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World Athletics U20 Championships

Biennial championships by World Athletics

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Biennial championships by World Athletics

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World Championships

The final of the 3000m steeplechase at the 2008 Championships in Poland.

The World Athletics U20 Championships is a biennial world championships for the sport of athletics organised by the World Athletics, contested by athletes in the under-20 athletics age category (19 years old or younger on 31 December in the year of the competition.

The competition was launched as the IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics in 1986 and renamed to IAAF World U20 Championships in November 2015. The current name was adapted with the name change of the sports governing body in 2019.

Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby is the most successful athlete at the championships, having won one gold and four silver in individual and relay sprinting events between 2000 and 2004. Chris Nelloms, Davidson Ezinwa and Dexter Lee share the position of most successful male athlete, at four medals each.

Championships

Edition	Year	Events	Host city	Host country	Date	Venue	Nations	Athletes	Men	Women
1	1986	41	Athens		16–20 July	Athens Olympic Stadium	142	1135	752	383
2	1988	41	Sudbury		27–31 July	Laurentian University Stadium	123	1024	574	450
3	1990	41	Plovdiv		8–12 August	Deveti Septemvri Stadium	87	987	606	381
4	1992	41	Seoul	KOR	16–20 September	Seoul Olympic Stadium	90	954	535	419
5	1994	42	Lisbon		20–24 July	Estádio Universitário de Lisboa	143	1139	674	465
6	1996	41	Sydney		20–25 August	Sydney International Athletic Centre	142	1049	640	409
7	1998	43	Annecy		28 July – 2 August	Parc des Sports	169	1156	657	499
8	2000	43	Santiago		17–22 October	Estadio Nacional de Chile	151	1122	638	484
9	2002	43	Kingston		16–21 July	Independence Park	159	1069	630	439
10	2004	44	Grosseto	ITA	12–18 July	Stadio Olimpico Comunale	168	1261	680	581
11	2006	44	Beijing		15–20 August	Chaoyang Sport Centre	176	1350	742	608
12	2008	44	Bydgoszcz		8–13 July	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium	165	1408	757	651
13	2010	44	Moncton		19–25 July	Moncton Stadium	163	1313	746	567
14	2012	44	Barcelona		10–15 July	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys	171	1566	856	710
15	2014	44	Eugene		22–27 July	Hayward Field	175	1546	831	715
16	2016	44	Bydgoszcz		19–24 July	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium	140	1359
17	2018	44	Tampere		10–15 July	Tampere Stadium	158	1462
18	2021	45	Nairobi		17–22 August	Moi International Sports Centre	116	958	523	435
19	2022	45	Cali		2–7 August	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero	145	1533	824	709
20	2024	45	Lima		26–31 August	Estadio Atlético de la VIDENA	134	1720
21	2026	45	Eugene		5–9 August	Hayward Field

The 2016 Championships were due to be held in Kazan, Russia before the IAAF's suspension of the All-Russia Athletic Federation, which prohibits Russia from hosting international competitions. The championships were relocated as a result.

All-time medal table

As of 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships.

