2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics

2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Host city Spain Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Nations participating 171
Athletes participating 1566
Events 44
Dates 10–15 July
Main venue Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
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The 14th World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born 1993 or later) which was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, on 10–15 July 2012.[1] A total of 44 athletics events were contested at the championships, 22 by male and 22 by female athletes.

Several medalists from the 2010 championships were eligible to defend their titles, including Jacko Gill, Jodie Williams, Shaunae Miller, and Angelica Bengtsson. Gill and Bengtsson were successful.

Men's results

Track

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
 Adam Gemili
 Great Britain 		10.05
WJL CR		 Aaron Ernest
 United States 		10.17
PB		 Odane Skeen
 Jamaica 		10.28
PB
200 m
 Delano Williams
 Turks and Caicos Islands 		20.48
NJ		 Aaron Ernest
 United States 		20.53
PB		 Tyreek Hill
 United States 		20.54
400 m
 Luguelín Santos
 Dominican Republic 		44.85 Arman Hall
 United States 		45.39
PB		 Steven Solomon
 Australia
Aldrich Bailey
 United States		45.52
800 m
 Nigel Amos
 Botswana 		1:43.79
CR		 Timothy Kitum
 Kenya 		1:44.56 Edwin Kiplagat Melly
 Kenya 		1:44.79
PB
1500 m
 Hamza Driouch
 Qatar 		3:39.04 Hillary Cheruiyot Ngetich
 Kenya 		3:40.39
PB		 Abdelhadi Labâli
 Morocco 		3:40.60
5000 m
 Muktar Edris
 Ethiopia 		13:38.95 Abrar Osman Adem
 Eritrea 		13:40.52 Wiliam Malel Sitonik
 Kenya 		13:40.52
10,000 m
 Yigrem Demelash
 Ethiopia 		28:16.07
PB		 Philemon Kipchilis Cheboi
 Kenya 		28:23.98
PB		 Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui
 Kenya 		28:30.47
110 m hurdles
(99.0 cm)
 Yordan Luis O'Farrill
 Cuba 		13.18
CR		 Nicholas Hough
 Australia 		13.27
AJ		 Wilhem Belocian
 France 		13.29
NJ
400 m hurdles
 Eric Futch
 United States 		50.24
WJL		 Takahiro Matsumoto
 Japan 		50.41
PB		 Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh
 Saudi Arabia 		50.47
PB
3000 m steeplechase
 Conseslus Kipruto
 Kenya 		8:06.10
CR		 Gilbert Kiplangat Kirui
 Kenya 		8:19.94 Hicham Sigueni
 Morocco 		8:30.14
4×100 m relay
  United States
Tyreek Hill
Aldrich Bailey
Arthur Delaney
Aaron Ernest 		38.67
WJL		  Jamaica
Tykwendo Tracey
Odane Skeen
Jevaughn Minzie
Jazeel Murphy		38.97
NJ		  Japan
Kazuma Oseto
Akiyuki Hashimoto
Aska Cambridge
Kazuki Kanamori		 39.02
4×400 m relay
  United States
Quincy Downing
Aldrich Bailey
Chidi Okezie
Arman Hall 		3:03.99
WJL		  Poland
Karol Zalewski
Rafał Smoleń
Piotr Kuśnierz
Patryk Dobek		3:05.05
NJ		  Trinidad and Tobago
Asa Guevara
Jereem Richards
Brandon Benjamin
Machel Cedenio		 3:06.32
10,000 m walk
 Eider Arévalo
 Colombia 		40:09.74
WJL		 Aleksandr Ivanov
 Russia 		40:12.90
PB		 Su Guanyu
 China 		40:16.87
PB

