Host city | Nairobi, Kenya |
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Events | 40 |
Dates | 12–16 July |
Main venue | Moi International Sports Centre |
The 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships was the tenth and last edition of the biennial international athletics competition for youth (under-18) athletes. [1] The five-day competition took place between 12 and 16 July at the Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. [2] Eligible athletes were aged 16 or 17 on 31 December 2017 (born in 2000 or 2001).
South Africa topped the medals table with 11 medals, five of them gold, while host nation Kenya finished fourth with four gold and 15 medals in total.
The United States, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, South Korea and Italy decided not to take part in the championships for organizational, logistical, and health and safety reasons (concerning athletes still underage). [3] [4]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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4 x 400 metres relay | Brazil Bruno Benedito da Silva Giovana Rosália dos Santos Jéssica Moreira Alison dos Santos | 3:21.71 | Jamaica Shaquena Foote Anthony Cox Sanique Walker Antonio Watson Joanne Reid* Tyrese Reid* | 3:22.23 | South Africa Gontse Morake Retshidisitswe Mlenga Zeney van der Walt Sokwakhana Zazini | 3:24.45 |
* Medalists who participated in heats only.
Host nation
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | South Africa (RSA) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
2 | China (CHN) | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
3 | Cuba (CUB) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
4 | Kenya (KEN)* | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
5 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
6 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
7 | Jamaica (JAM) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
8 | France (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
9 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
10 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
11 | Ecuador (ECU) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
13 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
14 | Chile (CHI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
17 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
– | Independent Athletes [1] | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
18 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Guyana (GUY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
India (IND) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
24 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Turks and Caicos Islands (TCA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (27 entries) | 39 | 39 | 39 | 117 |
^[1] Independent Athletes were not included in the official medal table. [5]
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