# 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics

The 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics is the sixth edition of the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics. They were held at Brixen-Bressanone Sport Arena in Bressanone, Italy from 8–12 July 2009. Athletes had to be aged 16 or 17 on 31 December 2009 (born in 1992 or 1993) to compete.
15-year-old Jodie Williams took the 100 m sprint title in a youth world leading time of 11.39. This was also a personal best for Williams, who had not lost a 100 m final since 2007. Also winning the girls' 200 m, Williams became the first youth athlete ever to do so. A similar feat was achieved by Kirani James of Grenada, who won the boys' 200 and 400 metres.
With the 100 m hurdles, 17-year-old Isabelle Pedersen became Norway's first World Youth champion. Her time of 13.20 in the semi-finals was a national record and third all-time Youth best. 16-year-old Italian Alessia Trost also became the host nation's first World Youth champion.
Johan Rogestedt of Sweden became the first European ever to win the 800 metres, usually dominated by East African runners. In high jump, Russian-born Dmitriy Kroyter became Israel's first world youth champion.

## Medal summary
### Boys

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m details | Prezel Hardy United States | 10.57 | Aaron Brown Canada | 10.74 | Giovanni Galbieri Italy | 10.79 |
| 200 m details | Kirani James Grenada | 21.05 PB | Alberto Gavalda Spain | 21.33 SB | Keenan Brock United States | 21.39 |
| 400 m details | Kirani James Grenada | 45.24 CR WL PB | Joshua Mance United States | 46.22 PB | Awad El Karim Makki Sudan | 47.15 SB |
| 800 m | Johan Rogestedt Sweden | 1:50.92 PB | Peter Langat Kiplangat Kenya | 1:50.97 | Nicholas Kiplangat Kipkoech Kenya | 1:51.01 |
| 1500 m | Gideon Kiage Mageka Kenya | 3:37.36 WL | Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku Kenya | 3:38.42 | Girma Bekele Ethiopia | 3:39.88 PB |
| 3000 m | Isaiah Kiplangat Koech Kenya | 7:51.51 CR | David Kiprotich Bett Kenya | 7:52.13 PB | Goitom Kifle Eritrea | 8:05.83 PB |
| 2000 m st. | Hillary Kipsang Yego Kenya | 5:25.33 WL | Peter Kibet Lagat Kenya | 5:26.59 PB | Desta Alemu Ethiopia | 5:37.32 PB |
| 110 m H 91.4 cm | Dale Morgan United States | 13.28 WL | Jack Meredith Great Britain | 13.33 PB | Gregory MacNeil Canada | 13.51 |
| 400 m H 84.0 cm | Norge Sotomayor Cuba | 51.30 WL | Jeremiah Kipkorir Mutai Kenya | 51.45 PB | Jose Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon Italy | 51.74 |
| 10,000 m track walk | Hagen Pohle Germany | 41:35.99 CR WL PB | Dementiy Cheparev [Wikidata] Russia | 41:53.76 PB | Ihor Lyashchenko Ukraine | 42:01.90 PB |
| Medley relay | United States Colin Hepburn Keenan Brock Dedric Dukes Joshua Mance | 1:50.33 WYB | Brazil Jonathas da Silva Jean Roberto da Silva Jackson da Silva Leandro de Araújo | 1:52.66 SB | Japan Takumi Kuki Ryota Yamagata Ko Kayada Shogo Momiki | 1:52.82 SB |
| High jump | Dmitriy Kroyter Israel | 2.20 | Janick Klausen Denmark | 2.20 PB | Django Lovett Canada Daniil Tsyplakov Russia | 2.17 PB 2.17 PB |
| Pole vault | Jin Min-sub South Korea | 5.15 PB | Carlo Paech Germany | 5.10 | Daniel Clemens Germany | 5.10 |
| Long jump | Supanara Sukhasvasti Thailand | 7.65 PB | Stefan Brits South Africa | 7.57 | Yannick Roggatz Germany | 7.53 PB |
| Triple jump | Benjamin Williams Great Britain | 15.91 PB | Supanara Sukhasvasti Thailand | 15.70 PB | Aleksandr Yurchenko Russia | 15.66 PB |
| Shot put 5 kg | Ryan Crouser United States | 21.56 CR | Krzysztof Brzozowski Poland | 20.89 PB | Frans Schutte South Africa | 20.37 PB |
| Discus 1.500 kg | Hamid Manssour Syria | 64.20 | Ryan Crouser United States | 61.64 | Traves Smikle Jamaica | 61.22 PB |
| Hammer 5 kg | Chen Hongqiu China | 74.93 WL PB | Suhrob Khodjaev Tajikistan | 73.29 PB | Tomáš Kružliak Slovakia | 72.17 |
| Javelin 700g | Shih-Feng Huang Chinese Taipei | 74.00 | Killian Durechou France | 73.54 | Braian Toledo Argentina | 73.44 PB |
| Octathlon | Kevin Mayer France | 6478 WL | Mohd Ahmed Al-Mannai Qatar | 6232 PB | Steffen Klink Germany | 6217 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) |||||| |

