2021 World Athletics U20 Championships

Sports competition in Nairobi on 17–22 August 2021

2021 World Athletics U20 Championships

Host city	Nairobi, Kenya
Nations	116 National Associations
Athletes	958
Events	45
Dates	18–22 August 2021
Opened by	Uhuru Kenyatta
Main venue	Moi International Sports Center, Kasarani
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The 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships, also known as the World Junior Championships, was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 2002), which was held from 18 to 22 August 2021 at the Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi, Kenya.^[1]

Schedule

Q	Qualification	H	Heats	S	Semifinals	F	Final
M = morning session, A = afternoon session

**Men**
Date →	18 Aug		19 Aug		20 Aug		21 Aug		22 Aug
Event ↓	M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A	A
100 m	H	S		F
200 m					H	S		F
400 m	H							F
800 m			H					S	F
1500 m				H				F
3000 m		F
5000 m				F
3000 m SC						H			F
110 m hurdles					H	S		F
400 m hurdles			H					S	F
Decathlon					F
High jump								F
Pole vault					F
Long jump						F
Triple jump									F
Shot put	Q			F
Discus throw							Q		F
Hammer throw	Q					F
Javelin throw		Q				F
10,000 m walk							F
4 × 100 m relay							H		F
4 × 400 m relay							H		F

**Women**
Date →	18 Aug		19 Aug		20 Aug		21 Aug		22 Aug
Event ↓	M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A	A
100 m	H	S		F
200 m					H	S		F
400 m	H							F
800 m			H			S		F
1500 m					H				F
3000 m				F
5000 m									F
3000 m SC						F
100 m hurdles					H	S		F
400 m hurdles			H						F
Heptathlon	F
High jump					Q				F
Pole vault		F
Long jump					Q				F
Triple jump				Q		F
Shot put								F
Discus throw					F
Hammer throw					Q			F
Javelin throw				F
10,000 m walk							F
4 × 100 m relay							H		F
4 × 400 m relay							H		F

**Mixed**
Date →	18 Aug		19 Aug		20 Aug		21 Aug		22 Aug
Event ↓	M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A	A
4 × 400 m relay	H	F

