2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics

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2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Barcelona 2012.jpg
Host citySpain Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Nations participating171
Athletes participating1566
Events44
Dates10–15 July
Officially opened byJuan Carlos I of Spain
Main venueEstadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
← 2010 Moncton

The 14th World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born 1993 or later) which was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, on 10–15 July 2012.[1] A total of 44 athletics events were contested at the championships, 22 by male and 22 by female athletes.

Several medalists from the 2010 championships were eligible to defend their titles, including Jacko Gill, Jodie Williams, Shaunae Miller, and Angelica Bengtsson. Gill and Bengtsson were successful.

Men's results[]

Track[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
details
Adam Gemili
 Great Britain
10.05
WJL CR
Aaron Ernest
 United States
10.17
PB
Odean Skeen
 Jamaica
10.28
PB
200 m
details
Delano Williams
 Turks and Caicos Islands
20.48
NJ
Aaron Ernest
 United States
20.53
PB
Tyreek Hill
 United States
20.54
400 m
details
Luguelín Santos
 Dominican Republic
44.85 Arman Hall
 United States
45.39
PB
Steven Solomon
 Australia
Aldrich Bailey
 United States
45.52
800 m
details
Nigel Amos
 Botswana
1:43.79
CR
Timothy Kitum
 Kenya
1:44.56
 Kenya
1:44.79
PB
1500 m
details
Hamza Driouch
 Qatar
3:39.04
 Kenya
3:40.39
PB

 Morocco
3:40.60
5000 m
details
Muktar Edris
 Ethiopia
13:38.95 Abrar Osman Adem
 Eritrea
13:40.52
 Kenya
13:40.52
10,000 m
details
Yigrem Demelash
 Ethiopia
28:16.07
PB

 Kenya
28:23.98
PB
Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui
 Kenya
28:30.47
110 m hurdles
(99.0 cm)
details
Yordan Luis O'Farrill
 Cuba
13.18
CR
Nicholas Hough
 Australia
13.27
AJ
Wilhem Belocian
 France
13.29
NJ
400 m hurdles
details
Eric Futch
 United States
50.24
WJL

 Japan
50.41
PB

 Saudi Arabia
50.47
PB
3000 m steeplechase
details
Conseslus Kipruto
 Kenya
8:06.10
CR

 Kenya
8:19.94 Hicham Sigueni
 Morocco
8:30.14
4×100 m relay
details
 United States
Tyreek Hill
Aldrich Bailey
Arthur Delaney
Aaron Ernest
38.67
WJL
 Jamaica

Odean Skeen
Jevaughn Minzie
Jazeel Murphy
38.97
NJ
 Japan
Kazuma Oseto
Akiyuki Hashimoto
Aska Cambridge
39.02
4×400 m relay
details
 United States

Aldrich Bailey
Chidi Okezie
Arman Hall
3:03.99
WJL
 Poland
Karol Zalewski


Patryk Dobek
3:05.05
NJ
 Trinidad and Tobago
Asa Guevara
Jereem Richards

Machel Cedenio
3:06.32
10,000 m walk
details
Eider Arévalo
 Colombia
40:09.74
WJL
Aleksandr Ivanov
 Russia
40:12.90
PB

 China
40:16.87
PB

Field[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump
details
Andrei Churyla
 Belarus
2.24 Falk Wendrich
 Germany
2.24
PB
Ryan Ingraham
 Bahamas
2.24
Pole vault
details
Thiago Braz da Silva
 Brazil
5.55
NJ
Ivan Horvat
 Croatia
5.55 Shawnacy Barber
 Canada
5.55
NJ
Long jump
details
Sergey Morgunov
 Russia
8.09 Andreas Trajkovski
 Denmark
7.82
NJ
Jarrion Lawson
 United States
7.64
Triple jump
details
Pedro Pichardo
 Cuba
16.79
WJL

 Russia
16.60 Latario Collie-Minns
 Bahamas
16.37
Shot put (6 kg)
details
Jacko Gill
 New Zealand
22.20
CR
Krzysztof Brzozowski
 Poland
21.78
NJ
Damien Birkinhead
 Australia
21.14
NJ
Discus throw (1.750 kg)
details
Fedrick Dacres
 Jamaica
62.80
PB

 Poland
62.75 Gerhard de Beer
 South Africa
61.57
Hammer throw (6 kg)
details
Ashraf Amgad Elseify
 Qatar
85.57
WJ
Bence Pásztor
 Hungary
76.74 Suhrob Khodjaev
 Uzbekistan
76.16
PB
Javelin throw
details
Keshorn Walcott
 Trinidad and Tobago
78.64 Braian Toledo
 Argentina
77.09 Morné Moolman
 South Africa
76.29
PB
Decathlon (junior)
details
Gunnar Nixon
 United States
8018
WJL
Jake Stein
 Australia
7951
AJ

 Netherlands
7815
PB

Women's results[]

Track[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
details
Anthonique Strachan
 Bahamas
11.20
WJL
Nimet Karakuş
 Turkey
11.36
 Brazil
11.45
200 m
details
Anthonique Strachan
 Bahamas
22.53
CR

