2026 World Athletics U20 Championships

The 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships, also known colloquially by its former official title, the World Junior Championships, was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 2007), which was held from 5 to 9 August 2026 at Hayward Field in Eugene, United States.

Schedule QQualificationHHeatsSSemifinalsFFinalM = morning session, A = afternoon session

+Men Date → 5 Aug 6 Aug 7 Aug 8 Aug 9 AugEvent ↓ M A M A M A M A A100 m H S F 200 m H S F 400 m HS F 800 m H S F 1500 m H F3000 m F 5000 m F 110 m hurdles H S F 400 m hurdles H S F3000 m SC H F4 × 100 m relay H F4 × 400 m relay H F5000 m walk F Decathlon F High jump Q F Pole vault Q FLong jump Q F Triple jump Q F Shot put Q F Discus throw Q FHammer throw Q F Javelin throw Q F

+Women Date → 5 Aug 6 Aug 7 Aug 8 Aug 9 AugEvent ↓ M A M A M A M A A100 m H S F 200 m H S F 400 m H S F 800 m H S F 1500 m H F3000 m F5000 m F 100 m hurdles H S F 400 m hurdles H SF3000 m SC H F 4 × 100 m relay H F4 × 400 m relay H F5000 m walk F Heptathlon F High jump Q FPole vault Q F Long jump Q F Triple jump Q FShot put QF Discus throw Q F Hammer throw Q FJavelin throw Q F

+Mixed Date → 5 Aug 6 Aug 7 Aug 8 Aug 9 AugEvent ↓ M A M A M A M A A4 × 100 m relay H F 4 × 400 m relay H F

Medal table

Men's results 100 metres(Wind: 0.1 m/s) 9.94 10.05 10.16200 metres(Wind: 0.1 m/s) 19.83 20.31 20.55400 metres 44.47 44.62 44.96800 metres 1:44.64 1:45.36 1:46.25 1500 metres 3:37.46 3:38.32 3:39.68 3000 metres 7:28.28 , 7:47.79 7:48.49 5000 metres 13:28.27 13:30.09 13:35.38 110 metres hurdles(Wind: +0.7 m/s) 12.72 = 12.97 12.98 =400 metres hurdles 48.59 49.23 49.90 3000 metres steeplechase 8:28.35 8:32.81 8:38.054×100 metres relay Blake HamiltonDillon MitchellKyler BrownTate TaylorJayson Smith*Auralleus Hicks* 38.16 Divine IhemeJake Odey-JordanEthan FranklinJames ArminioMayo Alabi* 38.90 = Kyle BoddenGary CardNyrone WadeSanjay SeymoreNathaniel Martin* 39.01 4×400 metres relay Quincy WilsonCameron TuckerAlexander OsayemiJayden DeLeonAde Lloyd*Carlo Johnson* 3:01.39 Ryno RiekertKryn RomijnAbelines SchoemanLeendert Koekemoer 3:02.76 Milann KlemencicRayan BouhoucheLucas CoudercDylan TeloKristen Colly*Hugo Charlet* 3:04.80 5000 m walk 18:40.37 18:43.70 18:56.19 High jump 2.21 m 2.21 m = 2.21 m Pole vault 5.80 5.75 5.45 Long jump 7.97 m 7.96 m 7.84 m Triple jump 17.08 m 16.79 m 16.36 m Shot put 20.35 m 20.31 m 19.80 m Discus throw 66.39 m 65.42 m 64.37 m Hammer throw 79.16 m 77.55 m 75.38 m Javelin throw 80.50 m 74.09 m 73.89 m Decathlon 8112 pts 7887 pts 7877 pts

