| 2013 European Athletics Junior Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Dates | 18–21 July |
| Host city | Rieti, Italy |
| Venue | Stadio Raul Guidobaldi |
| Level | Under 20 |
| Events | 44 |
| Records set | 3 CRs |
The 2013 European Athletics Junior Championships was the 22nd edition of the biennial athletics competition between European athletes in under twenty. It was held in Rieti, Italy from 18 to 21 July. [1]
The medal table was topped by Great Britain with 9 golds, ahead of Russia and Germany.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Chijindu Ujah  Great Britain | 10.40 | Denis Dimitrov  Bulgaria | 10.46 | Robert Polkowski  Germany | 10.53 |
| 200 metres | Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake Great Britain | 20.62 PB | Leon Reid Great Britain | 20.92 | Matthew Hudson-Smith Great Britain | 20.94 |
| 400 metres | Pavel Ivashko  Russia | 45.81 NJR | Patryk Dobek  Poland | 46.15 PB | Thomas Jordier  France | 46.21 NJR |
| 800 metres | Patrick Zwicker Germany | 1:49.58 | Aaron Botterman  Belgium | 1:49.80 | Léo Morgana France | 1:50.04 |
| 1500 metres | Jake Wightman Great Britain | 3:44.14 | Süleyman Bekmezci  Turkey | 3:44.45 | Julius Lawnik Germany | 3:45.43 |
| 5000 metres | Ali Kaya Turkey | 13:49.76 | Samuele Dini  Italy | 14:36.25 | Jonathan Davies Great Britain | 14:36.62 |
| 10,000 metres | Ali Kaya Turkey | 28:31.16 CR NJR | Lorenzo Dini Italy | 29:31.11 PB | Dino Bosnjak  Croatia | 29:59.07 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Wilhem Belocian France | 13.18 CR AJR | Lorenzo Perini Italy | 13.30 NJR | Brahian Peña  Switzerland | 13.31 NJR |
| 400 metres hurdles | Timofey Chalyy Russia | 49.23 CR NJR | Aleksandr Skorobogatko Russia | 50.13 | Jacob Paul Great Britain | 50.71 PB |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Zak Seddon Great Britain | 8:45.91 | Viktor Bakharev Russia | 8:47.81 | Ersin Tekal Turkey | 8:54.54 PB |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Tomasz Mudlaff Jacek Kabaciński Hubert Kalandyk Adam Jabłoński Poland | 39.80 | Bastian Heber Robert Polkowski Maximilian Ruth Sebastian Schürmann Germany | 39.96 | Giacomo Isolano Lorenzo Bilotti Roberto Rigali Fausto Desalu Italy | 40.00 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Danil Peremetov Pavel Savin Dmitriy Khasanov Pavel Ivashko Russia | 3:04.87 NJR | Paweł Walczuk Rafał Smoleń Łukasz Ozdarski Patryk Dobek Poland | 3:05.07 | Alex Boyce Matthew Hudson-Smith Ben Snaith George Caddick Great Britain | 3:05.14 |
| 10,000 m walk | Pavel Parshin Russia | 41:01.55 | Vito Minei Italy | 41:08.76 PB | Álvaro Martín  Spain | 41:13.95 SB |
| High jump | Tobias Potye Germany | 2.20 PB | Andrei Skabeika  Belarus | 2.18 =PB | Mikhail Akimenko Russia | 2.18 =PB |
| Pole vault | Eirik Greibrokk Dolve  Norway | 5.30 | Axel Chapelle France Leonid Kobelev Russia | 5.25 PB 5.25 | ||
| Long jump | Elliot Safo Great Britain | 7.86 PB | Mathias Broothaerts Belgium | 7.84 PB | Guy-Elphège Anouman France | 7.60 SB |
| Triple jump | Levon Aghasyan  Armenia | 16.01 SB | Kristian Pulli  Finland | 15.88 PB | Vladimir Kozlov Russia | 15.85 PB |
| Shot put | Mesud Pezer  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20.44 NJR | Filip Mihaljevic Croatia | 20.23 | Andrzej Regin Poland | 20.07 PB |
| Discus throw | Róbert Szikszai  Hungary | 64.75 NJR | Nicholas Percy Great Britain | 62.04 | Aleksandr Dobrenkiy Russia | 61.54 PB |
| Hammer throw (6 kg) | Valeriy Pronkin Russia | 78.34 | Bence Pásztor Hungary | 77.35 PB | Marco Bortolato Italy | 73.43 |
| Javelin throw | Julian Weber Germany | 79.68 PB | Maksym Bohdan  Ukraine | 78.77 NJR | German Komarov Russia | 73.95 |
| Decathlon | Yevgeniy Likhanov Russia | 7975 PB | Aleksey Cherkasov Russia | 7790 PB | Tim Nowak Germany | 7778 PB |
* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 9 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 8 | 7 | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Italy (ITA)* | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 11 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 |  Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 15 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 18 | Armenia (ARM) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Iceland (ISL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 |  Romania (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 23 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Estonia (EST) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (28 entries) | 44 | 45 | 43 | 132 | |
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