 United States
23.15
PB
Dezerea Bryant
 United States
23.15
400 m
details
Ashley Spencer
 United States
50.50
CR

 Guyana
51.04
AJ

 United States
51.10
PB
800 m
details
Ajee' Wilson
 United States
2:00.91
PB
Jessica Judd
 Great Britain
2:00.96
PB

 Morocco
2:03.09
1500 m
details
Faith Kipyegon
 Kenya
4:04.96
CR
Amela Terzić
 Serbia
4:07.59
PB, NR
Senbere Teferi
 Ethiopia
4:08.28
PB
3000 m
details

 Kenya
9:08.88
PB
Hiwot Gebrekidan
 Ethiopia
9:09.27
PB
Emelia Gorecka
 Great Britain
9:09.43
PB
5000 m
details
Buze Diriba
 Ethiopia
15:32.94 Ruti Aga
 Ethiopia
15:32.95
PB
Agnes Jebet Tirop
 Kenya
15:36.74
PB
100 m hurdles
details
Morgan Snow
 United States
13.38 Noemi Zbären
  Switzerland
13.42
 Russia
13.43
400 m hurdles
details
Janieve Russell
 Jamaica
56.62
WJL
Aurelie Chaboudez
 France
57.14
NJ

 United States
57.63
3000 m steeplechase
details

 Kenya
9:47.22
WJL

 Ethiopia
9:50.51
PB

 Kenya
9:50.58
PB
4×100 m relay
details
 United States
Morgan Snow
Dezerea Bryant
Jennifer Madu
43.89
WJL
 Germany
Alexandra Burghardt


Jessie Maduka
44.24
SB
 Brazil



44.29
SB
4×400 m relay
details
 United States


Kendall Baisden
Ashley Spencer
3:30.01
WJL
 Jamaica


Shericka Jackson
Janieve Russell
3:32.97
SB
 Russia



Ekaterina Renzhina
3:36.42
10,000 m walk
details

 Russia
45:41.74
 Russia
45:43.64
PB
Sandra Arenas
 Colombia
45:44.46

Field[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump
details
Alessia Trost
 Italy
1.91 Lissa Labiche
 Seychelles
1.88
NJ
Mariya Kuchina
 Russia
1.88
Pole vault
details
Angelica Bengtsson
 Sweden
4.50
CR
Elizabeth Parnov
 Australia
4.30 Roberta Bruni
 Italy
4.20
Long jump
details
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
 Great Britain
6.81w Lena Malkus
 Germany
6.80w Jazmin Sawyers
 Great Britain
6.67
WJL
Triple jump
details
Ana Peleteiro
 Spain
14.17
WJL
Dovilė Dzindzaletaitė
 Lithuania
14.17
WJL, NR

 Cuba
13.90
Shot put
details
Shanice Craft
 Germany
17.15
WJL
Gao Yang
 China
16.57 Bian Ka
 China
16.48
Discus throw
details
Anna Rüh
 Germany
62.38 Shanice Craft
 Germany
60.42 Shelbi Vaughan
 United States
60.07
Hammer throw
details
Alexandra Tavernier
 France
70.62
CR
Alexia Sedykh
 France
67.34 Alena Navahrodskaya
 Belarus
67.13
PB
Javelin throw
details
Sofi Flinck
 Sweden
61.40
WJL, NR
Liu Shiying
 China
59.20
PB
Marija Vučenović
 Serbia
57.12
PB
Heptathlon
details
Yorgelis Rodríguez
 Cuba
5966 Xénia Krizsán
 Hungary
5957
PB
Tamara de Sousa
 Brazil
5900
AJ

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Spain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)94720
2 Kenya (KEN)44513
3 Ethiopia (ETH)3317
4 Cuba (CUB)3014
5 Germany (GER)2406
6 Russia (RUS)2338
7 Jamaica (JAM)2215
8 Great Britain (GBR)2125
9 Bahamas (BAH)2024
10 Qatar (QAT)2002
 Sweden (SWE)2002
12 France (FRA)1214
13 Brazil (BRA)1034
14 Belarus (BLR)1012
 Colombia (COL)1012
 Italy (ITA)1012
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)1012
18 Botswana (BOT)1001
 Dominican Republic (DOM)1001
 New Zealand (NZL)1001
 Spain (ESP)*1001
 Turks and Caicos Islands (TCA)1001
23 Australia (AUS)0325
24 Poland (POL)0303
25 China (CHN)0224
26 Hungary (HUN)0202
27 Japan (JPN)0112
 Serbia (SRB)0112
29 Argentina (ARG)0101
 Croatia (CRO)0101
 Denmark (DEN)0101
 Eritrea (ERI)0101
 Guyana (GUY)0101
 Lithuania (LTU)0101
 Seychelles (SEY)0101
  Switzerland (SUI)0101
 Turkey (TUR)0101
38 Morocco (MAR)0033
39 South Africa (RSA)0022
40 Canada (CAN)0011
 Netherlands (NED)0011
 Saudi Arabia (KSA)0011
 Uzbekistan (UZB)0011
Totals (43 nations)444445133

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list,[2] 1566 athletes from 171 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[3]

