The 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2006 version of the

World Junior Championships in Athletics The World Athletics U20 Championships is a biennial world championships for the sport of athletics organised by the World Athletics, contested by athletes in the under-20 athletics age category (19 years old or younger on 31 December in the year ...

. It was held from 15 August to 20 August at the Chaoyang Sports Centre in

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, the capital of the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, sli ...

. The Championships were dominated by the host nation China, and Kenya. The United States showed a near complete domination in the

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events. Estonia won four gold medals; their first medals ever at the World Junior Championships.

Results

Men

Women

Medal table

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Participation

According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 1350 athletes from 176 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

References

Official results
(archived) {{IAAF Championships 2006

International athletics competitions hosted by China August 2006 sports events in Asia