The 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2006 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held from 15 August to 20 August at the Chaoyang Sports Center in Beijing

Beijing

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, the capital of the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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The Championships were dominated by the host nation China, and Kenya. The United States showed a near complete domination in the relay

Relay race

During a relay race, members of a team take turns running, orienteering, swimming, cross-country skiing, biathlon, or ice skating parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. Relay races take the form of professional races and amateur games...

 events. Estonia won four gold medals; their first medals ever at the World Junior Championships.

Men

100 m 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Harry Leslie Aikines-Aryeetey is an English sprinter. In 2005 he was named as the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year and the IAAF's Rising Star of the Year after becoming the first athlete to win gold medals at both 100 metres and 200 metres at the World Youth Championships.Aikines-Aryeetey...  United Kingdom	10.37 SB	Justyn Warner Justyn Warner Justyn Warner, is a Canadian track athlete specializing in the 100 metres. He is the current Canadian Junior record holder at that distance in 10.26, coached by Desai Williams & Anthony McCleary....  Canada	10.39	Yohan Blake Yohan Blake Yohan Blake is a Jamaican sprinter and the current 100 metre World Champion. He holds the national junior record for the 100 metres, and tied Seun Ogunkoya as the youngest sprinter to have broken the 10-second barrier...  Jamaica	10.42
	Remaldo Rose Remaldo Rose Remaldo Rose is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.Rose went to Camperdown High School in September 2000, but was injured in his early years. His performances improved in 2003 and he broke the VMBS Boys and Girls Athletic Championship Class 2 100 m record three times... , bronze medalist in 2004, finished fourth. The initial qualification round saw national junior records established for Liberia, Ecuador, Azerbaijan, Cayman Islands, Serbia, Kiribati and the Northern Mariana Islands.
200 m 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Marek Niit Marek Niit Marek Niit is a male sprinter from Estonia who won gold medal at the 200 metres at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China...  Estonia	20.96 NJ	Bryan Barnett Bryan Barnett Bryan Barnett is a Canadian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.He was born in Edmonton. He won the silver medal at the 2006 World Junior Championships, and also competed at the 2007 World Championships and 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final...  Canada	21.00	Alexander Nelson Alexander Nelson Alexander Lloyd Nelson is a sprint athlete who represents Great Britain and Northern Ireland.During the Beijing World Junior Championships he picked up two bronze medals, in 200 metres and 4 x 100 metre relay. He has a personal best of 6.78 in 60 metres, 10.31 in 100 metres and 20.49 in 200 metres...  United Kingdom	21.14
	The original winner, Dmytro Ostrovsky of Ukraine, was disqualified for stepping in another lane. The initial qualification round saw national junior records established for Gibraltar and Ecuador.
400 m 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Renny Quow Renny Quow Renny Quow is a male track and field sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 400 metres. He was born in Tobago....  Trinidad and Tobago	45.74 PB	Justin Oliver  United States	45.78 PB	Martyn Rooney Martyn Rooney Martyn Joseph Rooney is an English sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres event. He reached the 400 m final at the 2008 Summer Olympics and also finished fourth in the 4×400 metres relay. At the 2009 World Championships in Athletics he won a silver medal with the Great Britain relay team...  United Kingdom	45.87
800 m 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	David Rudisha David Rudisha David Lekuta Rudisha is a Kenyan middle distance runner and world record holder in the 800 metres with a time of 1:41.01. Rudisha holds four of the ten fastest times for this event.-Early life:...  Kenya	1:47.40	Jackson Kivuna  Kenya	1:47.64	Abraham Chepkirwok Abraham Chepkirwok Abraham Chepkirwok is an Ugandan middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He is the Ugandan record holder in this distance, with 1:43.72 minutes, achieved in July 2008 in Madrid. He is a World Junior Championships bronze medalist from 2006 and Olympic competitor from 2008.He was...  Uganda	1:47.79
1500 m 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Remmy Ndiwa  Kenya	3:40.44 SB	Abdalaati Iguider  Morocco	3:40.73	Belal Mansoor Ali Belal Mansoor Ali Belal Mansoor Ali is a middle distance runner now representing Bahrain after changing nationality from Kenya.He was born John Yego on October 17, 1988 in Kenya. A lot of controversy has surrounded his age, starting when he won the 1500 metres race at the 2005 IAAF World Youth Championships in...  Bahrain	3:41.36
	Iguider was the reigning champion and championship record holder. Tsegai Tewelde of Eritrea, who finished fifth, established national junior records twice during the competition.
