World Athletics U18 Championships
Know as World Youth Championships in Athletics until 2015.
Editions
Year |
Host City |
Country |
Held |
Events |
Competitors |
Countries |
1999 |
Bydgoszcz |
POL |
16 – 18 July 1999 |
39 |
140 |
30 |
2001 |
Debrecen |
HUN |
12 – 15 July 2001 |
39 |
127 |
34 |
2003 |
Sherbrooke |
CAN |
9 – 13 July 2003 |
39 |
131 |
36 |
2005 |
Marrakech |
MAR |
13 – 17 July 2005 |
39 |
123 |
36 |
2007 |
Ostrava |
CZE |
11 – 15 July 2007 |
40 |
131 |
41 |
2009 |
Brixen |
ITA |
8 – 12 July 2009 |
40 |
131 |
46 |
2011 |
Lille |
FRA |
6 – 10 July 2011 |
40 |
129 |
35 |
2013 |
Donetsk |
UKR |
10 – 14 July 2013 |
40 |
127 |
38 |
2015 |
Cali |
COL |
15 – 19 July 2015 |
39 |
116 |
36 |
2017 |
Nairobi |
KEN |
12 – 16 July 2017 |
39 |
119 |
28 |
Medal table
Pos |
Country |
🥇 Gold |
🥈 Silver |
🥉 Bronze |
Total |
1 |
United States |
USA |
50 |
41 |
40 |
131 |
2 |
Kenya |
KEN |
47 |
45 |
25 |
117 |
3 |
China |
CHN |
28 |
24 |
13 |
65 |
4 |
Russia |
RUS |
27 |
27 |
19 |
73 |
5 |
Jamaica |
JAM |
22 |
17 |
19 |
58 |
6 |
Germany |
GER |
20 |
20 |
25 |
65 |
7 |
South Africa |
RSA |
18 |
16 |
14 |
48 |
8 |
Cuba |
CUB |
18 |
13 |
14 |
45 |
9 |
Ethiopia |
ETH |
16 |
21 |
21 |
58 |
10 |
Great Britain |
GBR |
16 |
6 |
13 |
35 |
11 |
Australia |
AUS |
14 |
13 |
12 |
39 |
12 |
France |
FRA |
11 |
6 |
13 |
30 |
13 |
Romania |
ROU |
10 |
4 |
10 |
24 |
14 |
Ukraine |
UKR |
7 |
13 |
10 |
30 |
15 |
Japan |
JPN |
6 |
10 |
16 |
32 |
16 |
Hungary |
HUN |
6 |
6 |
3 |
15 |
17 |
Sweden |
SWE |
5 |
7 |
3 |
15 |
18 |
Brazil |
BRA |
4 |
4 |
7 |
15 |
19 |
Czech Republic |
CZE |
4 |
4 |
6 |
14 |
20 |
Qatar |
QAT |
4 |
4 |
2 |
10 |
21 |
Sudan |
SUD |
4 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
22 |
Poland |
POL |
3 |
9 |
4 |
16 |
23 |
Finland |
FIN |
3 |
4 |
3 |
10 |
24 |
Slovenia |
SLO |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
25 |
Bahamas |
BAH |
3 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
26 |
Saudi Arabia |
KSA |
2 |
7 |
4 |
13 |
27 |
Croatia |
CRO |
2 |
4 |
2 |
8 |
28 |
Turkey |
TUR |
2 |
4 |
1 |
7 |
29 |
Italy |
ITA |
2 |
2 |
10 |
14 |
30 |
Bahrain |
BRN |
2 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
31 |
Ecuador |
ECU |
2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
32 |
Chinese Taipei |
TPE |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
33 |
Norway |
NOR |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
= |
South Korea |
KOR |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
35 |
Grenada |
GRN |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
= |
New Zealand |
NZL |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
37 |
Syria |
SYR |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
38 |
Belarus |
BLR |
1 |
7 |
7 |
15 |
39 |
Spain |
ESP |
1 |
4 |
4 |
9 |
40 |
Greece |
GRE |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
= |
Trinidad and Tobago |
TTO |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
42 |
Barbados |
BAR |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
= |
Ireland |
IRL |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
44 |
Morocco |
MAR |
1 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
45 |
Bulgaria |
BUL |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
46 |
Estonia |
EST |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
47 |
Republic of Moldova |
MDA |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
= |
Switzerland |
SUI |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
= |
Thailand |
THA |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
= |
Venezuela |
VEN |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
51 |
Uzbekistan |
UZB |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
52 |
Argentina |
ARG |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
= |
Israel |
ISR |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
= |
Uruguay |
URU |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
55 |
Bermuda |
BER |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
= |
Chile |
CHI |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
= |
Iceland |
ISL |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
= |
Iran |
IRI |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
59 |
Canada |
CAN |
0 |
6 |
7 |
13 |
60 |
Latvia |
LAT |
0 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
61 |
Mexico |
MEX |
0 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
62 |
United States Virgin Islands |
ISV |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
63 |
Colombia |
COL |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
= |
Egypt |
EGY |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
= |
Eritrea |
ERI |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
= |
Slovakia |
SVK |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
67 |
Montenegro |
MNE |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
= |
Neutral Participant |
NEU |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
= |
Serbia |
SRB |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
70 |
Austria |
AUT |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
Azerbaijan |
AZE |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
British Virgin Islands |
IVB |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
Cyprus |
CYP |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
Denmark |
DEN |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
Guyana |
GUY |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
India |
IND |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
Nigeria |
NGR |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
Samoa |
SAM |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
Tajikistan |
TJK |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
80 |
Belgium |
BEL |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
= |
Kazakhstan |
KAZ |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
= |
Lithuania |
LTU |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
83 |
Kuwait |
KUW |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
= |
Paraguay |
PAR |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
= |
Portugal |
POR |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
= |
Saint Lucia |
LCA |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
= |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
TKS |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
= |
Uganda |
UGA |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
= |
United Arab Emirates |
UAE |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |