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The Boys' octathlon at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 10 and 11 July. The competition was won by the Norwegian athlete Karsten Warholm who like the other medalists set a new personal best in the event. His result was 40 points behind the world youth record. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Octathlon | Karsten Warholm  Norway | 6451 PB | Feliks Shestopalov Russia | 6260 PB | Jan Doležal  Czech Republic | 6222 PB |
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best |  Jake Stein (AUS) | 6491 | Lille, France | 7 July 2011 |
| Championship Record | Jake Stein (AUS) | 6491 | Lille, France | 7 July 2011 |
| World Youth Leading |  Santiago Ford (CUB) | 6392 | La Habana, Cuba | 10 May 2013 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Maksim Andraloits |  Belarus | 11.42 | PB | 769 |
| 2 | 2 | Andrea Carioti |  Italy | 11.66 | PB | 719 |
| 3 | 5 | Amir Boukhenfir |  Algeria | 11.67 | PB | 717 |
| 4 | 3 | Maxim Issayev |  Kazakhstan | 11.67 | PB | 717 |
| 5 | 8 | Simone Fassina | Italy | 11.85 | 681 | |
| 6 | 7 | Maksym Klivtsur |  Ukraine | 11.85 | PB | 681 |
| 7 | 6 | Lukas Reiter |  Austria | 12.09 | PB | 633 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Feliks Shestopalov | Russia | 11.41 | PB | 771 |
| 2 | 6 | Vinicius Fontenele |  Brazil | 11.46 | 761 | |
| 3 | 7 | John Lint |  United States | 11.58 | 736 | |
| 4 | 5 | Martin Paakspuu |  Estonia | 11.61 | PB | 730 |
| 5 | 4 | Jorge Méndez |  Spain | 11.62 | 728 | |
| 6 | 3 | Luis Andrés Casarez |  Mexico | 11.67 | 717 | |
| 7 | 8 | Philipp Kronsteiner | Austria | 11.76 | 699 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Gabriel Moore | United States | 11.28 | PB | 799 |
| 2 | 8 | Tobias Capiau |  Belgium | 11.45 | 763 | |
| 3 | 4 | Jan Doležal | Czech Republic | 11.45 | 763 | |
| 4 | 7 | Andrey Fomichev | Russia | 11.46 | 761 | |
| 5 | 2 | Edvaldo do Nascimento | Brazil | 11.53 | 746 | |
| 6 | 5 | Carlos Sánchez | Spain | 11.57 | 738 | |
| 7 | 3 | Dennis Hutterer |  Germany | 11.57 | 738 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Karsten Warholm | Norway | 10.86 | PB | 892 |
| 2 | 8 | Loek van Zevenbreggen |  Netherlands | 11.18 | 821 | |
| 3 | 4 | Artur Hämäläinen |  Finland | 11.33 | 789 | |
| 4 | 3 | Aleksandar Grnovic |  Serbia | 11.37 | 780 | |
| 5 | 1 | Suguru Shiozaki |  Japan | 11.39 | 776 | |
| 6 | 6 | Ben Thiele | Germany | 11.47 | 759 | |
| 7 | 5 | Santiago Ford | Cuba | 11.51 | 750 | |
| 8 | 7 | Sybren Blok | Netherlands | 11.71 | 709 |
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Karsten Warholm | Norway | 7.08 | 6.89 | 7.30 | 7.30 | SB | 886 |
| 2 | A | Tobias Capiau | Belgium | 7.12 | 7.11 | 6.87 | 7.12 | 842 | |
| 3 | A | Jan Doležal | Czech Republic | 7.00 | 6.96 | 7.10 | 7.10 | 838 | |
| 4 | A | Maksim Andraloits | Belarus | 7.07 | 7.00 | 6.74 | 7.07 | PB | 830 |
| 5 | B | Loek van Zevenbreggen | Netherlands | 7.04 | — | — | 7.04 | PB | 823 |
| 6 | A | Edvaldo do Nascimento | Brazil | 7.01 | 6.92 | 7.02 | 7.02 | PB | 818 |
| 7 | B | Santiago Ford | Cuba | 6.78 | 6.89 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 814 | |
| 8 | A | Ben Thiele | Germany | 6.71 | 6.95 | x | 6.95 | 802 | |
| 9 | A | Vinicius Fontenele | Brazil | 6.91 | x | 6.66 | 6.91 | 792 | |
| 10 | A | Gabriel Moore | United States | 6.79 | 6.38 | 6.90 | 6.90 | PB | 790 |
| 11 | B | Maxim Issayev | Kazakhstan | 6.65 | 6.90 | x | 6.90 | PB | 790 |
| 12 | B | Carlos Sánchez | Spain | 6.84 | 6.89 | 6.87 | 6.89 | PB | 788 |
| 13 | B | Feliks Shestopalov | Russia | 6.89 | x | 6.81 | 6.89 | PB | 788 |
