Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 11 to 16 October. The events took place at the Parque Olímpico de la Juventud in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Athletics at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Parque Olímpico de la Juventud
Dates	11–16 October
No. of events	36 (18 boys, 18 girls)
Competitors	696 from 177 nations
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For the first time, every athletics' event featured 2 stages – 2 separate competitions, both of their results were added together to conclude final standings.^[1]

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 36 athletes, 18 per each gender and 1 per each event. In total, 680 (340 boys and 340 girls) athletes will compete at the Youth Olympics with continental qualification events deciding the majority of athletes. The distribution of quotas was decided based on the results from the 2015 World Youth Championships and 2017 World Youth Championships. As hosts, Argentina is given 4 quotas, 2 per each gender and universality places will be given to nations whom did not qualify an athlete with a maximum of 1 boy or girl per nation. These quotas will be subtracted from that nation's continental quota in the relevant event. All athletes qualified in the 1500 m, 3000 m and 2000 m steeplechase will compete their Stage 2 event in the cross country run.^[2]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2002.^[2]

Qualification timeline

Event	Location	Date
2015 World Youth Championships	Cali	15–19 July 2015
2017 World Youth Championships	Nairobi	12–16 July 2017
2018 Melanesian Championship	Port Vila	9–11 May 2018
2018 Asian Youth Olympic Qualifying Meet	Bangkok	4–5 July 2018
2018 European U18 Championship	Győr	5–8 July 2018
2018 African Youth Games	Algiers	19–28 July 2018

• The Americas Youth Olympic trials were scheduled to be held in Nicaragua but were cancelled due to civil unrest in the country.^[3] Rankings will determine who competes from the continent.

Quota distribution

Boys

Event	Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania	Total
100m	5	12	8	6	1	32
200m	3	5	4	11	1	24
400m	5	8	5	5	1	24
800m	8	5	2	8	1	24
1500m	7	3	1	6	1	18
3000m	6	1	5	5	1	18
110m Hurdles	2	8	3	7	2	22
400m Hurdles	3	6	3	3	1	16
2000m Steeplechase	6	2	2	7	1	18
High Jump	1	5	4	5	1	16
Pole Vault	1	1	3	10	1	16
Long Jump	1	6	2	6	1	16
Triple Jump	2	6	4	3	1	16
Shot Put	2	4	2	7	1	16
Discus Throw	1	4	2	8	1	16
Hammer Throw	1	2	2	10	1	16
Javelin Throw	2	3	2	8	1	16
5000m Race Walk	1	7	3	4	1	16
Total	57	88	57	119	19	340

Girls

Event	Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania	Total
100m	3	14	1	13	1	32
200m	1	7	4	11	1	24
400m	3	7	2	11	1	24
800m	5	3	1	14	1	24
1500m	7	2	3	5	1	18
3000m	8	2	3	4	1	18
100m Hurdles	1	8	2	10	1	22
400m Hurdles	1	5	2	7	1	16
2000m Steeplechase	3	3	2	9	1	18
High Jump	1	2	1	11	1	16
Pole Vault	1	3	1	10	1	16
Long Jump	1	5	1	8	1	16
Triple Jump	1	4	2	8	1	16
Shot Put	1	3	1	10	1	16
Discus Throw	2	4	1	8	1	16
Hammer Throw	1	3	1	10	1	16
Javelin Throw	1	5	2	7	1	16
5000m Race Walk	2	5	2	6	1	16
Total	43	85	32	162	18	340

Schedule

The schedule was released by the Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.^[4]

Q	Stage 1	H	Stage 1	F	Stage 2	C	Cross country run (Stage 2)

