Athletics Association ( Swiss Athletics ) also decided not to participate in 2016.

Boys

100 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Tshenolo Lemao	RSA	10.57
2	Retshidisitswe Mlenga	RSA	10.61
3	Tyreke Wilson	JAM	10.65
4th	Arielton dos Santos	BRA	10.73
5	Nick Kocevar	GER	10.83
6th	Adrian Curry	BAH	10.86
7th	Abdu Ahmed Marzouq	KSA	11.01
8th	Luis Brandner	GER	11.13

Wind: −0.3 m / s

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Retshidisitswe Mlenga	RSA	21.03 SB
2	Tshenolo Lemao	RSA	21.12 PB
3	Luis Brandner	GER	21.23 PB
4th	Mohamed Mehdi Zekraoui	ALG	21.39
5	Daniel Vejražka	CZE	21.40
6th	Paul Tritenne	FRA	21.47
7th	Arielton dos Santos	BRA	21.71
8th	Mitja Kordež	SLO	21.89

Wind: −0.7 m / s

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Antonio Watson	JAM	46.59 PB
2	Daniel Williams	GUY	46.72 PB
3	Colby Jennings	TCA	46.77 PB
4th	Anthony Cox	JAM	46.77
5	Melkamu Assefa	ETH	47.05
6th	Bruno Benedito da Silva	BRA	47.15
7th	Ivan Danny Geldenhuys	NAM	47.17 PB
8th	Gregor Grahovac	SLO	48.88

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Melese Nberet	ETH	1: 47.12  WYL PB
2	Tolesa Bodena	ETH	1: 47.16 PB
3	Japhet Kibiwott Toroitich	KEN	1: 47.82 PB
4th	Juan Diego Castro	CRC	1: 49.76 PB
5	Noah Kiprono	KEN	1: 50.31
6th	Charaf Zahir	MAR	1: 51.87
7th	Eduardas Rimas Survilas	LTU	2: 02.15
8th	Abdellah Mouzlib	MAR	DSQ

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	George Manangoi	KEN	3: 47.53
2	Abebe Dessassa	ETH	3: 48.65 PB
3	Belete Mekonen	ETH	3: 50.64
4th	Daniel Kiprop	UGA	3: 51.82 PB
5	Anass essayi	MAR	3: 54.54
6th	Seyed Amir Zamanpour	IRI	3: 54.59
7th	Hosea Kiplangat	UGA	3: 55.48
8th	Elias Schreml	GER	3: 55.94

3000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Selemon Barega	ETH	7: 47.16 PB
2	Edward Pingua Zakayo	KEN	7: 49.17 PB
3	Stanley Mburu Waithaka	KEN	7: 50.64 PB
4th	Milkesa Mengesha	ETH	7: 55.29 PB
5	Oscar Chelimo	UGA	8: 17.57
6th	Léonce Bukuru	BDI	8: 24.59
7th	Meron Goitom	ERI	8: 31.24
8th	Sharif Elatawneh	JOR	8: 31.99 PB

10,000 m of walking

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Zhang Yao	CHN	41: 12.01  WYL PB
2	Salawat Ilkaew	ANA	41: 24.17 PB
3	Dominic Samson Ndigiti	KEN	41: 25.78 PB
4th	Sergei Koshevnikov	ANA	41: 26.65 PB
5	José Eduardo Ortiz	GUA	42: 07.47
6th	Lukasz Niedzialek	POLE	42: 40.02
7th	Sebastián Merchán	COL	42: 41.07
8th	Mikita Kaliada	BLR	43: 17.46

110 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	De'Jour Russell	JAM	13.04 CR PB
2	Lu Hao-hua	TPE	13.41
3	Thomas Wanaverbecq	FRA	13.55
4th	Enrique Llopis	ESP	13.58
5	Alexandru Iconaru	ROU	13.69
6th	Saoud Al-Humaidi	QAT	13.73
7th	Stefan Volzer	GER	13.90
8th	Rasheem Brown	CAY	14.62

