2024 World Athletics U20 Championships

2024 World Athletics U20 Championships
Host city	Lima, Peru
Events	45
Dates	27–31 August 2024
Main venue	National Stadium of Peru
Website	worldathletics.org
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The 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships, also known colloquially by its former official title, the World Junior Championships, will be an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 2005. The event is due to be staged in Lima, Peru from 27 to 31 August 2024. On 5 April 2023 it was announced that the city had initially withdrawn as a host of the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships due to "recent political instability, social unrest and natural disasters".^[1]^[2] However on 14 August 2023, Lima was reinstated as host city for the event as all the issues were stabilised.^[3]

Men's results

Men track events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 meters (Wind: +0.0 m/s) details	( )	0.00	( )	0.00	( )	0.00
200 meters (Wind: +0.0 m/s) details	( )	00.00	( )	00.00	( )	00.00
400 meters details	( )	00.00	( )	00.00	( )	00.00
800 meters details	( )	0:00.00	( )	0:00.00	( )	0:00.00
1500 meters details	( )	0:00.00	( )	0:00.00	( )	0:00.00
5000 meters details	( )	00:00.00	( )	00:00.00	( )	00:00.00
10,000 meters details	( )	00:00.00	( )	00:00.00	( )	00:00.00
Marathon details	( )	00:00.00	( )	00:00.00	( )	00:00.00
110 meters hurdles (Wind: +0.0 m/s) details	( )	00.00	( )	00.00	( )	00.00
400 meters hurdles details	( )	00.00	( )	00.00	( )	00.00
3000 meters steeplechase details	( )	0:00.00	( )	0:00.00	( )	0:00.00
20 km walk details	( )	0:00.00	( )	0:00.00	( )	0:00.00
50 km walk details	( )	0:00.00	( )	0:00.00	( )	0:00.00

Men field events

Event
High jump details
Pole vault details
Long jump details
Triple jump details
Shot put details
Discus throw details
Hammer throw details
Javelin throw details
Decathlon details	0000 pts	0000 pts	0000 pts

Women's results

Key:

Women track events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 meters (Wind: +0.0 m/s) details	( )	0.00	( )	0.00	( )	0.00
200 meters (Wind: +0.0 m/s) details	( )	00.00	( )	00.00	( )	00.00
400 meters details	( )	00.00	( )	00.00	( )	00.00
800 meters details	( )	0:00.00	( )	0:00.00	( )	0:00.00
1500 meters details	( )	0:00.00	( )	0:00.00	( )	0:00.00
5000 meters details	( )	00:00.00	( )	00:00.00	( )	00:00.00
10,000 meters details		00:00.00		00:00.00		00:00.00
Marathon details		0:00.00		0:00.00		0:00.00
100 meters hurdles (Wind: +0.0 m/s) details	( )	00.00	( )	00.00	( )	00.00
400 meters hurdles details	( )	00.00	( )	00.00	( )	00.00
3000 meters steeplechase details	( )	0:00.00	( )	0:00.00	( )	0:00.00
20 km walk details	( )	0:00.00	( )	0:00.00	( )	0:00.00
50 km walk details	( )	0:00.00	( )	0:00.00	( )	0:00.00

Women field events

Event
High jump details	0.00 m (0 in)	0.00 m (0 in)	0.00 m (0 in)
Pole vault details	0.00 m (0 in)	0.00 m (0 in)	0.00 m (0 in)
Long jump details	0.00 m (0 in) (Wind: -0.0 m/s)	0.00 m (0 in) (Wind: -0.0 m/s)	0.00 m (0 in) (Wind: -0.0 m/s)
Triple jump details	00.00 m (0 in) (Wind: -0.0 m/s)	00.00 m (0 in) (Wind: -0.0 m/s)	00.00 m (0 in) (Wind: -0.0 m/s)
Shot put details	00.00 m (0 in)	00.00 m (0 in)	00.00 m (0 in)
Discus throw details	00.00 m (0 in)	00.00 m (0 in)	00.00 m (0 in)
Hammer throw details	00.00 m (0 in)	00.00 m (0 in)	00.00 m (0 in)
Javelin throw details	00.00 m (0 in)	00.00 m (0 in)	00.00 m (0 in)
Heptathlon details	0000 pts	0000 pts	0000 pts