Event schedule
DAY ONE—WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18TH
Time (UTC+3)	DIVISION	EVENT	Round
09:00	X	4x400 Metres Relay	Heats
09:08	M	Hammer Throw (6 kg)	Qualification Group A
09:25	W	100 Metres Hurdles	Heptathlon
09:35	W	100 Metres	Heats
09:47	M	Shot Put (6 kg)	Qualification
10:15	W	High Jump	Heptathlon
10:20	M	100 Metres	Heats
10:25	M	Hammer Throw (6 kg)	Qualification Group B
11:15	W	400 Metres	Heats
11:40	M	400 Metres	Heats
16:00	W	Pole Vault	Final
16:05	W	Shot Put	Heptathlon
16:10	W	100 Metres	Semi-Final
16:14	M	Javelin Throw	Qualification Group A
16:40	M	100 Metres	Semi-Final
17:05	M	Javelin Throw	Qualification Group B
17:15	X	4x400 Metres Relay	Final
17:35	W	200 Metres	Heptathlon
17:45	M	3000 Metres	Final
END OF DAY ONE
DAY TWO—THURSDAY, AUGUST 19TH
09:00	W	400 Metres Hurdles	Heats
09:12	W	Long Jump	Heptathlon
09:25	M	400 Metres Hurdles	Heats
10:05	M	800 Metres	Heats
10:39	W	Javelin Throw	Heptathlon
10:50	W	800 Metres	Heats
14:40	W	Javelin Throw	Final
15:00	M	Pole Vault	Final
15:20	M	Shot Put (6 kg)	Final
15:40	M	1500 Metres	Heats
16:00	W	Triple Jump	Qualification
16:05	W	800 Metres	Heptathlon
16:25	W	Discus Throw	Final
16:30	M	5000 Metres	Final
17:00	W	3000 Metres	Final
17:30	W	100 Metres	Final
17:50	M	100 Metres	Final
END OF DAY TWO
DAY THREE—FRIDAY, AUGUST 20TH
09:00	M	100 Metres	Decathlon U20
09:10	W	Hammer Throw	Qualification Group A
09:15	W	100 Metres Hurdles	Heats
09:40	M	Long Jump	Decathlon U20
09:55	M	110m Hurdles (99.0 cm)	Heats
10:00	W	Hammer Throw	Qualification Group B
10:13	W	High Jump	Qualification
10:30	W	1500 Metres	Heats
10:50	M	Shot Put (6 kg)	Decathlon U20
10:55	W	Long Jump	Qualification
11:00	W	200 Metres	Heats
11:40	M	200 Metres	Heats
14:20	M	Javelin Throw	Final
14:25	W	Triple Jump	Final
14:29	M	3000 Metres Steeplechase	Heats
15:05	W	100 Metres Hurdles	Semi-Final
15:17	M	High Jump	Decathlon U20
15:30	M	110m Hurdles (99.0 cm)	Semi-Final
16:15	M	Hammer Throw (6 kg)	Final
16:20	W	800 Metres	Semi-Final
16:35	M	Long Jump	Final
16:40	W	200 Metres	Semi-Final
17:05	M	200 Metres	Semi-Final
17:35	M	400 Metres	Decathlon U20
18:05	W	3000 Metres Steeplechase	Final
END OF DAY THREE
DAY FOUR—SATURDAY, AUGUST 21ST
09:00	M	110m Hurdles (99.0 cm)	Decathlon U20
09:15	M	10,000 Metres Race Walk	Final
09:50	M	Discus Throw (1.750 kg)	Decathlon U20
10:20	W	10,000 Metres Race Walk	Final
10:45	M	Discus Throw (1.750 kg)	Qualification Group A
11:22	W	4x400 Metres Relay	Heats
11:36	M	Discus Throw (1.750 kg)	Qualification Group B
11:50	M	Pole Vault	Decathlon U20
11:55	M	4x400 Metres Relay	Heats
12:20	W	4x100 Metres Relay	Heats
12:40	M	4x100 Metres Relay	Heats
15:00	M	400 Metres Hurdles	Semi-Final
15:05	M	Javelin Throw	Decathlon U20
15:30	M	800 Metres	Semi-Final
15:55	M	High Jump	Final
16:00	W	100 Metres Hurdles	Final
16:10	W	Hammer Throw	Final
16:15	M	110m Hurdles (99.0 cm)	Final
16:30	M	1500 Metres	Final
16:40	W	Shot Put	Final
16:45	W	800 Metres	Final
17:00	W	400 Metres	Final
17:20	M	400 Metres	Final
17:45	M	1500 Metres	Decathlon U20
18:00	W	200 Metres	Final
18:10	M	200 Metres	Final
END OF DAY FOUR
DAY FIVE—SUNDAY, AUGUST 22ND
14:30	M	Triple Jump	Final
15:00	W	400 Metres Hurdles	Final
15:15	M	400 Metres Hurdles	Final
15:25	W	High Jump	Final
15:30	M	800 Metres	Final
15:50	W	1500 Metres	Final
16:00	M	Discus Throw (1.750 kg)	Final
16:05	M	3000 Metres Steeplechase	Final
16:25	W	Long Jump	Final
16:30	W	4x100 Metres Relay	Final
16:45	M	4x100 Metres Relay	Final
17:10	W	5000 Metres	Final
17:55	W	4x400 Metres Relay	Final
18:10	M	4x400 Metres Relay	Final
END OF DAY FIVE

