Athletics at the 1998 World Youth Games
Athletics at the World Youth Games | |
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Dates | 14 – 17 July |
Host city | Moscow, Russia |
Venue | Luzhniki Stadium |
Events | 36 |
Participation | 678 athletes from 87 nations |
At the youth (under-18) athletes from 87 countries took part in the track and field events.[1]
Several major countries with strong traditions in athletics were absent from the contests (among them Australia, Britain, Canada, France, Germany and the United States) and this undermined the overall quality of performances. Planned subsequent editions were not held.[2] Although the games were not an initial success, the idea was revived in 2010 and athletics events were again held as part of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, which garnered wide participation.
Medal summary
Boys
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres | Paul Gorries (RSA) | 10.76 | Kostyantyn Vasyukov (UKR) | 10.79 | Mirko Turri (ITA) | 10.83 |
200 metres | Wang Hongzhen (CHN) | 21.33 | Paul Gorries (RSA) | 21.40 | Vladimir Demchenko (UKR) | 21.60 |
400 metres | Xu Zizhou (CHN) | 47.50 | Mandla Nkosi (RSA) | 48.36 | Muhamad Z.Z. Abidin (MAS) | 48.72 |
800 metres | Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS) | 1:47.71 | Mohamed Osman (KSA) | 1:49.88 | Mandla Nkosi (RSA) | 1:50.30 |
1500 metres | Berkhani Tadesse (ETH) | 3:53.96 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS) | 3:54.84 | Kenneth Ruto (KEN) | 3:56.13 |
3000 metres | Morteza Firuozi (IRI) | 8:30.06 | Adellu Hussen (ETH) | 8:30.69 | Ion Luchianov (MDA) | 8:32.10 |
110 metres hurdles | Shen Zhensheng (CHN) | 13.74 | Camilo Aguirre (CHI) | 14.15 | Stefanos Ioannou (CYP) | 14.17 |
400 metres hurdles | Hani Al-Mourhej (SYR) | 51.39 | Luca Bortolaso (ITA) | 51.70 | Ryan Albert Smith (BAR) | 53.26 |
5000 metres walk | Aleksandr Kuzmin (BLR) | 20:40.58 | Viktor Burayev (RUS) | 20:41.08 | Yevgeniy Demkov (RUS) | 20:41.25 |
4 × 100 m relay | Finland (FIN) Ville Vakkuri Sauli Pahlman Juha Karhe Aleksi Sillanpää |
41.87 | Ukraine (UKR) Yevgeniy Shapiro Vladimir Demchenko Sergey Mishchenko Kostyantyn Vasyukov |
42.07 | Malaysia (MAS) Mohd. Hafeez Abdul Razak Nazmizan Mohamad Boniface Lejau Jozef Muhamad Z.Z. Abidin |
42.19 |
4 × 400 m relay | China (CHN) Cao Wen Wang Hongzhen Peng Tao Xu Zizhou |
3:13.57 | South Africa (RSA) Mandla Nkosi Elton Masia Tshepo Thobelangope Paul Gorries |
3:15.13 | Liu Yuan-Kai |
3:20.83 |
High jump | Aleksey Klimov (BLR) | 2.12 m | Fabrizio Schembri (ITA) | 2.12 m | Jeong Su-Kwang (KOR) | 2.12 m |
Pole vault | Fílippos Sgoúros (GRE) | 5.05 m | Oleksandr Korchmid (UKR) | 4.90 m | Aleksey Khanafin (RUS) | 4.90 m |
Long jump | Yoelmis Pacheco (CUB) | 7.50 m | Liu Dai-Wei (TPE) | 7.45 m (w) | Luka Aračić (CRO) | 7.41 m |
Triple jump | Alessandro Bonfim (BRA) | 15.57 m | Dmitriy Valyukevich (BLR) |
15.52 m | Yevgeniy Shapiro (UKR) | 15.15 m |
Shot put | Pavel Sofin (RUS) | 19.59 m | Mateus Monari (BRA) | 19.20 m | John Sullivan (RSA) | 19.19 m |
Discus throw | Lois Maikel Martínez (CUB) | 61.47 m | Pavel Lyzhyn (BLR) | 58.59 m | Ivan Napreyenko (UKR) | 57.19 m |
Javelin throw | Geikel Cabrera (CUB) | 72.36 m | Gerhardus Pienaar (RSA) | 71.79 m | Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS) |
67.97 m |
Girls
See also
References
- ^ The World Youth Games in Moscow. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved on 2013-10-20.
- ^ World Youth Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-10-20.
- Results
- World Youth Games 1998. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-10-20.