The 2012

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 yea ...

was an international

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competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born 1993 or later) which was held at the

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, Spain, on 10–15 July 2012. A total of 44

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were contested at the championships, 22 by male and 22 by female athletes. Several medalists from the 2010 championships were eligible to defend their titles, including

Jacko Gill Jackson Gill (born 20 December 1994) is a New Zealand track and field athlete who competes in the shot put. Gill throws with his right hand, using the spin technique. In 2010, he won gold in the shot put at the World Junior Championships at t ...

Jodie Williams Jodie Alicia Williams (born 28 September 1993) is a retired British sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres, having begun her career concentrating on 100 and 200 metres. A prodigious junior in the shorter sprints, she is the 2009 World Y ...

Shaunae Miller Shaunae Miller-Uibo (born 15 April 1994) is a Bahamian Sport of athletics, track and field Sprint (running), sprinter who competes in the 200 metres, 200 and 400 metres. She is a two-time Olympic champion after winning the women's 400 metres at ...

, and

Angelica Bengtsson Angelica Therese Bengtsson (born 8 July 1993) is a Swedish track and field athlete who specialises in the pole vault. She became the first pole vault winner at the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, 2010. Bengtsson has won gold meda ...

. Gill and Bengtsson were successful.

Men's results

Track

Field

Women's results

Track

Field

Medal table

Participation

According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 1566 athletes from 171 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

References

External links

Official results
{{DEFAULTSORT:2012 World Junior Championships In Athletics World Athletics U20 Championships World Junior Championships Athletics competitions in Catalonia Sports competitions in Barcelona 2012 in Spanish sport International athletics competitions hosted by Catalonia Athletics in Barcelona