2021 World Athletics U20 Championships Explained

2021 World Athletics U20 Championships
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Host City:	Nairobi, Kenya
Nations:	116 National Associations
Athletes:	958
Events:	45
Dates:	18–22 August 2021
Opened By:	Uhuru Kenyatta
Stadium:	Moi International Sports Center, Kasarani
Previous:	2018 Tampere

The 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships, also known as the World Junior Championships, was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 2002), which was held from 18 to 22 August 2021 at the Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi, Kenya.^[1]

Schedule

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

Men

Date →	18 Aug		19 Aug		20 Aug		21 Aug		22 Aug
Event ↓	M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A	A
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Women

Date →	18 Aug		19 Aug		20 Aug		21 Aug		22 Aug
Event ↓	M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A	A
	H	S		F
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Mixed

Date →	18 Aug		19 Aug		20 Aug		21 Aug		22 Aug
Event ↓	M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A	A
	H	F

Event schedule
DAY ONE—WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18TH
Time (UTC+3)	DIVISION	EVENT	Round
09:00	X	4x400 Metres Relay	Heats
09:08	M	Hammer Throw (6 kg)	Qualification Group A
09:25	W	100 Metres Hurdles	Heptathlon
09:35	W	100 Metres	Heats
09:47	M	Shot Put (6 kg)	Qualification
10:15	W	High Jump	Heptathlon
10:20	M	100 Metres	Heats
10:25	M	Hammer Throw (6 kg)	Qualification Group B
11:15	W	400 Metres	Heats
11:40	M	400 Metres	Heats
16:00	W	Pole Vault	Final
16:05	W	Shot Put	Heptathlon
16:10	W	100 Metres	Semi-Final
16:14	M	Javelin Throw	Qualification Group A
16:40	M	100 Metres	Semi-Final
17:05	M	Javelin Throw	Qualification Group B
17:15	X	4x400 Metres Relay	Final
17:35	W	200 Metres	Heptathlon
17:45	M	3000 Metres	Final
END OF DAY ONE
DAY TWO—THURSDAY, AUGUST 19TH
09:00	W	400 Metres Hurdles	Heats
09:12	W	Long Jump	Heptathlon
09:25	M	400 Metres Hurdles	Heats
10:05	M	800 Metres	Heats
10:39	W	Javelin Throw	Heptathlon
10:50	W	800 Metres	Heats
14:40	W	Javelin Throw	Final
15:00	M	Pole Vault	Final
15:20	M	Shot Put (6 kg)	Final
15:40	M	1500 Metres	Heats
16:00	W	Triple Jump	Qualification
16:05	W	800 Metres	Heptathlon
16:25	W	Discus Throw	Final
16:30	M	5000 Metres	Final
17:00	W	3000 Metres	Final
17:30	W	100 Metres	Final
17:50	M	100 Metres	Final
END OF DAY TWO
DAY THREE—FRIDAY, AUGUST 20TH
09:00	M	100 Metres	Decathlon U20
09:10	W	Hammer Throw	Qualification Group A
09:15	W	100 Metres Hurdles	Heats
09:40	M	Long Jump	Decathlon U20
09:55	M	110m Hurdles (99.0 cm)	Heats
10:00	W	Hammer Throw	Qualification Group B
10:13	W	High Jump	Qualification
10:30	W	1500 Metres	Heats
10:50	M	Shot Put (6 kg)	Decathlon U20
10:55	W	Long Jump	Qualification
11:00	W	200 Metres	Heats
11:40	M	200 Metres	Heats
14:20	M	Javelin Throw	Final
14:25	W	Triple Jump	Final
14:29	M	3000 Metres Steeplechase	Heats
15:05	W	100 Metres Hurdles	Semi-Final
15:17	M	High Jump	Decathlon U20
15:30	M	110m Hurdles (99.0 cm)	Semi-Final
16:15	M	Hammer Throw (6 kg)	Final
16:20	W	800 Metres	Semi-Final
16:35	M	Long Jump	Final
16:40	W	200 Metres	Semi-Final
17:05	M	200 Metres	Semi-Final
17:35	M	400 Metres	Decathlon U20
18:05	W	3000 Metres Steeplechase	Final
END OF DAY THREE
DAY FOUR—SATURDAY, AUGUST 21ST
09:00	M	110m Hurdles (99.0 cm)	Decathlon U20
09:15	M	10,000 Metres Race Walk	Final
09:50	M	Discus Throw (1.750 kg)	Decathlon U20
10:20	W	10,000 Metres Race Walk	Final
10:45	M	Discus Throw (1.750 kg)	Qualification Group A
11:22	W	4x400 Metres Relay	Heats
11:36	M	Discus Throw (1.750 kg)	Qualification Group B
11:50	M	Pole Vault	Decathlon U20
11:55	M	4x400 Metres Relay	Heats
12:20	W	4x100 Metres Relay	Heats
12:40	M	4x100 Metres Relay	Heats
15:00	M	400 Metres Hurdles	Semi-Final
15:05	M	Javelin Throw	Decathlon U20
15:30	M	800 Metres	Semi-Final
15:55	M	High Jump	Final
16:00	W	100 Metres Hurdles	Final
16:10	W	Hammer Throw	Final
16:15	M	110m Hurdles (99.0 cm)	Final
16:30	M	1500 Metres	Final
16:40	W	Shot Put	Final
16:45	W	800 Metres	Final
17:00	W	400 Metres	Final
17:20	M	400 Metres	Final
17:45	M	1500 Metres	Decathlon U20
18:00	W	200 Metres	Final
18:10	M	200 Metres	Final
END OF DAY FOUR
DAY FIVE—SUNDAY, AUGUST 22ND
14:30	M	Triple Jump	Final
15:00	W	400 Metres Hurdles	Final
15:15	M	400 Metres Hurdles	Final
15:25	W	High Jump	Final
15:30	M	800 Metres	Final
15:50	W	1500 Metres	Final
16:00	M	Discus Throw (1.750 kg)	Final
16:05	M	3000 Metres Steeplechase	Final
16:25	W	Long Jump	Final
16:30	W	4x100 Metres Relay	Final
16:45	M	4x100 Metres Relay	Final
17:10	W	5000 Metres	Final
17:55	W	4x400 Metres Relay	Final
18:10	M	4x400 Metres Relay	Final
END OF DAY FIVE

