# 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics

The 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2006 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held from 15 August to 20 August at the Chaoyang Sports Centre in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China.
The Championships were dominated by the host nation China, and Kenya. The United States showed a near complete domination in the relay events. Estonia won four gold medals; their first medals ever at the World Junior Championships.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Great Britain | 10.37 SB | Justyn Warner Canada | 10.39 | Yohan Blake Jamaica | 10.42 |
| Remaldo Rose, bronze medalist in 2004, finished fourth. The initial qualification round saw national junior records established for Liberia, Ecuador, Azerbaijan, Cayman Islands, Serbia, Kiribati and the Northern Mariana Islands. ||||||
| 200 metres details | Marek Niit Estonia | 20.96 NJ | Bryan Barnett Canada | 21.00 | Alexander Nelson Great Britain | 21.14 |
| The original winner, Dmytro Ostrovsky of Ukraine, was disqualified for stepping in another lane. The initial qualification round saw national junior records established for Gibraltar and Ecuador. ||||||
| 400 metres details | Renny Quow Trinidad and Tobago | 45.74 PB | Justin Oliver United States | 45.78 PB | Martyn Rooney Great Britain | 45.87 |
| 800 metres details | David Rudisha Kenya | 1:47.40 | Jackson Kivuna Kenya | 1:47.64 | Abraham Chepkirwok Uganda | 1:47.79 |
| 1500 metres details | Remmy Ndiwa Kenya | 3:40.44 SB | Abdalaati Iguider Morocco | 3:40.73 | Belal Mansoor Ali Bahrain | 3:41.36 |
| Iguider was the reigning champion and championship record holder. Tsegai Tewelde of Eritrea, who finished fifth, established national junior records twice during the competition. ||||||
| 5000 metres details | Tariku Bekele Ethiopia | 13:31.34 | Abreham Cherkos Ethiopia | 13:35.95 | Joseph Ebuya Kenya | 13:42.93 |
| Tariku Bekele, the younger brother of World and Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele, won a bronze medal in 2004. Ebuya already had a silver medal from the 10 000 m. ||||||
| 10,000 metres details | Ibrahim Jeilan Ethiopia | 28:53.29 | Joseph Ebuya Kenya | 28:53.46 PB | Aadam Ismaeel Khamis Bahrain | 28:54.30 NJ |
| National junior records were also established for Eritrea and Burundi. ||||||
| 110 metres hurdles 99.0 cm details | Artur Noga Poland | 13.23 CR | Samuel Coco-Viloin France | 13.35 NJ | Konstadinos Douvalidis Greece | 13.39 NJ |
| The hurdle height had been reduced from 106.7 cm to 99.0 cm, thus allowing championship records in all three rounds of the competition. The world's fastest juniors in 2006, Dennis Martin and Darius Reed of the United States, failed to succeed. ||||||
| 400 metres hurdles details | Chris Carter United States | 50.08 | Bandar Sharahili Saudi Arabia | 50.34 PB | Stanislav Melnykov Ukraine | 50.43 PB |
| Carter took the only individual gold medal for the United States. During the competition, national junior records were set for Togo and the Netherlands. ||||||
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Willy Komen Kenya | 8:14.00 CR | Bisluke Kiplagat Kenya | 8:18.11 PB | Abdelghani Aït Bahmad Morocco | 8:20.05 NJ |
| Komen beat the previous championship record by 2.34 seconds. Tareq Mubarak Taher of Bahrain originally finished second, but was disqualified for age cheating. ||||||
| 10,000 metres walk details | Bo Xiangdong China | 42:50.26 | Huang Zhengyu China | 43:13.29 PB | Yusuke Suzuki Japan | 43:45.62 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Jamaica Winston Barnes Remaldo Rose Cawayne Jervis Yohan Blake | 39.05 WJL | United States Evander Wells Gordon McKenzie Willie Perry Brandon Myers | 39.21 SB | Great Britain Rion Pierre Alexander Nelson Wade Bennett-Jackson Harry Aikines-Aryeetey | 39.24 SB |
