European Athletics U18 Championships Explained

European Athletics U18 Championships
Status:	active
Genre:	sports event
Date:	midyear
Frequency:	biennial
First:	2016
Current:	2024
Organised:	European Athletic Association

The European Athletics U18 Championships (named as European Athletics Youth Championships in 2016) are a biennial athletics competition for European athletes under the age of eighteen (youth category).

The creation of the competition stemmed from the 2013 European Athletics Congress. The event was created to promote the sport among young people in Europe. Each country may send a maximum of two athletes per event.^[1] The European U18 Championships will be the third age category championships organised by the European Athletic Association, following on from the long-running European Athletics U20 Championships (first held in 1970) and the European Athletics U23 Championships (first held in 1997).

The first iteration of the championships took place in 2016. This means that the event serves in the alternate years between the European Youth Olympic Festival, another biennial under-18s event hosted by the European Olympic Committees.^[2]

Editions

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	Events	Top of the medal table
1				14–17 July		40
2				5–8 July		40
align="center"	-	2020 2021	Rieti		26–29 August cancelled^[3]	Stadio Raul Guidobaldi	colspan=2
3				4–7 July		40
4		Banska Bystrica^[4]		18–21 July		40
5	2026	Rieti^[5]		16–19 July

Championships records

Boys

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	10.32 (+0.6 m/s)	Marek Zakrzewski		5 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel	^[6]
200 m	20.81 (+0.7 m/s)	Diego Nappi		20 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	^[7]
400 m	46.50	Stanisław Strzelecki		20 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	^[8]
800 m	1:47.36	Max Burgin		8 July 2018	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary	^[9]
1500 m	3:49.99	Niels Laros		6 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem Israel	^[10]
3000 m	8:07.03	Aldin Ćatović		21 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	^[11]
110 m hurdles	13.19 (+0.8 m/s)	Sam Bennett		7 July 2018	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary	^[12]
400 m hurdles (84.0 cm)	49.42	Michal Rada		21 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	^[13]
2000 m steeplechase	5:38.55	Sergio del Barrio		7 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel	^[14]
High jump	2.18 m	Lukas Mihota		16 July 2016	2016 Championships	Tbilisi Georgia	^[15]
Pole vault	5.46 m	Pål Haugen Lillefosse		8 July 2018	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary	^[16]
Long jump	8.04 m (+1.8 m/s)	Mattia Furlani		5 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel	^[17]
Triple jump	16.03 m (-2.2 m/s)			17 July 2016	2016 Championships	Tbilisi, Georgia	^[18]
Shot put (5 kg)	21.51 m			15 July 2016	2016 Championships	Tbilisi, Georgia	^[19]
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	64.51 m	Mykhailo Brudin		5 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel
Hammer throw (5 kg)	87.82 m	Mykhaylo Kokhan		7 July 2018	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary	^[20]
Javelin throw (700 g)	84.52 m	Topi Parviainen		6 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel	^[21]
Decathlon	7626 pts	Amadeus Gräber		6–7 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel	^[22]
10000 m walk (track)	44:01.60	Frederick Weigel		7 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel	^[23]
Swedish medley relay	1:51.62	Nikodem Dymiński Jakub Foremny Bartłomiej Adamczyk Stanisław Strzelecki		21 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	^[24]

Decathlon disciplines

Event	Record	Score	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
100 m	10.57		Roko Farkaš		6 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel
Long jump	7.44 m		Alexandre Montagne		6 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel
Shot put (5 kg)	17.17 m		Oļegs Kozjakovs		7 July 2018	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary
High jump	2.08 m		Harry Richard Jääger		6 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel
400 m	48.79		Sven Roosen		7 July 2018	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary
110 m hurdles (0.99 m)	13.52 (+0.7 m/s)	1037 pts	Tristan Konso		21 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia		^[25]
Discus throw (1.50 kg)	51.91 m	910 pts	Liam Belo da Silva		21 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia		^[26]
Pole vault	4.70 m		Lionel Brügger		7 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel
Javelin throw (700 g)	68.66 m	869 pts	Anton Steffen		21 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia		^[27]
1500 m	4:24.83	779 pts	Denis Hrabar		21 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia		^[28]

Girls

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	11.39 (+1.8 m/s)	Nia Wedderburn-Goodison		5 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel
200 m	23.09 (+1.0 m/s)	Elisa Valensin		20 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	^[29]
400 m	51.89	Anastazja Kuś		20 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	^[30]
800 m	2:04.23	Adéla Holubová		21 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	^[31]
1500 m	4:13.01	Lyla Belshaw		21 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	^[32]
3000 m	9:18.05	Sarah Healy		6 July 2018	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary	^[33]
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	12.86 (+2.0 m/s)	Laura Frličková		18 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	^[34]
400 m hurdles	58.00	Nina Radová		21 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	^[35]
2000 m steeplechase	6:20.22	Jolanda Kallabis		6 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel	^[36]
High jump	1.94 m	Yaroslava Mahuchikh		8 July 2018	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary	^[37]
Pole vault	4.26 m	Leni Wildgrube		7 July 2018	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary	^[38]
Long jump	6.39 m (+1.0 m/s)	Ayla Hallberg Hossain		7 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel
Triple jump	13.95 m (+1.1 m/s)	María Vicente		8 July 2018	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary	^[39]
Shot put	18.50 m	Alexandra Emelianova		16 July 2016	2016 Championships	Tbilisi Georgia	^[40]
Discus throw	58.09 m	Alexandra Emelianova		15 July 2016	2016 Championships	Tbilisi, Georgia	^[41]
Hammer throw	74.36 m	Valeriya Ivanenko		5 July 2018	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary	^[42]
Javelin throw	61.07 m	Vita Barbić		21 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	^[43]
Heptathlon	6221 pts	María Vicente		5–6 July 2016	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary	^[44]
5000 m walk (track)	21:50.80	Serena di Fabio		19 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	^[45]
Swedish medley relay	2:05.23	Viola Canovi Margherita Castellani Laura Frattaroli Elisa Valensin		21 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	^[46]

Heptathlon disciplines

Event	Record	Score	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	13.12 (-0.6 m/s)	1106 pts	Enni Virjonen		18 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia		^[47]
High jump	1.88 m		Alina Shukh		14 July 2016	2016 Championships	Tbilisi, Georgia
Shot put (3 kg)	16.43 m	957 pts	Zola Ndouma-Mona		18 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia		^[48] ^[49]
200 m	23.65 (+1.2 m/s)	1015 pts	Evelina Olsson		18 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia		^[50] ^[51]
Long jump	6.37 m		María Vicente		6 July 2018	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary
Javelin throw (500 g)	51.59 m	891 pts	Enni Virjonen		19 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia		^[52]
800 m	2:12.65		Niamh Emerson		15 July 2016	2016 Championships	Tbilisi, Georgia

All-time medal table

Updated after 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships.

• Medals won by athletes competing as Authorised Neutral Athletes were not included in the official medal table.^[53]

Notes and References

1. http://www.european-athletics.org/news/latest-news/496-general/11879-skopje-2013-european-athletics-congress-decisions-made.html European Athletics Youth Championships to be staged every 2 years from 2016
2. http://www.eurolympic.org/en/component/redevent/categoryevents/7-eyof/archive.html The European Youth Olympic Festival - Archive
3. Web site: European Athletics Under-18 Championships cancelled due to COVID-19 . www.insidethegames.biz . 2 April 2021.
4. Web site: Banska Bystrica to host the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships. www.european-athletics.com.
5. Web site: Rieti to host 2026 European Athletics U18 Championships. www.european-athletics.com.
6. Web site: 100m Men Final Results. European Athletic Association. 5 July 2022. 7 July 2022. 5 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220705192219/https://jerusalem22results.european-athletics.com/resJRS2022/pdf/JRS2022/ATH/JRS2022_ATH_C73A_ATHM100M--------------FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.
7. Web site: 200m Results. World Athletics. 21 July 2024.
8. Web site: 400m Results. World Athletics. 21 July 2024.
9. Web site: 800m Boys Final Results. European Athletic Association. 8 July 2018. 8 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170305204754/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM008101_C73G.pdf. 5 March 2017. dead.
10. Web site: 1500m Results. European Athletic Association. 6 July 2022. 27 July 2022. 6 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220706184916/https://jerusalem22results.european-athletics.com/resJRS2022/pdf/JRS2022/ATH/JRS2022_ATH_C73G_ATHM1500M-------------FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.
11. Web site: 3000m Results. World Athletics. 21 July 2024.
12. Web site: 110m Hurdles (91.4cm) Boys Final Results . . 7 July 2018 . 8 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180708023905/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM014101_C73A.pdf . 8 July 2018 . dead.
13. Web site: 400m Hurdles Results. World Athletics. 21 July 2024.
14. News: European U18 Championship bests for Germany's Graber and Weigel in Jerusalem. World Athletics. Phil Minshull. 8 July 2022. 16 August 2022.
15. Web site: High Jump Results. domtel-sport.pl. 16 July 2016. 16 July 2016.
16. Web site: European Athletics Under 18 Championships 2018 Pole Vault Boys Final Results. European Athletic Association. 8 July 2018. 8 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20210830214325/https://web.archive.org/web/20180708184916/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM072101_C73M.pdf. 30 August 2021. dead.
17. News: Furlani and McIntosh impress on day two of European U18 Championships. World Athletics. Phil Minshull. 6 July 2022. 16 August 2022.
18. Web site: Triple Jump Results. domtel-sport.pl. 17 July 2016. 17 July 2016.
19. Web site: Shot Put Results. domtel-sport.pl. 15 July 2016. 16 July 2016.
20. Web site: Hammer Throw (5kg) Boys Final Results. European Athletic Association. 7 July 2018. 8 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180708024056/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM058101_C73S.pdf. 8 July 2018. dead.
21. News: Parviainen sets European U18 javelin best in Jerusalem. World Athletics. Phil Minshull. 7 July 2022. 16 August 2022.
22. Web site: Decathlon Men U18 Results Final. european-athletics.com. 7 July 2022. 7 July 2022. 7 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220707193539/https://jerusalem22results.european-athletics.com/resJRS2022/pdf/JRS2022/ATH/JRS2022_ATH_C73U_ATHMDECATH--U18-------1500--------.pdf. dead.
23. Web site: 10000m Race Walk Men Final Results. european-athletics.com. 7 July 2022. 7 July 2022. 7 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220707170401/https://jerusalem22results.european-athletics.com/resJRS2022/pdf/JRS2022/ATH/JRS2022_ATH_C73K_ATHM10000MWA----------FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.
24. Web site: Sprint Medley Relay Results. World Athletics. 21 July 2024.
25. Web site: 110m Hurdles Results. World Athletics. 21 July 2024.
26. Web site: Discus Throw Results. World Athletics. 21 July 2024.
27. Web site: Javelin Throw Results. World Athletics. 22 July 2024.
28. Web site: 1500m Results. World Athletics. 22 July 2024.
29. Web site: 200m Results. World Athletics. 21 July 2024.
30. Web site: 400m Results. World Athletics. 21 July 2024.
31. Web site: 800m Results. World Athletics. 21 July 2024.
32. Web site: 1500m Results. World Athletics. 21 July 2024.
33. Web site: 3000m Girls Final Results. European Athletic Association. 6 July 2018. 6 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20190317172144/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW030101_C73G.pdf. 17 March 2019. dead.
34. Web site: 100m Hurdles Results. World Athletics. 21 July 2024.
35. Web site: 400m Hurdles Results. World Athletics. 21 July 2024.
36. Web site: 2000m Steeplechase Women Final Results. european-athletics.com. 6 July 2022. 6 July 2022. 6 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220706091319/https://jerusalem22results.european-athletics.com/resJRS2022/pdf/JRS2022/ATH/JRS2022_ATH_C73G_ATHW2000MST-----------FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.
37. Web site: High Jump Girls Final Results. European Athletic Association. 8 July 2018. 8 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006071024/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW071101_C73M.pdf. 6 October 2014. dead.
38. Web site: Pole Vault Girls Final Results. European Athletic Association. 7 July 2018. 8 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170320122654/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW072101_C73M.pdf. 20 March 2017. dead.
39. Web site: Triple Jump Girls Final Results. European Athletic Association. 8 July 2018. 8 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170318100246/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW062101_C73P.pdf. 18 March 2017. dead.
40. Web site: Shot Put Results. domtel-sport.pl. 16 July 2016. 16 July 2016.
41. Web site: Discus Throw Results. domtel-sport.pl. 15 July 2016. 16 July 2016.
42. Web site: Hammer Throw (3kg) Girls Qualification Results Summary. European Athletic Association. 5 July 2018. 5 July 2018.
43. Web site: Javelin Throw Results. World Athletics. 21 July 2024.
44. Web site: Heptathlon Girls Final Results. European Athletic Association. 6 July 2018. 6 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180707005746/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATWH00000_C73U.pdf. 7 July 2018. dead.
45. Web site: 5000m Race Walk Result. World Athletics. 21 July 2024.
46. Web site: Sprint Medley Relay Result. World Athletics. 21 July 2024.
47. Web site: 100m Hurdles Results. World Athletics. 21 July 2024.
48. Web site: Shot Put Results. World Athletics. 21 July 2024.
49. Web site: European U18 best! Frlickova speeds to 12.86 100m hurdles heat in Banska Bystrica. European Athletics. Chris Broadbent. 18 July 2024. 19 July 2024.
50. Web site: 200m Results. World Athletics. 21 July 2024.
51. Web site: European U18 best! Frlickova speeds to 12.86 100m hurdles heat in Banska Bystrica. European Athletics. Chris Broadbent. 18 July 2024. 19 July 2024.
52. Web site: Javelin Throw Results. World Athletics. 21 July 2024.
53. Web site: Competitions - European Athletics. european-athletics. 2018-07-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20180709035233/http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-youth-championships/2018/medals/. 2018-07-09. dead.