5000 m 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...	Tariku Bekele Tariku Bekele Tariku Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in the 5000 metres. He is the younger brother of Kenenisa Bekele. He is the fourth fastest Ethiopian ever over 5000 m and 3000 metres...  Ethiopia	13:31.34	Abreham Cherkos  Ethiopia	13:35.95	Joseph Ebuya Joseph Ebuya Joseph Ebuya is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and was the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships champion.-Early life and career:...  Kenya	13:42.93
	Tariku Bekele, the younger brother of World and Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele Kenenisa Bekele Kenenisa Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who holds the world record and Olympic record in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres events... , won a bronze medal in 2004. Ebuya already had a silver medal from the 10 000 m.
10 000 m	Ibrahim Jeilan Ibrahim Jeilan Ibrahim Jeilan Gashu is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialises in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres on the track, as well as cross country running...  Ethiopia	28:53.29	Joseph Ebuya Joseph Ebuya Joseph Ebuya is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and was the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships champion.-Early life and career:...  Kenya	28:53.46 PB	Aadam Ismaeel Khamis Aadam Ismaeel Khamis Aadam Ismaeel Khamis is a long-distance runner now representing Bahrain after his switch from Kenya.According to Bahraini officials, he was born Hosea Kosgei on 12 February 1989 in Kenya. Like fellow Bahraini runners Belal Mansoor Ali and Tareq Mubarak Taher, his age is surrounded by controversy...  Bahrain	28:54.30 NJ
	National junior records were also established for Eritrea and Burundi.
110 m H 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...  99.0 cm	Artur Noga Artur Noga Artur Noga is a Polish athlete. He mainly competes in the 110 metres hurdles. He finished 5th at the 2008 Summer Olympics in a time of 13.36s. His personal best time of 13.34s was set in the semi final in Beijing....  Poland	13.23 CR	Samuel Coco-Viloin Samuel Coco-Viloin Samuel Coco-Viloin is a track and field hurdler who competes internationally for France.Coco-Viloin represented France at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Martial Mbandjock, Manuel Reynaert and Yannick Lesourd...  Early Modern France	13.35 NJ	Konstadinos Douvalidis  Greece	13.39 NJ
	The hurdle height had been reduced from 106.7 cm to 99.0 cm, thus allowing championship records in all three rounds of the competition. The world's fastest juniors in 2006, Dennis Martin and Darius Reed of the United States, failed to succeed.
400 m H 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Chris Carter  United States	50.08	Bandar Sharahili  Saudi Arabia	50.34 PB	Stanislav Melnykov Stanislav Melnykov Stanislav Melnykov is a Ukrainian is a Ukrainian 400 metres hurdler and two times national champion . Melnykov won bronze at the 2010 European Athletics Championships on the 400 metres hurdles.His personal best time is 46.54 seconds run in Bielsko-Biała .-References:...  Ukraine	50.43 PB
	Carter took the only individual gold medal for the United States. During the competition, national junior records were set for Togo and the Netherlands.
3000 m St.	Willy Komen Willy Komen Willy Rutto Komen is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.-Achievements:-References:...  Kenya	8:14.00 CR	Bisluke Kiplagat Bisluke Kiplagat Bisluke Kipkorir Kiplagat is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:38.19 min *3000 metres - 7:44.62 min...  Kenya	8:18.11 PB	Abdelghani Aït Bahmad  Morocco	8:20.05 NJ
	Komen beat the previous championship record by 2.34 seconds. Tareq Mubarak Taher Tareq Mubarak Taher Tareq Mubarak Taher, born as Dennis Kipkurui Sang , is a middle distance runner who represents Bahrain after changing nationality from Kenya. His special distance is the 3000 metres steeplechase...  of Bahrain originally finished second, but was disqualified for age cheating.
10,000 m track walk Race walking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...	Bo Xiangdong  People's Republic of China	42:50.26	Huang Zhengyu  People's Republic of China	43:13.29 PB	Yusuke Suzuki  Japan	43:45.62
4×100 m 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	Jamaica Winston Barnes Remaldo Rose Remaldo Rose Remaldo Rose is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.Rose went to Camperdown High School in September 2000, but was injured in his early years. His performances improved in 2003 and he broke the VMBS Boys and Girls Athletic Championship Class 2 100 m record three times... Cawayne Jervis Yohan Blake Yohan Blake Yohan Blake is a Jamaican sprinter and the current 100 metre World Champion. He holds the national junior record for the 100 metres, and tied Seun Ogunkoya as the youngest sprinter to have broken the 10-second barrier...	39.05 WJL	United States Evander Wells Gordon McKenzie Willie Perry Brandon Myers	39.21 SB	Rion Pierre Alexander Nelson Alexander Nelson Alexander Lloyd Nelson is a sprint athlete who represents Great Britain and Northern Ireland.During the Beijing World Junior Championships he picked up two bronze medals, in 200 metres and 4 x 100 metre relay. He has a personal best of 6.78 in 60 metres, 10.31 in 100 metres and 20.49 in 200 metres... Wade Bennett-Jackson Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Harry Leslie Aikines-Aryeetey is an English sprinter. In 2005 he was named as the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year and the IAAF's Rising Star of the Year after becoming the first athlete to win gold medals at both 100 metres and 200 metres at the World Youth Championships.Aikines-Aryeetey...	39.24 SB
	National junior records for Canada, Cayman Islands, Chinese Taipei and Singapore in the initial heats. Germany and Nigeria fumbled in the final and did not finish; however, neither were ever in medal position.
