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