Wind: +0.1 m / s

400 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Sokwakhana Zazini	RSA	49.27
2	Moitalel Mpoke Naadokila	KEN	52.06 PB
3	Baptiste Christophe	FRA	52.21 PB
4th	Fabien Laroppe	FRA	53.81
5	Alison dos Santos	BRA	53.98
6th	Luis Elespuru	BY	54.56
7th	Rovane Williams	JAM	55.48
8th	Wang Daojun	CHN	66.27

2000 m obstacle

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Leonard Kipkemoi bed	KEN	5: 32.52
2	Cleophas Kandie Meyan	KEN	5: 33.07 PB
3	Alemu Kitessa	ETH	5: 42.10
4th	Girma Diriba	ETH	5: 45.77
5	Murat Yalçinkaya	DOOR	5: 49.27 PB
6th	Saba Chwitschawa	GEO	5: 52.64 PB
7th	Joel Kiplangat	UGA	5; 55.25 PB
8th	Hamza Sekhmani	MAR	5: 56.70

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Breyton Poole	RSA	2.24 WYL PB
2	Chima Ihenetu	GER	2.14 PB
3	Wladyslav Lavskyi	UKR	2.11 PB
4th	Piotr Sztandur	POLE	2.11 PB
5	Shaun Miller	BAH	2.11 PB
6th	Wuill Vrolijk	ARU	2.07 PB
7th	Devon Bender	GER	2.07
8th	Erick Portillo	MEX	2.02

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Matthias Orban	FRA	5.00
2	Christos Tamanis	CYP	4.85 PB
3	Ilya Kravchenko	UKR	4.70 PB
4th	Daniel Breinl	GER	4.70
5	Valco Van Wyk	RSA	4.55
6th	Maksim Goldovskiy	ISR	4.55

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Maikel Y. Vidal	CUB	7.88 WYL PB
2	Lester A. Lescay	CUB	7.79 PB
3	Andreas Samuel Bucsa	ROU	7.47 w
4th	Julian Bogner	RSA	7.40
5	Hey Xilong	CHN	7.38
6th	Wayne Pinnock	JAM	7.27 PB
7th	Marko Čeko	CRO	7.24
8th	Denvaughn Whymns	BAH	7.20

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Jordan Díaz	CUB	17.30 WYB
2	Frixon David Chila	ECU	15.92 PB
3	Arnovis de Jesús Dalmero	COL	15.89 PB
4th	Yusniel Jorrín	CUB	15.88
5	Owayne Owens	JAM	15.55 PB
6th	Adir Gur	ETH	15.42
7th	Artem Konovalenko	UKR	15.34
8th	Taeco O'Garro	ATG	15.06

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Timo Northoff	GER	20.72  WYL PB
2	Mikhail Samuseu	BLR	19.99
3	Jonathan De Lacey Lacey	RSA	19.93 PB
4th	Claudio Romero	CHI	19.22 PB
5	Nermin Štitkovac	BIH	19.06
6th	Alperen Karahan	DOOR	18.57
7th	Zhu Yingxu	CHN	18.53
8th	Gao Jian	CHN	18.51

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Claudio Romero	CHI	64.33  WYL PB
2	Oleksiy Kyrylin	UKR	63.98 PB
3	Morne Brandon	RSA	58.34
4th	Vitor Gabriel Motim	BRA	58.27 PB
5	Ányel E. Álvarez	CUB	57.93
6th	Jakub Forejt	CZE	57.44
7th	Alex Hristow	BUL	57.07
8th	Abhay Gupta	IND	57.04

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Mychajlo Kochan	UKR	82.31
2	Damneet Singh	IND	74.20 PB
3	Raphael Winkelvoss	GER	71.78
4th	Batuhan Hizal	DOOR	70.39
5	Vladut Caus	ROU	68.89
6th	Daniel Danác	SVK	68.09 PB
7th	Liu Yuxuan	CHN	68.03
8th	Uladsislau Trambovich	BLR	67.93

