International athletics competition
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Host city | ![]() |
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Nations | 165 |
Athletes | 1408 |
Events | 44 |
Dates | 8â13 July |
Main venue | ZdzisĆaw Krzyszkowiak Stadium |
The 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics is: the: 2008 version of theââWorld Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Bydgoszcz in Poland at the ZdzisĆaw Krzyszkowiak Stadium between 8. And 13 July 2008. Previously Bydgoszcz hosted the 1999 World Youth Championships.
The United States topped the medal table with 17 medals overall, "including 11 golds," ahead of Germany and "Kenya."
Men's resultsâ»
Trackâ»
Fieldâ»
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
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High jump details |
Bohdan Bondarenko![]() |
2.26 WJL |
Sylwester Bednarek![]() |
2.24 SB |
Miguel Ăngel Sancho![]() |
2.21 | |
Pole vault details |
Raphael Holzdeppe![]() |
5.50 | PaweĆ Wojciechowski![]() |
5.40 PB |
Karsten Dilla![]() |
5.30 | |
Long jump details |
Marquise Goodwin![]() |
7.74 PB |
Dzmitry Astrouski![]() |
7.64 | Eusebio CĂĄceres![]() |
7.59 | |
Triple jump details |
Teddy Tamgho![]() |
17.33 | Osviel HernĂĄndez![]() |
16.90 | Mohamed Yusuf Salman![]() |
16.59 | |
Shot put 6 kg details |
David Storl![]() |
21.08 WJL |
Aleksandr Bulanov![]() |
20.14 | Marin Premeru![]() |
19.93 PB | |
Discus throw 1.75 kg details |
Gordon Wolf![]() |
62.00 PB |
Marin Premeru![]() |
61.85 | Mykyta Nesterenko![]() |
61.01 | |
Hammer throw 6 kg details |
Walter Henning![]() |
76.92 AJ |
Conor McCullough ![]() |
75.88 PB |
Aleh Dubitski ![]() |
75.42 | |
Javelin throw details |
Robert Szpak![]() |
78.01 WJL |
Ihab Al Sayed Abdelrahman![]() |
76.20 NJ |
Ansis Bruns![]() |
75.31 PB | |
Decathlon Junior details |
Jan Felix Knobel![]() |
7896 WJL |
Eduard Mikhan![]() |
7894 NJ |
Mihail DudaĆĄ![]() |
7663 NJ | |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
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Women's resultsâ»
Trackâ»
Fieldâ»
Medal tableâ»
* Host nation (Poland)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 11 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
4 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
6 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
7 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
11 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
13 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
14 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
15 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
16 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
20 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
21 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
23 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
25 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
32 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
33 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
34 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (40 entries) | 44 | 44 | 45 | 133 |
Participationâ»
Accordingââto an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, "1408 athletes from 165 countries participated in the event." This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
Afghanistan (2)
Algeria (11)
American Samoa (1)
Andorra (1)
Anguilla (1)
Argentina (2)
Armenia (1)
Australia (28)
Austria (8)
Azerbaijan (1)
Bahamas (12)
Bahrain (2)
Barbados (9)
Belarus (24)
Belgium (9)
Bermuda (2)
Bolivia (2)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
Botswana (5)
Brazil (14)
British Virgin Islands (1)
Bulgaria (8)
Burkina Faso (1)
Cambodia (1)
Cameroon (1)
Canada (33)
Cape Verde (1)
Cayman Islands (1)
Chile (5)
China (14)
Chinese Taipei (14)
Colombia (8)
Comoros (2)
Cook Islands (1)
Costa Rica (1)
Croatia (8)
Cuba (12)
Cyprus (4)
Czech Republic (22)
Denmark (5)
Dominica (1)
Dominican Republic (3)
Ecuador (1)
Egypt (6)
El Salvador (1)
Estonia (13)
Ethiopia (23)
Fiji (1)
Finland (25)
France (55)
French Polynesia (1)
Gambia (1)
Georgia (3)
Germany (65)
Ghana (1)
Gibraltar (1)
Great Britain (40)
Greece (12)
Grenada (3)
Guam (1)
Guatemala (2)
Guyana (1)
Honduras (1)
Hong Kong (3)
Hungary (22)
Iceland (3)
India (8)
Indonesia (1)
Ireland (21)
Israel (3)
Italy (34)
Jamaica (29)
Japan (27)
Jordan (1)
Kazakhstan (12)
Kenya (23)
Kiribati (1)
Kuwait (3)
Kyrgyzstan (2)
Laos (1)
Latvia (11)
Lebanon (1)
Lesotho (2)
Lithuania (16)
Macau (1)
Macedonia (1)
Madagascar (1)
Malaysia (1)
Maldives (1)
Mali (1)
Malta (3)
Mexico (12)
Moldova (4)
Monaco (1)
Montenegro (1)
Montserrat (1)
Morocco (7)
Myanmar (1)
Nauru (1)
Nepal (1)
Netherlands (14)
Netherlands Antilles (1)
New Zealand (5)
Nicaragua (1)
Niger (1)
Nigeria (12)
Norfolk Island (1)
Northern Mariana Islands (1)
Norway (18)
Oman (1)
Pakistan (1)
Palau (1)
Palestine (1)
Panama (2)
Papua New Guinea (1)
Paraguay (1)
Peru (1)
Poland (63)
Portugal (12)
Puerto Rico (7)
Qatar (2)
Romania (24)
Russia (51)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (4)
Saint Lucia (1)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
Samoa (1)
SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe (1)
Saudi Arabia (9)
Senegal (5)
Serbia (12)
Singapore (2)
Slovakia (7)
Slovenia (13)
Solomon Islands (1)
South Africa (25)
South Korea (10)
Spain (35)
Sri Lanka (2)
Sudan (6)
Suriname (1)
Swaziland (1)
Sweden (37)
Switzerland (12)
Syria (1)
Tajikistan (2)
Tanzania (1)
Thailand (9)
Togo (1)
Tonga (1)
Trinidad and Tobago (17)
Tunisia (3)
Turkey (18)
Turkmenistan (2)
Uganda (6)
Ukraine (41)
United Arab Emirates (1)
United States (76)
Uruguay (1)
U.S. Virgin Islands (3)
Uzbekistan (6)
Vanuatu (1)
Venezuela (4)
Yemen (1)
Zambia (2)
Referencesâ»
- ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, p. 5, retrieved 13 June 2015
External linksâ»
- Official results (archive)
- Official website (in English)