# 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships

The 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships were the 25th edition of the biennial European U20 athletics championships. They were held in Borås, Sweden from 18 July to 21 July. Beginning with this edition the long-distance races for men were 3000 and 5000 metres instead of 5000 and 10,000 metres mirroring the women's programme.

## Medal summary
### Men
#### Track

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Lorenzo Paissan [es] Italy | 10.44 | Antoni Plichta [pl] Poland | 10.52 | Chad Miller Great Britain | 10.53 |
| 200 metres | Onyema Adigida [de] Netherlands | 21.08 | Elias Goer [es] Germany | 21.16 | Mattia Donola [es] Italy | 21.18 |
| 400 metres | Edoardo Scotti Italy | 45.85 EU20L | Bernat Erta Spain | 46.24 PB | Ricky Petrucciani Switzerland | 46.34 |
| 800 metres | Oliver Dustin Great Britain | 1:50.56 | Ben Pattison Great Britain | 1:50.68 | Finley McLear Great Britain | 1:51.19 |
| 1500 metres | Nuno Pereira [de] Portugal | 3:55.85 | Robin van Riel [de] Netherlands | 3:56.03 | Joshua Lay Great Britain | 3:56.20 |
| 3000 metres | Elias Schreml [es] Germany | 8:16.07 PB | Miloš Malešević [de] Serbia | 8:16.68 PB | Ömer Amaçtan Turkey | 8:17.51 PB |
| 5000 metres | Aarón Las Heras [es] Spain | 14:02.76 PB | Ayetullah Aslanhan [de] Turkey | 14:05.01 PB | Darragh McElhinney Ireland | 14:06.05 |
| 110 metres hurdles (100 cm) | Joshua Zeller Great Britain | 13.39 | Mark Heiden Netherlands | 13.58 PB | Paul Chabauty France | 13.64 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Carl Bengtström Sweden | 50.32 SB | Seamus Derbyshire Great Britain | 50.86 PB | Matej Baluch [de] Slovakia | 51.26 PB |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Murat Yalçınkaya [de] Turkey | 8:58.20 | Omar Nuur [es] Sweden | 8:58.79 PB | Etson Barros [es] Portugal | 9:01.85 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Germany Fabian Olbert [es] Simon Wulff [es] Elias Goer [es] Lucas Ansah-Peprah | 39.79 | Italy Mattia Donola [es] Lorenzo Paissan Lorenzo Ianes [es] Lorenzo Patta | 39.89 | Netherlands Keitharo Oosterwolde Mark Heiden Gino van Wijk Brett Duff | 40.28 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Turkey Oğuzhan Kaya [de] Kubilay Ençu [de] Berke Akçam İlyas Çanakçı [de] Emirhan Koş* | 3:08.34 EU20L | Czech Republic Ladislav Töpfer [es] Filip Ličman [es] Daniel Lehár [es] Matěj Krsek Jakub Majercák* | 3:08.50 NU20R | Spain Eliezer Zolawo [es] Javier Sánchez [es] Vicente Antúnez [es] Bernat Erta Gerson Pozo [de]* | 3:08.66 |
| 10,000 m walk | Mikita Kaliada [es] Belarus | 41:10.03 EU20L | Riccardo Orsoni [es] Italy | 41:51.71 PB | Łukasz Niedziałek Poland | 42:20.66 SB |
* Medalists who participated in heats only.

#### Field

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump | Thomas Carmoy Belgium | 2.22 | Oleh Doroshchuk Ukraine | 2.14 | Arttu Mattila [de] Finland | 2.12 SB |
| Pole vault | Pål Haugen Lillefosse Norway | 5.41 | Illya Kravchenko [de] Ukraine | 5.31 | Robin Emig France | 5.31 PB |
| Long jump | Jules Pommery France | 7.83 PB | Jarod Biya [es] Switzerland | 7.78 NU20R | Andreas Samuel Bucșă Romania | 7.53 |
| Triple jump | Artem Konovalenko [es] Ukraine | 16.50 EU20L | Mark Mazheika Belarus | 16.22 PB | Andreas Pantazis Greece | 16.08 PB |
| Shot put (6 kg) | Aleh Tamashevich [de] Belarus | 21.32 | Wojciech Marok [pl] Poland | 20.07 PB | Alperen Karahan [de] Turkey | 19.76 |
| Discus throw (1.75 kg) | Yasiel Sotero [es] Spain | 62.93 | Michal Forejt Czech Republic | 62.17 PB | Jakub Forejt Czech Republic | 61.64 |
| Hammer throw (6 kg) | Mykhaylo Kokhan Ukraine | 84.73 EU20R CR WU20L | Hristos Frantzeskakis Greece | 84.22 NU20R | Giorgio Olivieri [it] Italy | 78.75 |
| Javelin throw | Simon Wieland [de] Switzerland | 79.44 NU23R | Krišjānis Suntažs [pl] Latvia | 79.23 PB | Dimítrios Tsitsos [es] Greece | 77.79 PB |

#### Combined

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Decathlon | Simon Ehammer Switzerland | 7851 NU20R | Leon Mak [es] Netherlands | 7700 PB | Markus Rooth Norway | 7692 PB |

