2002 World Athletics U20 Championships

Host City Kingston
Country JAM
Held 16 – 21 July 2002
Competitors 146
Countries 37

Known as World Junior Championships in Athletics.

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Men — Medal 3 2
800 m Men — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 3
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 12 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 2
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 3
100 m Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Women — Medal 3 3
400 m Women — Medal 3 2
800 m Women — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Women — Medal 3 3
3,000 m Women — Medal 3 3
5,000 m Women — Medal 3 2
100 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Women — Medal 15 3
4 x 400 m Relay Women — Medal 15 3
10 km Walk Women — Medal 3 3
High Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Women — Medal 3 2
Long Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Women — Medal 3 2
Shot Put Women — Medal 3 3
Discus Throw Women — Medal 3 2
Hammer Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 3 2
Heptathlon Women — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 9 5 7 21
2 Kenya KEN 5 1 2 8
3 Ethiopia ETH 3 4 1 8
4 Cuba CUB 3 1 0 4
5 Croatia CRO 3 0 0 3
6 China CHN 2 8 1 11
7 Jamaica JAM 2 5 4 11
8 South Africa RSA 2 0 0 2
9 Russia RUS 1 2 7 10
10 Poland POL 1 2 2 5
11 Qatar QAT 1 2 1 4
12 Great Britain GBR 1 1 1 3
= Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1 1 1 3
14 Latvia LAT 1 1 0 2
= Morocco MAR 1 1 0 2
= Ukraine UKR 1 1 0 2
17 Germany GER 1 0 1 2
= Japan JPN 1 0 1 2
19 New Zealand NZL 1 0 0 1
= Romania ROU 1 0 0 1
= Sweden SWE 1 0 0 1
= Uzbekistan UZB 1 0 0 1
23 Slovakia SVK 0 2 0 2
24 Belarus BLR 0 1 2 3
25 Australia AUS 0 1 1 2
= France FRA 0 1 1 2
27 Antigua and Barbuda ANT 0 1 0 1
= Kazakhstan KAZ 0 1 0 1
= Kuwait KUW 0 1 0 1
30 Brazil BRA 0 0 2 2
= Finland FIN 0 0 2 2
32 Bahamas BAH 0 0 1 1
= India IND 0 0 1 1
= Luxembourg LUX 0 0 1 1
= Nigeria NGR 0 0 1 1
= South Korea KOR 0 0 1 1
= Tanzania TAN 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Darrel Brown TTO Marc Burns TTO Willie Hordge USA
200 m, Men Usain Bolt JAM Brendan Christian ANT Paul Felix USA
400 m, Men Darold Williamson USA Jonathan Fortenberry USA Jermaine Gonzales JAM
800 m, Men Alex Kipchirchir Rono KEN Salem Al-Badri QAT David Fiegen LUX
1,500 m, Men Yassine Bensghir MAR Abdul Rahman Suleiman QAT Samwel Mwera TAN
5,000 m, Men Hillary Chenonge KEN Markos Geneti ETH Gebre Egziabher Gebremariam ETH
10,000 m, Men Gebre Egziabher Gebremariam ETH Sileshi Sihine ETH Solomon Busiendigh KEN
110 m Hurdles, Men Antwon Hicks USA Shi Dongpeng CHN Shamar Sands BAH
400 m Hurdles, Men L. J. van Zyl RSA Ken Ferguson USA Bershawn Jackson USA
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Michael Kipyego KEN David Kirwa Chepkwony KEN Abubaker Ali Kamal QAT
4 x 100 m Relay, Men United States USA Jamaica JAM Trinidad and Tobago TTO
4 x 400 m Relay, Men United States USA Jamaica JAM Japan JPN
10 km Walk, Men Vladimir Kanaykin RUS Xu Xingde CHN Lu Ronghua CHN
High Jump, Men Andra Manson USA Zhu Wannan CHN Germaine Mason JAM
Pole Vault, Men Maksym Mazuryk UKR Vladyslav Revenko UKR Vincent Favretto FRA
Long Jump, Men Ibrahim Abdullah Al-Waleed QAT Fabrice Lapierre AUS Trevell Quinley USA
Triple Jump, Men Arnie Giralt CUB Li Yanxi CHN Aleksandr Sergeyev RUS
Shot Put, Men Edis Elkasević CRO Sean Shields USA Mika Vasara FIN
Discus Throw, Men Wu Tao CHN Dmitry Sivakov BLR Michał Hodun POL
Hammer Throw, Men Werner Smit RSA Mohamed Al-Zinkawi KUW Aliaksandr Kazulka BLR
Javelin Throw, Men Igor Janik POL Vladislav Shkurlatov RUS Jeong Sang-Jin KOR
Decathlon, Men Leonid Andreyev UZB Nadir El-Fassi FRA Mikko Halvari FIN
100 m, Women Lauryn Williams USA Simone Facey JAM Marshevet Hooker USA
200 m, Women Vernicha James GBR Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby JAM Sanya Richards-Ross USA
400 m, Women Monique Henderson USA Sanya Richards-Ross USA Sheryl Morgan JAM
800 m, Women Janeth Jepkosgei KEN Lucia Hrivnák Klocová SVK Juliana Santos BRA
1,500 m, Women Viola Kibiwot KEN Berhane Herpassa ETH Olesya Syreva RUS
3,000 m, Women Meseret Defar ETH Mariem Alaoui Selsouli MAR Olesya Syreva RUS
5,000 m, Women Meseret Defar ETH Tirunesh Dibaba ETH Vivian Cheruiyot KEN
100 m Hurdles, Women Anay Tejeda CUB Agnieszka Frankowska POL Tina Klein GER
400 m Hurdles, Women Lashinda Demus USA Melaine Walker JAM Camille Robinson JAM
4 x 100 m Relay, Women Jamaica JAM United States USA Great Britain GBR
4 x 400 m Relay, Women United States USA Great Britain GBR Russia RUS
10 km Walk, Women Fumi Mitsumura JPN Liu Siqi CHN Maryna Tsikhanava BLR
High Jump, Women Blanka Vlašić CRO Anna Ksok POL Petrina Price AUS
Pole Vault, Women Floé Kühnert GER Yuliya Golubchikova RUS Nataliya Belinskaya RUS
Long Jump, Women Adina Anton ROU Wang Lina CHN Esther Aghatise NGR
Triple Jump, Women Mabel Gay CUB Yarianna Martínez CUB Keila Costa BRA
Shot Put, Women Valerie Adams-Vili NZL Zhang Ying CHN Laura Gerraughty USA
Discus Throw, Women Ma Xuejun CHN Xu Shaoyang CHN Seema Antil IND
Hammer Throw, Women Ivana Brkljačić CRO Martina Danišová SVK Yuliya Rozenfeld RUS
Javelin Throw, Women Linda Brīvule LAT Ilze Gribule LAT Urszula Piwnicka POL
Heptathlon, Women Carolina Klüft SWE Olga Rypakova KAZ Olga Levenkova RUS