2018 IAAF World U20 Championships

The 2018 World U20 Championships in Athletics, also known as the World Junior Championships, was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 1999) which was held at Tampere Stadium in Tampere, Finland on 10–15 July 2018. The championships were originally awarded to Tampere by the IAAF in March, 2016.

2018 World U20 Championships in Athletics

Host city	Tampere, Finland
Nations	156 + 2 teams
Athletes	1462
Events	44
Dates	10–15 July
Opened by	Sauli Niinistö
Main venue	Tampere Stadium

Schedule

Q	Qualification	H	Heats	½	Semifinals	F	Final
M = morning session, A = afternoon session

All dates are EEST (UTC+3)

Men

Date →	10 July		11 July			12 July		13 July		14 July		15 July
Event ↓	M	A	M	A		M	A	M	A	M	A	A
100 m	H			½	F
200 m						H	½		F
400 m			H				½		F
800 m								H			½	F
1500 m	H						F
3000 m SC						H						F
5000 m											F
10,000 m	F
110 m hurdles			H	½			F
400 m hurdles						H			½		F
4 × 100 m relay									H		F
4 × 400 m relay										H		F
10,000 m walk										F
High jump							Q			F
Pole vault				Q							F
Long jump	Q			F
Triple jump									Q		F
Shot put	Q	F
Discus throw										Q		F
Hammer throw			Q						F
Javelin throw								Q			F
Decathlon	F

Women

Date →	10 July		11 July		12 July			13 July		14 July		15 July
Event ↓	M	A	M	A	M	A		M	A	M	A	A
100 m			H			½	F
200 m								H	½		F
400 m		H		½		F
800 m	H			½		F
1500 m						H						F
3000 m SC	H								F
3000 m				F
5000 m		F
100 m hurdles								H			½	F
400 m hurdles			H			½			F
4 × 100 m relay									H		F
4 × 400 m relay										H		F
10,000 m walk										F
High jump								Q				F
Pole vault		Q				F
Long jump					Q				F
Triple jump										Q		F
Shot put			Q	F
Discus throw		Q				F
Hammer throw					Q						F
Javelin throw	Q			F
Heptathlon					F

Qualifying Standards

Event	Men	Women
100 m	10.55	11.80
200 m	21.35	24.20
400 m	47.70	55.00
800 m	1:50.00	2:08.70
1500 m	3:48.00	4:27.00
5000 m	5000 m 14:15.00 8:15.00 (3000 m)	5000 m 16:40.00 9:35.00 (3000 m)
10,000 m	31:00.00 10,000 m	–
3000 m sc	9:10.00	10:43.00
100 mH	–	14.10
110 mH	14.20 0.995 m	–
400 mH	53.00	60.75
10,000 m RW	44:00.00	51:00.00
4x100 m Relay	No standard	No standard
4x400 m Relay	No standard	No standard
Heptathlon	–	5300 points
Decathlon	7200 points	–
High Jump	2.16 m	1.82 m
Pole Vault	5.10 m	4.05 m
Long Jump	7.55 m	6.15 m
Triple Jump	15.60 m	12.85 m
Shot Put	18.25 m (6 kg)	14.50 m
Discus	56.00 m	48.00 m
Hammer	68.00 m (6 kg)	57.00 m
Javelin	68.70 m	50.00 m

