Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 11 to 16 October. The events took place at the Parque Olímpico de la Juventud in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Athletics
at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
VenueParque Olímpico de la Juventud
Dates11–16 October
No. of events36 (18 boys, 18 girls)
Competitors696 from 177 nations
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For the first time, every athletics' event featured 2 stages – 2 separate competitions, both of their results were added together to conclude final standings.[1]

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 36 athletes, 18 per each gender and 1 per each event. In total, 680 (340 boys and 340 girls) athletes will compete at the Youth Olympics with continental qualification events deciding the majority of athletes. The distribution of quotas was decided based on the results from the 2015 World Youth Championships and 2017 World Youth Championships. As hosts, Argentina is given 4 quotas, 2 per each gender and universality places will be given to nations whom did not qualify an athlete with a maximum of 1 boy or girl per nation. These quotas will be subtracted from that nation's continental quota in the relevant event. All athletes qualified in the 1500 m, 3000 m and 2000 m steeplechase will compete their Stage 2 event in the cross country run.[2]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2002.[2]

Qualification timeline

EventLocationDate
2015 World Youth Championships Cali15–19 July 2015
2017 World Youth Championships Nairobi12–16 July 2017
2018 Melanesian Championship Port Vila9–11 May 2018
2018 Asian Youth Olympic Qualifying Meet Bangkok4–5 July 2018
2018 European U18 Championship Győr5–8 July 2018
2018 African Youth Games Algiers19–28 July 2018
  • The Americas Youth Olympic trials were scheduled to be held in Nicaragua but were cancelled due to civil unrest in the country.[3] Rankings will determine who competes from the continent.

Quota distribution

Boys
EventAfricaAmericasAsiaEuropeOceaniaTotal
100m51286132
200m35411124
400m5855124
800m8528124
1500m7316118
3000m6155118
110m Hurdles2837222
400m Hurdles3633116
2000m Steeplechase6227118
High Jump1545116
Pole Vault11310116
Long Jump1626116
Triple Jump2643116
Shot Put2427116
Discus Throw1428116
Hammer Throw12210116
Javelin Throw2328116
5000m Race Walk1734116
Total57885711919340
Girls
EventAfricaAmericasAsiaEuropeOceaniaTotal
100m314113132
200m17411124
400m37211124
800m53114124
1500m7235118
3000m8234118
100m Hurdles18210122
400m Hurdles1527116
2000m Steeplechase3329118
High Jump12111116
Pole Vault13110116
Long Jump1518116
Triple Jump1428116
Shot Put13110116
Discus Throw2418116
Hammer Throw13110116
Javelin Throw1527116
5000m Race Walk2526116
Total43853216218340

Schedule

The schedule was released by the Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.[4]

QStage 1HStage 1FStage 2CCross country run (Stage 2)
Event ↓ / Date →Thu 11Fri 12Sat 13Sun 14Mon 15Tue 16
Boys' 100 mHF
Boys' 200 mHF
Boys' 400 mHF
Boys' 800 mHF
Boys' 1500 mHC
Boys' 3000 mHC
Boys' 110 m hurdlesHF
Boys' 400 m hurdlesHF
Boys' 2000 m steeplechaseHC
Boys' 5 km walkHF
Boys' Long jumpQF
Boys' Triple jumpQF
Boys' High jumpQF
Boys' Pole vaultQF
Boys' Shot putQF
Boys' Discus throwQF
Boys' Javelin throwQF
Boys' Hammer throwQF
Event ↓ / Date →Thu 11Fri 12Sat 13Sun 14Mon 15Tue 16
Girls' 100 mHF
Girls' 200 mHF
Girls' 400 mHF
Girls' 800 mHF
Girls' 1500 mHC
Girls' 3000 mHC
Girls' 100 m hurdlesHF
Girls' 400 m hurdlesHF
Girls' 2000 m steeplechaseHC
Girls' 5 km walkHF
Girls' Long jumpQF
Girls' Triple jumpQF
Girls' High jumpQF
Girls' Pole vaultQF
Girls' Shot putQF
Girls' Discus throwQF
Girls' Javelin throwQF
Girls' Hammer throwQF
Event ↓ / Date →Thu 11Fri 12Sat 13Sun 14Mon 15Tue 16

