1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics

1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Host city	Sydney, Australia
Nations participating	142
Athletes participating	1049
Events	41
Dates	August 20–25
Main venue	Sydney International Athletic Centre

The 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Sydney, Australia on August 20–25.

The host stadium in Sydney.

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Francis Obikwelu Nigeria	10.21	Seun Ogunkoya Nigeria	10.25	Francesco Scuderi Italy	10.43
200 metres	Francis Obikwelu Nigeria	20.47	Riaan Dempers South Africa	20.96	Bryan Harrison United States	21.10
400 metres	Obea Moore United States	45.27	Jerome Davis United States	45.86	Shane Niemi Canada	45.94
800 metres	Joseph Mutua Kenya	1:48.21	Tom Lerwill Great Britain	1:48.40	Grant Cremer Australia	1:48.46
1500 metres	Shadrack Langat Kenya	3:38.96	Mohamed Yagoub Babiker Sudan	3:39.17	Miloud Abaoub Algeria	3:39.37
5000 metres	Assefa Mezgebu Ethiopia	13:35.30 CR	David Chelule Kenya	13:36.27	Aaron Gabonewe South Africa	13:46.19
10,000 metres	Assefa Mezgebu Ethiopia	28:27.78	David Chelule Kenya	28:29.14	Tetsuhiro Furuta Japan	28:31.61
110 metres hurdles	Yoel Hernández Cuba	13.83	Tomasz Scigaczewski Poland	13.88	Jovesa Naivalu Fiji	13.91
400 metres hurdles	Mubarak Al-Nubi Qatar	49.07 CR	Llewellyn Herbert South Africa	49.15	Angelo Taylor United States	50.18
3000 metres steeplechase	Julius Chelule Kenya	8:33.09	Kipkurui Misoi Kenya	8:33.31	Ali Ezzine Morocco	8:35.60
10,000 metres walk	Paquillo Fernández Spain	40:38.25	David Márquez Spain	41:03.73	Nathan Deakes Australia	41:11.44
4 × 100 metres relay	United States Vince Williams Jerome Davis Obea Moore Lawrence Armstrong	39.36	France Vincent Caure Didier Héry Ruddy Zami David Patros	39.47	Australia Peter Missingham David Baxter Paul Pearce Paul Di Bella	39.62
4 × 400 metres relay	United States Desmond Johnson Jerome Davis Robin Martin Obea Moore	3:03.65	Japan Hiroki Takahashi Dai Tamesue Masayuki Okusako Shinji Morita	3:06.01	Great Britain Kris Stewart Tom Lerwill Mark Rowlands Geoff Dearman	3:06.76
High jump	Mark Boswell Canada	2.24	Ben Challenger Great Britain Svatoslav Ton Czech Republic	2.21
Pole vault	Paul Burgess Australia	5.35	Patrik Kristiansson Sweden	5.30	Danny Ecker Germany	5.30
Long jump	Olexiy Lukashevych Ukraine	7.91	Raúl Fernández Spain	7.75	Nathan Morgan Great Britain	7.74
Triple jump	René Hernández Cuba	16.50	Michael Calvo Cuba	16.17	Ionut Punga Romania	16.15
Shot put	Ralf Bartels Germany	18.71	Justin Anlezark Australia	18.21	Clay Cross Australia	17.69
Discus throw	Casey Malone United States	56.22	Roland Varga Hungary	55.20	Frank Casañas Cuba	54.86
Javelin throw	Sergey Voynov Uzbekistan	79.78	Harri Haatainen Finland	76.12	Steven Madeo Australia	73.88
Hammer throw	Maciej Palyszko Poland	71.24	Vadim Devyatovskiy Belarus	70.88	Roman Konevtsov Russia	70.32
Decathlon	Attila Zsivoczky Hungary	7582	Dean Macey Great Britain	7480	Chiel Warners Netherlands	7368
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)

