2012 World Athletics U20 Championships

Host City Barcelona
Country ESP
Held 10 – 15 July 2012
Competitors 160
Countries 43

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 2
400 m Men Medal 4 3
800 m Men Medal 3 2
1,500 m Men Medal 3 3
5,000 m Men Medal 3 3
10,000 m Men Medal 3 2
110 m Hurdles Men Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Men Medal 3 3
3,000 m Steeplechase Men Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Men Medal 15 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men Medal 13 3
10 km Walk Men Medal 3 3
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 3
100 m Women Medal 3 3
200 m Women Medal 3 2
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 3
3,000 m Steeplechase Women Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Women Medal 13 3
4 x 400 m Relay Women Medal 15 3
10 km Walk Women Medal 3 2
High Jump Women Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Women Medal 3 3
Long Jump Women Medal 3 2
Triple Jump Women Medal 3 3
Shot Put Women Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Women Medal 3 2
Hammer 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 United States USA 10 4 6 20
2 Kenya KEN 4 4 5 13
3 Ethiopia ETH 3 3 1 7
4 Cuba CUB 3 0 1 4
5 Germany GER 2 4 0 6
6 Russia RUS 2 3 3 8
7 Jamaica JAM 2 2 1 5
8 Great Britain GBR 2 1 2 5
9 Bahamas BAH 2 0 2 4
10 Qatar QAT 2 0 0 2
= Sweden SWE 2 0 0 2
12 France FRA 1 2 1 4
13 Brazil BRA 1 0 3 4
14 Belarus BLR 1 0 1 2
= Colombia COL 1 0 1 2
= Italy ITA 1 0 1 2
17 Botswana BOT 1 0 0 1
= New Zealand NZL 1 0 0 1
= Spain ESP 1 0 0 1
= Turks and Caicos Islands TKS 1 0 0 1
21 Australia AUS 0 4 1 5
22 Poland POL 0 3 0 3
23 China CHN 0 2 2 4
24 Hungary HUN 0 2 0 2
25 Japan JPN 0 1 1 2
= Serbia SRB 0 1 1 2
= Trinidad and Tobago TTO 0 1 1 2
28 Argentina ARG 0 1 0 1
= Croatia CRO 0 1 0 1
= Denmark DEN 0 1 0 1
= Eritrea ERI 0 1 0 1
= Guyana GUY 0 1 0 1
= Lithuania LTU 0 1 0 1
= Seychelles SEY 0 1 0 1
= Switzerland SUI 0 1 0 1
= Turkey TUR 0 1 0 1
37 Morocco MAR 0 0 3 3
38 South Africa RSA 0 0 2 2
39 Canada CAN 0 0 1 1
= Netherlands NED 0 0 1 1
= Saudi Arabia KSA 0 0 1 1
= Uzbekistan UZB 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Adam Gemili GBR Aaron Ernest USA Odean Skeen JAM
200 m, Men Delano Williams TKS Aaron Ernest USA Tyreek Hill USA
400 m, Men Arman Hall USA Aldrich Bailey
Steven Solomon
USA
AUS
800 m, Men Nijel Amos BOT Timothy Kitum KEN Edwin Kiplagat Melly KEN
1,500 m, Men Hamza Driouch QAT Hillary Cheruiyot Ngetich KEN Abdelhadi Labali MAR
5,000 m, Men Muktar Edris ETH Abrar Osman Adem ERI William Malel Sitonik KEN
10,000 m, Men Yigrem Demelash ETH Philemon Cheboi KEN Geoffrey Kirui KEN
110 m Hurdles, Men Yordan O'Farril CUB Nicholas Hough AUS Wilhem Belocian FRA
400 m Hurdles, Men Eric Futch USA Takahiro Matsumoto JPN Ibrahim Saleh KSA
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Conseslus Kipruto KEN Gilbert Kirui KEN Hicham Al-Siguéni MAR
4 x 100 m Relay, Men United States USA Jamaica JAM Japan JPN
4 x 400 m Relay, Men United States USA Poland POL Trinidad and Tobago TTO
10 km Walk, Men Éider Arévalo COL Aleksandr Ivanov RUS Su Guanyu CHN
High Jump, Men Andrey Churilo BLR Falk Wendrich GER Ryan Ingraham BAH
Pole Vault, Men Thiago Braz BRA Ivan Horvat CRO Shawn Barber CAN
Long Jump, Men Sergey Morgunov RUS Andreas Trajkovski DEN Jarrion Lawson USA
Triple Jump, Men Pedro Pablo Pichardo CUB Artyom Primak RUS Latario Collie-Minns BAH
Shot Put, Men Jacko Gill NZL Krzysztof Brzozowski POL Damien Birkinhead AUS
Discus Throw, Men Fedrick Dacres JAM Wojciech Praczyk POL Gerhard De Beer RSA
Hammer Throw, Men Ashraf El-Seify QAT Bence Pásztor HUN Sukhrob Khodzhayev UZB
Javelin Throw, Men Braian Toledo
Keshorn Walcott
ARG
TTO
Morné Moolman RSA
Decathlon, Men Gunnar Nixon USA Jake Stein AUS Tim Dekker NED
100 m, Women Anthonique Strachan BAH Nimet Karakuş TUR Tamiris De Liz BRA
200 m, Women Anthonique Strachan BAH Olivia Ekpone USA Dezerea Bryant USA
400 m, Women Ashley Spencer USA Kadecia Baird GUY Erika Rucker USA
800 m, Women Ajeé Wilson USA Jessica Judd GBR Manal El-Behraoui MAR
1,500 m, Women Faith Kibiegon KEN Amela Terzić SRB Senbere Teferi ETH
3,000 m, Women Mercy Chepwogen KEN Hiwot Gebrekidan Mesfin ETH Emelia Gorecka GBR
5,000 m, Women Buze Diriba Kejela ETH Ruti Aga ETH Agnes Tirop KEN
100 m Hurdles, Women Morgan Sannette Snow USA Noemi Zbären SUI Yekaterina Blyoskina RUS
400 m Hurdles, Women Janieve Russell JAM Aurélie Chaboudez FRA Kaila Barber USA
3,000 m Steeplechase, Women Daisy Jepkemei KEN Tejinesh Gebisa ETH Stella Rutto KEN
4 x 100 m Relay, Women United States USA Germany GER Brazil BRA
4 x 400 m Relay, Women United States USA Jamaica JAM Russia RUS
10 km Walk, Women Yekaterina Medvedyeva RUS Nadezhda Leontyeva RUS Sandra Arenas COL
High Jump, Women Alessia Trost ITA Lissa Labiche SEY Mariya Kuchina RUS
Pole Vault, Women Angelica Bengtsson SWE Liz Parnova AUS Roberta Bruni ITA
Long Jump, Women Katarina Johnson-Thompson GBR Lena Malkus GER Jazmin Sawyers GBR
Triple Jump, Women Ana Peleteiro ESP Dovilė Dzindzaletaitė LTU Liuba Zaldívar CUB
Shot Put, Women Shanice Craft GER Gao Yang CHN Bian Ka CHN
Discus Throw, Women Anna Rüh GER Shanice Craft GER Shelbi Vaughan USA
Hammer Throw, Women Alexandra Tavernier FRA Alexia Sedykh FRA Alena Navahrodskaya-Sobaleva BLR
Javelin Throw, Women Sofi Flink SWE Liu Shiying CHN Marija Vučenović SRB
Heptathlon, Women Yorgelis Rodríguez CUB Xénia Krizsán HUN Tamara de Sousa BRA