2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics

Host city	Donetsk, Ukraine
Events	40
Dates	10–14 July
Main venue	RSC Olimpiyskiy

The 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was the eighth edition of the biennial international athletics competition for youth (under-18) athletes. The five-day competition took place between 10 and 14 July at the RSC Olimpiyskiy stadium in Donetsk, Ukraine.^[1]

A record 1532 athletes (840 boys and 713 girls) from 165 nations entered themselves for the competition.^[2] Eligible athletes were aged 16 or 17 on 31 December 2013 (born in 1996 or 1997).

Medal summary

The host stadium in Donetsk

Boys

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Mo Youxue  China	10.35 WYL	Ojie Edoburun  Great Britain	10.35 PB	Reynier Mena  Cuba	10.37 PB
200 metres	Michael O'Hara  Jamaica	20.63 WYL	Vítor Hugo dos Santos  Brazil	20.67 PB	Reynier Mena  Cuba	20.79
400 metres	Martin Manley  Jamaica	45.89 WYL	Ryan Clark  United States	46.46	Alexander Lerionka Sampao  Kenya	46.78 PB
800 metres	Alfred Kipketer  Kenya	1:48.01 PB	Konstantin Tolokonnikov  Russia	1:48.29 PB	Kyle Langford  Great Britain	1:48.32 PB
1500 metres	Robert Kiptoo Biwott  Kenya	3:36.77 CR	Tesfu Tewelde  Eritrea	3:42.14 PB	Titus Kipruto Kibiego  Kenya	3:42.97
3000 metres	Yomif Kejelcha  Ethiopia	7:53.56 PB	Vedic Kipkoech  Kenya	7:55.60	Alexander Mutiso Munyao  Kenya	7:56.86 PB
110 metres hurdles	Jaheel Hyde  Jamaica	13.13 CR	Marlon Humphrey  United States	13.24 PB	Lu Yang  China	13.33 PB
400 metres hurdles	Marvin Williams  Jamaica	50.39 WYL	Wang Yang  China	50.78	Kenneth Selmon  United States	51.30
2000 metres steeplechase	Meresa Kahsay  Ethiopia	5:19.99 WYB	Nicholas Kiptanui Bett  Kenya	5:20.92 PB	Justus Kipkorir Lagat  Kenya	5:30.00 PB
Medley relay	Waseem Williams Michael O'Hara Okeen Williams Martin Manley  Jamaica	1:49.23 WYB	Jaalen Jones Noah Lyles Taylor McLaughlin Ryan Clark  United States	1:50.14 SB	Daiki Oda Shunto Nagata Kakeru Yamaki Kaisei Yui  Japan	1:50.52 PB
10,000 metres walk	Toshikazu Yamanishi  Japan	41:53.80 PB	Maksim Krasnov  Russia	42:03.10 PB	Diego García  Spain	42:03.32 PB
High jump	Woo Sang-Hyuk  South Korea	2.20 PB	Bai Jiaxu  China	2.18 PB	Christoff Bryan  Jamaica	2.16
Pole vault	Harry Coppell  Great Britain	5.25 PB	Huang Bokai  China	5.20 PB	Lev Skorish  Israel	5.10 PB
Long jump	Anatoliy Ryapolov  Russia	7.79	Fang Yaoqing  China	7.53	Isaiah Moore  United States	7.53 PB
Triple jump	Lázaro Martínez  Cuba	16.63 =CR	Fang Yaoqing  China	16.48 PB	Dimitri Antonov  Germany	16.02 PB
Shot put	Patrick Müller  Germany	22.02 PB	Henning Prüfer  Germany	21.94 PB	Mohamed Magdi Hamza  Egypt	20.58
Discus throw	Matthew Denny  Australia	67.54 WYL	Henning Prüfer  Germany	65.62	Cheng Yulong  China	62.80 PB
Hammer throw	Matija Greguric  Croatia	79.38 PB	Pavel Paliakou  Belarus	79.02 PB	Matthew Denny  Australia	78.67
Javelin throw	Matija Muhar  Slovenia	78.84 PB	Norbert Rivasz-Tóth  Hungary	78.27	Pablo Bugallo  Spain	76.63
Octathlon	Karsten Warholm  Norway	6451 PB	Feliks Shestopalov  Russia	6260 PB	Jan Doležal  Czech Republic	6222 PB