Championships records

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Place
100 m	9.91 WU20R	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	2 August 2022	2022 Championships	Cali, Colombia
200 m	19.96	Blessing Afrifah	Israel	4 August 2022	2022 Championships	Cali, Colombia
Letsile Tebogo	Botswana
400 m	44.58	Anthony Pesela	Botswana	21 August 2021	2021 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya
800 m	1:43.76	Emmanuel Wanyonyi	Kenya	22 August 2021	2021 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya
1500 m	3:35.53	Abdalaati Iguider	Morocco	15 July 2004	2004 Championships	Grosseto, Italy
3000 m	7:42.09	Tadese Worku	Ethiopia	18 August 2021	2021 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya
5000 m	13:08.57	Abreham Cherkos	Ethiopia	13 July 2008	2008 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland
110 m hurdles (0.99 m)	12.72 WJR	Sasha Zhoya	France	21 August 2021	2021 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya
400 m hurdles	48.51	Kerron Clement	United States	16 July 2004	2004 Championships	Grosseto, Italy
3000 m steeplechase	8:06.10	Conseslus Kipruto	Kenya	15 July 2012	2012 Championships	Barcelona, Spain
High jump	2.37 m WJR	Dragutin Topić	Yugoslavia	12 August 1990	1990 Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Steve Smith	Great Britain	20 September 1992	1992 Championships	Seoul, South Korea
Pole vault	5.82 m	Armand Duplantis	Sweden	14 July 2018	2018 Championships	Tampere, Finland
Long jump	8.20 m	James Stallworth	United States	9 August 1990	1990 Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Triple jump	17.27 m	Jaydon Hibbert	Jamaica	5 August 2022	2022 Championships	Cali, Colombia
Shot put (6 kg)	22.20 m	Jacko Gill	New Zealand	11 July 2012	2012 Championships	Barcelona, Spain
22.30 m	Andrei Toader	Romania	19 July 2016	2016 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland
23.34 m	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland	19 July 2016	2016 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland
Discus throw (1.75 kg)	69.81 m	Mykolas Alekna	Lithuania	22 August 2021	2021 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya
Hammer throw (6 kg)	85.57 m WJR	Ashraf Amgad Elseify	Qatar	14 July 2012	2012 Championships	Barcelona, Spain
Javelin throw	86.48 m WJR	Neeraj Chopra	India	23 July 2016	2016 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland
Decathlon	8425 pts	Tomas Järvinen	Czech Republic	29–30 August 2024	2024 Championships	Lima, Peru
10,000 m walk (track)	39:24.85	Rayen Cherni	Tunisia	30 August 2024	2024 Championships	Lima, Peru
4 × 100 m relay	38.51 WU20R	Mihlali Xhotyeni
Sinesipho Dambile
Letlhogonolo Moleyane
Benjamin Richardson	South Africa	22 August 2021	2021 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya
4 × 400 m relay	3:01.09 WJR	Brandon Johnson
LaShawn Merritt
Jason Craig
Kerron Clement	United States	18 July 2004	2004 Championships	Grosseto, Italy

Decathlon disciplines

Event	Record	Points	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Place
100 m	10.51	973	Ashley Moloney	Australia	10 July 2018	2018	Tampere
Long jump	7.74 m	995	Cedric Dubler	Australia	22 July 2014	2014	Eugene
Shot put
(6 kg)	16.51 m	883	Yordanis García	Cuba	16 August 2006	2006	Beijing
High jump	2.15 m	944	Attila Zsivoczky	Hungary	21 August 1996	1996	Sydney
400 m	46.86	965	Ashley Moloney	Australia	10 July 2018	2018	Tampere
110 m hurdles
(0.99 m)	13.74	1,008	Ayden Owens-Delerme	Puerto Rico	11 July 2018	2018	Tampere
Discus throw
(1.750 kg)	51.67 m	905	Santiago Ford	Cuba	20 July 2016	2016	Bydgoszcz
Pole vault	5.00 m	910	Ilya Shkurenyov	Russia	21 July 2010	2010	Moncton
Mathias Ako	France	23 July 2014	2014	Eugene
Javelin throw	71.59 m	914	Niklas Kaul	Germany	20 July 2016	2016	Bydgoszcz
1500 m	4:21.35	802	Kevin Mayer	France	21 July 2010	2010	Moncton

Defunct events

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
10,000 m	27:21.08	Rhonex Kipruto	Kenya	10 July 2018	2018 Championships	Tampere, Finland
20 kilometres road run	59:27	Metaferia Zeleke	Ethiopia	31 July 1988	1988 Championships	Sudbury, Canada	title=World U20 Championships Records	url=https://www.worldathletics.org/records/by-category/world-u20-championships-records	publisher=World Athletics	access-date=15 July 2020}}
2,000 m steeplechase	5:28.56	Jon Azkueta	Spain	20 July 1986	1986 Championships	Athens, Greece

