2017 IAAF World U18 Championships

2017 World U18 Championships in Athletics

Host city	Nairobi, Kenya
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. The five-day competition took place between 12 and 16 July at the Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. 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.

Boycott

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).

Medal summary

Boys

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Tshenolo Lemao South Africa	10.57	Retshidisitswe Mlenga South Africa	10.61	Tyreke Wilson Jamaica	10.65
200 metres	Retshidisitswe Mlenga South Africa	21.03	Tshenolo Lemao South Africa	21.12 PB	Luis Brander Germany	21.23 PB
400 metres	Antonio Watson Jamaica	46.59 PB	Daniel Williams Guyana	46.72 PB	Colby Jennings Turks and Caicos Islands	46.77 NR
800 metres	Melese Nberet Ethiopia	1:47.12 WU18L	Tolesa Bodena Ethiopia	1:47.16 PB	Japhet Kibiwott Toroitich Kenya	1:47.82 PB
1500 metres	George Manangoi Kenya	3:47.53	Abebe Dessassa Ethiopia	3:48.65 PB	Belete Mekonen Ethiopia	3:50.64
3000 metres	Selemon Barega Ethiopia	7:47.16 PB	Edward Zakayo Kenya	7:49.17 PB	Stanley Mburu Kenya	7:50.64 PB
110 metres hurdles	De'Jour Russell Jamaica	13.04 CR	Lu Hao-hua Chinese Taipei	13.41	Thomas Wanaverbecq France	13.55
400 metres hurdles	Sokwakhana Zazini South Africa	49.27	Moitalel Naadokila Kenya	52.06 PB	Baptiste Christophe France	52.21 PB
2000 metres steeplechase	Leonard Bett Kenya	5:32.52	Cleophas Meyan Kenya	5:33.07 PB	Alemu Kitessa Ethiopia	5:42.10
10,000 metres walk	Zhang Yao China	41:12.01 WU18L	Salavat Ilkaev Independent Athletes	41:24.17 PB	Dominic Ndingiti Kenya	41:25.78 PB
High jump	Breyton Poole South Africa	2.24 WU18L	Chima Ihenetu Germany	2.14 PB	Vladyslav Lavskyy Ukraine	2.11 PB
Pole vault	Matthias Orban France	5.00	Christos Tamanis Cyprus	4.85 PB	Illya Kravchenko Ukraine	4.70 PB
Long jump	Maikel Vidal Cuba	7.88 WU18L	Lester Lescay Cuba	7.79 PB	Andreas Samuel Bucsa Romania	7.47
Triple jump	Jordan Díaz Cuba	17.30 WU18B	Frixon Chila Ecuador	15.92 PB	Arnovis Dalmero Colombia	15.89 PB
Shot put	Timo Northoff Germany	20.72 WU18L	Mikhail Samuseu Belarus	19.99	Jonathan de Lacey Lacey South Africa	19.93 PB
Discus throw	Claudio Romero Chile	64.33 WU18L	Oleksiy Kyrylin Ukraine	63.98 PB	Morne Brandon South Africa	58.34
Hammer throw	Mykhaylo Kokhan Ukraine	82.31	Damneet Singh India	74.20 PB	Raphael Winkelvoss Germany	71.78
Javelin throw	Liu Zhekai China	77.54 PB	Johannes Schlebusch South Africa	75.68 PB	Song Qingshu China	73.64
Decathlon	Steven Fauvel-Clinch France	7559 WU18L	Olegs Kozakovs Latvia	7377 PB	Leo Neugebauer Germany	7204

Girls

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Mizgin Ay Turkey	11.62	Magdalena Stefanowicz Poland	11.62 PB	Kevona Davis Jamaica	11.67
200 metres	Talea Prepens Germany	23.51 PB	Jaël Bestué Spain	23.61 PB	Mizgin Ay Turkey	23.76 PB
400 metres	Barbora Malíková Czech Republic	52.74 PB	Mary Moraa Kenya	53.31 PB	Giovana Rosália dos Santos Brazil	53.57 PB
800 metres	Jackline Wambui Kenya	2:01.46 WU18L	Lydia Jeruto Lagat Kenya	2:02.06 PB	Hirut Meshesha Ethiopia	2:06.32
1500 metres	Lemlem Hailu Ethiopia	4:20.80	Sindu Girma Ethiopia	4:22.14	Edina Jebitok Kenya	4:23.16
3000 metres	Abersh Minsewo Ethiopia	9:24.62	Emmaculate Chepkirui Kenya	9:24.69	Yitayish Mekonene Ethiopia	9:28.46
100 metres hurdles	Britany Anderson Jamaica	12.72	Cyrena Samba-Mayela France	12.80	Daszay Freeman Jamaica	13.09
400 metres hurdles	Zeney van der Walt South Africa	58.23	Sanique Walker Jamaica	58.27	Gisèle Wender Germany	59.17 PB
2000 metres steeplechase	Caren Chebet Kenya	6:24.80 WU18L	Mercy Chepkurui Kenya	6:26.10 PB	Etalemahu Sintayehu Ethiopia	6:35.79
5000 metres walk	Glenda Morejón Ecuador	22:32.30	Meryem Bekmez Turkey	22:32.79	Elvira Khasanova Independent Athletes	22:35.72
High jump	Yaroslava Mahuchikh Ukraine	1.92 CR	Martyna Lewandowska Poland	1.82	Lavinja Jürgens Germany	1.79 SB
Pole vault	Niu Chunge China	4.20 PB	Leni Freyja Wildgrube Germany	4.15 PB	Anna Airault France	4.10 PB
Long jump	Gong Luying China	6.37 PB	Lea-Sophie Klik Germany	6.30	Diane Mouillac France	6.28 PB
Triple jump	Tan Qiujiao China	13.64 WU18L	Aleksandra Nacheva Bulgaria	13.54 PB	Zulia Hernández Cuba	13.29 PB
Shot put	Selina Dantzler Germany	17.64	Yu Tianxiao China	17.62 PB	Yue Sun China	17.59 PB
Discus throw	Silinda Morales Cuba	52.89	Leia Braunagel Germany	51.29	Liu Quantong China	50.10
Hammer throw	Amanda Almendáriz Cuba	71.12 WU18L	Yaritza Martínez Cuba	69.75	Katsiaryna Valadkevich Belarus	68.17
Javelin throw	Marisleisys Duarthe Cuba	62.92 CR	Qing Cai China	57.01	Dai Qianqian China	54.96
Heptathlon	María Vicente Spain	5612	Johanna Seibler Germany	5602	Urtė Bačianskaitė Lithuania	5467

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
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.

Medal table

  Host nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

Source:

Notes

^[1] Independent Athletes were not included in the official medal table.

See also

• 2017 Asian Youth Championships in Athletics
• 2017 African Youth Championships in Athletics

External links

• Official 2017 World U18 Championships website at IAAF
• Official website