2021 World Athletics U20 Championships

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2021 World Athletics U20 Championships
2020 World Athletics U20 Championships logo.jpg
Host cityNairobi, Kenya
Nations participating116 National Associations
Athletes participating958
Events45
Dates18–22 August 2021
Officially opened byUhuru Kenyatta
Main venueMoi International Sports Center, Kasarani

The 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships, also known as the World Junior Championships, was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 2002), which was held from 18 to 22 August 2021 at the Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi, Kenya.[1]

Schedule[]

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

[2]

Qualifying Standards[]

Event Men Women
100 m 10.58 11.85
200 m 21.38 24.35
400 m 47.35 54.85
800 m 1:50.80 2:08.70
1500 m 3:48.00 4:28.00
3000 m 8:14.00 9:25.00
5000 m 14:12.00 16:35.00
3000 m sc 9:07.00 10:35.00
100 mH 14.15
110 mH 14.15 00.991 m (3 ft 3 in)
400 mH 53.10 60.75
10,000 m RW 43:40.00 50:30.00
4x100 m Relay No standard No standard
4x400 m Relay No standard No standard
4x400 m Mixed Relay No standard No standard
Heptathlon 5350 points
Decathlon 7100 points
High Jump 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Pole Vault 5.10 m (16 ft 8+34 in) 4.07 m (13 ft 4 in)
Long Jump 7.58 m (24 ft 10+14 in) 6.15 m (20 ft 2 in)
Triple Jump 15.60 m (51 ft 2 in) 12.90 m (42 ft 3+34 in)
Shot Put 18.30 m (60 ft 14 in) (6 kg) 14.60 m (47 ft 10+34 in) (4 kg)
Discus 57.00 m (187 ft 0 in) 49.00 m (160 ft 9 in)
Hammer 68.50 m (224 ft 8+34 in) (6 kg) 58.00 m (190 ft 3+14 in)
Javelin 69.50 m (228 ft 0 in) 50.50 m (165 ft 8 in)

[3]

Men's results[]

Track[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
details
Letsile Tebogo
 Botswana
10.19
 South Africa
10.28
 Cuba
10.32
200 m
details
Udodi Onwuzurike
 Nigeria
20.21 NU20R Letsile Tebogo
 Botswana
20.38  [fr]
 South Africa
20.48 SB
400 m
details
Anthony Pesela
 Botswana
44.58 CR  [de]
 Mexico
44.95 NU20R
 South Africa
45.32 PB
800 m
details
Emmanuel Wanyonyi
 Kenya
1:43.76 CR Mohamed Ali Gouaned
 Algeria
1:44.45 NU20R
 Kenya
1:44.88 PB
1500 m
details
Vincent Keter
 Kenya
3:37.24
 Ethiopia
3:37.86
 Ethiopia
3:40.22
3000 m
details
Tadese Worku
 Ethiopia
7:42.09 CR
 Ethiopia
7:44.55 PB
 Eritrea
7:52.69 PB
5000 m
details
Benson Kiplangat
 Kenya
13:20.37 PB Tadese Worku
 Ethiopia
13:20.65
 Kenya
13:26.01 PB
110 m hurdles
(99.0 cm)
details
Sasha Zhoya
 France
12.72 WU20R
 Jamaica
13.25 PB
 Poland
13.43 PB
400 m hurdles
details
Berke Akçam
 Turkey
49.38 NU20R
 Authorised Neutral Athletes
49.62 PB
 Jamaica
49.78 PB
Swedish originally arrived first, but was later disqualified for not clearing a hurdle properly.
3000 m steeplechase
details
Amos Serem
 Kenya
8:30.72 Tadese Takele
 Ethiopia
8:33.15
 Kenya
8:34.79
4×100 m relay
details
 South Africa

 [fr]


*
*
38.51 WU20R  Jamaica



38.61 AU20R  Poland



38.90 AU20R
4×400 m relay
details
 Botswana

Anthony Pesela


*
3:05.22 WU20L  Jamaica




*
3:05.76 SB  Kenya



3:05.94
10,000 m walk
details
Heristone Wanyonyi
 Kenya
42:10.84 PB Amit
 India
42:17.94
 Spain
42:26.11 PB
  • WU20R (World U20 Record), WU20L (World U20 Leading), CR (Championships Record), AU20R (Area U20 Record), NU20R (National U20 Record), PB (Personal Best), SB (Season Best)

Field[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump
details
Yonathan Kapitolnik
 Israel
2.26 PB
 Italy
2.17 PB
 Poland
2.17
Pole vault
details
Matvei Volkov
 Belarus
5.45
 Finland
5.35
 South Africa
5.30
Long jump
details
Erwan Konaté
 France
8.12 WU20L
 Colombia
7.97 NU20R
 Jamaica
7.90 PB
Triple jump
details
Gabriel Wallmark
 Sweden
16.43 NU20R
 Jamaica
16.05 PB
 France
15.85 PB
Shot put (6 kg)
details
Juan Carley Vázquez
 Cuba
19.73
 Belarus
19.70 PB
  Switzerland
19.16
Discus throw (1.750 kg)
details
Mykolas Alekna
 Lithuania
69.81 CR
 Jamaica
66.68
 Belarus
62.19
Hammer throw (6 kg)
details
Jan Doležálek
 Czech Republic
77.83 NU20R
 Greece
77.78  [fr]
 France
77.70
Javelin throw
details
Janne Läspä
 Finland
76.46  [uk]
 Ukraine
76.32
 Nigeria
74.48
Decathlon (junior)
details
František Doubek
 Czech Republic
8169 WU20L NU20R Jente Hauttekeete
 Belgium
8053
 Spain
7430 NU20R
  • WU20R (World U20 Record), WU20L (World U20 Leading), CR (Championships Record), AU20R (Area U20 Record), NU20R (National U20 Record), PB (Personal Best), SB (Season Best)

Women's results[]

Track[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
details
Tina Clayton
 Jamaica
11.09 PB Beatrice Masilingi
 Namibia
11.39
  Switzerland
11.51
200 m
details
Christine Mboma
 Namibia
21.84 WU20R Beatrice Masilingi
 Namibia
22.18 PB Favour Ofili
 Nigeria
22.23 NU20R
400 m
details
Imaobong Nse Uko
 Nigeria
51.55 PB Kornelia Lesiewicz
 Poland
51.97 PB
 Kenya
52.23 PB
800 m
details
Ayal Dagnachew
 Ethiopia
2:02.96
  Switzerland
2:04.29
 Greece
2:04.66
1500 m
details
Purity Chepkirui
 Kenya
4:16.07 Diribe Welteji
 Ethiopia
4:16.39
 Kenya
4:18.99
3000 m
details
Teresia Muthoni Gateri
 Kenya
8:57.78
 Kenya
8:59.59
 Ethiopia
9:00.12 PB
5000 m
details
Mizan Alem
 Ethiopia
16:05.61
 Ethiopia
16:13.16 Prisca Chesang
 Uganda
16:21.78
Wudu and Chesang were originally disqualified for stepping out of the track, but after a protest, they were reinstated.
100 m hurdles
details
Ackera Nugent
 Jamaica
12.95
 Estonia
13.45
 Hungary
13.58
400 m hurdles
details
Heidi Salminen
 Finland
56.94 PB
 France
57.16 PB
 Canada
57.27 PB
3000 m steeplechase
details
Jackline Chepkoech
 Kenya
9:27.40 PB Zerfe Wondemagegn
 Ethiopia
9:35.22
 Kenya
9:44.76
4×100 m relay
details
 Jamaica

Tina Clayton

42.94 WU20R  Namibia

Beatrice Masilingi

Christine Mboma
43.76 NU20R  Nigeria

Favour Ofili

43.90 SB
4×400 m relay
details
 Nigeria

Imaobong Nse Uko

Favour Ofili
3:31.46 WU20L  Jamaica



3:36.57 SB  Italy



3:37.18
10,000 m walk
details
Sofía Ramos Rodríguez
 Mexico
46:23.01
 France
47:43.87
 Czech Republic
47:46.28
  • WU20R (World U20 Record), WU20L (World U20 Leading), CR (Championships Record), AU20R (Area U20 Record), NU20R (National U20 Record), PB (Personal Best), SB (Season Best)

Field[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump
details
Natalya Spiridonova
 Authorised Neutral Athletes
1.91
  Switzerland
1.89
 Cyprus
1.87
Pole vault
details
Mirè Reinstorf
 South Africa
4.15 AU20R
 France
4.15
 Canada
4.05
Long jump
details
Maja Åskag
 Sweden
6.60 PB Shaili Singh
 India
6.59 PB
 Ukraine
6.50 PB
Triple jump
details
Maja Åskag
 Sweden
13.75
 Spain
13.63 PB
 Latvia
13.60
Shot put
details
Miné de Klerk
 South Africa
17.40
 Turkey
16.72
 South Africa
15.61
Discus throw
details
Violetta Ignatyeva
 Authorised Neutral Athletes
57.84 Miné de Klerk
 South Africa
53.50 AU20R
 Belarus
51.47
Hammer throw
details
Silja Kosonen
 Finland
71.64 CR
 France
67.11
 Belarus
65.20
Javelin throw
details
Adriana Vilagoš
 Serbia
61.46 WU20L  [de]
 Greece
57.91
 Cuba
55.48
Heptathlon
details
Saga Vanninen
 Finland
5997
 Estonia
5746 PB
 Hungary
5674 PB
  • WU20R (World U20 Record), WU20L (World U20 Leading), CR (Championships Record), AU20R (Area U20 Record), NU20R (National U20 Record), PB (Personal Best), SB (Season Best)