  •  Albania (1)
  •  Algeria (11)
  •  American Samoa (1)
  •  Andorra (2)
  •  Angola (1)
  •  Anguilla (1)
  •  Antigua and Barbuda (2)
  •  Argentina (9)
  •  Armenia (4)
  •  Australia (51)
  •  Austria (12)
  •  Azerbaijan (1)
  •  Bahamas (22)
  •  Bahrain (5)
  •  Bangladesh (1)
  •  Barbados (8)
  •  Belarus (17)
  •  Belgium (10)
  •  Belize (1)
  •  Benin (1)
  •  Bermuda (2)
  •  Bolivia (4)
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
  •  Botswana (4)
  •  Brazil (29)
  •  British Virgin Islands (2)
  •  Bulgaria (5)
  •  Burkina Faso (1)
  •  Cameroon (1)
  •  Canada (46)
  •  Cape Verde (1)
  •  Cayman Islands (1)
  •  Chad (1)
  •  Chile (13)
  •  China (33)
  •  Chinese Taipei (9)
  •  Colombia (10)
  •  Comoros (1)
  •  Congo (1)
  •  DR Congo (1)
  •  Cook Islands (1)
  •  Costa Rica (3)
  •  Croatia (10)
  •  Cuba (12)
  •  Cyprus (5)
  •  Czech Republic (14)
  •  Denmark (8)
  •  Djibouti (1)
  •  Dominica (2)
  •  Dominican Republic (2)
  •  Ecuador (2)
  •  Egypt (3)
  •  El Salvador (1)
  •  Equatorial Guinea (1)
  •  Eritrea (3)
  •  Estonia (8)
  •  Ethiopia (19)
  •  Fiji (2)
  •  Finland (32)
  •  France (31)
  •  French Polynesia (1)
  •  Gabon (2)
  •  Georgia (2)
  •  Germany (61)
  •  Ghana (6)
  •  Gibraltar (1)
  •  Great Britain (36)
  •  Greece (12)
  •  Grenada (1)
  •  Guam (1)
  •  Guatemala (3)
  •  Guinea-Bissau (1)
  •  Guyana (3)
  •  Hong Kong (2)
  •  Hungary (22)
  •  Iceland (4)
  •  India (17)
  •  Indonesia (2)
  •  Iran (4)
  •  Iraq (2)
  •  Ireland (15)
  •  Israel (5)
  •  Italy (52)
  •  Jamaica (37)
  •  Japan (40)
  •  Kazakhstan (10)
  •  Kenya (25)
  •  Kuwait (3)
  •  Laos (1)
  •  Latvia (7)
  •  Lebanon (1)
  •  Lesotho (1)
  •  Lithuania (10)
  •  Luxembourg (2)
  •  Macau (1)
  •  Macedonia (2)
  •  Madagascar (1)
  •  Malta (1)
  •  Mauritania (1)
  •  Mauritius (1)
  •  Mexico (16)
  •  Micronesia (1)
  •  Moldova (2)
  •  Mongolia (1)
  •  Montenegro (1)
  •  Morocco (12)
  •  Mozambique (1)
  •  Namibia (2)
  •  Nauru (1)
  •  Netherlands (18)
  •  New Zealand (13)
  •  Nicaragua (1)
  •  Niger (1)
  •  Nigeria (10)
  •  Northern Mariana Islands (1)
  •  Norway (22)
  •  Oman (1)
  •  Pakistan (1)
  •  Palestine (1)
  •  Panama (1)
  •  Papua New Guinea (1)
  •  Paraguay (1)
  •  Peru (7)
  •  Poland (37)
  •  Portugal (14)
  •  Puerto Rico (8)
  •  Qatar (9)
  •  Romania (23)
  •  Russia (42)
  •  Rwanda (1)
  •  Saint Kitts and Nevis (1)
  •  Saint Lucia (2)
  •  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
  •  San Marino (2)
  •  São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
  •  Saudi Arabia (11)
  •  Senegal (1)
  •  Serbia (9)
  •  Seychelles (1)
  •  Singapore (1)
  •  Slovakia (9)
  •  Slovenia (20)
  •  Solomon Islands (1)
  •  South Africa (31)
  •  South Korea (13)
  •  Spain (54)
  •  Sri Lanka (6)
  •  Sudan (4)
  •  Sweden (22)
  •   Switzerland (19)
  •  Syria (1)
  •  Tajikistan (2)
  •  Thailand (7)
  •  Tonga (1)
  •  Trinidad and Tobago (16)
  •  Tunisia (8)
  •  Turkey (29)
  •  Turkmenistan (1)
  •  Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
  •  Uganda (5)
  •  Ukraine (47)
  •  United States (80)
  •  Uruguay (1)
  •  U.S. Virgin Islands (1)
  •  Uzbekistan (4)
  •  Vanuatu (1)
  •  Venezuela (10)
  •  Vietnam (1)
  •  Yemen (1)
  •  Zambia (2)
  •  Zimbabwe (1)

References[]

  1. ^ "More Records set to be broken - World Junior Championships Entries confirm 186 countries". IAAF. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  2. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, p. 5, retrieved 13 June 2015

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