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Liu Zhekai	CHN	77.54 PB
2	Johannes Schlebusch	RSA	75.68 PB
3	Song Qingshu	CHN	73.64
4th	Dawid Wegner	POLE	70.56
5	Jaime Ulises Arroyo	MEX	69.81
6th	Gustavo Agustín Osorio	ARG	69.01
7th	Teura'itera'i Tupaia	FRA	68.54
8th	Krišjanis Suntažs	LAT	66.90

Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Steven Fauvel clinch	FRA	7559 PB
2	Olegs Kozjakovs	LAT	7377 PB
3	Leo Neugebauer	GER	7204
4th	Florian Fourre	FRA	7099
5	Sun Qihao	CHN	6959
6th	Lex with that	LUX	6805 PB
7th	Tomas Sabašinskas	LTU	6757
8th	Damián Moretta	ARG	6755 PB

girl

100 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Mizgin Ay	DOOR	11.62
2	Magdalena Stefanowicz	POLE	11.62 PB
3	Kevona Davis	JAM	11.67
4th	Lorraine Martins	BRA	10.80
5	Tami Šcancar	SLO	11.91
6th	Iza Obal	SLO	12.00
7th	Rose Xeyi	RSA	12.01
8th	Martha Méndez	DOM	12.06

Wind: +0.5 m / s

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Talea Prepens	GER	23.51 PB
2	Jaël Bestué	ESP	23.61 PB
3	Mizgin Ay	DOOR	23.76 PB
4th	Lorraine Martins	BRA	23.89
5	Hima Das	IND	24.39
6th	Magdalena Stefanowicz	POLE	24.46
7th	Tao Yanan	CHN	24.52
8th	Gajane Chiloyan	POOR	24.62

Wind: −0.7 m / s

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Barbora Malíková	CZE	52.74 PB
2	Mary Moraa	KEN	53.31 PB
3	Giovana Rosalia dos Santos	BRA	53.57 PB
4th	Doneisha Anderson	BAH	53.59 PB
5	Shaquena Foote	JAM	54.05
6th	Milagros Durán	DOM	54.08 PB
7th	Niddy Mingilishi	ZAM	55.33
8th	Katarina Sekulic	SRB	56.27

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Jackline Wambui	KEN	2: 01.46  WYL PB
2	Lydia Jeruto Lagat	KEN	2: 02.06 PB
3	Hirut Meshesha	ETH	2: 06.32
4th	Milena Korbut	POLE	2: 08.45
5	Chaimae Ismaili	MAR	2: 09.78
6th	Vimbayi Maisvoreva	ZIM	2: 12.79
7th	Lena Kieffer	LUX	2: 13.18
8th	Sivan Auerbach	ISR	2: 19.51

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Lemlem Hailu	ETH	4: 20.80
2	Sindu Girma	ETH	4: 22.14
3	Edinah Jebitok	KEN	4: 23.16
4th	Rachel Nzangi	KEN	4: 24.70
5	Nicole Louw	RSA	4: 33.40
6th	Liljana Georgieva	BUL	4: 33.58
7th	Lyndi Roelofse	RSA	4: 36.34
8th	Yasmine Bidekan	MAR	4: 37.67

3000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Abersh Minsewo	ETH	09: 24.62
2	Emmaculate Chepkirui	KEN	09: 24.69
3	Yitayish Mekonene	ETH	09: 28.46
4th	Beatrice Chebet	KEN	09: 33.26
5	Sarah Chelangat	UGA	09: 40.18
6th	Esther Yeko Chekwemoi	UGA	09: 40.21
7th	Claire Carrere	FRA	10: 00.69
8th	Bérénice Fulchiron	FRA	10: 02.05

5,000 m walking distance

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Glenda Morejón	ECU	22: 32.30
2	Meryem Bekmez	DOOR	22: 32.79
3	Elwira Khazanova	ANA	22: 35.72
4th	Zhang Xiaole	CHN	23: 05.61
5	Ekaterina Gorschenina	ANA	23: 05.77
6th	Mary Luz Andía	BY	23: 39.64
7th	Laura Cristina Chalarcá	COL	23: 54.01 PB
8th	Rachelle De Orbeta	PURE	23: 55.37

