1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics

The 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 1996 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Sydney, Australia.

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Francis Obikwelu Nigeria	10.21	Seun Ogunkoya Nigeria	10.25	Francesco Scuderi Italy	10.43
200 m	Francis Obikwelu Nigeria	20.47	Riaan Dempers South Africa	20.96	Bryan Harrison United States	21.10
400 m	Obea Moore United States	45.27	Jerome Davis United States	45.86	Shane Niemi Canada	45.94
800 m	Joseph Mutua Kenya	1:48.21	Tom Lerwill Great Britain	1:48.40	Grant Cremer Australia	1:48.46
1500 m	Shadrack Langat Kenya	3:38.96	Mohamed Yagoub Babiker Sudan	3:39.17	Miloud Abaoub Algeria	3:39.37
5000 m	Assefa Mezgebu Ethiopia	13:35.30 CR	David Chelule Kenya	13:36.27	Aaron Gabonewe South Africa	13:46.19
10 000 m	Assefa Mezgebu Ethiopia	28:27.78	David Chelule Kenya	28:29.14	Tetsuhiro Furuta Japan	28:31.61
110 m H	Yoel Hernández Cuba	13.83	Tomasz Scigaczewski Poland	13.88	Jovesa Naivalu Fiji	13.91
400 m H	Mubarak Al-Nubi Qatar	49.07 CR	Llewellyn Herbert South Africa	49.15	Angelo Taylor United States	50.18
3000 m St.	Julius Chelule Kenya	8:33.09	Kipkurui Misoi Kenya	8:33.31	Ali Ezzine Morocco	8:35.60
10000 m track walk	Francisco Javier Fernández Spain	40:38.25	David Márquez Spain	41:03.73	Nathan Deakes Australia	41:11.44
4 X 100 m	United States	39.36	France	39.47	Australia	39.62
4 X 400 m	United States	3:03.65	Japan	3:06.01	Great Britain	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	Casey Malone United States	56.22	Roland Varga Hungary	55.20	Frank Casañas Cuba	54.86
Javelin	Sergey Voynov Uzbekistan	79.78	Harri Haatainen Finland	76.12	Steven Madeo Australia	73.88
Hammer	Maciej Palyszko Poland	71.24	Vadim Devyatovskiy Belarus	70.88	Roman Konevtsov Russia	70.32
Decathlon	Attila Zsivóczky 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 seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Nora Ivanova Bulgaria	11.32	Andrea Anderson United States	11.43	Esther Möller Germany	11.46
200 m	Sylviane Félix France	23.16	Lauren Hewitt Australia	23.32	Nora Ivanova Bulgaria	23.59
400 m	Andreea Barlacu Romania	52.32	Suziann Reid United States	53.17	Rosemary Hayward Australia	53.28
800 m	Claudia Gesell Germany	2:02.67	Kathleen Friedrich Germany	2:02.70	Jebet Langat Kenya	2:03.21
1500 m	Kutre Dulecha Ethiopia	4:08.65	Jackline Maranga Kenya	4:08.98	Shura Hutesa Ethiopia	4:09.49
3000 m	Anita Weyermann Switzerland	8:50.73	Edna Kiplagat Kenya	8:53.06	Etaferahu Tarekegne Ethiopia	8:53.77
5000 m	Ayelech Worku Ethiopia	15:40.03	Olivera Jevtić Yugoslavia	15:40.59	Cristina Iloc Romania	15:41.44
100 m H	Joyce Bates United States	13.27	Glory Alozie Nigeria	13.30	Tan Yali China	13.37
400 m H	Ulrike Urbansky Germany	56.65	Vicki Jamison Great Britain	57.57	Tanya Jarrett Jamaica	57.91
5000 m track walk	Irina Stankina Russia	21:31.85	Olga Panfyorova Russia	21:52.27	Claudia Iovan Romania	21:57.11
4 X 100 m	United States	43.79	Jamaica	44.26	Germany	44.57
4 X 400 m	Germany	3:31.12	Romania	3:32.16	Australia	3:32.47
High jump	Yuliya Lyakhova Russia	1.93	Dóra Györffy 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	Ma Shuli China	56.32	Seilala Sua United States	56.32	Zhang Yaqing China	55.70
Javelin	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 China	5504
WR world record |AR Area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Medals table

Medal count
#	Country	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
	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
	Sudan	0	1	0	1
	Sweden	0	1	0	1
	Yugoslavia	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

External links

• Results at GBRathletics.com