# 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics

The 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2008 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Bydgoszcz in Poland at the Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium between 8 and 13 July 2008. Previously Bydgoszcz hosted the 1999 World Youth Championships.
The United States topped the medal table with 17 medals overall, including 11 golds, ahead of Germany and Kenya.

## Men's results
### Track

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Dexter Lee Jamaica | 10.40 | Wilhelm van der Vyver South Africa | 10.42 | Terrell Wilks United States | 10.45 |
| 200 metres details | Christophe Lemaitre France | 20.83 PB | Nickel Ashmeade Jamaica | 20.84 | Robert Hering Germany | 20.96 |
| 400 metres details | Marcus Boyd United States | 45.53 WJL | Kirani James Grenada | 45.70 NJ | O'Neal Wilder United States | 45.76 |
| 800 metres details | Abubaker Kaki Sudan | 1:45.60 | Geoffrey Kibet Kenya | 1:46.23 PB | André Olivier South Africa | 1:47.57 |
| 1500 metres details | Imad Touil Algeria | 3:47.40 | James Kiplagat Magut Kenya | 3:47.51 | Demma Daba Ethiopia | 3:47.65 |
| 5000 metres details | Abreham Cherkos Ethiopia | 13:08.57 CR | Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio Kenya | 13:11.57 PB | Dejen Gebremeskel Ethiopia | 13:11.97 |
| 10,000 metres details | Josphat Kipkoech Bett Kenya | 27:30.85 CR | Titus Kipjumba Mbishei Kenya | 27:31.65 PB | Ibrahim Jeilan Ethiopia | 28:07.98 |
| 110 metres hurdles 99.0 cm details | Konstantin Shabanov Russia | 13.27 WJL | Booker Nunley United States | 13.45 | Keiron Stewart Jamaica | 13.51 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Jeshua Anderson United States | 48.68 PB | Johnny Dutch United States | 49.25 | Amaurys R. Valle Cuba | 49.56 NJ |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Jonathan Muia Ndiku Kenya | 8:17.28 PB | Benjamin Kiplagat Uganda | 8:19.24 | Patrick Kipyegon Terer Kenya | 8:25.14 PB |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | United States Dante Sales Antonio Sales Marquise Goodwin Terrell Wilks | 38.98 WJL | Jamaica Oshane Bailey Dexter Lee Nickel Ashmeade Yohan Blake | 39.25 SB | South Africa Johannes Mosala Roscoe Engel Patrick Vosloo Wilhelm van der Vyver | 39.70 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | United States Marcus Boyd Bryan Miller O'Neal Wilder Jeshua Anderson | 3:03.86 WJL | Great Britain Louis Persent Robert Davis Nigel Levine Jordan McGrath | 3:05.82 SB | Germany Niklas Zender Alexander Juretzko Marc-John Dombrowski Pascal Nabow | 3:06.47 SB |
| 10,000 metres walk details | Stanislav Emelyanov Russia | 39:35.01 CR | Chen Ding China | 39:47.20 AJ | Lluís Torlá Spain | 40:29.57 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) |||||| |

### Field

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump details | Bohdan Bondarenko Ukraine | 2.26 WJL | Sylwester Bednarek Poland | 2.24 SB | Miguel Ángel Sancho Spain | 2.21 |
| Pole vault details | Raphael Holzdeppe Germany | 5.50 | Paweł Wojciechowski Poland | 5.40 PB | Karsten Dilla Germany | 5.30 |
| Long jump details | Marquise Goodwin United States | 7.74 PB | Dzmitry Astrouski Belarus | 7.64 | Eusebio Cáceres Spain | 7.59 |
| Triple jump details | Teddy Tamgho France | 17.33 | Osviel Hernández Cuba | 16.90 | Mohamed Yusuf Salman Bahrain | 16.59 |
| Shot put 6 kg details | David Storl Germany | 21.08 WJL | Aleksandr Bulanov Russia | 20.14 | Marin Premeru Croatia | 19.93 PB |
| Discus throw 1.75 kg details | Gordon Wolf Germany | 62.00 PB | Marin Premeru Croatia | 61.85 | Mykyta Nesterenko Ukraine | 61.01 |
| Hammer throw 6 kg details | Walter Henning United States | 76.92 AJ | Conor McCullough United States | 75.88 PB | Aleh Dubitski Belarus | 75.42 |
| Javelin throw details | Robert Szpak Poland | 78.01 WJL | Ihab Al Sayed Abdelrahman Egypt | 76.20 NJ | Ansis Bruns Latvia | 75.31 PB |
| Decathlon Junior details | Jan Felix Knobel Germany | 7896 WJL | Eduard Mikhan Belarus | 7894 NJ | Mihail Dudaš Serbia | 7663 NJ |
| 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's results
### Track

