1992 World Athletics U20 Championships

Host City Seoul
Country KOR
Held 16 – 20 September 1992
Competitors 146
Countries 31

Known as World Junior Championships in Athletics.

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men Medal 3 3
200 m Men Medal 3 3
400 m Men Medal 3 3
800 m Men Medal 3 3
1,500 m Men Medal 3 3
5,000 m Men Medal 3 3
10,000 m Men Medal 3 3
110 m Hurdles Men Medal 3 2
400 m Hurdles Men Medal 3 3
3,000 m Steeplechase Men Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Men Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men Medal 13 3
10 km Walk Men Medal 3 2
High Jump Men Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Men Medal 3 3
Long Jump Men Medal 3 2
Triple Jump Men Medal 3 2
Shot Put Men Medal 3 3
Discus Throw Men Medal 3 3
Hammer Throw Men Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Men Medal 3 3
Decathlon Men Medal 3 3
100 m Women Medal 3 2
200 m Women Medal 3 3
400 m Women Medal 3 2
800 m Women Medal 3 2
1,500 m Women Medal 3 2
3,000 m Women Medal 3 2
10,000 m Women Medal 3 3
100 m Hurdles Women Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Women Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Women Medal 13 3
4 x 400 m Relay Women Medal 14 3
5,000 m Walk Women Medal 3 3
High Jump Women Medal 3 2
Long Jump Women Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Women Medal 3 3
Shot Put Women Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Women Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Women Medal 3 3
Heptathlon Women Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 China CHN 8 3 3 14
2 United States USA 4 3 2 9
3 Commonwealth of Independendent States CIS 4 2 5 11
4 Romania ROU 4 1 1 6
5 Kenya KEN 3 4 2 9
6 Jamaica JAM 3 3 3 9
7 Germany GER 2 5 5 12
8 Cuba CUB 2 4 1 7
9 Ethiopia ETH 2 2 0 4
= Great Britain GBR 2 2 0 4
11 Trinidad and Tobago TTO 2 0 0 2
12 Netherlands NED 1 1 1 3
13 Sweden SWE 1 1 0 2
14 Finland FIN 1 0 1 2
15 Ecuador ECU 1 0 0 1
= Italy ITA 1 0 0 1
17 Australia AUS 0 3 1 4
18 Canada CAN 0 2 1 3
19 Spain ESP 0 2 0 2
20 South Africa RSA 0 1 2 3
21 Poland POL 0 1 1 2
22 Burundi BDI 0 1 0 1
= South Korea KOR 0 1 0 1
24 Japan JPN 0 0 4 4
25 Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1
= Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 1 1
= Greece GRE 0 0 1 1
= Morocco MAR 0 0 1 1
= Nigeria NGR 0 0 1 1
= Uganda UGA 0 0 1 1
= Zimbabwe ZIM 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Ato Boldon TTO Darren Campbell GBR Tony McCall USA
200 m, Men Ato Boldon TTO Darren Campbell GBR Glen Elferink RSA
400 m, Men Deon Minor USA Rikard Rasmusson SWE Francis Ogola UGA
800 m, Men Benson Koech KEN Lee Jin-Il KOR Brendan Hanigan AUS
1,500 m, Men Atoi Boru KEN Vénuste Niyongabo BDI Kevin Sullivan CAN
5,000 m, Men Haile Gebrselassie ETH Ismael Kirui KEN Hicham El Guerrouj MAR
10,000 m, Men Haile Gebrselassie ETH Josphat N'deti KEN Yasuyuki Watanabe JPN
110 m Hurdles, Men Yevgeny Pechonkin CIS Sven Göhler GER Igor Pintusevich-Babichev CIS
400 m Hurdles, Men Ashraf Saber ITA Sammy Biwott KEN Bill Porter USA
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Jimmy Mwangangi Muindi KEN Ayele Mezgebu ETH Stephen Chepseba KEN
4 x 100 m Relay, Men Great Britain GBR United States USA Nigeria NGR
4 x 400 m Relay, Men United States USA Jamaica JAM Japan JPN
10 km Walk, Men Jefferson Pérez ECU Jacek Müller POL Grzegorz Müller POL
High Jump, Men Steve Smith GBR Tim Forsyth AUS Takahiro Kimino JPN
Pole Vault, Men Laurens Looije NED Daniel Martí ESP Okkert Brits RSA
Long Jump, Men Neil Chance USA Robert Thomas USA Ivaylo Mladenov BUL
Triple Jump, Men Yoelbi Quesada CUB Osiris Mora CUB Ndabezinhle Mdhlongwa ZIM
Shot Put, Men Yuriy Bilonoh CIS Manuel Martínez ESP Ralf Kahles GER
Discus Throw, Men Brian Milne USA Frits Potgieter RSA Marek Bílek TCH
Hammer Throw, Men Vadim Hrabovoy CIS Alberto Sánchez CUB Andrey Yevgenyev CIS
Javelin Throw, Men Aki Parviainen FIN Boris Henry GER Kostas Gatsioudis GRE
Decathlon, Men Raúl Duany CUB Bernhard Floder GER Remco Van Veldhuizen NED
100 m, Women Nikole Mitchell JAM Jacqueline Poelman NED Merlene Frazer JAM
200 m, Women Hu Ling CHN Cathy Freeman AUS Merlene Frazer JAM
400 m, Women Maria Nedelcu ROU Claudine Williams JAM Ionela Târlea ROU
800 m, Women Lu Yi CHN Chen Yumei CHN Kati Kovacs GER
1,500 m, Women Liu Dong CHN Jackline Maranga KEN Li Ying CHN
3,000 m, Women Zhang Linli CHN Gabriela Szabo ROU Zhang Lirong CHN
10,000 m, Women Wang Junxia CHN Gete Wami ETH Sally Barsosio KEN
100 m Hurdles, Women Gillian Russell JAM Damarys Anderson CUB Svetlana Laukhova CIS
400 m Hurdles, Women Georgeta Petrea-Lazar ROU Erica Peterson CAN Winsome Cole JAM
4 x 100 m Relay, Women Jamaica JAM United States USA Germany GER
4 x 400 m Relay, Women Romania ROU Jamaica JAM Germany GER
5,000 m Walk, Women Gao Hongmiao CHN Jane Saville AUS Miki Itakura JPN
High Jump, Women Manuela Aigner GER Inna Gliznuța
Svetlana Zalevskaya
CIS
CIS
Long Jump, Women Erica Johansson SWE Nicole Devonish CAN Yu Huaxiu CHN
Triple Jump, Women Anja Vokuhl GER Yaminoraydes Martínez CUB Olena Hovorova CIS
Shot Put, Women Wang Yawen CHN Zhang Zhiying CHN Olga Ilyina CIS
Discus Throw, Women Bao Dongying CHN Zhang Cuilan CHN Sabine Fried GER
Javelin Throw, Women Claudia-Marie Isăilă ROU Yvonne Reichardt GER Heli Tolkkinen FIN
Heptathlon, Women Natasha Sazanovich CIS Kathleen Gutjahr GER Regla Cárdenas CUB