World Athletics U18 Championships

Sport Athletics
Competition Category World Championships
Years 1999—2017
Editions 10
Competitors 1258
Countries 89

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