Athletics at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games

Athletics at the III Commonwealth Youth Games
The host athletics stadium in 2010
Dates	14 to 16 October
Host city	Pune, India
Venue	Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
← 2004 Bendigo 2011 Douglas → 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games

At the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, the athletics events were held at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune, India from 14 to 16 October.^[1] A total of 34 events were contested, which were split evenly between the sexes.^[2] After the swimming programme, the athletics competition had the next most number of events.

Medal summary[]

Boys[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Shehan Abeyptiya  Sri Lanka (SRI)	10.43 GR	Suwaibou Sanneh  Gambia (GAM)	10.51	Jason Rogers  Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	10.52
200 metres	Shehan Abeyptiya  Sri Lanka (SRI)	21.27	Australia (AUS)	21.30	Amiya Mallick  India (IND)	21.33
400 metres	Kirani James  Grenada (GRN)	46.66 GR	Uganda (UGA)	47.16	England (ENG)	47.26
800 metres	South Africa (RSA)	1:50.72	Botswana (BOT)	1:51.28	David Mutinda  Kenya (KEN)	1:52.22
1500 metres	Jonathon Ndiku  Kenya (KEN)	3:45.96 GR	Uganda (UGA)	3:48.41	South Africa (RSA)	3:48.41
5000 metres	Moses Kibet  Uganda (UGA)	14:10.86	Dickson Huru  Uganda (UGA)	14:11.06	Japhet Korir  Kenya (KEN)	14:11.3
110 metres hurdles	Sam Baines  Australia (AUS)	13.77 GR	Cornel Fredericks  South Africa (RSA)	13.99	Australia (AUS)	14.08
4×100 metres relay	Ranil Jayawardena Shehan Abeyptiya  Sri Lanka (SRI)	40.85 GR	Kevin Moore Sam Baines  Australia (AUS)	41.08	Canada (CAN)	41.31
4×400 metres relay	Dharambir  India (IND)	3:13.32 GR	South Africa (RSA)	3:14.01	New Zealand (NZL)	41.31
High jump	South Africa (RSA)	2.11	Nikhil Chittarasu  India (IND)	2.09	Derek Drouin  Canada (CAN)	2.09
Pole vault	Australia (AUS)	5.25 GR	Cheyne Damon Rahme  South Africa (RSA)	5.20	Northern Ireland (NIR)	4.70
Long jump	Stefan Brits  South Africa (RSA)	7.38	India (IND)	7.24	India (IND)	7.14
Triple jump	India (IND)	15.42	Benjamin Williams  England (ENG)	15.41	South Africa (RSA)	15.20
Shot put	England (ENG)	18.56 GR	South Africa (RSA)	18.41	India (IND)	18.10
Discus throw	Julian Wruck  Australia (AUS)	60.88 GR	England (ENG)	55.35	India (IND)	52.02
Hammer throw	England (ENG)	68.38	India (IND)	67.38	India (IND)	64.97
Javelin throw	India (IND)	71.52 GR	Rohit Kumar  India (IND)	67.60	Australia (AUS)	65.64

Girls[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	England	11.46 GR	Australia	11.80	Australia	11.81
200 metres	England	23.42 GR	Racheal Nachula  Zambia	23.86	Australia	24.14
400 metres	Racheal Nachula  Zambia	52.97 GR	M. R. Poovamma  India	55.17	Zambia	55.20
800 metres	Caster Semenya  South Africa	2:04.23 GR	England	2:05.71	Lynsey Sharp  Scotland	2:06.77
1500 metres	Stacy Chepkemboi Ndiwa  Kenya	4:20.16 GR	Canada	4:20.59	Ciara Mageean  Northern Ireland	4:22.53
3000 metres	Mercy Cherono  Kenya	9:06.01 GR	Doreen Chesang  Uganda	9:35.71	Tanzania	9:36.63
100 metres hurdles	Kierre Beckles  Barbados	13.88 GR	Gayathri Govindaraj  India	14.00	Brianna Beahan  Australia	14.08
4×100 metres relay	India (IND) Srabani Nanda Gayathri Govindaraj	46.27	Australia (AUS) Brianna Beahan	46.74	Canada (CAN) Loudia Laarman	46.83
4×400 metres relay	India (IND) Anu Mariam Jose M. R. Poovamma	3:42.02 GR	Canada (CAN)	3:45.46	Australia (AUS) Selma Kajan	3:46.10
High jump	Elizabeth Lamb  New Zealand	1.79	Australia	1.74	Malaysia	1.71
Pole vault	England	4.05 GR	Canada	3.90	England	3.80
Long jump	Abigail Irozuru  England	5.92	Northern Ireland	5.85	New Zealand	5.80
Triple jump	India	13.11 GR	Gayathri Govindaraj  India	12.89	Australia	12.72
Shot put	Julie Labonté  Canada	15.02	Australia	14.73	Margaret Satupai  Samoa	14.24
Discus throw	Australia	50.49 GR	Margaret Satupai  Samoa	48.43	Shaunagh Brown  England	42.96
Hammer throw	Sophie Hitchon  England	58.43 GR	South Africa	50.92	Australia	50.87
Javelin throw	Australia	49.87	New Zealand	46.14	India	44.25

References[]

Results

• "Commonwealth Youth Games 2008". World Junior Athletics History. Archived from the original on 2011-10-23.