2026 World Athletics U20 Championships

2026 World Athletics U20 Championships
Host city	Eugene, United States
Events	46
Dates	5–9 August 2026
Main venue	Hayward Field
Website	worldathletics.org
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The 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships, also known colloquially by its former official title, the World Junior Championships, was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 2007), which was held from 5 to 9 August 2026 at Hayward Field in Eugene, United States.^[1]^[2]

Host city

Eugene, United States

Events46

Dates5–9 August 2026

Main venueHayward Field

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

Date →	5 Aug		6 Aug		7 Aug		8 Aug		9 Aug
Event ↓	M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A	A
4 × 100 m relay			H					F
4 × 400 m relay	H	F

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States*	12	7	5	24
2	Kenya	4	3	4	11
3	Italy	3	0	2	5
4	Jamaica	2	3	3	8
5	Australia	2	3	1	6
5	Ethiopia	2	3	1	6
7	France	2	2	2	6
8	China	2	1	2	5
9	Czech Republic	2	1	1	4
10	South Africa	1	3	4	8
11	Finland	1	1	0	2
11	Romania	1	1	0	2
13	Spain	1	0	3	4
14	Germany	1	0	2	3
15	Morocco	1	0	1	2
15	Uganda	1	0	1	2
17	Algeria	1	0	0	1
	Brazil	1	0	0	1
	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
	Egypt	1	0	0	1
	Nigeria	1	0	0	1
	Poland	1	0	0	1
	Slovenia	1	0	0	1
	Sweden	1	0	0	1
25	Estonia	0	3	0	3
26	Great Britain	0	2	4	6
27	Greece	0	2	1	3
	India	0	2	1	3
	Japan	0	2	1	3
30	Switzerland	0	1	1	2
31	Croatia	0	1	0	1
	Ecuador	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
	South Korea	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
37	Barbados	0	0	1	1
	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Cyprus	0	0	1	1
	Dominica	0	0	1	1
	Guyana	0	0	1	1
Totals (42 entries)		46	46	46	138

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (Wind: 0.1 m/s) details	Tate Taylor United States	9.94 PB	Gary Card Jamaica	10.05	Marko Ferreira South Africa	10.16
200 metres (Wind: 0.1 m/s) details	Tate Taylor United States	19.83 CR	Blake Hamilton United States	20.31	Jayden Green Barbados	20.55
400 metres details	Jayden DeLeon United States	44.47 CR	Quincy Wilson United States	44.62 SB	Leendert Koekemoer South Africa	44.96
800 metres details	Imad Bouchajda Morocco	1:44.64	Daniel Williams Australia	1:45.36	Alejandro Ríos Spain	1:46.25 PB
1500 metres details	Wilson Chepkwech Kenya	3:37.46 PB	David Kapaiko Sekento Kenya	3:38.32 PB	Osama Er Redouani Morocco	3:39.68 PB
3000 metres details	Emmanuel Kiprono Kenya	7:28.28 CR, WU20L	Aloïs Abraham France	7:47.79	Ojiro Honda Japan	7:48.49 NU20R
5000 metres details	Frankline Kibet Kenya	13:28.27	Nehemiah Kipgeno Kenya	13:30.09	Damitew Kebede Ethiopia	13:35.38 PB

110 metres hurdles (Wind: +0.7 m/s) details	Le'Ezra Brown United States	12.72 =WU20R	Jeremy Koga Japan	12.97	Zacchaeus Brocks United States	12.98 =PB
400 metres hurdles details	Michal Rada Czech Republic	48.59 AU20R	Taiju Goto Japan	49.23	Matodzi Ndou South Africa	49.90
3000 metres steeplechase details	Bakr El Asri Spain	8:28.35 AU20R	Emmanuel Lemiso Someki Kenya	8:32.81	Nicholas Kitum Losiwareng Kenya	8:38.05

4×100 metres relay details	United States Blake Hamilton Dillon Mitchell Kyler Brown Tate Taylor Jayson Smith* Auralleus Hicks*	38.16 WU20R	Great Britain Divine Iheme Jake Odey-Jordan Ethan Franklin James Arminio Mayo Alabi*	38.90 =AU20R	Jamaica Kyle Bodden Gary Card Nyrone Wade Sanjay Seymore Nathaniel Martin*	39.01 SB
4×400 metres relay details	United States Quincy Wilson Cameron Tucker Alexander Osayemi Jayden DeLeon Ade Lloyd* Carlo Johnson*	3:01.39 WU20L	South Africa Ryno Riekert Kryn Romijn Abelines Schoeman Leendert Koekemoer	3:02.76 AU20R	France Milann Klemencic Rayan Bouhouche Lucas Couderc Dylan Telo Kristen Colly* Hugo Charlet*	3:04.80 NU20R

