World Junior Track and Field Championships 1996

World Junior Track and Field Championships 1996
World Junior Track and Field Championships 1996
Host city	Sydney Australia
Member countries	142
Of the participants	1049
Medals	41
Opening	August 20, 1996
Closing	August 25, 1996
date
Stadium	Sydney Olympic Park

The 6th World Junior Track and Field Championships took place from August 20 to 25, 1996 at the athletics stadium of the Olympic Park in Sydney , Australia . According to the rules, athletes born in 1977 and younger could take part in competitions.

1049 athletes from 142 countries of the world, including 640 men and 409 women, took to the start in 41 championship disciplines. ^[1]

Compared to the previous championship , the competition program has undergone several changes: for juniors the run for 20 km on the highway was canceled, and for juniors, instead of running for 10,000 meters, the distance was included half as long.

Content

Winners

Abbreviations: WJR - World Junior Record | AJR - Continental Junior Record | NJR - national junior record | CR - championship record
Italicized participants who spoke for relay teams only in preliminary races

Juniors

Discipline	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (wind: +1.0 m / s)	Francis Obiquelu Nigeria	10.21	Seun Ogunkoy Nigeria	10.25	Francesco Scuderi Italy	10.43
200 m (wind: −1.6 m / s)	Francis Obiquelu Nigeria	20.47 = CR	Ryan Dempers South Africa	20.96	Brian Harrison USA	21.10
400 m	Obi moore USA	45.27 CR	Jerome Davis USA	45.86	Shane Niemi Canada	45.94
800 m	Joseph Mutua Kenya	1.48,21	Tom Lerville Great Britain	1.48.40	Grant Kremer Australia	1.48.46
1,500 m	Shadrak Langat Kenya	3.38.96	Mohammed Yagub Sudan	3.39.17	Miloud Abaub Algeria	3.39.37
5000 m	Assef Mezgebu Ethiopia	13.35.30 CR	David Celule Kenya	13.36.27	Aaron Gaboneve South Africa	13.46.19
10 000 m	Assef Mezgebu Ethiopia	28.27.78	David Celule Kenya	28.29.14	Tetsuhiro Furuta Japan	28.31.61
Relay 4 × 100 m	USA Vince williams Jerome Davis Obi moore Lawrence Armstrong	39.36	France Vincent Cor Didier Erie Ruddy Zami David Patros	39.47	Australia Peter Missingham David baxter Paul Pierce Paul Dee Bella Jason snell	39.62
Relay 4 × 400 m	USA Desmond Johnson Jerome Davis Robin Martin Obi moore	3.03.65	Japan Hiroki Takahashi Give tamesue Masayuki Okusako Shinji Morita Ryo Fujimori	3.06.01	Great Britain Chris Stewart Tom Lerville Mark Rowlands Jeff Dearman	3.06.76
110 m with barriers (height of barriers: 106.7 cm) (wind: −1.8 m / s)	Yoel Hernandez Cuba	13.83	Tomas Szigachevsky Poland	13.88	Jovez Naivalu Fiji	13.91
400 m with barriers	Mubarak El Nubi Qatar	49.07 AJR CR	Llewellyn Herbert South Africa	49.15	Angelo Taylor USA	50.18
3000 m obstacle course	Julius Celule Kenya	8.33.09	Kipkurui Misoi Kenya	8.33.31	Ali Ezzine Morocco	8.35.60
10,000 meters walking	Francisco Fernandez Spain	40.38.25	David Marquez Spain	03/03/73	Nathan Dicks Australia	11/11/44
High jump	Mark Boswell Canada	2.24 m	Svatoslav Ton Czech	2.21 m	not handed
High jump	Mark Boswell Canada	2.24 m	Ben Challenger Great Britain	2.21 m	not handed
Pole vault	Paul Burgess Australia	5.35 m	Patrick Christiansson Sweden	5.30 m	Danny Ecker Germany	5.30 m
Long jump	Alexey Lukashevich Ukraine	7.91 m (+0.6 m / s)	Raul Fernandez Spain	7.75 m (0,0 m / s)	Nathan Morgan Great Britain	7.74 m (+1.0 m / s)
Triple jump	Rene Hernandez Cuba	16.50 m (0,0 m / s)	Michael Calvo Cuba	16.17 m (0,0 m / s)	Yonut Punge Romania	16.15 m ( +3.1 m / s )
Shot put (projectile weight: 7.26 kg)	Ralph Bartels Germany	18.71 m	Justin Anlesark Australia	18.21 m	Glue cross Australia	17.69 m
Discus throw (projectile weight: 2 kg)	Casey malone USA	56.22 m	Roland Varga Hungary	55.20 m	Frank Casagnas Cuba	54.86 m
Hammer throwing (projectile weight: 7.26 kg)	Maciej Palyszko Poland	71.24 m	Vadim Devyatovsky Belarus	70.88 m	Roman Konevtsov Russia	70.32 m
Javelin-throwing	Sergey Voinov Uzbekistan	79.78 m CR	Harry haatainen Finland	76.12 m	Stephen Madeo Australia	73.88 m
Decathlon	Attila Zivotsky Hungary	7582 points	Dean Macy Great Britain	7480 points	Hill warners Netherlands	7368 points

