# 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics

The 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was the fourth edition of the international athletics competition for athletes aged 19 years or under. It was held in Seoul, South Korea from September 16 to September 20, 1992.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago | 10.30 | Darren Campbell Great Britain | 10.46 | Tony McCall United States | 10.49 |
| 200 metres details | Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago | 20.63 | Darren Campbell Great Britain | 20.87 | Glen Elferink South Africa | 21.00 |
| 400 metres details | Deon Minor United States | 45.75 | Rikard Rasmusson Sweden | 46.07 | Francis Ogola Uganda | 46.16 |
| 800 metres details | Benson Koech Kenya | 1:44.77 CR | Lee Jin-Il South Korea | 1:46.34 | Brendan Hanigan Australia | 1:47.26 |
| 1500 metres details | Atoi Boru Kenya | 3:37.94 CR | Vénuste Niyongabo Burundi | 3:38.59 | Kevin Sullivan Canada | 3:39.11 |
| 5000 metres details | Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia | 13:36.06 CR | Ismael Kirui Kenya | 13:36.11 | Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco | 13:46.79 |
| 10,000 metres details | Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia | 28:03.99 CR | Josphat Ndeti Kenya | 28:46.95 | Yasuyuki Watanabe Japan | 28:52.89 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Yevgeniy Pechonkin Unified Team | 13.87 | Sven Göhler Germany | 13.98 | Igor Pintusevich-Babichev Unified Team | 14.08 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Ashraf Saber Italy | 50.02 | Sammy Biwot Kenya | 50.75 | William Porter United States | 51.37 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Mwangangi Muindi Kenya | 8:31.62 | Ayele Mezgebu Ethiopia | 8:32.43 | Stephen Chepseba Kenya | 8:32:48 |
| 10,000 metres walk details | Jefferson Pérez Ecuador | 40:42.66 | Jacek Müller Poland | 40:50.82 | Grzegorz Müller Poland | 41:12.28 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Great Britain Allyn Condon Darren Campbell Jamie Baulch Jason Fergus | 39.21 | United States George Page Milton Mallard Tony McCall Curtis Johnson | 39.59 | Nigeria Tony Ogbeta Deji Aliu Uche Olisa Paul Egonye | 39.88 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | United States William Porter Milton Mallard Regan Nichols Deon Minor | 3:06.11 | Jamaica Greg Haughton Edward Clarke Davian Clarke Carl McPherson | 3:06.58 | Japan Hiroyuki Hayashi Tadashi Nishihata Tomonari Ono Takayuki Sudo | 3:06.66 |
| High jump details | Steve Smith Great Britain | 2.37 =CR | Tim Forsyth Australia | 2.31 | Takahiro Kimino Japan | 2.29 |
| Pole vault details | Laurens Looije Netherlands | 5.45 | Daniel Martí Spain | 5.40 | Okkert Brits South Africa | 5.40 |
| Long jump details | Neil Chance United States | 7.89 | Robert Thomas United States | 7.84 | Ivaylo Mladenov Bulgaria | 7.68 |
| Triple jump details | Yoelbi Quesada Cuba | 17.04 CR | Osiris Mora Cuba | 17.03 | Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa Zimbabwe | 16.57 |
| Shot put details | Yuriy Bilonog Unified Team | 18.46 | Manuel Martínez Spain | 18.14 | Ralf Kahles Germany | 17.97 |
| Discus throw details | Brian Milne United States | 58.28 | Frits Potgieter South Africa | 56.28 | Marek Bílek Czechoslovakia | 54.86 |
| Javelin throw details | Aki Parviainen Finland | 76.34 | Boris Henry Germany | 76.04 | Kostas Gatsioudis Greece | 75.92 |
| Hammer throw details | Vadym Hrabovoyy Unified Team | 73.00 CR | Alberto Sánchez Cuba | 69.78 | Andrey Yevgenyev Unified Team | 69.24 |
| Decathlon details | Raúl Duany Cuba | 7403 | Bernhard Floder Germany | 7397 | Remco van Veldhuizen Netherlands | 7313 |
| 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Nikole Mitchell Jamaica | 11.30 | Jacqueline Poelman Netherlands | 11.44 | Merlene Frazer Jamaica | 11.49 |
| 200 metres details | Hu Ling China | 23.14 | Cathy Freeman Australia | 23.25 | Merlene Frazer Jamaica | 23.29 |
| 400 metres details | Magdalena Nedelcu Romania | 51.84 | Claudine Williams Jamaica | 52.03 | Ionela Târlea Romania | 52.13 |
| 800 metres details | Lü Yi China | 2:02.91 | Chen Yumei China | 2:03.14 | Kati Kovacs Germany | 2:03.81 |
| 1500 metres details | Liu Dong China | 4:05.14 CR | Jackline Maranga Kenya | 4:08.79 | Li Ying China | 4:09.04 |
| 3000 metres details | Zhang Linli China | 8:46.86 CR | Gabriela Szabo Romania | 8:48.28 | Zhang Lirong China | 8:48.45 |
