2022 World Athletics U20 Championships

2022 World Athletics U20 Championships

Host city	Cali, Colombia
Nations	145
Athletes	1533
Events	45
Dates	1–6 August 2022
Main venue	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Website	worldathletics.org
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The 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships , also known colloquially by its former official title, the World Junior Championships, was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 2003), which was held from 1 to 6 August 2022 at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Cali previously hosted the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics.

Sports venues

Pascual Guerrero Stadium in 2013

The main venue for the competitions was the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium with capacity for 35,405 spectators, while the Pedro Grajales Athletics Stadium was used for training sessions.

Schedule

Q	Qualification	H	Heats	S	Semifinals	F	Final
M = morning session, A = afternoon session

All dates are COT (UTC−5)

Men Date → 1 Aug 2 Aug 3 Aug 4 Aug 5 Aug 6 Aug Event ↓ M A M A M A M A M A A 100 m H S F 200 m H S F 400 m H S F 800 m H S F 1500 m H F 3000 m H F 5000 m F 3000 m SC H F 110 m hurdles H S F 400 m hurdles H S F Decathlon F High jump Q F Pole vault Q F Long jump Q F Triple jump Q F Shot put Q F Discus throw Q F Hammer throw Q F Javelin throw Q F 10,000 m walk F 4 × 100 m relay H F 4 × 400 m relay H F

Women Date → 1 Aug 2 Aug 3 Aug 4 Aug 5 Aug 6 Aug Event ↓ M A M A M A M A M A A 100 m H S F 200 m H S F 400 m H S F 800 m H S F 1500 m H F 3000 m F 5000 m F 3000 m SC H F 100 m hurdles H S F 400 m hurdles H S F Heptathlon F High jump Q F Pole vault Q F Long jump Q F Triple jump Q F Shot put Q F Discus throw Q F Hammer throw Q F Javelin throw Q F 10,000 m walk F 4 × 100 m relay H F 4 × 400 m relay H F

Mixed

Date →	1 Aug		2 Aug		3 Aug		4 Aug		5 Aug		6 Aug
Event ↓	M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A	A
4 × 400 m relay		H		F

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Qualifying Standards

Qualification period lasted from 1 October 2021 to 18 July 2022. ^[5]

Event	Men	Women
100 metres	10.60	11.90
200 metres	21.40	24.40
400 metres	47.60	55.20
800 metres	1:51.00	2:09.00
1500 metres	3:48.50	4:29.00
3000 metres	8:15.00	9:32.00
5000 metres	14:15.00	16:40.00
3000 metres steeplechase	9:08.00	10:36.00
110/100 metres hurdles	14.20	14.20
400 metres hurdles	53.20	1:01.00
10,000 metres race walk	43:50.00	50:40.00
High jump	2.15	1.81
Pole vault	5.05	4.05
Long jump	7.55	6.12
Triple jump	15.55	12.85
Shot put	18.20 (6 kg)	14.50 (4 kg)
Discus throw	56.50	48.50
Hammer throw	68.30 (6 kg)	57.50
Javelin throw	69.00	50.00
Decathlon/Heptathlon	7050 points	5300 points
4 × 100 metres relay	No standard	No standard
4 × 400 metres relay	No standard	No standard
4 × 400 metres relay mixed	No standard	No standard

Men's results

Track events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Letsile Tebogo   Botswana	9.91 WU20R	Bouwahjgie Nkrumie   Jamaica	10.02 NU20R	Benjamin Richardson   South Africa	10.12
200 metres details	Blessing Afrifah   Israel	19.96 [.954] CR, AU20R	Letsile Tebogo   Botswana	19.96 [.960] CR, AU20R	Calab Law   Australia	20.48
400 metres details	Lythe Pillay   South Africa	45.28 PB	Steven McElroy   United States	45.65 PB	Yusuf Ali Abbas   Bahrain	45.80
800 metres details	Ermias Girma   Ethiopia	1:47.36	Heithem Chenitef   Algeria	1:47.61 PB	Ethan Hussey   Great Britain	1:47.65
1500 metres details	Reynold Cheruiyot   Kenya	3:35.83	Ermias Girma   Ethiopia	3:37.24	Daniel Kimaiyo   Kenya	3:37.43
3000 metres details	Melkeneh Azize   Ethiopia	7:44.06	Felix Korir   Kenya	7:47.86 PB	Edwin Kisalsak   Kenya	7:49.82 PB
5000 metres details	Addisu Yihune   Ethiopia	14:03.05	Merhawi Mebrahtu   Eritrea	14:03.33	Habtom Samuel   Eritrea	14:03.67
110 metres hurdles details	Antoine Andrews   Bahamas	13.23 WU20L	Malik Mixon   United States	13.27 PB	Matthew Sophia  [ es ]   Netherlands	13.34 NU20R
400 metres hurdles details	İsmail Nezir   Turkey	48.84 NU20R	Matic Ian Guček   Slovenia	48.91 NU20R	Roshawn Clarke   Jamaica	49.62
3000 metres steeplechase details	Samuel Duguna   Ethiopia	8:37.92	Samuel Firewu   Ethiopia	8:39.11	Salaheddine Ben Yazide   Morocco	8:40.62
4×100 metres relay details	Japan Kowa Ikeshita Hiroto Fujiwara Shunki Tateno Hiroki Yanagita	39.35	Jamaica Bouwahjgie Nkrumie Bryan Levell Mark-Anthony Daley Adrian Kerr David Lynch*	39.35	United States Laurenz Colbert Michael Gizzi Brandon Miller Johnny Brackins David Foster* Charlie Bartholomew*	39.57 SB
4×400 metres relay details	United States Steven McElroy Ashton Schwartzman Charlie Bartholomew Will Sumner Kody Blackwood* Grant Williams*	3:04.47 SB	Jamaica Shemar Palmer Shaemar Uter Jasauna Dennis Delano Kennedy Derrick Grant* Malachi Johnson*	3:05.72 SB	Canada Christopher Morales-Williams Ben Tilson Daniel Kidd Tyler Floyd Riley Flemington*	3:06.50 NU20R
10,000 m walk details	Mazlum Demir   Turkey	42:36.02	Ismail Benhammouda   Algeria	42:42.49	Hayrettin Yıldız   Turkey	43:07.95

