European Athletics U20 Championships

The Athletics U20 Championships ( English European Athletics U20 Championships ) until 2015 European Athletics Junior Championships ( European Athletics Junior Championships hereinafter) are determined by the European Athletics Association organized. Participants aged 19 or younger ( U20 for short ) according to the IAAF's definition of “junior” are eligible to start . On the women's side, the age limit up to and including the 1987 event was one year below ( U19 ). They were held for the first time in 1970 and have been held every two years since 1973. The forerunners of these championships were the European Junior Games, which were played in 1964, 1966 and 1968.

European Junior Games

year	city	country	date	Stadion	athlete	Nations
1964	Warsaw	Poland	September 18-20	Dziesięciolecia Stadium
1966	Odessa	Soviet Union	September 24th to 25th	Chornomorets Central Stadium
1968	Leipzig	German Democratic Republic	August 23rd to 25th	Central Stadium

Overview Junior European Championships

year	city	country	date	Stadion	athlete	Nations
1970	Colombes	France	September 11-13	Stade Olympique de Colombes
1973	Duisburg	BR Germany	August 24th to 26th	Wedaustadion
1975	Athens	Greece	August 24th to 26th	Karaiskakis Stadium
1977	Donetsk	Soviet Union	August 19-21	RSK Olimpijskyi
1979	Bydgoszcz	Poland	August 16-19	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium
1981	Utrecht	Netherlands	August 20-22	Atletiekbaan Overvecht
1983	Schwechat	Austria	August 20-23	Rudolf Tonn Stadium
1985	cottbus	German Democratic Republic	August 22nd to 25th	Max Reimann Stadium
1987	Birmingham	United Kingdom	August 6th to 9th	Alexander Stadium
1989	Varaždin	Yugoslavia	August 24-27	Sloboda stadium
1991	Thessaloniki	Greece	August 8-11	Kaftanzoglio Stadium
1993	San Sebastian	Spain	July 29th to August 1st	Estadio Anoeta
1995	Nyíregyháza	Hungary	July 27-30	Városi Stadium
1997	Ljubljana	Slovenia	July 24-27	Bežigrad Stadium
1999	Riga	Latvia	August 5th to 8th	Daugava Stadium
2001	Grosseto	Italy	July 19-22	Carlo Zecchini Stadium
2003	Tampere	Finland	July 23-27	Ratina Stadium
2005	Kaunas	Lithuania	July 21st to 24th	S.Dariaus and S.Girėno stadiums
2007	Hengelo	Netherlands	July 19-22	Fanny Blankers Koen Stadium
2009	Novi Sad	Serbia	July 23-26	Karađorđe Stadium
2011	Tallinn	Estonia	July 21st to 24th	Kadrioru stadium
2013	Rieti	Italy	July 18-21	Raul Guidobaldi Stadium
2015	Eskilstuna	Sweden	July 16-19	Ekängens Friidrottsarena
2017	Grosseto	Italy	July 20-23	Carlo Zecchini Stadium
2019	Borås	Sweden	July 18-21	Ryavallen
2021	Tallinn	Estonia		Kadrioru stadium

Championship records

Men

discipline	record	athlete	origin	date	place
100 m	10.04 s (+0.2 m / s)	Christophe Lemaitre	France	July 24, 2009	Novi Sad
200 m	20.37 s	Jürgen Evers	BR Germany	August 28, 1983	Schwechat
400 m	45.36 s	Roger Black	United Kingdom	August 24, 1985	cottbus
800 m	1: 45.90 min	Roberto Parra	Spain	July 29, 1995	Nyíregyháza
1500 m	3: 38.96 min	Graham Williamson	United Kingdom	August 16, 1979	Bydgoszcz
5000 m	13: 44.37 min	Steve Binns	United Kingdom	18th August 1979	Bydgoszcz
10,000 m	28: 31.16 min	Ali Kaya	Turkey	18th July 2013	Rieti
110 m hurdles	13.18 s (+0.9 m / s)	Wilhem Belocian	France	20th July 2013	Rieti
400 m hurdles	49.23 s	Timofei Chaliy	Russia	July 21, 2013	Rieti
3000 m obstacle	8: 37.94 min	Ilgisar Safjullin	Russia	July 24, 2011	Tallinn
high jump	2.33 m	Maksim Nedassekau	Belarus	July 22, 2017	Grosseto
Pole vault	5.65 m	Armand Duplantis	Sweden	23rd July 2017	Grosseto
Long jump	8.17 m	Vladimir Otschkan	Soviet Union	August 7, 1987	Birmingham
Triple jump	17.04 m (+1.5 m / s)	Nazim Babayev	Azerbaijan	19th July 2015	Eskilstuna
Shot put (6 kg)	22.52 m	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland	July 16, 2015	Eskilstuna
Discus throw (1.75 kg)	68.02 m	Bartłomiej Stój	Poland	19th July 2015	Eskilstuna
Hammer throw (6 kg)	84.73 m	Mykhajlo Kochan	Ukraine	19th July 2019	Borås
Javelin throw	81.53 m	Zigismund's Sirmais	Latvia	July 23, 2011	Tallinn
Decathlon	8435 points	Niklas Kaul	Germany	23rd July 2017	Grosseto
10,000 m walking	39: 28.45	Andrei Rusawin	Russia	July 23, 2005	Kaunas
4 × 100 m relay race	39.24 s	Tyrone Edgar Dwayne Grant Timothy Benjamin Mark Lewis-Francis	United Kingdom	July 22, 2001	Grosseto
4 × 400 m relay race	3: 04.58 min	Uwe Preusche Frank Löper Eckard Trylus Jens Carlowitz	German Democratic Republic	23rd August 1981	Utrecht