Event ↓ / Date →	Thu 11	Fri 12	Sat 13	Sun 14	Mon 15	Tue 16
Boys' 100 m		H			F
Boys' 200 m			H			F
Boys' 400 m	H			F
Boys' 800 m			H		F
Boys' 1500 m		H			C
Boys' 3000 m	H				C
Boys' 110 m hurdles			H			F
Boys' 400 m hurdles			H			F
Boys' 2000 m steeplechase		H			C
Boys' 5 km walk	H				F
Boys' Long jump		Q			F
Boys' Triple jump			Q			F
Boys' High jump	Q			F
Boys' Pole vault			Q			F
Boys' Shot put		Q			F
Boys' Discus throw	Q			F
Boys' Javelin throw			Q			F
Boys' Hammer throw		Q			F
Event ↓ / Date →	Thu 11	Fri 12	Sat 13	Sun 14	Mon 15	Tue 16
Girls' 100 m		H			F
Girls' 200 m			H			F
Girls' 400 m	H			F
Girls' 800 m	H			F
Girls' 1500 m		H			C
Girls' 3000 m	H				C
Girls' 100 m hurdles	H			F
Girls' 400 m hurdles			H			F
Girls' 2000 m steeplechase		H			C
Girls' 5 km walk		H				F
Girls' Long jump	Q			F
Girls' Triple jump			Q			F
Girls' High jump		Q			F
Girls' Pole vault	Q			F
Girls' Shot put		Q			F
Girls' Discus throw	Q			F
Girls' Javelin throw			Q			F
Girls' Hammer throw		Q			F
Event ↓ / Date →	Thu 11	Fri 12	Sat 13	Sun 14	Mon 15	Tue 16

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Argentina)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	3	1	1	5
2	Kenya	3	1	0	4
3	Cuba	3	0	1	4
	Ukraine	3	0	1	4
5	Ethiopia	2	2	4	8
6	Qatar	2	0	0	2
7	Australia	1	4	0	5
8	France	1	3	0	4
9	Nigeria	1	2	0	3
10	Japan	1	1	2	4
11	Ecuador	1	1	1	3
	United States	1	1	1	3
13	Argentina*	1	1	0	2
	Bulgaria	1	1	0	2
	Germany	1	1	0	2
	Mexico	1	1	0	2
17	Czech Republic	1	0	1	2
	Finland	1	0	1	2
	Greece	1	0	1	2
	South Africa	1	0	1	2
	Uganda	1	0	1	2
22	Belgium	1	0	0	1
	Burundi	1	0	0	1
	Colombia	1	0	0	1
	Iceland	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
27	Russia	0	2	2	4
28	Algeria	0	2	0	2
	Hungary	0	2	0	2
30	Belarus	0	1	1	2
	India	0	1	1	2
	Italy	0	1	1	2
	Jamaica	0	1	1	2
	Puerto Rico	0	1	1	2
	Spain	0	1	1	2
	Zambia	0	1	1	2
37	Egypt	0	1	0	1
	Morocco	0	1	0	1
	Saint Lucia	0	1	0	1
40	Turkey	0	0	3	3
41	Brazil	0	0	2	2
42	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Eritrea	0	0	1	1
	Hong Kong	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
	Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1
	Sri Lanka	0	0	1	1
Totals (47 entries)		36	36	36	108

Source: IAAF

Boys' events

Medal Ceremony, Shot Put

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Luke Davids  South Africa	20.71	Alaba Olukunle Akintola  Nigeria	21.00	Seiryō Ikeda  Japan	21.12
200 m details	Abdelaziz Mohamed  Qatar	41.78	Antonio Watson  Jamaica	42.41	Lucas Conceição Vilar  Brazil	42.67
400 m details	Luis Avilés  Mexico	1:34.23	Kennedy Luchembe  Zambia	1:34.34	Nicholas Ramey  United States	1:34.87
800 m details	Tasew Yada  Ethiopia	3:39.76	Mohamed Ali Gouaned  Algeria	3:41.74	Mehmet Çelik  Turkey	3:41.79
1500 m details	Jean de Dieu Butoyi  Burundi	4 pts	Anass Essayi  Morocco	4 pts	Melese Nberet  Ethiopia	4 pts
3000 m details	Jackson Kavesa Muema  Kenya	4 pts	Berihu Aregawi  Ethiopia	4 pts	Oscar Chelimo  Uganda	4 pts
110 m hurdles details	Owaab Barrow  Qatar	26.50	Kenny Fletcher  France	27.01	Addis Wong Lok Hei  Hong Kong	27.13
400 m hurdles details	Haruto Deguchi  Japan	1:42.68	Dániel Huller  Hungary	1:43.84	Mohammed Duhaim Al-Muawi  Saudi Arabia	1:45.81
2000 m steeplechase / Cross country details	Abrham Sime  Ethiopia	2 pts	Baptiste Guyon  France	8 pts	Abel Yamane  Eritrea	9 pts
5000 m race walk details	Óscar Patín [es]  Ecuador	20:13.69	Suraj Panwar  India	20:23.30	Jan Moreu  Puerto Rico	20:28.02
High jump details	Chen Long  China	4.35	Oscar Miers  Australia	4.27	Oleh Doroshchuk  Ukraine	4.23
Pole vault details	Baptiste Thiery  France	10.37	Kazuki Furusawa  Japan	10.32	Dmitry Kachanov  Russia	10.32
Long jump details	Lester Lescay  Cuba	15.54	Joshua Cowley  Australia	15.53	Koki Wada  Japan	15.12
Triple jump details	Jordan Díaz  Cuba	34.18	Ineh Oritsemeyiwa  Nigeria	31.85	Praveen Chithravel  India	31.52
Shot put details	Nazareno Sasia  Argentina	43.19	Xing Jialiang  China	41.74	Carmelo Alessandro Musci  Italy	41.43
Discus throw details	Connor Bell  New Zealand	133.08	Jorge Luis Contreras  Puerto Rico	115.06	Gracjan Kozak  Poland	114.92
Hammer throw details	Mykhaylo Kokhan  Ukraine	171.11	Valentin Andreev  Bulgaria	163.96	Wang Qi  China	155.36
Javelin throw details	Topias Laine [fi]  Finland	153.42	Gustavo Osorio  Argentina	150.28	Martin Florian  Czech Republic	150.24