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Nora Ivanova Bulgaria	11.32	Andrea Anderson United States	11.43	Esther Möller Germany	11.46
200 metres	Sylviane Félix France	23.16	Lauren Hewitt Australia	23.32	Nora Ivanova Bulgaria	23.59
400 metres	Andrea Burlacu Romania	52.32	Suziann Reid United States	53.17	Rosemary Hayward Australia	53.28
800 metres	Claudia Gesell Germany	2:02.67	Kathleen Friedrich Germany	2:02.70	Jebet Langat Kenya	2:03.21
1500 metres	Kutre Dulecha Ethiopia	4:08.65	Jackline Maranga Kenya	4:08.98	Shura Hutesa Ethiopia	4:09.49
3000 metres	Anita Weyermann Switzerland	8:50.73	Edna Kiplagat Kenya	8:53.06	Etaferahu Tarekegne Ethiopia	8:53.77
5000 metres	Ayelech Worku Ethiopia	15:40.03	Olivera Jevtić FR Yugoslavia	15:40.59	Cristina Iloc Romania	15:41.44
100 metres hurdles	Joyce Bates United States	13.27	Glory Alozie Nigeria	13.30	Tan Yali China	13.37
400 metres hurdles	Ulrike Urbansky Germany	56.65	Vicki Jamison Great Britain	57.57	Tanya Jarrett Jamaica	57.91
5000 metres walk	Irina Stankina Russia	21:31.85	Olga Panfyorova Russia	21:52.27	Claudia Iovan Romania	21:57.11
4 × 100 metres relay	United States Andrea Anderson Lakeesha White Jernae Wright Nanceen Perry	43.79	Jamaica Tulia Robinson Peta-Gaye Dowdie Saran Patterson Aleen Bailey	44.26	Germany Sandra Abel Esther Möller Nancy Kette Marion Wagner	44.57
4 × 400 metres relay	Germany Peggy Müller Claudia Gesell Doreen Harstick Ulrike Urbansky	3:31.12	Romania Medina Tudor Anca Safta Otilia Ruicu Andrea Burlacu	3:32.16	Australia Jennifer Marshall Tamsyn Lewis Josephine Fowley Rosemary Hayward	3:32.47
High jump	Yuliya Lyakhova Russia	1.93	Dóra Győrffy Hungary	1.91	Svetlana Lapina Russia	1.91
Long jump	Guan Yingnan China	6.53	Cristina Nicolau Romania	6.47	Johanna Halkoaho Finland	6.38
Triple jump	Tereza Marinova Bulgaria	14.62 CR	Cristina Nicolau Romania	13.64	Adelina Gavrila Romania	13.50
Shot put	Song Feina China	16.58	Nadine Beckel Germany	16.39	Yelena Ivanenko Belarus	16.22
Discus throw	Ma Shuli China	56.32	Seilala Sua United States	56.32	Zhang Yaqing China	55.70
Javelin throw	Osleidys Menéndez Cuba	60.96	Nikolett Szabó Hungary	58.34	Bina Ramesh France	57.70
Heptathlon	Yelizaveta Shalygina Russia	5711	Johanna Halkoaho Finland	5656	Hana Doleželová Czech Republic	5504
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)

Medal table

* Host nation (Australia)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	6	4	2	12
2	Germany	4	2	3	9
3	Ethiopia	4	0	2	6
4	Kenya	3	5	1	9
5	Russia	3	1	2	6
6	Cuba	3	1	1	5
7	China	3	0	3	6
8	Nigeria	2	2	0	4
9	Bulgaria	2	0	1	3
10	Romania	1	3	4	8
11	Hungary	1	3	0	4
12	Australia*	1	2	7	10
13	Spain	1	2	0	3
14	France	1	1	1	3
15	Poland	1	1	0	2
16	Canada	1	0	1	2
17	Qatar	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
	Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1
21	Great Britain	0	4	2	6
22	Finland	0	2	1	3
22	South Africa	0	2	1	3
24	Belarus	0	1	1	2
	Jamaica	0	1	1	2
	Japan	0	1	1	2
27	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	FR Yugoslavia	0	1	0	1
	Sudan	0	1	0	1
	Sweden	0	1	0	1
31	Algeria	0	0	1	1
	Fiji	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Morocco	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
Totals (35 nations)		41	42	40	123

Participation

According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list,^[1] 1049 athletes from 142 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[2]