100 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Britany Anderson	JAM	12.72
2	Cyrena Samba-Mayela	FRA	12.80
3	Daszay Freeman	JAM	13.09
4th	Yoveini Mota	VEN	13.28
5	Mathilde Coquillaud Salomon	FRA	13.37
6th	Markéta Štolová	CZE	13.52
7th	Micaela de Mello	BRA	13.76
	Sevval Ayaz	DOOR	DNF

Wind: +4.1 m / s

400 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Zenéy van der Walt	RSA	58.23
2	Sanique Walker	JAM	58.27
3	Gisele Wender	GER	59.17 PB
4th	Gabija Galvydytė	LTU	59.49
5	Shana Grebo	FRA	60.75
6th	Valeria Cabezas	COL	60.80
7th	Mo Jiadie	CHN	61.13
8th	Chayenne da Silva	BRA	62.17

2000 m obstacle

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Caren Chebet	KEN	6: 24.80  WYL PB
2	Mercy Chepkurui	KEN	6: 26.10 PB
3	Ethlemahu Sintayehu	ETH	6: 35.79
4th	Anna Mark Helwigh	THE	6: 47.69
5	Klaudia Pawlus	POLE	6: 47.87
6th	Shanley Koekemoer	RSA	6: 54.27
7th	Karin Gošek	SLO	7: 00.43
8th	Josina Papenfuß	GER	7: 00.45

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Yaroslav Mahuchik	UKR	1.92 = CR PB
2	Martyna Lewandowska	POLE	1.82
3	Lavinja Juergens	GER	1.79 SB
4th	Rumeysa Ökdem	DOOR	1.79
5	Bianca stickleback	GER	1.79
6th	Sara Lucic	BIH	1.75
7th	Luize Katrina Zelge	LAT	1.75
8th	Janique Burgher	JAM	1.75

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Niu Chunge	CHN	4.20 PB
2	Leni Freyja Wildgrube	GER	4.15 PB
3	Anna Airault	FRA	4.10 PB
4th	Mesure Tutku Yilmaz	DOOR	4.00
5	Lauré Scheutzow	GER	4.00 PB
6th	Lara Zupanc	SLO	3.90 PB
7th	Karolina Wejman	POLE	3.90 PB
8th	Anna Łyko	POLE	3.60

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Gong Luying	CHN	6.37 PB
2	Lea-Sophie Klik	GER	6.30 w
3	Diane Mouillac	FRA	6.28 PB
4th	Kitija Paula Melnbarde	LAT	6.28 PB
5	Chantoba Bright	GUY	6.14
6th	Kristine Blaževica	LAT	6.08
7th	Pan Youqi	CHN	6.08
8th	Diana Ana Maria Ion	ROU	5.95

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tan Qiujiao	CHN	13.64  WYL PB
2	Aleksandra Natschewa	BUL	13.54 PB
3	Zulia Hernández	CUB	13.29 PB
4th	Pan Youqi	CHN	13.11 PB
5	Victoria Josse	FRA	12.99 w
6th	Eva Pepelnak	SLO	12.79
7th	Tene Cissé	FRA	12.73 SB
8th	Diana Ana Maria Ion	ROU	12.55

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Selina Dantzler	GER	17.64
2	Yu Tianxiao	CHN	17.62 PB
3	Sun Yue	CHN	17.59 PB
4th	Jule tax	GER	17.03
5	Meike Strydom	RSA	16.40 PB
6th	Ewa Rózanska	POLE	15.79
7th	Tetiana Kravchenko	UKR	15.71
8th	Gleice Stefanie de Castro	BRA	15.40