Field

Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump
 Andrei Churyla
 Belarus 		2.24 Falk Wendrich
 Germany 		2.24
PB		 Ryan Ingraham
 Bahamas 		2.24
Pole vault
 Thiago Braz da Silva
 Brazil 		5.55
NJ 		Ivan Horvat
 Croatia 		5.55 Shawnacy Barber
 Canada 		5.55
NJ
Long jump
 Sergey Morgunov
 Russia 		8.09 Andreas Trajkovski
 Denmark 		7.82
NJ		 Jarrion Lawson
 United States 		7.64
Triple jump
 Pedro Pichardo
 Cuba 		16.79
WJL		 Artem Primak
 Russia 		16.60 Latario Collie-Minns
 Bahamas 		16.37
Shot put (6 kg)
 Jacko Gill
 New Zealand 		22.20
CR		 Krzysztof Brzozowski
 Poland 		21.78
NJ		 Damien Birkinhead
 Australia 		21.14
NJ
Discus throw (1.750 kg)
 Fedrick Dacres
 Jamaica 		62.80
PB		 Wojciech Praczyk
 Poland 		62.75 Gerhard de Beer
 South Africa 		61.57
Hammer throw (6 kg)
 Ashraf Amgad Elseify
 Qatar 		85.57
WJ 		Bence Pásztor
 Hungary 		76.74 Suhrob Khodjaev
 Uzbekistan 		76.16
PB
Javelin throw
 Keshorn Walcott
 Trinidad and Tobago 		78.64 Braian Toledo
 Argentina 		77.09 Morné Moolman
 South Africa 		76.29
PB
Decathlon (junior)
 Gunnar Nixon
 United States 		8018
WJL		 Jake Stein
 Australia 		7951
AJ		 Tim Dekker
 Netherlands 		7815
PB

Women's results

Track

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
 Anthonique Strachan
 Bahamas 		11.20
WJL		 Nimet Karakuş
 Turkey 		11.36 Tamiris de Liz
 Brazil 		11.45
200 m
 Anthonique Strachan
 Bahamas 		22.53
CR		 Olivia Ekpone
 United States 		23.15
PB		 Dezerea Bryant
 United States 		23.15
400 m
 Ashley Spencer
 United States 		50.50
CR		 Kadecia Baird
 Guyana 		51.04
AJ		 Erika Rucker
 United States 		51.10
PB
800 m
 Ajee' Wilson
 United States 		2:00.91
PB		 Jessica Judd
 Great Britain 		2:00.96
PB		 Manal El Bahraoui
 Morocco 		2:03.09
1500 m
 Faith Kipyegon
 Kenya 		4:04.96
CR		 Amela Terzić
 Serbia 		4:07.59
PB, NR		 Senbere Teferi
 Ethiopia 		4:08.28
PB
3000 m
 Mercy Chebwogen
 Kenya 		9:08.88
PB		 Hiwot Gebrekidan
 Ethiopia 		9:09.27
PB		 Emelia Gorecka
 Great Britain 		9:09.43
PB
5000 m
 Buze Diriba
 Ethiopia 		15:32.94 Ruti Aga
 Ethiopia 		15:32.95
PB		 Agnes Jebet Tirop
 Kenya 		15:36.74
PB
100 m hurdles
 Morgan Snow
 United States 		13.38 Noemi Zbären
  Switzerland 		13.42 Ekaterina Bleskina
 Russia 		13.43
400 m hurdles
 Janieve Russell
 Jamaica 		56.62
WJL		 Aurelie Chaboudez
 France 		57.14
NJ		 Kaila Barber
 United States 		57.63
3000 m steeplechase
 Daisy Jepkemei
 Kenya 		9:47.22
WJL		 Tejinesh Gebisa
 Ethiopia 		9:50.51
PB		 Stella Jepkosgei Rutto
 Kenya 		9:50.58
PB
4×100 m relay
  United States
Morgan Snow
Dezerea Bryant
Jennifer Madu
Shayla Sanders 		43.89
WJL		  Germany
Alexandra Burghardt
Ida Mayer
Katharina Grompe
Jessie Maduka		44.24
SB		  Brazil
Camila de Souza
Tamiris de Liz
Nathalia da Rosa
Jessica Dos Reis		 44.29
SB
4×400 m relay
  United States
Erika Rucker
Olivia Ekpone
Kendall Baisden
Ashley Spencer 		3:30.01
WJL		  Jamaica
Sandrae Farquharson
Olivia James
Shericka Jackson
Janieve Russell		3:32.97
SB		  Russia
Yana Glotova
Alina Galitskaya
Yuliya Koltachikhina
Ekaterina Renzhina		 3:36.42
10,000 m walk
 Ekaterina Medvedeva
 Russia 		45:41.74 Nadezhda Leontyeva
 Russia 		45:43.64
PB		 Sandra Arenas
 Colombia 		45:44.46

Field

Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump
 Alessia Trost
 Italy 		1.91 Lissa Labiche
 Seychelles 		1.88
NJ 		Mariya Kuchina
 Russia 		1.88
Pole vault
 Angelica Bengtsson
 Sweden 		4.50
CR 		Elizabeth Parnov
 Australia 		4.30 Roberta Bruni
 Italy 		4.20
Long jump
 Katarina Johnson-Thompson
 Great Britain 		6.81w Lena Malkus
 Germany 		6.80w Jazmin Sawyers
 Great Britain 		6.67
WJL
Triple jump
 Ana Peleteiro
 Spain 		14.17
WJL		 Dovilė Dzindzaletaitė
 Lithuania 		14.17
WJL, NR		 Liuba Zaldívar
 Cuba 		13.90
Shot put
 Shanice Craft
 Germany 		17.15
WJL		 Gao Yang
 China 		16.57 Bian Ka
 China 		16.48
Discus throw
 Anna Rüh
 Germany 		62.38 Shanice Craft
 Germany 		60.42 Shelbi Vaughan
 United States 		60.07
Hammer throw
 Alexandra Tavernier
 France 		70.62
CR		 Alexia Sedykh
 France 		67.34 Alena Navahrodskaya
 Belarus 		67.13
PB
Javelin throw
 Sofi Flinck
 Sweden 		61.40
WJL, NR		 Liu Shiying
 China 		59.20
PB 		Marija Vučenović
 Serbia 		57.12
PB
Heptathlon
 Yorgelis Rodríguez
 Cuba 		5966 Xénia Krizsán
 Hungary 		5957
PB 		Tamara de Sousa
 Brazil 		5900
AJ

Medal table

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 9 4 7 20
2 Kenya 4 4 5 13
3 Ethiopia 3 3 1 7
4 Cuba 3 0 1 4
5 Germany 2 4 0 6
6 Russia 2 3 3 8
7 Jamaica 2 2 1 5
8 Great Britain 2 1 2 5
9 Bahamas 2 0 2 4
10= Qatar 2 0 0 2
10= Sweden 2 0 0 2
12 France 1 2 1 4
13 Brazil 1 0 3 4
14= Belarus 1 0 1 2
14= Colombia 1 0 1 2
14= Italy 1 0 1 2
14= Trinidad and Tobago 1 0 1 2
18= Botswana 1 0 0 1
18= Dominican Republic 1 0 0 1
18= New Zealand 1 0 0 1
18= Spain 1 0 0 1
18= Turks and Caicos Islands 1 0 0 1
23 Australia 0 3 2 5
24 Poland 0 3 0 3
25 China 0 2 2 4
26 Hungary 0 2 0 2
27= Japan 0 1 1 2
27= Serbia 0 1 1 2
29= Argentina 0 1 0 1
29= Croatia 0 1 0 1
29= Denmark 0 1 0 1
29= Eritrea 0 1 0 1
29= Guyana 0 1 0 1
29= Lithuania 0 1 0 1
29= Seychelles 0 1 0 1
29=  Switzerland 0 1 0 1
29= Turkey 0 1 0 1
38 Morocco 0 0 3 3
39 South Africa 0 0 2 2
40= Canada 0 0 1 1
40= Netherlands 0 0 1 1
40= Saudi Arabia 0 0 1 1
40= Uzbekistan 0 0 1 1
Total 44 44 45 133

Participation

According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list,[2] 1566 athletes from 171 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "More Records set to be broken - World Junior Championships Entries confirm 186 countries". IAAF. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  2. ↑ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, p. 5, retrieved 13 June 2015

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