European Athletics U18 Championships

The European Athletics U18 Championships (named as European Athletics Youth Championships in 2016) are a biennial athletics competition for European athletes under the age of eighteen (youth category).

European Athletics U18 Championships
Status	active
Genre	sports event
Date(s)	midyear
Frequency	biennial
Inaugurated	2016
Organised by	European Athletic Association
Website	Official website
2024

The creation of the competition stemmed from the 2013 European Athletics Congress. The event was created to promote the sport among young people in Europe. Each country may send a maximum of two athletes per event.^[1] The European U18 Championships will be the third age category championships organised by the European Athletic Association, following on from the long-running European Athletics U20 Championships (first held in 1970) and the European Athletics U23 Championships (first held in 1997).

The first iteration of the championships took place in 2016. This means that the event serves in the alternate years between the European Youth Olympic Festival, another biennial under-18s event hosted by the European Olympic Committees.^[2]

Editions

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	Events	Top of the medal table
1	2016	Tbilisi	Georgia	14–17 July	Athletics Stadium of Tbilisi	40	Great Britain
2	2018	Győr	Hungary	5–8 July	Olympic Sport Park	40	Great Britain
-	2020 2021	Rieti	Italy	26–29 August cancelled[3]	Stadio Raul Guidobaldi	—
3	2022	Jerusalem	Israel	4–7 July	Givat Ram Stadium	40	Great Britain
4	2024	Banská Bystrica[4]	Slovakia	18–21 July	Národný Atletický Štadión	40	Italy
5	2026	Rieti[5]	Italy	16–19 July	Stadio Raul Guidobaldi

Championships records

Boys

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	10.32 (+0.6 m/s)	Marek Zakrzewski	Poland	5 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel	[6]
200 m	20.81 (+0.7 m/s)	Diego Nappi	Italy	20 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	[7]
400 m	46.50	Stanisław Strzelecki	Poland	20 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	[8]
800 m	1:47.36	Max Burgin	Great Britain	8 July 2018	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary	[9]
1500 m	3:49.99	Niels Laros	Netherlands	6 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem Israel	[10]
3000 m	8:07.03	Aldin Ćatović	Serbia	21 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	[11]
110 m hurdles	13.19 (+0.8 m/s)	Sam Bennett	Great Britain	7 July 2018	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary	[12]
400 m hurdles (84.0 cm)	49.42	Michal Rada	Czech Republic	21 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	[13]
2000 m steeplechase	5:38.55	Sergio del Barrio	Spain	7 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel	[14]
High jump	2.18 m	Lukas Mihota	Germany	16 July 2016	2016 Championships	Tbilisi Georgia	[15]
Pole vault	5.46 m	Pål Haugen Lillefosse	Norway	8 July 2018	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary	[16]
Long jump	8.04 m (+1.8 m/s)	Mattia Furlani	Italy	5 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel	[17]
Triple jump	16.03 m (−2.2 m/s)	Martin Lamou [fr]	France	17 July 2016	2016 Championships	Tbilisi, Georgia	[18]
Shot put (5 kg)	21.51 m	Odisseas Mouzenidis [fr]	Greece	15 July 2016	2016 Championships	Tbilisi, Georgia	[19]
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	64.51 m	Mykhailo Brudin	Ukraine	5 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel	[17]
Hammer throw (5 kg)	87.82 m WYB	Mykhaylo Kokhan	Ukraine	7 July 2018	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary	[20]
Javelin throw (700 g)	84.52 m EYB	Topi Parviainen	Finland	6 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel	[21]
Decathlon	7626 pts	Amadeus Gräber	Germany	6–7 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel	[22]
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 11.05 (+1.2 m/s) 6.88m (+0.9 m/s) 14.33m 1.96m 50.27 14.45 (−1.3 m/s) 37.98m 4.40m 55.57m 4:32.21
10,000 m walk (track)	44:01.60	Frederick Weigel	Germany	7 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel	[23]
Swedish medley relay	1:51.62	Nikodem Dymiński Jakub Foremny Bartłomiej Adamczyk Stanisław Strzelecki	Poland	21 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	[24]

Decathlon disciplines

Event	Record	Score	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref.
100 m	10.57		Roko Farkaš	Croatia	6 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel
Long jump	7.44 m		Alexandre Montagne	France	6 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel
Shot put (5 kg)	17.17 m		Oļegs Kozjakovs	Latvia	7 July 2018	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary
High jump	2.08 m		Harry Richard Jääger	Estonia	6 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel
400 m	48.79		Sven Roosen	Netherlands	7 July 2018	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary
110 m hurdles (0.99 m)	13.52 (+0.7 m/s)	1037 pts	Tristan Konso	Estonia	21 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	16 years, 230 days	[25]
Discus throw (1.50 kg)	51.91 m	910 pts	Liam Belo da Silva	Sweden	21 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	17 years, 22 days	[26]
Pole vault	4.70 m		Lionel Brügger	Switzerland	7 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel
Javelin throw (700 g)	68.66 m	869 pts	Anton Steffen	Germany	21 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia		[27]
1500 m	4:24.83	779 pts	Denis Hrabar	Portugal	21 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	17 years, 182 days	[28]

