2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics

The 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born 1995 or later) which was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, USA, on 22–27 July 2014.^[1] A total of 44 athletics events were contested at the championships, 22 by male and 22 by female athletes. A total of 1546 athletes from 175 countries were participate.^[1]

2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics

Host city	Eugene, Oregon, USA
Nations	175
Athletes	1546
Events	44
Dates	22–27 July
Opened by	Barack Obama
Main venue	Hayward Field
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Several medalists from the 2012 championships were eligible to defend their titles, including Wilhem Belocian, Ashraf Amgad Elseify, Falk Wendrich, Jessica Judd, Ana Peleteiro and Sofi Flinck.

Men's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Kendal Williams  United States	10.21 PB	Trayvon Bromell  United States	10.28	Yoshihide Kiryu  Japan	10.34
200 m details	Trentavis Friday  United States	20.04w	Divine Oduduru  Nigeria	20.25w	Michael O'Hara  Jamaica	20.31w
400 m details	Machel Cedenio  Trinidad and Tobago	45.13 WJL	Nobuya Kato  Japan	46.17 SB	Abbas Abubakar Abbas  Bahrain	46.20
800 m details	Alfred Kipketer  Kenya	1:43.95 WJL	Joshua Tiampati Masikonde  Kenya	1:45.14 PB	Andreas Almgren  Sweden	1:45.65 NJR
1500 m details	Jonathan Kiplimo Sawe  Kenya	3:40.02 SB	Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin  Djibouti	3:41.38	Hillary Cheruiyot Ngetich  Kenya	3:41.61 SB
5000 m details	Yomif Kejelcha  Ethiopia	13:25.19 PB	Yasin Haji  Ethiopia	13:26.21 PB	Moses Letoyie  Kenya	13:28.11
10,000 m details	Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei  Uganda	28:32.86	Elvis Kipchoge Cheboi  Kenya	28:35.20	Nicholas Mboroto Kosimbei  Kenya	28:38.68
110 m hurdles (99.0 cm) details	Wilhem Belocian  France	12.99 WJR	Tyler Mason  Jamaica	13.06 AJR	David Omoregie  Great Britain	13.35
400 m hurdles details	Jaheel Hyde  Jamaica	49.29 WJL	Ali Khamis Khamis  Bahrain	49.55 NJR	Tim Holmes  United States	50.07
3000 m steeplechase details	Barnabas Kipyego  Kenya	8:25.57	Titus Kipruto Kibiego  Kenya	8:26.15	Evans Rutto Chematot  Bahrain	8:32.61 PB
4×100 m relay details	United States Jalen Miller Trayvon Bromell Kendal Williams Trentavis Friday	38.70 WJL	Japan Takuya Kawakami Yoshihide Kiryu Yuki Koike Masaharu Mori	39.02 SB	Jamaica Raheem Robinson Michael O'Hara Edward Clarke Jevaughn Minzie	39.12 SB
4×400 m relay details	United States Josephus Lyles Tyler Brown Ricky Morgan Michael Cherry	3:03.31 WJL	Japan Julian Jrummi Walsh Kaisei Yui Takamasa Kitagawa Nobuya Kato	3:04.11 AJR	Jamaica Twayne Crooks Martin Manley Nathon Allen Jaheel Hyde	3:04.47 SB
10,000 m walk details	Daisuke Matsunaga  Japan	39:27.19 CR	Diego García  Spain	39:51.59 NJR	Paolo Yurivilca  Peru	40:02.07 NJR

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Mikhail Akimenko  Russia	2.24 PB	Dzmitry Nabokau  Belarus	2.24 PB	Woo Sang-hyeok  South Korea	2.24 PB
Pole vault details	Axel Chapelle  France	5.55 WJL	Daniil Kotov  Russia	5.50 PB	Oleg Zernikel  Germany	5.50 PB
Long jump details	Wang Jianan  China	8.08	Lin Qing  China	7.94	Shotaro Shiroyama  Japan	7.83
Triple jump details	Lázaro Martínez  Cuba	17.13 CR	Max Heß  Germany	16.55 PB	Mateus de Sá  Brazil	16.47 NJR
Shot put (6 kg) details	Konrad Bukowiecki  Poland	22.06 WJL	Denzel Comenentia  Netherlands	20.17 PB	Braheme Days, Jr.  United States	20.01
Discus throw (1.750 kg) details	Martin Marković  Croatia	66.94 WJL	Henning Prüfer  Germany	64.18 PB	Sven Martin Skagestad  Norway	63.21
Hammer throw (6 kg) details	Ashraf Amgad Elseify  Qatar	84.71 WJL	Bence Pásztor  Hungary	79.99	Ilya Terentyev  Russia	76.31
Javelin throw details	Gatis Čakšs  Latvia	74.04 PB	Matija Muhar  Slovenia	72.97	Andrian Mardare  Moldova	72.81
Decathlon (junior) details	Jiří Sýkora  Czech Republic	8135 CR	Cedric Dubler  Australia	8094 AJR	Tim Nowak  Germany	7980 NJR