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Qualifying Standards

Event	Men	Women
100 m	10.58	11.85
200 m	21.38	24.35
400 m	47.35	54.85
800 m	1:50.80	2:08.70
1500 m	3:48.00	4:28.00
3000 m	8:14.00	9:25.00
5000 m	14:12.00	16:35.00
3000 m sc	9:07.00	10:35.00
100 mH	–	14.15
110 mH	14.15 00.991 m (3 ft 3 in)	–
400 mH	53.10	60.75
10,000 m RW	43:40.00	50:30.00
4x100 m Relay	No standard	No standard
4x400 m Relay	No standard	No standard
4x400 m Mixed Relay	No standard	No standard
Heptathlon	–	5350 points
Decathlon	7100 points	–
High Jump	2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Pole Vault	5.10 m (16 ft 8+3⁄4 in)	4.07 m (13 ft 4 in)
Long Jump	7.58 m (24 ft 10+1⁄4 in)	6.15 m (20 ft 2 in)
Triple Jump	15.60 m (51 ft 2 in)	12.90 m (42 ft 3+3⁄4 in)
Shot Put	18.30 m (60 ft 1⁄4 in) (6 kg)	14.60 m (47 ft 10+3⁄4 in) (4 kg)
Discus	57.00 m (187 ft 0 in)	49.00 m (160 ft 9 in)
Hammer	68.50 m (224 ft 8+3⁄4 in) (6 kg)	58.00 m (190 ft 3+1⁄4 in)
Javelin	69.50 m (228 ft 0 in)	50.50 m (165 ft 8 in)

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Men's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Letsile Tebogo Botswana	10.19	Benjamin Richardson South Africa	10.28	Shainer Rengifo Cuba	10.32
200 m details	Udodi Onwuzurike Nigeria	20.21 NU20R	Letsile Tebogo Botswana	20.38	Sinesipho Dambile South Africa	20.48 SB
400 m details	Anthony Pesela Botswana	44.58 CR	Luis Avilés Mexico	44.95 NU20R	Antonie Nortje South Africa	45.32 PB
800 m details	Emmanuel Wanyonyi Kenya	1:43.76 CR	Mohamed Ali Gouaned Algeria	1:44.45 NU20R	Noah Kibet Kenya	1:44.88 PB
1500 m details	Vincent Keter Kenya	3:37.24	Wegene Addisu Ethiopia	3:37.86	Melkeneh Azize Ethiopia	3:40.22
3000 m details	Tadese Worku Ethiopia	7:42.09 CR	Ali Abdilmana Ethiopia	7:44.55 PB	Habtom Samuel Eritrea	7:52.69 PB
5000 m details	Benson Kiplangat Kenya	13:20.37 PB	Tadese Worku Ethiopia	13:20.65	Levy Kibet Kenya	13:26.01 PB
110 m hurdles (99.0 cm) details	Sasha Zhoya France	12.72 WU20R	Vashaun Vascianna [es] Jamaica	13.25 PB	Jakub Szymański Poland	13.43 PB
400 m hurdles details	Berke Akçam Turkey	49.38 NU20R	Denis Novoseltsev Authorised Neutral Athletes	49.62 PB	Devontie Archer [es] Jamaica	49.78 PB
400 m hurdles details	Swedish Oskar Edlund originally arrived first, but was later disqualified for not clearing a hurdle properly.
3000 m steeplechase details	Amos Serem Kenya	8:30.72	Tadese Takele Ethiopia	8:33.15	Simon Koech Kenya	8:34.79
4×100 m relay details	South Africa Mihlali Xhotyeni Sinesipho Dambile Letlhogonolo Moleyane Benjamin Richardson Henru Olivier Bradley Oliphant	38.51 WU20R	Jamaica Alexavier Monfried Bryan Levell Andrew Gilipps Sandrey Davison	38.61 AU20R	Poland Dominik Łuczynski Patryk Krupa Jakub Pietrusa Oliwer Wdowik	38.90 AU20R
4×400 m relay details	Botswana Busang Collen Kebinatshipi Anthony Pesela Oreeditse Masede Phenyo Bongani Majama *Thusoyaone Gabanatlhong	3:05.22 WU20L	Jamaica Malachi Johnson Jeremy Bembridge Tahj Hamm Devontie Archer *Antonio Hanson	3:05.76 SB	Kenya Joshua Wanyonyi Elkanah Kiprotich Chemelil Kennedy Kimeu Peter Kithome	3:05.94
10,000 m walk details	Heristone Wanyonyi Kenya	42:10.84 PB	Amit India	42:17.94	Paul McGrath [es] Spain	42:26.11 PB

