Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Athletics at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Parque Polideportivo Roca
Dates	11–16 October
No. of events	36 (18 boys, 18 girls)
Competitors	696 from 177 nations
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Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Track events
100 m	Boys	Girls
200 m	Boys	Girls
400 m	Boys	Girls
800 m	Boys	Girls
1500 m	Boys	Girls
3000 m	Boys	Girls
100 m hurdles		Girls
110 m hurdles	Boys
400 m hurdles	Boys	Girls
2000 m steeplechase	Boys	Girls
5000 m walk	Boys	Girls
Field events
Long jump	Boys	Girls
Triple jump	Boys	Girls
High jump	Boys	Girls
Pole vault	Boys	Girls
Shot put	Boys	Girls
Discus throw	Boys	Girls
Javelin throw	Boys	Girls
Hammer throw	Boys	Girls
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Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 11 to 16 October. The events took place at the Parque Polideportivo Roca in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

For the first time, every athletics' event featured 2 stages – 2 separate competitions, both of their results were added together to conclude final standings.^[1]

Qualification[]

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 36 athletes, 18 per each gender and 1 per each event. In total, 680 (340 boys and 340 girls) athletes will compete at the Youth Olympics with continental qualification events deciding the majority of athletes. The distribution of quotas was decided based on the results from the 2015 World Youth Championships and 2017 World Youth Championships. As hosts, Argentina is given 4 quotas, 2 per each gender and universality places will be given to nations whom did not qualify an athlete with a maximum of 1 boy or girl per nation. These quotas will be subtracted from that nation's continental quota in the relevant event. All athletes qualified in the 1500 m, 3000 m and 2000 m steeplechase will compete their Stage 2 event in the cross country run.^[2]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2002.^[2]

Qualification timeline[]

Event	Location	Date
2015 World Youth Championships	Cali	15–19 July 2015
2017 World Youth Championships	Nairobi	12–16 July 2017
2018 Melanesian Championship	Port Vila	9–11 May 2018
2018 Asian Youth Olympic Qualifying Meet	Bangkok	4–5 July 2018
2018 European U18 Championship	Győr	5–8 July 2018
2018 African Youth Games	Algiers	19–28 July 2018

• The Americas Youth Olympic trials were scheduled to be held in Nicaragua but were cancelled due to civil unrest in the country.^[3] Rankings will determine who competes from the continent.

Quota distribution[]

Boys

Event	Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania	Total
100m	5	12	8	6	1	32
200m	3	5	4	11	1	24
400m	5	8	5	5	1	24
800m	8	5	2	8	1	24
1500m	7	3	1	6	1	18
3000m	6	1	5	5	1	18
110m Hurdles	2	8	3	7	2	22
400m Hurdles	3	6	3	3	1	16
2000m Steeplechase	6	2	2	7	1	18
High Jump	1	5	4	5	1	16
Pole Vault	1	1	3	10	1	16
Long Jump	1	6	2	6	1	16
Triple Jump	2	6	4	3	1	16
Shot Put	2	4	2	7	1	16
Discus Throw	1	4	2	8	1	16
Hammer Throw	1	2	2	10	1	16
Javelin Throw	2	3	2	8	1	16
5000m Race Walk	1	7	3	4	1	16
Total	57	88	57	119	19	340

Girls

Event	Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania	Total
100m	3	14	1	13	1	32
200m	1	7	4	11	1	24
400m	3	7	2	11	1	24
800m	5	3	1	14	1	24
1500m	7	2	3	5	1	18
3000m	8	2	3	4	1	18
100m Hurdles	1	8	2	10	1	22
400m Hurdles	1	5	2	7	1	16
2000m Steeplechase	3	3	2	9	1	18
High Jump	1	2	1	11	1	16
Pole Vault	1	3	1	10	1	16
Long Jump	1	5	1	8	1	16
Triple Jump	1	4	2	8	1	16
Shot Put	1	3	1	10	1	16
Discus Throw	2	4	1	8	1	16
Hammer Throw	1	3	1	10	1	16
Javelin Throw	1	5	2	7	1	16
5000m Race Walk	2	5	2	6	1	16
Total	43	85	32	162	18	340