Girls' events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Rosemary Chukuma  Nigeria	23.20	Julien Alfred  Saint Lucia	23.22	Anahí Suárez  Ecuador	23.26
200 m details	Guðbjörg Jóna Bjarnadóttir  Iceland	47.02	Dalia Kaddari  Italy	47.69	Letícia Maria Nonato Lima  Brazil	47.87
400 m details	Barbora Malíková  Czech Republic	1:48.86	Marie Scheppan  Germany	1:50.06	Niddy Mingilishi  Zambia	1:50.48
800 m details	Keely Small  Australia	4:10.44	Athing Mu  United States	4:13.24	Hirut Meshesha  Ethiopia	4:14.60
1500 m details	Edinah Jebitok  Kenya	2 pts	Jaylah Hancock-Cameron  Australia	6 pts	Lemiem Hailu  Ethiopia	7 pts
3000 m details	Sarah Chelangat  Uganda	2 pts	Mercy Chepkorir Kerarei  Kenya	4 pts	Aberash Minsewo  Ethiopia	6 pts
100 m hurdles details	Grace Stark  United States	26.14	Sophie White  Australia	26.40	Ackera Nugent  Jamaica	26.41
400 m hurdles details	Valeria Cabezas  Colombia	1:57.58	Loubna Benhadja  Algeria	2:00.68	Carla García  Spain	2:00.76
2000 m steeplechase / Cross country details	Fancy Cherono  Kenya	2 pts	Mekides Abebe  Ethiopia	5 pts	Parami Wasanthi Maristela  Sri Lanka	7 pts
5000 m race walk details	Xi Ricuo  China	45:03.49	Sofia Ramos Rodríguez  Mexico	45:58.97	Olga Fiaska  Greece	46:10.02
High jump details	Yaroslava Mahuchikh  Ukraine	3.87	Mariya Kochanova  Russia	3.71	Jessica Kähärä  Finland	3.63
Pole vault details	Leni Freyja Wildgrube  Germany	8.12	Emma Brentel  France	7.82	Krystsina Kantsavenka  Belarus	7.72
Long jump details	Maité Beernaert  Belgium	12.32	Klaudia Endrész  Hungary	12.31	Ingeborg Grünwald  Austria	12.31
Triple jump details	Aleksandra Nacheva  Bulgaria	27.62	María Vicente  Spain	27.43	Mariya Privalova  Russia	26.07
Shot put details	Li Xinhui  China	36.75	Yelizaveta Dorts  Belarus	35.13	Dane Roets  South Africa	34.64
Discus throw details	Melany Matheus  Cuba	108.65	Violetta Ignatyeva  Russia	107.79	Özlem Becerek  Turkey	103.86
Hammer throw details	Valeriya Ivanenko  Ukraine	146.98	Rawan Ayman Ibrahim Barakat  Egypt	136.17	Alegna Osorio  Cuba	127.00
Javelin throw details	Elina Tzengko  Greece	125.08	Juleisy Ángulo  Ecuador	115.03	Münevver Hancı  Turkey	114.47

Participating nations

A total of 177 countries entered athletes.

