The World Youth Championships is a biennial event first held in 1999. Athletes must be age 15, 16 or 17 on 31st December in the year of competition.
Venues: 1999 Bydgoszcz (POL), 2001 Debrecen (HUN), 2003 Sherbrooke (CAN), 2005 Marrakesh (MAR)
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | wind | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Mark Lewis-Francis GBR Darrel Brown TRI Yahya Saeed Al-Gahes KSA Harry Aikines-Aryeetey GBR |
10.40 10.31 10.69 10.35 |
Bryan Sears USA Willie Hordge USA Yahya Hassan Habib KSA Alex Nelson GBR |
10.42 10.41 10.73 10.36 |
Omar Brown JAM Jonathan Wade USA Craig Pickering GBR Keston Bledman TRI |
10.43 10.53 10.85 10.55 |
1.4 -0.2 -3.1 0.8 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | wind | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Tim Benjamin GBR Jonathan Wade USA Usain Bolt JAM Harry Aikines-Aryeetey GBR |
20.72 20.95 20.40 20.91 |
Omar Brown JAM Michael Grant USA Michael Grant USA Jorge Valcarcel CUB |
21.09 21.30 21.04 21.08 |
Bryan Sears USA Dion Rodriguez TRI Jamahl Alert-Khan GBR Matteo Galvan ITA |
21.16 21.36 21.35 21.14 |
0.9 -1.1 -1.1 0.7 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Mandla Nkosi RSA Karol Grzegorczyk POL Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr SUD Adam Mohamed Al-Nour SUD |
46.94 46.90 46.10 46.56 |
Glauder Garzón CUB Piotr Kedzia POL Cedric Goodman USA Julius Kirwa KEN |
47.00 47.12 46.42 46.70 |
Mark van Soest RSA Jermaine Gonzales JAM Željko Vincek CRO Bryshon Nellum USA |
47.19 47.51 47.45 46.81 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Nicholas Wachira KEN Salem Amer Al-Badri QAT Mohammed Al-Salhi KSA Gilbert Kipkurui KEN |
1:50.70 1:50.15 1:48.79 1:48.42 |
Berhanu Alemu ETH Cosmas Rono KEN Bernard Kiptanui KEN Jackson Kivuna KEN |
1:50.79 1:50.35 1:49.14 1:48.57 |
Mohammed Khalif Al-Azemi KUW Liao Fu-Pin TPE Abraham Ngeno KEN Jan Masenamela RSA |
1:51.24 1:51.35 1:49.17 1:49.73 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Cornelius Chirchir KEN Isaac Songok KEN Benson Esho KEN Bilal Mansour Ali BRN |
3:44.02 3:36.78 3:44.94 3:36.98 |
Michael Too KEN Samuel Dadi ETH Samson Kiplagat KEN Badr Khalil Badr BRN |
3:44.70 3:39.78 3:45.13 3:43.70 |
Othman Yousef KSA Abdulrahman Sulaiman QAT Isaac Mboyaza RSA Abubakr Kaki SUD |
3:45.53 3:42.03 3:48.05 3:45.06 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Pius Muli KEN Markos Geneti ETH Augustine Choge KEN Abraham Cherkos ETH |
8:08.16 7:55.82 7:52.53 8:00.90 |
Kenenisa Bekele ETH David Kilel KEN Tariku Bekele ETH Ibrahim Jellan ETH |
8:09.89 7:56.95 7:54.71 8:04.21 |
Anouar Assila MAR James Kwalia KEN Shimelis Girma ETH Saleh Marzouk Bakheet BRN |
8:13.54 7:57.71 7:55.12 8:04.78 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Stephen Cherono KEN David Kirwa KEN Ronald Kipchumba KEN Tarek Mubarak Taher BRN |
5:31.89 5:33.40 5:30.27 5:23.95 |
Luleseged Wale ETH Brimin Kipruto KEN Justus Kiprono KEN Abel Mutai KEN |
5:32.61 5:36.81 5:31.24 5:24.69 |
Philip Simbolei KEN Abrham Kebeto ETH Chris Winter CAN Bisluke Kipkorir KEN |
