2000 World Athletics U20 Championships

Host City Santiago
Country CHI
Held 17 – 22 October 2000
Competitors 158
Countries 38

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

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Kenya KEN 7 4 3 14
2 Russia RUS 4 6 1 11
3 South Africa RSA 4 1 2 7
4 Germany GER 3 7 2 12
5 Jamaica JAM 3 4 1 8
6 Great Britain GBR 3 0 1 4
7 China CHN 2 2 0 4
8 Australia AUS 2 1 2 5
9 Sweden SWE 2 1 1 4
10 Croatia CRO 2 0 0 2
11 Poland POL 1 2 3 6
12 Ethiopia ETH 1 2 2 5
13 Cuba CUB 1 1 2 4
14 Netherlands NED 1 1 1 3
= Romania ROU 1 1 1 3
= Spain ESP 1 1 1 3
17 Saudi Arabia KSA 1 1 0 2
18 Czech Republic CZE 1 0 0 1
= Mexico MEX 1 0 0 1
= Turkey TUR 1 0 0 1
= Uganda UGA 1 0 0 1
22 France FRA 0 3 3 6
23 Ukraine UKR 0 2 0 2
24 Canada CAN 0 1 0 1
= Latvia LAT 0 1 0 1
= Norway NOR 0 1 0 1
27 Belarus BLR 0 0 3 3
= Japan JPN 0 0 3 3
29 Slovakia SVK 0 0 2 2
= Trinidad and Tobago TTO 0 0 2 2
31 Colombia COL 0 0 1 1
= Finland FIN 0 0 1 1
= Ghana GHA 0 0 1 1
= Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1
= Morocco MAR 0 0 1 1
= Qatar QAT 0 0 1 1
= South Korea KOR 0 0 1 1
= United States USA 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Mark Lewis-Francis GBR Salem Mubarak Al-Yami KSA Marc Burns TTO
200 m, Men Paul Gorries RSA Marcin Jędrusiński POL Tim Benjamin GBR
400 m, Men Hamdan Al-Bishi KSA Brandon Simpson JAM Shinji Ishikawa JPN
800 m, Men Nicholas Wachira KEN Florent Lacasse FRA Antonio Reina ESP
1,500 m, Men Cornelius Chirchir KEN Wolfram Müller GER Philemon Tanui KEN
5,000 m, Men Gordon Mugi KEN Kenenisa Bekele ETH Cyrus Kataron KEN
10,000 m, Men Robert Kipkorir Kipchumba KEN Duncan Kipkorir KEN Abreta Hadish ETH
110 m Hurdles, Men Yuniel Hernández CUB Thomas Blaschek GER Ladji Doucouré FRA
400 m Hurdles, Men Marek Plawgo POL Pieter de Villiers RSA Ockert Cilliers RSA
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Raymond Yator KEN David Biwott Chemweno KEN Abdelatif Chemlal MAR
4 x 100 m Relay, Men Great Britain GBR France FRA Japan JPN
4 x 400 m Relay, Men Jamaica JAM Germany GER Poland POL
10 km Walk, Men Cristián Berdeja MEX Yevgeny Demkov RUS Viktor Burayev RUS
High Jump, Men Jacques Freitag RSA Germaine Mason JAM Tomasz Śmiałek POL
Pole Vault, Men Aleksey Khanafin RUS Oleksandr Korchmid UKR Rocky Danners USA
Long Jump, Men Cai Peng CHN Volodymyr Ziuskov UKR Yoelmis Pacheco CUB
Triple Jump, Men Marian Oprea ROU Yoandri Betanzos CUB Mohamed Hamdi Awadh QAT
Shot Put, Men Rutger Smith NED Ivan Yushkov RUS Tomasz Chrzanowski POL
Discus Throw, Men Hannes Hopley RSA Niklas Arrhenius SWE Rutger Smith NED
Hammer Throw, Men Eşref Apak TUR Dylan Armstrong CAN Aaron Fish AUS
Javelin Throw, Men Hardus Pienaar RSA Andreas Thorkildsen NOR Park Jae-Myeong KOR
Decathlon, Men Dennis Leyckes GER David Gómez ESP André Niklaus GER
100 m, Women Veronica Campbell-Brown JAM Katchi Habel GER Fana Ashby TTO
200 m, Women Veronica Campbell-Brown JAM Sina Schielke GER Vida Anim GHA
400 m, Women Jana Pittman AUS Aneta Lemiesz POL Norma González COL
800 m, Women Nancy Langat KEN Georgie Clarke AUS Lucia Hrivnák Klocová SVK
1,500 m, Women Abebech Negussie ETH Rose Koskei KEN Georgie Clarke AUS
3,000 m, Women Beatrice Jepchumba KEN Jane Chepkoech KEN Etalemahu Kidane ETH
5,000 m, Women Dorcus Inzikuru UGA Meseret Defar ETH Sharon Jemutai Cherop KEN
100 m Hurdles, Women Susanna Kallur SWE Fanny Gérance FRA Adrianna Lamalle FRA
400 m Hurdles, Women Jana Pittman AUS Marjolein De Jong NED Melaine Walker JAM
4 x 100 m Relay, Women Germany GER Jamaica JAM Sweden SWE
4 x 400 m Relay, Women Great Britain GBR Jamaica JAM Romania ROU
10 km Walk, Women Lyudmila Yefimkina RUS Tatyana Kozlova RUS Sabine Zimmer-Krantz GER
High Jump, Women Blanka Vlašić CRO Marina Kuptsova RUS Marizca Gertenbach RSA
Pole Vault, Women Yelena Isinbayeva RUS Annika Becker GER Fanni Juhász
Vanessa Boslak 		HUN
FRA
Long Jump, Women Concepción Montaner ESP Zhou Yangxia CHN Kumiko Ikeda JPN
Triple Jump, Women Anastasiya Ilyina RUS Anna Pyatykh RUS Dana Velďáková SVK
Shot Put, Women Kathleen Kluge GER Li Meiju CHN Nataliya Khoronenko BLR
Discus Throw, Women Xu Shaoyang CHN Jana Tucholke GER Volha Hancharenka BLR
Hammer Throw, Women Ivana Brkljačić CRO Virginia Balut ROU Yunaika Crawford CUB
Javelin Throw, Women Jarmila Klimešová CZE Inga Kožarenoka LAT Halina Kakhava BLR
Heptathlon, Women Carolina Klüft SWE Lidiya Bashlykova RUS Sanna Saarman FIN