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1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics

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1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Host cityAustralia Sydney, Australia
Nations142
Athletes1049
Events41
DatesAugust 20–25
Main venueSydney International Athletic Centre

The 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Sydney, Australia on August 20–25.

The host stadium in Sydney.

Results

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Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
details 		Francis Obikwelu
 Nigeria		 10.21 Seun Ogunkoya
 Nigeria		 10.25 Francesco Scuderi
 Italy		 10.43
200 metres
details 		Francis Obikwelu
 Nigeria		 20.47 Riaan Dempers
 South Africa		 20.96 Bryan Harrison
 United States		 21.10
400 metres
details 		Obea Moore
 United States		 45.27 Jerome Davis
 United States		 45.86 Shane Niemi
 Canada		 45.94
800 metres
details 		Joseph Mutua
 Kenya		 1:48.21 Tom Lerwill
 Great Britain		 1:48.40 Grant Cremer
 Australia		 1:48.46
1500 metres
details 		Shadrack Langat
 Kenya		 3:38.96 Mohamed Yagoub Babiker
 Sudan		 3:39.17 Miloud Abaoub
 Algeria		 3:39.37
5000 metres
details 		Assefa Mezgebu
 Ethiopia		 13:35.30 CR David Chelule
 Kenya		 13:36.27 Aaron Gabonewe
 South Africa		 13:46.19
10,000 metres
details 		Assefa Mezgebu
 Ethiopia		 28:27.78 David Chelule
 Kenya		 28:29.14 Tetsuhiro Furuta
 Japan		 28:31.61
110 metres hurdles
details 		Yoel Hernández
 Cuba		 13.83 Tomasz Scigaczewski
 Poland		 13.88 Jovesa Naivalu
 Fiji		 13.91
400 metres hurdles
details 		Mubarak Al-Nubi
 Qatar		 49.07 CR Llewellyn Herbert
 South Africa		 49.15 Angelo Taylor
 United States		 50.18
3000 metres steeplechase
details 		Julius Chelule
 Kenya		 8:33.09 Kipkurui Misoi
 Kenya		 8:33.31 Ali Ezzine
 Morocco		 8:35.60
10,000 metres walk
details 		Paquillo Fernández
 Spain		 40:38.25 David Márquez
 Spain		 41:03.73 Nathan Deakes
 Australia		 41:11.44
4 × 100 metres relay
details 		 United States
Vince Williams
Jerome Davis
Obea Moore
Lawrence Armstrong		 39.36  France
Vincent Caure
Didier Héry
Ruddy Zami
David Patros		 39.47  Australia
Peter Missingham
David Baxter
Paul Pearce
Paul Di Bella		 39.62
4 × 400 metres relay
details 		 United States
Desmond Johnson
Jerome Davis
Robin Martin
Obea Moore		 3:03.65  Japan
Hiroki Takahashi
Dai Tamesue
Masayuki Okusako
Shinji Morita		 3:06.01  Great Britain
Kris Stewart
Tom Lerwill
Mark Rowlands
Geoff Dearman		 3:06.76
High jump
details 		Mark Boswell
 Canada		 2.24 Ben Challenger
 Great Britain
Svatoslav Ton
 Czech Republic		 2.21   None awarded   None awarded
Pole vault
details 		Paul Burgess
 Australia		 5.35 Patrik Kristiansson
 Sweden		 5.30 Danny Ecker
 Germany		 5.30
Long jump
details 		Olexiy Lukashevych
 Ukraine		 7.91 Raúl Fernández
 Spain		 7.75 Nathan Morgan
 Great Britain		 7.74
Triple jump
details 		René Hernández
 Cuba		 16.50 Michael Calvo
 Cuba		 16.17 Ionut Punga
 Romania		 16.15
Shot put
details 		Ralf Bartels
 Germany		 18.71 Justin Anlezark
 Australia		 18.21 Clay Cross
 Australia		 17.69
Discus throw
details 		Casey Malone
 United States		 56.22 Roland Varga
 Hungary		 55.20 Frank Casañas
 Cuba		 54.86
Javelin throw
details 		Sergey Voynov
 Uzbekistan		 79.78 Harri Haatainen
 Finland		 76.12 Steven Madeo
 Australia		 73.88
Hammer throw
details 		Maciej Palyszko
 Poland		 71.24 Vadim Devyatovskiy
 Belarus		 70.88 Roman Konevtsov
 Russia		 70.32
Decathlon
details 		Attila Zsivoczky
 Hungary		 7582 Dean Macey
 Great Britain		 7480 Chiel Warners
 Netherlands		 7368
