Athletics at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games

Athletics at the III Commonwealth Youth Games
The host athletics stadium in 2010
Dates	14 to 16 October
Host city	Pune, India
Venue	Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
← 2004 Bendigo 2011 Douglas → 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games

At the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games , the athletics events were held at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune, India from 14 to 16 October. ^[1] A total of 34 events were contested, which were split evenly between the sexes. ^[2] After the swimming programme, the athletics competition had the next most number of events.

Medal summary

Boys

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Shehan Abeyptiya   Sri Lanka	10.43 GR	Suwaibou Sanneh   Gambia	10.51	Jason Rogers   Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.52
200 metres	Shehan Abeyptiya   Sri Lanka	21.27	Ray Williams   Australia	21.30	Amiya Mallick   India	21.33
400 metres	Kirani James   Grenada	46.66 GR	Elvis Ukale   Uganda	47.16	Jordan McGrath   England	47.26
800 metres	Windy Jonas   South Africa	1:50.72	Daniel Lagamang   Botswana	1:51.28	David Mutinda   Kenya	1:52.22
1500 metres	Jonathon Ndiku   Kenya	3:45.96 GR	Alex Cherop   Uganda	3:48.41	Windy Cylof Jonas   South Africa	3:48.41
5000 metres	Moses Kibet   Uganda	14:10.86	Dickson Huru   Uganda	14:11.06	Japhet Korir   Kenya	14:11.3
110 metres hurdles	Sam Baines   Australia	13.77 GR	Cornel Fredericks   South Africa	13.99	Jared Bezuidenhout   Australia	14.08
4×100 metres relay	Ranil Jayawardena Roshan Chamara Silva Keith de Mel Shehan Abeyptiya   Sri Lanka	40.85 GR	Mitchell Zlim Kevin Moore Jared Bezuidenhout Sam Baines   Australia	41.08	Simon Leveille Phillip Hayle Makinde Oluwasegun Andre Robert Hamilton   Canada	41.31
4×400 metres relay	Jithin Paul Dharambir Singh Inderjeet Parveen Kumar   India	3:13.32 GR	Dean Swart Folavia Sehohle Windy Jonas Willem Voigt   South Africa	3:14.01	Frazer Wickes Shaun McFarlane Tama Toki Matthew Robinson   New Zealand	41.31
High jump	Willem Voigt   South Africa	2.11	Nikhil Chittarasu   India	2.09	Derek Drouin   Canada	2.09
Pole vault	Blake Lucas   Australia	5.25 GR	Cheyne Damon Rahme   South Africa	5.20	Edward Mourbey   Northern Ireland	4.70
Long jump	Stefan Brits   South Africa	7.38	Rosito Andrews   India	7.24	Azarudeen Buhari   India	7.14
Triple jump	Dheeraj Mishra   India	15.42	Benjamin Williams   England	15.41	Boipelo Rakola Motlhatlhego   South Africa	15.20
Shot put	Curtis Griffith   England	18.56 GR	Stephen Brink   South Africa	18.41	Jasdeep Singh Dhillon   India	18.10
Discus throw	Julian Wruck   Australia	60.88 GR	Curtis Griffith   England	55.35	Arjun Kumar   India	52.02
Hammer throw	Peter Smith   England	68.38	Chandrodaya Singh Narayan   India	67.38	Ajaj Ahmed   India	64.97
Javelin throw	Krishan Tripathi   India	71.52 GR	Rohit Kumar   India	67.60	Luke Bissett   Australia	65.64

Girls

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Shaunna Thompson   England	11.46 GR	Elly Graf   Australia	11.80	Lauren O'Sullivan   Australia	11.81
200 metres	Shaunna Thompson   England	23.42 GR	Racheal Nachula   Zambia	23.86	Lauren O'Sullivan   Australia	24.14
400 metres	Racheal Nachula   Zambia	52.97 GR	M. R. Poovamma   India	55.17	Rabecca Nachula   Zambia	55.20
800 metres	Caster Semenya   South Africa	2:04.23 GR	Rachel Stringer   England	2:05.71	Lynsey Sharp   Scotland	2:06.77
1500 metres	Stacy Chepkemboi Ndiwa   Kenya	4:20.16 GR	Jessica Parry   Canada	4:20.59	Ciara Mageean   Northern Ireland	4:22.53
3000 metres	Mercy Cherono   Kenya	9:06.01 GR	Doreen Chesang   Uganda	9:35.71	Mary Naali   Tanzania	9:36.63
100 metres hurdles	Kierre Beckles   Barbados	13.88 GR	Gayathri Govindaraj   India	14.00	Brianna Beahan   Australia	14.08
4×100 metres relay	India Nirupama Sunderraj Bhagyashri Shirke Srabani Nanda Gayathri Govindaraj	46.27	Australia Brianna Beahan Lauren O'Sullivan Elly Graf Ainsley Ackerman	46.74	Canada Olivia Charnuski Loudia Laarman Alyssa Johnson Karlene Hurrell Jemmott	46.83
4×400 metres relay	India Chinchu Jose Anu Mariam Jose Arya Charivila M. R. Poovamma	3:42.02 GR	Canada Lauren Leon Karlene Hurrell Jemmott Jessica Parry Alyssa Johnson	3:45.46	Australia Aimie Laube Alicia Keir Zoe Mazoudier Selma Kajan	3:46.10
High jump	Elizabeth Lamb   New Zealand	1.79	Molly Grant   Australia	1.74	Norliyana Kamarudin   Malaysia	1.71
Pole vault	Jade Ive   England	4.05 GR	Ariane Beaumont-Courteau   Canada	3.90	Abi Haywood   England	3.80
Long jump	Abigail Irozuru   England	5.92	Hannah Lewis   Northern Ireland	5.85	Mariah Ririnui   New Zealand	5.80
Triple jump	Shardha Ghule   India	13.11 GR	Gayathri Govindaraj   India	12.89	Ainsley Ackerman   Australia	12.72
Shot put	Julie Labonté   Canada	15.02	Vika Lolo   Australia	14.73	Margaret Satupai   Samoa	14.24
Discus throw	Vika Lolo   Australia	50.49 GR	Margaret Satupai   Samoa	48.43	Shaunagh Brown   England	42.96
Hammer throw	Sophie Hitchon   England	58.43 GR	Maria Badenhorst   South Africa	50.92	Ashleigh Mumberson   Australia	50.87
Javelin throw	Bianca Maurer   Australia	49.87	Pip Charlesworth   New Zealand	46.14	Poonam Rani Jakhar   India	44.25

References

1. Competition Schedule Archived 2012-07-30 at the Wayback Machine . CYGPune2008. Retrieved on 2012-06-18.
2. Sports Venues Archived 4 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine . CYGPune2008. Retrieved on 2012-06-18.

Results

• "Commonwealth Youth Games 2008". World Junior Athletics History. Archived from the original on 23 October 2011.