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2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics

The 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2008 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Bydgoszcz in Poland at the Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium between 8 and 13 July 2008.

The People's Republic of China sent their best athletes. Zimbabwe was absent due to the 2008 unrest in Zimbabwe.

Men's results

Track

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
100 m Dexter Lee
 10.40 Wilhelm van der Vyver
 10.42 Terrell Wilks
 10.45
200 m Christophe Lemaître
 20.83
PB 		Nickel Ashmeade
 20.84 Robert Hering
 20.96
400 m Marcus Boyd
 45.53
WJL 		Kirani James
 45.70
NJ 		O'Neal Wilder
 45.76
800 m Abubaker Kaki
1:45.60 Geoffrey Kibet
1:46.23
PB 		André Olivier
1:47.57
1500 m Imad Touil
 3:47.40 James Kiplagat Magut
 3:47.51 Demma Daba
 3:47.65
5000 m Abreham Cherkos Feleke
 13:08.57
CR 		Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio
 13:11.57
PB 		Dejen Gebremeskel
 13:11.97
10000 m Josphat Kipkoech Bett
 27:30.85
CR 		Titus Kipjumba Mbishei
 27:31.65
PB 		Ibrahim Jeilan
 28:07.98
110 m hurdles (99.0 cm) Konstantin Shabanov
 13.27
WJL 		Booker Nunley
 13.45 Keiron Stewart
 13.51
400 m hurdles Jeshua Anderson
 48.68
PB 		Johnny Dutch
 49.25 Amaurys R. Valle
 49.56
NJ
3000 m SC Jonathan Muia Ndiku
 8:17.28
PB 		Benjamin Kiplagat
 8:19.24 Patrick Kipyegon Terer
 8:25.14
PB
4 × 100 m
Dante Sales
Antonio Sales
Marquise Goodwin
Terrell Wilks 		38.98
WJL
Oshane Bailey
Dexter Lee
Nickel Ashmeade
Yohan Blake 		39.25
SB
Johannes Mosala
Roscoe Engel
Patrick Vosloo
Wilhelm van der Vyver 		39.70
4 × 400 m
Marcus Boyd
Bryan Miller
O'Neal Wilder
Jeshua Anderson 		3:03.86
WJL
Louis Persent
Robert Davis
Nigel Levine
Jordan McGrath 		3:05.82
SB
Niklas Zender
Alexander Juretzko
Marc-John Dombrowski
Pascal Nabow 		3:06.47
SB
10 km walk Stanislav Emelyanov
 39:35.01
CR 		Chen Ding
 39:47.20
AJ 		Lluís Torlá
 40:29.57
PB

Field

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Discus (1.750 kg) Gordon Wolf
 62.00
PB 		Marin Premeru
 61.85 Mykyta Nesterenko
 61.01
Hammer (6 kg) Walter Henning
 76.92
AJ 		Conor McCullough
75.88
PB 		Aleh Dubitski
75.42
Javelin Robert Szpak
 78.01
WJL 		Ihab Al Sayed Abdelrahman
 76.20
NJ 		Ansis Bruns
 75.31
PB
Shot put (6 kg) David Storl
 21.08
WJL 		Aleksandr Bulanov
 20.14 Marin Premeru
 19.93
PB
High jump Bohdan Bondarenko
 2.26
WJL 		Sylwester Bednarek
 2.24
SB 		Miguel Ángel Sancho
 2.21
Pole vault Raphael Holzdeppe
 5.50 Pawel Wojciechowski
 5.40
PB 		Karsten Dilla
 5.30
Long jump Marquise Goodwin
 7.74
PB 		Dzmitry Astrouski
 7.64 Eusebio Cáceres
 7.59
Triple jump Teddy Tamgho
 17.33 Osviel Hernández
 16.90 Mohamed Yusuf Salman
 16.59
Decathlon Junior Jan Felix Knobel
 7896
WJL 		Eduard Mihan
 7894
NJ 		Mihail Dudaš
 7663
NJ