Juniors

Discipline	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (wind: +0.6 m / s)	Nora Ivanova Bulgaria	11.32	Andrea Anderson USA	11.43	Esther Möller Germany	11.46
200 m (wind: −2.2 m / s)	Sylvian Felix France	23.16	Lauren Hewitt Australia	23.32	Nora Ivanova Bulgaria	23.59
400 m	Andrei Burlacu Romania	52.32	Suzanne Reed USA	53.17	Rosemary Hayward Australia	53.28
800 m	Claudia Gesell Germany	2.02.67	Katlen Friedrich Germany	2.02.70	Nancy Langat Kenya	2.03.21
1,500 m	Kutre Dulecha Ethiopia	4.08.65	Jacqueline Maranga Kenya	4.08.98	Shura Hotes Ethiopia	4.09.49
3000 m	Anita Vayerman Switzerland	8.50.73 Njr	Edna Kiplagat Kenya	8.53.06	Etaferuu Tarekegne Ethiopia	8.53.77
5000 m	Ayelech Vorku Ethiopia	15.40.03 CR	Oliver Eutich Yugoslavia	15.40.59	Christina Ilok Romania	15.41.44
Relay 4 × 100 m	USA Andrea Anderson Lakisha White Jerney Wright Nansin Perry	43.79	Jamaica Thulia Robinson Peta Gay Daudi Sarah Patterson Alin Bailey	44.26	Germany Sandra Abel Esther Möller Nancy Quette Marion Wagner	44.57
Relay 4 × 400 m	Germany Peggy Muller Claudia Gesell Doren Harstik Ulrike Urbanski Claudia Marx Jennifer Fallrath	3.31.12	Romania Medina Tudor Anka Safta Otilia Ruyku Andrei Burlacu	3.32.16	Australia Jennifer marshall Tamsin Lewis Josephine Foley Rosemary Hayward Rene Robson	3.32.47
100 m with barriers (wind: +0.7 m / s)	Joyce Bates USA	13.27	Glory Alosi Nigeria	13.30	Tan Yali China	13.37
400 m with barriers	Ulrike Urbanski Germany	56.65	Victoria Jamison Great Britain	57.57	Tanya Jarrett Jamaica	57.91
5000 m walk	Irina Stankina Russia	21.31.85	Olga Panfyorova Russia	21.52.27	Claudia Jovan Romania	21.57.11
High jump	Julia Lyakhova Russia	1.93 m	Dora Gyorffy Hungary	1.91 m	Svetlana Lapina Russia	1.91 m
Long jump	Guan Innan China	6.53 m (+0.6 m / s)	Christina Nicolau Romania	6.47 m (+0.2 m / s)	Johanna Halkoaho Finland	6.38 m (+0.5 m / s)
Triple jump	Teresa Marinova Bulgaria	14.62 m (+1.0 m / s) Wjr cr	Christina Nicolau Romania	13.64 m (+0.4 m / s)	Adeline Gavrille Romania	13.50 m (+0.9 m / s)
Shot put	Sun Fein China	16.58 m	Nadine Beckel Germany	16.39 m	Elena Ivanenko Belarus	16.22 m
Discus throw	Ma Shuli China	56.32 m	Sailala Sua USA	56.32 m	Zhang Yacin China	55.70 m
Javelin-throwing	Osladeis Menendez Cuba	60.96 m	Nicolette Szabo Hungary	58.34 m	Bina Ramesh France	57.70 m
Heptathlon	Elizaveta Shalygina Russia	5711 points	Johanna Halkoaho Finland	5656 points	Gana Dolezhelova Czech	5504 points

Medal standings

Medals in 41 athletics disciplines were won by representatives of 35 participating countries.

Host country

A place	A country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
one	USA	6	four	2	12
2	Germany	four	2	3	9
3	Ethiopia	four	0	2	6
four	Kenya	3	five	one	9
five	Russia	3	one	2	6
6	Cuba	3	one	one	five
7	China	3	0	2	five
eight	Nigeria	2	2	0	four
9	Bulgaria	2	0	one	3
ten	Romania	one	3	four	eight
eleven	Hungary	one	3	0	four
12	Australia	one	2	7	ten
13	Spain	one	2	0	3
14	France	one	one	one	3
15	Poland	one	one	0	2
sixteen	Canada	one	0	one	2
17	Qatar	one	0	0	one
	Uzbekistan	one	0	0	one
	Ukraine	one	0	0	one
	Switzerland	one	0	0	one
21	Great Britain	0	four	2	6
22	Finland	0	2	one	3
22	South Africa	0	2	one	3
24	Belarus	0	one	one	2
	Czech	0	one	one	2
	Jamaica	0	one	one	2
	Japan	0	one	one	2
28	Sudan	0	one	0	one
	Sweden	0	one	0	one
	Yugoslavia	0	one	0	one
31	Algeria	0	0	one	one
	Italy	0	0	one	one
	Morocco	0	0	one	one
	Netherlands	0	0	one	one
	Fiji	0	0	one	one
Total		41	42	40	123

Notes

↑ IAAF World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz 2016 Facts & Figures . IAAF . Date of treatment July 23, 2017. Archived July 21, 2016.

Links

IAAF World Junior Championships 1996 Results (inaccessible link) . World Junior Athletics History. - Complete competition results. Date of treatment July 23, 2017. Archived October 31, 2013.

[1] IAAF World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz 2016 Facts & Figures . IAAF . Date of treatment July 23, 2017. Archived July 21, 2016.

World Junior Track and Field Championships 1996

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