Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Athletics
at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
Athletics; at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Parque Olímpico de la Juventud
Dates	11–16 October
No. of events	36 (18 boys, 18 girls)
Competitors	696 from 177 nations
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Last updated August 23, 2024

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 36 athletes, 18 per each gender and 1 per each event. In total, 680 (340 boys and 340 girls) athletes will compete at the Youth Olympics with continental qualification events deciding the majority of athletes. The distribution of quotas was decided based on the results from the 2015 World Youth Championships and 2017 World Youth Championships. As hosts, Argentina is given 4 quotas, 2 per each gender and universality places will be given to nations whom did not qualify an athlete with a maximum of 1 boy or girl per nation. These quotas will be subtracted from that nation's continental quota in the relevant event. All athletes qualified in the 1500 m, 3000 m and 2000 m steeplechase will compete their Stage 2 event in the cross country run.^[2]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2002.^[2]

Qualification timeline

Event	Location	Date
2015 World Youth Championships	Cali	15–19 July 2015
2017 World Youth Championships	Nairobi	12–16 July 2017
2018 Melanesian Championship	Port Vila	9–11 May 2018
2018 Asian Youth Olympic Qualifying Meet	Bangkok	4–5 July 2018
2018 European U18 Championship	Győr	5–8 July 2018
2018 African Youth Games	Algiers	19–28 July 2018

The Americas Youth Olympic trials were scheduled to be held in Nicaragua but were cancelled due to civil unrest in the country.^[3] Rankings will determine who competes from the continent.

Quota distribution

Boys

Event	Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania	Total
100m	5	12	8	6	1	32
200m	3	5	4	11	1	24
400m	5	8	5	5	1	24
800m	8	5	2	8	1	24
1500m	7	3	1	6	1	18
3000m	6	1	5	5	1	18
110m Hurdles	2	8	3	7	2	22
400m Hurdles	3	6	3	3	1	16
2000m Steeplechase	6	2	2	7	1	18
High Jump	1	5	4	5	1	16
Pole Vault	1	1	3	10	1	16
Long Jump	1	6	2	6	1	16
Triple Jump	2	6	4	3	1	16
Shot Put	2	4	2	7	1	16
Discus Throw	1	4	2	8	1	16
Hammer Throw	1	2	2	10	1	16
Javelin Throw	2	3	2	8	1	16
5000m Race Walk	1	7	3	4	1	16
Total	57	88	57	119	19	340

Girls

Event	Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania	Total
100m	3	14	1	13	1	32
200m	1	7	4	11	1	24
400m	3	7	2	11	1	24
800m	5	3	1	14	1	24
1500m	7	2	3	5	1	18
3000m	8	2	3	4	1	18
100m Hurdles	1	8	2	10	1	22
400m Hurdles	1	5	2	7	1	16
2000m Steeplechase	3	3	2	9	1	18
High Jump	1	2	1	11	1	16
Pole Vault	1	3	1	10	1	16
Long Jump	1	5	1	8	1	16
Triple Jump	1	4	2	8	1	16
Shot Put	1	3	1	10	1	16
Discus Throw	2	4	1	8	1	16
Hammer Throw	1	3	1	10	1	16
Javelin Throw	1	5	2	7	1	16
5000m Race Walk	2	5	2	6	1	16
Total	43	85	32	162	18	340

Schedule

The schedule was released by the Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.^[4]

Q	Stage 1	H	Stage 1	F	Stage 2	C	Cross country run (Stage 2)

Event ↓ / Date →	Thu 11	Fri 12	Sat 13	Sun 14	Mon 15	Tue 16
Boys' 100 m		H			F
Boys' 200 m			H			F
Boys' 400 m	H			F
Boys' 800 m			H		F
Boys' 1500 m		H			C
Boys' 3000 m	H				C
Boys' 110 m hurdles			H			F
Boys' 400 m hurdles			H			F
Boys' 2000 m steeplechase		H			C
Boys' 5 km walk	H				F
Boys' Long jump		Q			F
Boys' Triple jump			Q			F
Boys' High jump	Q			F
Boys' Pole vault			Q			F
Boys' Shot put		Q			F
Boys' Discus throw	Q			F
Boys' Javelin throw			Q			F
Boys' Hammer throw		Q			F
Event ↓ / Date →	Thu 11	Fri 12	Sat 13	Sun 14	Mon 15	Tue 16
Girls' 100 m		H			F
Girls' 200 m			H			F
Girls' 400 m	H			F
Girls' 800 m	H			F
Girls' 1500 m		H			C
Girls' 3000 m	H				C
Girls' 100 m hurdles	H			F
Girls' 400 m hurdles			H			F
Girls' 2000 m steeplechase		H			C
Girls' 5 km walk		H				F
Girls' Long jump	Q			F
Girls' Triple jump			Q			F
Girls' High jump		Q			F
Girls' Pole vault	Q			F
Girls' Shot put		Q			F
Girls' Discus throw	Q			F
Girls' Javelin throw			Q			F
Girls' Hammer throw		Q			F
Event ↓ / Date →	Thu 11	Fri 12	Sat 13	Sun 14	Mon 15	Tue 16

