The 2014
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
athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competitio ...
competition for athletes qualifying as
juniors (born 1995 or later) which was held at the
Hayward Field
Hayward Field is a track and field stadium in the Northwestern United States, located on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. It has been the home of the university's track and field teams since 1921, and was the on-campu ...
in
Eugene, Oregon
Eugene ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie River (Oregon), McKenzie and Willamette River, Willamette rivers, ...
, USA, on 22–27 July 2014.
A total of 44
athletics events
The sport of athletics is defined by the many events which make up its competition programmes. All events within the sport are forms of running, walking, jumping or throwing. These events are divided into the sub-sports of track and field, road ...
were contested at the championships, 22 by male and 22 by female athletes. A total of 1546 athletes from 175 countries were participate.
Several medalists from the
2012 championships were eligible to defend their titles, including
Wilhem Belocian
Wilhem Belocian (born 25 June 1995) is a French hurdler and sprinter from Guadeloupe.
Career
Belocian won the 110 metre hurdles bronze medal at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics, in a personal best of 13.51 seconds. He won the 1 ...
,
Ashraf Amgad Elseify
Ashraf Amgad Elseify (; born 20 February 1995) is a Qatari hammer thrower.
Biography
He won a gold medal at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of ...
,
Falk Wendrich,
Jessica Judd
Jessica Warner-Judd (born 7 January 1995) is an English middle- and long-distance runner. She won two individual medals in the Under-20 and U23 races at the European Cross Country Championships and a gold medal for the 5000 metres at the 201 ...
,
Ana Peleteiro
Ana Peleteiro-Compaoré Brión (Birth name, née Peleteiro Brión; born 2 December 1995 in A Coruña, Spain) is a Spanish triple jumper and the current national record holder. She won the gold medal in the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Champio ...
and
Sofi Flinck.
Men's results
Track
Field
Women's results
Track
Field
Medal table
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 1411 athletes from 153 countries participated in the event. Registered athletes from , , the , , , , and did not show.
References
External links
Official results
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World Athletics U20 Championships
World Junior Championships
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 ...
Sports competitions in Eugene, Oregon
International track and field competitions hosted by the United States
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 ...
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 ...
Track and field competitions in Oregon