Athletics at the Youth Olympic Games

Athletics has featured as a sport at the Youth Olympic Summer Games since its first edition in 2010. The Youth Olympic Games are multi-sport event and the games are held every four years just like the Olympic Games. Athletes under the age of 18 can participate in the Games. This age group corresponds with the youth category of athletics competition.

Athletics at the Youth Olympic Games
Governing body	IAAF
Events	36 (boys: 18; girls: 18)
Games
2010 2014 2018

Youth Olympic Games Records

Boys

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Games	Place	Ref
100 m	10.42 (+0.1 m/s)	Odean Skeen	Jamaica	21 August 2010	2010 Games	Singapore
200 m	20.68 (+0.1 m/s)	Abdelaziz Mohamed	Qatar	16 October 2018	2018 Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	[1]
400 m	46.31	Martin Manley	Jamaica	23 August 2014	2014 Games	Nanjing, China
800 m	1:49.14	Myles Marshall	United States	25 August 2014	2014 Games	Nanjing, China
1500 m	3:41.99	Gilbert Soet	Kenya	24 August 2014	2014 Games	Nanjing, China
3000 m	7:56.20	Yomif Kejelcha	Ethiopia	24 August 2014	2014 Games	Nanjing, China
110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	12.96 (+1.3 m/s)	Jaheel Hyde	Jamaica	23 August 2014	2014 Games	Nanjing, China
400 m hurdles (84.0 cm)	50.61	Xu Zhihang	China	25 August 2014	2014 Games	Nanjing, China	[2]
		Mohamed Fares Jlassi	Tunisia
2000 m steeplechase	5:34.24	Wogene Sidamo	Ethiopia	21 August 2014	2014 Games	Nanjing, China	[3]
High jump	2.22 m	Chen Long	China	14 October 2018	2018 Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	[4]
		Oscar Miers	Australia
Pole vault	5.32 m	Baptiste Thiery	France	16 October 2018	2018 Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	[5]
Long jump	7.82 m (+1.5 m/s)	Joshua Cowley	Australia	15 October 2018	2018 Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	[6]
Triple jump	17.14 m (+1.9 m/s)	Jordan Díaz	Cuba	13 October 2018	2018 Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	[7]
Shot put (5 kg)	23.23 m	Krzysztof Brzozowski	Poland	22 August 2010	2010 Games	Singapore
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	66.84 m	Connor Bell	New Zealand	11 October 2018	2018 Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	[8]
Hammer throw (5 kg)	85.97 m	Mykhaylo Kokhan	Ukraine	12 October 2018	2018 Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	[9]
Javelin throw (700 g)	81.78 m	Braian Toledo	Argentina	22 August 2010	2010 Games	Singapore
5000 m race walk (track)	20:13.69	Oscar Patín	Ecuador	11 October 2018	2018 Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	[10]
10000 m race walk (track)	42:03.64	Minoru Onogawa	Japan	24 August 2014	2014 Games	Nanjing, China

Girls

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Games	Place	Ref
100 m	11.30 (0.0 m/s)	Ewa Swoboda	Poland	21 August 2014	2014 Games	Nanjing, China	[11]
200 m	23.45 (+1.9 m/s)	Dalia Kaddari	Italy	16 October 2018	2018 Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	[12]
400 m	52.50	Jessica Thornton	Australia	23 August 2014	2014 Games	Nanjing, China
800 m	2:04.76	Keely Small	Australia	14 October 2018	2018 Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	[13]
1500 m	4:15.38	Kokeb Tesfaye Alemu	Ethiopia	25 August 2014	2014 Games	Nanjing, China
3000 m	9:01.58	Nozomi Musembi Takamatsu	Japan	24 August 2014	2014 Games	Nanjing, China
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	13.31 (+0.3 m/s)	Grace Stark	United States	11 October 2018	2018 Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	[14]
400 m hurdles	57.91	Gezelle Magerman	South Africa	25 August 2014	2014 Games	Nanjing, China
2000 m steeplechase	6:20.10	Rosefline Chepngetich	Kenya	21 August 2014	2014 Games	Nanjing, China	[15]
High jump	1.95 m	Yaroslava Mahuchikh	Ukraine	15 October 2018	2018 Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	[16]
Pole vault	4.36 m	Angelica Moser	Switzerland	23 August 2014	2014 Games	Nanjing, China
Long jump	6.40 m (0.0 m/s)	Alina Rotaru	Romania	17 August 2010	2010 Games	Singapore
	6.40 m (+0.2 m/s)	Lena Malkus	Germany	21 August 2010
Triple jump	13.86 m (+1.4 m/s)	Aleksandra Nacheva	Bulgaria	16 October 2018	2018 Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	[17]
Shot put (3 kg)	18.95 m	Alena Bugakova	Russia	24 August 2014	2014 Games	Nanjing, China
Discus throw	55.49 m	Shanice Craft	Germany	21 August 2010	2010 Games	Singapore
Hammer throw (3 kg)	74.90 m	Valeriya Ivanenko	Ukraine	12 October 2018	2018 Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	[18]
Javelin throw (500 g)	63.34 m	Elina Tzengko	Greece	13 October 2018	2018 Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	[19]
5000 m race walk (track)	22:22.08	Ma Zhenxia	China	23 August 2014	2014 Games	Nanjing, China

