# 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics

The 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Santiago, Chile between 17 and 22 October 2000.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Mark Lewis-Francis Great Britain | 10.12 CR | Salem Mubarak Al-Yami Saudi Arabia | 10.38 | Marc Burns Trinidad and Tobago | 10.40 PB |
| 200 metres details | Paul Gorries South Africa | 20.64 | Marcin Jędrusiński Poland | 20.87 | Timothy Benjamin Great Britain | 20.94 |
| 400 metres details | Hamdan Obah Al-Bishi Saudi Arabia | 44.66 CR | Brandon Simpson Jamaica | 45.73 PB | Shinji Ishikawa Japan | 45.77 NJR |
| 800 metres details | Nicholas Wachira Kenya | 1:47.16 | Florent Lacasse France | 1:47.61 | Antonio Manuel Reina Spain | 1:47.90 |
| 1500 metres details | Cornelius Chirchir Kenya | 3:38.80 | Wolfram Müller Germany | 3:39.37 | Philemon Kibet Kenya | 3:40.77 PB |
| 5000 metres details | Gordon Mugi Kenya | 13:44.93 | Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia | 13:45.43 | Cyrus Kataron Kenya | 13:46.12 |
| 10,000 metres details | Robert Kipkorir Kipchumba Kenya | 28:54.37 | Duncan Lebo Kenya | 28:58.39 | Abraha Hadush Ethiopia | 29:44.65 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Yuniel Hernández Cuba | 13.60 WLJ | Thomas Blaschek Germany | 13.80 | Ladji Doucouré France | 13.84 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Marek Plawgo Poland | 49.23 WLJ | Pieter de Villiers South Africa | 50.52 | Ockert Cilliers South Africa | 50.58 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Raymond Yator Kenya | 8:16.34 CR | David Chemweno Kenya | 8:31.95 PB | Abdelatif Chemlal Morocco | 8:43.57 |
| 10,000 metres walk details | Cristián David Berdeja Mexico | 40:56.47 SB | Yevgeniy Demkov Russia | 40:56.53 | Viktor Burayev Russia | 40:56.57 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Great Britain Tyrone Edgar Dwayne Grant Timothy Benjamin Mark Lewis-Francis | 39.05 CR | France Ronald Pognon Fabrice Calligny Ladji Doucouré Leslie Djhone | 39.33 NJR | Japan Takashi Mogi Kazuya Kitamura Yusuke Omae Hisashi Miyazaki | 39.47 NJR |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Jamaica Sekou Clarke Aldwyn Sappleton Pete Coley Brandon Simpson | 3:06.06 WLJ | Germany Sebastian Gatzka Christian Duma Steffen Hönig Bastian Swillims | 3:06.79 | Poland Rafał Wieruszewski Karol Terejlis Adrian Galaszewski Marek Plawgo | 3:07.05 SB |
| High jump details | Jacques Freitag South Africa | 2.24 | Germaine Mason Jamaica | 2.24 NJR | Tomasz Śmiałek Poland | 2.21 PB |
| Pole vault details | Aleksey Khanafin Russia | 5.30 | Aleksandr Korchmyd Ukraine | 5.30 | Rocky Danners United States | 5.20 |
| Long jump details | Cai Peng China | 7.88 | Vladimir Zyuskov Ukraine | 7.84 PB | Yoelmis Pacheco Cuba | 7.71 |
| Triple jump details | Marian Oprea Romania | 16.41 | Yoandri Betanzos Cuba | 16.34 | Mohammed Hamdi Awadh Qatar | 16.29 |
| Shot put details | Rutger Smith Netherlands | 19.48 CR | Ivan Yushkov Russia | 19.06 | Tomasz Chrzanowski Poland | 19.00 NJR |
| Discus throw details | Hannes Hopley South Africa | 59.51 NJR | Niklas Arrhenius Sweden | 59.19 PB | Rutger Smith Netherlands | 58.70 |
| Javelin throw details | Gerhardus Pienaar South Africa | 78.11 NJR | Andreas Thorkildsen Norway | 76.34 NJR | Park Jae-Myong South Korea | 72.36 |
| Hammer throw details | Eşref Apak Turkey | 69.97 NJR | Dylan Armstrong Canada | 67.50 | Aaron Fish Australia | 67.44 |
| Decathlon details | Dennis Leyckes Germany | 7897 CR | David Gómez Spain | 7772 NJR | André Niklaus Germany | 7712 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) |||||| |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Veronica Campbell Jamaica | 11.12 CR | Katchi Habel Germany | 11.39 PB | Fana Ashby Trinidad and Tobago | 11.47 |