### Women
#### Track

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Vittoria Fontana Italy | 11.40 NU20R | N'ketia Seedo Netherlands | 11.40 | Jaël Bestué Spain | 11.59 |
| 200 metres | Amy Hunt Great Britain | 22.94 | Gémima Joseph France | 23.60 | Lucie Ferauge Belgium | 23.63 |
| 400 metres | Polina Miller Authorised Neutral Athletes | 51.72 EU23L | Amber Anning Great Britain | 52.18 PB | Barbora Malíková Czech Republic | 52.37 NU20R |
| 800 metres | Isabelle Boffey Great Britain | 2:02.92 EU20L | Delia Sclabas Switzerland | 2:03.36 | Keely Hodgkinson Great Britain | 2:03.40 PB |
| 1500 metres | Delia Sclabas Switzerland | 4:25.95 | Sarah Healy Ireland | 4:27.14 | Tugba Toptaş Turkey | 4:28.13 |
| 3000 metres | Zofia Dudek Poland | 9:30.06 | Mariana Machado Portugal | 9:30.66 | Elisa Ducoli Italy | 9:32.42 |
| 5000 metres | Klara Lukan Slovenia | 16:03.62 EU20L | Nadia Battocletti Italy | 16:09.39 PB | Laura Valgreen Petersen Denmark | 16:10.44 PB |
| 100 metres hurdles | Tilde Johansson Sweden | 13.16 EU20L | Pia Skrzyszowska Poland | 13.35 PB | Lucy-Jane Matthews Great Britain | 13.38 NU18B |
| 400 metres hurdles | Femke Bol Netherlands | 56.25 | Sára Mátó Hungary | 56.89 NU23R | Sara Gallego Spain | 57.44 SB |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Paula Schneiders Germany | 10:08.66 PB | Claire Palou France | 10:12.31 NU20R | Josina Papenfuß Germany | 10:12.42 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Great Britain Cassie-Ann Pemberton Amy Hunt Georgina Adam Immanuela Aliu | 44.11 | Netherlands Minke Bisschops Zoë Sedney Demi van den Wildenberg N'ketia Seedo | 44.21 | Germany Kathleen Reinhardt Denise Uphoff Chiara Schimpf Talea Prepens Svenja Pfetsch* | 44.34 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Great Britain Natasha Harrison Isabelle Boffey Louise Evans Amber Anning Maisey Snaith* Nayanna Dubarry-Gay* Hannah Foster* | 3:33.03 WU23L | Belarus Katsiaryna Zhyvayeva Asteria Limai Valiantsina Chymbar Alina Luchshava | 3:37.06 NU20R | Poland Aleksandra Formella Sara Neumann Aleksandra Wsołek Susane Lächele Paulina Zielińska* | 3:37.13 |
| 10,000 m walk | Meryem Bekmez Turkey | 44:44.50 | Evin Demir Turkey | 46:38.68 | Mariona García Spain | 46:50.50 PB |
* Medalists who participated in heats only.

#### Field

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump | Yaroslava Mahuchikh Ukraine | 1.92 | Adelina Khalikova Authorised Neutral Athletes | 1.90 =WU18L | Natalya Spiridonova Authorised Neutral Athletes | 1.87 |
| Pole vault | Aksana Gataullina Authorised Neutral Athletes | 4.36 EU20L | Marie-Julie Bonnin France | 4.16 PB | Elien Vekemans Belgium | 4.16 |
| Long jump | Larissa Iapichino Italy | 6.58 | Tilde Johansson Sweden | 6.52 | Holly Mills Great Britain | 6.50 |
| Triple jump | Spyridoula Karydi Greece | 14.00 NU20R | Aleksandra Nacheva Bulgaria | 13.81 | Rūta Lasmane Latvia | 13.48 |
| Shot put | Jorinde van Klinken Netherlands | 17.39 | Pınar Akyol Turkey | 16.19 WU18L | Erna Sóley Gunnarsdóttir Iceland | 15.65 |
| Discus throw | Alida van Daalen Netherlands | 55.92 NU18B | Özlem Becerek Turkey | 54.17 | Amanda Ngandu-Ntumba France | 53.22 |
| Hammer throw | Valeriya Ivanenko Ukraine | 65.83 | Samantha Borutta Germany | 63.53 | Zsanett Németh Hungary | 61.99 |
| Javelin throw | Carolina Visca Italy | 56.48 | Julia Ulbricht Germany | 54.98 | Gedly Tugi Estonia | 54.52 PB |

#### Combined

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Heptathlon | María Vicente Spain | 6115 NR, WU20L | Kate O'Connor Ireland | 6093 NR | Annik Kälin Switzerland | 6069 PB |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Sweden)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Ukraine (UKR) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Switzerland (SUI) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Spain (ESP) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Sweden (SWE)* | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| – | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | France (FRA) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 12 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | Portugal (POR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Iceland (ISL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (29 entries) | Totals (29 entries) | 44 | 44 | 44 | 132 |

## Participation

1,114 athletes from 48 nations are expected to participate in these championships.
* Armenia
* Austria
* Authorised Neutral Athletes
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Gibraltar
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* North Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine