Athletics U20 World Championships

The IAAF World U20 Athletics Championships (official name: IAAF World U20 Championships ), until November 2015 known as the Junior Athletics World Championships (official name: IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics ), have been organized by the IAAF World Athletics Association every two years since 1986 . Eligible are athletes under 20 years of age ( U20 for short ).

Overview

year	city	country	date	Stadion	athlete	Nations
1986	Athens	Greece	July 16-20	Olympic Stadium	1135	142
1988	Greater Sudbury	Canada	July 27th to 31st	Laurentian University Stadium	1024	123
1990	Plovdiv	Bulgaria	August 8th to 12th	Deveti Septemvri Stadium	987	87
1992	Seoul	South Korea	September 16-20	Olympic Stadium	954	90
1994	Lisbon	Portugal	July 20th to 24th	Estádio Universitário de Lisboa	1139	143
1996	Sydney	Australia	August 20th to 25th	Sydney International Athletic Center	1049	142
1998	Annecy	France	July 28th to August 2nd	Parc des Sports	1156	169
2000	Santiago	Chile	October 17th to 22nd	Estadio Nacional de Chile	1122	151
2002	Kingston	Jamaica	July 16-21	Independence Park	1069	159
2004	Grosseto	Italy	July 12th to 18th	Carlo Zecchini Stadium	1261	168
2006	Beijing	People's Republic of China	August 15th to 20th	Chaoyang Sports Center	1350	176
2008	Bydgoszcz	Poland	July 8-13	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium	1408	165
2010	Moncton	Canada	July 19-25	Moncton Stadium	1408	163
2012	Barcelona	Spain	July 27th to August 1st	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys	1856	180
2014	Eugene	United States	July 22nd to 27th	Hayward Field	1540	167
2016	Bydgoszcz	Poland	July 19 to 24	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium	1512	157
2018	Tampere	Finland	July 10-15	Ratina Stadium	1462	156
2020	Nairobi	Kenya	postponed	Moi International Sports Complex

Championship records

Men

discipline	record	athlete	origin	date	place
100 m	10.05 s (+0.1 m / s)	Adam Gemili	United Kingdom	July 11, 2012	Barcelona
200 m	20.17 s (+1.2 m / s)	Michael Norman	United States	July 22, 2016	Bydgoszcz
400 m	44.66 s	Hamdan Al-Bishi	Saudi Arabia	October 20, 2000	Santiago de Chile
800 m	1: 43.79 min	Nijel Amos	Botswana	July 15, 2012	Barcelona
1500 m	3: 35.53 min	Abdalaati Iguider	Morocco	July 15, 2004	Grosseto
5000 m	13: 08.57 min	Abreham Cherkos	Ethiopia	July 13, 2008	Bydgoszcz
10,000 m	27: 25.23 min	Rodgers Kwemoi	Kenya	19th July 2016	Bydgoszcz
110 m hurdles (99 cm)	12.99 s (+0.5 m / s) WJR	Wilhem Belocian	France	July 24, 2014	Eugene
400 m hurdles	48.51 s	Kerron Clement	United States	July 16, 2004	Grosseto
3000 m obstacle	8: 06.10 min	Conseslus Kipruto	Kenya	July 15, 2012	Barcelona
high jump	2.37 m WJR	Dragutin Topić	Yugoslavia	August 12, 1990	Plovdiv
		Steve Smith	United Kingdom	20th September 1992	Seoul
Pole vault	5.71 m	Germán Chiaraviglio	Argentina	August 19, 2006	Beijing
Long jump	8.20 m	James Stallworth	United States	August 9, 1990	Plovdiv
Triple jump	17.13 m (+0.7 m / s)	Lázaro Martínez	Cuba	July 27, 2014	Eugene
Shot put (6 kg)	23.34 m WJR	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland	19th July 2016	Bydgoszcz
Discus throw (1.75 kg)	67.32 m	Margus Hunt	Estonia	August 16, 2006	Beijing
Hammer throw (6 kg)	85.57 m WJR	Ashraf Amgad el-Seify	Qatar	July 14, 2012	Barcelona
Javelin throw	86.48 m WJR	Neeraj Chopra	India	23rd July 2016	Bydgoszcz
Decathlon	8162 points WJR	Niklas Kaul	Germany	20th July 2016	Bydgoszcz
10 km by train	39: 27.19 min	Daisuke Matsunaga	Japan	July 25, 2014	Eugene
4 × 100 m relay race	38.66 s WJR	Trell Kimmons Abidemi Omole Ivory Williams LaShawn Merritt	United States	July 18, 2004	Grosseto
4 × 400 m relay race	3: 01.09 min WJR	Brandon Johnson LaShawn Merritt Jason Craig Kerron Clement	United States	July 18, 2004	Grosseto