Men's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Lalu Muhammad Zohri Indonesia	10.18 NJR	Anthony Schwartz United States	10.22	Eric Harrison United States	10.22 PB
200 m	Jona Efoloko Great Britain	20.48 PB	Charles Dobson Great Britain	20.57	Eric Harrison United States	20.79
400 m	Jonathan Sacoor Belgium	45.03 NJR	Christopher Taylor Jamaica	45.38	Chantz Sawyers Jamaica	45.89
800 m	Solomon Lekuta Kenya	1:46.35	Ngeno Kipngetich Kenya	1:46.45 PB	Eliott Crestan Belgium	1:47.27
1500 m	George Manangoi Kenya	3:41.71	Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway	3:41.89	Justus Soget Kenya	3:42.14
5000 m	Edward Zakayo Kenya	13:20.16	Stanley Mburu Kenya	13:20.57	Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway	13:20.78 AJR
10,000 m	Rhonex Kipruto Kenya	27:21.08 CR	Jacob Kiplimo Uganda	27:40.36	Berihu Aregawi Ethiopia	27:48.41 PB
110 m hurdles (99.0 cm)	Damion Thomas Jamaica	13.18	Orlando Bennett Jamaica	13.33	Shunsuke Izumiya Japan	13.38 PB
400 m hurdles	Sokwakhana Zazini South Africa	49.42	Bassem Hemeida Qatar	49.59 PB	Alison dos Santos Brazil	49.78 PB
3000 m steeplechase	Takele Nigate Ethiopia	8:25.35 SB	Leonard Bett Kenya	8:25.39	Getnet Wale Ethiopia	8:26.16 SB
4×100 m relay	United States Eric Harrison Anthony Schwartz Austin Kratz Micah Williams	38.88 WJL	Jamaica Xavier Nairne Christopher Taylor Jhevaughn Matherson Michael Stephens	38.96 NJR	Germany Lucas Ansah-Peprah Marvin Schulte Milo Skupin-Alfa Luis Brandner	39.22
4×400 m relay	Italy Klaudio Gjetja Andrea Romani Alessandro Sibilio Edoardo Scotti Lorenzo Benati (heats)	3:04.05 WJL, AJR	United States Elija Godwin Nicholas Ramey Justin Robinson Howard Fields Matthew Boling Umajesty Williams	3:05.24	Great Britain Alex Haydock-Wilson Joseph Brier Alastair Chalmers Alex Knibbs	3:05.64
10,000 m walk	Zhang Yao China	40:32.06 PB	David Hurtado Ecuador	40:32.06 PB	José Ortiz Guatemala	40:45.26 PB

• WJR (World Junior Record), WJL (World Junior Leader), CR (Championship Record), AJR (Area Junior Record), NJR (National Junior Record ), PB (Personal Best), SB (Season Best)

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Adónios Mérlos PB Greece Roberto Vílches Mexico	2.23m	Not Awarded		JuVaughn Blake PB United States Breyton Poole South Africa	2.23m
Pole vault	Armand Duplantis Sweden	5.82m CR	Zachery Bradford United States	5.55m PB	Masaki Ejima Japan	5.55m
Long jump	Yuki Hashioka Japan	8.03m	Maikel Vidal Cuba	7.99m	Wayne Pinnock Jamaica	7.90m
Triple jump	Jordan Díaz Cuba	17.15m CR	Martin Lamou France	16.44m	Jonathan Seremes France	16.18m PB
Shot put (6 kg)	Kyle Blignaut South Africa	22.07m WJL	Adrian Piperi United States	22.06m AJR	Odisséas Mouzenídis Greece	21.07m NJR
Discus throw (1.750 kg)	Kai Chang Jamaica	62.36m PB	Yauheni Bahutski Belarus	61.75m	Claudio Romero Chile	60.81m SB
Hammer throw (6 kg)	Jake Norris Great Britain	80.65m NJR	Mykhaylo Kokhan Ukraine	79.68m PB	Mykhaylo Havryliuk Ukraine	77.71m PB
Javelin throw	Nash Lowis Australia	75.31m PB	Tzuriel Pedigo United States	73.76m PB	Maurice Voigt Germany	73.44m PB
Decathlon (junior)	Ashley Moloney Australia	8190 pts CR, AJR, WJL	Gary Haasbroek Australia	7798 pts PB	Simon Ehammer Switzerland	7642 pts PB

• WJR (World Junior Record), WJL (World Junior Leader), CR (Championship Record), AJR (Area Junior Record), NJR (National Junior Record ), PB (Personal Best), SB (Season Best)

