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The IAAF U18 Championships in Athletics (until 2015 known as IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics) was a global athletics event comprising track and field events for competitors who were 17 or younger (youth = Under-18). The event was organized by International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). It was held biennially from 1999 to 2017.

The name change and cancellation

In the 206th IAAF Council Meeting, held after the 2016 Summer Olympics, the council decided to conclude the world championship for under-18 athletes after the 2017 event. The decision was made with the intention of improving under-18 competitions at continental level instead. The competition was renamed to the IAAF World U18 Championships in November 2015, though ultimately only the 2017 competition used this title.

The competition was the under-18 counterpart to the World U20 Championships, which are for athletes who are 19 years of age or under in the year of competition.

Editions

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	Top of the medal table
1st	1999	Bydgoszcz	Poland	16–18 July	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Municipal Stadium	Kenya
2nd	2001	Debrecen	Hungary	12–15 July	Gyulai István Athletic Stadium	United States
3rd	2003	Sherbrooke	Canada	9–13 July	Université de Sherbrooke Stadium	United States
4th	2005	Marrakesh	Morocco	13–17 July	Stade Sidi-Youssef-Ben-Ali [fr]	United States
5th	2007	Ostrava	Czech Republic	11–15 July	Městský stadion	United States
6th	2009	Brixen	Italy	8–12 July	Raiffeisen Arena di Bressanone [pl]	Kenya
7th	2011	Lille	France	6–10 July	Stadium Lille Métropole	United States
8th	2013	Donetsk	Ukraine	10–14 July	RSC Olimpiyskiy	Jamaica
9th	2015	Cali	Colombia	15–19 July	Cali Olympic Stadium	United States
10th	2017	Nairobi	Kenya	12–16 July	Moi International Sports Centre	South Africa

Championships records

Key:   Defunct event

Boys

Event	Record (wind speed)	Name	Nation	Date	Games	Ref.	Video
100 m	10.28 (−0.4 m/s)	Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	Japan	15 July 2015	2015 Cali
200 m	20.34 (−0.4 m/s)	Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	Japan	19 July 2015	2015 Cali
400 m	45.24	Kirani James	Grenada	10 July 2009	2009 Brixen
800 m	1:44.08	Leonard Kirwa Kosencha	Kenya	9 July 2011	2011 Lille
1500 m	3:36.38	Kumari Taki	Kenya	17 July 2015	2015 Cali
3000 m	7:40.10	William Malel Sitonik	Kenya	10 July 2011	2011 Lille
110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	13.04 A (+0.1 m/s)	De'Jour Russell	Jamaica	14 July 2017	2017 Nairobi
400 m hurdles (84.0 cm)	49.01	William Wynne	United States	15 July 2007	2007 Ostrava
2000 m steeplechase	5:19.99	Meresa Kahsay	Ethiopia	12 July 2013	2013 Donetsk
High jump	2.27 m	Huang Haiqiang	China	16 July 2005	2005 Marrakech
Pole vault	5.30 m	Armand Duplantis	Sweden	19 July 2015	2015 Cali
		Vladyslav Malykhin	Ukraine
Long jump	8.05 m (+0.5 m/s)	Maykel Massó	Cuba	16 July 2015	2015 Cali
Triple jump	17.30 m A (+0.6 m/s)	Jordan A. Díaz	Cuba	14 July 2017	2017 Nairobi
Shot put (5 kg)	24.35 m	Jacko Gill	New Zealand	7 July 2011	2011 Lille
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	70.67 m	Mykyta Nesterenko	Ukraine	13 July 2007	2007 Ostrava
Hammer throw (5 kg)	84.91 m	Hlib Piskunov	Ukraine	17 July 2015	2015 Cali
Javelin throw (700 g)	83.16 m	Morné Moolman	South Africa	9 July 2011	2011 Lille
Octathlon	6491 pts	Jake Stein	Australia	6–7 July 2011	2011 Lille
	11.52 (−0.5 m/s) (100 m), 7.22 m (+1.2 m/s) (long jump), 17.22 m (shot put), 51.32 (400 m) / 14.25 (−1.0 m/s) (110 m hurdles), 1.98 m (high jump), 59.65 m (javelin), 2:52.93 (1000 m)
Decathlon	8002 pts	Niklas Kaul	Germany	15–16 July 2015	2015 Cali
	100 m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400 m 110 m h (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500 m 11.59 (−0.2 m/s) 6.76 m (+1.1 m/s) 16.08 m (5 kg) 2.05 m 51.20 15.44 (−0.7 m/s) (91.4 cm) 44.09 m (1.5 kg) 4.70 m 78.20 m (700 g) 4:42.29
10,000 m walk (track)	40:51.31	Pavel Parshin	Russia	9 July 2011	2011 Lille
Sprint medley relay	1:49.23	Waseem Williams Michael O'Hara Okeen Williams Martin Manley	Jamaica	14 July 2013	2013 Donetsk

