Athletics at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games

Athletics at the VI Commonwealth Youth Games
Dates	20–23 July
Host city	Nassau, Bahamas
Venue	Thomas Robinson Stadium
Level	U18
Events	29
Participation	309 athletes
← 2015 Apia → 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games

Athletics was one of the nine sports of the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games. The events were staged at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas between 20 and 23 July, shortly after the 2017 World U18 Championships in Athletics.^[1]

Medal summary[]

Boys[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Trinidad and Tobago	10.55	Jamaica	10.59	Bahamas	10.61
200 metres	Aaron Sexton  Northern Ireland	21.57	Dominica	21.61	England	21.65
400 metres	Zambia	47.63	Canada	47.92	Jamaica	48.01
800 metres	England	1:52.22	Australia	1:52.82	England	1:53.09
1500 metres	Kenya	3:48.86	England	3:49.35	England	3:49.70
3000 metres	Kenya	8:23.96	Canada	8:35.15	Tanzania	8:37.51
110 metres hurdles (91.4 cm)	England	13.71 GR	England	13.85	Bahamas	13.88
400 metres hurdles (84.0 cm)	Alastair Chalmers  Guernsey	51.22	England	52.00	South Africa	52.20
High jump	Australia	2.11	Canada	2.09	Bahamas	2.01
Long jump	Antigua and Barbuda	7.64 GR	Australia	7.54	Bahamas	7.15
Shot put (5 kg)	Australia	19.76	New Zealand	19.57	Jamaica	17.80
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	Connor Bell  New Zealand	63.17	Wales	60.11	British Virgin Islands	56.24
Javelin throw (500 g)	Australia	74.19	Trinidad and Tobago	69.43	Australia	66.23

Girls[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Saint Lucia	11.56	Riley Day  Australia	11.59	Canada	11.62
200 metres	Riley Day  Australia	23.42 =GR	British Virgin Islands	23.88	Ella Connolly  Australia	24.09
400 metres	Bendere Oboya  Australia	52.69	Ella Connolly  Australia	52.72	England	53.68
800 metres	Carley Thomas  Australia	2:05.04	England	2:05.31	Canada	2:06.38
1500 metres	Scotland	4:16.61 GR	Kenya	4:16.73	New Zealand	4:17.19
3000 metres	Kenya	9:25.20	New Zealand	9:27.40	Canada	9:29.34
100 metres hurdles (76.2 cm)	Jamaica	13.26	Australia	13.55	Canada	13.58
400 metres hurdles	Jamaica	59.40 GR	Canada	59.59	Jamaica	1:00.68
High jump	Northern Ireland	1.83 GR	Emily Whelan  Australia	1.79	New Zealand	1.76
Long jump	Holly Mills  England	6.19 GR	Canada	5.97	England	5.67
Shot put (3 kg)	Canada	17.82 GR	Wales	16.74	Cyprus	15.57
Discus throw	Canada	49.57	New Zealand	45.54	Canada	44.70
Javelin throw (500 g)	Josephine Lalam  Uganda	51.89	Australia	50.64	England	47.04

Mixed[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Mixed 4 × 100 metres relay	Australia[2] Riley Day Ella Connolly	43.19	Jamaica	43.62	Bahamas Joel Johnson	43.83
Mixed 4 × 200 metres relay	Bahamas Doneisha Anderson Joel Johnson	1:31.50	England Georgina Adam	1:31.77	Botswana	1:33.51
Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay	Australia Bendere Oboya Carley Thomas	3:25.08	England	3:25.45	Bahamas Doneisha Anderson	3:34.06

Medal table[]

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  *   Host nation (Bahamas)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	8	7	2	17
2	England (ENG)	3	6	6	15
3	Kenya (KEN)	3	1	0	4
4	Canada (CAN)	2	5	5	12
5	Jamaica (JAM)	2	2	3	7
6	Northern Ireland (NIR)	2	0	0	2
7	New Zealand (NZL)	1	3	2	6
8	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	1	1	0	2
9	Bahamas (BAH)*	1	0	6	7
10	Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)	1	0	0	1
	Guernsey (GUE)	1	0	0	1
	Saint Lucia (LCA)	1	0	0	1
	Scotland (SCO)	1	0	0	1
	Uganda (UGA)	1	0	0	1
	Zambia (ZAM)	1	0	0	1
16	Wales (WAL)	0	2	0	2
17	British Virgin Islands (IVB)	0	1	1	2
18	Dominica (DMA)	0	1	0	1
19	Botswana (BOT)	0	0	1	1
	Cyprus (CYP)	0	0	1	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	0	1	1
	Tanzania (TAN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 nations)		29	29	29	87

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Results