| National junior records for Canada, Cayman Islands, Chinese Taipei and Singapore in the initial heats. Germany and Nigeria fumbled in the final and did not finish; however, neither were ever in medal position. ||||||
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | United States Quentin Summers Justin Oliver Bryshon Nellum Chris Carter | 3:03.76 WJL | Russia Maksim Dyldin Dmitriy Buryak Vyacheslav Sakaev Anton Kokorin | 3:05.13 NJ | Great Britain Chris Clarke Grant Baker Kris Robertson Martyn Rooney | 3:05.49 SB |
| Kenya, in fourth set a national junior record of 3:05.54, with 800 metres medalists Kivuna and Rudisha on the last two laps, thereby improving their own record from the heats. Belgium and Czech Republic too set new NJs in the heats. ||||||
| High jump details | Huang Haiqiang China | 2.32 WJL | Niki Palli Israel | 2.29 | Bohdan Bondarenko Ukraine | 2.26 PB |
| Huang, helped by an enthusiastic home crowd, improved his personal best by 4 cm to overcome pre-event favorite Palli. Oleksandr Nartov of Ukraine, a medal prospect with a personal best of 2.26 m, exited at 2.10 in the qualification round. ||||||
| Pole vault details | Germán Chiaraviglio Argentina | 5.71 CR | Yang Yansheng China | 5.54 PB | Leonid Kivalov Russia | 5.42 |
| Chiaraviglio, the reigning silver medalist, improved the championship record by 6 cm. The athletes who placed from 4th to 9th all failed to clear 5.36 m. ||||||
| Long jump details | Robert Crowther Australia | 8.00 AJ | Antone Belt United States | 7.95 PB | Zhang Xiaoyi China | 7.86 |
| Zhang was the world junior leader in 2006 with 8.17 metres. Mohammad Arzandeh of Iran, who set a national record, briefly held a medal position. Medal contenders such as Konstantin Safronov and Chris Noffke failed to qualify for the final. ||||||
| Triple jump details | Benjamin Compaoré France | 16.61 WJL | Hugo Chila Ecuador | 16.49 | Zhong Minwei China | 16.29 |
| Shot put 6 kg details | Margus Hunt Estonia | 20.53 WJL | Mostafa Abdul El-Moaty Egypt | 20.14 | Guo Yanxiang China | 19.97 |
| Discus throw gold medalist Hunt emerged as a complete surprise, having a personal best of 18.61 metres before the competition. He became the first athlete to win the gold both in shot and discus, after Rutger Smith won a gold and a bronze in 2000. Pre-event favorites such as Carlos Véliz, Sourabh Vij and Jan Petrus Hoffman all failed to break the 20-metre barrier in the final. National records were established for Kuwait and Uzbekistan. ||||||
| Discus throw 1.75 kg details | Margus Hunt Estonia | 67.32 WJL | Mohammad Samimi Iran | 63.00 NJ | Martin Wierig Germany | 62.17 PB |
| Hunt had established a new world junior record of 66.35 metres at 9:00 AM on the opening day. In the final, he improved it to 66.68 and then 67.32. It was the first WJC gold medal for Estonia. With 63.00 m in the final round, Samimi skipped from fourth to second, following in the footsteps of Ehsan Haddadi who won a gold medal for Iran with 62.14 m in 2004. The qualification round saw a national junior record for Samoa. ||||||
| Hammer throw 6 kg details | Yevgeniy Aydamirov Russia | 78.42 CR | Kristóf Németh Hungary | 78.39 | Marcel Lomnický Slovakia | 77.06 NJ |
| In the qualification round Yury Shayunou of Belarus set a new championship record with 76.76 metres, beating 76.43 m from 2002. Aydamirov however, with a personal best of 82.60 metres, improved this record in the final but was seriously threatened by Németh who trailed 3 centimetres behind from the second round on. Shayunou eventually finished fourth in 76.95 metres, a national junior record, and Turkmenistan and China too got new national junior records. ||||||
| Javelin throw details | John Robert Oosthuizen South Africa | 83.07 CR | Ari Mannio Finland | 77.26 | Roman Avramenko Ukraine | 76.01 PB |
| Oosthuizen broke the championship record from 1996 of 79.78 metres in his second throw, and went unchallenged through the competition. New national junior records were also established for Tunisia, Serbia, Fiji (twice) and Paraguay. ||||||
