2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics

2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Host city	Brixen, Italy
Events	40
Dates	8–12 July
Main venue
	← 2007 Ostrava 2011 Lille →

The 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics is the sixth edition of the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics. They were held at in Bressanone, Italy from 8–12 July 2009. Athletes had to be aged 16 or 17 on 31 December 2009 (born in 1992 or 1993) to compete.^[1]

15-year-old Jodie Williams took the 100 m sprint title in a youth world leading time of 11.39. This was also a personal best for Williams, who had not lost a 100 m final since 2007.^[2] Also winning the girls' 200 m, Williams became the first youth athlete ever to do so. A similar feat was achieved by Kirani James of Grenada, who won the boys' 200 and 400 metres.^[3]

In winning the long jump, Supanara Sukhasvasti became Thailand's first finalist, medallist and champion in an athletics global event of any age category. He is a descendant of King Rama IV.^[4] With the 100 m hurdles, 17-year-old Isabelle Pedersen became Norway's first World Youth champion. Her time of 13.20 in the semi finals was a national record and third all-time Youth best.^[5] 16-year-old Italian Alessia Trost also became the host nation's first World Youth champion.^[6]

Johan Rogestedt of Sweden became the first European ever to win the 800 metres, usually dominated by East African runners.^[7] In high jump, Russian-born Dmitriy Kroyter became Israel's first world youth champion.

Medal summary[]

Boys[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Prezel Hardy United States	10.57	Aaron Brown Canada	10.74	Giovanni Galbieri Italy	10.79
200 m details	Kirani James Grenada	21.05 PB	Alberto Gavalda Spain	21.33 SB	Keenan Brock United States	21.39
400 m details	Kirani James Grenada	45.24 CR WL PB	Joshua Mance United States	46.22 PB	Awad El Karim Makki Sudan	47.15 SB
800 m	Johan Rogestedt Sweden	1:50.92 PB	Kenya	1:50.97	Kenya	1:51.01
1500 m	Kenya	3:37.36 WL	Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku Kenya	3:38.42	Girma Bekele Ethiopia	3:39.88 PB
3000 m	Isaiah Kiplangat Koech Kenya	7:51.51 CR	David Kiprotich Bett Kenya	7:52.13 PB	Goitom Kifle Eritrea	8:05.83 PB
2000 m st.	Hillary Kipsang Yego Kenya	5:25.33 WL	Kenya	5:26.59 PB	Ethiopia	5:37.32 PB
110 m H 91.4 cm	United States	13.28 WL	Jack Meredith Great Britain	13.33 PB	Canada	13.51
400 m H 84.0 cm	Cuba	51.30 WL	Jeremiah Kipkorir Mutai Kenya	51.45 PB	Jose Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon Italy	51.74
10,000 m track walk	Hagen Pohle Germany	41:35.99 CR WL PB	[Wikidata] Russia	41:53.76 PB	Ukraine	42:01.90 PB
Medley relay	United States Keenan Brock Dedric Dukes Joshua Mance	1:50.33 WYB	Brazil Jackson da Silva Leandro de Araújo	1:52.66 SB	Japan Takumi Kuki Ryota Yamagata	1:52.82 SB
High jump	Dmitriy Kroyter Israel	2.20	Janick Klausen Denmark	2.20 PB	Django Lovett Canada Daniil Tsyplakov Russia	2.17 PB 2.17 PB
Pole vault	Jin Min-sub South Korea	5.15 PB	Carlo Paech Germany	5.10	Germany	5.10
Long jump	Supanara Sukhasvasti Thailand	7.65 PB	Stefan Brits South Africa	7.57	Germany	7.53 PB
Triple jump	Benjamin Williams Great Britain	15.91 PB	Supanara Sukhasvasti Thailand	15.70 PB	Russia	15.66 PB
Shot put 5 kg	Ryan Crouser United States	21.56 CR	Krzysztof Brzozowski Poland	20.89 PB	South Africa	20.37 PB
Discus 1.500 kg	Hamid Manssour Syria	64.20	Ryan Crouser United States	61.64	Traves Smikle Jamaica	61.22 PB
Hammer 5 kg	Chen Hongqiu China	74.93 WL PB	Suhrob Khodjaev Tajikistan	73.29 PB	Slovakia	72.17
Javelin 700g	Shih-Feng Huang Chinese Taipei	74.00	France	73.54	Braian Toledo Argentina	73.44 PB
Octathlon	Kevin Mayer France	6478 WL	Qatar	6232 PB	Germany	6217 PB
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Girls[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Jodie Williams Great Britain	11.39 WL PB	Allison Peter U.S. Virgin Islands	11.47 PB	United States	11.48 SB
200 m	Jodie Williams Great Britain	23.08 WL	Allison Peter U.S. Virgin Islands	23.08 WL	United States	23.15 PB
400 m	United States	52.88	United States	53.44	Sandra Wagner Sweden	53.52 PB
800 m	Cherono Koech Kenya	2:01.67 CR	Ciara Mageean Ireland	2:03.07 PB	Rowena Cole Great Britain	2:03.83 PB
1500 m	Kenya	4:12.76 PB	Ethiopia	4:15.16	Amela Terzić Serbia	4:16.71 PB
3000 m	Purity Cherotich Rionoripo Kenya	9:03.79	Jackline Chepngeno Kenya	9:05.93 PB	Genet Yalew Ethiopia	9:08.95 PB
2000 m st.	Ethiopia	6:11.83 WYB	Kenya	6:11.90 PB	Ethiopia	6:16.83 PB
100 m H 76.2 cm	Isabelle Pedersen Norway	13.23	Kori Carter United States	13.26 PB	United States	13.39 PB
400 m H	Vera Rudakova Russia	57.83 WL	Jamaica	58.62	Déborah Rodríguez Uruguay	59.71 PB
5,000 m track walk	Elena Lashmanova Russia	22:55.45 WL	Mexico	22:59.27 PB	Svetlana Vasilyeva Russia	23:00.15 PB
Medley relay	United States	2:04.32 WL	Hungary Anasztázia Nguyen	2:09.22 PB	Romania Sanda Belgyan Adelina Pastor	2:09.25 PB
High jump	Alessia Trost Italy	1.87	Mariya Kuchina Russia Australia	1.85 PB 1.85 PB
Pole vault	Angelica Bengtsson Sweden	4.32 WL	Michaela Meijer Sweden	4.10	Hungary Russia	4.00 PB 4.00 PB
Long jump	Minjia Lu China	6.22	Alina Rotaru Romania	6.09	United States	6.05
Triple jump	Yana Borodina Russia	13.63 WL	China	13.57 PB	Uzbekistan	13.45
Shot put	Lena Urbaniak Germany	15.28	Margaret Satupai Samoa	14.96 SB	China	14.65 PB
Discus	Li Shanshan China	51.65	United States	50.09	Shanice Craft Germany	49.15
Hammer	Barbara Spiler Slovenia	59.33	Kivilcim Kaya Turkey	57.91 SB	Romania	56.41 PB
Javelin	Anastasiya Svechnikova Uzbekistan	53.25 SB	You Wu China	52.04 PB	Germany	51.47 PB
Heptathlon	Katarina Thompson Great Britain	5750 WL	Laura Ikauniece Latvia	5647 PB	Germany	5423 PB
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Medals table[]