Girls

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	11.39 (+1.8 m/s)	Nia Wedderburn-Goodison	Great Britain	5 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel	[17]
200 m	23.09 (+1.0 m/s)	Elisa Valensin	Italy	20 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	[29]
400 m	51.89	Anastazja Kuś	Poland	20 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	[30]
800 m	2:04.23	Adéla Holubová	Czech Republic	21 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	[31]
1500 m	4:13.01	Lyla Belshaw	Great Britain	21 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	[32]
3000 m	9:18.05	Sarah Healy	Ireland	6 July 2018	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary	[33]
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	12.86 (+2.0 m/s)	Laura Frličková	Slovakia	18 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	[34]
400 m hurdles	58.00	Nina Radová	Czech Republic	21 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	[35]
2000 m steeplechase	6:20.22	Jolanda Kallabis	Germany	6 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel	[36]
High jump	1.94 m	Yaroslava Mahuchikh	Ukraine	8 July 2018	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary	[37]
Pole vault	4.26 m	Leni Wildgrube	Germany	7 July 2018	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary	[38]
Long jump	6.39 m (+1.0 m/s)	Ayla Hallberg Hossain	Sweden	7 July 2022	2022 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel	[14]
Triple jump	13.95 m (+1.1 m/s)	María Vicente	Spain	8 July 2018	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary	[39]
Shot put	18.50 m	Alexandra Emelianova	Moldova	16 July 2016	2016 Championships	Tbilisi Georgia	[40]
Discus throw	58.09 m	Alexandra Emelianova	Moldova	15 July 2016	2016 Championships	Tbilisi, Georgia	[41]
Hammer throw	74.36 m	Valeriya Ivanenko	Ukraine	5 July 2018	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary	[42]
Javelin throw	61.07 m	Vita Barbić	Croatia	21 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	[43]
Heptathlon	6221 pts WYB	María Vicente	Spain	5–6 July 2016	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary	[44]
	100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m 13.25 (+0.1 m/s) 1.72 m 13.77 m 23.78 (−0.3 m/s) 6.37 m (+1.8 m/s) 43.28 m 2:23.29
5000 m walk (track)	21:50.80	Serena di Fabio	Italy	19 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	[45]
Swedish medley relay	2:05.23	Viola Canovi Margherita Castellani Laura Frattaroli Elisa Valensin	Italy	21 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica Slovakia	[46]

Heptathlon disciplines

Event	Record	Score	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref.
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	13.12 (−0.6 m/s)	1106 pts	Enni Virjonen	Finland	18 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	17 years, 65 days	[47]
High jump	1.88 m		Alina Shukh	Ukraine	14 July 2016	2016 Championships	Tbilisi, Georgia	17 years, 153 days
Shot put (3 kg)	16.43 m	957 pts	Zola Ndouma-Mona	France	18 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	17 years, 55 days	[48][49]
200 m	23.65 (+1.2 m/s)	1015 pts	Evelina Olsson	Sweden	18 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	16 years, 137 days	[50][51]
Long jump	6.37 m		María Vicente	Spain	6 July 2018	2018 Championships	Győr, Hungary	17 years, 100 days
Javelin throw (500 g)	51.59 m	891 pts	Enni Virjonen	Finland	19 July 2024	2024 Championships	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	17 years, 66 days	[52]
800 m	2:12.65		Niamh Emerson	Great Britain	15 July 2016	2016 Championships	Tbilisi, Georgia	17 years, 84 days

All-time medal table

Updated after 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain	22	12	15	49
2	Italy	17	15	12	44
3	Germany	15	16	11	42
4	France	10	15	12	37
5	Poland	8	6	11	25
6	Spain	7	9	9	25
7	Czech Republic	7	6	3	16
8	Norway	6	6	4	16
9	Greece	6	4	5	15
10	Ukraine	6	4	1	11
11	Sweden	5	8	7	20
12	Finland	5	4	9	18
13	Belarus	5	3	1	9
14	Netherlands	4	4	5	13
15	Ireland	4	4	4	12
16	Hungary	3	9	1	13
17	Turkey	3	7	6	16
18	Romania	3	2	5	10
19	Serbia	3	2	3	8
20	Cyprus	3	1	1	5
21	Belgium	2	4	2	8
22	Bulgaria	2	3	4	9
23	Switzerland	2	3	3	8
24	Latvia	2	2	1	5
25	Moldova	2	2	0	4
26	Croatia	2	1	4	7
–	Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)[a]	2	0	2	4
27	Denmark	2	0	1	3
28	Estonia	1	1	3	5
29	Slovakia	1	0	3	4
30	Iceland	1	0	1	2
31	Slovenia	0	3	0	3
32	Austria	0	2	4	6
33	Lithuania	0	2	1	3
34	Israel	0	2	0	2
35	Portugal	0	0	3	3
36	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
Totals (36 entries)		161	162	158	481

• ^[a] Medals won by athletes competing as Authorised Neutral Athletes were not included in the official medal table.^[53]