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Place
100 m	10.95	Tina Clayton	Jamaica	3 August 2022	2022 Championships	Cali, Colombia
200 m	21.84	Christine Mboma	Namibia	21 August 2021	2021 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya
400 m	50.50	Ashley Spencer	United States	13 July 2012	2012 Championships	Barcelona, Spain
800 m	1:59.13	Roisin Willis	United States	3 August 2022	2022 Championships	Cali, Colombia
1500 m	4:04.27	Birke Haylom	Ethiopia	6 August 2022	2022 Championships	Cali, Colombia
3000 m	8:41.76	Beyenu Degefa	Ethiopia	20 July 2016	2016 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland
5000 m	14:39.71	Medina Eisa	Ethiopia	27 August 2024	2024 Championships	Lima, Peru
100 m hurdles	12.77	Kerrica Hill	Jamaica	6 August 2022	2022 Championships	Cali, Colombia
400 m hurdles	54.70	Lashinda Demus	United States	19 July 2002	2002 Championships	Kingston, Jamaica
3000 m steeplechase	9:12.71	Sembo Almayew	Ethiopia	29 August 2024	2024 Championships	Lima, Peru
High jump	2.00 m	Alina Astafei	Romania	29 July 1988	1988 Championships	Sudbury, Canada
Pole vault	4.55 m	Angelica Moser	Switzerland	21 July 2016	2016 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland
Long jump	6.82 m	Fiona May	Great Britain	30 July 1988	1988 Championships	Sudbury, Canada
Triple jump	14.62 m WJR	Tereza Marinova	Bulgaria	25 August 1996	1996 Championships	Sydney, Australia
Shot put	18.76 m	Cheng Xiaoyan	China	21 July 1994	1994 Championships	Lisbon, Portugal
Discus throw	68.24 m	Ilke Wyludda	East Germany	31 July 1988	1988 Championships	Sudbury, Canada
Hammer throw	71.64 m	Silja Kosonen	Finland	21 August 2021	2021 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya
Javelin throw	63.52 m	Adriana Vilagoš	Serbia	2 August 2022	2022 Championships	Cali, Colombia
Heptathlon	6470 pts	Carolina Klüft	Sweden	19–20 July 2002	2002 Championships	Kingston, Jamaica
10,000 m walk (track)	42:47.25 WJR	Anežka Drahotová	Czech Republic	23 July 2014	2014 Championships	Eugene, United States
4 × 100 m relay	42.59 WU20R	Serena Cole
Tina Clayton
Kerrica Hill
Tia Clayton	Jamaica	5 August 2022	2022 Championships	Cali, Colombia

4 × 400 m relay	3:27.60 WJR	Alexandria Anderson
Ashlee Kidd
Stephanie Smith
Natasha Hastings	United States	18 July 2004	2004 Championships	Grosseto, Italy

Heptathlon disciplines

Event	Record	Score	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Place
100 m hurdles	13.24	1089 pts	Nadine Visser	Netherlands	22 July 2014	2014 Championships	Eugene, United States
High jump	1.94 m	1158 pts	Morgan Lake	Great Britain	22 July 2014	2014 Championships	Eugene, United States
Shot put	14.38 m	819 pts	Sarah Lagger	Austria	12 July 2018	2018 Championships	Tampere, Finland
200 m	23.78	1002 pts	Svetla Dimitrova	Bulgaria	29 July 1988	1988 Championships	Sudbury, Canada
Long jump	6.35 m	959 pts	Tatyana Chernova	Russia	16 August 2006	2006 Championships	Beijing, China
Javelin throw	54.16 m	941 pts	Justine Robbeson	South Africa	17 July 2004	2004 Championships	Grosseto, Italy
800 m	2:09.37	974 pts	Agathe Guillemot	France	13 July 2018	2018 Championships	Tampere, Finland

Defunct event

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
10,000 m	32:29.90	Wang Junxia	China	19 September 1992	1992 Championships	Seoul, South Korea

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date
4 × 400 m relay	3:17.69	Charlie Batholomew
Madison Whyte
Will Sumner
Kennedy Wade	United States	2 August 2022	2022 Championships	Cali, Colombia

Disqualifications

Doping

Several athletes have been stripped of medals due to doping.