4×400 m 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	United States Quentin Summers Justin Oliver Bryshon Nellum Chris Carter	3:03.76 WJL	Russia Maksim Dyldin Maksim Dyldin Maksim Sergeyevich Dyldin is a Russian sprint athlete.-External links:*... Dmitriy Buryak Vyacheslav Sakaev Anton Kokorin Anton Kokorin Anton Sergeyevich Kokorin is a Russian sprint athlete.-External links:*...	3:05.13 NJ	Chris Clarke Grant Baker Kris Robertson Martyn Rooney Martyn Rooney Martyn Joseph Rooney is an English sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres event. He reached the 400 m final at the 2008 Summer Olympics and also finished fourth in the 4×400 metres relay. At the 2009 World Championships in Athletics he won a silver medal with the Great Britain relay team...	3:05.49 SB
	Kenya, in fourth set a national junior record of 3:05.54, with 800 metres medalists Kivuna and Rudisha David Rudisha David Lekuta Rudisha is a Kenyan middle distance runner and world record holder in the 800 metres with a time of 1:41.01. Rudisha holds four of the ten fastest times for this event.-Early life:...  on the last two laps, thereby improving their own record from the heats. Belgium and Czech Republic too set new NJs in the heats.
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Huang Haiqiang Huang Haiqiang Huang Haiqiang is a Chinese high jumper.He won the 2005 World Youth Championships and the 2006 World Junior Championships, the latter in a personal best jump of 2.32 metres...  People's Republic of China	2.32 WJL	Niki Palli  Israel	2.29	Bohdan Bondarenko Bohdan Bondarenko Bohdan Bondarenko is a Ukrainian high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.27 metres indoors, and 2.26 metres outdoors.-Career:He was born in Kharkiv, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. In 2005 he had a jump of 2.15 metres, achieved in September in Yalta, and in January 2006 in Kiev, he...  Ukraine	2.26 PB
	Huang, helped by an enthusiastic home crowd, improved his personal best by 4 cm to overcome pre-event favorite Palli. Oleksandr Nartov of Ukraine, a medal prospect with a personal best of 2.26 m, exited at 2.10 in the qualification round.
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Germán Chiaraviglio Germán Chiaraviglio Germán Chiaraviglio is an Argentine pole vaulter.His personal best of 5.71 metres was achieved at the World Championships in Beijing on August 19, 2006, when he beat the old championship record of István Bagyula from 1988, and the Argentine senior record...  Argentina	5.71 CR	Yang Yansheng Yang Yansheng Yang Yansheng is a Chinese pole vaulter.He won the gold medal at the 2005 World Youth Championships and then took the silver at the 2005 Chinese National Games, finishing behind Liu Feiliang. He stepped up an age category and won at the Asian Junior Athletics Championships before taking the silver...  People's Republic of China	5.54 PB	Leonid Kivalov  Russia	5.42
	Chiaraviglio, the reigning silver medalist, improved the championship record by 6 cm. The athletes who placed from 4th to 9th all failed to clear 5.36 m.
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Robert Crowther Robert Crowther Robert Crowther is an Australian long jumper. His personal best is 8.05 metres, achieved at the 2011 Australian Athletics Championships in Melbourne. In a recent survey conducted by the IAAF, Robbie was voted the sexiest man in track and field .-Achievements:-References:...  Australia	8.00 AJ	Antone Belt Antone Belt Antone Belt is currently a member of the University of Louisville track and field teamand a 2005 graduate of Berkeley Springs High School....  United States	7.95 PB	Zhang Xiaoyi Zhang Xiaoyi Zhang Xiaoyi is a Chinese long jumper.In April 2006 he jumped 8.17 metres in Chongqing, a new Chinese junior record. At the 2006 World Junior Championships held in his home country he won the bronze medal with a 7.86 metres jump...  People's Republic of China	7.86
	Zhang was the world junior leader in 2006 with 8.17 metres. Mohammad Arzandeh of Iran, who set a national record, briefly held a medal position. Medal contenders such as Konstantin Safronov and Chris Noffke Chris Noffke Chris Noffke is an Australian long jumper.He was born in Ipswich. He Attended St Peter's Lutheran College, Brisbane, Queensland....  failed to qualify for the final.