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (Argentina)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	3	1	1	5
2	Kenya	3	1	0	4
3	Cuba	3	0	1	4
3	Ukraine	3	0	1	4
5	Ethiopia	2	2	4	8
6	Qatar	2	0	0	2
7	Australia	1	4	0	5
8	France	1	3	0	4
9	Nigeria	1	2	0	3
10	Japan	1	1	2	4
11	Ecuador	1	1	1	3
11	United States	1	1	1	3
13	Argentina*	1	1	0	2
	Bulgaria	1	1	0	2
	Germany	1	1	0	2
	Mexico	1	1	0	2
17	Czech Republic	1	0	1	2
	Finland	1	0	1	2
	Greece	1	0	1	2
	South Africa	1	0	1	2
	Uganda	1	0	1	2
22	Belgium	1	0	0	1
	Burundi	1	0	0	1
	Colombia	1	0	0	1
	Iceland	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
27	Russia	0	2	2	4
28	Algeria	0	2	0	2
28	Hungary	0	2	0	2
30	Belarus	0	1	1	2
	India	0	1	1	2
	Italy	0	1	1	2
	Jamaica	0	1	1	2
	Puerto Rico	0	1	1	2
	Spain	0	1	1	2
	Zambia	0	1	1	2
37	Egypt	0	1	0	1
	Morocco	0	1	0	1
	Saint Lucia	0	1	0	1
40	Turkey	0	0	3	3
41	Brazil	0	0	2	2
42	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Eritrea	0	0	1	1
	Hong Kong	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
	Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1
	Sri Lanka	0	0	1	1
Totals (47 entries)		36	36	36	108

Source: IAAF

Boys' events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Luke Davids South Africa	20.71	Alaba Olukunle Akintola Nigeria	21.00	Seiryō Ikeda Japan	21.12
200 m details	Abdelaziz Mohamed Qatar	41.78	Antonio Watson Jamaica	42.41	Lucas Conceição Vilar Brazil	42.67
400 m details	Luis Avilés Mexico	1:34.23	Kennedy Luchembe Zambia	1:34.34	Nicholas Ramey United States	1:34.87
800 m details	Tasew Yada Ethiopia	3:39.76	Mohamed Ali Gouaned Algeria	3:41.74	Mehmet Çelik Turkey	3:41.79
1500 m details	Jean de Dieu Butoyi Burundi	4 pts	Anass Essayi Morocco	4 pts	Melese Nberet Ethiopia	4 pts
3000 m details	Jackson Kavesa Muema Kenya	4 pts	Berihu Aregawi Ethiopia	4 pts	Oscar Chelimo Uganda	4 pts
110 m hurdles details	Owaab Barrow Qatar	26.50	Kenny Fletcher France	27.01	Addis Wong Lok Hei Hong Kong	27.13
400 m hurdles details	Haruto Deguchi Japan	1:42.68	Dániel Huller Hungary	1:43.84	Mohammed Duhaim Al-Muawi Saudi Arabia	1:45.81
2000 m steeplechase / Cross country details	Abrham Sime Ethiopia	2 pts	Baptiste Guyon France	8 pts	Abel Yamane Eritrea	9 pts
5000 m race walk details	Óscar Patín [ es ] Ecuador	20:13.69	Suraj Panwar India	20:23.30	Jan Moreu Puerto Rico	20:28.02
High jump details	Chen Long China	4.35	Oscar Miers Australia	4.27	Oleh Doroshchuk Ukraine	4.23
Pole vault details	Baptiste Thiery France	10.37	Kazuki Furusawa Japan	10.32	Dmitry Kachanov Russia	10.32
Long jump details	Lester Lescay Cuba	15.54	Joshua Cowley Australia	15.53	Koki Wada Japan	15.12
Triple jump details	Jordan Díaz Cuba	34.18	Ineh Oritsemeyiwa Nigeria	31.85	Praveen Chithravel India	31.52
Shot put details	Nazareno Sasia Argentina	43.19	Xing Jialiang China	41.74	Carmelo Alessandro Musci Italy	41.43
Discus throw details	Connor Bell New Zealand	133.08	Jorge Luis Contreras Puerto Rico	115.06	Gracjan Kozak Poland	114.92
Hammer throw details	Mykhaylo Kokhan Ukraine	171.11	Valentin Andreev Bulgaria	163.96	Wang Qi China	155.36
Javelin throw details	Topias Laine [ fi ] Finland	153.42	Gustavo Osorio Argentina	150.28	Martin Florian Czech Republic	150.24