Women

discipline	record	Athlete	origin	date	place
100 m	11.07 s (+0.9 m / s)	Candace Hill	United States	July 21, 2016	Bydgoszcz
200 m	22.53 s (+0.2 m / s)	Anthonique Strachan	Bahamas	July 13, 2012	Barcelona
400 m	50.50 s	Ashley Spencer	United States	July 13, 2012	Barcelona
800 m	2:00:06 min	Mirela Lavric	Romania	July 11, 2008	Bydgoszcz
1500 m	4: 04.96 min	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	July 15, 2012	Barcelona
3000 m	8: 41.76	Beyenu Degefa	Ethiopia	20th July 2016	Bydgoszcz
5000 m	15:08:06	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	July 21, 2010	Moncton
100 m hurdles	12.85 s (+2.0 m / s)	Elwira Herman	Belarus	July 24, 2016	Bydgoszcz
400 m hurdles	54.70 s	Lashinda Demus	United States	July 19, 2002	Kingston
3000 m obstacle	9: 25.15 min	Celliphine Chepteek Chespol	Kenya	July 22, 2016	Bydgoszcz
high jump	2.00 m	Alina Astafei	Romania	July 29, 1988	Sudbury
Pole vault	4.55 m	Angelica Moser	Switzerland	July 21, 2016	Bydgoszcz
Long jump	6.82 m	Fiona May	Italy	July 30, 1988	Sudbury
Triple jump	14.62 m WJR	Teresa Marinova	Bulgaria	August 25, 1996	Sydney
Shot put	18.76 m	Cheng Xiaoyan	People's Republic of China	July 21, 1994	Lisbon
Discus throw	68.48 m	Ilke Wyludda	German Democratic Republic	July 31, 1988	Sudbury
Hammer throw	70.62 m	Alexandra Tavernier	France	July 14, 2012	Barcelona
Javelin throw	63.01 m WJR	Wera Rebryk	Ukraine	July 10, 2008	Bydgoszcz
Heptathlon	6470 points	Carolina Klüft	Sweden	July 20, 2002	Kingston
10 km by train	42: 47.25 min WJR	Anežka Drahotová	Czech Republic	23rd July 2014	Eugene
4 × 100 m relay race	43.40	Sherone Simpson Kerron Stewart Anneisha McLaughlin Simone Facey	Jamaica	July 21, 2002	Kingston
4 × 400 m relay race	3: 27.60 min WJR	Alexandria Anderson Ashlee Kidd Stephanie Smith Natasha Hastings	United States	July 18, 2004	Grosseto

Eternal medal table

A total of 684 gold, 687 silver and 690 bronze medals were won by athletes for 100 countries at the U20 World Athletics Championships. The following table contains the 20 most successful nations in lexicographical order (as of the 2016 U20 World Athletics Championships).

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	Total
01	United States	105	69	55	229
02	Kenya	72	62	41	175
03	Russia	43	32	26th	101
04th	People's Republic of China	38	44	33	115
05	Ethiopia	34	30th	25th	89
06th	Germany	30th	37	33	100
07th	Cuba	27	31	19th	77
08th	United Kingdom	27	25th	32	84
09	Jamaica	23	34	34	91
10	German Democratic Republic	23	10	18th	51
11	Romania	20th	18th	15th	53
12	Soviet Union	21st	18th	27	66
13	South Africa	13	14th	10	37
14th	France	13	12	15th	40
15th	Australia	11	21st	27	59
16	Poland	11	16	13	40
17th	Bulgaria	11	5	7th	23
18th	Nigeria	10	13	7th	30th
19th	Qatar	9	4th	5	18th
20th	Finland	8th	9	15th	32

Notes and individual references

1. ↑ because of the COVID-19 pandemic , originally planned for July 7th to 12th
2. ↑ Including medals for West Germany (FRG) 1986–1990.