| 10,000 metres details | Wang Junxia China | 32:29.90 | Gete Wami Ethiopia | 32:41.57 | Sally Barsosio Kenya | 32:41.76 |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Gillian Russell Jamaica | 13.21 | Damaris Anderson Cuba | 13.43 | Svetlana Laukhova Unified Team | 13.55 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Georgeta Petrea Romania | 58.03 | Erica Peterson Canada | 58.09 | Wynsome Cole Jamaica | 58.15 |
| 5000 metres walk details | Gao Hongmiao China | 21:20.03 CR | Jane Saville Australia | 21:58.64 | Mika Ikatura Japan | 22:25.58 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Jamaica Gillian Russell Merlene Frazer Michelle Christie Nikole Mitchell | 43.96 | United States Benita Kelley Zundra Feagin Lesa Parker Marion Jones | 44.51 | Germany Katja Seidel Gabi Rockmeier Birgit Rockmeier Silke Lichtenhagen | 44.52 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Romania Georgeta Petrea Mariana Florea Ionela Tîrlea Maria Magdalena Nedelcu | 3:31.57 | Jamaica Debbie-Ann Parris Catherine Scott Ellen Grant Claudine Williams | 3:32.68 | Germany Imke Köhler Wiebke Steffen Anita Oppong Silvia Steimle | 3:32.72 |
| High jump details | Manuela Aigner Germany | 1.93 | Ina Gliznuta Unified Team Svetlana Zalevskaya Unified Team | 1.88 | None awarded | None awarded |
| Long jump details | Erica Johansson Sweden | 6.65 | Nicole Devonish Canada | 6.43 | Yu Huaxiu China | 6.26 |
| Triple jump details | Anja Vokuhl Germany | 13.47 | Yamina Martínez Cuba | 13.42 | Olena Hovorova Unified Team | 13.29 |
| Shot put details | Wang Yawen China | 18.05 | Zhang Zhiying China | 18.03 | Olga Ilyina Unified Team | 17.20 |
| Discus throw details | Bao Dongying China | 58.34 | Zhang Cuilan China | 57.10 | Sabine Fried Germany | 53.94 |
| Javelin throw details | Claudia Isaila Romania | 63.04 | Yvonne Reichardt Germany | 61.48 | Heli Tolkkinen Finland | 60.12 |
| Heptathlon details | Natalya Sazanovich Unified Team | 6038 | Kathleen Gutjahr Germany | 5668 | Regla Cárdenas Cuba | 5602 |
| 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

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Unified Team | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Romania (ROM) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Kenya (KEN) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Jamaica (JAM) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Ecuador (ECU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 18 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | Burundi (BDI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 25 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (31 entries) | Totals (31 entries) | 41 | 42 | 40 | 123 |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 954 athletes from 90 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (3)
* Argentina (6)
* Australia (45)
* Austria (6)
* Bahamas (1)
* Bangladesh (1)
* Barbados (3)
* Belgium (9)
* Bolivia (1)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
* Botswana (2)
* Brazil (22)
* British Virgin Islands (1)
* Bulgaria (14)
* Burundi (2)
* Canada (20)
* Chile (3)
* China (33)
* Chinese Taipei (6)
* Colombia (2)
* Ivory Coast (1)
* Croatia (2)
* Cuba (29)
* Cyprus (6)
* Czechoslovakia (18)
* Denmark (1)
* Ecuador (4)
* Ethiopia (15)
* Fiji (1)
* Finland (16)
* France (17)
* Germany (70)
* Gibraltar (2)
* Great Britain (39)
* Greece (13)
* Grenada (1)
* Guatemala (3)
* Hong Kong (2)
* Hungary (14)
* FR Yugoslavia (3)
* Indonesia (1)
* Ireland (5)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (34)
* Jamaica (25)
* Japan (57)
* Kenya (20)
* Kuwait (1)
* Latvia (3)
* Lithuania (4)
* Malaysia (1)
* Mexico (9)
* Morocco (3)
* Namibia (1)
* Netherlands (10)
* New Zealand (18)
* Nigeria (16)
* Norway (10)
* Papua New Guinea (1)
* Paraguay (1)
* Peru (3)
* Poland (13)
* Portugal (10)
* Qatar (3)
* Romania (20)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
* Saudi Arabia (5)
* Senegal (2)
* Seychelles (2)
* Sierra Leone (2)
* Singapore (1)
* Slovenia (10)
* South Africa (12)
* South Korea (41)
* Spain (31)
* Suriname (1)
* Sweden (15)
* Switzerland (9)
* Tanzania (6)
* Thailand (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* Tunisia (1)
* Turkey (6)
* Uganda (2)
* Unified Team (48)
* United States (43)
* Uruguay (1)
* Venezuela (2)
* Zambia (1)
* Zimbabwe (1)