5:41.77 5:37.76 5:44.23 5:24.87 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | wind | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Ladji Doucouré FRA Nassim Meziane Ibrahimi QAT Jason Richardson USA Cordera Jenkins USA |
13.26 13.27 13.29 13.35 |
Nassim Meziane Ibrahimi QAT Marthinus van der Vyver RSA Mubarak Al-Mabadi KSA Ryan Brathwaite BAR |
13.36 13.35 13.41 13.44 |
Paul Whitty CAN Eddy de Lépine FRA Alexander John GER Gianni Frankis GBR |
13.59 13.39 13.50 13.48 |
0.8 0.2 1.9 1.1 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Marthinus Kritzinger RSA Amin Mohammed Al-Ozon SYR Jason Richardson USA Abdelkader Idris Abdelkarim SUD |
49.86 50.25 49.91 50.78 |
Sergio Hierrezuelo CUB Jonathan Walker USA Wouter le Roux RSA Mohammed Razgallah Daak KSA |
49.95 51.32 50.85 50.90 |
Mumo Kiilu KEN Kenji Narisako JPN Jamaal Charles USA David Klech USA |
51.50 52.09 51.48 50.90 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Jacques Freitag RSA Aleksey Dmitrik RUS Martin Günther GER Huang Haiqiang CHN |
2.16 2.23 2.11 2.27 |
Cui Kai CHN James Watson AUS Aleksandr Nartov UKR Aleksandr Nartov UKR |
2.13 2.21 2.11 2.18 |
Andrey Chubsa BLR Aleksandr Plisko BLR Hikaru Tsuchiya JPN Alex Soto ESP |
2.13 2.19 2.11 2.18 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Sébastien Homo FRA Artem Kuptsov RUS Germán Chiaraviglio ARG Yang Yansheng CHN |
5.20 5.15 5.15 5.25 |
Aleksandr Korchmyd UKR Vincent Favretto FRA Dmitriy Starodubtsev RUS Scott Roth USA |
5.10 5.15 5.10 5.25 |
Rico Tepper GER Go Kishita JPN Steven Lewis GBR Albert Vélez ESP |
5.00 5.00 5.05 5.20 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Sheng Yapeng CHN Thiago Dias BRA Naohira Shinada JPN Chris Noffke AUS |
7.80 7.72 7.61 7.97w |
Yoelmis Pacheco CUB Ibrahim Abdullah Al-Walid QAT Yves Renaux FRA Tiberiu Talnar ROM |
7.62 7.62 7.44 7.53w |
Nico Grimbeeck RSA Andrew Howe Besozzi ITA Ahmed Al-Sharfa KSA Cleiton Sabino BRA |
7.59 7.61 7.15 7.49 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Ibrahim Mohammed Abu Bakr QAT Jonathan Moore GBR Denny Fernández CUB Héctor Fuentes CUB |
15.96 16.36 15.77 16.63 |
Yoandri Betanzos CUB David Giralt CUB Moussa Qarqaran KSA Ilya Yefremov RUS |
15.83 16.33 15.60 16.45 |
Viktor Yastrebov UKR Osniel Tosca CUB Mohammed Abdullah Abbas Darwish UAE Zhivko Petkov BUL |
15.74 15.67 15.55 16.20 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Robert Häggblom FIN Georgi Ivanov BUL Liu Feng CHN Jan Hoffman RSA |
19.76 19.73 21.45 20.99 |
Dmitriy Gorshkov RUS Yasser Ibrahim Farag EGY Kyle Helf CAN Vladislav Tulácek CZE |
19.69 19.58 20.79 19.97 |
Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi QAT Lee Min-Won KOR Amin Al-Aradi KSA Rosen Karamfilov BUL |
19.44 19.57 19.69 19.86 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Chang Ming-Huang TPE Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi QAT Ronnie Buckley AUS Ali Shahrokhi IRI |
64.14 62.67 64.34 61.07 |
Zhang Huabing CHN Robert Harting GER Wu Jian CHN Osmel Charlot CUB |
58.36 62.04 63.18 60.17 |