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Benjamin Compaoré Benjamin Compaoré Benjamin Compaoré is a French triple jumper..-Achievements:-References:...  Early Modern France	16.61 WJL	Hugo Chila Hugo Chila Hugo Dionisio Chila Ayoví is an Ecuadorian long jumper and triple jumper.He set a personal best and Ecuadorian record of 16.70 m in the triple jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. He bettered this at the 2009 Bolivarian Games, jumping 17.03 m for the gold and a Games record...  Ecuador	16.49	Zhong Minwei Zhong Minwei Zhong Minwei is a Chinese triple jumper. His personal best jump is 17.27 metres, achieved in June 2007 in Jinan.He won the bronze medal at the 2006 World Junior Championships and finished eleventh at the 2007 World Championships. He also competed at the 2008 World Indoor Championships without...  People's Republic of China	16.29
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....  6 kg	Margus Hunt Margus Hunt Margus Hunt is an Estonian multi-sport athlete who competes in the discus throw and shot put in addition to playing college football. He is the former world junior record holder in discus throw.-Athletics:...  Estonia	20.53 WJL	Mostafa Abdul El-Moaty  Egypt	20.14	Guo Yanxiang  People's Republic of China	19.97
	Discus throw gold medalist Hunt emerged as a complete surprise, having a personal best of 18.61 metres before the competition. He became the first athlete to win the gold both in shot and discus, after Rutger Smith Rutger Smith Rutger Smith is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in the shot put and discus throw. He was the first athlete to win medals at the World Championships in both events. He represented the Netherlands at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008...  won a gold and a bronze in 2000. Pre-event favorites such as Carlos Véliz, Sourabh Vij and Jan Petrus Hoffman all failed to break the 20-metre barrier in the final. National records were established for Kuwait and Uzbekistan.
Discus Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...  1.75 kg	Margus Hunt Margus Hunt Margus Hunt is an Estonian multi-sport athlete who competes in the discus throw and shot put in addition to playing college football. He is the former world junior record holder in discus throw.-Athletics:...  Estonia	67.32 WJL	Mohammad Samimi Mohammad Samimi Mohammad Samimi is an Iranian discus thrower.He is the younger brother of Abbas Samimi and the older brother of Mahmoud Samimi.-Achievements:-References:...  Iran	63.00 NJ	Martin Wierig Martin Wierig Martin Wierig is a German discus thrower.-Achievements:-References:...  Germany	62.17 PB
	Hunt had established a new world junior record of 66.35 metres at 9:00 AM on the opening day. In the final, he improved it to 66.68 and then 67.32. It was the first WJC gold medal for Estonia. With 63.00 m in the final round, Samimi skipped from fourth to second, improving the result of Ehsan Haddadi Ehsan Haddadi Ehsan Haddadi is an Iranian discus thrower. He is 193 cm and 127 kg.The 2004 Asian Junior Champion, he won a gold medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Grosseto, becoming the first Iranian to win a medal at any global athletics competition. In 2005 he won the Asian...  who won a gold medal for Iran with 62.14 m in 2004. The qualification round saw a national junior record for Samoa.
Hammer Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...  6 kg	Yevgeniy Aydamirov  Russia	78.42 CR	Kristóf Németh Kristóf Németh Kristóf Németh is a Hungarian hammer thrower.-Achievements:-References:...  Hungary	78.39	Marcel Lomnický  Slovakia	77.06 NJ
	In the qualification round Yury Shayunou Yury Shayunou Yury Shayunou is a Belarussian hammer thrower, coached by his father Victor Shayunou. Yury Shayunou has a personal best of 80.72 meters with the 7.26 kg implement, achieved on July 6, 2009 in Minsk at the Romuald Klim Trophy...  of Belarus set a new championship record with 76.76 metres, beating 76.43 m from 2002. Aydamirov however, with a personal best of 82.60 metres, improved this record in the final but was seriously threatened by Németh who trailed 3 centimetres behind from the second round on. Shayunou eventually finished fourth in 76.95 metres, a national junior record, and Turkmenistan and China too got new national junior records.
Javelin Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	John Robert Oosthuizen John Robert Oosthuizen Robert Oosthuizen is a South African javelin thrower. He is a second generation athlete following in his father [Johan Oosthuizen]'s footstep...  South Africa	83.07 CR	Ari Mannio Ari Mannio Ari Pekka Mannio is a Finnish javelin thrower.-Early career:Mannio first represented Finland internationally at the 2003 European Youth Olympic Festival in Paris, France, where he won the bronze medal...  Finland	77.26	Roman Avramenko Roman Avramenko -Achievements:-References:...  Ukraine	76.01 PB
	Oosthuizen broke the championship record from 1996 of 79.78 metres in his second throw, and went unchallenged through the competition. New national junior records were also established for Tunisia, Serbia, Fiji (twice) and Paraguay.
Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...	Arkadiy Vasilyev  Russia	8059	Yordanis García Yordanis García Yordanis García Barrisonte is a male decathlete from Cuba who competed for his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China. He is the nephew of Yenima Arencibia....  Cuba	7850	Jordan Vandermade Jordan Vandermade Jordan Vandermade is a television presenter in Auckland New Zealand. He was a co-host on the popular children's television show Studio 2 until the series ended on 1 October 2010...  New Zealand	7807
	Vasilyev set a championship record as the 99.0 cm hurdles were used for the very first time. Interestingly, García finished behind his personal best in the tougher men's decathlon event, where he has 7880 points.

Women

100 m 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Tezdzhan Naimova Tezdzhan Naimova Tezdzhan Naimova is a Bulgarian sprinter. She specializes in both the 60, 100 and 200 metres.-Junior career:Born in Parvomay, Naimova took up athletics at the age of 10 and was initially trained by Tanyo Tanev, but changed to former triple jumper Stoyko Tsonov, who has been her coach since seventh...  Kingdom of Bulgaria	11.28	Gabby Mayo  United States	11.42	Carrie Russell  Jamaica	11.42
	World junior leader Alexandria Anderson finished sixth. The initial qualification round saw national junior records established for Singapore, Chad and the Marshall Islands.
200 m 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Tezdzhan Naimova Tezdzhan Naimova Tezdzhan Naimova is a Bulgarian sprinter. She specializes in both the 60, 100 and 200 metres.-Junior career:Born in Parvomay, Naimova took up athletics at the age of 10 and was initially trained by Tanyo Tanev, but changed to former triple jumper Stoyko Tsonov, who has been her coach since seventh...  Kingdom of Bulgaria	22.99 PB	Vanda Gomes  Brazil	23.59 SB	Ewelina Klocek Ewelina Klocek Ewelina Klocek is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Poland.Klocek represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Daria Korczyńska, Dorota Jedrusinska and Marta Jeschke...  Poland	23.63 PB
	Naimova, taking her second gold medal at the Championships, was virtually unchallenged. World junior leader Gabby Mayo finished sixth.
400 m 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Danijela Grgić  Independent State of Croatia	50.78 WJL	Sonita Sutherland Sonita Sutherland Sonita Sutherland is a Jamaican 400 metres runner.Her personal best is 51.13 seconds, achieved in April 2006.-Achievements:-External links:...  Jamaica	51.42	Nawal El Jack Nawal El Jack Nawal El Jack is a Sudanese sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*200 metres - 23.97 s *400 metres - 51.19 s *400 metres hurdles - 57.86 s -References:...  Sudan	51.67 SB
	Sutherland was also the silver medalist of the 2004 edition. Two Zambian junior records were established in the qualifying rounds.
800 m 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Olga Cristea Olga Cristea Olga Cristea is a Moldovan runner who specializes in the 800 metres. Her personal best time is 2:00.12 minutes, achieved at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing....  Moldova	2:04.52 SB	Winny Chebet  Kenya	2:04.59 PB	Rebekah Noble  United States	2:04.90
	Cristea won the first World Championships title of any kind for Moldova.
1500 m 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Irene Jelagat Irene Jelagat Irene Jelagat is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.She won the gold medal at the 2006 World Junior Championships, with a personal best time of 4:08.88 minutes, and finished fifth at the 2008 African Championships.Jelegat represented Kenya in the 1500 m at the...  Kenya	4:08.88 PB	Mercy Kosgei  Kenya	4:12.48	Yuriko Kobayashi Yuriko Kobayashi Yuriko Kobayashi is a Japanese middle- and long-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres and 5000 metres. She represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics....  Japan	4:12.88
	During the competition, national junior records were set for Serbia (twice) and Eritrea.