Medal table

As of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	11	5	3	19
2	Kenya (KEN)	8	3	4	15
3	Ukraine (UKR)	8	2	7	17
4	Ethiopia (ETH)	7	8	6	21
5	France (FRA)	6	5	1	12
6	Russia (RUS)	6	4	4	14
7	Cuba (CUB)	5	1	1	7
8	United States (USA)	4	3	6	13
9	Jamaica (JAM)	4	2	1	7
10	Australia (AUS)	3	9	3	15
11	Japan (JPN)	3	7	3	13
12	Germany (GER)	3	5	6	14
–	Mixed-NOCs (MIX)	3	3	3	9
13	Nigeria (NGR)	3	2	1	6
14	South Africa (RSA)	3	1	2	6
15	Spain (ESP)	2	1	1	4
16	Argentina (ARG)	2	1	0	3
	Qatar (QAT)	2	1	0	3
18	Poland (POL)	2	0	3	5
19	Sweden (SWE)	2	0	1	3
20	Belarus (BLR)	1	3	1	5
	Italy (ITA)	1	3	1	5
	Mexico (MEX)	1	3	1	5
23	Ecuador (ECU)	1	2	1	4
24	Brazil (BRA)	1	1	2	4
	Uganda (UGA)	1	1	2	4
26	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	1	1	3
	Switzerland (SUI)	1	1	1	3
	Zambia (ZAM)	1	1	1	3
29	Burundi (BDI)	1	1	0	2
	New Zealand (NZL)	1	1	0	2
31	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	3	4
32	Eritrea (ERI)	1	0	2	3
	Finland (FIN)	1	0	2	3
	Greece (GRE)	1	0	2	3
35	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	1	2
	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	0	1	2
37	Colombia (COL)	1	0	0	1
	Iceland (ISL)	1	0	0	1
	Israel (ISR)	1	0	0	1
	Suriname (SUR)	1	0	0	1
41	Romania (ROU)	0	4	0	4
42	India (IND)	0	3	1	4
43	Hungary (HUN)	0	2	5	7
44	Algeria (ALG)	0	2	0	2
	Botswana (BOT)	0	2	0	2
	Cyprus (CYP)	0	2	0	2
47	Morocco (MAR)	0	1	2	3
48	Bahamas (BAH)	0	1	1	2
	Bahrain (BRN)	0	1	1	2
	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	1	2
	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	1	2
	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	1	1	2
	Saint Lucia (LCA)	0	1	1	2
54	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	0	1
	Tunisia (TUN)	0	1	0	1
	Venezuela (VEN)	0	1	0	1
57	Turkey (TUR)	0	0	3	3
58	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	2	2
59	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	0	1	1
	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	1	1
	Djibouti (DJI)	0	0	1	1
	Grenada (GRN)	0	0	1	1
	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	0	1	1
	Iraq (IRQ)	0	0	1	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	0	1	1
	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	0	1	1
	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	1	1
	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (70 nations)		108	106	109	323

Events

Track events
Event	2010	2014	2018
100 metres	B/G	B/G	B/G
200 metres	B/G	B/G	B/G
400 metres	B/G	B/G	B/G
800 metres	–	B/G	B/G
1000 metres	B/G	–	–
1500 metres	–	B/G	B/G
3000 metres	B/G	B/G	B/G
100 m hurdles	G	G	G
110 m hurdles	B	B	B
400 m hurdles	B/G	B/G	B/G
2000 m steeplechase	B/G	B/G	B/G
Relay race	B/G	M	–
5000 m walk	–	–	B/G
Road events
5 km walk	G	G	–
10 km walk	B	B	–
Cross country run	–	–	(B/G)
Field events
Long jump	B/G	B/G	B/G
Triple jump	B/G	B/G	B/G
High jump	B/G	B/G	B/G
Pole vault	B/G	B/G	B/G
Shot put	B/G	B/G	B/G
Discus throw	B/G	B/G	B/G
Javelin throw	B/G	B/G	B/G
Hammer throw	B/G	B/G	B/G
Total events	36	37	36

References

1. "200m Results". IAAF. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
2. "400m hurdles (84.0cm) Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
3. "2000m Steeplechase Results". IAAF. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
4. "High Jump Results". IAAF. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
5. "Pole Vault Results". IAAF. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
6. "Long Jump Results". IAAF. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
7. "Triple Jump Results". IAAF. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
8. "Discus Throw Results". IAAF. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
9. "Hammer Throw Results". IAAF. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
10. "5000m Race Walk Results". IAAF. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
11. https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/youth-olympic-games/2nd-youth-olympic-games-4950/results/women/100-metres/heats/result
12. "200m Results". IAAF. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
13. "800m Results". IAAF. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
14. "100m Hurdles Results". IAAF. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
15. https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/youth-olympic-games/2nd-youth-olympic-games-4950/results/women/2000-metres-steeplechase/heats/result
16. "High Jump Results". IAAF. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
17. "Triple Jump Results". IAAF. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
18. "Hammer Throw Results". IAAF. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
19. "Javelin Throw Results". IAAF. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.

External links

• Youth Olympic Games at iaaf.com
• Youth Olympic Games