Women's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Briana Williams Jamaica	11.16	Twanisha Terry United States	11.19	Kristal Awuah Great Britain	11.37
200 m	Briana Williams Jamaica	22.50 CR	Lauren Rain Williams United States	23.09	Martyna Kotwiła Poland	23.21 NJR
400 m	Hima Das India	51.46	Andrea Miklós Romania	52.07 PB	Taylor Manson United States	52.28
800 m	Diribe Welteji Ethiopia	1:59.74 CR, WJL	Carly Thomas Australia	2:01.13 PB	Delia Sclabas Switzerland	2:01.29 NJR
1500 m	Alemaz Samuel Ethiopia	4:09.67	Miriam Cherop Kenya	4:10.73	Delia Sclabas Switzerland	4:11.98
3000 m	Nozomi Tanaka Japan	8:54.01 PB	Meselu Berhe Ethiopia	8:56.39 PB	Tsigie Gebreselama Ethiopia	8:59.20 PB
5000 m	Beatrice Chebet Kenya	15:30.77 PB	Ejgayehu Taye Ethiopia	15:30.87 PB	Girmawit Gebrzihair Ethiopia	15:34.01 PB
100 m hurdles	Tia Jones United States	13.01	Britany Anderson Jamaica	13.01 PB	Cortney Jones United States	13.19
400 m hurdles	Zenéy van der Walt South Africa	55.34	Shiann Salmon Jamaica	56.11	Yasmin Giger Switzerland	56.98
3000 m steeplechase	Celliphine Chespol Kenya	9:12.79 CR	Peruth Chemutai Uganda	9:18.87	Winfred Mutile Yavi Bahrain	9:23.47
4×100 m relay	Germany Victoria Dönicke Corinna Schwab Sophia Junk Denise Uphoff	43.82	Ireland Molly Scott Gina Akpe-Moses Ciara Neville Patience Jumbo Gula	43.90 NJR	Great Britain Kristal Awuah Alisha Rees Georgina Adam Ebony Carr	44.05
4×400 m relay	United States Symone Mason Shae Anderson Julia Madubuike Taylor Manson	3:28.74 WJL	Australia Ella Connolly Cara Jardine Jemima Russell Carley Thomas	3:31.36 SB	Jamaica Janielle Josephs Stacey-Ann Williams Shiann Salmon Calisha Taylor	3:31.90 SB
10,000 m walk	Alegna González Mexico	44:13.88 WJL	Meryem Bekmez Turkey	44:17.69 NJR	Glenda Morejón Ecuador	44:19.40 AJR

• WJR (World Junior Record), WJL (World Junior Leader), CR (Championship Record), AJR (Area Junior Record), NJR (National Junior Record ), PB (Personal Best), SB (Season Best)

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Karyna Demidik Belarus	1.92m NU20R	Sommer Lecky Ireland	1.90m NU20R	María Fernanda Murillo Colombia	1.90m = AU20R
Pole vault	Amálie Švábíková Czech Republic	4.51m NJR	Lisa Gunnarsson Sweden	4.35m	Alice Moindrot France	4.35m
Long jump	Lea-Jasmine Riecke Germany	6.51m PB	Ayaka Kora Japan	6.37m	Tara Davis United States	6.36m
Triple jump	Aleksandra Nacheva Bulgaria	14.18m WJL PB	Mirieli Santos Brazil	13.81m PB	Davisleydi Velazco Cuba	13.78m
Shot put	Maddi Wesche New Zealand	17.09m PB	Zhang Linru China	17.05m	Jorinde van Klinken Netherlands	17.05m
Discus throw	Alexandra Emilianov Moldova	57.89m	Helena Leveelahti Finland	56.80m NJR	Silinda Morales Cuba	55.37m PB
Hammer throw	Camryn Rogers Canada	64.90m	Alyssa Wilson United States	64.45m	Yanitza Martínez Cuba	63.82m
Javelin throw	Alina Shukh Ukraine	55.95m	Tomoka Kuwazoe Japan	55.66m	Dana Baker United States	55.04m PB
Heptathlon	Niamh Emerson Great Britain	6253 pts WJL	Sarah Lagger Austria	6225 pts NJR	Adrianna Sułek Poland	5939 pts NJR