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Jeneba Tarmoh United States | 11.37 | Ashleigh Nelson Great Britain | 11.49 | Sheniqua Ferguson Bahamas | 11.52 |
| 200 metres details | Sheniqua Ferguson Bahamas | 23.24 | Meritzer Williams Saint Kitts and Nevis | 23.40 | Janelle Redhead Grenada | 23.52 |
| 400 metres details | Folashade Abugan Nigeria | 51.84 | Jessica Beard United States | 52.09 | Susana A. Clement Cuba | 52.36 |
| 800 metres details | Elena Mirela Lavric Romania | 2:00.06 CR | Merve Aydin Turkey | 2:00.92 NJ | Machteld Anna Mulder Netherlands | 2:02.05 PB |
| 1500 metres details | Stephanie Twell Great Britain | 4:15.09 | Kalkidan Gezahegne Ethiopia | 4:16.58 | Emma Pallant Great Britain | 4:17.06 |
| 3000 metres details | Mercy Cherono Kenya | 8:58.07 SB | Bizunesh Urgesa Ethiopia | 8:58.90 | Frethiwat Goshu Ethiopia | 9:03.76 PB |
| 5000 metres details | Sule Utura Ethiopia | 16:15.59 | Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia | 16:16.75 | Nelly Chebet Kenya | 16:17.96 |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Teona Rodgers United States | 13.40 | Shermaine Williams Jamaica | 13.48 | Belkis Milanés Cuba | 13.49 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Takecia Jameson United States | 56.29 WJL | Janeil Bellille Trinidad and Tobago | 56.84 NJ | Meghan Beesley Great Britain | 57.08 PB |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Christine Kambua Muyanga Kenya | 9:31.35 CR | Elizabeth Mueni Kenya | 9:36.50 PB | Korahubish Itaa Ethiopia | 9:37.81 NJ |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | United States Jeneba Tarmoh Shayla Mahan Gabrielle Glenn Tiffany Townsend | 43.66 WJL | Jamaica Shawna Anderson Kaycea Jones Gayon Evans Jura Levy | 43.98 SB | Brazil Barbara de Oliveira Bárbara Leôncio Luana Correa Rosângela Santos | 44.61 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | United States Lanie Whittaker Jessica Beard Erica Alexander Takecia Jameson | 3:30.19 | Ukraine Olha Zemlyak Yuliya Krasnoshchok Hanna Yaroshchuk Yuliya Baraley | 3:34.20 NJ | Australia Brittney McGlone Trychelle Kingdom Olivia Tauro Angeline Blackburn | 3:34.23 SB |
| 10,000 metres walk details | Tatyana Mineeva Russia | 43:24.72 CR | Elmira Alembekova Russia | 43:45.16 PB | Li Yanfei China | 44:24.10 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) |||||| |

### Field

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump details | Kimberly Jess Germany | 1.86 | Mirela Demireva Bulgaria | 1.86 SB | Lesyani Mayor Cuba Hannelore Desmet Belgium | 1.86 PB 1.86 PB |
| Pole vault details | Valeriya Volik Russia | 4.40 CR | Ekaterina Kolesova Russia | 4.40 CR | Ekaterini Stefanidi Greece | 4.25 SB |
| Long jump details | Ivana Španović Serbia | 6.61 | Nastassia Mironchyk Belarus | 6.46 | Dailenys Alcántara Cuba | 6.41 PB |
| Triple jump details | Dailenys Alcántara Cuba | 14.25 WJL | Josleidy Ribalta Cuba | 13.85 | Paraskevi Papahristou Greece | 13.74 |
| Shot put details | Natalia Ducó Chile | 17.23 | Melissa Boekelman Netherlands | 16.60 | Ma Qiao China | 16.55 SB |
| Discus throw details | Shangxue Xi China | 54.96 SB | Julia Fischer Germany | 54.69 | Sandra Perković Croatia | 54.24 |
| Hammer throw details | Bianca Perie Romania | 67.95 CR | Katerina Šafránková Czech Republic | 63.13 | Jenny Ozorai Hungary | 60.80 |
| Javelin throw details | Vira Rebryk Ukraine | 63.01 WJ | Li Lingwei China | 59.25 PB | Tatjana Jelaca Serbia | 58.77 NR |
| Heptathlon details | Carolin Schäfer Germany | 5833 PB | Yana Maksimava Belarus | 5766 | Grit Šadeiko Estonia | 5765 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 (Poland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 11 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Kenya (KEN) | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Romania (ROM) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 11 | China (CHN) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | Poland (POL)* | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Bahamas (BAH) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Algeria (ALG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Chile (CHI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Nigeria (NGR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Sudan (SUD) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 21 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 23 | Grenada (GRN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 33 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 34 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Bahrain (BHR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (40 entries) | Totals (40 entries) | 44 | 44 | 45 | 133 |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 1408 athletes from 165 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Afghanistan (2)
* Algeria (11)
* American Samoa (1)
* Andorra (1)
* Anguilla (1)
* Argentina (2)
* Armenia (1)
* Australia (28)
* Austria (8)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Bahamas (12)
* Bahrain (2)
* Barbados (9)
* Belarus (24)
* Belgium (9)
* Bermuda (2)
* Bolivia (2)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
* Botswana (5)
* Brazil (14)
* British Virgin Islands (1)
* Bulgaria (8)
* Burkina Faso (1)
* Cambodia (1)
* Cameroon (1)
* Canada (33)
* Cape Verde (1)
* Cayman Islands (1)
* Chile (5)
* China (14)
* Chinese Taipei (14)
* Colombia (8)
* Comoros (2)
* Cook Islands (1)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Croatia (8)
* Cuba (12)
* Cyprus (4)
* Czech Republic (22)
* Denmark (5)
* Dominica (1)
* Dominican Republic (3)
* Ecuador (1)
* Egypt (6)
* El Salvador (1)
* Estonia (13)
* Ethiopia (23)
* Fiji (1)
* Finland (25)
* France (55)
* French Polynesia (1)
* Gambia (1)
* Georgia (3)
* Germany (65)
* Ghana (1)
* Gibraltar (1)
* Great Britain (40)
* Greece (12)
* Grenada (3)
* Guam (1)
* Guatemala (2)
* Guyana (1)
* Honduras (1)
* Hong Kong (3)
* Hungary (22)
* Iceland (3)
* India (8)
* Indonesia (1)
* Ireland (21)
* Israel (3)
* Italy (34)
* Jamaica (29)
* Japan (27)
* Jordan (1)
* Kazakhstan (12)
* Kenya (23)
* Kiribati (1)
* Kuwait (3)
* Kyrgyzstan (2)
* Laos (1)
* Latvia (11)
* Lebanon (1)
* Lesotho (2)
* Lithuania (16)
* Macau (1)
* Macedonia (1)
* Madagascar (1)
* Malaysia (1)
* Maldives (1)
* Mali (1)
* Malta (3)
* Mexico (12)
* Moldova (4)
* Monaco (1)
* Montenegro (1)
* Montserrat (1)
* Morocco (7)
* Myanmar (1)
* Nauru (1)
* Nepal (1)
* Netherlands (14)
* Netherlands Antilles (1)
* New Zealand (5)
* Nicaragua (1)
* Niger (1)
* Nigeria (12)
* Norfolk Island (1)
* Northern Mariana Islands (1)
* Norway (18)
* Oman (1)
* Pakistan (1)
* Palau (1)
* Palestine (1)
* Panama (2)
* Papua New Guinea (1)
* Paraguay (1)
* Peru (1)
* Poland (63)
* Portugal (12)
* Puerto Rico (7)
* Qatar (2)
* Romania (24)
* Russia (51)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (4)
* Saint Lucia (1)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
* Samoa (1)
* São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
* Saudi Arabia (9)
* Senegal (5)
* Serbia (12)
* Singapore (2)
* Slovakia (7)
* Slovenia (13)
* Solomon Islands (1)
* South Africa (25)
* South Korea (10)
* Spain (35)
* Sri Lanka (2)
* Sudan (6)
* Suriname (1)
* Swaziland (1)
* Sweden (37)
* Switzerland (12)
* Syria (1)
* Tajikistan (2)
* Tanzania (1)
* Thailand (9)
* Togo (1)
* Tonga (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (17)
* Tunisia (3)
* Turkey (18)
* Turkmenistan (2)
* Uganda (6)
* Ukraine (41)
* United Arab Emirates (1)
* United States (76)
* Uruguay (1)
* U.S. Virgin Islands (3)
* Uzbekistan (6)
* Vanuatu (1)
* Venezuela (4)
* Yemen (1)
* Zambia (2)