Medal table

Source: World Athletics U20 Championships Lima 24 Medal Table

Qualifying Standards

Event	Men	Women
100 m	10.55	11.78
200 m	21.35	24.35
400 m	47.65	54.40
800 m	1:50.50	2:09.00
1500 m	3:48.00	4:27.50
3000 m	8:07.00	9:32.00
5000 m	14:08.00	16:30.00
3000 m sc	9:02.00	10:38.00
100 mH	–	14.20
110 mH	14.20 00.991 m (3 ft 3 in)	–
400 mH	53.20	61.00
10,000 m RW	43:50.00	49:30.00
4x100 m Relay	No standard	No standard
4x400 m Relay	No standard	No standard
4x400 m Mixed Relay	No standard	No standard
Heptathlon	–	5300 points
Decathlon	7080 points	–
High Jump	2.13 m (6 ft 11+3⁄4 in)	1.80 m (5 ft 10+3⁄4 in)
Pole Vault	5.10 m (16 ft 8+3⁄4 in)	4.00 m (13 ft 1+1⁄4 in)
Long Jump	7.56 m (24 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	6.20 m (20 ft 4 in)
Triple Jump	15.50 m (50 ft 10 in)	12.90 m (42 ft 3+3⁄4 in)
Shot Put	18.20 m (59 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (6 kg)	14.50 m (47 ft 6+3⁄4 in) (4 kg)
Discus	55.50 m (182 ft 1 in)	49.00 m (160 ft 9 in)
Hammer	67.50 m (221 ft 5+1⁄4 in) (6 kg)	57.50 m (188 ft 7+3⁄4 in)
Javelin	68.00 m (223 ft 1 in)	49.50 m (162 ft 4+3⁄4 in)

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Schedule

Q	Qualification	H	Heats	S	Semifinals	F	Final
M = morning session, A = afternoon session

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**Men**
Date →	27 Aug		28 Aug		29 Aug		30 Aug		31 Aug
Event ↓	M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A	A
100 m	H	S		F
200 m					H	S		F
400 m	H							F
800 m			H					S	F
1500 m				H				F
3000 m		F
5000 m				F
3000 m SC						H			F
110 m hurdles					H	S		F
400 m hurdles			H					S	F
Decathlon					F
High jump								F
Pole vault					F
Long jump						F
Triple jump									F
Shot put	Q			F
Discus throw							Q		F
Hammer throw	Q					F
Javelin throw		Q				F
10,000 m walk							F
4 × 100 m relay							H		F
4 × 400 m relay							H		F

**Women**
Date →	27 Aug		28 Aug		29 Aug		30 Aug		31 Aug
Event ↓	M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A	A
100 m	H	S		F
200 m					H	S		F
400 m	H							F
800 m			H			S		F
1500 m					H				F
3000 m				F
5000 m									F
3000 m SC						F
100 m hurdles					H	S		F
400 m hurdles			H						F
Heptathlon	F
High jump					Q				F
Pole vault		F
Long jump					Q				F
Triple jump				Q		F
Shot put								F
Discus throw					F
Hammer throw					Q			F
Javelin throw				F
10,000 m walk							F
4 × 100 m relay							H		F
4 × 400 m relay							H		F

**Mixed**
Date →	27 Aug		28 Aug		29 Aug		30 Aug		31 Aug
Event ↓	M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A	A
4 × 400 m relay	H	F