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Qualifying Standards

Event	Men	Women
100 m	10.58	11.85
200 m	21.38	24.35
400 m	47.35	54.85
800 m	1:50.80	2:08.70
1500 m	3:48.00	4:28.00
3000 m	8:14.00	9:25.00
5000 m	14:12.00	16:35.00
3000 m sc	9:07.00	10:35.00
100 mH	–	14.15
110 mH	14.15	–
400 mH	53.10	60.75
10,000 m RW	43:40.00	50:30.00
4x100 m Relay	No standard	No standard
4x400 m Relay	No standard	No standard
4x400 m Mixed Relay	No standard	No standard
Heptathlon	–	5350 points
Decathlon	7100 points	–
High Jump
Pole Vault
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Shot Put	(6 kg)	(4 kg)
Discus
Hammer	(6 kg)
Javelin

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Men's results

Track

100 m	Letsile Tebogo	10.19	Benjamin Richardson	10.28	Shainer Reginfo	10.32
200 m	Udodi Onwuzurike	20.21 NU20R	Letsile Tebogo	20.38	Sinesipho Dambile	20.48 SB
400 m	Anthony Pesela	44.58 CR	Luis Avilés	44.95 NU20R	Antonie Nortje	45.32 PB
800 m	Emmanuel Wanyonyi	1:43.76 CR	Mohamed Ali Gouaned	1:44.45 NU20R	Noah Kibet	1:44.88 PB
1500 m	Vincent Keter	3:37.24	Wegene Addisu	3:37.86	Melkeneh Azize	3:40.22
3000 m	Tadese Worku	7:42.09 CR	Ali Abdilmana	7:44.55 PB	Habtom Samuel	7:52.69 PB
5000 m	Benson Kiplangat	13:20.37 PB	Tadese Worku	13:20.65	Levy Kibet	13:26.01 PB
110 m hurdles (99.0 cm)	Sasha Zhoya	12.72 WU20R		13.25 PB	Jakub Szymański	13.43 PB
400 m hurdles	Berke Akçam	49.38 NU20R	Denis Novoseltsev	49.62 PB		49.78 PB
	Swedish Oskar Edlund originally arrived first, but was later disqualified for not clearing a hurdle properly.
3000 m steeplechase	Amos Serem	8:30.72	Tadese Takele	8:33.15	Simon Koech	8:34.79
4×100 m relay	valign=top	Mihlali Xhotyeni Sinesipho Dambile Letlhogonolo Moleyane Benjamin Richardson Henru Olivier	38.51 WU20R	valign=top		38.61 AU20R	valign=top		38.90 AU20R
4×400 m relay	valign=top	Busang Collen Kebinatshipi Anthony Pesela Oreeditse Masede Phenyo Bongani Majama	3:05.22 WU20L	valign=top	Malachi Johnson Jeremy Bembridge Tahj Hamm Devontie Archer	3:05.76 SB	valign=top		3:05.94
10,000 m walk	Heristone Wanyonyi	42:10.84 PB	Amit	42:17.94		42:26.11 PB