Raine Munukka FIN Omar Ahmed El Ghazali EGY Wang Yao-Hui TPE António Vital e Silva POR |
56.52 61.06 60.00 59.30 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Krisztián Pars HUN József Horváth HUN Mikhail Levin RUS Sándor Pálhegyi HUN |
74.76 80.11 76.41 81.89 |
Aleksandr Lutsenko UKR Werner Smit RSA Kristóf Németh HUN Artem Vynnyk UKR |
73.68 79.48 75.59 77.88 |
Aleksey Yeliseyev RUS Kirill Ikonnikov RUS Sándor Pálhegyi HUN Alex Smith GBR |
73.68 77.75 75.47 73.77 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Joachim Kiteau FRA Teemu Wirkkala FIN Júlio César de Oliveira BRA Noël Meyer RSA |
79.65 76.18 81.16 80.52 |
Saku Kuusisto FIN Hamed Al-Khalifa QAT Robert Oosthuizen RSA Roman Avramenko UKR |
78.73 73.56 81.07 79.22 |
Aleksandr Ivanov RUS Tero Järvenpää FIN Raldu Potgieter RSA Víctor Fatecha PAR |
78.65 68.85 75.56 77.21 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
2001 2003 2005 |
Rene Oruman EST Andrés Silva URU Yordani García CUB |
6219 6456 6482 |
Essa Mufarrah KSA Andrey Krauchanka BLR Matthias Prey GER |
6024 6366 6282 |
Jason Dudley AUS Lukáš Patera CZE Cleiton Sabino BRA |
5997 6316 6218 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Yevgeniy Demkov RUS Vladimir Kanaykin RUS Aleksandr Prokhorov RUS Sergey Morozov RUS |
42:26.07 42:55.75 42:16.16 42:26.92 |
Aleksandr Strokov RUS Mikhail Seredovich BLR Makoto Sawada JPN Vladimir Akhmetov RUS |
42:36.52 43:44.32 42:17.62 42:32.81 |
Takayuki Tanii JPN Francisco Flores MEX Vyacheslav Golovin RUS Yusuke Suzuki JPN |
42:40.86 43:53.13 42:37.15 42:43.22 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 | Jamaica | 40.03 | Japan | 40.14 | Germany | 41.13 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
United States Poland United States United States |
1:51.29 1:50.46 1:52.03 1:51.19 |
South Africa United States Poland Trinidad & Tobago |
1:52.49 1:50.90 1:53.08 1:52.51 |
Japan South Africa Japan Saudi Arabia |
1:54.10 1:51.35 1:53.11 1:52.89 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | wind | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Veronica Campbell JAM Allyson Felix USA Jessica Onyepunuka USA Bianca Knight USA |
11.49 11.57 11.31 11.38 |
Lisa Sharpe JAM Kerron Stewart JAM Krystin Lacy USA Ebony Collins USA |
11.52 11.72 11.50 11.44 |
Adrianna Lamalle FRA Zuzana Kosová CZE Kelly Ann Baptiste TRI Schillonie Calvert JAM |
11.66 11.83 11.58 11.44 |
0.6 0.5 1.8 -0.1 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | wind | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
LaShaunte'a Moore USA Angel Perkins USA Anneisha McLaughlin JAM Aymée Martínez CUB |
23.38 23.07 23.26 22.99 |
Melaine Walker JAM Amy Spencer GBR Courtney Champion USA Bianca Knight USA |
23.72 23.45 23.56 23.33 |
Ana López CUB Zuzana Kosová CZE Cleo Tyson USA LaToya King JAM |
23.97 23.98 23.67 23.57 |
-0.1 0.0 -0.4 0.7 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Monique Henderson USA Stephanie Smith USA Natasha Hastings USA Nawal El Jack Jamous SUD |
52.28 52.19 53.41 51.19 |
Helen Okpanachi NGR Jerrika Chapple USA Antonina Krivoshapka RUS Danijela Grgic CRO |