• WJR (World Junior Record), WJL (World Junior Leader), CR (Championship Record), AJR (Area Junior Record), NJR (National Junior Record ), PB (Personal Best), SB (Season Best)

Medal table

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Kenya won the ranking in the medal table.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya	6	4	1	11
2	Jamaica	4	5	3	12
3	United States	3	8	7	18
4	Ethiopia	3	2	4	9
5	Great Britain	3	1	3	7
6	South Africa	3	0	1	4
7	Australia	2	3	0	5
8	Japan	2	2	2	6
9	Germany	2	0	2	4
10	Mexico	2	0	0	2
11	Cuba	1	1	3	5
12	Ukraine	1	1	1	3
13	Belarus	1	1	0	2
	China	1	1	0	2
	Sweden	1	1	0	2
16	Belgium	1	0	1	2
	Greece	1	0	1	2
18	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
	Canada	1	0	0	1
	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
	India	1	0	0	1
	Indonesia	1	0	0	1
	Italy	1	0	0	1
	Moldova	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
26	Ireland	0	2	0	2
	Uganda	0	2	0	2
28	France	0	1	2	3
29	Brazil	0	1	1	2
	Ecuador	0	1	1	2
	Norway	0	1	1	2
32	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Finland*	0	1	0	1
	Qatar	0	1	0	1
	Romania	0	1	0	1
	Turkey	0	1	0	1
37	Switzerland	0	0	4	4
38	Poland	0	0	2	2
39	Bahrain	0	0	1	1
	Chile	0	0	1	1
	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Guatemala	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
Totals (43 entries)		45	43	45	133

Placing table

USA won the ranking in the placing table.

Rank	Country				4	5	6	7	8	Points
1	United States	3	8	7	0	1	5	6	2	155
2	Kenya	6	4	1	2	4	0	1	2	112
3	Jamaica	4	5	3	1	1	1	2	0	101
4	Ethiopia	3	2	4	2	5	2	0	0	98
5	Germany	2	0	2	5	3	2	3	3	80
	Great Britain	3	1	3	1	2	3	4	1	80
7	Japan	2	2	2	3	2	1	2	3	75
8	Australia	2	3	0	2	3	2	3	0	71
9	China	1	1	0	3	2	5	2	0	57
10	France	0	1	2	4	2	1	0	2	52
11	Cuba	1	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	47
12	South Africa	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	40
13	Italy	1	0	0	2	2	2	1	4	38
14	Switzerland	0	0	4	0	1	2	0	1	35
15	Uganda	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	32
16	Sweden	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	26
17	Ukraine	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	25
	Belgium	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	25
19	Belarus	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	24
	Poland	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	24
21	India	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	23
	Brazil	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	23
23	Canada	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	22
24	Norway	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	18
25	Mexico	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
26	Finland	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	15
	Ireland	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	15
	Spain	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	15
29	Greece	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14
	Czech Republic	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	14
	New Zealand	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	14
32	Turkey	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	13
	Ecuador	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	13
	Romania	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	13
35	Qatar	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	11
36	Austria	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	10
37	Slovakia	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	9
38	Hungary	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	8
	Netherlands	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	8
	Bulgaria	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
	Moldova	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
	Indonesia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
43	Chile	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
	Eritrea	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	6
	Guatemala	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
	Colombia	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
	Bahamas	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
48	Armenia	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
	Slovenia	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
	Portugal	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
51	Latvia	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4
53	Lithuania	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
54	Algeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
	Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
	Iran	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
	Cyprus	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
	Dominican Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
	Morocco	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
61	Taiwan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Sri Lanka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Barbados	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Participation

The following is a list of participating nations with the number of qualified athletes in brackets. A country without any qualified athlete could enter either one male or one female. A total 156 countries (plus the teams from Authorized Neutral Athletes and Athlete Refugee team) and 1462 athletes were scheduled to compete.