Kirani James of Grenada won a 200/400 m sprint double.

Angelica Bengtsson took the pole vault title for Sweden.

Jodie Williams won a 100/200 m sprint double for Great Britain.

Kévin Mayer of France won the decathlon.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya (KEN)	6	7	1	14
2	United States (USA)	6	5	5	16
3	Great Britain (GBR)	4	1	1	6
4	Russia (RUS)	3	2	4	9
5	China (CHN)	3	2	1	6
6	Germany (GER)	2	1	6	9
7	Sweden (SWE)	2	1	1	4
8	Grenada (GRN)	2	0	0	2
9	Ethiopia (ETH)	1	1	4	6
10	France (FRA)	1	1	0	2
10	Thailand (THA)	1	1	0	2
12	Italy (ITA)	1	0	2	3
13	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	0	1	2
14	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	0	0	1
	Cuba (CUB)	1	0	0	1
	Israel (ISR)	1	0	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	1	0	0	1
	South Korea (KOR)	1	0	0	1
	Syria (SYR)	1	0	0	1
21	U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV)	0	2	0	2
22	Canada (CAN)	0	1	2	3
22	Romania (ROU)	0	1	2	3
24	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	1	2
	Jamaica (JAM)	0	1	1	2
	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	1	2
27	Australia (AUS)	0	1	0	1
	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	0	1
	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	0	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	0	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	0	1
	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
	Qatar (QAT)	0	1	0	1
	Samoa (SAM)	0	1	0	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
	Tajikistan (TJK)	0	1	0	1
	Turkey (TUR)	0	1	0	1
39	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Eritrea (ERI)	0	0	1	1
	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
	Serbia (SRB)	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	0	1	1
	Sudan (SUD)	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1
	Uruguay (URU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (46 nations)		40	41	41	122

All Information taken from IAAF's website.^[8]

References[]

^ IAAF, May 5, 2009: More than 170 nations to compete in Sϋdtirol – 2009 World Youth Champs. Accessed 2009-07-11. Archived 2009-09-08.
^ "15-year-old Jodie Williams takes sprint titles". IAAF. 2009-07-09. Archived from the original on 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
^ Williams and James achieve unprecedented doubles as Kenya steals the show in middle distance
^ "Descendant of the Royal family grabs Thailand's first ever World gold medal". IAAF. 2009-07-10. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
^ "World Youth gold is more than a dream come true for Pedersen". IAAF. 2009-07-09. Archived from the original on 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
^ "Golden jump for Italy's Alessia Trost". IAAF. 2009-07-10. Archived from the original on 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
^ A Swede steals Kenya's thunder at the World Youth Championships
^ 2009 World Youth medal table [1] . Accessed 2009-07-11. Archived 2009-09-08.

External links[]

[1] IAAF, May 5, 2009: More than 170 nations to compete in Sϋdtirol – 2009 World Youth Champs. Accessed 2009-07-11. Archived 2009-09-08.

[Jodie-2] "15-year-old Jodie Williams takes sprint titles". IAAF. 2009-07-09. Archived from the original on 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2009-07-10.

[3] Williams and James achieve unprecedented doubles as Kenya steals the show in middle distance

[S.N.A.-4] "Descendant of the Royal family grabs Thailand's first ever World gold medal". IAAF. 2009-07-10. Retrieved 2009-07-10.

[Pedersen-5] "World Youth gold is more than a dream come true for Pedersen". IAAF. 2009-07-09. Archived from the original on 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2009-07-10.

[Trost-6] "Golden jump for Italy's Alessia Trost". IAAF. 2009-07-10. Archived from the original on 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2009-07-11.

[7] A Swede steals Kenya's thunder at the World Youth Championships

[8] 2009 World Youth medal table [1] . Accessed 2009-07-11. Archived 2009-09-08.

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