Athlete	Nation	Sex	Event	Result	Year
Juan Miguel López		Men	Triple jump	Silver	1986
Vladyslav Piskunov		Men	Hammer throw	Gold	1994
Seema Antil		Women	Discus throw	Gold	2000
Katsiaryna Artsiukh	BLR	Women	400 metres hurdles	Gold	2010
Geisa Arcanjo		Women	Shot put	Gold	2010
Konrad Bukowiecki		Men	Shot put	Gold	2016
Andrei Toader		Silver
Adel Jaber Al-Asseri		Men	200 metres		2008

Age falsification

Two athletes subsequently lost their medals as a result of fraudulently misstating their age on official documents: Bahrain's 2006 steeplechase silver medallist Tareq Mubarak Taher and Morocco's Ahmed Baday (1998 5000 metres bronze). In addition to this, later analysis of Moses Kiptanui's age when having won the 1990 1500m showed he was marginally over age (aged 19 years, 315 days) at the time of his victory, though this result has not been rescinded.

Title defenses

Given the age limitations on the competition it is rare that athletes get the opportunity to defend previous individual titles. A total of 22 athletes have managed this feat, eight of them men and fourteen women. In addition to this Anita Weyermann won the 3000 m title after taking the 1500 m title two years earlier.

Athlete	Event	Years
Wilfred Kirochi	1500 metres	1986–88
Dexter Lee	100 metres	2008–10
Jonathan Ndiku	3000 metres steeplechase	2008–10
Jacko Gill	Shot put	2010–12
Ashraf Amgad Elseify	Hammer throw	2012–14
Jaheel Hyde	400 metres hurdles	2014–16
Lázaro Martínez	Triple jump	2014–16
Erwan Konate	Long jump	2021–22
Letsile Tebogo	100 metres	2021–22

Athlete	Event	Years
Svetla Dimitrova	Heptathlon	1986–88
Ilke Wyludda	Discus throw	1986–88
Gillian Russell	100 metres hurdles	1990–92
Irina Stankina	5000 metres walk	1994–96
Osleidys Menéndez	Javelin throw	1996–98
Blanka Vlašić	High jump	2000–02
Ivana Brkljačić	Hammer throw	2000–02
Carolina Klüft	Heptathlon	2000–02
Ma Xuejun	Discus throw	2002–04
Bianca Perie	Hammer throw	2006–08
Mirela Lavric	800 metres	2008–10
Mercy Cherono	3000 metres	2008–10
Dailenys Alcántara	Triple jump	2008–10
Angelica Bengtsson	Pole vault	2010–12
Adriana Vilagoš	Javelin	2021–22
Miné De Klerk	Shot put	2021–22
Tina Clayton	100 metres	2021–22
Saga Vanninen	Heptathlon	2021–22
Kerrica Hill	100 metres hurdles	2022-24
Sharifa Davronova	Triple jump	2022-24

Doubles

A total of fifteen athletes have won two individual titles at the same championships (nine men, six women). The majority of these are sprint or long-distance combinations, although Andrew Howe (200 m and long jump), Margus Hunt (discus throw and shot put) and Morgan Lake (high jump and heptathlon) managed to win novel doubles. Many others achieved a double between an individual victory and being a member of a winning relay team.

Athlete	Nation	Events	Year
Peter Chumba		5000 metres, 10,000 metres	1986
Ato Boldon		100 metres, 200 metres	1992
Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	5000 metres, 10,000 metres	1992
Daniel Komen		5000 metres, 10,000 metres	1994
Francis Obikwelu		100 metres, 200 metres	1996
Assefa Mezgebu	ETH	5000 metres, 10,000 metres	1996
Christian Malcolm		100 metres, 200 metres	1998
Andrew Howe		200 metres, long jump	2004
Margus Hunt		Discus throw, shot put	2006
Bayanda Walaza		100 metres, 200 metres	2024

Athlete	Nation	Events	Year
Yin Lili		3000 metres, 5000 metres	1998
Veronica Campbell		100 metres, 200 metres	2000
Meseret Defar	ETH	3000 metres, 5000 metres	2002
Tezdzhan Naimova		100 metres, 200 metres	2006
Anthonique Strachan		100 metres, 200 metres	2012
Morgan Lake		High jump, heptathlon	2014
Briana Williams		100 metres, 200 metres	2018
Maja Åskag		Long jump, triple jump	2021

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