Girls' events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Rosemary Chukuma Nigeria	23.20	Julien Alfred Saint Lucia	23.22	Gabriela Suárez Ecuador	23.26
200 m details	Guðbjörg Jóna Bjarnadóttir Iceland	47.02	Dalia Kaddari Italy	47.69	Letícia Maria Nonato Lima Brazil	47.87
400 m details	Barbora Malíková Czech Republic	1:48.86	Marie Scheppan Germany	1:50.06	Niddy Mingilishi Zambia	1:50.48
800 m details	Keely Small Australia	4:10.44	Athing Mu United States	4:13.24	Hirut Meshesha Ethiopia	4:14.60
1500 m details	Edinah Jebitok Kenya	2 pts	Jaylah Hancock-Cameron Australia	6 pts	Lemiem Hailu Ethiopia	7 pts
3000 m details	Sarah Chelangat Uganda	2 pts	Mercy Chepkorir Kerarei Kenya	4 pts	Aberash Minsewo Ethiopia	6 pts
100 m hurdles details	Grace Stark United States	26.14	Sophie White Australia	26.40	Ackera Nugent Jamaica	26.41
400 m hurdles details	Valeria Cabezas Colombia	1:57.58	Loubna Benhadja Algeria	2:00.68	Carla García Spain	2:00.76
2000 m steeplechase / Cross country details	Fancy Cherono Kenya	2 pts	Mekides Abebe Ethiopia	5 pts	Parami Wasanthi Maristela Sri Lanka	7 pts
5000 m race walk details	Xi Ricuo China	45:03.49	Sofia Ramos Rodríguez Mexico	45:58.97	Olga Fiaska Greece	46:10.02
High jump details	Yaroslava Mahuchikh Ukraine	3.87	Mariya Kochanova Russia	3.71	Jessica Kähärä Finland	3.63
Pole vault details	Leni Freyja Wildgrube Germany	8.12	Emma Brentel France	7.82	Krystsina Kantsavenka Belarus	7.72
Long jump details	Maité Beernaert Belgium	12.32	Klaudia Endrész Hungary	12.31	Ingeborg Grünwald Austria	12.31
Triple jump details	Aleksandra Nacheva Bulgaria	27.62	María Vicente Spain	27.43	Mariya Privalova Russia	26.07
Shot put details	Li Xinhui China	36.75	Yelizaveta Dorts Belarus	35.13	Dane Roets South Africa	34.64
Discus throw details	Melany Matheus Cuba	108.65	Violetta Ignatyeva Russia	107.79	Özlem Becerek Turkey	103.86
Hammer throw details	Valeriya Ivanenko Ukraine	146.98	Rawan Ayman Ibrahim Barakat Egypt	136.17	Alegna Osorio Cuba	127.00
Javelin throw details	Elina Tzengko Greece	125.08	Juleisy Ángulo Ecuador	115.03	Münevver Hancı Turkey	114.47

Participating nations

A total of 177 countries entered athletes.

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↑ "Competition Format and Rules" (PDF). buenosaires2018.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-20. Retrieved 2018-10-19.
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↑ "Athletics - Competition Schedule" (PDF). Buenos Aires Olympic Games Organizing Committee. 9 October 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.

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[1] "Competition Format and Rules" (PDF). buenosaires2018.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-20. Retrieved 2018-10-19.

[Athletics-2] 1 2 "Qualification System: Athletics" (PDF). IAAF . 15 December 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

[3] "2018 NACAC U18 Championships / Youth Olympic Games Trials cancelled". Athletics Canada . 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.

[4] "Athletics - Competition Schedule" (PDF). Buenos Aires Olympic Games Organizing Committee. 9 October 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.

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Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Track events
100 m	Boys	Girls
200 m	Boys	Girls
400 m	Boys	Girls
800 m	Boys	Girls
1500 m	Boys	Girls
3000 m	Boys	Girls
100 m hurdles		Girls
110 m hurdles	Boys
400 m hurdles	Boys	Girls
2000 m steeplechase	Boys	Girls
5000 m walk	Boys	Girls
Field events
Long jump	Boys	Girls
Triple jump	Boys	Girls
High jump	Boys	Girls
Pole vault	Boys	Girls
Shot put	Boys	Girls
Discus throw	Boys	Girls
Javelin throw	Boys	Girls
Hammer throw	Boys	Girls
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