| 200 metres details | Veronica Campbell Jamaica | 22.87 CR | Sina Schielke Germany | 23.20 | Vida Anim Ghana | 23.81 |
| 400 metres details | Jana Pittman Australia | 52.45 | Aneta Lemiesz Poland | 52.78 NJR | Norma González Colombia | 53.30 |
| 800 metres details | Jebet Langat Kenya | 2:01.51 | Georgie Clarke Australia | 2:02.28 | Lucia Klocová Slovakia | 2:04.00 PB |
| 1500 metres details | Abebech Negussie Ethiopia | 4:19.93 | Rose Kosgei Kenya | 4:20.16 | Georgie Clarke Australia | 4:20.21 |
| 3000 metres details | Beatrice Jepchumba Kenya | 9:08.80 | Jane Chepkoech Kenya | 9:10.05 | Etalemahu Kidane Ethiopia | 9:11.55 PB |
| 5000 metres details | Dorcus Inzikuru Uganda | 16:21.32 | Meseret Defar Ethiopia | 16:23.69 | Sharon Cherop Kenya | 16:23.73 |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Susanna Kallur Sweden | 13.02 WLJ | Fanny Gérance France | 13.21 PB | Adrianna Lamalle France | 13.27 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Jana Pittman Australia | 56.27 | Marjolein de Jong Netherlands | 56.50 | Melaine Walker Jamaica | 56.96 NJR |
| 10,000 metres walk details | Lyudmila Yefimkina Russia | 44:07.74 | Tatyana Kozlova Russia | 44:24.43 PB | Sabine Zimmer Germany | 46:49.97 NJR |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Germany Christa Kaufmann Sina Schielke Kerstin Grötzinger Katchi Habel | 43.91 WLJ | Jamaica Veronica Campbell Nadine Palmer Kerron Stewart Nolle Graham | 44.05 SB | Sweden Emma Rienas Jenny Kallur Susanna Kallur Linda Fernström | 44.78 NJR |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Great Britain Kim Wall Jenny Meadows Helen Thieme Lisa Miller | 3:33.82 WLJ | Jamaica Sheryl Morgan Kareen Gayle Anneisha McLaughlin Melaine Walker | 3:33.99 SB | Romania Adela Diana Marchis Liliana Barbulescu Maria Rus Alina Ripanu | 3:34.49 |
| High jump details | Blanka Vlašić Croatia | 1.91 | Marina Kuptsova Russia | 1.88 | Marizca Gertenbach South Africa | 1.88 PB |
| Pole vault details | Yelena Isinbayeva Russia | 4.20 CR | Annika Becker Germany | 4.10 | Vanessa Boslak France Fanni Juhász Hungary | 4.10 4.10 SB |
| Long jump details | Concepción Montaner Spain | 6.47 | Zhou Yangxia China | 6.45 | Kumiko Ikeda Japan | 6.43 NJR |
| Triple jump details | Anastasiya Ilyina Russia | 14.24 | Anna Pyatykh Russia | 14.18 PB | Dana Veldáková Slovakia | 13.92 NJR |
| Shot put details | Kathleen Kluge Germany | 17.37 PB | Li Meiju China | 16.57 | Natallia Kharaneka Belarus | 16.40 |
| Discus throw details | Xu Shaoyang China | 54.41 | Jana Tucholke Germany | 53.97 PB | Olga Goncharenko Belarus | 53.64 |
| Javelin throw details | Jarmila Klimešová Czech Republic | 54.82 | Inga Kožarenoka Latvia | 54.64 | Halina Kakhava Belarus | 54.26 |
| Hammer throw details | Ivana Brkljacic Croatia | 62.22 CR | Virginia Balut Romania | 60.23 PB | Yunaika Crawford Cuba | 59.98 |
| Heptathlon details | Carolina Klüft Sweden | 6056 WLJ | Lidiya Bashlykova Russia | 5898 | Sanna Saarman Finland | 5707 |
| 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 | Kenya | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Russia | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | South Africa | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Jamaica | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Croatia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Poland | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | Cuba | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Romania | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Spain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Mexico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Uganda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | France | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 23 | Ukraine | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Latvia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 28 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 28 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 28 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 31 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Ghana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Morocco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Qatar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| – | Chile* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (38 entries) | Totals (38 entries) | 43 | 43 | 43 | 129 |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 1122 athletes from 151 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (8)
* Andorra (1)
* Anguilla (1)
* Argentina (12)
* Armenia (2)
* Australia (50)
* Austria (6)
* Azerbaijan (2)
* Bahamas (4)
* Barbados (4)
* Belarus (11)
* Belgium (6)
* Bolivia (1)
* Botswana (5)
* Brazil (24)
* Bulgaria (7)
* Burkina Faso (1)
* Burundi (1)
* Cameroon (1)
* Canada (10)
* Cape Verde (1)
* Cayman Islands (1)
* Central African Republic (1)
* Chad (1)
* Chile (31)
* China (21)
* Chinese Taipei (8)
* Colombia (6)
* Cook Islands (1)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Côte d'Ivoire (2)
* Croatia (12)
* Cuba (10)
* Cyprus (2)
* Czech Republic (14)
* Denmark (1)
* Djibouti (1)
* Dominican Republic (2)
* Ecuador (2)
* Egypt (2)
* El Salvador (4)
* Equatorial Guinea (1)
* Estonia (4)
* Ethiopia (12)
* Fiji (1)
* Finland (16)
* France (51)
* Gabon (1)
* Gambia (1)
* Georgia (2)
* Germany (62)
* Ghana (3)
* Great Britain (41)
* Greece (22)
* Grenada (1)
* Guam (1)
* Guatemala (1)
* Guinea (1)
* Guyana (1)
* Honduras (1)
* Hong Kong (2)
* Hungary (16)
* Iceland (2)
* India (6)
* Indonesia (1)
* Ireland (11)
* Israel (7)
* Italy (22)
* Jamaica (29)
* Japan (30)
* Kazakhstan (9)
* Kenya (20)
* Kiribati (1)
* Kuwait (1)
* Latvia (11)
* Liberia (1)
* Lithuania (6)
* Macedonia (1)
* Madagascar (2)
* Malawi (1)
* Malaysia (2)
* Maldives (1)
* Mali (1)
* Malta (1)
* Mauritania (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* Mexico (9)
* Micronesia (1)
* Moldova (3)
* Monaco (1)
* Mongolia (2)
* Morocco (9)
* Namibia (2)
* Nepal (2)
* Netherlands (9)
* Netherlands Antilles (1)
* New Zealand (19)
* Northern Mariana Islands (1)
* Norway (8)
* Palau (1)
* Panama (2)
* Papua New Guinea (1)
* Paraguay (1)
* Peru (4)
* Philippines (1)
* Poland (33)
* Portugal (12)
* Puerto Rico (2)
* Qatar (21)
* Romania (20)
* Russia (25)
* Rwanda (1)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (2)
* Saint Lucia (1)
* Samoa (1)
* San Marino (1)
* São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
* Saudi Arabia (9)
* Senegal (3)
* Singapore (1)
* Slovakia (11)
* Slovenia (4)
* Solomon Islands (1)
* South Africa (26)
* South Korea (9)
* Spain (26)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Sudan (1)
* Suriname (1)
* Swaziland (1)
* Sweden (21)
* Switzerland (7)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Tahiti (1)
* Tanzania (1)
* Thailand (1)
* Togo (1)
* Tonga (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (10)
* Turkey (5)
* Turkmenistan (1)
* Uganda (2)
* Ukraine (20)
* United States (40)
* Uruguay (2)
* U.S. Virgin Islands (1)
* Uzbekistan (2)
* Venezuela (14)
* Yugoslavia (7)
* Zambia (1)
* Zimbabwe (2)