| 14 | B | Andrey Fomichev | Russia | 6.44 | 6.58 | 6.87 | 6.87 | PB | 783 |
| 15 | A | Andrea Carioti | Italy | 6.56 | 6.86 | x | 6.86 | PB | 781 |
| 16 | A | Aleksandar Grnovic | Serbia | 6.82 | 5.36 | 6.79 | 6.82 | 771 | |
| 17 | B | Martin Paakspuu | Estonia | 6.75 | 6.70 | 6.81 | 6.81 | PB | 769 |
| 18 | B | Artur Hämäläinen | Finland | x | 6.69 | 6.79 | 6.79 | PB | 764 |
| 19 | B | Jorge Méndez | Spain | x | 6.72 | x | 6.72 | PB | 748 |
| 20 | A | Simone Fassina | Italy | 6.59 | 6.71 | 6.68 | 6.71 | PB | 746 |
| 21 | A | Dennis Hutterer | Germany | 6.70 | 6.14 | 4.57 | 6.70 | 743 | |
| 22 | A | Amir Boukhenfir | Algeria | 6.65 | 6.52 | 6.34 | 6.65 | 732 | |
| 23 | A | John Lint | United States | 6.59 | 6.56 | 6.52 | 6.59 | 718 | |
| 24 | A | Luis Andrés Casarez | Mexico | 6.50 | 6.21 | 6.59 | 6.59 | PB | 718 |
| 25 | B | Suguru Shiozaki | Japan | 6.30 | 5.19 | 5.87 | 6.30 | 652 | |
| 26 | B | Maksym Klivtsur | Ukraine | x | 6.26 | 5.99 | 6.26 | PB | 644 |
| 27 | B | Philipp Kronsteiner | Austria | 6.05 | x | 6.24 | 6.24 | 639 | |
| 28 | B | Lukas Reiter | Austria | 6.18 | 6.19 | x | 6.19 | 628 | |
| B | Sybren Blok | Netherlands | — | — | — | NM | 0 |
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Ben Thiele | Germany | 15.86 | 15.04 | x | 15.86 | PB | 843 |
| 2 | A | Andrey Fomichev | Russia | 15.01 | 14.90 | 14.11 | 15.01 | 790 | |
| 3 | B | Maksim Andraloits | Belarus | 14.91 | x | x | 14.91 | 784 | |
| 4 | A | Aleksandar Grnovic | Serbia | 13.86 | 14.50 | 14.12 | 14.50 | 759 | |
| 5 | B | Carlos Sánchez | Spain | 12.93 | 14.05 | 13.87 | 14.05 | 731 | |
| 6 | B | Jan Doležal | Czech Republic | 14.04 | x | 13.70 | 14.04 | 731 | |
| 7 | B | Artur Hämäläinen | Finland | 12.52 | 13.46 | 13.91 | 13.91 | PB | 723 |
| 8 | A | Lukas Reiter | Austria | 13.56 | 13.39 | 13.83 | 13.83 | PB | 718 |
| 9 | B | Jorge Méndez | Spain | 11.89 | 13.82 | 13.65 | 13.82 | 717 | |
| 10 | A | Gabriel Moore | United States | 13.63 | 13.54 | 13.60 | 13.63 | 706 | |
| 11 | A | Feliks Shestopalov | Russia | 13.30 | 13.37 | 13.57 | 13.57 | PB | 702 |
| 12 | A | Amir Boukhenfir | Algeria | 13.47 | 13.16 | 12.53 | 13.47 | PB | 696 |
| 13 | B | Tobias Capiau | Belgium | 11.59 | x | 13.46 | 13.46 | 695 | |
| 14 | B | Santiago Ford | Cuba | 11.41 | 13.24 | x | 13.24 | 682 | |
| 15 | A | Simone Fassina | Italy | 13.07 | x | 13.13 | 13.13 | PB | 675 |
| 16 | B | Edvaldo do Nascimento | Brazil | 11.76 | 12.98 | 12.48 | 12.98 | PB | 666 |
| 17 | B | Karsten Warholm | Norway | 12.40 | 12.23 | 12.94 | 12.94 | PB | 664 |
| 18 | A | John Lint | United States | 11.95 | 12.87 | 12.78 | 12.87 | 659 | |
| 19 | B | Vinicius Fontenele | Brazil | 11.14 | 11.70 | 12.80 | 12.80 | PB | 655 |
| 20 | B | Martin Paakspuu | Estonia | 12.68 | 12.31 | 12.79 | 12.79 | PB | 654 |
| 21 | B | Loek van Zevenbreggen | Netherlands | 11.84 | 11.73 | 12.58 | 12.58 | PB | 642 |
| 22 | A | Luis Andrés Casarez | Mexico | 11.96 | 11.94 | 11.96 | 11.96 | 604 | |
| 23 | A | Maksym Klivtsur | Ukraine | x | 11.71 | 11.17 | 11.71 | 589 | |
| 24 | A | Andrea Carioti | Italy | 11.69 | 11.45 | 11.07 | 11.69 | 588 | |
| 25 | A | Philipp Kronsteiner | Austria | 11.10 | 11.32 | — | 11.32 | 565 | |
| 26 | A | Suguru Shiozaki | Japan | x | 9.90 | 10.89 | 10.89 | PB | 539 |
| 27 | B | Maxim Issayev | Kazakhstan | x | x | 10.55 | 10.55 | PB | 519 |
| A | Dennis Hutterer | Germany | DNS | ||||||
| B | Sybren Blok | Netherlands | DNS |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Artur Hämäläinen | Finland | 49.56 | PB | 835 |
| 2 | 1 | Martin Paakspuu | Estonia | 51.82 | PB | 733 |
| 3 | 5 | Maksym Klivtsur | Ukraine | 52.53 | PB | 702 |
| 4 | 2 | Lukas Reiter | Austria | 53.11 | 677 | |
| 5 | 7 | Maxim Issayev | Kazakhstan | 54.24 | PB | 630 |
| 4 | Dennis Hutterer | Germany | DNS | |||
| 6 | Sybren Blok | Netherlands | DNS |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Edvaldo do Nascimento | Brazil | 50.24 | PB | 804 |
| 2 | 5 | Jan Doležal | Czech Republic | 50.50 | PB | 792 |
| 3 | 3 | Tobias Capiau | Belgium | 51.14 | PB | 763 |
| 4 | 7 | Andrey Fomichev | Russia | 51.40 | PB | 751 |
| 5 | 6 | Jorge Méndez | Spain | 51.62 | PB | 741 |
| 6 | 4 | Carlos Sánchez | Spain | 51.89 | 730 | |
| 7 | 1 | Simone Fassina | Italy | 52.39 | 708 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Aleksandar Grnovic | Serbia | 50.05 | PB | 812 |
| 2 | 3 | Maksim Andraloits | Belarus | 50.66 | PB | 784 |
| 3 | 7 | Ben Thiele | Germany | 50.71 | 782 | |
| 4 | 4 | Loek van Zevenbreggen | Netherlands | 51.10 | PB | 765 |
| 5 | 2 | Vinicius Fontenele | Brazil | 51.20 | 760 | |
| 6 | 6 | Amir Boukhenfir | Algeria | 51.52 | 746 | |
| 5 | Philipp Kronsteiner | Austria | DNS |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Karsten Warholm | Norway | 48.09 | PB | 905 |
| 2 | 5 | Feliks Shestopalov | Russia | 48.68 | PB | 876 |
| 3 | 8 | Gabriel Moore | United States | 49.60 | 833 | |
| 4 | 1 | John Lint | United States | 49.66 | 830 | |
| 5 | 2 | Andrea Carioti | Italy | 49.86 | PB | 821 |
| 6 | 6 | Suguru Shiozaki | Japan | 49.95 | PB | 817 |
| 7 | 3 | Luis Andrés Casarez | Mexico | 50.34 | PB | 799 |
| 8 | 7 | Santiago Ford | Cuba | 50.84 | 776 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Carlos Sánchez | Spain | 14.21 | PB | 948 |
| 2 | 2 | Suguru Shiozaki | Japan | 14.39 | PB | 925 |
| 3 | 5 | Andrea Carioti | Italy | 14.92 | PB | 859 |
| 4 | 7 | Maxim Issayev | Kazakhstan | 15.09 | PB | 839 |
| 5 | 3 | Tobias Capiau | Belgium | 15.33 | PB | 810 |
| 6 | 6 | Luis Andrés Casarez | Mexico | 15.66 | 772 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Feliks Shestopalov | Russia | 14.17 | PB | 953 |
| 2 | 6 | Jan Doležal | Czech Republic | 14.22 | PB | 946 |
| 3 | 7 | Gabriel Moore | United States | 14.74 | PB | 881 |
| 4 | 3 | Martin Paakspuu | Estonia | 14.93 | PB | 858 |
| 5 | 5 | Maksym Klivtsur | Ukraine | 15.26 | 818 | |
| 6 | 8 | Lukas Reiter | Austria | 15.33 | 810 | |
| 7 | 4 | Loek van Zevenbreggen | Netherlands | 15.47 | 794 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Maksim Andraloits | Belarus | 14.39 | PB | 925 |
| 2 | 8 | Jorge Méndez | Spain | 14.49 | PB | 912 |
| 3 | 6 | Aleksandar Grnovic | Serbia | 14.55 | PB | 905 |
| 4 | 3 | Andrey Fomichev | Russia | 14.69 | 887 | |
| 5 | 7 | Artur Hämäläinen | Finland | 14.96 | 854 | |
| 6 | 5 | Simone Fassina | Italy | 15.05 | 843 | |
| 4 | Philipp Kronsteiner | Austria | DNS |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Karsten Warholm | Norway | 13.86 | PB | 993 |
| 2 | 4 | John Lint | United States | 14.19 | PB | 950 |
| 3 | 5 | Edvaldo do Nascimento | Brazil | 14.32 | 934 | |
| 4 | 3 | Amir Boukhenfir | Algeria | 14.47 | 915 | |
| 5 | 7 | Santiago Ford | Cuba | 14.47 | 915 | |
| 6 | 6 | Ben Thiele | Germany | 15.18 | 828 | |
| 7 | 2 | Vinicius Fontenele | Brazil | 15.78 | 758 |
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1.45 | 1.48 | 1.51 | 1.54 | 1.57 | 1.60 | 1.63 | 1.66 | 1.69 | 1.72 | 1.75 | 1.78 | 1.81 | 1.84 | 1.87 | 1.90 | 1.93 | 1.96 | 1.99 | 2.02 | 2.05 | 2.08 | Result | Notes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | Loek van Zevenbreggen | Netherlands | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | o | o | o | o | xo | o | o | xxo | o | xx— | 2.05 | PB | 850 |
| 2 | B | Santiago Ford | Cuba | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | o | — | xo | o | o | o | xxo | xxo | o | xxx | 2.05 | PB | 850 |