Girls

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Ky Westbrook  United States	11.33 PB	Ariana Washington  United States	11.40	Ángela Tenorio  Ecuador	11.41
200 metres	Irene Ekelund  Sweden	22.92 CR	Ángela Tenorio  Ecuador	23.13 PB	Ariana Washington  United States	23.20
400 metres	Sabrina Bakare  Great Britain	52.77 PB	Olivia Baker  United States	53.38	Tiffany James  Jamaica	53.56
800 metres	Aníta Hinriksdóttir  Iceland	2:01.13 CR	Dureti Edao  Ethiopia	2:03.25 PB	Raevyn Rogers  United States	2:03.32 PB
1500 metres	Tigist Gashaw  Ethiopia	4:14.25	Dawit Seyaum  Ethiopia	4:15.51	Alexa Efraimson  United States	4:16.07
3000 metres	Lilian Kasait Rengeruk  Kenya	8:58.74 WYL	Berhan Demiesa  Ethiopia	9:00.06 PB	Silenat Yismaw  Ethiopia	9:01.63 PB
100 metres hurdles	Yanique Thompson  Jamaica	12.94 WYB	Dior Hall  United States	13.01 PB	Mikiah Brisco  United States	13.29 PB
400 metres hurdles	Helene Swanepoel  South Africa	58.08 WYL	Tia-Adana Belle  Barbados	58.42 PB	Lisa-Marie Jacoby  Germany	58.75 PB
2000 metres steeplechase	Rosefline Chepngetich  Kenya	6:14.60	Daisy Jepkemei  Kenya	6:15.12 PB	Weynshet Ansa  Ethiopia	6:30.05
Medley relay	Dior Hall Ky Westbrook Raevyn Rogers Olivia Baker  United States	2:05.15 WYL	Taylor Hill Nelda Huggins Jonel Lacey Tarika Moses  British Virgin Islands	2:07.40 PB	Mizuki Nakamura Nana Fujimori Seika Aoyama Nanako Matsumoto  Japan	2:07.61 PB
5000 metres walk	Olga Shargina  Russia	22:13.91 WYL	Momoko Mizota  Japan	22:42.77 PB	Noemi Stella  Italy	22:48.95
High jump	Eleanor Patterson  Australia	1.88 PB	Erika Furlani  Italy	1.82 PB	Rhizlane Siba  Morocco Julia du Plessis  South Africa	1.79
Pole vault	Robeilys Peinado  Venezuela	4.25	Alayna Lutkovskaya  Russia	4.15	Krista Obižajeva  Latvia	4.05
Long jump	Florentina Marincu  Romania	6.42	Keturah Orji  United States	6.39 PB	Natalia Chacińska  Poland	6.22 PB
Triple jump	Florentina Marincu  Romania	13.75 WYL	Wang Rong  China	13.69	Keturah Orji  United States	13.69 PB
Shot put	Emel Dereli  Turkey	20.14 CR	Alena Bugakova  Russia	18.60	Ashlie Blake  United States	17.57
Discus throw	Xie Yuchen  China	56.34 CR	Claudine Vita  Germany	52.59 PB	Liang Xinyun  China	51.50 PB
Hammer throw	Réka Gyurátz  Hungary	73.20 CR	Helga Völgyi  Hungary	71.95	Valeriia Semenkova  Ukraine	68.62 PB
Javelin throw	Mackenzie Little  Australia	61.47 CR	Yulenmis Aguilar  Cuba	59.94 PB	Anete Kocina  Latvia	54.26
Heptathlon	Celina Leffler  Germany	5747 WYB	Emma Stenlöf  Sweden	5590 PB	Louisa Grauvogel  Germany	5581

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Ukraine)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Jamaica (JAM)	6	0	2	8
2	Kenya (KEN)	4	3	4	11
3	Ethiopia (ETH)	3	3	2	8
4	Australia (AUS)	3	0	2	5
5	United States (USA)	2	7	8	17
6	China (CHN)	2	6	3	11
7	Russia (RUS)	2	5	0	7
8	Germany (GER)	2	3	3	8
9	Great Britain (GBR)	2	1	1	4
10	Romania (ROU)	2	0	0	2
11	Hungary (HUN)	1	2	0	3
12	Cuba (CUB)	1	1	2	4
	Japan (JPN)	1	1	2	4
14	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	0	2
15	South Africa (RSA)	1	0	1	2
16	Croatia (CRO)	1	0	0	1
	Iceland (ISL)	1	0	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	1	0	0	1
	South Korea (KOR)	1	0	0	1
	Turkey (TUR)	1	0	0	1
	Venezuela (VEN)	1	0	0	1
23	Ecuador (ECU)	0	1	1	2
	Italy (ITA)	0	1	1	2
25	Barbados (BAR)	0	1	0	1
	Belarus (BLR)	0	1	0	1
	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	0	1
	British Virgin Islands (IVB)	0	1	0	1
	Eritrea (ERI)	0	1	0	1
30	Latvia (LAT)	0	0	2	2
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	2	2
32	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	0	1	1
	Egypt (EGY)	0	0	1	1
	Israel (ISR)	0	0	1	1
	Morocco (MAR)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine (UKR)*	0	0	1	1
Totals (37 entries)		40	40	42	122

References

External links

• Official results
• Official competition website
• Official 2013 World Youth Championships website at IAAF
• Statistical handbook