World Athletics U18 Championships

Know as World Youth Championships in Athletics until 2015.

Editions

Edition	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1999 World Athletics Youth Championships	Bydgoszcz	POL	16 – 18 July 1999	39	140	30
2001 World Athletics Youth Championships	Debrecen	HUN	12 – 15 July 2001	39	127	34
2003 World Athletics Youth Championships	Sherbrooke	CAN	9 – 13 July 2003	39	131	36
2005 World Athletics Youth Championships	Marrakech	MAR	13 – 17 July 2005	39	123	36
2007 World Athletics Youth Championships	Ostrava	CZE	11 – 15 July 2007	40	131	41
2009 World Athletics Youth Championships	Brixen	ITA	8 – 12 July 2009	40	131	46
2011 World Athletics Youth Championships	Lille	FRA	6 – 10 July 2011	40	129	35
2013 World Athletics Youth Championships	Donetsk	UKR	10 – 14 July 2013	40	127	38
2015 World Athletics Youth Championships	Cali	COL	15 – 19 July 2015	39	116	36
2017 World Athletics U18 Championships	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