5000 m walk details	Isaac Beacroft Australia	18:40.37 WU20R	Pu Huajia China	18:43.70 AU20R	Nicolò Vidal Italy	18:56.19 PB

High jump details	Younes Ayachi Algeria	2.21 m	Basant Meghwal India	2.21 m =PB	Otis Poole Great Britain	2.21 m PB
Pole vault details	Zackaria Dia France	5.80	Henri Apri Estonia	5.75 NU20R	Isaiah Whitaker United States	5.45
Long jump details	Daniele Inzoli Italy	7.97 m	Mason McGroder Australia	7.96 m PB	Shahnavaz Khan India	7.84 m
Triple jump details	Michael-Andre Edwards Jamaica	17.08 m WU20L	Miles Nesmith United States	16.79 m PB	Wang Zhuoyue China	16.36 m
Shot put details	Alessandro Borges Brazil	20.35 m PB	Park Si-hoon South Korea	20.31 m	Jaco van Dyk South Africa	19.80 m PB
Discus throw details	Simon Rosselli United States	66.39 m	Sten-Erik Iir [de; sv] Estonia	65.42 m	Joseph Salmon Jamaica	64.37 m
Hammer throw details	Chen Jiawei China	79.16 m	Kayden Hulet United States	77.55 m PB	Wyatt Larkins Great Britain	75.38 m PB
Javelin throw details	Jan-Hendrik Heymans South Africa	80.50 m WU20L	Ashish Yadav India	74.09 m	Addison James [de] Dominica	73.89 m NU20R

Decathlon details	Liam Belo da Silva Sweden	8112 pts	Mikai Snoek Netherlands	7887 pts	Adam Juliš Czech Republic	7877 pts

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (Wind: -0.1 m/s) details	Mia Maxwell United States	11.14	Shanoya Douglas Jamaica	11.17	Kelly Doualla Italy	11.27
200 metres (Wind: -0.2 m/s) details	Mia Maxwell United States	22.37 PB	Shanoya Douglas Jamaica	22.68	Mariah Maxwell United States	22.77
400 metres details	Anastazja Kuś Poland	51.06 NU20R	Ataja Stephanie-Vazquez United States	51.36	Tianna Springer Guyana	51.76
800 metres details	Živa Remic Slovenia	2:03.03	Ioulianna Roussou Greece	2:03.08	Shaikira King Great Britain	2:03.52
1500 metres details	Josephine Sembeyo Mancha Kenya	4:16.73	Claire Stegall United States	4:16.77	Caren Chepchirchir Kenya	4:17.50
3000 metres details	Yordanos Tsigab Ethiopia	8:43.65 PB	Shito Gumi Ethiopia	8:45.06	Charity Cherop Uganda	8:45.59
5000 metres details	Charity Cherop Uganda	15:03.88	Shito Gumi Ethiopia	15:07.91	Joyline Chepkemoi Kenya	15:09.08 PB

100 metres hurdles (Wind: -0.2 m/s) details	Madeline Cooper United States	12.91 =WU20L	Tumi Ramokgopa South Africa	12.96	Tiana Marshall Jamaica	12.97 PB
400 metres hurdles details	Alexandra Ștefania Uță Romania	55.33 AU20R	Tumi Ramokgopa South Africa	55.88 PB	Eleni Iakovaki Greece	55.99 NU20R
3000 metres steeplechase details	Almaz Yohannis Ethiopia	9:15.81 WU20L	Wosane Asefa Ethiopia	9:30.50 PB	Anatasha Cheptoo Kenya	9:37.18