Field events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Brandon Pottinger   Jamaica	2.14 m =PB [6]	Brian Raats   South Africa	2.10 m	Not awarded [7]
			Bozhidar Sarâboyukov   Bulgaria
Pole vault details	Anthony Ammirati   France	5.75 m WU20L, PB	Juho Alasaari  [ fi ]   Finland	5.60 m =NU20R	Michał Gawenda  [ pl ]   Poland	5.45 m PB
Long jump details	Erwan Konaté   France	8.08 m WU20L	Alejandro Parada   Cuba	7.91 m	Gabriel Luiz Boza  [ de ]   Brazil	7.90 m =SB
Triple jump details	Jaydon Hibbert   Jamaica	17.27 m CR, PB	Selva Thirumaran   India	16.15 m PB	Viktor Morozov  [ de ]   Estonia	16.13 m PB
Shot put (6 kg) details	Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan   United States	20.73 m PB	Kobe Lawrence   Jamaica	20.58 m PB	Tizian Lauria   Germany	20.55 m
Discus throw (1.750 kg) details	Marius Karges   Germany	65.55 m	Miká Sosna   Germany	63.88 m	Mykhailo Brudin   Ukraine	63.30 m PB
Hammer throw (6 kg) details	Ioannis Korakidis  [ uk ]   Greece	79.11 m WU20L	Max Lampinen   Finland	76.33 m PB	Iosif Kesidis   Cyprus	76.32 m PB
Javelin throw details	Artur Felfner   Ukraine	79.36 m	Max Dehning   Germany	77.24 m	Keyshawn Strachan   Bahamas	72.95 m

Combined events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Decathlon details	Gabriel Emmanuel  [ uk ]   Netherlands	7860 pts WU20L	Jacob Thelander   Sweden	7770 pts	Elliot Duvert   Sweden	7622 pts PB

Women's results

Track events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Tina Clayton   Jamaica	10.95 CR	Serena Cole   Jamaica	11.14	Shawnti Jackson   United States	11.15 PB
					N'Ketia Seedo   Netherlands	11.15 NU20R
200 metres details	Brianna Lyston   Jamaica	22.65	Jayla Jamison   United States	22.77 PB	Alana Reid   Jamaica	22.95 PB
400 metres details	Yemi Mary John   Great Britain	51.50 PB	Damaris Mutunga   Kenya	51.71 NU20R	Rupal   India	51.85 PB
800 metres details	Roisin Willis   United States	1:59.13 CR	Audrey Werro   Switzerland	1:59.53 NU20R	Juliette Whittaker   United States	2:00.18
1500 metres details	Birke Haylom   Ethiopia	4:04.27 CR	Brenda Chebet   Kenya	4:04.64 PB	Purity Chepkirui   Kenya	4:07.64 PB
3000 metres details	Betty Chelangat   Kenya	9:01.03	Tsiyon Abebe   Ethiopia	9:03.85	Nancy Cherop   Kenya	9:05.98
5000 metres details	Medina Eisa   Ethiopia	15:29.71	Melknat Wudu   Ethiopia	15:30.06	Prisca Chesang   Uganda	15:31.17
100 metres hurdles details	Kerrica Hill   Jamaica	12.77 CR, WU18B	Alexis James   Jamaica	12.87 PB	Anna Tóth   Hungary	13.00 NU20R
400 metres hurdles details	Akala Garrett   United States	56.16 WU20L	Hanna Karlsson   Sweden	56.71 PB	Michaela Rose   United States	56.86 PB
3000 metres steeplechase details	Faith Cherotich   Kenya	9:16.14	Sembo Almayew   Ethiopia	9:30.41	Meseret Yeshaneh   Ethiopia	9:42.02
4×100 metres relay details	Jamaica Serena Cole Tina Clayton Kerrica Hill Tia Clayton Alexis James*	42.59 WU20R	United States Jayla Jamison Autumn Wilson Iyana Gray Shawnti Jackson Lily Jones* Alyssa Colbert*	43.28 NU20R	Colombia María Alejandra Murillo Marlet Ospino Melany Bolaño Laura Martínez	44.59
4×400 metres relay details	United States Makenze Kelley Shawnti Jackson Akala Garrett Roisin Willis Madison Whyte* Zaya Akins* Kennedy Wade*	3:28.06 SB	Jamaica Dejanea Oakley Abigail Campbell Oneika McAnnuff Alliah Baker Rickiana Russell* Oneika Brissett*	3:31.59 SB	Great Britain Yemi Mary John Jessica Astill Ophelia Pye Etty Sisson Poppy Malik*	3:31.86 SB
10,000 m walk details	Karla Serrano   Mexico	46:24.35 PB	Ai Ooyama   Japan	46:24.44	Ayane Yanai   Japan	46:43.07

* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminary heats but not the final.

Field events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Karmen Bruus   Estonia	1.95 m	Britt Weerman   Netherlands	1.93 m NU20R	Angelina Topić   Serbia	1.93 m
Pole vault details	Hana Moll   United States	4.35 m	Chiara Sistermann   Germany	4.30 m =PB	Janne Sophie Ohrt   Germany	4.30 m PB
Long jump details	Plamena Mitkova   Bulgaria	6.66 m PB	Natalia Linares   Colombia	6.59 m	Marta Amani   Italy	6.52 m PB
Triple jump details	Sharifa Davronova   Uzbekistan	14.04 m WU20L	Sohane Aucargos   France	13.38 m	Tiana Boras   Australia	13.30 m PB
Shot put details	Miné de Klerk   South Africa	17.17 m	Pınar Akyol   Turkey	16.84 m	Zuzanna Maślana   Poland	16.06 m PB
Discus throw details	Emma Sralla   Sweden	56.15 m	Despoina Filippidou   Greece	54.48 m	Miné de Klerk   South Africa	53.54 m NU20R
Hammer throw details	Rachele Mori   Italy	67.21 m	Paola Bueno   Mexico	62.74 m	Raika Murakami   Japan	61.45 m SB
Javelin throw details	Adriana Vilagoš   Serbia	63.52 m CR, AU20R	Valentina Barrios   Colombia	57.84 m NU20R	Manuela Rotundo   Uruguay	55.11 m

Combined events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Heptathlon details	Saga Vanninen   Finland	6084 pts	Serina Riedel   Germany	5874 pts	Sandrina Sprengel   Germany	5845 pts

Mixed results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay details	United States Charlie Batholomew Madison Whyte Will Sumner Kennedy Wade Kaylyn Brown*	3:17.69 CR, WU20R	India Barath Sridhar Priya Mohan Kapil Rupal	3:17.76 AU20R	Jamaica Jasauna Dennis Abigail Campbell Malachi Johnson Alliah Baker	3:19.98

* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminary heats but not the final.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Colombia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	7	4	4	15
2	Jamaica	6	7	3	16
3	Ethiopia	6	5	1	12
4	Kenya	3	3	4	10
5	South Africa	2	1	2	5
6	Turkey	2	1	1	4
7	France	2	1	0	3
8	Germany	1	4	3	8
9	Sweden	1	2	1	4
10	Finland	1	2	0	3
11	Japan	1	1	2	4
	Netherlands	1	1	2	4
13	Botswana	1	1	0	2
	Bulgaria	1	1	0	2
	Greece	1	1	0	2
	Mexico	1	1	0	2
17	Great Britain	1	0	2	3
18	Bahamas	1	0	1	2
	Estonia	1	0	1	2
	Italy	1	0	1	2
	Serbia	1	0	1	2
	Ukraine	1	0	1	2
23	Israel	1	0	0	1
	Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1
25	Colombia*	0	2	1	3
	India	0	2	1	3
27	Algeria	0	2	0	2
28	Eritrea	0	1	1	2
29	Cuba	0	1	0	1
	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
32	Australia	0	0	2	2
	Poland	0	0	2	2
34	Bahrain	0	0	1	1
	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Cyprus	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Morocco	0	0	1	1
	Uganda	0	0	1	1
	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
Totals (41 entries)		45	46	45	136

Source: World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 22 Medal Table

