2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics

2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics

Host city	Grosseto, Italy
Nations	168
Athletes	1261
Events	44
Dates	12–18 July
Main venue	Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini
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The 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Grosseto, Italy on 12–18 July.

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Ivory Williams  United States	10.29 SB	Abidemi Omole  United States	10.31	Remaldo Rose  Jamaica	10.34
200 metres details	Andrew Howe  Italy	20.28 CR	Leigh Julius  South Africa	20.88	Jamil James  Trinidad and Tobago	21.00
400 metres details	LaShawn Merritt  United States	45.25 WJL	Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr  Sudan	45.97	Obakeng Ngwigwa  Botswana	45.97 NJR
800 metres details	Majed Saeed Sultan  Qatar	1:47.33 PB	Alfred Kirwa Yego  Kenya	1:47.39 PB	Selahattin Çobanoglu  Turkey	1:47.71 NJR
1500 metres details	Abdalaati Iguider  Morocco	3:35.53 CR	Benson Marrianyi Esho  Kenya	3:35.80 PB	Brimin Kipruto  Kenya	3:35.96 PB
5000 metres details	Augustine Kiprono Choge  Kenya	13:28.93 SB	Bado Worku  Ethiopia	13:30.45 PB	Tariku Bekele  Ethiopia	13:30.86
10,000 metres details	Boniface Kiprop Toroitich  Uganda	28:03.77 CR	Fabiano Joseph Naasi  Tanzania	28:04.45 SB	Ryuji Ono  Japan	28:30.45
110 metres hurdles details	Aries Merritt  United States	13.56	Dayron Robles  Cuba	13.77	Kevin Craddock  United States	13.77
400 metres hurdles details	Kerron Clement  United States	48.51 CR	Brandon Johnson  United States	48.62 PB	Ibrahim Al-Hamaidi  Saudi Arabia	48.94 AJR
3000 metres steeplechase details	Ronald Kipchumba Rutto  Kenya	8:23.32 PB	Musa Amer Obaid  Qatar	8:23.38 AJR	Moustafa Ahmed Shebto  Qatar	8:26.04 PB
10,000 metres walk details	Andrey Ruzavin  Russia	40:58.15	Vladimir Kanaykin  Russia	40:58.48 SB	Kim Hyun-Sub  South Korea	40:59.24 SB
4 × 100 metres relay details	United States Trell Kimmons Abidemi Omole Ivory Williams LaShawn Merritt	38.66 WJR	Jamaica Kawayne Fisher Kevin Stewart Andre Wellington Remaldo Rose	39.27 SB	Japan Naohiro Shinada Hiroyuki Noda Yuichi Shokawa Naoki Tsukahara	39.43 SB
4 × 400 metres relay details	United States Brandon Johnson LaShawn Merritt Jason Craig Kerron Clement	3:01.09 WJR	South Africa Wouter le Roux Chris Gebhardt Leigh Julius L.J. van Zyl	3:04.50 AJR	Japan Kazunori Ota Hiroyuki Noda Teppei Suzuki Yudai Sasaki	3:05.33 AJR
High jump details	Michael Mason  Canada	2.21 PB	Marius Hanniske  Germany	2.21	Hu Tong  China	2.21
Pole vault details	Dmitry Starodubtsev  Russia	5.50 PB	Germán Chiaraviglio  Argentina	5.45	Liu Feiliang  China	5.40
Long jump details	Andrew Howe  Italy	8.11 WJL	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena  South Africa	8.09 NJR	John Thornell  Australia	7.89
Triple jump details	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena  South Africa	16.77	Zhu Shujing  China	16.64	Viktor Kuznyetsov  Ukraine	16.58 NJR
Shot put 6 kg details	Georgi Ivanov  Bulgaria	20.70	Jakub Giża  Poland	20.05 PB	Aleksander Grekov  Russia	19.98
Discus throw 1.75 kg details	Ehsan Haddadi  Iran	62.14	Oleg Pirog  Russia	60.28 PB	Luka Rujevic  Serbia and Montenegro	59.82
Hammer throw 6 kg details	Andrey Azarenkov  Russia	74.11	Mohsen El Anany  Egypt	72.98	Kamilius Bethke  Germany	71.91
Javelin throw details	Aleksey Tovarnov  Russia	79.38 WJL	Lohan Rautenbach  South Africa	74.42 PB	Júlio César de Oliveira  Brazil	73.86
Decathlon details	Andrei Krauchanka  Belarus	8126 CR	Aleksey Sysoyev  Russia	8047 NJR	Norman Müller  Germany	7942
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Ashley Owens  United States	11.13 WJL	Jasmen Baldwin-Foss  United States	11.34	Sally McLellan  Australia	11.40 PB
200 metres details	Shalonda Solomon  United States	22.82 CR	Anneisha McLaughlin  Jamaica	23.21 SB	Nickesha Anderson  Jamaica	23.46
400 metres details	Natasha Hastings  United States	52.04 PB	Sonita Sutherland  Jamaica	52.41	Ashlee Kidd  United States	52.45
800 metres details	Natallia Kareiva  Belarus	2:01.47 NJR	Simona Barcău  Romania	2:02.23 PB	Kay-Ann Thompson  Jamaica	2:02.67 NJR
1500 metres details	Nelya Neporadna  Ukraine	4:15.90	Anna Alminova  Russia	4:16.32 PB	Siham Hilali  Morocco	4:17.39
3000 metres details	Jebichi Yator  Kenya	8:59.80 PB	Safa Aissaoui  Tunisia	9:02.47 NJR	Siham Hilali  Morocco	9:03.16 PB
5000 metres details	Meselech Melkamu  Ethiopia	15:21.52 CR	Catherine Chikwakwa  Malawi	15:36.22 NJR	Chiaki Iwamoto  Japan	15:39.59
100 metres hurdles details	Ronetta Alexander  United States	13.28	Sabrina Altermatt   Switzerland	13.39 NJR	Stephanie Lichtl  Germany	13.40
400 metres hurdles details	Ekaterina Kostetskaya  Russia	55.55 WJL	Zuzana Hejnová  Czech Republic	57.44 NJR	Sherene Pinnock  Jamaica	57.54 PB
3000 metres steeplechase details	Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi  Kenya	9:47.26 CR	Ancuţa Bobocel  Romania	9:49.03 AJR	Cătălina Oprea  Romania	9:50.04 PB
10,000 metres walk details	Irina Petrova  Russia	45:50.39 PB	Zhang Nan  China	45:58.54 SB	Vera Sokolova  Russia	46:53.02 SB
4 × 100 metres relay details	United States Ashley Owens Juanita Broaddus Jasmen Baldwin-Foss Shalonda Solomon	43.49 WJL	Jamaica Nickesha Anderson Tracy-Ann Rowe Anneisha McLaughlin Schillonie Calvert	43.63 SB	France Natacha Vouaux Lina Jacques-Sébastien Aurélie Kamga Nelly Banco	43.68 NJR
4 × 400 metres relay details	United States Alexandria Anderson Ashlee Kidd Stephanie Smith Natasha Hastings	3:27.60 WJR	Russia Victoriya Talko Mariya Shapaeva Olga Soldatova Ekaterina Kostetskaya	3:30.03 NJR	Jamaica Nyoka Cole Maris Wisdom Sherene Pinnock Sonita Sutherland	3:30.37 SB
High jump details	Iryna Kovalenko  Ukraine	1.93 WJL	Svetlana Shkolina  Russia	1.91 PB	Sharon Day  United States	1.91 PB
Pole vault details	Elizaveta Ryzih  Germany	4.30 PB	Anna Schultze  Germany Zhao Yingying  China 4.25
Long jump details	Denisa Ščerbová  Czech Republic	6.61	Sophie Krauel  Germany	6.47	Veronika Shutkova  Belarus	6.22 PB
Triple jump details	Anastasiya Taranova  Russia	13.94 WJL	Xie Limei  China	13.77	Tatyana Yakovleva  Russia	13.67
Shot put details	Michelle Carter  United States	17.55 PB	Anna Avdeyeva  Russia	17.13 PB	Christina Schwanitz  Germany	16.52
Discus throw details	Ma Xuejun  China	57.85 SB	Darya Pishchalnikova  Russia	57.37	Nadine Müller  Germany	57.13
Hammer throw details	Mariya Smolyachkova  Belarus	66.81 CR	Yang Qiaoyu  China	61.67	Laura Gibilisco  Italy	60.95
Javelin throw details	Vivian Zimmer  Germany	58.50 CR	Annika Suthe  Germany	57.15	Annabel Thomson  Australia	56.01 AJR
Heptathlon details	Justine Robbeson  South Africa	5868 WJL	Viktorija Zemaityte  Lithuania	5810 PB	Julia Mächtig  Germany	5679 PB
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Italy)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	13	3	3	19
2	Russia (RUS)	7	8	3	18
3	Kenya (KEN)	4	2	1	7
4	Belarus (BLR)	3	0	1	4
5	Germany (GER)	2	4	6	12
6	South Africa (RSA)	2	4	0	6
7	Italy (ITA)*	2	0	1	3
	Ukraine (UKR)	2	0	1	3
9	China (CHN)	1	4	3	8
10	Ethiopia (ETH)	1	1	1	3
	Qatar (QAT)	1	1	1	3
12	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	1	0	2
13	Morocco (MAR)	1	0	2	3
14	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	0	0	1
	Canada (CAN)	1	0	0	1
	Iran (IRN)	1	0	0	1
	Uganda (UGA)	1	0	0	1
18	Jamaica (JAM)	0	4	5	9
19	Romania (ROM)	0	2	1	3
20	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	0	1
	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	0	1
	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	0	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	1	0	1
	Malawi (MAW)	0	1	0	1
	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
	Sudan (SUD)	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
	Tanzania (TAN)	0	1	0	1
	Tunisia (TUN)	0	1	0	1
30	Japan (JPN)	0	0	4	4
31	Australia (AUS)	0	0	3	3
32	Botswana (BOT)	0	0	1	1
	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	0	1	1
	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)	0	0	1	1
	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	0	0	1	1
	Turkey (TUR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (39 entries)		44	44	44	132

Participation

According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 1261 athletes from 168 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

References

• IAAF World Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-06-06.

External links

• Official site (archive)