WU20R (World U20 Record), WU20L (World U20 Leading), CR (Championships Record), AU20R (Area U20 Record), NU20R (National U20 Record), PB (Personal Best), SB (Season Best)

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Yonathan Kapitolnik Israel	2.26 PB	Massimiliano Luiu [es] Italy	2.17 PB	Mateusz Kołodziejski [pl] Poland	2.17
Pole vault details	Matvei Volkov Belarus	5.45	Juho Alasaari [es] Finland	5.35	Kyle Rademeyer [es] South Africa	5.30
Long jump details	Erwan Konaté France	8.12 WU20L	Jhon Berrío Colombia	7.97 NU20R	Kavian Kerr Jamaica	7.90 PB
Triple jump details	Gabriel Wallmark Sweden	16.43 NU20R	Jaydon Hibbert Jamaica	16.05 PB	Simon Gore [es] France	15.85 PB
Shot put (6 kg) details	Juan Carley Vázquez Cuba	19.73	Yauheni Bryhi [es] Belarus	19.70 PB	Jephté Vogel [es] Switzerland	19.16
Discus throw (1.750 kg) details	Mykolas Alekna Lithuania	69.81 CR	Ralford Mullings Jamaica	66.68	Raman Khartanovich Belarus	62.19
Hammer throw (6 kg) details	Jan Doležálek Czech Republic	77.83 NU20R	Orestis Dousakis [es] Greece	77.78	Jean-Baptiste Bruxelle [fr] France	77.70
Javelin throw details	Janne Läspä Finland	76.46	Artur Felfner Ukraine	76.32	Chinecherem Nnamdi Nigeria	74.48
Decathlon (junior) details	František Doubek Czech Republic	8169 WU20L NU20R	Jente Hauttekeete Belgium	8053	José San Pastor [es] Spain	7430 NU20R

WU20R (World U20 Record), WU20L (World U20 Leading), CR (Championships Record), AU20R (Area U20 Record), NU20R (National U20 Record), PB (Personal Best), SB (Season Best)

Women's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Tina Clayton Jamaica	11.09 PB	Beatrice Masilingi Namibia	11.39	Mélissa Gutschmidt Switzerland	11.51
200 m details	Christine Mboma Namibia	21.84 WU20R	Beatrice Masilingi Namibia	22.18 PB	Favour Ofili Nigeria	22.23 NU20R
400 m details	Imaobong Nse Uko Nigeria	51.55 PB	Kornelia Lesiewicz Poland	51.97 PB	Sylvia Chelangat Kenya	52.23 PB
800 m details	Ayal Dagnachew Ethiopia	2:02.96	Valentina Rosamilia Switzerland	2:04.29	Elli Eftychia Deligianni Greece	2:04.66
1500 m details	Purity Chepkirui Kenya	4:16.07	Diribe Welteji Ethiopia	4:16.39	Winnie Jemutai Kenya	4:18.99
3000 m details	Teresia Muthoni Gateri Kenya	8:57.78	Zenah Jemutai Yego Kenya	8:59.59	Melknat Wudu Ethiopia	9:00.12 PB
5000 m details	Mizan Alem Ethiopia	16:05.61	Melknat Wudu Ethiopia	16:13.16	Prisca Chesang Uganda	16:21.78
5000 m details	Wudu and Chesang were originally disqualified for stepping out of the track, but after a protest, they were reinstated.
100 m hurdles details	Ackera Nugent Jamaica	12.95	Anna Maria Millend Estonia	13.45	Anna Tóth Hungary	13.58
400 m hurdles details	Heidi Salminen Finland	56.94 PB	Ludivine Aubert France	57.16 PB	Savannah Sutherland Canada	57.27 PB
3000 m steeplechase details	Jackline Chepkoech Kenya	9:27.40 PB	Zerfe Wondemagegn Ethiopia	9:35.22	Faith Cherotich Kenya	9:44.76
4×100 m relay details	Jamaica Serena Cole Tina Clayton Kerrica Hill Tia Clayton	42.94 WU20R	Namibia Ndawana Haitembu Beatrice Masilingi Nandi Tjanjeua Vass Christine Mboma	43.76 NU20R	Nigeria Praise Ofoku Favour Ofili Anita Taviore Tima Seikeseye Godbless	43.90 SB
4×400 m relay details	Nigeria Opeyemi Deborah Oke Imaobong Nse Uko Ella Onojuvwevwo Favour Ofili	3:31.46 WU20L	Jamaica Annalee Robinson Aalliyah Francis Alliah Baker Daena Dyer	3:36.57 SB	Italy Alessandra Iezzi Federica Pansini Angelica Ghergo Alexandra Almici	3:37.18
10,000 m walk details	Sofía Ramos Rodríguez Mexico	46:23.01	Maële Biré-Heslouis France	47:43.87	Eliška Martínková Czech Republic	47:46.28

