2017 IAAF World U18 Championships

2017 World U18 Championships in Athletics
Host city	Nairobi, Kenya
Events	40
Dates	12–16 July
Main venue	Moi International Sports Centre
	← 2015 Cali

The 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships was the tenth and last edition of the biennial international athletics competition for youth (under-18) athletes.^[1] The five-day competition took place between 12 and 16 July at the Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi, Kenya.^[2] Eligible athletes were aged 16 or 17 on 31 December 2017 (born in 2000 or 2001).

South Africa topped the medals table with 11 medals, five of them gold, while host nation Kenya finished fourth with four gold and 15 medals in total.

Boycott[]

The United States, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, South Korea and Italy decided not to take part in the championships for organizational, logistical, and health and safety reasons (concerning athletes still underage).^[3]^[4]

Medal summary[]

Boys[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	South Africa	10.57	Retshidisitswe Mlenga South Africa	10.61	Tyreke Wilson Jamaica	10.65
200 metres	Retshidisitswe Mlenga South Africa	21.03	South Africa	21.12 PB	Germany	21.23 PB
400 metres details	Antonio Watson Jamaica	46.59 PB	Guyana	46.72 PB	Turks and Caicos Islands	46.77 NR
800 metres details	Melese Nberet Ethiopia	1:47.12 WU18L	Ethiopia	1:47.16 PB	Kenya	1:47.82 PB
1500 metres details	George Manangoi Kenya	3:47.53	Ethiopia	3:48.65 PB	Ethiopia	3:50.64
3000 metres	Selemon Barega Ethiopia	7:47.16 PB	Edward Zakayo Kenya	7:49.17 PB	Stanley Waithaka Kenya	7:50.64 PB
110 metres hurdles	Jamaica	13.04 CR	Chinese Taipei	13.41	France	13.55
400 metres hurdles	Sokwakhana Zazini South Africa	49.27	Moitalel Naadokila Kenya	52.06 PB	France	52.21 PB
2000 metres steeplechase	Leonard Bett Kenya	5:32.52	Kenya	5:33.07 PB	Ethiopia	5:42.10
10,000 metres walk	China	41:12.01 WU18L	Independent Athletes	41:24.17 PB	Kenya	41:25.78 PB
High jump	Breyton Poole South Africa	2.24 WU18L	Germany	2.14 PB	Ukraine	2.11 PB
Pole vault details	France	5.00	Cyprus	4.85 PB	Ukraine	4.70 PB
Long jump	Cuba	7.88 WU18L	Lester Lescay Cuba	7.79 PB	Romania	7.47
Triple jump details	Jordan Díaz Cuba	17.30 WU18B	Ecuador	15.92 PB	Colombia	15.89 PB
Shot put	Germany	20.72 WU18L	Belarus	19.99	South Africa	19.93 PB
Discus throw	Claudio Romero Chile	64.33 WU18L	Ukraine	63.98 PB	South Africa	58.34
Hammer throw details	Mykhaylo Kokhan Ukraine	82.31	India	74.20 PB	Germany	71.78
Javelin throw	China	77.54 PB	South Africa	75.68 PB	China	73.64
Decathlon details	France	7559 WU18L	Latvia	7377 PB	Germany	7204

