2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics

International athletics competition 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics logo.png Poland Bydgoszcz, Poland 165 1408 44 8–13 July Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium 2006 Beijing 2010 Moncton The 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics were the 2008 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Bydgoszcz in Poland at the Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium between 8 and 13 July 2008. Previously Bydgoszcz hosted the 1999 World Youth Championships. thumb|200px|Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium, the host venue of the Championships. The United States topped the medal table with 17 medals overall, including 11 golds, ahead of Germany and Kenya. Men's results Track 100 metres Men Dexter LeeJAM 10.40 Wilhelm van der VyverRSA 10.42 Terrell WilksUnited States10.45 200 metres Men Christophe LemaitreFrance 20.83PB Nickel AshmeadeJAM 20.84 Robert HeringGermany 20.96400 metres Men Marcus BoydUnited States 45.53WJLKirani James 45.70 NJ O'Neal WilderUnited States 45.76800 metres Men Abubaker Kaki SUD 1:45.60 Geoffrey Kibet KEN 1:46.23PB André Olivier RSA 1:47.571500 metres Men Imad TouilALG 3:47.40 James Kiplagat MagutKEN 3:47.51Demma Daba ETH 19963:47.65 5000 metres Men Abreham Cherkos ETH 1996 13:08.57 CR Mathew Kipkoech KisorioKEN 13:11.57 PB Dejen Gebremeskel ETH 1996 13:11.97 10,000 metres Men Josphat Kipkoech BettKEN27:30.85 CR Titus Kipjumba MbisheiKEN27:31.65 PB Ibrahim Jeilan ETH 199628:07.98 110 metres hurdles 99.0 cm2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdlesKonstantin ShabanovRussia 13.27WJL Booker NunleyUnited States 13.45 Keiron StewartJAM 13.51 400 metres hurdles Men Jeshua AndersonUnited States 48.68 PB Johnny DutchUnited States 49.25 Amaurys R. Valle 49.56 NJ3000 metres steeplechase Men Jonathan Muia NdikuKEN 8:17.28 PB Benjamin KiplagatUGA 8:19.24 Patrick Kipyegon TererKEN 8:25.14 PB 4 × 100 metres relay Men United StatesDante SalesAntonio SalesMarquise GoodwinTerrell Wilks 38.98WJL JAMOshane BaileyDexter LeeNickel AshmeadeYohan Blake 39.25SB RSAJohannes MosalaRoscoe EngelPatrick VoslooWilhelm van der Vyver 39.704 × 400 metres relay Men United StatesMarcus BoydBryan MillerO'Neal WilderJeshua Anderson 3:03.86WJL Great BritainLouis PersentRobert DavisNigel LevineJordan McGrath 3:05.82 SBGermanyNiklas ZenderAlexander Juretzko Marc-John DombrowskiPascal Nabow 3:06.47SB10,000 metres walk Men Stanislav EmelyanovRussia 39:35.01CR Chen DingCHN 39:47.20AJ Lluís TorláESP 40:29.57PB Field High jump Men Bohdan BondarenkoUKR 2.26WJL Sylwester BednarekPOL 2.24SB Miguel Ángel SanchoESP 2.21Pole vault Men Raphael HolzdeppeGermany 5.50 Paweł WojciechowskiPOL 5.40PB Karsten DillaGermany 5.30Long jump Men Marquise GoodwinUnited States7.74 PB Dzmitry AstrouskiBLR7.64 Eusebio CáceresESP7.59 Triple jump Men Teddy TamghoFrance 17.33 Osviel HernándezCUB 16.90Mohamed Yusuf SalmanBHR 16.59 Shot put 6 kg2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put