2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics

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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 July 8 and 13, 2008.

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

Men's results

Track

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

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Discus (1.750 kg)	Gordon Wolf Germany	62.00 PB	Marin Premeru Croatia	61.85	Mykyta Nesterenko Ukraine	61.01
Hammer (6 kg)	Walter Henning United States	76.92 AJ	Conor McCullough United States	75.88 PB	Aleh Dubitski Belarus	75.42
Javelin	Robert Szpak Poland	78.01 WJL	Ihab Al Sayed Abdelrahman Egypt	76.20 NJ	Ansis Bruns Latvia	75.31 PB
Shot put (6 kg)	David Storl Germany	21.08 WJL	Aleksandr Bulanov Russia	20.14	Marin Premeru Croatia	19.93 PB
High jump	Bohdan Bondarenko Ukraine	2.26 WJL	Sylwester Bednarek Poland	2.24 SB	Miguel Ángel Sancho Spain	2.21
Pole vault	Raphael Holzdeppe Germany	5.50	Pawel Wojciechowski Poland	5.40 PB	Karsten Dilla Germany	5.30
Long jump	Marquise Goodwin United States	7.74 PB	Dzmitry Astrouski Belarus	7.64	Eusebio Cáceres Spain	7.59
Triple jump	Teddy Tamgho France	17.33	Osviel Hernández Cuba	16.90	Mohamed Yusuf Salman Bahrain	16.59
Decathlon Junior	Jan Felix Knobel Germany	7896 WJL	Eduard Mihan Belarus	7894 NJ	Mihail Dudaš Serbia	7663 NJ
AR Area record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB/PR personal best/record \| SB seasonal best \| WL world leading (in a given season) \| WR world record

Women's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Jeneba Tarmoh United States	11.37	Ashlee Nelson Great Britain	11.49	Sheniqua Ferguson Bahamas	11.52
200 m	Sheniqua Ferguson Bahamas	23.24	Meritzer Williams Saint Kitts and Nevis	23.40	Janelle Redhead Grenada	23.52
400 m	Folashade Abugan Nigeria	51.84	Jessica Beard United States	52.09	Susana A. Clement Cuba	52.36
800 m	Elena Mirela Lavric Romania	2:00.06 CR	Merve Aydin Turkey	2:00.92 NJ	Machteld Anna Mulder Netherlands	2:02.05 PB
1500 m	Stephanie Twell Great Britain	4:15.09	Kalkidan Gezahegne Ethiopia	4:16.58	Emma Pallant Great Britain	4:17.06
3000 m	Mercy Cherono Kenya	8:58.07 SB	Bizunesh Urgesa Ethiopia	8:58.90	Frethiwat Goshu Ethiopia	9:03.76 PB
5000 m	Sule Utura Ethiopia	16:15.59	Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia	16:16.75	Nelly Chebet Kenya	16:17.96
100 m hurdles	Teona Rodgers United States	13.40	Shermaine Williams Jamaica	13.48	Belkis Milanés Cuba	13.49
400 m hurdles	Takecia Jameson United States	56.29 WJL	Janeil Bellille Trinidad and Tobago	56.84 NJ	Meghan Beesley Great Britain	57.08 PB
3000 m SC	Christine Kambua Muyanga Kenya	9:31.35 CR	Elizabeth Mueni Kenya	9:36.50 PB	Korahubish Itaa Ethiopia	9:37.81 NJ
4 × 100 m	United States Jeneba Tarmoh Shayla Mahan Gabrielle Glenn Tiffany Townsend	43.66 WJL	Jamaica Shawna Anderson Kaycea Jones Gayon Evans Jura Levy	43.98 SB	Brazil Barbara de Oliveira Bárbara Leoncio Luana Correa Rosângela Santos	44.61
4 × 400 m	United States Lanie Whittaker Jessica Beard Erica Alexander Takecia Jameson	3:30.19	Ukraine Olha Zemlyak Yuliya Krasnoshchok Hanna Yaroshchuk Yuliya Baraley	3:34.20 NJ	Australia Brittney McGlone Trychelle Kingdom Olivia Tauro Angeline Blackburn	3:34.23 SB
10 km walk	Tatyana Mineeva Russia	43:24.72 CR	Elmira Alembekova Russia	43:45.16 PB	Li Yanfei China	44:24.10 PB
AR Area record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB/PR personal best/record \| SB seasonal best \| WL world leading (in a given season) \| WR world record

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Discus	Shangxue Xi China	54.96 SB	Julia Fischer Germany	54.69	Sandra Perkovic Croatia	54.24
Hammer	Bianca Perie Romania	67.95 CR	Katerina Šafránková Czech Republic	63.13	Jenny Ozorai Hungary	60.80
Javelin	Vira Rebryk Ukraine	63.01 WJ	Li Lingwei China	59.25 PB	Tatjana Jelaca Serbia	58.77 NJ
Shot put	Natalia Ducó Chile	17.23	Melissa Boekelman Netherlands	16.60	Ma Qiao China	16.55 SB
High jump	Kimberly Jess Germany	1.86	Mirela Demireva Bulgaria	1.86 SB	Lesyani Mayor Cuba Hannelore Desmet Belgium	1.86 PB 1.86 PB
Pole vault	Valeriya Volik Russia	4.40 CR	Ekaterina Kolesova Russia	4.40 CR	Ekateríni Stefanídi Greece	4.25 SB
Long jump	Ivana Španovic Serbia	6.61	Nastassia Mironchyk Belarus	6.46	Dailenys Alcántara Cuba	6.41 PB
Triple jump	Dailenys Alcántara Cuba	14.25 WJL	Josleidy Ribalta Cuba	13.85	Paraskeví Papahrístou Greece	13.74
Heptathlon	Carolin Schäfer Germany	5833 PB	Yana Maksimava Belarus	5766	Grit Šadeiko Estonia	5765 PB
AR Area record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB/PR personal best/record \| SB seasonal best \| WL world leading (in a given season) \| WR world record

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	11	4	2	17
2	Germany	6	1	3	10
3	Kenya	4	5	2	11
4	Russia	4	3	0	7
5	Ethiopia	2	3	5	10
6	Ukraine	2	1	1	4
7	France	2	0	0	2
7	Romania	2	0	0	2
9	Jamaica	1	4	1	6
10	Cuba	1	2	5	8
11	Great Britain	1	2	2	5
11	China	1	2	2	5
13	Poland	1	2	0	3
14	Serbia	1	0	2	3
15	Bahamas	1	0	1	2
16	Algeria	1	0	0	1
	Chile	1	0	0	1
	Nigeria	1	0	0	1
	Sudan	1	0	0	1
20	Belarus	0	4	1	5
21	Croatia	0	1	2	3
21	South Africa	0	1	2	3
23	Grenada	0	1	1	2
23	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
25	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	Egypt	0	1	0	1
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	1	0	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	0	1
	Turkey	0	1	0	1
	Uganda	0	1	0	1
32	Spain	0	0	3	3
33	Greece	0	0	2	2
34	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Bahrain	0	0	1	1
	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Estonia	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Latvia	0	0	1	1
Total		44	44	45	133

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Men's results

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Field

Women's results

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Field

Medals table

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