• (World U20 Record), (World U20 Leading), (Championships Record), (Area U20 Record), (National U20 Record), (Personal Best), (Season Best)

Field

High jump	Yonathan Kapitolnik	2.26 PB		2.17 PB		2.17
Pole vault	Matvei Volkov	5.45		5.35		5.30
Long jump	Erwan Konaté	8.12 WU20L	Jhon Berrío	7.97 NU20R	Kavian Kerr	7.90 PB
Triple jump	Gabriel Wallmark	16.43 NU20R	Jaydon Hibbert	16.05 PB		15.85 PB
Shot put (6 kg)	Juan Carley Vázquez	19.73		19.70 PB		19.16
Discus throw (1.750 kg)	Mykolas Alekna	69.81 CR	Ralford Mullings	66.68	Raman Khartanovich	62.19
Hammer throw (6 kg)	Jan Doležálek	77.83 NU20R		77.78		77.70
Javelin throw	Janne Läspä	76.46	Artur Felfner	76.32	Chinecherem Nnamdi	74.48
Decathlon (junior)	František Doubek	8169 WU20L NU20R	Jente Hauttekeete	8053		7430 NU20R

• (World U20 Record), (World U20 Leading), (Championships Record), (Area U20 Record), (National U20 Record), (Personal Best), (Season Best)

Women's results

Track

100 m	Tina Clayton	11.09 PB	Beatrice Masilingi	11.39	Mélissa Gutschmidt	11.51
200 m	Christine Mboma	21.84 WU20R	Beatrice Masilingi	22.18 PB	Favour Ofili	22.23 NU20R
400 m	Imaobong Nse Uko	51.55 PB	Kornelia Lesiewicz	51.97 PB	Sylvia Chelangat	52.23 PB
800 m	Ayal Dagnachew	2:02.96	Valentina Rosamilia	2:04.29	Elli Eftychia Deligianni	2:04.66
1500 m	Purity Chepkirui	4:16.07	Diribe Welteji	4:16.39	Winnie Jemutai	4:18.99
3000 m	Teresia Muthoni Gateri	8:57.78	Zenah Jemutai Yego	8:59.59	Melknat Wudu	9:00.12 PB
5000 m	Mizan Alem	16:05.61	Melknat Wudu	16:13.16	Prisca Chesang	16:21.78
	Wudu and Chesang were originally disqualified for stepping out of the track, but after a protest, they were reinstated.
100 m hurdles	Ackera Nugent	12.95	Anna Maria Millend	13.45	Anna Tóth	13.58
400 m hurdles	Heidi Salminen	56.94 PB	Ludivine Aubert	57.16 PB	Savannah Sutherland	57.27 PB
3000 m steeplechase	Jackline Chepkoech	9:27.40 PB	Zerfe Wondemagegn	9:35.22	Faith Cherotich	9:44.76
4×100 m relay		42.94 WU20R		43.76 NU20R		43.90 SB
4×400 m relay		3:31.46 WU20L		3:36.57 SB		3:37.18
10,000 m walk	Sofía Ramos Rodríguez	46:23.01	Maële Biré-Heslouis	47:43.87	Eliška Martínková	47:46.28

• (World U20 Record), (World U20 Leading), (Championships Record), (Area U20 Record), (National U20 Record), (Personal Best), (Season Best)

Field

High jump	Natalya Spiridonova	1.91	Marithé Engondo	1.89	Styliana Ioannidou	1.87
Pole vault	Mirè Reinstorf	4.15 AU20R	Élise Russis	4.15	Heather Abadie	4.05
Long jump	Maja Åskag	6.60 PB	Shaili Singh	6.59 PB	Mariia Horielova	6.50 PB
Triple jump	Maja Åskag	13.75	Tessy Ebosele	13.63 PB	Darja Sopova	13.60
Shot put	Miné de Klerk	17.40	Pınar Akyol	16.72	Dane Roets	15.61
Discus throw	Violetta Ignatyeva	57.84	Miné de Klerk	53.50 AU20R	Alina Nikitsenka	51.47
Hammer throw	Silja Kosonen	71.64 CR	Rose Loga	67.11	Maryola Bukel	65.20
Javelin throw	Adriana Vilagoš	61.46 WU20L	Elina Tzengko	57.91	Yiselena Ballar Rojas	55.48
Heptathlon	Saga Vanninen	5997	Pippi Lotta Enok	5746 PB	Szabina Szűcs	5674 PB

• (World U20 Record), (World U20 Leading), (Championships Record), (Area U20 Record), (National U20 Record), (Personal Best), (Season Best)

Mixed results

Track

4×400 m relay

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Johnson Nnamani Imaobong Nse Uko Opeyemi Deborah Oke Bamidele Ajayi Ella Onojuvwevwo

3:19.70 CR

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Kornelia Lesiewicz Alicja Kaczmarek Michał Wróbel Patryk Grzegorzewicz Olga Rzeszewska

3:19.80 SB

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Barath Sridhar Priya Mohan Summy Kapil

3:20.60 SB

• (World U20 Record), (World U20 Leading), (Championships Record), (Area U20 Record), (National U20 Record), (Personal Best), (Season Best)

Records set

• 4 world U20 records: (Sasha Zhoya (FRA) in the 110m hurdles - 12.93 semifinal and 12.72 final; Jamaica in the women's relay – 42.94; South Africa in the men's relay – 38.51).
• 15 championship records: (Anthony Pesela BOT in the men's 400m - 44.58; Emmanuel Wanyonyi KEN in the men's 800m – 1:43.76; Tadese Worku ETH in the men's 3000m - 7:42.09; Sasha Zhoya FRA in the 110m hurdles - 12.93 and 12.72; Mykolas Alekna LTU in the men's Discus Throw – 69.81; South Africa in the men's – 38.51; Christine Mboma NAM 22.41 semifinal, Beatrice Masiilingi NAM 22.19 semifinal and Mboma 21.84 final in the women's 200m; Silja Kosonen FIN in the women's hammer - 71.64m; Jamaica in the women's – 42.94; Mixed (new event) India in heat 1 - 3:23.36, Nigeria in heat 2 - 3:21.66 and Nigeria in final - 3:19.70).
• 11 area U20 records: (Mirè Reinstorf RSA in the women's pole vault – 4.15m; Mine De Klerk RSA in the women's discus – 53.50m; Jamaica in the women's – 42.94; Sasha Zhoya FRA in the 110m hurdles - 12.93 semifinal and 12.72 final; men's Poland with 38.93 in the heat and 38.90 in the final, South Africa and Nigeria =AR both 39.33 in the heats, South Africa 38.51 and Jamaica 38.61 in the final)
• 68 national U20 records.
• 10 national senior records.
• 259 personal bests.

Medal table

Notes Not included in the official medal table.

Placing table

Kenya won the ranking in the placing table.^[4]

Rank	Country				4	5	6	7	8	Points
1		8	1	7	1	0	2	1	2	128
2		3	7	2	4	1	0	1	0	111
3		3	6	2	2	0	1	4	1	100
4		3	2	4	1	3	3	1	2	92
5		2	4	2	3	2	0	1	2	83
6		4	0	3	4	0	0	0	3	73
7		0	2	3	3	1	4	2	1	68
8		4	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	59
9		0	1	1	2	2	5	1	3	51
10		2	0	1	1	4	0	1	5	50
11		0	1	2	2	2	3	0	0	46
12		0	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	45
13		0	2	1	2	1	3	0	0	43
14		1	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	36
15		0	1	1	1	2	1	2	0	33
16		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	31
		0	0	1	2	1	2	2	1	31
18		1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	29
19		0	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	28
20		0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	26
		1	1	0	0	0	1	3	2	26
22		1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	25
23		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24
24		0	0	2	0	0	1	3	0	21
		0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	21
26		0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	19
27		0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	18
28		0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	17
29		0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	15
		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15
		1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	15
32		0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	13
33		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11
34		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10
		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	10
36		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	9
		0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	9
		0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	9
39		0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	8
		0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	8
41		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
		0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	7
		0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	7
44		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5
		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5
		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
49		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
51		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
54		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
61		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

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.^[3] A total 114 National Associations (plus the teams from Authorized Neutral Athletes and Athlete Refugee Team) and 897 athletes are scheduled to compete.^[5]

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: New dates set for World Athletics Series events postponed due to the global Covid-19 pandemic . World Athletics . 3 August 2020.
2. https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-u20-championships/nairobi21/timetable World Athletics U20 Championships Timetable
3. Web site: 2020 World U20 Championships Standards . 22 December 2019 . .
4. Web site: 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships - Placing table. worldathletics.org. 18 August 2021.
5. Web site: 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships - Entry Lists by Country. 14 August 2021 . World Athletics.