•  Afghanistan (1)
•  Albania (1)
•  Algeria (6)
•  Antigua and Barbuda (2)
•  American Samoa (1)
•  Angola (1)
•  Argentina (7)
•  Australia (13)
•  Austria (5)
•  Azerbaijan (2)
•  Bahamas (6)
•  Bahrain (1)
•  Barbados (2)
•  Belarus (16)
•  Belgium (6)
•  Belize (1)
•  Benin (1)
•  Bermuda (1)
•  Bhutan (1)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
•  Bolivia (1)
•  Botswana (1)
•  Brazil (21)
•  British Virgin Islands (1)
•  Brunei (1)
•  Bulgaria (4)
•  Burkina Faso (2)
•  Burundi (3)
•  Cameroon (1)
•  Canada (15)
•  Cape Verde (2)
•  Cayman Islands (2)
•  Central African Republic (1)
•  Chile (5)
•  China (10)
•  Colombia (11)
•  Comoros (2)
•  Republic of the Congo (1)
•  Costa Rica (1)
•  Croatia (1)
•  Cuba (13)
•  Cyprus (1)
•  Czech Republic (15)
•  Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)
•  Denmark (1)
•  Djibouti (3)
•  Dominica (2)
•  Dominican Republic (1)
•  Ecuador (9)
•  Egypt (4)
•  Equatorial Guinea (1)
•  El Salvador (3)
•  Eritrea (5)
•  Estonia (6)
•  Ethiopia (9)
•  Federated States of Micronesia (1)
•  Fiji (1)
•  Finland (13)
•  France (18)
•  The Gambia (2)
•  Georgia (1)
•  Germany (20)
•  Ghana (1)
•  Greece (14)
•  Grenada (2)
•  Guatemala (1)
•  Guinea (1)
•  Guinea-Bissau (1)
•  Guyana (2)
•  Haiti (2)
•  Hong Kong (1)
•  Honduras (1)
•  Hungary (16)
•  Iceland (3)
•  India (7)
•  Indonesia (2)
•  Iran (3)
•  Iraq (1)
•  Ireland (3)
•  Israel (3)
•  Italy (13)
•  Ivory Coast (1)
•  Jamaica (11)
•  Jordan (2)
•  Japan (14)
•  Kazakhstan (5)
•  Kenya (10)
•  Kiribati (1)
•  Kosovo (1)
•  Kuwait (1)
•  Kyrgyzstan (1)
•  Laos (2)
•  Latvia (3)
•  Liberia (2)
•  Lesotho (2)
•  Lithuania (3)
•  Luxembourg (2)
•  Macedonia (1)
•  Madagascar (1)
•  Malawi (2)
•  Malaysia (1)
•  Maldives (1)
•  Mali (1)
•  Malta (1)
•  Marshall Islands (1)
•  Mauritania (2)
•  Morocco (5)
•  Mexico (18)
•  Moldova (1)
•  Monaco (1)
•  Mozambique (1)
•  Nauru (1)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  Nepal (1)
•  New Zealand (5)
•  Nicaragua (1)
•  Niger (1)
•  Nigeria (5)
•  Oman (2)
•  Palestine (1)
•  Paraguay (1)
•  Panama (1)
•  Peru (2)
•  Poland (15)
•  Portugal (6)
•  Puerto Rico (4)
•  Qatar (3)
•  Romania (5)
•  Russia (4)
•  Rwanda (1)
•  Saint Lucia (2)
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis (2)
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2)
•  São Tomé and Príncipe (2)
•  Saudi Arabia (2)
•  Serbia (3)
•  Senegal (1)
•  Seychelles (1)
•  Sierra Leone (1)
•  Singapore (1)
•  Slovakia (6)
•  Slovenia (3)
•  Solomon Islands (1)
•  Somalia (2)
•  South Africa (16)
•  South Korea (1)
•  South Sudan (2)
•  Spain (18)
•  Sri Lanka (4)
•  Sudan (1)
•  Suriname (2)
•  Eswatini (2)
•  Switzerland (9)
•  Syria (1)
•  Chinese Taipei (11)
•  Tanzania (2)
•  Thailand (1)
•  Timor-Leste (2)
•  Togo (1)
•  Tonga (1)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (2)
•  Turkmenistan (2)
•  Tunisia (4)
•  Turkey (17)
•  Tuvalu (1)
•  Uganda (3)
•  Ukraine (13)
•  United States (7)
•  Uruguay (2)
•  Uzbekistan (4)
•  Vanuatu (1)
•  Venezuela (5)
•  Vietnam (2)
•  Virgin Islands (1)
•  Yemen (2)
•  Zambia (2)
•  Zimbabwe (1)