Women's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Dina Asher-Smith  Great Britain	11.23	Ángela Tenorio  Ecuador	11.39	Kaylin Whitney  United States	11.45
200 m details	Kaylin Whitney  United States	22.82	Irene Ekelund  Sweden	22.97	Ángela Tenorio  Ecuador	23.15
400 m details	Kendall Baisden  United States	51.85	Gilda Casanova  Cuba	52.59	Olivia Baker  United States	53.00
800 m details	Margaret Nyairera Wambui  Kenya	2:00.49 PB	Sahily Diago  Cuba	2:02.11	Georgia Wassall  Australia	2:02.71
1500 m details	Dawit Seyaum  Ethiopia	4:09.86	Gudaf Tsegay  Ethiopia	4:10.83	Sheila Chepngetich Keter  Kenya	4:11.21 PB
3000 m details	Mary Cain  United States	8:58.48 PB	Lilian Kasait Rengeruk  Kenya	9:00.53	Valentina Chepkwemoi Mateiko  Kenya	9:00.79 PB
5000 m details	Alemitu Heroye  Ethiopia	15:10.08	Alemitu Hawi  Ethiopia	15:10.46 PB	Agnes Jebet Tirop  Kenya	15:43.12
100 m hurdles details	Kendell Williams  United States	12.89 CR	Dior Hall  United States	12.92 PB	Nadine Visser  Netherlands	12.99 NJR
400 m hurdles details	Shamier Little  United States	55.66	Shona Richards  Great Britain	56.16 NJR	Jade Miller  United States	56.22 PB
3000 m steeplechase details	Ruth Jebet  Bahrain	9:36.74	Rosefline Chepngetich  Kenya	9:40.28 PB	Daisy Jepkemei  Kenya	9:47.65 SB
4×100 m relay details	United States Teahna Daniels Ariana Washington Jada Martin Kaylin Whitney	43.46 WJL	Jamaica Sashalee Forbes Kedisha Dallas Saqukine Cameron Natalliah Whyte	43.97 SB	Germany Lisa Marie Kwayie Lisa Mayer Gina Lückenkemper Chantal Butzek	44.65 SB
4×400 m relay details	United States Shamier Little Olivia Baker Shakima Wimbley Kendall Baisden	3:30.42 WJL	Great Britain Shona Richards Loren Bleaken Sabrina Bakare Cheriece Hylton	3:32.00 SB	Germany Laura Müller Hannah Mergenthaler Laura Gläsner Ann-Kathrin Kopf	3:33.02 SB
10,000 m walk details	Anežka Drahotová  Czech Republic	42:47.25 WJR	Wang Na  China	44:02.64 PB	Ni Yuanyuan  China	44:16.72 PB

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Morgan Lake  Great Britain	1.93	Michaela Hrubá  Czech Republic	1.91 NJR	Irina Ilieva  Russia	1.88
Pole vault details	Alayna Lutkovskaya  Russia	4.50 CR	Desiree Freier  United States	4.45 AJR	Eliza McCartney  New Zealand	4.45 NR
Long jump details	Akela Jones  Barbados	6.34	Nadia Akpana Assa  Norway	6.31	Maryse Luzolo  Germany	6.24
Triple jump details	Rouguy Diallo  France	14.44	Liadagmis Povea  Cuba	14.07	Li Xiaohong  China	14.03
Shot put details	Guo Tianqian  China	17.71	Raven Saunders  United States	16.63	Emel Dereli  Turkey	16.55
Discus throw details	Izabela da Silva  Brazil	58.03 WJL	Valarie Allman  United States	56.75	Navjeet Kaur Dhillon  India	56.36 PB
Hammer throw details	Al'ona Shamotina  Ukraine	66.05	Réka Gyurátz  Hungary	64.68	Iliana Korosidou  Greece	63.67
Javelin throw details	Ekaterina Starygina  Russia	56.85 SB	Sofi Flink  Sweden	56.70	Sara Kolak  Croatia	55.74
Heptathlon details	Morgan Lake  Great Britain	6148 PB	Yorgelis Rodríguez  Cuba	6006	Nadine Visser  Netherlands	5948

Medal table

  *   Host nation (United States)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States*	11	5	5	21
2	Kenya	4	5	7	16
3	Ethiopia	3	3	0	6
4	Great Britain	3	2	1	6
5	Russia	3	1	2	6
6	France	3	0	0	3
7	China	2	2	2	6
8	Czech Republic	2	1	0	3
9	Cuba	1	4	0	5
10	Japan	1	3	2	6
11	Jamaica	1	2	3	6
12	Bahrain	1	1	2	4
13	Brazil	1	0	1	2
	Croatia	1	0	1	2
15	Barbados	1	0	0	1
	Latvia	1	0	0	1
	Poland	1	0	0	1
	Qatar	1	0	0	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	0	1
	Uganda	1	0	0	1
	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
22	Germany	0	2	5	7
23	Sweden	0	2	1	3
24	Hungary	0	2	0	2
25	Netherlands	0	1	2	3
26	Australia	0	1	1	2
	Ecuador	0	1	1	2
	Norway	0	1	1	2
29	Belarus	0	1	0	1
	Djibouti	0	1	0	1
	Nigeria	0	1	0	1
	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
34	Greece	0	0	1	1
	India	0	0	1	1
	Moldova	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Peru	0	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	0	1	1
	Turkey	0	0	1	1
Totals (40 entries)		44	44	44	132

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 1411 athletes from 153 countries participated in the event. Registered athletes from  Afghanistan,  Burkina Faso, the  Central African Republic,  Chad,  Côte d'Ivoire,  Guinea-Bissau,  Iraq and  Libya did not show.^[2]

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