52.38 52.80 53.54 51.30 |
Norma González COL Anneisha McLaughlin JAM Jaimee-Lee Hoebergen AUS Aymée Martínez CUB |
52.39 53.35 53.78 52.04 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Georgie Clarke AUS Cherotich Ruto KEN Mariya Shapayeva RUS Flavious Kwamboka KEN |
2:05.90 2:05.50 2:03.40 2:07.42 |
Tatyana Petlyuk UKR Veronika Plesarová CZE Olga Cristea MDA Winny Chebet KEN |
2:06.97 2:06.01 2:04.30 2:08.15 |
Mihaela Olaru ROM Carlene Robinson JAM Larisa Arcip ROM Katherine Katsanevakis AUS |
2:08.20 2:06.18 2:04.31 2:08.35 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Zanelle Grobler RSA Georgie Clarke AUS Alem Techale ETH Sheila Chepkirui KEN |
4:23.06 4:14.08 4:17.41 4:12.29 |
Chibiwott Kibet KEN Florence Kyalo KEN Jelena Ština LAT Yuriko Kobayashi JPN |
4:24.43 4:15.71 4:17.43 4:13.96 |
Elaine du Plessis RSA Sentayehu Ejigu ETH Joyce Musungu KEN Bizunesh Urgesa ETH |
4:24.59 4:17.51 4:17.65 4:19.34 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Alice Timbilil KEN Sally Chepyego KEN Siham Hilali MAR Veronica Nyaruai KEN |
9:01.99 9:09.95 9:12.70 9:01.61 |
Meseret Defar ETH Mestewat Tufa ETH Pascalia Chepkorir KEN Pauline Korikwiang KEN |
9:02.08 9:11.60 9:13.77 9:05.42 |
Vivian Cheruiyot KEN Fridah Domongole KEN Yuko Nohara JPN Hitomi Niiya JPN |
9:04.42 9:12.70 9:14.82 9:10.34 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | wind | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Adrianna Lamalle FRA Kathrin Geissler GER Sally McLellan AUS April Williams USA |
13.08 13.49 13.42 13.23 |
Maren Freisen GER Ashley Lodree USA Latoya Greaves JAM Natasha Ruddock JAM |
13.42 13.75 13.49 13.38 |
Annay Tejeda CUB Carla Fick RSA Domenique Manning USA Theresa Lewis USA |
13.45 13.75 13.60 13.39 |
-0.4 0.4 -1.9 1.1 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Jana Pittman AUS Camile Robinson JAM Zuzana Hejnová CZE Ebony Collins USA |
57.87 58.72 57.54 55.96 |
Wu Jieya CHN Kimberly Crow AUS Yekaterina Kostetskaya RUS Lauren Boden AUS |
58.32 59.28 58.37 58.30 |
Patricia Hall JAM Olga Nikolayeva RUS Mackenzie Hill USA Aya Miyahara JPN |
58.67 59.41 59.15 59.62 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Anna Chicherova RUS Aileen Wilson GBR Irina Kovalenko UKR Gu Biwei CHN |
1.89 1.87 1.92 1.87 |
Renáta Medgyesová SVK Petrina Price AUS Annett Engel GER & Svetlana Shkolina RUS Sophia Begg AUS |
1.83 1.81 1.86 1.85 |
Gaëlle Niaré FRA Levern Spencer LCA Yekaterina Yevseyeva KAZ |
1.79 1.81 1.85 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Yelena Isinbayeva RUS Silke Spiegelburg GER Elizaveta Ryshich GER Ekaterini Stefanidi GRE |
4.10 4.00 4.05 4.30 |
Floé Kühnert GER Aleksandra Kiryashova RUS Svetlana Makarevich BLR Keisa Monterola VEN |
4.05 4.00 4.00 4.30 |
Vanessa Boslak FRA Anna Olko POL Charmaine Lucock AUS Yu Shuo CHN |
4.00 3.95 4.00 4.20 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Zhou Yangxia CHN Shermin Oksuz AUS Cristine Spataru ROM Arantxa King BER |
6.29 6.41 6.41 6.39 |
Jenniina Halkoaho FIN Elena Anghelescu ROM Denisa Šcerbová CZE Eloyse Lesueur FRA |