David StorlGermany21.08 WJL Aleksandr BulanovRussia20.14 Marin PremeruCRO19.93PB Discus throw 1.75 kg2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw Gordon WolfGermany 62.00 PB Marin PremeruCRO 61.85 Mykyta NesterenkoUKR 61.01 Hammer throw 6 kg2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throwWalter HenningUnited States 76.92AJ Conor McCullough United States 75.88PBAleh Dubitski BLR 75.42 Javelin throw Men Robert SzpakPOL 78.01 WJLIhab Al Sayed AbdelrahmanEGY 76.20NJ Ansis BrunsLAT 75.31PB Decathlon Junior2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon Jan Felix KnobelGermany 7896WJL Eduard MikhanBLR 7894NJ Mihail DudašSRB 2004 7663NJ Women's results Track 100 metres Women Jeneba TarmohUnited States 11.37 Ashleigh NelsonGreat Britain 11.49 Sheniqua FergusonBAH11.52 200 metres Women Sheniqua FergusonBAH23.24 Meritzer WilliamsSKN 23.40Janelle RedheadGRN 23.52400 metres Women Folashade AbuganNGR 51.84 Jessica BeardUnited States 52.09 Susana A. ClementCUB 52.36 800 metres Women Elena Mirela LavricROM 2:00.06 CR Merve AydinTUR 2:00.92NJ Machteld Anna MulderNED 2:02.05 PB1500 metres Women Stephanie TwellGreat Britain 4:15.09 Kalkidan GezahegneETH 1996 4:16.58Emma PallantGreat Britain 4:17.06 3000 metres Women Mercy CheronoKEN 8:58.07 SB Bizunesh UrgesaETH 1996 8:58.90 Frethiwat GoshuETH 1996 9:03.76PB 5000 metres Women Sule UturaETH 1996 16:15.59Genzebe DibabaETH 1996 16:16.75 Nelly ChebetKEN16:17.96 100 metres hurdles Women Teona RodgersUnited States13.40 Shermaine WilliamsJAM 13.48 Belkis MilanésCUB 13.49 400 metres hurdles Women Takecia JamesonUnited States 56.29WJL Janeil BellilleTRI 56.84NJ Meghan BeesleyGreat Britain 57.08PB3000 metres steeplechase Women Christine Kambua MuyangaKEN 9:31.35CR Elizabeth MueniKEN 9:36.50 PB Korahubish ItaaETH 1996 9:37.81NJ4 × 100 metres relay Women United StatesJeneba TarmohShayla MahanGabrielle GlennTiffany Townsend43.66 WJL JAMShawna AndersonKaycea JonesGayon EvansJura Levy43.98 SBBRABarbara de OliveiraBárbara LeôncioLuana CorreaRosângela Santos 44.61 4 × 400 metres relay Women United StatesLanie WhittakerJessica BeardErica AlexanderTakecia Jameson3:30.19 UKROlha ZemlyakYuliya KrasnoshchokHanna YaroshchukYuliya Baraley 3:34.20NJ AustraliaBrittney McGloneTrychelle KingdomOlivia TauroAngeline Blackburn 3:34.23SB10,000 metres walk Women Tatyana MineevaRussia43:24.72CR Elmira AlembekovaRussia 43:45.16PB Li YanfeiCHN 44:24.10PB Field High jump Women Kimberly JessGermany 1.86 Mirela DemirevaBUL 1.86SB Lesyani MayorCUBHannelore Desmet BEL 1.86 PB1.86 PBPole vault Women Valeriya Volik Russia 4.40CR Ekaterina Kolesova Russia 4.40CR Ekaterini Stefanidi GRE 4.25SBLong jump Women Ivana ŠpanovićSRB 2004 6.61 Nastassia MironchykBLR 6.46 Dailenys AlcántaraCUB 6.41PBTriple jump Women Dailenys AlcántaraCUB 14.25 WJL Josleidy RibaltaCUB 13.85 Paraskevi PapahristouGRE 13.74 Shot put Women Natalia DucóCHI 17.23 Melissa BoekelmanNED16.60 Ma QiaoCHN 16.55SB Discus throw Women Shangxue XiCHN 54.96 SBJulia FischerGermany 54.69 Sandra PerkovićCRO 54.24 