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Silinda O. Morales	CUB	52.89
2	Leia Braunagel	GER	51.29
3	Liu Quantong	CHN	50.10
4th	Tharina van der Walt	RSA	47.27
5	Yin Yuanyuan	CHN	46.78
6th	Sandy Uhlig	GER	46.36
7th	Amanda Ngandu-Ntumba	FRA	46.22
8th	Ewa Rózanska	POLE	45.31

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Amanda Almendáriz	CUB	71.12  WYL PB
2	Yaritza de la C. Martínez	CUB	69.75 PB
3	Kazjaryna Valadkevich	BLR	68.17
4th	Juliette Ciofani	FRA	67.54
5	Tazzjana Ramanowitsch	BLR	66.25
6th	Dünya Ezgi Sayan	DOOR	65.05 PB
7th	Natalia Sánchez	ESP	64.59
8th	Gema Martí	ESP	64.43

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Marisleisy's Duarthe	CUB	62.92 CR PB
2	Cai Qing	CHN	57.01
3	Dai Qianqian	CHN	54.96
4th	Julia Ulbricht	GER	54.77 PB
5	Melissa Hernández	CUB	53.02
6th	Yulia Makeyeva	BLR	51.80
7th	Maria Szramiak	POLE	51.53
8th	Juleisy Ángulo	ECU	51.43 PB

Heptathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Maria Vicente	ESP	5612 PB
2	Johanna Siebler	GER	5602
3	Urte Bacianskaite	LTU	5467
4th	Marshella Foreshaw	GER	5430
5	Beatrice Juškeviciute	LTU	5408
6th	Eliza Marija Kraule	LAT	5360 PB
7th	Lara Krnc	SLO	5243 PB
8th	Liu Jingyi	CHN	5113 PB

Mixed

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Brazil	Bruno Benedito da Silva Giovana Rosalia dos Santos Jéssica Vitoria Moreira Alison dos Santos	3: 21.71
2	Jamaica	Shaquena Foote Anthony Cox Sanique Walker Antonio Watson	3: 22.23
3	South Africa	Gontse Morake Retshidisitswe Mlenga Zenéy van der Walt Sokwakhana Zazini	3: 24.45
4th	Kenya	Kelvin Sawe Tauta Gloria Mulee Mary Moraa David Sanayek	3: 24.92
5	Ukraine	Marjana Shostak Jaroslaw Holub Tetjana Besschyjko Jaroslaw Demtschenko	3: 28.14
6th	People's Republic of China	Liang Yina Deng Hantao Ma Xuejie Xu Bo	3: 31.74
7th	Romania	Alexandru Vlad Bianca Anton Maria Scrob Cristian Voicu	3: 34.70
	Germany		DNS

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 NJR = 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 (as of 39 of 39 decisions)
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	South Africa	5	3	3	11
02	People's Republic of China	5	2	4th	11
03	Cuba	5	2	1	8th
04th	Kenya	4th	7th	4th	15th
05	Ethiopia	4th	3	5	12
06th	Germany	3	5	5	13
07th	Jamaica	3	2	3	8th
08th	France	2	1	4th	7th
09	Ukraine	2	1	2	5
10	Turkey	1	1	1	3
total		39	39	39	117

Web links

• Official event website of the IAAF (English)
• Last U18 World Cup: Nairobi invites you to Kenya's largest stadium
• DLV with 42 youngsters for the U18 world championship
• 13 DLV medals and 60,000 spectators crown the last U18 World Championship , conclusion U18 World Championship Kenya
• News on: iaaf.org (English)
• Results

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. ↑ Eberhard Vollmer: DLV with 42 youngsters for the U18 World Championship , nomination, on: Leichtathletik.de, from June 28, 2017, accessed June 30, 2017
3. ↑ Fédération Luxembourgeoise d'Athlétisme (FLA): FLA Media Information - Championnats du Monde U18 de l'IAAF , Media Info No 2017-104, on: fla.lu, from July 6, 2017, accessed July 11, 2017 (PDF 747 kB)
4. ↑ http://www.oelv.at/news/detail.php?id=5959 (link not available)
5. ↑ Selection concepts 2017. Accessed on March 15, 2019 .