| 3 | A | Karsten Warholm | Norway | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.02 | PB | 822 | |
| 4 | B | Maksim Andraloits | Belarus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | o | — | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.96 | PB | 767 | |||
| 5 | B | Simone Fassina | Italy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | o | o | — | o | o | o | o | xo | xo | o | xxx | 1.96 | 767 | ||||
| 6 | B | Suguru Shiozaki | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | o | — | o | xo | xo | xo | xxx | 1.96 | 767 | ||||
| 7 | A | Edvaldo do Nascimento | Brazil | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | o | o | xo | o | o | xxx | 1.93 | 740 | |||||
| 8 | A | John Lint | United States | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | xo | xo | o | o | xxx | 1.93 | 740 | |||||
| 9 | A | Feliks Shestopalov | Russia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | o | xo | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | 1.90 | 714 | ||||||
| 10 | A | Andrey Fomichev | Russia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | – | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.90 | 714 | ||||||
| 11 | B | Andrea Carioti | Italy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | o | — | o | — | o | o | xo | o | xo | xxx | 1.90 | 714 | ||||||
| 11 | B | Artur Hämäläinen | Finland | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | xo | — | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.90 | PB | 714 | |||||
| 11 | B | Jan Doležal | Czech Republic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | – | o | o | xo | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.90 | PB | 714 | |||||
| 14 | B | Jorge Méndez | Spain | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | – | o | — | o | xo | xo | xo | xxx | 1.90 | 714 | ||||||
| 15 | A | Gabriel Moore | United States | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.87 | 687 | |||||||
| 16 | B | Carlos Sánchez | Spain | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | o | — | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.84 | PB | 661 | |||||||
| 17 | A | Martin Paakspuu | Estonia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.81 | 636 | |||||||||
| 18 | A | Amir Boukhenfir | Algeria | — | — | — | — | — | — | o | — | — | o | xo | xo | o | xxx | 1.81 | PB | 636 | ||||||||
| 18 | B | Lukas Reiter | Austria | — | — | — | — | — | o | — | — | o | — | o | xxo | o | xxx | 1.81 | PB | 636 | ||||||||
| 20 | A | Ben Thiele | Germany | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | xo | o | o | o | xxx | 1.78 | 610 | ||||||||||
| 21 | B | Maxim Issayev | Kazakhstan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | o | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | 1.78 | PB | 610 | |||||||||
| 22 | A | Tobias Capiau | Belgium | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.75 | 585 | |||||||||||
| 23 | A | Luis André Casarez | Mexico | o | — | o | — | o | — | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.75 | 585 | |||||||||||
| 24 | A | Aleksandar Grnovic | Serbia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | o | xxx | 1.66 | 512 | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | A | Maksym Klivtsur | Ukraine | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | o | xxx | 1.66 | 512 | ||||||||||||||
| A | Vinicius Fontenele | Brazil | DNS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B | Philipp Kronsteiner | Austria | DNS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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