World Athletics U20 Championships

World Athletics U20 Championships
World Athletics U20 Championships
Status	Active
Genre	Under-20 athletics; World Championships
Date	Varying
Frequency	Biennial
Country	Varying
Years active	40
Inaugurated	July 16, 1986 (as 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics)
Previous event	2024 Lima
Next event	2026 Eugene
Participants	1,700+
Organised by	World Athletics
Website	WorldAthletics.org

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).^[1]^[2]

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GenreUnder-20 athletics
World Championships

DateVarying

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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.^[3]

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Edition	Year	Events	Host city	Host country	Date	Venue	Top of the medal table	Nations	Athletes	Men	Women
1	1986	41	Athens	Greece	16–20 July	Athens Olympic Stadium	East Germany	142	1135	752	383
2	1988	41	Sudbury	Canada	27–31 July	Laurentian University Stadium	East Germany	123	1024	574	450
3	1990	41	Plovdiv	Bulgaria	8–12 August	Deveti Septemvri Stadium	Soviet Union	87	987	606	381
4	1992	41	Seoul	South Korea	16–20 September	Seoul Olympic Stadium	China	90	954	535	419
5	1994	42	Lisbon	Portugal	20–24 July	Estádio Universitário de Lisboa	United States	143	1139	674	465
6	1996	41	Sydney	Australia	20–25 August	Sydney International Athletic Centre	United States	142	1049	640	409
7	1998	43	Annecy	France	28 July – 2 August	Parc des Sports	China	169	1156	657	499
8	2000	43	Santiago	Chile	17–22 October	Estadio Nacional de Chile	Kenya	151	1122	638	484
9	2002	43	Kingston	Jamaica	16–21 July	Independence Park	United States	159	1069	630	439
10	2004	44	Grosseto	Italy	12–18 July	Stadio Olimpico Comunale	United States	168	1261	680	581
11	2006	44	Beijing	China	15–20 August	Chaoyang Sport Centre	Kenya	176	1350	742	608
12	2008	44	Bydgoszcz	Poland	8–13 July	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium	United States	165	1408	757	651
13	2010	44	Moncton	Canada	19–25 July	Moncton Stadium	Kenya	163	1313	746	567
14	2012	44	Barcelona	Spain	10–15 July	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys	United States	171	1566	856	710
15	2014	44	Eugene	United States	22–27 July	Hayward Field	United States	175	1546	831	715
16	2016	44	Bydgoszcz	Poland	19–24 July	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium	United States	140	1359
17	2018	44	Tampere	Finland	10–15 July	Tampere Stadium	Kenya	158	1462
18	2021	45	Nairobi	Kenya	17–22 August	Moi International Sports Centre	Kenya	116	958	523	435
19	2022	45	Cali	Colombia	2–7 August	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero	United States	145	1533	824	709
20	2024	45	Lima	Peru	26–31 August	Estadio Atlético de la VIDENA	United States	134	1720
21	2026	46	Eugene	United States	5–9 August	Hayward Field	United States	147	1858	955	861