| Decathlon details | Arkadiy Vasilyev Russia | 8059 | Yordanis García Cuba | 7850 | Jordan Vandermade New Zealand | 7807 |
| Vasilyev set a championship record as the 99.0 cm hurdles were used for the very first time. García finished behind his personal best in the tougher men's decathlon event, where he has 7880 points. ||||||
| 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 | Tezdzhan Naimova Bulgaria | 11.28 | Gabby Mayo United States | 11.42 | Carrie Russell Jamaica | 11.42 |
| World junior leader Alexandria Anderson finished sixth. The initial qualification round saw national junior records established for Singapore, Chad and the Marshall Islands. ||||||
| 200 metres details | Tezdzhan Naimova Bulgaria | 22.99 PB | Vanda Gomes Brazil | 23.59 SB | Ewelina Klocek Poland | 23.63 PB |
| Naimova, taking her second gold medal at the Championships, was virtually unchallenged. World junior leader Gabby Mayo finished sixth. ||||||
| 400 metres details | Danijela Grgić Croatia | 50.78 WJL | Sonita Sutherland Jamaica | 51.42 | Nawal El Jack Sudan | 51.67 SB |
| Sutherland was also the silver medalist of the 2004 edition. Two Zambian junior records were established in the qualifying rounds. ||||||
| 800 metres details | Olga Cristea Moldova | 2:04.52 SB | Winny Chebet Kenya | 2:04.59 PB | Rebekah Noble United States | 2:04.90 |
| Cristea won the first World Championships title of any kind for Moldova. ||||||
| 1500 metres details | Irene Jelagat Kenya | 4:08.88 PB | Mercy Kosgei Kenya | 4:12.48 | Yuriko Kobayashi Japan | 4:12.88 |
| During the competition, national junior records were set for Serbia (twice) and Eritrea. ||||||
| 3000 metres details | Veronica Wanjiru Kenya | 9:02.90 SB | Pauline Korikwiang Kenya | 9:05.21 | Song Liwei China | 9:06.35 PB |
| 5000 metres details | Xue Fei China | 15:31.61 PB | Florence Kiplagat Kenya | 15:32.34 PB | Mary Ngugi Kenya | 15:36.82 PB |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Caroline Tuigong Kenya | 9:40.95 CR | Ancuța Bobocel Romania | 9:46.19 AJR | Mekdes Bekele Tadese Ethiopia | 9:48.67 |
| The winner ran barefoot. Bobocel successfully defended her silver medal from the 2004 edition. Additional national records were set by Latvian fourth-place finisher Poļina Jeļizarova as well as for Portugal, France and Algeria in the heats. ||||||
| 100 metres hurdles details | Yekaterina Shtepa Russia | 13.33 WJL | Christina Vukicevic Norway | 13.34 NJ | Tiffany Ofili United States | 13.37 PB |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Kaliese Spencer Jamaica | 55.11 WJL | Nicole Leach United States | 55.55 | Sherene Pinnock Jamaica | 56.67 PB |
| Pinnock was also the bronze medalist in the 2004 edition. ||||||
| 10,000 metres walk details | Liu Hong China | 45:12.84 PB | Tatyana Shemyakina Russia | 45:34.41 | Anamaria Greceanu Romania | 46:45.67 PB |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | United States Jeneba Tarmoh Alexandria Anderson Elizabeth Olear Gabby Mayo | 43.49 | France Johanna Danois Emilie Gaydu Joellie Baflan Céline Distel | 44.20 | Jamaica Naffene Briscoe Anastasia Le-Roy Carrie Russell Schillonie Calvert | 44.22 SB |
| The American team equalled their winning result from 2004. Calvert won her second bronze medal for Jamaica, having competed on the relay team in 2004 as well. National junior records for Norway and Slovenia as well as a South American junior record by Brazil were established in the heats. ||||||
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | United States Jessica Beard Brandi Cross Sa'de Williams Nicole Leach | 3:29.01 WJL | Nigeria Folashade Abugan Ajoke Odumosu Joy Eze Sekinat Adesanya | 3:30.84 AJ | Jamaica Latoya McDermott Sherene Pinnock Sonita Sutherland Kaliese Spencer | 3:31.62 SB |
| Both Pinnock and Sutherland won relay bronze medals in 2004. The Nigerian team had already set an African junior record in the heats with 3:33.00 minutes after a sprint duel with Jamaica. The final also saw an Asian junior record by the Chinese team in fourth place. ||||||