Hammer throw Women Bianca PerieROM 67.95CR Katerina ŠafránkováCZE 63.13 Jenny OzoraiHUN 60.80 Javelin throw Women Vira RebrykUKR63.01WJ Li LingweiCHN 59.25PB Tatjana JelacaSRB 2004 58.77 NR Heptathlon Women Carolin SchäferGermany 5833PB Yana MaksimavaBLR 5766 Grit ŠadeikoEST 5765PB Medal table thumb|200px|Christine Kambua Muyanga thumb|200px|Imad Touil POL 11 4 2 6 1 3 4 5 2 4 3 0 2 3 5 ETH 1996 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 1 1 2 5 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 yes 1 0 2 SRB 2004 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Participation According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, Peters Lionel Magnusson Tomas WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13 http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC2008.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140224202727/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC2008.html 24 February 2014 dead WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH") 13 June 2015 1408 athletes from 165 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/1b820a45-e3d7-40f4-9d5d-7a3abea7f433.pdf IAAF 5 13 June 2015 18em AFG 2004 (2) ALG (11) ASA (1) AND (1) AIA (1) ARG (2) ARM (1) Australia (28) AUT (8) AZE (1) BAH (12) BHR (2) BAR (9) BLR 1995 (24) BEL (9) BER (2) BOL (2) BIH (2) BOT (5) BRA (14) IVB (1) BUL (8) BUR (1) CAM (1) CMR (1) Canada (33) CPV (1) CAY (1) CHI (5) CHN (14) TPE (14) COL (8) COM (2) COK (1) CRC (1) CRO (8) CUB (12) CYP (4) CZE (22) DEN (5) DMA (1) DOM (3) ECU (1) EGY (6) ESA (1) EST (13) ETH (23) FIJ (1) FIN (25) France (55) PYF (1) GAM (1) GEO (3) Germany (65) GHA (1) GIB (1) Great Britain (40) GRE (12) GRN (3) GUM (1) GUA (2) GUY (1) HON 1949 (1) HKG (3) HUN (22) ISL (3) IND (8) INA (1) IRL (21) ISR (3) Italy (34) JAM (29) JPN (27) JOR (1) KAZ (12) KEN (23) KIR (1) KUW (3) KGZ (2) LAO (1) LAT (11) LIB (1) LES (2) LTU (16) MAC (1) Macedonia (1) MAD (1) MAS (1) MDV (1) MLI (1) MLT (3) MEX (12) MDA (4) MON (1) MNE (1) MSR (1) MAR (7) MYA 1974 (1) NRU (1) NEP (1) NED (14) AHO (1) New Zealand (5) NCA (1) NIG (1) NGR (12) NFK (1) NMI (1) NOR (18) OMA (1) PAK (1) PLW (1) PLE (1) PAN (2) PNG (1) PAR 1990 (1) PER (1) POL (63) POR (12) PUR (7) QAT (2) ROU (24) Russia (51) SKN (4) LCA (1) VIN (1) SAM (1) STP (1) KSA (9) SEN (5) SRB 2004 (12) SIN (2) SVK (7) SLO (13) SOL (1) RSA (25) KOR (10) ESP (35) SRI (2) SUD (6) SUR (1) Swaziland (1) SWE (37) SUI (12) SYR 1980 (1) TJK (2) TAN (1) THA (9) TOG (1) TGA (1) TRI (17) TUN (3) TUR (18) TKM (2) UGA (6) UKR (41) UAE (1) United States (76) URU (1) ISV (3) UZB (6) VAN (1) VEN (4) YEM (1) ZAM (2) References External links Official results (archive) http://www.wjc2008.bydgoszcz.pl/index.php?lang=en en 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics Athletics Category:Sports competitions in Bydgoszcz Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Poland Category:July 2008 sports events in Europe Category:2008 in international sports Category:2008 in youth sport Category:Youth sport in Poland