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on 10–15 July 2018. The championships were originally awarded to Tampere by the

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in March, 2016.

Schedule

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Qualifying Standards

Men's results

Track

* (World Junior Record), (World Junior Leader), (Championship Record), (Area Junior Record), (National Junior Record ), (Personal Best), (Season Best)

Field

* (World Junior Record), (World Junior Leader), (Championship Record), (Area Junior Record), (National Junior Record ), (Personal Best), (Season Best)

Women's results

Track

* (World Junior Record), (World Junior Leader), (Championship Record), (Area Junior Record), (National Junior Record ), (Personal Best), (Season Best)

Field

* (World Junior Record), (World Junior Leader), (Championship Record), (Area Junior Record), (National Junior Record ), (Personal Best), (Season Best)

Medal table

Kenya won the ranking in the medal table.

Placing table

USA won the ranking in the placing table.

Participation

The following is a list of participating nations with the number of qualified athletes in brackets. A country without any qualified athlete could enter either one male or one female. A total 156 countries (plus the teams from Authorized Neutral Athletes and Athlete Refugee team) and 1462 athletes are scheduled to compete.

References

External links

Official Site
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IAAF World U20 Championships 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 ...

2018 IAAF World U20 Championships