• Algeria (11)
• Authorised Neutral Athletes (9)
• Andorra (1)
• Antigua and Barbuda (2)
• Argentina (4)
• Armenia (2)
• ART (2)
• Aruba (1)
• Australia (54)
• Austria (10)
• Bahamas (12)
• Bahrain (3)
• Bangladesh (1)
• Barbados (6)
• Belarus (12)
• Belgium (14)
• Bermuda (1)
• Bhutan (1)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (4)
• Bolivia (1)
• Botswana (13)
• Brazil (20)
• British Virgin Islands (1)
• Bulgaria (9)
• Burkina Faso (1)
• Burundi (1)
• Cameroon (1)
• Canada (32)
• Cayman Islands (3)
• Chad (1)
• Chile (4)
• China (35)
• Ivory Coast (1)
• Colombia (8)
• Republic of the Congo (1)
• Costa Rica (2)
• Croatia (5)
• Cuba (13)
• Cyprus (4)
• Czech Republic (24)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)
• Denmark (11)
• Djibouti (1)
• Dominica (1)
• Dominican Republic (7)
• Ecuador (9)
• Egypt (2)
• Eritrea (4)
• El Salvador (1)
• Estonia (3)
• Ethiopia (29)
• Finland (32) Host
• France (44)
• French Polynesia (1)
• Gambia (1)
• Georgia (5)
• Germany (67)
• Ghana (1)
• Gibraltar (1)
• Great Britain (40)
• Greece (19)
• Grenada (1)
• Guatemala (4)
• Guam (1)
• Guyana (2)
• Haiti (1)
• Hong Kong (1)
• Honduras (1)
• Hungary (27)
• Iceland (3)
• India (31)
• Indonesia (2)
• Iran (4)
• Iraq (3)
• Ireland (19)
• Israel (4)
• Italy (55)
• Jamaica (42)
• Jordan (1)
• Japan (47)
• Kazakhstan (2)
• Kenya (27)
• Kosovo (1)
• Kuwait (1)
• Kyrgyzstan (1)
• Latvia (6)
• Lesotho (1)
• Libya (1)
• Lithuania (7)
• Luxembourg (2)
• Macau (1)
• Macedonia (1)
• Madagascar (1)
• Malta (1)
• Maldives (1)
• Mexico (6)
• Moldova (2)
• Monaco (1)
• Montenegro (1)
• Morocco (10)
• Namibia (1)
• Nauru (1)
• Netherlands (14)
• Nicaragua (1)
• New Zealand (11)
• Nigeria (3)
• Norway (10)
• Oman (1)
• Panama (1)
• Papua New Guinea (1)
• Paraguay (1)
• Peru (6)
• Philippines (1)
• Poland (37)
• Portugal (14)
• Puerto Rico (5)
• Qatar (8)
• Romania (17)
• Saint Lucia (1)
• San Marino (1)
• São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
• Saudi Arabia (5)
• Senegal (1)
• Serbia (6)
• Seychelles (1)
• Sierra Leone (1)
• Singapore (1)
• Slovakia (9)
• Slovenia (11)
• South Africa (19)
• South Korea (7)
• South Sudan (1)
• Spain (46)
• Sri Lanka (11)
• Sudan (1)
• Eswatini (1)
• Sweden (17)
• Switzerland (21)
• Chinese Taipei (4)
• Tajikistan (1)
• Tonga (1)
• Trinidad and Tobago (14)
• Tunisia (5)
• Turkey (32)
• Turkmenistan (1)
• Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
• Tuvalu (1)
• Uganda (11)
• Ukraine (34)
• United States (79)
• Uruguay (2)
• Uzbekistan (2)
• Vanuatu (1)
• Venezuela (5)
• Vietnam (2)
• United States Virgin Islands (1)
• Yemen (1)
• Zambia (3)
• Zimbabwe (6)

External links

• Official website