Girls[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Mizgin Ay Turkey	11.62	Magdalena Stefanowicz Poland	11.62 PB	Jamaica	11.67
200 metres	Germany	23.51 PB	Jaël Bestué Spain	23.61 PB	Mizgin Ay Turkey	23.76 PB
400 metres details	Barbora Malíková Czech Republic	52.74 PB	Mary Moraa Kenya	53.31 PB	Brazil	53.57 PB
800 metres	Jackline Wambui Kenya	2:01.46 WU18L	Kenya	2:02.06 PB	Hirut Meshesha Ethiopia	2:06.32
1500 metres	Lemlem Hailu Ethiopia	4:20.80	Ethiopia	4:22.14	Kenya	4:23.16
3000 metres details	Ethiopia	9:24.62	Kenya	9:24.69	Ethiopia	9:28.46
100 metres hurdles	Britany Anderson Jamaica	12.72	France	12.80	Jamaica	13.09
400 metres hurdles	Zeney van der Walt South Africa	58.23	Jamaica	58.27	Germany	59.17 PB
2000 metres steeplechase	Kenya	6:24.80 WU18L	Kenya	6:26.10 PB	Ethiopia	6:35.79
5000 metres walk	Glenda Morejón Ecuador	22:32.30	Meryem Bekmez Turkey	22:32.79	Elvira Khasanova Independent Athletes	22:35.72
High jump	Yaroslava Mahuchikh Ukraine	1.92 CR	Poland	1.82	Germany	1.79 SB
Pole vault	China	4.20 PB	Germany	4.15 PB	France	4.10 PB
Long jump	China	6.37 PB	Germany	6.30	France	6.28 PB
Triple jump	China	13.64 WU18L	Aleksandra Nacheva Bulgaria	13.54 PB	Cuba	13.29 PB
Shot put details	Germany	17.64	China	17.62 PB	China	17.59 PB
Discus throw details	Cuba	52.89	Germany	51.29	China	50.10
Hammer throw	Cuba	71.12 WU18L	Cuba	69.75	Belarus	68.17
Javelin throw	Cuba	62.92 CR	China	57.01	China	54.96
Heptathlon	María Vicente Spain	5612	Germany	5602	Lithuania	5467

Mixed[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 x 400 metres relay	Brazil Alison dos Santos	3:21.71	Jamaica Antonio Watson * *	3:22.23	South Africa Retshidisitswe Mlenga Zeney van der Walt Sokwakhana Zazini	3:24.45

* Medalists who participated in heats only.

Medal table[]

Host nation


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa (RSA)	5	3	3	11
2	China (CHN)	5	2	4	11
3	Cuba (CUB)	5	2	1	8
4	Kenya (KEN)*	4	7	4	15
5	Ethiopia (ETH)	4	3	5	12
6	Germany (GER)	3	5	5	13
7	Jamaica (JAM)	3	2	3	8
8	France (FRA)	2	1	4	7
9	Ukraine (UKR)	2	1	2	5
10	Turkey (TUR)	1	1	1	3
11	Ecuador (ECU)	1	1	0	2
11	Spain (ESP)	1	1	0	2
13	Brazil (BRA)	1	0	1	2
14	Chile (CHI)	1	0	0	1
14	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	0	1
16	Poland (POL)	0	2	0	2
17	Belarus (BLR)	0	1	1	2
–	Independent Athletes^[1]	0	1	1	2
18	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	1	0	1
	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	1	0	1
	Cyprus (CYP)	0	1	0	1
	Guyana (GUY)	0	1	0	1
	India (IND)	0	1	0	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	0	1
24	Colombia (COL)	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	0	1	1
	Romania (ROU)	0	0	1	1
	Turks and Caicos Islands (TCA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (27 nations)		39	39	39	117

Notes

^[1] Independent Athletes were not included in the official medal table.^[5]

References[]

^ "World Youth Championships cancelled starting from 2018, latest IAAF Council in Rio decided". Track Arena. August 21, 2016.
^ "IAAF: World U18 Championships Nairobi 2017 website". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
^ "Non ci sarà una rappresentativa italiana ai Mondiali U18 di Nairobi 2017" (in Italian). sportfair.it. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
^ "Is Nairobi 2017 snub case of double standards by teams?". standardmedia.co.ke. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
^ "IAAF: IAAF World U18 Championships Nairobi 2017 Medal Table - iaaf.org". iaaf.org.

External links[]

[1] "World Youth Championships cancelled starting from 2018, latest IAAF Council in Rio decided". Track Arena. August 21, 2016.

[2] "IAAF: World U18 Championships Nairobi 2017 website". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2017-07-12.

[3] "Non ci sarà una rappresentativa italiana ai Mondiali U18 di Nairobi 2017" (in Italian). sportfair.it. Retrieved 13 July 2017.

[4] "Is Nairobi 2017 snub case of double standards by teams?". standardmedia.co.ke. Retrieved 13 July 2017.

[5] "IAAF: IAAF World U18 Championships Nairobi 2017 Medal Table - iaaf.org". iaaf.org.

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