Schedule[]

The schedule was released by the Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.^[4]

Q

Stage 1

H

Stage 1

F

Stage 2

C

Cross country run (Stage 2)

Event ↓ / Date →	Thu 11	Fri 12	Sat 13	Sun 14	Mon 15	Tue 16
Boys' 100 m		H			F
Boys' 200 m			H			F
Boys' 400 m	H			F
Boys' 800 m			H		F
Boys' 1500 m		H			C
Boys' 3000 m	H				C
Boys' 110 m hurdles			H			F
Boys' 400 m hurdles			H			F
Boys' 2000 m steeplechase		H			C
Boys' 5 km walk	H				F
Boys' Long jump		Q			F
Boys' Triple jump			Q			F
Boys' High jump	Q			F
Boys' Pole vault			Q			F
Boys' Shot put		Q			F
Boys' Discus throw	Q			F
Boys' Javelin throw			Q			F
Boys' Hammer throw		Q			F
Event ↓ / Date →	Thu 11	Fri 12	Sat 13	Sun 14	Mon 15	Tue 16
Girls' 100 m		H			F
Girls' 200 m			H			F
Girls' 400 m	H			F
Girls' 800 m	H			F
Girls' 1500 m		H			C
Girls' 3000 m	H				C
Girls' 100 m hurdles	H			F
Girls' 400 m hurdles			H			F
Girls' 2000 m steeplechase		H			C
Girls' 5 km walk		H				F
Girls' Long jump	Q			F
Girls' Triple jump			Q			F
Girls' High jump		Q			F
Girls' Pole vault	Q			F
Girls' Shot put		Q			F
Girls' Discus throw	Q			F
Girls' Javelin throw			Q			F
Girls' Hammer throw		Q			F
Event ↓ / Date →	Thu 11	Fri 12	Sat 13	Sun 14	Mon 15	Tue 16

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Argentina)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	3	1	1	5
2	Kenya (KEN)	3	1	0	4
3	Cuba (CUB)	3	0	1	4
	Ukraine (UKR)	3	0	1	4
5	Ethiopia (ETH)	2	2	4	8
6	Qatar (QAT)	2	0	0	2
7	Australia (AUS)	1	4	0	5
8	France (FRA)	1	3	0	4
9	Nigeria (NGR)	1	2	0	3
10	Japan (JPN)	1	1	2	4
11	Ecuador (ECU)	1	1	1	3
	United States (USA)	1	1	1	3
13	Argentina (ARG)*	1	1	0	2
	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	1	0	2
	Germany (GER)	1	1	0	2
	Mexico (MEX)	1	1	0	2
17	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	1	2
	Finland (FIN)	1	0	1	2
	Greece (GRE)	1	0	1	2
	South Africa (RSA)	1	0	1	2
	Uganda (UGA)	1	0	1	2
22	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	0	1
	Burundi (BDI)	1	0	0	1
	Colombia (COL)	1	0	0	1
	Iceland (ISL)	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	0	1
27	Russia (RUS)	0	2	2	4
28	Algeria (ALG)	0	2	0	2
	Hungary (HUN)	0	2	0	2
30	Belarus (BLR)	0	1	1	2
	India (IND)	0	1	1	2
	Italy (ITA)	0	1	1	2
	Jamaica (JAM)	0	1	1	2
	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	1	1	2
	Spain (ESP)	0	1	1	2
	Zambia (ZAM)	0	1	1	2
37	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	0	1
	Morocco (MAR)	0	1	0	1
	Saint Lucia (LCA)	0	1	0	1
40	Turkey (TUR)	0	0	3	3
41	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	2	2
42	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Eritrea (ERI)	0	0	1	1
	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	0	1	1
	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (47 nations)		36	36	36	108

Boys' events[]