Women's results

Track

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
100 m Jeneba Tarmoh
 11.37 Ashlee Nelson
 11.49 Sheniqua Ferguson
 11.52
200 m Sheniqua Ferguson
 23.24 Meritzer Williams
 23.40 Janelle Redhead
 23.52
400 m Folashade Abugan
 51.84 Jessica Beard
 52.09 Susana A. Clement
 52.36
800 m Elena Mirela Lavric
 2:00.06
CR 		Merve Aydin
 2:00.92
NJ 		Machteld Anna Mulder
 2:02.05
PB
1500 m Stephanie Twell
 4:15.09 Kalkidan Gezahegne
 4:16.58 Emma Pallant
 4:17.06
3000 m Mercy Cherono
 8:58.07
SB 		Bizunesh Urgesa
 8:58.90 Frethiwat Goshu
 9:03.76
PB
5000 m Sule Utura
 16:15.59 Genzebe Dibaba
 16:16.75 Nelly Chebet
 16:17.96
100 m hurdles Teona Rodgers
 13.40 Shermaine Williams
 13.48 Belkis Milanés
 13.49
400 m hurdles Takecia Jameson
 56.29
WJL 		Janeil Bellille
 56.84
NJ 		Meghan Beesley
 57.08
PB
3000 m SC Christine Kambua Muyanga
 9:31.35
CR 		Elizabeth Mueni
 9:36.50
PB 		Korahubish Itaa
 9:37.81
NJ
4 × 100 m
Jeneba Tarmoh
Shayla Mahan
Gabrielle Glenn
Tiffany Townsend 		43.66
WJL
Shawna Anderson
Kaycea Jones
Gayon Evans
Jura Levy 		43.98
SB
Barbara de Oliveira
Bárbara Leoncio
Luana Correa
Rosângela Santos 		44.61
4 × 400 m
Lanie Whittaker
Jessica Beard
Erica Alexander
Takecia Jameson 		3:30.19
Olha Zemlyak
Yuliya Krasnoshchok
Hanna Yaroshchuk
Yuliya Baraley 		3:34.20
NJ
Brittney McGlone
Trychelle Kingdom
Olivia Tauro
Angeline Blackburn 		3:34.23
SB
10 km walk Tatyana Mineeva
 43:24.72
CR 		Elmira Alembekova
 43:45.16
PB 		Li Yanfei
 44:24.10
PB

Field

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Discus Shangxue Xi
 54.96
SB 		Julia Fischer
 54.69 Sandra Perkovic
 54.24
Hammer Bianca Perie
 67.95
CR 		Katerina Šafránková
 63.13 Jenny Ozorai
 60.80
Javelin Vira Rebryk
 63.01
WJ 		Li Lingwei
 59.25
PB 		Tatjana Jelaca
 58.77
NJ
Shot put Natalia Ducó
 17.23 Melissa Boekelman
 16.60 Ma Qiao
 16.55
SB
High jump Kimberly Jess
 1.86 Mirela Demireva
 1.86
SB 		Lesyani Mayor

Hannelore Desmet
 1.86
PB
1.86
PB
Pole vault Valeriya Volik
4.40
CR 		Ekaterina Kolesova
4.40
CR 		Ekateríni Stefanídi
4.25
SB
Long jump Ivana Španovic
 6.61 Nastassia Mironchyk
 6.46 Dailenys Alcántara
 6.41
PB
Triple jump Dailenys Alcántara
 14.25
WJL 		Josleidy Ribalta
 13.85 Paraskeví Papahrístou
 13.74
Heptathlon Carolin Schäfer
 5833
PB 		Yana Maksimava
 5766 Grit Šadeiko
 5765
PB

Medals table

Place Nation Total
1 11 4 2 17
2 6 1 3 10
3 4 5 2 11
4 4 3 0 7
5 2 3 5 10
6 2 1 1 4
7 2 0 0 2
2 0 0 2
9 1 4 1 6
10 1 2 5 8
11 1 2 2 5
1 2 2 5
13 1 2 0 3
14 1 0 2 3
15 1 0 1 2
16 1 0 0 1
1 0 0 1
1 0 0 1
1 0 0 1
20 0 4 1 5
21 0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3
23 0 1 1 2
0 1 1 2
25 0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
32 0 0 3 3
33 0 0 2 2
34 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
Total 44 44 45 133

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