4×100 metres relay details	Jamaica Sashana Johnson Theianna-Lee Terrelonge Natrece East Shanoya Douglas Samoya Brown* Renecia Edwards*	42.89 WU20L	Switzerland Mara Schwitter Xenia Buri Milla Tonazzi Joy Umegbolu	43.36	Belgium Lore Foesters Lauren Petroci-Coninx Martha Geerardyn Ilona Dhaenens	43.91 NU20R
4×400 metres relay details	United States Ashtyn Lewis Olivia Harris Clara Adams Taylor-Nicole Overton Sydney Kuhn*	3:29.15 WU20L	Australia Shari Hurdman Xanthee Watts Charlotte McAuliffe Alice Hill	3:31.39 SB	Great Britain Caitlin Hadfield Shiloh Omotosho Casey Musgrave Camiah Bennett Noa Chodokufa*	3:32.08 SB

5000 m walk details	Serena di Fabio Italy	20:57.57 CR	Chloé Le Roch France	21:17.92 NU20R	Yang Yutong China	21:31.99 PB

High jump details	Izobelle Louison-Roe Australia	1.92 m	Lilianna Bátori Hungary	1.90 m	Aitana Alonso Spain	1.90 m =NU20R
Pole vault details	Nicole Krutilová Czech Republic	4.45 m	Olha Belchenko [uk] Ukraine	4.40 m	Kylie Neira United States	4.35 m
Long jump details	Djelika Diarra France	6.52 m WU20L	Evelyn Mitropoulou Greece	6.44 m	Soudatou Niang France	6.34 m =PB
Triple jump details	Viktoria Angelova Bulgaria	13.91 m	Daria Vrînceanu Romania	13.70 m SB	Ana Estrella de León Spain	13.58 m SB
Shot put details	Jessica Oji Nigeria	18.08 m	Belsy Quiñónez Ecuador	17.90 m NU20R	Emily Scherf Germany	17.23 m PB
Discus throw details	Su Yixin China	61.06 m WU20L	Jaslene Massey United States	58.41 m	Marina Hadjicosta Cyprus	54.88 m
Hammer throw details	Clara Hegemann Germany	68.99 m	Pinja Kärhä Finland	68.51 m	Nova Kienast Germany	67.89 m SB
Javelin throw details	Aseel Osama Abdel Hamid Egypt	59.82 m	Vita Barbić Croatia	56.60 m	Tai Yu-chin Chinese Taipei	54.34 m

Heptathlon details	Enni Virjonen Finland	6214 pts WU20L	Mia Mirela Uusorg Estonia	5961 pts	Anna Pfister Switzerland	5850 pts PB

2026 World Athletics U20 Championships

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4×100 metres relay details	Italy Edwin Fermin Galvan Elisa Valensin Francesco Pagliarini Kelly Doualla Elisa Calzolari* Carlotta Suppini*	41.21 WU20R	Great Britain Divine Iheme Savannah Morgan Mathew Ajayi Sophie Thomas	41.38 PB	United States Cy Lugo Ahlayna Taylor Nicholas Altheimer Ava Kitchings Aster Jones*	41.39 SB
4×400 metres relay details	United States Joshua Shelton Taylor-Nicole Overton Jaelen Hunter Olivia Harris Natalie Dumas*	3:15.31 CR	Czech Republic Lukáš Mareš Sophie Pischnothová Jakub Marek Linda Botková Kateřina Čechová	3:18.16 NU20R	Australia Dylan Ruming Xanthee Watts Fred Hamblin Charlotte McAuliffe	3:18.45 NU20R

Event	Men	Women
100 m	10.50	11.78
200 m	21.25	24.35
400 m	47.40	55.20
800 m	1:50.00	2:09.00
1500 m	3:47.50	4:27.00
3000 m	8:04.00	9:27.00
5000 m	14:08.00	16:25.00
3000 m sc	9:00.00	10:36.00
100 mH	–	14.10
110 mH	14.05 00.991	–
400 mH	53.00	1:00.75
5000 m RW	20:50.00 (43:30.00*)	24:00.00 (49:20.00*)
4x100 m Relay	No standard	No standard
4x400 m Relay	No standard	No standard
4x100 m Mixed Relay	No standard	No standard
4x400 m Mixed Relay	No standard	No standard
Heptathlon	–	5280 points
Decathlon	7100 points	–
High Jump	2.11	1.81
Pole Vault	5.12	4.05
Long Jump	7.58	6.22
Triple Jump	15.45	13.00
Shot Put	18.30 (6 kg)	14.50 (4 kg)
Discus	56.00	49.00
Hammer	68.00 (6 kg)	57.50
Javelin	68.50	49.50