3000 m 3000 metres The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...	Veronica Wanjiru  Kenya	9:02.90 SB	Pauline Korikwiang Pauline Korikwiang Pauline Chemning Korikwiang is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in track and cross country running competitions....  Kenya	9:05.21	Song Liwei  People's Republic of China	9:06.35 PB
5000 m 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...	Xue Fei Xue Fei Xue Fei is a female Chinese long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres....  People's Republic of China	15:31.61 PB	Florence Kiplagat Florence Kiplagat Florence Jebet Kiplagat is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She is a two-time world champion having won at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships....  Kenya	15:32.34 PB	Mary Ngugi  Kenya	15:36.82 PB
3000 m St.	Caroline Tuigong  Kenya	9:40.95 CR	Ancuţa Bobocel Ancuta Bobocel Ancuţa Bobocel is a Romanian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.-Achievements:-Personal bests:* 3000 metres - 9:19.98 min...  Kingdom of Romania	9:46.19 AJR	Mekdes Bekele Tadese Mekdes Bekele Tadese Mekdes Bekele Tadese is an Ethiopian runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*3000 metres steeplechase - 9:32.05 min *5000 metres - 15:49.71 min...  Ethiopia	9:48.67
	The winner ran barefoot. Bobocel successfully defended her silver medal from the 2004 edition. Additional national records were set by Latvian fourth-place finisher Polina Jelizarova as well as for Portugal, France and Algeria in the heats.
100 m H 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...	Yekaterina Shtepa  Russia	13.33 WJL	Christina Vukicevic Christina Vukicevic Ljubica Christina Vukicevic is a Norwegian hurdler of Serbian and Norwegian descent...  Norway	13.34 NJ	Tiffany Ofili Tiffany Ofili Tiffany Adaez Porter is a British track and field athlete who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles. She initially represented the United States as a junior, however for senior competition switched alligance to Great Britain in 2010.Tiffany Ofili was born into a multicultural family...  United States	13.37 PB
400 m H 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Kaliese Spencer Kaliese Spencer Kaliese Spencer is a Jamaican track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles. She has finished fourth at both the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and the 2011 World Championships in Athletics. She was heavy favourite to win the Gold Medal in 2011 but performed poorly in...  Jamaica	55.11 WJL	Nicole Leach  United States	55.55	Sherene Pinnock Sherene Pinnock Sherene Pinnock is a Jamaican 400 metres hurdles runner.Her personal best is 56.67 seconds, achieved at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Beijing.-Achievements:-External links:...  Jamaica	56.67 PB
	Pinnock was also the bronze medalist in the 2004 edition.
10,000 m track walk Race walking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...	Liu Hong Liu Hong (athlete) Liu Hong is a Chinese race walker.She first came to prominence by winning the World Junior and Asian Games titles in 2006. After a poor global debut at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics , she rebounded with a fourth place finish at the 2008 Beijing Olympics...  People's Republic of China	45:12.84 PB	Tatyana Shemyakina Tatyana Shemyakina Tatyana Shemyakina is a Russian race walker.She won the silver medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka and bronze medal at the 2009 European U23 Championships in Kaunas.-References:...  Russia	45:34.41	Anamaria Greceanu  Kingdom of Romania	46:45.67 PB
4×100 m 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	United States Jeneba Tarmoh Jeneba Tarmoh Jeneba Tarmoh is an American sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She was a All-American for Texas A&M University helping them with back to back to back wins in the NCAA Track & Field Outdoor Championships 2009–2011 seasons... Alexandria Anderson Elizabeth Olear Gabby Mayo	43.49	Early Modern France Johanna Danois Emilie Gaydu Joellie Baflan Céline Distel	44.20	Jamaica Naffene Briscoe Anasthasia Leroy Carrie Russell Schillonie Calvert	44.22 SB
	The American team equalled their winning result from 2004. Calvert won her second bronze medal for Jamaica, having competed on the relay team in 2004 as well. National junior records for Norway and Slovenia as well as a South American junior record by Brazil were established in the heats.
4×400 m 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	United States Jessica Beard Jessica Beard Jessica Beard is an American sprinter who qualified for the 2009 IAAF World Championships in the 4x400-meter relay and 400 meters. She won the gold medal with the relay team... Brandi Cross Sa'de Williams Nicole Leach	3:29.01 WJL	Nigeria Folashade Abugan Folashade Abugan Folashade Abugan is a female Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She was the 400 m bronze medalist at the 2007 All-Africa Games and improved to the silver medal at the 2008 African Championships, where she set a personal best time of 50.89 seconds... Ajoke Odumosu Joy Eze Joy Eze Joy Eze is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Her personal best time is 51.20 seconds, set during the 2007 All-Africa Games.... Sekinat Adesanya Sekinat Adesanya Sekinat Adesanya Akinpelu is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.Her personal best time is 52.48 seconds, achieved during the 2006 World Junior Championships.-Achievements:-References:...	3:30.84 AJ	Jamaica Latoya McDermott Sherene Pinnock Sherene Pinnock Sherene Pinnock is a Jamaican 400 metres hurdles runner.Her personal best is 56.67 seconds, achieved at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Beijing.-Achievements:-External links:... Sonita Sutherland Sonita Sutherland Sonita Sutherland is a Jamaican 400 metres runner.Her personal best is 51.13 seconds, achieved in April 2006.-Achievements:-External links:... Kaliese Spencer Kaliese Spencer Kaliese Spencer is a Jamaican track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles. She has finished fourth at both the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and the 2011 World Championships in Athletics. She was heavy favourite to win the Gold Medal in 2011 but performed poorly in...	3:31.62 SB
	Both Pinnock and Sutherland won relay bronze medals in 2004. The Nigerian team had already set an African junior record in the heats with 3:33.00 minutes after a sprint duel with Jamaica. The final also saw an Asian junior record by the Chinese team in fourth place.