WU20R (World U20 Record), WU20L (World U20 Leading), CR (Championships Record), AU20R (Area U20 Record), NU20R (National U20 Record), PB (Personal Best), SB (Season Best)

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Natalya Spiridonova Authorised Neutral Athletes	1.91	Marithé Engondo Switzerland	1.89	Styliana Ioannidou Cyprus	1.87
Pole vault details	Mirè Reinstorf South Africa	4.15 AU20R	Élise Russis France	4.15	Heather Abadie Canada	4.05
Long jump details	Maja Åskag Sweden	6.60 PB	Shaili Singh India	6.59 PB	Mariia Horielova Ukraine	6.50 PB
Triple jump details	Maja Åskag Sweden	13.75	Tessy Ebosele Spain	13.63 PB	Darja Sopova Latvia	13.60
Shot put details	Miné de Klerk South Africa	17.40	Pınar Akyol Turkey	16.72	Dane Roets South Africa	15.61
Discus throw details	Violetta Ignatyeva Authorised Neutral Athletes	57.84	Miné de Klerk South Africa	53.50 AU20R	Alina Nikitsenka Belarus	51.47
Hammer throw details	Silja Kosonen Finland	71.64 CR	Rose Loga France	67.11	Maryola Bukel Belarus	65.20
Javelin throw details	Adriana Vilagoš Serbia	61.46 WU20L	Elina Tzengko Greece	57.91	Yiselena Ballar Rojas Cuba	55.48
Heptathlon details	Saga Vanninen Finland	5997	Pippi Lotta Enok Estonia	5746 PB	Szabina Szűcs Hungary	5674 PB

WU20R (World U20 Record), WU20L (World U20 Leading), CR (Championships Record), AU20R (Area U20 Record), NU20R (National U20 Record), PB (Personal Best), SB (Season Best)

Mixed results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4×400 m relay details	Nigeria Johnson Nnamani Imaobong Nse Uko Opeyemi Deborah Oke Bamidele Ajayi *Ella Onojuvwevwo	3:19.70 CR	Poland Kornelia Lesiewicz Alicja Kaczmarek Michał Wróbel Patryk Grzegorzewicz Olga Rzeszewska Mateusz Matera	3:19.80 SB	India Barath Sridhar Priya Mohan Summy Kapil *Abdul Razak Cherankulangara Rasheed	3:20.60 SB

WU20R (World U20 Record), WU20L (World U20 Leading), CR (Championships Record), AU20R (Area U20 Record), NU20R (National U20 Record), PB (Personal Best), SB (Season Best)