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Argentina)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China3115
2  Kenya3104
3  Cuba3014
 Ukraine3014
5  Ethiopia2248
6  Qatar2002
7  Australia1405
8  France1304
9  Nigeria1203
10  Japan1124
11  Ecuador1113
 United States1113
13  Argentina*1102
 Bulgaria1102
 Germany1102
 Mexico1102
17  Czech Republic1012
 Finland1012
 Greece1012
 South Africa1012
 Uganda1012
22  Belgium1001
 Burundi1001
 Colombia1001
 Iceland1001
 New Zealand1001
27  Russia0224
28  Algeria0202
 Hungary0202
30  Belarus0112
 India0112
 Italy0112
 Jamaica0112
 Puerto Rico0112
 Spain0112
 Zambia0112
37  Egypt0101
 Morocco0101
 Saint Lucia0101
40  Turkey0033
41  Brazil0022
42  Austria0011
 Eritrea0011
 Hong Kong0011
 Poland0011
 Saudi Arabia0011
 Sri Lanka0011
Totals (47 entries)363636108
Source: IAAF

Boys' events

Medal Ceremony, Shot Put
GamesGoldSilverBronze
100 m
details
Luke Davids
 South Africa
20.71Alaba Olukunle Akintola
 Nigeria
21.00Seiryō Ikeda
 Japan
21.12
200 m
details
Abdelaziz Mohamed
 Qatar
41.78Antonio Watson
 Jamaica
42.41Lucas Conceição Vilar
 Brazil
42.67
400 m
details
Luis Avilés
 Mexico
1:34.23Kennedy Luchembe
 Zambia
1:34.34Nicholas Ramey
 United States
1:34.87
800 m
details
Tasew Yada
 Ethiopia
3:39.76Mohamed Ali Gouaned
 Algeria
3:41.74Mehmet Çelik
 Turkey
3:41.79
1500 m
details
Jean de Dieu Butoyi
 Burundi
4 ptsAnass Essayi
 Morocco
4 ptsMelese Nberet
 Ethiopia
4 pts
3000 m
details
Jackson Kavesa Muema
 Kenya
4 ptsBerihu Aregawi
 Ethiopia
4 ptsOscar Chelimo
 Uganda
4 pts
110 m hurdles
details
Owaab Barrow
 Qatar
26.50Kenny Fletcher
 France
27.01Addis Wong Lok Hei
 Hong Kong
27.13
400 m hurdles
details
Haruto Deguchi
 Japan
1:42.68Dániel Huller
 Hungary
1:43.84Mohammed Duhaim Al-Muawi
 Saudi Arabia
1:45.81
2000 m steeplechase / Cross country
details
Abrham Sime
 Ethiopia
2 ptsBaptiste Guyon
 France
8 ptsAbel Yamane
 Eritrea
9 pts
5000 m race walk
details
Óscar Patín [es]
 Ecuador
20:13.69Suraj Panwar
 India
20:23.30Jan Moreu
 Puerto Rico
20:28.02
High jump
details
Chen Long
 China
4.35Oscar Miers
 Australia
4.27Oleh Doroshchuk
 Ukraine
4.23
Pole vault
details
Baptiste Thiery
 France
10.37Kazuki Furusawa
 Japan
10.32Dmitry Kachanov
 Russia
10.32
Long jump
details
Lester Lescay
 Cuba
15.54Joshua Cowley
 Australia
15.53Koki Wada
 Japan
15.12
Triple jump
details
Jordan Díaz
 Cuba
34.18Ineh Oritsemeyiwa
 Nigeria
31.85Praveen Chithravel
 India
31.52
Shot put
details
Nazareno Sasia
 Argentina
43.19Xing Jialiang
 China
41.74Carmelo Alessandro Musci
 Italy
41.43
Discus throw
details
Connor Bell
 New Zealand
133.08Jorge Luis Contreras
 Puerto Rico
115.06Gracjan Kozak
 Poland
114.92
Hammer throw
details
Mykhaylo Kokhan
 Ukraine
171.11Valentin Andreev
 Bulgaria
163.96Wang Qi
 China
155.36
Javelin throw
details
Topias Laine [fi]
 Finland
153.42Gustavo Osorio
 Argentina
150.28Martin Florian
 Czech Republic
150.24