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Svetlana Radzivil Svetlana Radzivil Svetlana Radzivil is an Uzbekistani high jumper.She was born in Tashkent. She finished ninth at the 2003 World Youth Championships and thirteenth at the 2004 World Junior Championships. In 2006 she won the 2006 World Junior Championships, in a new personal best jump of 1.91 metres, and finished...  Uzbekistan	1.91 NJ	Zheng Xingjuan Zheng Xingjuan Zheng Xingjuan is a Chinese high jumper.She won the silver medal at the 2006 World Junior Championships and the bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Games...  People's Republic of China	1.88	Annett Engel  Germany Yekaterina Yevseyeva Yekaterina Yevseyeva Yekaterina Yevseyeva is a Kazakh high jumper.She was born in Almaty. She won bronze medals at the 2005 World Youth Championships and the 2006 World Junior Championships...  Kazakhstan	1.84
	Five athletes, among them a medal favorite Viktoria Leks Viktoria Leks Viktoria Leks is an Estonian high jumper and National Indoor Champion 2006-2007.She competed at the 2007 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final round.... , ended at 1.84 metres, two of whom shared the podium for the bronze medal.
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Zhou Yang  People's Republic of China	4.30 PB	Tina Šutej Tina Šutej Tina Šutej is a Slovenian pole vaulter.Šutej began competing in athletics at an early age, practising in a variety of events from the age of seven. A change of coach at her local club saw the arrival of a pole vault specialist, who encouraged her to focus on vaulting the high bar...  Slovenia	4.25 NJ	Vicky Parnov Vicky Parnov Vicky Parnov is an Australian athlete who competes in pole vault. She has strong athletic pedigree, being the niece of Tatiana Grigorieva, who won the silver medal for Australia in the women's pole vault at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the granddaughter of Natalya Pechonkina, who won the bronze...  Australia	4.20
	Reigning champion and favorite Lisa Ryzih exited early in the final after failing all three attempts at her opening height of 4.00 metres. The 2006 world junior leader, Valeriya Volik of Russia, finished fourth.
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Rhonda Watkins Rhonda Watkins Rhonda Watkins is a Trinidad and Tobago long jumper.She won the gold medal at the 2006 World Junior Championships, and competed without reaching the final round at the 2008 Olympic Games. She also finished thirteenth in the high jump at the 2003 World Youth Championships.She has 6.82 metres in the...  Trinidad and Tobago	6.46	Anika Leipold  Germany	6.42	Zhang Yuan  People's Republic of China	6.41
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Kaire Leibak Kaire Leibak Kaire Leibak is an Estonian triple jumper.Her personal best jump is 14.43 metres, achieved at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Beijing. This is also the Estonian record.-Achievements:-References:...  Estonia	14.43 WJL	Sha Li Sha Li -Achievements:-References:...  People's Republic of China	14.01 PB	Liliya Kulyk Liliya Kulyk Liliya Kulyk is a Ukrainian triple jumper.She won the bronze medal at the 2006 World Junior Championships. This was the first time she broke the 14-metre barrier, with a 14.01 jump. She improved further to 14.39 metres when she won the 2007 European U23 Championships. At the 2009 European U23...  Ukraine	14.01 PB
	Before the competition Leibak held the world junior leading mark with 13.96 metres, which was improved by Sha Li with 13.97 m in the qualification round. Leibak was in the lead throughout the final, but with 14.05 metres from the fourth round she was threatened by Sha and Kulyk, who both jumped 14.01 m in the fifth round. In the sixth round, however, both challengers failed to improve while Leibak jumped 14.43 metres, only 9 centimetres behind the world junior record. Patrícia Mamona Patrícia Mamona Patrícia Mamona is a Portuguese triple jumper.-Achievements:-References:...  in fourth place established a Portuguese junior record with 13.37 metres; a new Spanish junior record was also set in the final.