Girls

Event	Record	Name	Nation	Date	Games	Ref.
100 m	11.08 (±0.0 m/s)	Candace Hill	United States	16 July 2015	2015 Cali
200 m	22.43 (−0.7 m/s)	Candace Hill	United States	19 July 2015	2015 Cali
400 m	51.19	Nawal El Jack	Sudan	15 July 2005	2005 Marrakech
800 m	2:01.13	Aníta Hinriksdóttir	Iceland	14 July 2013	2013 Donetsk
1500 m	4:09.48	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	9 July 2011	2011 Lille
3000 m	8:53.94	Mercy Cherono	Kenya	11 July 2007	2007 Ostrava
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	12.94 (±0.0 m/s)	Yanique Thompson	Jamaica	11 July 2013	2013 Donetsk
400 m hurdles	55.94	Sydney McLaughlin	United States	18 July 2015	2015 Cali
2000 m steeplechase	6:11.83	Korahubsh Itaa	Ethiopia	10 July 2009	2009 Brixen
High jump	1.92 m	Iryna Kovalenko	Ukraine	12 July 2003	2003 Sherbrooke
	1.92 m A	Yaroslava Mahuchikh		14 July 2017	2017 Nairobi
Pole vault	4.35 m	Vicky Parnov	Australia	14 July 2007	2007 Ostrava
Long jump	6.47 m (+1.3 m/s)	Darya Klishina	Russia	15 July 2007	2007 Ostrava
Triple jump	13.86 m (−0.6 m/s)	Cristine Spataru	Romania	11 July 2003	2003 Sherbrooke
Shot put (3 kg)	20.14 m	Emel Dereli	Turkey	11 July 2013	2013 Donetsk
Shot put (4 kg)	16.87 m	Valerie Adams	New Zealand	13 July 2001	2001 Debrecen
Discus throw	56.34 m	Xie Yuchen	China	10 July 2013	2013 Donetsk
Hammer throw (3 kg)	73.20 m	Réka Gyurátz	Hungary	13 July 2013	2013 Donetsk
Hammer throw (4 kg)	64.61 m	Bianca Perie	Romania	14 July 2007	2007 Ostrava
Javelin throw (500 g)	62.92 m A	Marisleisys Duarthe	Cuba	16 July 2017	2017 Nairobi
Javelin throw (600 g)	59.74 m	Christin Hussong	Germany	7 July 2011	2011 Lille
Heptathlon (4 kg Shot put & 600 g Javelin)	5875	Tatyana Chernova	Russia	15–16 July 2005	2005 Marrakech
	13.62 (+1.4 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 1.69 m (high jump), 10.79 m (shot put), 24.79 (+0.2 m/s) (200 m) / 6.13 (+0.5 m/s) (long jump), 48.20 m (javelin throw), 2:21.91 (800 m)
Heptathlon (with 3 kg Shot Put & 500 g Javelin)	6037	Géraldine Ruckstuhl	Switzerland	17–18 July 2015	2015 Cali
	13.93 (+0.7 m/s) (100 m hurdles/76.2 cm), 1.73 m (high jump), 14.25 m (shot put/3 kg), 25.83 (−0.5 m/s) (200 m) / 5.71 (±0.0 m/s) (long jump), 52.87 m (javelin throw/500 g), 2:17.58 (800 m)
5000 m walk (track)	20:28.05	Tatyana Kalmykova	Russia	12 July 2007	2007 Ostrava
Sprint medley relay	2:03.42	Christania Williams Shericka Jackson Chrisann Gordon Olivia James	Jamaica	10 July 2011	2011 Lille

All-time medal table

• Correct as of 2017 edition

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	50	41	40	131
2	Kenya	45	45	25	115
3	China	28	24	13	65
4	Russia	27	29	17	73
5	Jamaica	22	17	19	58
6	Germany	20	19	26	65
7	South Africa	18	15	16	49
8	Cuba	18	13	14	45
9	Ethiopia	16	18	20	54
10	Australia	14	14	13	41
11	Great Britain	14	5	13	32
12	France	11	6	13	30
13	Romania	10	4	10	24
14	Ukraine	7	13	10	30
15	Japan	6	9	16	31
16	Hungary	6	6	3	15
17	Sweden	5	7	3	15
18	Brazil	4	4	7	15
19	Czech Republic	4	4	6	14
20	Qatar	4	4	2	10
21	Sudan	4	0	2	6
22	Poland	3	9	4	16
23	Finland	3	4	3	10
24	Bahamas	3	0	2	5
	Slovenia	3	0	2	5
26	Saudi Arabia	2	7	4	13
27	Croatia	2	4	2	8
28	Turkey	2	4	1	7
29	Italy	2	2	11	15
30	Bahrain	2	2	1	5
	Ecuador	2	2	1	5
32	Chinese Taipei	2	1	2	5
33	Norway	2	1	1	4
	South Korea	2	1	1	4
35	Grenada	2	1	0	3
	New Zealand	2	1	0	3
37	Syria	2	0	0	2
38	Belarus	1	7	7	15
39	Spain	1	4	5	10
40	Greece	1	2	3	6
	Trinidad and Tobago	1	2	3	6
42	Barbados	1	2	0	3
	Ireland	1	2	0	3
44	Morocco	1	1	6	8
45	Bulgaria	1	1	3	5
46	Estonia	1	1	1	3
47	Moldova	1	1	0	2
	Switzerland	1	1	0	2
	Thailand	1	1	0	2
	Venezuela	1	1	0	2
51	Uzbekistan	1	0	2	3
52	Argentina	1	0	1	2
	Israel	1	0	1	2
	Uruguay	1	0	1	2
55	Bermuda	1	0	0	1
	Chile	1	0	0	1
	Iceland	1	0	0	1
	Iran	1	0	0	1
59	Canada	0	6	7	13
60	Latvia	0	4	4	8
61	Mexico	0	2	3	5
62	U.S. Virgin Islands	0	2	0	2
63	Colombia	0	1	2	3
	Egypt	0	1	2	3
	Eritrea	0	1	2	3
	Slovakia	0	1	2	3
67	Montenegro	0	1	1	2
	Serbia	0	1	1	2
–	Independent Athletes	0	1	1	2
69	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Azerbaijan	0	1	0	1
	British Virgin Islands	0	1	0	1
	Cyprus	0	1	0	1
	Denmark	0	1	0	1
	Guyana	0	1	0	1
	India	0	1	0	1
	Nigeria	0	1	0	1
	Samoa	0	1	0	1
	Tajikistan	0	1	0	1
79	Belgium	0	0	2	2
	Kazakhstan	0	0	2	2
	Lithuania	0	0	2	2
82	Kuwait	0	0	1	1
	Paraguay	0	0	1	1
	Portugal	0	0	1	1
	Saint Lucia	0	0	1	1
	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	1	1
	Uganda	0	0	1	1
	United Arab Emirates	0	0	1	1
Totals (88 entries)		390	393	394	1,177

Notes

Independent Athletes were not included in the official medal table.

See also

• Youth (athletics)
• World Para Athletics Junior Championships

References

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6. "Grenada's Kirani James runs 45.24 to break World Youth CR". world-track.org. 10 July 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
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12. "110m Hurdles (91.4 cm) Results" (PDF). IAAF. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
13. "2000 Metres Steeplechase Results". IAAF. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
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40. "Sprint Medley Relay Results" (PDF). IAAF. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
41. "IAAF World U18 Championships Nairobi 2017 Medal Table". World Athletics.

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