1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics

Host city|  Sydney, Australia
Nations| 142
Athletes| 1049
Events| 41
Dates| August 20–25
Main venue| Sydney International Athletic Centre

<- 1994 Lisbon

1998 Annecy ->

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

The host stadium in Sydney.

## Results

[edit]

### Men

[edit]

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

[edit]

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

[edit]

* Host nation (Australia)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

|
|
|
|
|

1|  United States| 6| 4| 2| 12
2|  Germany| 4| 2| 3| 9
3|  Ethiopia| 4| 0| 2| 6
4|  Kenya| 3| 5| 1| 9
5|  Russia| 3| 1| 2| 6
6|  Cuba| 3| 1| 1| 5
7|  China| 3| 0| 3| 6
8|  Nigeria| 2| 2| 0| 4
9|  Bulgaria| 2| 0| 1| 3
10|  Romania| 1| 3| 4| 8
11|  Hungary| 1| 3| 0| 4
12|  Australia*| 1| 2| 7| 10
13|  Spain| 1| 2| 0| 3
14|  France| 1| 1| 1| 3
15|  Poland| 1| 1| 0| 2
16|  Canada| 1| 0| 1| 2
17|  Qatar| 1| 0| 0| 1
Switzerland| 1| 0| 0| 1
Ukraine| 1| 0| 0| 1
Uzbekistan| 1| 0| 0| 1
21|  Great Britain| 0| 4| 2| 6
22|  Finland| 0| 2| 1| 3
South Africa| 0| 2| 1| 3
24|  Belarus| 0| 1| 1| 2
Jamaica| 0| 1| 1| 2
Japan| 0| 1| 1| 2
27|  Czech Republic| 0| 1| 0| 1
Sudan| 0| 1| 0| 1
Sweden| 0| 1| 0| 1
Yugoslavia| 0| 1| 0| 1
31|  Algeria| 0| 0| 1| 1
Fiji| 0| 0| 1| 1
Italy| 0| 0| 1| 1
Morocco| 0| 0| 1| 1
Netherlands| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (35 entries)| 41| 42| 40| 123

## Participation

[edit]

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]

* Albania (2)
* Algeria (12)
* Andorra (1)
* Anguilla (1)
* Antigua and Barbuda (1)
* Argentina (2)
* Armenia (1)
* Australia (54)
* Austria (5)
* Bahamas (5)
* Barbados (3)
* Belarus (9)
* Belgium (6)
* Benin (1)
* Bermuda (1)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
* Botswana (2)
* Brazil (24)
* Bulgaria (6)
* Burundi (2)
* Canada (12)
* Cayman Islands (1)
* Chile (1)
* China (28)
* Chinese Taipei (10)
* Colombia (5)
* Cook Islands (2)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Croatia (5)
* Cuba (17)
* Cyprus (4)
* Czech Republic (15)
* Denmark (4)
* Dominica (1)
* Egypt (2)
* El Salvador (1)
* Estonia (6)
* Ethiopia (9)
* Fiji (1)
* Finland (36)
* France (43)
* Gabon (1)
* Gambia (1)
* Georgia (2)
* Germany (65)
* Great Britain (36)
* Greece (25)
* Guam (1)
* Guatemala (1)
* Haiti (1)
* Honduras (1)
* Hong Kong (2)
* Hungary (24)
* India (2)
* Indonesia (7)
* Ireland (7)
* Israel (4)
* Italy (20)
* Jamaica (19)
* Japan (40)
* Kazakhstan (4)
* Kenya (19)
* Kuwait (1)
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Laos (1)
* Latvia (3)
* Lithuania (2)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Macedonia (1)
* Madagascar (1)
* Malawi (1)
* Malaysia (6)
* Maldives (1)
* Mauritania (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* Mexico (8)
* Moldova (2)
* Mongolia (1)
* Morocco (6)
* Myanmar (1)
* Namibia (5)
* Netherlands (9)
* Netherlands Antilles (1)
* New Zealand (13)
* Nigeria (7)
* Northern Mariana Islands (1)
* Norway (8)
* Pakistan (2)
* Palestine (1)
* Panama (1)
* Papua New Guinea (1)
* Paraguay (1)
* Peru (1)
* Philippines (2)
* Poland (21)
* Portugal (9)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Qatar (8)
* Romania (19)
* Russia (43)
* Rwanda (3)
* Saint Lucia (1)
* San Marino (1)
* Senegal (1)
* Seychelles (2)
* Singapore (2)
* Slovakia (7)
* Slovenia (11)
* Solomon Islands (1)
* Somalia (1)
* South Africa (17)
* South Korea (10)
* Spain (32)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Sudan (1)
* Swaziland (1)
* Sweden (12)
* Switzerland (7)
* Syria (1)
* Tajikistan (2)
* Tahiti (1)
* Tanzania (2)
* Thailand (4)
* Tonga (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (2)
* Tunisia (2)
* Turkey (2)
* Turkmenistan (1)
* Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
* Uganda (4)
* Ukraine (12)
* United Arab Emirates (1)
* United States (62)
* Uruguay (2)
* Uzbekistan (1)
* Vanuatu (1)
* Western Samoa (1)
* Yemen (1)
* Yugoslavia (12)
* Zaire (1)
* Zambia (1)
* Zimbabwe (1)

## References

[edit]

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

## External links

[edit]

* Medalists at GBRathletics.com
* Results
* Official results

* v
* t
* e

1996 in the sport of athletics

« 1995

1997 »

World|

* Olympic Games
* Paralympic Games
* World Cross Country Championships
* World Half Marathon Championships
* World Road Relay Championships
* World Mountain Running Trophy
* World U20 Championships
* World Masters Non-Stadia Championships

Regional|

| Championships|

* Asian
* African
* Balkan
* Outdoor
* Indoor
* Central African
* European Indoor
* Ibero-American
* Oceanian

|

Cross country|

* Balkan
* European
* South American
* West African

Other|

* European
* Cup
* Mountain Running
* Race Walking
* Pan American Race Walking
* South American Race Walking

Age group|

* Arab U20
* Asian U20
* CARIFTA Games
* Central American and Caribbean U20
* European O35
* Oceanian U20
* South American
* U20
* U18

Seasonal|

* Golden Four
* Berlin
* Brussels
* Oslo
* Zürich
* Grand Prix
* Final
* World Cross Challenge

National|

| Indoor|

* Belgian
* Czech
* Dutch
* English
* French
* German
* Italian
* Polish
* Russian
* Spanish
* Swedish
* Ukrainian
* United States
* NCAA

|

Outdoor|

* Australian
* Belgian
* Canadian
* Chinese
* Czech
* Dutch
* English
* Finnish
* French
* German
* Hungarian
* Icelandic
* Italian
* Jamaican
* Japanese
* Lithuanian
* Norwegian
* Polish
* Portuguese
* Russian
* Spanish
* Swedish
* Ukrainian
* United States
* NCAA Cross Country
* NCAA Track

* v
* t
* e

World Championships organised by World Athletics

Outdoor|

* 1983
* 1987
* 1991
* 1993
* 1995
* 1997
* 1999
* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2022
* 2023
* 2025
* 2027

Indoor|

* 1985
* 1987
* 1989
* 1991
* 1993
* 1995
* 1997
* 1999
* 2001
* 2003
* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2014
* 2016
* 2018
* 2022
* 2024
* 2025
* 2026

Continental Cup*|

* 1977
* 1979
* 1981
* 1985
* 1989
* 1992
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018

U20|

* 1986
* 1988
* 1990
* 1992
* 1994
* 1996
* 1998
* 2000
* 2002
* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2014
* 2016
* 2018
* 2021
* 2022
* 2024
* 2026

U18|

* 1999
* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017

Cross Country|

* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2023
* 2024
* 2026

Race Walking|

* 1961
* 1963
* 1965
* 1967
* 1970
* 1973
* 1975
* 1977
* 1979
* 1981
* 1983
* 1985
* 1987
* 1989
* 1991
* 1993
* 1995
* 1997
* 1999
* 2002
* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2014
* 2016
* 2018
* 2022
* 2024
* 2026

Women's Road Race|

* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991

Marathon|

* 1985
* 1987
* 1989
* 1991
* 1993
* 1995
* 1997
* 1999
* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011

Half Marathon|

* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2012
* 2014
* 2016
* 2018
* 2020

Road Relay|

* 1986
* 1992
* 1994
* 1996
* 1998

Relays|

* 2014
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2021
* 2024
* 2025

Ultimate|

* 2026

Road Running|

* 2023
* 2025

Sport of athletics portal
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template