| High jump details | Svetlana Radzivil Uzbekistan | 1.91 NJ | Zheng Xingjuan China | 1.88 | Annett Engel Germany Yekaterina Yevseyeva Kazakhstan | 1.84 |
| Five athletes, among them a medal favorite Viktoria Leks, ended at 1.84 metres, two of whom shared the podium for the bronze medal. ||||||
| Pole vault details | Zhou Yang China | 4.30 PB | Tina Šutej Slovenia | 4.25 NJ | Vicky Parnov Australia | 4.20 |
| Reigning champion and favorite Lisa Ryzih exited early in the final after failing all three attempts at her opening height of 4.00 metres. The 2006 world junior leader, Valeriya Volik of Russia, finished fourth. ||||||
| Long jump details | Rhonda Watkins Trinidad and Tobago | 6.46 | Anika Leipold Germany | 6.42 | Zhang Yuan China | 6.41 |
| Triple jump details | Kaire Leibak Estonia | 14.43 WJL | Sha Li China | 14.01 PB | Liliya Kulyk Ukraine | 14.01 PB |
| Before the competition Leibak held the world junior leading mark with 13.96 metres, which was improved by Sha Li with 13.97 m in the qualification round. Leibak was in the lead throughout the final, but with 14.05 metres from the fourth round she was threatened by Sha and Kulyk, who both jumped 14.01 m in the fifth round. In the sixth round, however, both challengers failed to improve while Leibak jumped 14.43 metres, only 9 centimetres behind the world junior record. Patrícia Mamona in fourth place established a Portuguese junior record with 13.37 metres; a new Spanish junior record was also set in the final. ||||||
| Shot put details | Melissa Boekelman Netherlands | 17.66 PB | Denise Hinrichs Germany | 17.35 | Irina Tarasova Russia | 17.11 PB |
| The shot put was the first final of the Championships. Simoné du Toit in fourth established a new African junior record with 16.95 metres. ||||||
| Discus throw details | Dani Samuels Australia | 60.63 WJL | Pan Saili China | 57.40 SB | Tan Jian China | 56.09 |
| With 60.22 metres from the first round, Samuels went unthreatened throughout the competition. Annelies Peetroons in fourth place set a new Belgian junior record. ||||||
| Hammer throw details | Bianca Perie Romania | 67.38 CR | Anna Bulgakova Russia | 65.73 | Hao Shuai China | 64.26 |
| Perie became the first World Youth champion from 2005 to win a gold medal in Beijing. The new championships record was an improvement of Marina Smolyachkova's 66.81 metres from 2004. Zalina Marghiev of Moldova was in bronze medal position until the final round. ||||||
| Javelin throw details | Sandra Schaffarzik Germany | 60.45 CR | Vira Rebryk Ukraine | 57.79 NJ | Marharyta Dorozhon Ukraine | 57.68 PB |
| Reigning champion Vivian Zimmer, who held the previous championship record with 58.50 metres, finished in seventh place. Like in the men's javelin competition, the winner was never challenged. ||||||
| Heptathlon details | Tatyana Chernova Russia | 6227 WJL | Ida Marcussen Norway | 6020 NJ | Yana Panteleyeva Russia | 5979 |
| A close competition for the silver and bronze medals saw Marcussen prevail despite finishing behind Iryna Ilkevych of Ukraine in the 800 metres race. Ilkevych ended in fourth place with a national junior record of 5952 points. The winning score of 5868 from 2004 would only have been good enough for a fifth place in 2006. ||||||
| 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 (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Kenya | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | China* | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | United States | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | Russia | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Estonia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Jamaica | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Australia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Germany | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | France | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Romania | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 15 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Moldova | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Norway | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 25 | Morocco | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Cuba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Ecuador | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Iran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Israel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 37 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 39 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Uganda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (44 entries) | Totals (44 entries) | 44 | 44 | 45 | 133 |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 1350 athletes from 176 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Albania (2)
* Algeria (7)
* American Samoa (1)
* Andorra (1)
* Angola (1)
* Anguilla (1)
* Antigua and Barbuda (1)
* Argentina (4)
* Armenia (1)
* Australia (43)
* Austria (2)
* Azerbaijan (3)
* Bahamas (12)
* Bahrain (7)
* Barbados (5)
* Belarus (24)
* Belgium (11)
* Belize (1)
* Benin (1)
* Bermuda (1)
* Bolivia (1)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
* Botswana (4)
* Brazil (18)
* British Virgin Islands (1)
* Bulgaria (6)
* Burkina Faso (1)
* Burundi (3)
* Cambodia (1)
* Cameroon (2)
* Canada (28)
* Cayman Islands (4)
* Central African Republic (1)
* Chad (1)
* Chile (3)
* China (76)
* Chinese Taipei (11)
* Colombia (6)
* Comoros (1)
* Congo (1)
* DR Congo (1)
* Cook Islands (1)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Côte d'Ivoire (1)
* Croatia (10)
* Cuba (5)
* Cyprus (4)
* Czech Republic (16)
* Denmark (9)
* Dominica (1)
* Dominican Republic (1)
* Ecuador (3)
* Egypt (3)
* El Salvador (1)
* Eritrea (6)
* Estonia (11)
* Ethiopia (11)
* Fiji (2)
* Finland (29)
* France (46)
* French Polynesia (1)
* Gabon (1)
* Germany (62)
* Gibraltar (1)
* Great Britain (40)
* Greece (17)
* Grenada (1)
* Guatemala (1)
* Guinea-Bissau (1)
* Haiti (1)
* Hong Kong (3)
* Hungary (21)
* India (10)
* Indonesia (1)
* Iran (6)
* Ireland (6)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (33)
* Jamaica (25)
* Japan (37)
* Jordan (1)
* Kazakhstan (7)
* Kenya (21)
* Kiribati (1)
* Kuwait (2)
* Kyrgyzstan (2)
* Laos (1)
* Latvia (10)
* Lesotho (1)
* Liberia (1)
* Lithuania (7)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Macedonia (1)
* Madagascar (1)
* Malaysia (4)
* Maldives (1)
* Mali (2)
* Malta (1)
* Marshall Islands (1)
* Mauritania (1)
* Mauritius (2)
* Mexico (8)
* Micronesia (1)
* Moldova (2)
* Monaco (1)
* Mongolia (2)
* Morocco (10)
* Mozambique (1)
* Namibia (5)
* Nauru (1)
* Nepal (1)
* Netherlands (13)
* New Zealand (9)
* Nigeria (12)
* Northern Mariana Islands (1)
* Norway (14)
* Oman (5)
* Pakistan (1)
* Palau (1)
* Palestine (1)
* Panama (1)
* Papua New Guinea (4)
* Paraguay (1)
* Peru (2)
* Philippines (1)
* Poland (30)
* Portugal (6)
* Puerto Rico (3)
* Qatar (5)
* Romania (20)
* Russia (57)
* Rwanda (1)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (2)
* Saint Lucia (1)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
* Samoa (1)
* San Marino (1)
* Saudi Arabia (10)
* Senegal (4)
* Serbia (7)
* Seychelles (1)
* Sierra Leone (1)
* Singapore (6)
* Slovakia (6)
* Slovenia (15)
* Solomon Islands (1)
* South Africa (30)
* South Korea (8)
* Spain (34)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Sudan (9)
* Swaziland (1)
* Sweden (19)
* Switzerland (7)
* Syria (2)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Tanzania (2)
* Thailand (7)
* Togo (1)
* Tonga (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (9)
* Tunisia (4)
* Turkey (10)
* Turkmenistan (1)
* Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
* Uganda (5)
* Ukraine (28)
* United States (71)
* Uruguay (1)
* U.S. Virgin Islands (1)
* Uzbekistan (7)
* Vanuatu (1)
* Venezuela (3)
* Yemen (1)
* Zambia (4)
* Zimbabwe (3)