Event schedule
DAY ONE—TUESDAY, AUGUST 27TH
PET Time (UTC+5)	DIVISION	EVENT	Round
09:35	X	4x400 Metres Relay	Heats
10:10	W	100 Metres	Heats
11:10	M	100 Metres	Heats
12:10	M	800 Metres	Heats
13:05	W	800 Metres	Heats
16:00	W	3000 Metres Steeplechase	Heats
16:45	W	100 Metres	Semi-Final
17:07	M	100 Metres	Semi-Final
17:30	W	5000 Metres	Final
17:55	M	5000 Metres	Final
18:50	X	4x400 Metres Relay	Final
Heptathlon
09:05	W	100 Metres Hurdles	Heptathlon
10:10	W	High Jump	Heptathlon
16:05	W	Shot Put	Heptathlon
18:25	W	200 Metres	Heptathlon
Field Events
09:00	M	Hammer Throw (6 kg)	Qualification - Group A
09:15	W	Long Jump	Qualification
10:15	M	Hammer Throw (6 kg)	Qualification - Group B
11:00	M	Shot Put (6 kg)	Qualification
11:35	W	Discus Throw	Qualification - Group A
12:05	M	Triple Jump	Qualification
13:00	W	Discus Throw	Qualification - Group B
16:00	W	Pole Vault	Qualification
16:20	M	Javelin Throw (700g)	Qualification - Group A
17:35	M	Shot Put (6 kg)	Final
17:40	M	Javelin Throw (700g)	Qualification - Group B
END OF DAY ONE
DAY TWO—WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28TH
09:10	W	400 Metres Hurdles	Heats
10:05	M	400 Metres Hurdles	Heats
11:05	W	400 Metres	Heats
12:00	M	400 Metres	Heats
12:50	M	3000 Metres Steeplechase	Heats
16:05	M	1500 Metres	Heats
16:40	W	1500 Metres	Heats
17:20	M	400 Metres	Semi-Final
17:45	W	400 Metres	Semi-Final
18:30	W	100 Metres	Final
18:47	M	100 Metres	Final
Heptathlon
09:40	W	Long Jump	Heptathlon
12:05	W	Javelin Throw	Heptathlon
18:10	W	800 Metres	Heptathlon
Field Events
09:00	W	Javelin Throw	Qualification - Group A
10:30	M	High Jump	Qualification
10:35	W	Javelin Throw	Qualification - Group B
11:50	W	Triple Jump	Qualification
16:29	W	Discus Throw Final
17:20	W	Long Jump	Final
END OF DAY TWO
DAY THREE—THURSDAY, AUGUST 29TH
09:00	M	100 Metres	Decathlon U20
09:25	W	100 Metres Hurdles	Heats
10:20	M	110m Hurdles (99.0 cm)	Heats
11:15	W	200 Metres	Heats
12:10	M	200 Metres	Heats
15:00	W	100 Metres Hurdles	Semi-Final
15:30	M	110m Hurdles (99.0 cm)	Semi-Final
15:55	W	800 Metres	Semi-Final
16:20	M	800 Metres	Semi-Final
16:47	W	200 Metres	Semi-Final
17:10	M	200 Metres	Semi-Final
17:35	W	3000 Metres Steeplechase	Final
17:55	M	400 Metres	Decathlon U20
18:15	M	3000 Metres	Final