Girls' events

GamesGoldSilverBronze
100 m
details
Rosemary Chukuma
 Nigeria
23.20Julien Alfred
 Saint Lucia
23.22Gabriela Suárez
 Ecuador
23.26
200 m
details
Guðbjörg Jóna Bjarnadóttir
 Iceland
47.02Dalia Kaddari
 Italy
47.69Letícia Maria Nonato Lima
 Brazil
47.87
400 m
details
Barbora Malíková
 Czech Republic
1:48.86Marie Scheppan
 Germany
1:50.06Niddy Mingilishi
 Zambia
1:50.48
800 m
details
Keely Small
 Australia
4:10.44Athing Mu
 United States
4:13.24Hirut Meshesha
 Ethiopia
4:14.60
1500 m
details
Edinah Jebitok
 Kenya
2 ptsJaylah Hancock-Cameron
 Australia
6 ptsLemiem Hailu
 Ethiopia
7 pts
3000 m
details
Sarah Chelangat
 Uganda
2 ptsMercy Chepkorir Kerarei
 Kenya
4 ptsAberash Minsewo
 Ethiopia
6 pts
100 m hurdles
details
Grace Stark
 United States
26.14Sophie White
 Australia
26.40Ackera Nugent
 Jamaica
26.41
400 m hurdles
details
Valeria Cabezas
 Colombia
1:57.58Loubna Benhadja
 Algeria
2:00.68Carla García
 Spain
2:00.76
2000 m steeplechase / Cross country
details
Fancy Cherono
 Kenya
2 ptsMekides Abebe
 Ethiopia
5 ptsParami Wasanthi Maristela
 Sri Lanka
7 pts
5000 m race walk
details
Xi Ricuo
 China
45:03.49Sofia Ramos Rodríguez
 Mexico
45:58.97Olga Fiaska
 Greece
46:10.02
High jump
details
Yaroslava Mahuchikh
 Ukraine
3.87Mariya Kochanova
 Russia
3.71Jessica Kähärä
 Finland
3.63
Pole vault
details
Leni Freyja Wildgrube
 Germany
8.12Emma Brentel
 France
7.82Krystsina Kantsavenka
 Belarus
7.72
Long jump
details
Maité Beernaert
 Belgium
12.32Klaudia Endrész
 Hungary
12.31Ingeborg Grünwald
 Austria
12.31
Triple jump
details
Aleksandra Nacheva
 Bulgaria
27.62María Vicente
 Spain
27.43Mariya Privalova
 Russia
26.07
Shot put
details
Li Xinhui
 China
36.75Yelizaveta Dorts
 Belarus
35.13Dane Roets
 South Africa
34.64
Discus throw
details
Melany Matheus
 Cuba
108.65Violetta Ignatyeva
 Russia
107.79Özlem Becerek
 Turkey
103.86
Hammer throw
details
Valeriya Ivanenko
 Ukraine
146.98Rawan Ayman Ibrahim Barakat
 Egypt
136.17Alegna Osorio
 Cuba
127.00
Javelin throw
details
Elina Tzengko
 Greece
125.08Juleisy Ángulo
 Ecuador
115.03Münevver Hancı
 Turkey
114.47

Participating nations

A total of 177 countries entered athletes.

References

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