Participation

The following is a list of participating nations with the number of qualified athletes in brackets. A country without any qualified athlete could enter either one male or one female. ^[5] A total 145 National Associations and 1533 athletes were scheduled to compete. ^[8]

•   Anguilla (1)
•   Algeria (12)
•   Antigua and Barbuda (1)
•   Argentina (4)
•   Armenia (2)
•   Aruba (1)
•   American Samoa (1)
•   Australia (55)
•   Austria (7)
•   Bahamas (11)
•   Bangladesh (1)
•   Barbados (2)
•   Burundi (1)
•   Belgium (14)
•   Belize (1)
•   Bolivia (1)
•   Botswana (15)
•   Brazil (37)
•   Bahrain (10)
•   Bulgaria (4)
•   Burkina Faso (3)
•   Canada (32)
•   Cayman Islands (2)
•   Republic of the Congo (1)
•   Chad (1)
•   Chile (3)
•   Ivory Coast (2)
•   Cameroon (3)
•   Colombia (33)
•   Costa Rica (3)
•   Croatia (10)
•   Cuba (7)
•   Cyprus (7)
•   Czech Republic (35)
•   Denmark (5)
•   Djibouti (2)
•   Dominica (1)
•   Dominican Republic (3)
•   Ecuador (17)
•   Egypt (9)
•   Eritrea (6)
•   El Salvador (1)
•   Spain (40)
•   Estonia (10)
•   Ethiopia (19)
•   Finland (26)
•   France (42)
•   Great Britain (43)
•   Equatorial Guinea (1)
•   Germany (87)
•   Greece (24)
•   Grenada (3)
•   Guatemala (5)
•   Guinea (1)
•   Guam (1)
•   Guyana (4)
•   Hong Kong (1)
•   Honduras (1)
•   Hungary (21)
•   Indonesia (1)
•   India (37)
•   Iran (5)
•   Ireland (8)
•   Iraq (4)
•   Iceland (2)
•   Israel (5)
•   United States Virgin Islands (1)
•   Italy (48)
•   British Virgin Islands (2)
•   Jamaica (43)
•   Japan (34)
•   Kazakhstan (4)
•   Kenya (28)
•   Kyrgyzstan (1)
•   Saudi Arabia (6)
•   Kuwait (5)
•   Latvia (8)
•   Lebanon (1)
•   Lesotho (1)
•   Liechtenstein (1)
•   Liberia (1)
•   Saint Lucia (1)
•   Lithuania (7)
•   Luxembourg (1)
•   Madagascar (1)
•   Morocco (8)
•   Malaysia (4)
•   Moldova (1)
•   Maldives (1)
•   Mexico (21)
•   Malta (1)
•   Monaco (1)
•   Mozambique (1)
•   Namibia (1)
•   Nicaragua (2)
•   Netherlands (21)
•   Nepal (1)
•   Nigeria (26)
•   Norway (23)
•   New Zealand (12)
•   Oman (2)
•   Panama (1)
•   Paraguay (2)
•   Peru (6)
•   Palestine (1)
•   Papua New Guinea (1)
•   Poland (39)
•   Portugal (10)
•   Puerto Rico (9)
•   Qatar (5)
•   Romania (20)
•   South Africa (48)
•   Senegal (1)
•   Seychelles (1)
•   Singapore (1)
•   Saint Kitts and Nevis (5)
•   Sierra Leone (1)
•   Slovenia (14)
•   San Marino (1)
•   Serbia (12)
•   Sri Lanka (7)
•   South Sudan (1)
•   Sudan (1)
•   Switzerland (38)
•   Slovakia (13)
•   Sweden (20)
•   Syria (1)
•   Thailand (9)
•   Tajikistan (1)
•   Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
•   Chinese Taipei (4)
•   Trinidad and Tobago (14)
•   Tunisia (7)
•   Turkey (10)
•   Uganda (11)
•   Ukraine (15)
•   Uruguay (2)
•   United States (92)
•   Uzbekistan (9)
•   Venezuela (7)
•   Vietnam (1)
•   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (5)
•   Yemen (1)
•   Zambia (4)
•   Zimbabwe (3)

References

1. "Cali announced as host of 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships".
2. "New dates set for World Athletics Series events postponed due to the global Covid-19 pandemic". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
3. "Cali to host 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
4. "2022 World Athletics U20 Championships – Timetable" (PDF). World Athletics . 30 July 2022.
5. "2022 World Athletics U20 Championships – Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics .
6. "Brandon POTTINGER". World Athletics. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
7. Tie in the second place, silver medal was shared, "Pottinger mines Jamaica's third gold in men's high jump". The Gleaner. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
8. "2022 World Athletics U20 Championships – Entry Lists by Country" (PDF). World Athletics . 27 July 2022.

External links

• Official Site
• World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 22 Facts and Figures