1996 World Athletics Junior Championships

Host City	Sydney
Country	AUS
Held	20 – 25 August 1996
Competitors	147
Countries	35

Events

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	United States	USA	6	4	2	12
2	Germany	GER	4	2	3	9
3	Ethiopia	ETH	4	0	2	6
4	Kenya	KEN	3	5	1	9
5	Russia	RUS	3	1	2	6
6	Cuba	CUB	3	1	1	5
7	China	CHN	3	0	2	5
8	Nigeria	NGR	2	2	0	4
9	Bulgaria	BUL	2	0	1	3
10	Romania	ROU	1	3	4	8
11	Hungary	HUN	1	3	0	4
12	Australia	AUS	1	2	7	10
13	Spain	ESP	1	2	0	3
14	France	FRA	1	1	1	3
15	Poland	POL	1	1	0	2
16	Canada	CAN	1	0	1	2
17	Qatar	QAT	1	0	0	1
=	Switzerland	SUI	1	0	0	1
=	Ukraine	UKR	1	0	0	1
=	Uzbekistan	UZB	1	0	0	1
21	Great Britain	GBR	0	4	2	6
22	Finland	FIN	0	2	1	3
=	South Africa	RSA	0	2	1	3
24	Belarus	BLR	0	1	1	2
=	Czech Republic	CZE	0	1	1	2
=	Jamaica	JAM	0	1	1	2
=	Japan	JPN	0	1	1	2
28	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	0	1	0	1
=	Sudan	SUD	0	1	0	1
=	Sweden	SWE	0	1	0	1
31	Algeria	ALG	0	0	1	1
=	Fiji	FIJ	0	0	1	1
=	Italy	ITA	0	0	1	1
=	Morocco	MAR	0	0	1	1
=	Netherlands	NED	0	0	1	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men	Francis Obikwelu	NGR	Seun Ogunkoya	NGR	Francesco Scuderi	ITA
200 m, Men	Francis Obikwelu	NGR	Riaan Dempers	RSA	Bryan Harrison	USA
400 m, Men	William Moore	USA	Jerome Davis	USA	Shane Niemi	CAN
800 m, Men	Joseph Mutua	KEN	Tom Lerwill	GBR	Grant Cremer	AUS
1,500 m, Men	Shadrack Langat	KEN	Mohamed Babiker Yagoub	SUD	Miloud Abaoub	ALG
5,000 m, Men	Assefa Mezgebu	ETH	David Chelule	KEN	Aaron Gabonewe	RSA
10,000 m, Men	Assefa Mezgebu	ETH	David Chelule	KEN	Tetsuhiro Furuta	JPN
110 m Hurdles, Men	Yoel Hernández	CUB	Tomasz Ścigaczewski	POL	Joe Naivalu	FIJ
400 m Hurdles, Men	Mubarak Sultan Al-Nubi Faraj	QAT	Llewellyn Herbert	RSA	Angelo Taylor	USA
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men	Julius Kipling Chelule	KEN	Kipkurui Misoi	KEN	Ali Ezzine	MAR
4 x 100 m Relay, Men	United States	USA	France	FRA	Australia	AUS
4 x 400 m Relay, Men	United States	USA	Japan	JPN	Great Britain	GBR
10 km Walk, Men	Francisco Javier Fernández	ESP	David Márquez	ESP	Nathan Deakes	AUS
High Jump, Men	Mark Boswell	CAN	Svatoslav Ton Ben Challenger	CZE GBR
Pole Vault, Men	Paul Burgess	AUS	Patrik Kristiansson	SWE	Danny Ecker	GER
Long Jump, Men	Oleksiy Lukashevych	UKR	Raúl Fernández	ESP	Nathan Morgan	GBR
Triple Jump, Men	René Hernández	CUB	Michael Calvo	CUB	Ionuț Pungă	ROU
Shot Put, Men	Ralf Bartels	GER	Justin Anlezark	AUS	Clay Jack Cross	AUS
Discus Throw, Men	Casey Malone	USA	Roland Varga	HUN	Frank Casañas	CUB
Hammer Throw, Men	Maciej Pałyszko	POL	Vadim Devyatovsky	BLR	Roman Konevtsov	RUS
Javelin Throw, Men	Sergey Voynov	UZB	Harri Haatainen	FIN	Steven Madeo	AUS
Decathlon, Men	Attila Zsivóczky	HUN	Dean Macey	GBR	Chiel Warners	NED
100 m, Women	Nora Ivanova-Güner	BUL	Andrea Anderson	USA	Esther Möller	GER
200 m, Women	Sylviane Félix	FRA	Lauren Hewitt	AUS	Nora Ivanova-Güner	BUL
400 m, Women	Andreea Burlacu	ROU	Suziann Reid	USA	Rosemary Hayward	AUS
800 m, Women	Claudia Gesell	GER	Kathleen Friedrich	GER	Nancy Langat	KEN
1,500 m, Women	Kutre Dulecha	ETH	Jackline Maranga	KEN	Shura Hotesa	ETH
3,000 m, Women	Anita Weyermann	SUI	Edna Kiplagat	KEN	Etaferahu Tarekegne	ETH
5,000 m, Women	Ayelech Worku	ETH	Olivera Jevtić	SCG	Cristina Iloc	ROU
100 m Hurdles, Women	Joyce Bates	USA	Glory Alozie	NGR	Tan Yali	CHN
400 m Hurdles, Women	Ulrike Urbansky	GER	Vicki Jamison	GBR	Tanya Jarrett	JAM
4 x 100 m Relay, Women	United States	USA	Jamaica	JAM	Germany	GER
4 x 400 m Relay, Women	Germany	GER	Romania	ROU	Australia	AUS
5,000 m Walk, Women	Irina Stankina	RUS	Olga Panfyorova	RUS	Claudia Ștef	ROU
High Jump, Women	Yuliya Lyakhova	RUS	Dóra Győrffy	HUN	Svetlana Lapina	RUS
Long Jump, Women	Guan Yingnan	CHN	Cristina Nicolau	ROU	Johanna Halkoaho	FIN
Triple Jump, Women	Tereza Marinova	BUL	Cristina Nicolau	ROU	Adelina Gavrilă	ROU
Shot Put, Women	Song Feina	CHN	Nadine Beckel	GER	Yelena Ivanenko	BLR
Discus Throw, Women	Ma Shuli	CHN	Seilala Sua	USA	Zhang Yaqing	CHN
Javelin Throw, Women	Osleidys Menéndez	CUB	Nikolett Szabó	HUN	Bina Ramesh	FRA
Heptathlon, Women	Yelizaveta Shalygina	RUS	Johanna Halkoaho	FIN	Hana Doležalová	CZE