6.24 6.32 6.40 6.28 |
Alina Militaru ROM Angela Dies GER Ganna Demydova UKR Cornelia Deiac ROM |
6.22 6.03 6.15 6.25 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Mabel Gay CUB Alina Popescu ROM Cristine Spataru ROM Sha Li CHN |
13.82 13.76 13.86 13.81 |
Anastasiya Ilyina RUS Svetlana Bolshakova RUS Elina Sorsa FIN Kaire Leibak EST |
13.59 13.32 12.95 13.74 |
Yusmay Bicet CUB Michelle Sanford USA Alice Askitopoulou GRE Cristina Bujin ROM |
13.58 13.22 12.93 13.23 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Hong Mei CHN Valerie Adams NZL Jiang Limin CHN Simoné du Toit RSA |
15.57 16.87 15.60 16.33 |
Natalya Khoroneko BLR Michelle Carter USA Magdalena Sobieszek POL Li Bo CHN |
15.57 15.23 15.42 15.92 |
Chiara Rosa ITA Yuliya Leantsyuk BLR Marli Knoetze RSA Dani Samuels AUS |
14.64 15.08 15.10 15.53 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Hong Mei CHN Ma Xuejun CHN Lisandra Rodríguez CUB Dani Samuels AUS |
52.18 54.93 48.56 54.09 |
Julia Bremser GER Darya Pishchalnikova RUS Julie Bennell AUS Simoné du Toit RSA |
51.83 49.37 48.32 52.10 |
Deborah Lovely AUS Amarachi Ukabam USA Kristina Gehrig GER Kamorean Hayes USA |
49.14 46.13 48.31 49.64 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Kamila Skolimowska POL Andrea Kéri HUN Valentina Srša CRO Bianca Perie ROM |
63.94 59.86 61.18 62.27 |
Yunaika Crawford CUB Berta Castells ESP Mariya Bespalova RUS Anna Bulgakova RUS |
57.56 59.65 57.81 62.05 |
Ivana Brkljacic CRO Mariya Smaliachkova BLR Johanna Hoppe GER Dóra Lévai HUN |
55.69 59.16 56.46 58.80 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Olivia Norris GER Kimberley Mickle AUS Xue Juan CHN Zhang Li CHN |
52.03 51.83 56.82 56.66 |
Xénia Frajka HUN Justine Robbeson RSA Shin Bo-Ra KOR Vira Rebryk UKR |
49.76 51.54 53.74 56.16 |
Galina Kakhova BLR Andrea Kvetová CZE Vivian Zimmer GER Yanet Cruz CUB |
49.62 51.49 52.20 51.66 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
2001 2003 2005 |
Annett Wichmann GER Marisa de Aniceto FRA Tatyana Chernova RUS |
5470 5458 5875 |
Christine Schulz GER Sarah Kern GER Yana Panteleyeva RUS |
5346 5445 5611 |
Amandine Constantin FRA Marina Goncharova RUS Diana Rach GER |
5296 5338 5481 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Tatyana Kozlova RUS Jiang Kun CHN Vera Sokolova RUS Tatyana Kalmykova RUS |
22:31.93 22:49.21 22:50.23 22:14.47 |
Marina Tsikhanava BLR Kseniya Ischeykina RUS Ann Loughnane IRL Elmira Alembekova RUS |
22:37.54 22:58.43 23:37.00 22:27.17 |
Yekaterina Dergunova RUS Snezhana Yurchenko BLR Noriko Nishide JPN Chai Xue CHN |
22:54.59 23:28.51 23:50.69 22:34.28 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 | Jamaica | 44.30 | United States | 45.40 | Poland | 45.49 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1999 2001 2003 2005 |
United States United States United States United States |
2:07.71 2:03.83 2:03.87 2:03.93 |
Poland Jamaica Jamaica Australia |
2:09.19 2:07.45 2:07.05 2:06.58 |
Ukraine Romania Russia Brazil |
2:11.13 2:09.70 2:07.52 2:06.60 |
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