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	135	95	73	303
2	Kenya	96	76	58	230
3	Ethiopia	54	56	35	145
4	China	45	49	39	133
5	Russia	43	32	26	101
6	Jamaica	42	55	46	143
7	Germany	35	41	42	118
8	Great Britain	31	29	44	104
9	Cuba	29	33	24	86
10	South Africa	25	22	23	70
11	East Germany	22	10	18	50
12	Romania	21	20	15	56
13	France	20	20	20	60
14	Soviet Union	18	16	22	56
15	Australia	17	34	34	85
16	Nigeria	15	13	10	38
17	Finland	14	14	17	45
18	Bulgaria	14	6	7	27
19	Sweden	13	12	8	33
20	Poland	12	21	21	54
21	Ukraine	10	11	13	34
22	Czech Republic	10	7	4	21
23	Italy	9	8	15	32
24	Qatar	9	5	5	19
25	Croatia	9	4	4	17
26	Belarus	8	12	14	34
27	Trinidad and Tobago	8	2	7	17
28	Japan	7	18	34	59
29	Netherlands	7	7	15	29
30	Mexico	7	5	1	13
31	Spain	6	15	12	33
32	Estonia	5	5	4	14
33	Uganda	5	4	11	20
34	Botswana	5	3	2	10
35	Brazil	5	2	10	17
36	Bahamas	5	0	6	11
37	New Zealand	5	0	5	10
38	Uzbekistan	5	0	1	6
39	Hungary	4	15	9	28
40	Norway	4	6	3	13
41	Morocco	4	3	17	24
42	Serbia	4	3	4	11
43	Unified Team	4	2	5	11
44	Greece	3	9	8	20
45	Switzerland	3	9	7	19
46	Canada	3	8	12	23
47	Algeria	3	5	1	9
48	Turkey	3	4	5	12
49	Latvia	3	4	2	9
50	Slovenia	3	4	1	8
51	West Germany	3	3	3	9
52	India	2	6	6	14
53	Bahrain	2	3	8	13
54	Lithuania	2	3	1	6
55	Israel	2	1	0	3
–	Authorised Neutral Athletes	2	1	0	3
56	Moldova	2	0	2	4
57	Montenegro	2	0	0	2
58	Ecuador	1	5	3	9
59	Colombia	1	4	4	9
60	Yugoslavia	1	3	3	7
61	Argentina	1	3	1	5
61	Egypt	1	3	1	5
63	Namibia	1	3	0	4
64	Belgium	1	2	6	9
65	Slovakia	1	2	4	7
66	Portugal	1	2	3	6
67	Saudi Arabia	1	2	2	5
68	Sudan	1	2	1	4
69	Austria	1	2	0	3
70	Cyprus	1	1	3	5
71	Grenada	1	1	2	4
72	British Virgin Islands	1	1	1	3
72	Chile	1	1	1	3
74	Iran	1	1	0	2
74	Tunisia	1	1	0	2
76	Barbados	1	0	3	4
77	Peru	1	0	1	2
78	Dominican Republic	1	0	0	1
	Indonesia	1	0	0	1
	Turks and Caicos Islands	1	0	0	1
81	Eritrea	0	4	2	6
81	Tanzania	0	4	2	6
83	Ireland	0	4	1	5
84	Czechoslovakia	0	3	2	5
85	South Korea	0	2	5	7
86	Djibouti	0	2	0	2
87	Chinese Taipei	0	1	3	4
88	Guyana	0	1	1	2
	Kazakhstan	0	1	1	2
	Kuwait	0	1	1	2
	Thailand	0	1	1	2
92	Antigua and Barbuda	0	1	0	1
	Burundi	0	1	0	1
	Denmark	0	1	0	1
	Malawi	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands Antilles	0	1	0	1
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	1	0	1
	Seychelles	0	1	0	1
	Venezuela	0	1	0	1
100	Ghana	0	0	2	2
100	Zimbabwe	0	0	2	2
102	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
	Cayman Islands	0	0	1	1
	Dominica	0	0	1	1
	Fiji	0	0	1	1
	Guatemala	0	0	1	1
	Iceland	0	0	1	1
	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	1	1
	Luxembourg	0	0	1	1
	Serbia and Montenegro	0	0	1	1
	U.S. Virgin Islands	0	0	1	1
	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
Totals (112 entries)		907	922	912	2,741

Event	Record	Points	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref.
100 m	10.51 (−0.3 m/s)	973	Ashley Moloney	Australia	10 July 2018	2018	Tampere, Finland	18 years, 119 days	^[25]
Long jump	7.74 m (+1.2 m/s)	995	Cedric Dubler	Australia	22 July 2014	2014	Eugene, United States	19 years, 190 days
Shot put (6 kg)	16.51 m	883	Yordanis García	Cuba	16 August 2006	2006	Beijing, China	17 years, 268 days	^[26]
High jump	2.15 m	944	Attila Zsivoczky	Hungary	21 August 1996	1996	Sydney, Australia	19 years, 114 days
High jump	2.15 m	944	Liam Belo da Silva	Sweden	7 August 2026	2026	Eugene, United States	19 years, 39 days	^[27]
400 m	46.86	965	Ashley Moloney	Australia	10 July 2018	2018	Tampere, Finland	18 years, 119 days	^[28]
110 m hurdles (0.99 m)	13.70 (+0.5 m/s)	1,014	Zalán Zemen	Hungary	8 August 2026	2026	Eugene, United States	18 years, 276 days	^[29]
Discus throw (1.750 kg)	51.95 m	911	Liam Belo da Silva	Sweden	8 August 2026	2026	Eugene, United States	19 years, 40 days	^[30]
Pole vault	5.00 m	910	Ilya Shkurenyov	Russia	21 July 2010	2010	Moncton, Canada	19 years, 191 days
Pole vault	5.00 m	910	Mathias Ako	France	23 July 2014	2014	Eugene, United States	18 years, 360 days
Javelin throw	71.59 m	914	Niklas Kaul	Germany	20 July 2016	2016	Bydgoszcz, Poland	18 years, 160 days	^[31]
1500 m	4:21.35	802	Kevin Mayer	France	21 July 2010	2010	Moncton, Canada	18 years, 161 days

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref.
10,000 m	27:21.08	Rhonex Kipruto	Kenya	10 July 2018	2018 Championships	Tampere, Finland	18 years, 271 days	^[32]
20 kilometres road run	59:27	Metaferia Zeleke	Ethiopia	31 July 1988	1988 Championships	Sudbury, Canada		^[33]
2,000 m steeplechase	5:28.56	Jon Azkueta	Spain	20 July 1986	1986 Championships	Athens, Greece	19 years, 18 days	^[33]

Event	Record	Score	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref.
100 m hurdles	13.23 (+1.3 m/s)	1090 pts	Thea Brown	Great Britain	5 August 2026	2026 Championships	Eugene, United States	19 years, 139 days	^[49]
High jump	1.94 m	1158 pts	Morgan Lake	Great Britain	22 July 2014	2014 Championships	Eugene, United States	17 years, 71 days
Shot put	14.72 m	842 pts	Zola Ndouma-Mona	France	5 August 2026	2026 Championships	Eugene, United States	19 years, 73 days	^[50]
200 m	23.78 (−1.6 m/s)	1002 pts	Svetla Dimitrova	Bulgaria	29 July 1988	1988 Championships	Sudbury, Canada	18 years, 184 days
Long jump	6.35 m (−0.4 m/s)	959 pts	Tatyana Chernova	Russia	16 August 2006	2006 Championships	Beijing, China	18 years, 199 days
Javelin throw	54.16 m	941 pts	Justine Robbeson	South Africa	17 July 2004	2004 Championships	Grosseto, Italy	19 years, 63 days
800 m	2:09.37	974 pts	Agathe Guillemot	France	13 July 2018	2018 Championships	Tampere, Finland	19 years, 2 days	^[51]

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

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

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

Athlete	Nation	Events	Year
Peter Chumba	Kenya	5000 metres, 10,000 metres	1986
Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	100 metres, 200 metres	1992
Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	5000 metres, 10,000 metres	1992
Daniel Komen	Kenya	5000 metres, 10,000 metres	1994
Francis Obikwelu	Nigeria	100 metres, 200 metres	1996
Assefa Mezgebu	Ethiopia	5000 metres, 10,000 metres	1996
Christian Malcolm	United Kingdom	100 metres, 200 metres	1998
Andrew Howe	Italy	200 metres, long jump	2004
Margus Hunt	Estonia	Discus throw, shot put	2006
Bayanda Walaza	South Africa	100 metres, 200 metres	2024

Athlete	Nation	Events	Year
Yin Lili	China	3000 metres, 5000 metres	1998
Veronica Campbell	Jamaica	100 metres, 200 metres	2000
Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	3000 metres, 5000 metres	2002
Tezdzhan Naimova	Bulgaria	100 metres, 200 metres	2006
Anthonique Strachan	Bahamas	100 metres, 200 metres	2012
Morgan Lake	Great Britain	High jump, heptathlon	2014
Briana Williams	Jamaica	100 metres, 200 metres	2018^[53]
Maja Åskag	Sweden	Long jump, triple jump	2021