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Luke Davids  South Africa	20.71	Nigeria	21.00	Japan	21.12
200 m details	Abdelaziz Mohamed  Qatar	41.78	Antonio Watson  Jamaica	42.41	Brazil	42.67
400 m details	Mexico	1:34.23	Zambia	1:34.34	United States	1:34.87
800 m details	Ethiopia	3:39.76	Mohamed Ali Gouaned  Algeria	3:41.74	Turkey	3:41.79
1500 m details	Burundi	4 pts	Anass Essayi  Morocco	4 pts	Melese Nberet  Ethiopia	4 pts
3000 m details	Kenya	4 pts	Berihu Aregawi  Ethiopia	4 pts	Oscar Chelimo  Uganda	4 pts
110 m hurdles details	Owaab Barrow  Qatar	26.50	France	27.01	Hong Kong	27.13
400 m hurdles details	Japan	1:42.68	Hungary	1:43.84	Saudi Arabia	1:45.81
2000 m steeplechase details	Abrham Sime  Ethiopia	2 pts	France	8 pts	Eritrea	9 pts
5000 m race walk details	Ecuador	20:13.69	India	20:23.30	Puerto Rico	20:28.02
High jump details	China	4.35	Australia	4.27	Ukraine	4.23
Pole vault details	Baptiste Thiery  France	10.37	Japan	10.32	Russia	10.32
Long jump details	Lester Lescay  Cuba	15.54	Australia	15.53	Japan	15.12
Triple jump details	Jordan Díaz  Cuba	34.18	Nigeria	31.85	India	31.52
Shot put details	Argentina	43.19	China	41.74	Italy	41.43
Discus throw details	Connor Bell  New Zealand	133.08	Puerto Rico	115.06	Poland	114.92
Hammer throw details	Mykhaylo Kokhan  Ukraine	171.11	Bulgaria	163.96	China	155.36
Javelin throw details	Finland	153.42	Argentina	150.28	Czech Republic	150.24

Girls' events[]

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Rosemary Chukuma  Nigeria	23.20	Saint Lucia	23.22	Ecuador	23.26
200 m details	Guðbjörg Jóna Bjarnadóttir  Iceland	47.02	Dalia Kaddari  Italy	47.69	Brazil	47.87
400 m details	Barbora Malíková  Czech Republic	1:48.86	Germany	1:50.06	Zambia	1:50.48
800 m details	Keely Small  Australia	4:10.44	Athing Mu  United States	4:13.24	Hirut Meshesha  Ethiopia	4:14.60
1500 m details	Edinah Jebitok  Kenya	2 pts	Australia	6 pts	Ethiopia	7 pts
3000 m details	Sarah Chelangat  Uganda	2 pts	Kenya	4 pts	Ethiopia	6 pts
100 m hurdles details	United States	26.14	Australia	26.40	Ackera Nugent  Jamaica	26.41
400 m hurdles details	Colombia	1:57.58	Loubna Benhadja  Algeria	2:00.68	Spain	2:00.76
2000 m steeplechase details	Fancy Cherono  Kenya	2 pts	Mekides Abebe  Ethiopia	5 pts	Parami Wasanthi Maristela  Sri Lanka	7 pts
5000 m race walk details	China	45:03.49	Sofia Ramos Rodríguez  Mexico	45:58.97	Greece	46:10.02
High jump details	Yaroslava Mahuchikh  Ukraine	3.87	Russia	3.71	Finland	3.63
Pole vault details	Germany	8.12	France	7.82	Belarus	7.72
Long jump details	Belgium	12.32	Hungary	12.31	Austria	12.31
Triple jump details	Aleksandra Nacheva  Bulgaria	27.62	María Vicente  Spain	27.43	Russia	26.07
Shot put details	China	36.75	Belarus	35.13	South Africa	34.64
Discus throw details	Cuba	108.65	Violetta Ignatyeva  Russia	107.79	Turkey	103.86
Hammer throw details	Ukraine	146.98	Egypt	136.17	Cuba	127.00
Javelin throw details	Greece	125.08	Ecuador	115.03	Turkey	114.47

Participating nations[]

A total of 177 countries entered athletes.

References[]

External links[]

• Official Results Book – Athletics
• Results at iaaf.com