18:43	W	400 Metres	Final
18:50	M	400 Metres	Final
Field Events
09:10	W	Hammer Throw	Qualification - Group A
10:25	W	Hammer Throw	Qualification - Group B
11:05	W	High Jump	Qualification
11:45	M	Long Jump	Qualification
15:25	M	Hammer Throw (6 kg)	Final
16:00	W	Pole Vault	Final
17:20	M	Triple Jump	Final
17:30	M	Javelin Throw (700g)	Final
Decathlon
09:00	M	100 Metre	Decathlon U20
09:35	M	Long Jump	Decathlon U20
11:10	M	Shot Put (6 kg)	Decathlon U20
15:50	M	High Jump	Decathlon U20
17:55	M	400 Metres	Decathlon U20
END OF DAY THREE
DAY FOUR—FRIDAY, AUGUST 30TH
09:00	M	110m Hurdles (99.0 cm)	Decathlon U20
09:25	M	10,000 Metres Race Walk	Final
10:25	W	10,000 Metres Race Walk	Final
11:30	W	4x400 Metres Relay	Heats
12:00	M	4x400 Metres Relay	Heats
12:35	W	4x100 Metres Relay	Heats
13:05	M	4x100 Metres Relay	Heats
15:35	W	400 Metres Hurdles	Semi-Final
16:05	M	400 Metres Hurdles	Semi-Final
16:35	M	800 Metres	Final
16:50	W	800 Metres	Final
17:10	W	100 Metres Hurdles	Final
17:25	M	110m Hurdles (99.0 cm)	Final
17:50	W	3000 Metres	Final
18:15	M	1500 Metres	Decathlon U20
18:35	W	200 Metres	Final
18:50	M	200 Metres	Final
Decathlon
09:00	M	110m Hurdles (99.0 cm)	Decathlon U20
09:40	M	Discus Throw (1.750 kg)	Decathlon - Group A
10:50	M	Discus Throw (1.750 kg)	Decathlon - Group B
11:35	M	Pole Vault	Decathlon - Group A
12:25	M	Pole Vault	Decathlon - Group B
15:30	M	Javelin Throw	Decathlon - Group A
16:35	M	Javelin Throw	Decathlon - Group B
18:15	M	1500 Metres	Decathlon U20
Field Events
09:20	W	Shot Put	Qualification
11:55	M	Discus Throw (1.750 kg)	Qualification - Group A
13:05	M	Discus Throw (1.750 kg)	Qualification - Group B
16:00	M	Pole Vault	Final
16:10	W	Shot Put	Final
16:55	M	High Jump	Final
17:15	M	Long Jump	Final
17:45	W	Javelin Throw	Final
END OF DAY FOUR
DAY FIVE—SATURDAY, AUGUST 31ST
16:35	W	400 Metres Hurdles	Final
16:45	M	400 Metres Hurdles	Final
17:00	W	1500 Metres	Final
17:15	M	3000 Metres Steeplechase	Final
17:45	W	4x100 Metres Relay	Final
17:55	M	4x100 Metres Relay	Final
18:10	M	1500 Metres	Final
18:30	W	4x400 Metres Relay	Final
18:50	M	4x400 Metres Relay	Final
Field Events
16:00	M	Discus Throw (1.750 kg)	Final
16:25	W	High Jump	Final
17:10	W	Triple Jump	Final
17:40	W	Hammer Throw	Final
END OF DAY FIVE