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Melissa Boekelman Melissa Boekelman Melissa Boekelman is a Dutch shot putter.-Achievements:-References:...  Netherlands	17.66 PB	Denise Hinrichs Denise Hinrichs Denise Hinrichs is a German shot putter. Her personal best is 19.07 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt.-Achievements:-References:...  Germany	17.35	Irina Tarasova Irina Tarasova -Achievements:-References:...  Russia	17.11 PB
	The shot put was the first final of the Championships. Simoné du Toit Simoné du Toit Simoné du Toit is a South African shot putter.Her personal best throw is 17.13 metres, achieved in October 2005 in Naboomspruit. In the discus throw she has 53.07 metres, achieved in February 2006 in Roodepoort.-Achievements:...  in fourth established a new African junior record with 16.95 metres.
Discus Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Dani Samuels Dani Samuels Dani Samuels is an Australian discus thrower who in 2009 became the youngest ever female world champion in the event....  Australia	60.63 WJL	Pan Saili  People's Republic of China	57.40 SB	Tan Jian  People's Republic of China	56.09
	With 60.22 metres from the first round, Samuels went unthreatened throughout the competition. Annelies Peetroons in fourth place set a new Belgian junior record.
Hammer Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Bianca Perie Bianca Perie Bianca Perie is a female hammer thrower from Romania. Her personal best throw is 69.59 metres, achieved in March 2008 in Bucharest.As a junior she was dominant in her field...  Kingdom of Romania	67.38 CR	Anna Bulgakova Anna Bulgakova Anna Vladimirovna Bulgakova is a female hammer thrower from Russia. Her personal best throw is 73.79 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Krasnodar.-Achievements:-References:*...  Russia	65.73	Hao Shuai Hao Shuai Hao Shuai is a Chinese table tennis player.-Career records:Singles *World Championships: QF .*Pro Tour winner : Serbian Open 2007. China Open 2008. Slovenian Open 2009. Runner-up : Malaysia Open 2003. China , Korea Open 2009.*Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 3...  People's Republic of China	64.26
	Perie became the first World Youth champion from 2005 to win a gold medal in Beijing. The new championships record was an improvement of Marina Smolyachkova's 66.81 metres from 2004. Zalina Marghiev of Moldova was in bronze medal position until the final round.
Javelin Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Sandra Schaffarzik  Germany	60.45 CR	Vira Rebryk Vira Rebryk Vira Viktorivna Rebryk is a female javelin thrower from Ukraine. Her personal best throw is 63.01 metres, achieved at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz. This is the current junior world record.-Achievements:-References:*...  Ukraine	57.79 NJ	Marharyta Dorozhon  Ukraine	57.68 PB
	Reigning champion Vivian Zimmer, who held the previous championship record with 58.50 metres, finished in seventh place. Like in the men's javelin competition, the winner was never challenged.
Heptathlon Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...	Tatyana Chernova Tatyana Chernova Tatyana Sergeyevna Chernova is a Russian heptathlete. She was the bronze medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, where she set her personal best of 6880 points....  Russia	6227 WJL	Ida Marcussen Ida Marcussen Ida Marcussen is a Norwegian heptathlete. She represents IK Våg, having changed clubs from Kristiansands IF in 2006....  Norway	6020 NJ	Yana Panteleyeva  Russia	5979
	A close competition for the silver and bronze medals saw Marcussen prevail despite finishing behind Iryna Ilkevych of Ukraine in the 800 metres race. Ilkevych ended in fourth place with a national junior record of 5952 points. The winning score of 5868 from 2004 would only have been good enough for a fifth place in 2006.

Medals table

Medal count
#	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya	6	7	2	15
2	| People's Republic of China	5	5	7	17
3	United States	4	5	2	11
4	| Russia	4	3	3	10
5	| Estonia	4	0	0	4
6	| Jamaica	2	1	5	8
7	| Ethiopia	2	1	1	4
8	| Australia	2	0	1	3
9	| Bulgaria	2	0	0	2
	Trinidad and Tobago	2	0	0	2
11	| Germany	1	2	2	5
12	| France	1	2	0	3
13	| Romania	1	1	1	3
14	| United Kingdom	1	0	4	5
15	| Poland	1	0	1	2
16	| Argentina	1	0	0	1
	Croatia	1	0	0	1
	Moldova	1	0	0	1
	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
	South Africa	1	0	0	1
	Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1
22	| Canada	0	2	0	2
	Norway	0	2	0	2
24	| Ukraine	0	1	5	6
25	| Morocco	0	1	1	2
26	| Brazil	0	1	0	1
	Cuba	0	1	0	1
	Ecuador	0	1	0	1
	Egypt	0	1	0	1
	Finland	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Israel	0	1	0	1
	Iran	0	1	0	1
	Nigeria	0	1	0	1
	Saudi Arabia	0	1	0	1
	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
37	| Bahrain	0	0	2	2
	Japan	0	0	2	2
39	| Greece	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
	Sudan	0	0	1	1
	Uganda	0	0	1	1