Women

discipline	record	Athlete	origin	date	place
100 m	11.18 s (+0.5 m / s)	Jodie Williams	United Kingdom	July 22, 2011	Tallinn
200 m	22.85	Bärbel Eckert	German Democratic Republic	August 26, 1973	Duisburg
400 m	51.27 s	Christina Brehmer	German Democratic Republic	23rd August 1975	Athens
800 m	2: 00.25 min	Katrin Wühn	German Democratic Republic	August 27, 1983	Schwechat
1500 m	4: 04.47 min	Inger Knutsson	Sweden	August 26, 1973	Duisburg
3000 m	8: 50.97 min	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	August 1, 1991	Donostia-San Sebastian
5000 m	15: 21.12 min	Elvan Abeylegesse	Turkey	July 20, 2001	Grosseto
100 m hurdles	13.09 s	Olena Ovcharova	Ukraine	July 28, 1995	Nyíregyháza
400 m hurdles	55.89 s	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	July 23, 2005	Kaunas
3000 m obstacle	9: 43.69 min	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal	Norway	July 26, 2009	Novi Sad
high jump	1.95 m	Jelena Jelessina	Soviet Union	August 27, 1989	Varaždin
		Maria Kuchina	Russia	July 24, 2011	Tallinn
Pole vault	4.57 m	Angelica Bengtsson	Sweden	July 23, 2011	Tallinn
Long jump	6.80 m (+0.3 m / s)	Darja Klischina	Russia	July 24, 2009	Novi Sad
Triple jump	14.12 m	Anastassija Ilyina	Russia	July 20, 2001	Grosseto
Shot put	19.53 m	Astrid Kumbernuss	German Democratic Republic	August 25, 1989	Varaždin
Discus throw	70.58 m	Ilke Wyludda	German Democratic Republic	August 8, 1987	Birmingham
Hammer throw	68.59 m	Bianca Perie	Romania	July 24, 2009	Novi Sad
Javelin throw	61.52 m	Nikolett Szabó	Hungary	August 8, 1999	Riga
Heptathlon	6465 points	Sybille Thiele	German Democratic Republic	August 28, 1983	Schwechat
10,000 m walking	42: 59.48	Elena Laschmanova	Russia	July 21, 2011	Tallinn
4 × 100 m relay race	43.27 s	Katrin Fehm Keshia Kwadwo Sophia Junk Jennifer Monday	Germany	23rd July 2017	Grosseto
4 × 400 m relay race	3: 30.39 min	Cornelia Feuerbach Carola Witzel Ines Vogelgesang Heike Böhme	German Democratic Republic	23rd August 1981	Utrecht

Web links

• History , etc. a. with results, on: european-athletics.org, accessed March 19, 2017

Footnotes

1. ↑ European Athletics Championships Statistics. (PDF, 118 kB) Junior - Women. In: european-athletics.org. S. 1 , accessed on April 21, 2019 (English). 
2. ↑ Venues for international athletics championships , accessed November 4, 2018 (pdf 376 kB)
3. ^ The European Athletics Junior Championship in Novi Sad: History , at: nacionalnarevija.com, accessed September 17, 2013
4. ↑ Martin Neumann: Flash-News of the day - Cross-EM 2020 in Dublin, U20-EM 2021 in Tallinn ( Memento from April 25, 2019 in the Internet Archive ), notes, on: Leichtathletik.de, November 3, 2018.