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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.^[5] A total 114 National Associations (plus the teams from Authorized Neutral Athletes and Athlete Refugee Team) and 897 athletes are scheduled to compete.

Participating nations

Afghanistan (0)
Albania (0)
Algeria (0)
American Samoa (0)
Andorra (0)
Angola (0)
Anguilla (0)
Antigua and Barbuda (0)
Argentina (0)
Armenia (0)
Aruba (0)
Athlete Refugee Team (0)
Australia (0)
Austria (0)
Azerbaijan (0)
Bahamas (0)
Bahrain (0)
Bangladesh (0)
Barbados (0)
Belgium (0)
Belize (0)
Benin (0)
Bermuda (0)
Bolivia (0)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (0)
Botswana (0)
Brazil (0)
British Virgin Islands (0)
Bulgaria (0)
Burkina Faso (0)
Burundi (0)
Cameroon (0)
Canada (0)
Cape Verde (0)
Cayman Islands (0)
Central African Republic (0)
Chad (0)
Chile (0)
China (0)
Chinese Taipei (0)
Colombia (0)
Comoros (0)
Republic of the Congo (0)
Cook Islands (0)
Costa Rica (0)
Croatia (0)
Cuba (0)
Cyprus (0)
Czech Republic (0)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (0)
Denmark (0)
Djibouti (0)
Dominica (0)
Dominican Republic (0)
East Timor (0)
Ecuador (0)
Egypt (0)
El Salvador (0)
Equatorial Guinea (0)
Eritrea (0)
Estonia (0)
Eswatini (0)
Ethiopia (0)
Federated States of Micronesia (0)
Fiji (0)
Finland (0)
France (0)
French Polynesia (0)
Gabon (0)
The Gambia (0)
Georgia (0)
Germany (0)
Ghana (0)
Gibraltar (0)
Great Britain and Northern Ireland (0)
Greece (0)
Grenada (0)
Guam (0)
Guatemala (0)
Guinea-Bissau (0)
Guyana (0)
Haiti (0)
Honduras (0)
Hong Kong (0)
Hungary (0)
Iceland (0)
India (0)
Indonesia (0)
Iran (0)
Iraq (0)
Ireland (0)
Israel (0)
Italy (0)
Ivory Coast (0)
Jamaica (0)
Japan (0)
Jordan (0)
Kazakhstan (0)
Kiribati (0)
Kenya (0)
Kosovo (0)
Kuwait (0)
Kyrgyzstan (0)
Laos (0)
Latvia (0)
Lebanon (0)
Lesotho (0)
Liberia (0)
Libya (0)
Lithuania (0)
Luxembourg (0)
Macau (0)
Madagascar (0)
Malawi (0)
Malaysia (0)
Maldives (0)
Mali (0)
Malta (0)
Marshall Islands (0)
Mauritania (0)
Mauritius (0)
Mexico (0)
Moldova (0)
Monaco (0)
Mongolia (0)
Montenegro (0)
Morocco (0)
Mozambique (0)
Myanmar (0)
Namibia (0)
Nauru (0)
Nepal (0)
Netherlands (0)
New Zealand (0)
Nicaragua (0)
Niger (0)
Nigeria (0)
North Macedonia (0)
Northern Mariana Islands (0)
Norway (0)
Oman (0)
Pakistan (0)
Palau (0)
Palestine (0)
Panama (0)
Papua New Guinea (0)
Paraguay (0)
Peru (0)
Philippines (0)
Poland (0)
Portugal (0)
Puerto Rico (0)
Qatar (0)
Romania (0)
Rwanda (0)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (0)
Saint Lucia (0)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (0)
Samoa (0)
San Marino (0)
São Tomé and Príncipe (0)
Saudi Arabia (0)
Senegal (0)
Serbia (0)
Seychelles (0)
Sierra Leone (0)
Singapore (0)
Slovakia (0)
Slovenia (0)
Solomon Islands (0)
Somalia (0)
South Africa (0)
South Korea (0)
South Sudan (0)
Spain (0)
Sri Lanka (0)
Suriname (0)
Sweden (0)
Switzerland (0)
Tajikistan (0)
Tanzania (0)
Thailand (0)
Togo (0)
Tonga (0)
Trinidad and Tobago (0)
Tunisia (0)
Turkey (0)
Turkmenistan (0)
Turks and Caicos Islands (0)
Tuvalu (0)
Uganda (0)
Ukraine (0)
United Arab Emirates (0)
United States (0)
Uruguay (0)
Uzbekistan (0)
Vanuatu (0)
Venezuela (0)
Vietnam (0)
Virgin Islands (0)
Yemen (0)
Zambia (0)
Zimbabwe (0)

References

^ "World Athletics Series events awarded to Glasgow and Lima". World Athletics. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
^ "Lima will not host 2024 World U20 Championships". World Athletics. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
^ "Council selects host cities for future World Athletics Series events". World Athletics. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
^ [1]
^ ^a ^b "World U20 Championships Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. 3 January 2022.
^ World Athletics U20 Championships [Version 1.0] Page 18 of 18 Appendix A – AC Qualifying Standards
^ 2024 WORLD ATHLETICS U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS
^ 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships Timetable

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