Records set

4 world U20 records: (Sasha Zhoya (FRA) in the 110m hurdles - 12.93 semifinal and 12.72 final; Jamaica in the women's 4 × 100 m relay – 42.94; South Africa in the men's 4 × 100 m relay – 38.51).
15 championship records: (Anthony Pesela BOT in the men's 400m - 44.58; Emmanuel Wanyonyi KEN in the men's 800m – 1:43.76; Tadese Worku ETH in the men's 3000m - 7:42.09; Sasha Zhoya FRA in the 110m hurdles - 12.93 and 12.72; Mykolas Alekna LTU in the men's Discus Throw – 69.81; South Africa in the men's 4 × 100 m – 38.51; Christine Mboma NAM 22.41 semifinal, Beatrice Masiilingi NAM 22.19 semifinal and Mboma 21.84 final in the women's 200m; Silja Kosonen FIN in the women's hammer - 71.64m; Jamaica in the women's 4 × 100 m – 42.94; Mixed 4 × 400 m (new event) India in heat 1 - 3:23.36, Nigeria in heat 2 - 3:21.66 and Nigeria in final - 3:19.70).
11 area U20 records: (Mirè Reinstorf RSA in the women's pole vault – 4.15m; Mine De Klerk RSA in the women's discus – 53.50m; Jamaica in the women's 4 × 100 m – 42.94; Sasha Zhoya FRA in the 110m hurdles - 12.93 semifinal and 12.72 final; men's 4 × 100 m Poland with 38.93 in the heat and 38.90 in the final, South Africa and Nigeria =AR both 39.33 in the heats, South Africa 38.51 and Jamaica 38.61 in the final)
68 national U20 records.
10 national senior records.
259 personal bests.

Medal table

Source: ^[4]

Notes

^[1] Not included in the official medal table.

Placing table

Kenya won the ranking in the placing table.^[5]

Rank	Country				4	5	6	7	8	Points
1	Kenya	8	1	7	1	0	2	1	2	128
2	Ethiopia	3	7	2	4	1	0	1	0	111
3	Jamaica	3	6	2	2	0	1	4	1	100
4	South Africa	3	2	4	1	3	3	1	2	92
5	France	2	4	2	3	2	0	1	2	83
6	Nigeria	4	0	3	4	0	0	0	3	73
7	Poland	0	2	3	3	1	4	2	1	68
8	Finland	4	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	59
9	Italy	0	1	1	2	2	5	1	3	51
10	Czech Republic	2	0	1	1	4	0	1	5	50
11	Spain	0	1	2	2	2	3	0	0	46
12	India	0	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	45
13	Greece	0	2	1	2	1	3	0	0	43
14	Belarus	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	36
15	Ukraine	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	0	33
16	Botswana	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	31
16	Uganda	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	1	31
18	Namibia	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	29
19	Eritrea	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	28
20	Switzerland	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	26
20	Turkey	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	2	26
22	Cuba	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	25
23	Sweden	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24
24	Canada	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	0	21
24	Hungary	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	21
26	Estonia	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	19
27	Colombia	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	18
28	Iran	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	17
29	Belgium	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	15
	Mexico	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15
	Serbia	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	15
32	Cyprus	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	13
33	Lithuania	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11
34	Israel	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10
34	Slovenia	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	10
36	Austria	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	9
	Brazil	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	9
	Latvia	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	9
39	Croatia	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	8
39	Romania	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	8
41	Algeria	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
	Bahamas	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	7
	Morocco	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	7
44	Burundi	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5
	Denmark	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5
	Iceland	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
	Oman	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
	Qatar	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
49	Ecuador	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
49	Zambia	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
51	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
	Armenia	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
54	Ivory Coast	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
	Grenada	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
	Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
	Kosovo	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
	Malta	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
	Sri Lanka	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
61	Guatemala	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Senegal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	South Sudan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

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.^[3] A total 114 National Associations (plus the teams from Authorized Neutral Athletes and Athlete Refugee Team) and 897 athletes are scheduled to compete.^[6]

Algeria (11)
Authorised Neutral Athletes (25)
Argentina (5)
Armenia (2)
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References

^ "New dates set for World Athletics Series events postponed due to the global Covid-19 pandemic". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
^ World Athletics U20 Championships Timetable World Athletics
^ ^a ^b "2020 World U20 Championships Standards". IAAF World Athletics. 22 December 2019.
^ "World Athletics U20 Championships Medal Table | WJC 21 | World Athletics".
^ "2021 World Athletics U20 Championships - Placing table". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
^ "2021 World Athletics U20 Championships - Entry Lists by Country" (PDF). World Athletics. 14 August 2021.

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