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
details 		Nora Ivanova
 Bulgaria		 11.32 Andrea Anderson
 United States		 11.43 Esther Möller
 Germany		 11.46
200 metres
details 		Sylviane Félix
 France		 23.16 Lauren Hewitt
 Australia		 23.32 Nora Ivanova
 Bulgaria		 23.59
400 metres
details 		Andrea Burlacu
 Romania		 52.32 Suziann Reid
 United States		 53.17 Rosemary Hayward
 Australia		 53.28
800 metres
details 		Claudia Gesell
 Germany		 2:02.67 Kathleen Friedrich
 Germany		 2:02.70 Jebet Langat
 Kenya		 2:03.21
1500 metres
details 		Kutre Dulecha
 Ethiopia		 4:08.65 Jackline Maranga
 Kenya		 4:08.98 Shura Hutesa
 Ethiopia		 4:09.49
3000 metres
details 		Anita Weyermann
  Switzerland		 8:50.73 Edna Kiplagat
 Kenya		 8:53.06 Etaferahu Tarekegne
 Ethiopia		 8:53.77
5000 metres
details 		Ayelech Worku
 Ethiopia		 15:40.03 Olivera Jevtić
 Yugoslavia		 15:40.59 Cristina Iloc
 Romania		 15:41.44
100 metres hurdles
details 		Joyce Bates
 United States		 13.27 Glory Alozie
 Nigeria		 13.30 Tan Yali
 China		 13.37
400 metres hurdles
details 		Ulrike Urbansky
 Germany		 56.65 Vicki Jamison
 Great Britain		 57.57 Tanya Jarrett
 Jamaica		 57.91
5000 metres walk
details 		Irina Stankina
 Russia		 21:31.85 Olga Panfyorova
 Russia		 21:52.27 Claudia Iovan
 Romania		 21:57.11
4 × 100 metres relay
details 		 United States
Andrea Anderson
Lakeesha White
Jernae Wright
Nanceen Perry		 43.79  Jamaica
Tulia Robinson
Peta-Gaye Dowdie
Saran Patterson
Aleen Bailey		 44.26  Germany
Sandra Abel
Esther Möller
Nancy Kette
Marion Wagner		 44.57
4 × 400 metres relay
details 		 Germany
Peggy Müller
Claudia Gesell
Doreen Harstick
Ulrike Urbansky		 3:31.12  Romania
Medina Tudor
Anca Safta
Otilia Ruicu
Andrea Burlacu		 3:32.16  Australia
Jennifer Marshall
Tamsyn Lewis
Josephine Fowley
Rosemary Hayward		 3:32.47
High jump
details 		Yuliya Lyakhova
 Russia		 1.93 Dóra Győrffy
 Hungary		 1.91 Svetlana Lapina
 Russia		 1.91
Long jump
details 		Guan Yingnan
 China		 6.53 Cristina Nicolau
 Romania		 6.47 Johanna Halkoaho
 Finland		 6.38
Triple jump
details 		Tereza Marinova
 Bulgaria		 14.62 CR Cristina Nicolau
 Romania		 13.64 Adelina Gavrilă
 Romania		 13.50
Shot put
details 		Song Feina
 China		 16.58 Nadine Beckel
 Germany		 16.39 Yelena Ivanenko
 Belarus		 16.22
Discus throw
details 		Ma Shuli
 China		 56.32 Seilala Sua
 United States		 56.32 Zhang Yaqing
 China		 55.70
Javelin throw
details 		Osleidys Menéndez
 Cuba		 60.96 Nikolett Szabó
 Hungary		 58.34 Bina Ramesh
 France		 57.70
Heptathlon
details 		Yelizaveta Shalygina
 Russia		 5711 Johanna Halkoaho
 Finland		 5656 Hana Doleželová
 Czech Republic		 5504
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Australia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States64212
2 Germany4239
3 Ethiopia4026
4 Kenya3519
5 Russia3126
6 Cuba3115
7 China3036
8 Nigeria2204
9 Bulgaria2013
10 Romania1348
11 Hungary1304
12 Australia*12710
13 Spain1203
14 France1113
15 Poland1102
16 Canada1012
17 Qatar1001
 Switzerland1001
 Ukraine1001
 Uzbekistan1001
21 Great Britain0426
22 Finland0213
 South Africa0213
24 Belarus0112
 Jamaica0112
 Japan0112
27 Czech Republic0101
 Sudan0101
 Sweden0101
 Yugoslavia0101
31 Algeria0011
 Fiji0011
 Italy0011
 Morocco0011
 Netherlands0011
Totals (35 entries)414240123

Participation

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According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list,[1] 1049 athletes from 142 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 October 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, p. 5, retrieved 13 June 2015
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