Mixed results[]

Track[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
4×400 m relay
details
 Nigeria

Imaobong Nse Uko


*
3:19.70 CR  Poland
Kornelia Lesiewicz


Patryk Grzegorzewicz
*
*
3:19.80 SB  India

Priya Mohan


*
3:20.60 SB
  • WU20R (World U20 Record), WU20L (World U20 Leading), CR (Championships Record), AU20R (Area U20 Record), NU20R (National U20 Record), PB (Personal Best), SB (Season Best)

Records set[]

  • 4 world U20 records: (Sasha Zhoya (FRA) in the 110m hurdles - 12.93 semifinal and 12.72 final; Jamaica in the women’s 4x100m relay – 42.94; South Africa in the men’s 4x100m relay – 38.51).
  • 15 championship records: (Anthony Pesela BOT in the men’s 400m - 44.58; Emmanuel Wanyonyi KEN in the men’s 800m – 1:43.76; Tadese Worku ETH in the men’s 3000m - 7:42.09; Sasha Zhoya FRA in the 110m hurdles - 12.93 and 12.72; Mykolas Alekna LTU in the men’s Discus Throw – 69.81; South Africa in the men’s 4x100m – 38.51; Christine Mboma NAM 22.41 semifinal, Beatrice Masiilingi NAM 22.19 semifinal and Mboma 21.84 final in the women’s 200m; Silja Kosonen FIN in the women’s hammer - 71.64m; Jamaica in the women’s 4x100m – 42.94; Mixed 4x400m (new event) India in heat 1 - 3:23.36, Nigeria in heat 2 - 3:21.66 and Nigeria in final - 3:19.70).
  • 11 area U20 records: (Mirè Reinstorf RSA in the women’s pole vault – 4.15m; Mine De Klerk RSA in the women’s discus – 53.50m; Jamaica in the women’s 4x100m – 42.94; Sasha Zhoya FRA in the 110m hurdles - 12.93 semifinal and 12.72 final; men’s 4x100m Poland with 38.93 in the heat and 38.90 in the final, South Africa and Nigeria =AR both 39.33 in the heats, South Africa 38.51 and Jamaica 38.61 in the final)
  • 68 national U20 records.
  • 10 national senior records.
  • 259 personal bests.

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Kenya)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Kenya*81716
2 Finland4105
3 Nigeria4037
4 Ethiopia37212
5 Jamaica36211
6 South Africa3249
7 Botswana3104
8 Sweden3003
9 France2428
 Authorised Neutral Athletes2103
10 Czech Republic2013
11 Namibia1304
12 Belarus1135
13 Mexico1102
 Turkey1102
15 Cuba1023
16 Israel1001
 Lithuania1001
 Serbia1001
19 Poland0235
20  Switzerland0224
21 Greece0213
 India0213
23 Estonia0202
24 Spain0123
25 Italy0112
 Ukraine0112
27 Algeria0101
 Belgium0101
 Colombia0101
30 Canada0022
 Hungary0022
32 Cyprus0011
 Eritrea0011
 Latvia0011
 Uganda0011
Totals (35 nations)454545135

Placing table[]

Kenya won the ranking in the placing table.[4]

Rank Country 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 5 6 7 8 Points
1  Kenya 8 1 7 1 0 2 1 2 128
2  Ethiopia 3 7 2 4 1 0 1 0 111
3  Jamaica 3 6 2 2 0 1 4 1 100
4  South Africa 3 2 4 1 3 3 1 2 92
5  France 2 4 2 3 2 0 1 2 83
6  Nigeria 4 0 3 4 0 0 0 3 73
7  Poland 0 2 3 3 1 4 2 1 68
8  Finland 4 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 59
9  Italy 0 1 1 2 2 5 1 3 51
10  Czech Republic 2 0 1 1 4 0 1 5 50
11  Spain 0 1 2 2 2 3 0 0 46
12  India 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 45
13  Greece 0 2 1 2 1 3 0 0 43
14  Belarus 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 36
15  Ukraine 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 33
16  Botswana 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 31
 Uganda 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 1 31
18  Namibia 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
19  Eritrea 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 28
20   Switzerland 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 26
 Turkey 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 26
22  Cuba 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 25
23  Sweden 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
24  Canada 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 21
 Hungary 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 21
26  Estonia 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 19
27  Colombia 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 18
28  Iran 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 17
29  Belgium 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 15
 Mexico 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
 Serbia 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15
32  Cyprus 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 13
33  Lithuania 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11
34  Israel 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10
 Slovenia 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 10
36  Austria 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9
 Brazil 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 9
 Latvia 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9
39  Croatia 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 8
 Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 8
41  Algeria 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
 Bahamas 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7
 Morocco 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 7
44  Burundi 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5
 Denmark 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5
 Iceland 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
 Oman 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
 Qatar 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
49  Ecuador 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
 Zambia 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
51  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
 Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
 Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
54  Ivory Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
 Grenada 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
 Hong Kong 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
 Kosovo 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
 Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
 Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
 Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
61  Guatemala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
 Senegal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
 South Sudan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Participation[]

The following is a list of participating nations with the number of qualified athletes in brackets. A country without any qualified athlete could enter either one male or one female.[3] A total 114 National Associations (plus the teams from Authorized Neutral Athletes and Athlete Refugee Team) and 897 athletes are scheduled to compete.[5]

  •  Algeria (11)
  •  Authorised Neutral Athletes (25)
  •  Argentina (5)
  •  Armenia (2)
  •  ART (3)
  •  Austria (2)
  •  Azerbaijan (1)
  •  Bahamas (9)
  •  Bangladesh (1)
  •  Burundi (5)
  •  Belgium (5)
  •  Bermuda (1)
  •  Belarus (8)
  •  Bolivia (3)
  •  Botswana (13)
  •  Brazil (19)
  •  Bulgaria (3)
  •  Burkina Faso (2)
  •  Canada (14)
  •  Republic of the Congo (1)
  •  Chile (2)
  •  Ivory Coast (1)
  •  Cameroon (1)
  •  Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)
  •  Colombia (8)
  •  Comoros (1)
  •  Costa Rica (2)
  •  Croatia (7)
  •  Cuba (5)
  •  Cyprus (5)
  •  Czech Republic (29)
  •  Denmark (5)
  •  Djibouti (2)
  •  Dominica (1)
  •  Dominican Republic (1)
  •  Ecuador (7)
  •  Egypt (4)
  •  Eritrea (12)
  •  El Salvador (1)
  •  Spain (16)
  •  Estonia (5)
  •  Ethiopia (25)
  •  Finland (30)
  •  France (27)
  •  Georgia (1)
  •  Equatorial Guinea (1)
  •  Greece (22)
  •  Grenada (1)
  •  Guatemala (4)
  •  Guyana (1)
  •  Hong Kong (1)
  •  Honduras (1)
  •  Hungary (17)
  •  India (28)
  •  Iran (9)
  •  Iraq (4)
  •  Iceland (2)
  •  Israel (3)
  •  United States Virgin Islands (1)
  •   (43)
  •  Jamaica (40)
  •  Kazakhstan (1)
  •  Kenya (46)
  •  Kosovo (1)
  •  Saudi Arabia (6)
  •  Latvia (7)
  •  Libya (1)
  •  Lebanon (2)
  •  Liberia (1)
  •  Lesotho (1)
  •  Lithuania (6)
  •  Morocco (9)
  •  Malawi (1)
  •  Maldives (1)
  •  Mexico (10)
  •  Mali (1)
  •  Malta (1)
  •  Montenegro (1)
  •  Monaco (1)
  •  Namibia (6)
  •  Nicaragua (1)
  •    Nepal (1)
  •  Nigeria (32)
  •  Niger (1)
  •  Oman (2)
  •  Peru (3)
  •  Poland (36)
  •  Portugal (8)
  •  Puerto Rico (2)
  •  Qatar (7)
  •  Romania (16)
  •  South Africa (50)
  •  Senegal (1)
  •  Seychelles (1)
  •  Singapore (1)
  •  Sierra Leone (1)
  •  Slovenia (10)
  •  Somalia (1)
  •  Serbia (10)
  •  Sri Lanka (7)
  •  South Sudan (3)
  •  Sudan (1)
  •   Switzerland (5)
  •  Slovakia (5)
  •  Sweden (3)
  •  Eswatini (5)
  •  Trinidad and Tobago (3)
  •  Tunisia (8)
  •  Turkey (25)
  •  Uganda (10)
  •  Ukraine (21)
  •  Venezuela (1)
  •  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
  •  Yemen (1)
  •  Zambia (3)
  •  Zimbabwe (2)

References[]

  1. ^ "New dates set for World Athletics Series events postponed due to the global Covid-19 pandemic". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  2. ^ World Athletics U20 Championships Timetable World Athletics
  3. ^ a b "2020 World U20 Championships Standards". IAAF World Athletics. 22 December 2019.
  4. ^ "2021 World Athletics U20 Championships - Placing table". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  5. ^ "2021 World Athletics U20 Championships - Entry Lists by Country" (PDF). World Athletics. 14 August 2021.

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