World Athletics U20 Championships
Known as World Junior Championships in Athletics until 2014.
The 2020 edition originally scheduled from 7 to 12 July 2020 was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Editions
Year |
Host City |
Country |
Held |
Events |
Competitors |
Countries |
1986 |
Athina |
GRE |
16 – 20 July 1986 |
41 |
142 |
27 |
1988 |
Sudbury |
CAN |
27 – 31 July 1988 |
41 |
146 |
31 |
1990 |
Plovdiv |
BUL |
8 – 12 August 1990 |
41 |
144 |
31 |
1992 |
Seoul |
KOR |
16 – 20 September 1992 |
41 |
146 |
31 |
1994 |
Lisboa |
POR |
20 – 24 July 1994 |
42 |
157 |
39 |
1996 |
Sydney |
AUS |
20 – 25 August 1996 |
41 |
147 |
35 |
1998 |
Annecy |
FRA |
28 July – 2 August 1998 |
43 |
157 |
38 |
2000 |
Santiago |
CHI |
17 – 22 October 2000 |
43 |
158 |
38 |
2002 |
Kingston |
JAM |
16 – 21 July 2002 |
43 |
146 |
37 |
2004 |
Grosseto |
ITA |
12 – 18 July 2004 |
44 |
157 |
39 |
2006 |
Beijing |
CHN |
15 – 20 August 2006 |
44 |
166 |
44 |
2008 |
Bydgoszcz |
POL |
8 – 13 July 2008 |
44 |
160 |
40 |
2010 |
Moncton |
CAN |
19 – 25 July 2010 |
44 |
168 |
43 |
2012 |
Barcelona |
ESP |
10 – 15 July 2012 |
44 |
159 |
43 |
2014 |
Eugene |
USA |
22 – 27 July 2014 |
44 |
165 |
40 |
2016 |
Bydgoszcz |
POL |
19 – 24 July 2016 |
44 |
161 |
47 |
2018 |
Tampere |
FIN |
10 – 15 July 2018 |
44 |
170 |
43 |
2021 |
Nairobi |
KEN |
18 – 22 August 2021 |
45 |
169 |
36 |
2022 |
Cali |
COL |
1 – 6 August 2022 |
45 |
174 |
41 |
Medal table
Pos |
Country |
🥇 Gold |
🥈 Silver |
🥉 Bronze |
Total |
1 |
United States |
USA |
114 |
85 |
63 |
262 |
2 |
Kenya |
KEN |
89 |
70 |
52 |
211 |
3 |
Ethiopia |
ETH |
46 |
43 |
33 |
122 |
4 |
Russia |
RUS |
43 |
32 |
26 |
101 |
5 |
China |
CHN |
39 |
43 |
33 |
115 |
6 |
Jamaica |
JAM |
36 |
52 |
42 |
130 |
7 |
Germany |
GER |
36 |
44 |
44 |
124 |
8 |
Great Britain |
GBR |
31 |
26 |
37 |
94 |
9 |
Cuba |
CUB |
29 |
32 |
24 |
85 |
10 |
Soviet Union |
URS |
22 |
18 |
27 |
67 |
11 |
East Germany |
GDR |
22 |
10 |
18 |
50 |
12 |
Romania |
ROU |
21 |
18 |
15 |
54 |
13 |
South Africa |
RSA |
21 |
17 |
17 |
55 |
14 |
France |
FRA |
17 |
18 |
18 |
53 |
15 |
Nigeria |
NGR |
14 |
13 |
10 |
37 |
16 |
Australia |
AUS |
13 |
24 |
27 |
64 |
17 |
Finland |
FIN |
13 |
13 |
15 |
41 |
18 |
Bulgaria |
BUL |
13 |
6 |
7 |
26 |
19 |
Sweden |
SWE |
12 |
12 |
9 |
33 |
20 |
Poland |
POL |
10 |
17 |
21 |
48 |
21 |
Ukraine |
UKR |
9 |
9 |
14 |
32 |
22 |
Qatar |
QAT |
9 |
5 |
5 |
19 |
23 |
Belarus |
BLR |
8 |
12 |
15 |
35 |
24 |
Czech Republic |
CZE |
8 |
4 |
4 |
16 |
25 |
Japan |
JPN |
7 |
15 |
31 |
53 |
26 |
Mexico |
MEX |
7 |
4 |
1 |
12 |
27 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
TTO |
7 |
3 |
7 |
17 |
28 |
Croatia |
CRO |
7 |
2 |
4 |
13 |
29 |
Italy |
ITA |
6 |
6 |
12 |
24 |
30 |
Netherlands |
NED |
6 |
5 |
14 |
25 |
31 |
Spain |
ESP |
5 |
15 |
8 |
28 |
32 |
Botswana |
BOT |
5 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
33 |
Estonia |
EST |
5 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
34 |
Bahamas |
BAH |
5 |
0 |
6 |
11 |
35 |
Hungary |
HUN |
4 |
12 |
7 |
23 |
36 |
Turkey |
TUR |
4 |
5 |
5 |
14 |
37 |
Uganda |
UGA |
4 |
3 |
8 |
15 |
38 |
Brazil |
BRA |
4 |
2 |
10 |
16 |
39 |
New Zealand |
NZL |
4 |
0 |
5 |
9 |
40 |
Uzbekistan |
UZB |
4 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
41 |
Greece |
GRE |
3 |
7 |
7 |
17 |
42 |
Canada |
CAN |
3 |
6 |
11 |
20 |
43 |
Switzerland |
SUI |
3 |
6 |
6 |
15 |
44 |
Norway |
NOR |
3 |
6 |
3 |
12 |
45 |
Latvia |
LAT |
3 |
4 |
2 |
9 |
46 |
Morocco |
MAR |
3 |
3 |
16 |
22 |
47 |
Serbia |
SRB |
3 |
2 |
4 |
9 |
48 |
Algeria |
ALG |
2 |
5 |
1 |
8 |
49 |
India |
IND |
2 |
4 |
4 |
10 |
50 |
Bahrain |
BRN |
2 |
3 |
7 |
12 |
51 |
Lithuania |
LTU |
2 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
52 |
Sudan |
SUD |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
53 |
Israel |
ISR |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
= |
Neutral Participant |
NEU |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
55 |
Republic of Moldova |
MDA |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
56 |
Montenegro |
MNE |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
57 |
Colombia |
COL |
1 |
4 |
4 |
9 |
58 |
Ecuador |
ECU |
1 |
4 |
3 |
8 |
59 |
Argentina |
ARG |
1 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
= |
Namibia |
NAM |
1 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
= |
Slovenia |
SLO |
1 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
62 |
Belgium |
BEL |
1 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
63 |
Slovakia |
SVK |
1 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
64 |
Portugal |
POR |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
65 |
Saudi Arabia |
KSA |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
= |
Yugoslavia |
YUG |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
67 |
Grenada |
GRN |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
68 |
Chile |
CHI |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
69 |
Austria |
AUT |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
= |
Iran |
IRI |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
71 |
Barbados |
BAR |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
= |
Peru |
PER |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
73 |
Dominican Republic |
DOM |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
= |
Indonesia |
INA |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
= |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
TKS |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
76 |
Eritrea |
ERI |
0 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
= |
Tanzania |
TAN |
0 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
78 |
Ireland |
IRL |
0 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
79 |
Czechoslovakia |
TCH |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
= |
Egypt |
EGY |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
81 |
Djibouti |
DJI |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
82 |
South Korea |
KOR |
0 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
83 |
Serbia and Montenegro |
SCG |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
84 |
Kazakhstan |
KAZ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
= |
Kuwait |
KUW |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
86 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
ANT |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
Burundi |
BDI |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
Denmark |
DEN |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
Guyana |
GUY |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
Malawi |
MAW |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
Netherlands Antilles |
AHO |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
SKN |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
Seychelles |
SEY |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
Tunisia |
TUN |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
Venezuela |
VEN |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
96 |
Cyprus |
CYP |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
= |
Ghana |
GHA |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
= |
Zimbabwe |
ZIM |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
99 |
Azerbaijan |
AZE |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
= |
British Virgin Islands |
IVB |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
= |
Cayman Islands |
CAY |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
= |
Chinese Taipei |
TPE |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
= |
Fiji |
FIJ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
= |
Guatemala |
GUA |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
= |
Iceland |
ISL |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
= |
Kyrgyzstan |
KGZ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
= |
Luxembourg |
LUX |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
= |
United States Virgin Islands |
ISV |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
= |
Uruguay |
URU |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |