2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics

2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Host city	Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Nations	171
Athletes	1566
Events	44
Dates	10–15 July
Opened by	Juan Carlos I of Spain
Main venue	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
	← 2010 Moncton 2014 Eugene →

The 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born 1993 or later) which was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, on 10–15 July 2012.^[1] A total of 44 athletics events were contested at the championships, 22 by male and 22 by female athletes.

Several medalists from the 2010 championships were eligible to defend their titles, including Jacko Gill, Jodie Williams, Shaunae Miller, and Angelica Bengtsson. Gill and Bengtsson were successful.

Men's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Adam Gemili Great Britain	10.05 WJL CR	Aaron Ernest United States	10.17 PB	Odean Skeen Jamaica	10.28 PB
200 m details	Delano Williams Turks and Caicos Islands	20.48 NJ	Aaron Ernest United States	20.53 PB	Tyreek Hill United States	20.54
400 m details	Luguelín Santos Dominican Republic	44.85	Arman Hall United States	45.39 PB	Steven Solomon Australia Aldrich Bailey United States	45.52
800 m details	Nigel Amos Botswana	1:43.79 CR	Timothy Kitum Kenya	1:44.56	Edwin Kiplagat Melly Kenya	1:44.79 PB
1500 m details	Hamza Driouch Qatar	3:39.04	Hillary Cheruiyot Ngetich Kenya	3:40.39 PB	Abdelhadi Labâli Morocco	3:40.60
5000 m details	Muktar Edris Ethiopia	13:38.95	Abrar Osman Adem Eritrea	13:40.52	Wiliam Malel Sitonik Kenya	13:40.52
10,000 m details	Yigrem Demelash Ethiopia	28:16.07 PB	Philemon Kipchilis Cheboi Kenya	28:23.98 PB	Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui Kenya	28:30.47
110 m hurdles (99.0 cm) details	Yordan O'Farrill Cuba	13.18 CR	Nicholas Hough Australia	13.27 AJ	Wilhem Belocian France	13.29 NJ
400 m hurdles details	Eric Futch United States	50.24 WJL	Takahiro Matsumoto Japan	50.41 PB	Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh Saudi Arabia	50.47 PB
3000 m steeplechase details	Conseslus Kipruto Kenya	8:06.10 CR	Gilbert Kiplangat Kirui Kenya	8:19.94	Hicham Sigueni Morocco	8:30.14
4×100 m relay details	United States Tyreek Hill Aldrich Bailey Arthur Delaney Aaron Ernest	38.67 WJL	Jamaica Tykwendo Tracey Odean Skeen Jevaughn Minzie Jazeel Murphy	38.97 NJ	Japan Kazuma Oseto Akiyuki Hashimoto Aska Cambridge Kazuki Kanamori	39.02
4×400 m relay details	United States Quincy Downing Aldrich Bailey Chidi Okezie Arman Hall	3:03.99 WJL	Poland Karol Zalewski Rafał Smoleń Piotr Kuśnierz Patryk Dobek	3:05.05 NJ	Trinidad and Tobago Asa Guevara Jereem Richards Brandon Benjamin Machel Cedenio	3:06.32
10,000 m walk details	Éider Arévalo Colombia	40:09.74 WJL	Aleksandr Ivanov Russia	40:12.90 PB	Su Guanyu China	40:16.87 PB

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Andrei Churyla Belarus	2.24	Falk Wendrich Germany	2.24 PB	Ryan Ingraham Bahamas	2.24
Pole vault details	Thiago Braz Brazil	5.55 NJ	Ivan Horvat Croatia	5.55	Shawnacy Barber Canada	5.55 NJ
Long jump details	Sergey Morgunov Russia	8.09	Andreas Trajkovski Denmark	7.82 NJ	Jarrion Lawson United States	7.64
Triple jump details	Pedro Pichardo Cuba	16.79 WJL	Artem Primak Russia	16.60	Latario Collie-Minns Bahamas	16.37
Shot put (6 kg) details	Jacko Gill New Zealand	22.20 CR	Krzysztof Brzozowski Poland	21.78 NJ	Damien Birkinhead Australia	21.14 NJ
Discus throw (1.750 kg) details	Fedrick Dacres Jamaica	62.80 PB	Wojciech Praczyk Poland	62.75	Gerhard de Beer South Africa	61.57
Hammer throw (6 kg) details	Ashraf Amgad Elseify Qatar	85.57 WJ	Bence Pásztor Hungary	76.74	Suhrob Khodjaev Uzbekistan	76.16 PB
Javelin throw details	Keshorn Walcott Trinidad and Tobago	78.64	Braian Toledo Argentina	77.09	Morné Moolman South Africa	76.29 PB
Decathlon (junior) details	Gunnar Nixon United States	8018 WJL	Jake Stein Australia	7951 AJ	Tim Dekker Netherlands	7815 PB

Women's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Anthonique Strachan Bahamas	11.20 WJL	Nimet Karakuş Turkey	11.36	Tamiris de Liz Brazil	11.45
200 m details	Anthonique Strachan Bahamas	22.53 CR	Olivia Ekpone United States	23.15 PB	Dezerea Bryant United States	23.15
400 m details	Ashley Spencer United States	50.50 CR	Kadecia Baird Guyana	51.04 AJ	Erika Rucker United States	51.10 PB
800 m details	Ajee' Wilson United States	2:00.91 PB	Jessica Judd Great Britain	2:00.96 PB	Manal El Bahraoui Morocco	2:03.09
1500 m details	Faith Kipyegon Kenya	4:04.96 CR	Amela Terzić Serbia	4:07.59 PB, NR	Senbere Teferi Ethiopia	4:08.28 PB
3000 m details	Mercy Chebwogen Kenya	9:08.88 PB	Hiwot Gebrekidan Ethiopia	9:09.27 PB	Emelia Gorecka Great Britain	9:09.43 PB
5000 m details	Buze Diriba Ethiopia	15:32.94	Ruti Aga Ethiopia	15:32.95 PB	Agnes Jebet Tirop Kenya	15:36.74 PB
100 m hurdles details	Morgan Snow United States	13.38	Noemi Zbären Switzerland	13.42	Ekaterina Bleskina Russia	13.43
400 m hurdles details	Janieve Russell Jamaica	56.62 WJL	Aurélie Chaboudez France	57.14 NJ	Kaila Barber United States	57.63
3000 m steeplechase details	Daisy Jepkemei Kenya	9:47.22 WJL	Tejinesh Gebisa Ethiopia	9:50.51 PB	Stella Jepkosgei Rutto Kenya	9:50.58 PB
4×100 m relay details	United States Morgan Snow Dezerea Bryant Jennifer Madu Shayla Sanders	43.89 WJL	Germany Alexandra Burghardt Ida Mayer Katharina Grompe Jessie Maduka	44.24 SB	Brazil Camila de Souza Tamiris de Liz Nathalia da Rosa Jéssica Carolina dos Reis	44.29 SB
4×400 m relay details	United States Erika Rucker Olivia Ekpone Kendall Baisden Ashley Spencer	3:30.01 WJL	Jamaica Sandrae Farquharson Olivia James Shericka Jackson Janieve Russell	3:32.97 SB	Russia Yana Glotova Alina Galitskaya Yuliya Koltachikhina Ekaterina Renzhina	3:36.42
10,000 m walk details	Ekaterina Medvedeva Russia	45:41.74	Nadezhda Leontyeva Russia	45:43.64 PB	Sandra Arenas Colombia	45:44.46

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Alessia Trost Italy	1.91	Lissa Labiche Seychelles	1.88 NJ	Mariya Kuchina Russia	1.88
Pole vault details	Angelica Bengtsson Sweden	4.50 CR	Elizabeth Parnov Australia	4.30	Roberta Bruni Italy	4.20
Long jump details	Katarina Johnson-Thompson Great Britain	6.81w	Lena Malkus Germany	6.80w	Jazmin Sawyers Great Britain	6.67 WJL
Triple jump details	Ana Peleteiro Spain	14.17 WJL	Dovilė Dzindzaletaitė Lithuania	14.17 WJL, NR	Liuba Zaldívar Cuba	13.90
Shot put details	Shanice Craft Germany	17.15 WJL	Gao Yang China	16.57	Bian Ka China	16.48
Discus throw details	Anna Rüh Germany	62.38	Shanice Craft Germany	60.42	Shelbi Vaughan United States	60.07
Hammer throw details	Alexandra Tavernier France	70.62 CR	Alexia Sedykh France	67.34	Alena Navahrodskaya Belarus	67.13 PB
Javelin throw details	Sofi Flinck Sweden	61.40 WJL, NR	Liu Shiying China	59.20 PB	Marija Vučenović Serbia	57.12 PB
Heptathlon details	Yorgelis Rodríguez Cuba	5966	Xénia Krizsán Hungary	5957 PB	Tamara de Sousa Brazil	5900 AJ

Medal table

* Host nation (Spain)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	9	5	6	20
2	Kenya (KEN)	4	4	5	13
3	Ethiopia (ETH)	3	3	1	7
4	Cuba (CUB)	3	0	1	4
5	Germany (GER)	2	4	0	6
6	Russia (RUS)	2	3	3	8
7	Jamaica (JAM)	2	2	1	5
8	Great Britain (GBR)	2	1	2	5
9	Bahamas (BAH)	2	0	2	4
10	Qatar (QAT)	2	0	0	2
10	Sweden (SWE)	2	0	0	2
12	France (FRA)	1	2	1	4
13	Brazil (BRA)	1	0	3	4
14	Belarus (BLR)	1	0	1	2
	Colombia (COL)	1	0	1	2
	Italy (ITA)	1	0	1	2
	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	1	0	1	2
18	Botswana (BOT)	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	0	1
	Spain (ESP)*	1	0	0	1
	Turks and Caicos Islands (TCA)	1	0	0	1
22	Australia (AUS)	0	4	1	5
23	Poland (POL)	0	3	0	3
24	China (CHN)	0	2	2	4
25	Hungary (HUN)	0	2	0	2
26	Japan (JPN)	0	1	1	2
26	Serbia (SRB)	0	1	1	2
28	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	0	1
	Croatia (CRO)	0	1	0	1
	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
	Eritrea (ERI)	0	1	0	1
	Guyana (GUY)	0	1	0	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	1	0	1
	Seychelles (SEY)	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
	Turkey (TUR)	0	1	0	1
37	Morocco (MAR)	0	0	3	3
38	South Africa (RSA)	0	0	2	2
39	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	0	1	1
Totals (42 entries)		43	46	43	132

Participation

According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list,^[2] 1566 athletes from 171 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[3]