Women's results 100 metres(Wind: -0.1 m/s) 11.14 11.17 11.27200 metres(Wind: -0.2 m/s) 22.37 22.68 22.77400 metres 51.06 51.36 51.76800 metres 2:03.03 2:03.08 2:03.521500 metres 4:16.73 4:16.77 4:17.503000 metres 8:43.65 8:45.06 8:45.595000 metres 15:03.88 15:07.91 15:09.08 100 metres hurdles(Wind: -0.2 m/s) 12.91 = 12.96 12.97 400 metres hurdles 55.33 55.88 55.99 3000 metres steeplechase 9:15.81 9:30.50 9:37.184×100 metres relay Sashana JohnsonTheianna-Lee TerrelongeNatrece EastShanoya DouglasSamoya Brown*Renecia Edwards* 42.89 Mara SchwitterXenia BuriMilla TonazziJoy Umegbolu 43.36 Lore FoestersLauren Petroci-ConinxMartha GeerardynIlona Dhaenens 43.91 4×400 metres relay Ashtyn LewisOlivia HarrisClara AdamsTaylor-Nicole OvertonSydney Kuhn* 3:29.15 Shari HurdmanXanthee WattsCharlotte McAuliffeAlice Hill 3:31.39 Caitlin HadfieldShiloh OmotoshoCasey MusgraveCamiah BennettNoa Chodokufa* 3:32.08 5000 m walk 20:57.57 21:17.92 21:31.99 High jump 1.92 m 1.90 m 1.90 m = Pole vault 4.45 m 4.40 m 4.35 m Long jump 6.52 m 6.44 m 6.34 m = Triple jump 13.91 m 13.70 m 13.58 m Shot put 18.08 m 17.90 m 17.23 m Discus throw 61.06 m 58.41 m 54.88 m Hammer throw 68.99 m 68.51 m 67.89 m Javelin throw 59.82 m 56.60 m 54.34 m Heptathlon 6214 pts 5961 pts 5850 pts

Mixed results 4×100 metres relay Edwin Fermin GalvanElisa ValensinFrancesco PagliariniKelly Doualla Elisa Calzolari* Carlotta Suppini* 41.21 Divine IhemeSavannah MorganMathew AjayiSophie Thomas 41.38 Cy LugoAhlayna TaylorNicholas AltheimerAva Kitchings Aster Jones* 41.39 4×400 metres relay Joshua Shelton Taylor-Nicole Overton Jaelen Hunter Olivia Harris Natalie Dumas* 3:15.31 Lukáš Mareš Sophie Pischnothová Jakub Marek Linda Botková Kateřina Čechová 3:18.16 Dylan Ruming Xanthee Watts Fred Hamblin Charlotte McAuliffe 3:18.45

Qualifying Standards Event Men Women100 m 10.50 11.78 200 m 21.25 24.35 400 m 47.40 55.20 800 m 1:50.00 2:09.00 1500 m 3:47.50 4:27.00 3000 m 8:04.00 9:27.00 5000 m 14:08.00 16:25.00 3000 m sc 9:00.00 10:36.00 100 mH – 14.10 110 mH 14.05 00.991 – 400 mH 53.00 1:00.75 5000 m RW 20:50.00 (43:30.00*) 24:00.00 (49:20.00*) 4x100 m Relay No standard No standard 4x400 m Relay No standard No standard 4x100 m Mixed Relay No standard No standard 4x400 m Mixed Relay No standard No standard Heptathlon – 5280 points Decathlon 7100 points – High Jump 2.11 1.81 Pole Vault 5.12 4.05 Long Jump 7.58 6.22 Triple Jump 15.45 13.00 Shot Put 18.30 (6 kg) 14.50 (4 kg) Discus 56.00 49.00 Hammer 68.00 (6 kg) 57.50 Javelin 68.50 49.50

Participation The following is a list of participating nations with the number of qualified athletes in brackets. A country without any qualified athlete could enter either one male or one female. A total 147 National Associations and 1,858 athletes are scheduled to compete.

Broadcasting Africa – SuperSport Australia – Seven Network Canada – CBC Sports Europe – Eurovision Sports United States – Peacock

References

External links Official Site