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

Edition	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1986 World Athletics Junior Championships	Athina	GRE	16 – 20 July 1986	41	142	27
1988 World Athletics Junior Championships	Sudbury	CAN	27 – 31 July 1988	41	146	31
1990 World Athletics Junior Championships	Plovdiv	BUL	8 – 12 August 1990	41	144	31
1992 World Athletics Junior Championships	Seoul	KOR	16 – 20 September 1992	41	146	31
1994 World Athletics Junior Championships	Lisboa	POR	20 – 24 July 1994	42	157	39
1996 World Athletics Junior Championships	Sydney	AUS	20 – 25 August 1996	41	147	35
1998 World Athletics Junior Championships	Annecy	FRA	28 July – 2 August 1998	43	157	38
2000 World Athletics Junior Championships	Santiago	CHI	17 – 22 October 2000	43	158	38
2002 World Athletics Junior Championships	Kingston	JAM	16 – 21 July 2002	43	146	37
2004 World Athletics Junior Championships	Grosseto	ITA	12 – 18 July 2004	44	157	39
2006 World Athletics Junior Championships	Beijing	CHN	15 – 20 August 2006	44	166	44
2008 World Athletics Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz	POL	8 – 13 July 2008	44	160	40
2010 World Athletics Junior Championships	Moncton	CAN	19 – 25 July 2010	44	168	43
2012 World Athletics Junior Championships	Barcelona	ESP	10 – 15 July 2012	44	161	43
2014 World Athletics Junior Championships	Eugene	USA	22 – 27 July 2014	44	165	40
2016 World Athletics U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz	POL	19 – 24 July 2016	44	161	47
2018 World Athletics U20 Championships	Tampere	FIN	10 – 15 July 2018	44	170	43
2021 World Athletics U20 Championships	Nairobi	KEN	18 – 22 August 2021	45	169	36
2022 World Athletics U20 Championships	Cali	COL	1 – 6 August 2022	45	174	41
2024 World Athletics U20 Championships	Otepää	EST	22 – 25 August 2024	45	175	38

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	United States	USA	123	89	66	278
2	Kenya	KEN	92	73	53	218
3	Ethiopia	ETH	52	45	35	132
4	China	CHN	43	48	35	126
5	Russia	RUS	43	31	26	100
6	Jamaica	JAM	40	52	43	135
7	Germany	GER	37	44	46	127
8	Great Britain	GBR	31	27	40	98
9	Cuba	CUB	29	32	24	85
10	South Africa	RSA	24	19	19	62
11	East Germany	GDR	22	10	18	50
12	Romania	ROU	21	18	15	54
13	France	FRA	18	18	18	54
14	Soviet Union	URS	18	16	22	56
15	Australia	AUS	15	32	32	79
16	Nigeria	NGR	14	13	10	37
17	Finland	FIN	13	13	17	43
18	Bulgaria	BUL	13	6	7	26
19	Sweden	SWE	12	12	9	33
20	Poland	POL	10	20	22	52
21	Czech Republic	CZE	10	6	6	22
22	Ukraine	UKR	9	9	14	32
23	Qatar	QAT	9	5	5	19
24	Croatia	CRO	9	3	4	16
25	Belarus	BLR	8	12	15	35
26	Japan	JPN	7	16	34	57
27	Netherlands	NED	7	6	15	28
28	Mexico	MEX	7	5	1	13
29	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	7	3	7	17
30	Italy	ITA	6	7	14	27
31	Spain	ESP	5	15	9	29
32	Botswana	BOT	5	3	2	10
33	Estonia	EST	5	2	4	11
34	Bahamas	BAH	5	0	6	11
35	New Zealand	NZL	5	0	5	10
36	Uzbekistan	UZB	5	0	1	6
37	Hungary	HUN	4	13	9	26
38	Norway	NOR	4	6	3	13
39	Turkey	TUR	4	5	5	14
40	Uganda	UGA	4	4	10	18
41	Serbia	SRB	4	3	4	11
42	Brazil	BRA	4	2	10	16
43	Commonwealth of Independendent States	CIS	4	2	5	11
44	Canada	CAN	3	8	12	23
45	Switzerland	SUI	3	8	6	17
46	Greece	GRE	3	7	7	17
47	Latvia	LAT	3	4	2	9
48	Morocco	MAR	3	3	16	22
49	Algeria	ALG	2	5	1	8
50	India	IND	2	4	5	11
51	Bahrain	BRN	2	3	7	12
52	Lithuania	LTU	2	3	0	5
=	Slovenia	SLO	2	3	0	5
54	Sudan	SUD	2	1	1	4
55	Israel	ISR	2	1	0	3
=	Neutral Participant	NEU	2	1	0	3
57	Republic of Moldova	MDA	2	0	2	4
58	Montenegro	MNE	2	0	0	2
59	Colombia	COL	1	4	4	9
60	Ecuador	ECU	1	4	3	8
61	Argentina	ARG	1	3	0	4
=	Namibia	NAM	1	3	0	4
63	Belgium	BEL	1	2	5	8
64	Slovakia	SVK	1	2	4	7
65	Portugal	POR	1	2	3	6
66	Saudi Arabia	KSA	1	2	2	5
=	Yugoslavia	YUG	1	2	2	5
68	Austria	AUT	1	2	0	3
69	Cyprus	CYP	1	1	2	4
=	Grenada	GRN	1	1	2	4
71	British Virgin Islands	IVB	1	1	1	3
=	Chile	CHI	1	1	1	3
73	Iran	IRI	1	1	0	2
=	Tunisia	TUN	1	1	0	2
75	Barbados	BAR	1	0	2	3
76	Peru	PER	1	0	1	2
77	Indonesia	INA	1	0	0	1
=	Turks and Caicos Islands	TKS	1	0	0	1
79	Eritrea	ERI	0	4	2	6
=	Tanzania	TAN	0	4	2	6
81	Ireland	IRL	0	4	1	5
82	Czechoslovakia	TCH	0	3	1	4
=	Egypt	EGY	0	3	1	4
84	Djibouti	DJI	0	2	0	2
85	South Korea	KOR	0	1	5	6
86	Chinese Taipei	TPE	0	1	2	3
=	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	0	1	2	3
88	Kazakhstan	KAZ	0	1	1	2
=	Kuwait	KUW	0	1	1	2
=	Thailand	THA	0	1	1	2
91	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
=	Venezuela	VEN	0	1	0	1
100	Ghana	GHA	0	0	2	2
=	Zimbabwe	ZIM	0	0	2	2
102	Azerbaijan	AZE	0	0	1	1
=	Cayman Islands	CAY	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