### Girls

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m | Jodie Williams Great Britain | 11.39 WL PB | Allison Peter U.S. Virgin Islands | 11.47 PB | Ashton Purvis United States | 11.48 SB |
| 200 m | Jodie Williams Great Britain | 23.08 WL | Allison Peter U.S. Virgin Islands | 23.08 WL | Ashton Purvis United States | 23.15 PB |
| 400 m | Ebony Eutsey United States | 52.88 | Michelle Brown United States | 53.44 | Sandra Wagner Sweden | 53.52 PB |
| 800 m | Cherono Koech Kenya | 2:01.67 CR | Ciara Mageean Ireland | 2:03.07 PB | Rowena Cole Great Britain | 2:03.83 PB |
| 1500 m | Nelly Chebet Ngeiywo Kenya | 4:12.76 PB | Gete Dima Ethiopia | 4:15.16 | Amela Terzić Serbia | 4:16.71 PB |
| 3000 m | Purity Cherotich Rionoripo Kenya | 9:03.79 | Jackline Chepngeno Kenya | 9:05.93 PB | Genet Yalew Ethiopia | 9:08.95 PB |
| 2000 m st. | Korahubsh Itaa Ethiopia | 6:11.83 WYB | Lucia Kamene Muangi Kenya | 6:11.90 PB | Halima Hassen Ethiopia | 6:16.83 PB |
| 100 m H 76.2 cm | Isabelle Pedersen Norway | 13.23 | Kori Carter United States | 13.26 PB | Bridgette Owens United States | 13.39 PB |
| 400 m H | Vera Rudakova Russia | 57.83 WL | Danielle Dowie Jamaica | 58.62 | Déborah Rodríguez Uruguay | 59.71 PB |
| 5,000 m track walk | Elena Lashmanova Russia | 22:55.45 WL | Yanelli Caballero Mexico | 22:59.27 PB | Svetlana Vasilyeva Russia | 23:00.15 PB |
| Medley relay | United States Jordan Clark Ashton Purvis Briana Nelson Ebony Eutsey | 2:04.32 WL | Hungary Anasztázia Nguyen Kriszta Komiszár Dorina Vincze Lilla Loránd | 2:09.22 PB | Romania Ana Maria Rosianu Ana Alungoaie Sanda Belgyan Adelina Pastor | 2:09.25 PB |
| High jump | Alessia Trost Italy | 1.87 | Mariya Kuchina Russia Amy Pejkovic Australia | 1.85 PB 1.85 PB | |
| Pole vault | Angelica Bengtsson Sweden | 4.32 WL | Michaela Meijer Sweden | 4.10 | Felicia Horvath HungaryTatyana Stetsyuk Russia | 4.00 PB 4.00 PB |
| Long jump | Lu Minjia China | 6.22 | Alina Rotaru Romania | 6.09 | Jennifer Clayton United States | 6.05 |
| Triple jump | Yana Borodina Russia | 13.63 WL | Deng Lina China | 13.57 PB | Valeriya Kanatova Uzbekistan | 13.45 |
| Shot put | Lena Urbaniak Germany | 15.28 | Margaret Satupai Samoa | 14.96 SB | Dong Yangzi China | 14.65 PB |
| Discus | Li Shanshan China | 51.65 | Alex Collatz United States | 50.09 | Shanice Craft Germany | 49.15 |
| Hammer | Barbara Spiler Slovenia | 59.33 | Kivilcim Kaya Turkey | 57.91 SB | Bianca Lazar Fazecas Romania | 56.41 PB |
| Javelin | Anastasiya Svechnikova Uzbekistan | 53.25 SB | Wu You China | 52.04 PB | Laura Henkel Germany | 51.47 PB |
| Heptathlon | Katarina Thompson Great Britain | 5750 WL | Laura Ikauniece Latvia | 5647 PB | Kira Biesenbach Germany | 5423 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) |||||| |

## Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Kenya (KEN) | 6 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | China (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Grenada (GRN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Thailand (THA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Israel (ISR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Syria (SYR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Samoa (SAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Tajikistan (TJK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Eritrea (ERI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Sudan (SUD) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (46 entries) | Totals (46 entries) | 40 | 41 | 41 | 122 |
All Information taken from IAAF's website.

## Mascot

The mascot is a crow named Hugo, who is also the mascot of Brixia Meeting.