1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics

1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics
	The host stadium in Lisbon
Host city	Lisbon, Portugal
Nations	143
Athletes	1139
Events	42
Dates	20–24 July
Main venue	Estádio Universitário de Lisboa
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The 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, on July 20–24.

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Deji Aliu Nigeria	10.21	Jason Gardener Great Britain	10.25	Deworski Odom United States	10.26 WYB
200 metres details	Tony Wheeler United States	20.62	Deji Aliu Nigeria	20.88	Ian Mackie Great Britain	20.95
400 metres details	Awotoro Adediran Nigeria	45.83	Ramon Clay United States	46.13	Shaun Farrell New Zealand	46.31
800 metres details	Paul Byrne Australia	1:47.42	Japheth Kimutai Kenya	1:48.22	Alain Miranda Cuba	1:48.24
1500 metres details	Julius Achon Uganda	3:39.78	André Bucher Switzerland	3:40.46	Philip Mosima Kenya	3:41.09
5000 metres details	Daniel Komen Kenya	13:45.37	Habte Jifar Ethiopia	13:49.70	Giuliano Battocletti Italy	13:51.16
10,000 metres details	Daniel Komen Kenya	28:29.74	Kenji Takao Japan	28:55.24	Michitane Noda Japan	29:00.55
20 kilometres road run details	Clodoaldo da Silva Brazil	1:03:21	Carlos García Spain	1:03:38	Antonello Landi Italy	1:03:40
110 metres hurdles details	Frank Busemann Germany	13.47	Dudley Dorival United States	13.65	Darius Pemberton United States	13.93
400 metres hurdles details	Hennadiy Horbenko Ukraine	50.56	Miklós Róth Hungary	50.85	Noel Levy Great Britain	50.94
3000 metres steeplechase details	Paul Chemase Kenya	8:31.51	Julius Chelule Kenya	8:33.64	Yarba Lakhal Morocco	8:34.42
10,000 metres walk details	Jorge Segura Mexico	40:26.93	Yevgeniy Shmalyuk Russia	40:32.72	Artur Meleshkevich Belarus	40:35.52
4 × 100 metres relay details	Great Britain Jason Gardener Julian Golding Ian Mackie Trevor Cameron	39.60	United States Deworski Odom Tony Simmons Patrick Johnson Toya Jones	39.76	Canada Carlton Chambers Dave Tomlin Chris Robinson Eric Frempong-Manso	39.90
4 × 400 metres relay details	United States Desmond Johnson Tony Wheeler Milton Campbell Ramon Clay	3:03.32	Jamaica Rohan McDonald Davian Clarke Mario Watts Michael McDonald	3:04.12	Great Britain Guy Bullock Nick Budden Noel Levy Mark Hylton	3:06.59
High jump details	Jagan Hames Australia	2.23	Antoine Burke Ireland	2.20	Mika Polku Finland	2.20
Pole vault details	Viktor Chistyakov Russia	5.60	Dmitriy Markov Belarus	5.50	Taoufik Lachheb France	5.30
Long jump details	Gregor Cankar Slovenia	8.04	Bogdan Tarus Romania	8.01	Shigeru Tagawa Japan	7.85
Triple jump details	Onochie Achike Great Britain	16.67	Leonard Cobb United States	16.65	Ronald Servius France	16.55
Shot put details	Adam Nelson United States	18.34	Andreas Gustafsson Sweden	17.95	Ville Tiisanoja Finland	17.90
Discus throw details	Frantz Kruger South Africa	58.22	Julio Piñero Argentina	57.80	Timo Sinervo Finland	56.76
Javelin throw details	Marius Corbett South Africa	77.98	Matti Närhi Finland	74.92	Isbel Luaces Cuba	72.82
Hammer throw details	Szymon Ziółkowski Poland	70.44	Igor Tugay Ukraine	70.08	Sergey Vasilyev Russia	66.14
Decathlon details	Benjamin Jensen Norway	7676	Klaus Isekenmeier Germany	7298	Glenn Lindqvist Finland	7288
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Sabrina Kelly United States	11.36	Aspen Burkett United States	11.40	Philomena Mensah Ghana	11.43
200 metres details	Heide Seÿerling South Africa	22.80 (w)	LaKeisha Backus United States	22.86 (w)	Tatyana Tkalich Ukraine	23.35 (w)
400 metres details	Olabisi Afolabi Nigeria	51.97	Monique Hennagan United States	52.25	Hana Benešová Czech Republic	52.60
800 metres details	Mioara Cosulianu Romania	2:04.95	Jackline Maranga Kenya	2:05.05	Kutre Dulecha Ethiopia	2:05.17
1500 metres details	Anita Weyermann Switzerland	4:13.97	Marta Domínguez Spain	4:14.59	Atsumi Yashima Japan	4:15.84
3000 metres details	Gabriela Szabo Romania	8:47.40	Susie Power Australia	8:56.93	Sally Barsosio Kenya	8:59.34
10,000 metres details	Yoko Yamazaki Japan	32:34.11	Jackline Okemwa Kenya	33:19.51	Jebiwot Keitany Kenya	33:35.98
100 metres hurdles details	Kirsten Bolm Germany	13.26	LaTasha Colander United States	13.30	Diane Allahgreen Great Britain	13.31
400 metres hurdles details	Ionela Târlea Romania	56.25	Virna De Angeli Italy	56.93	Emma Holmqvist Sweden	57.23
5000 metres walk details	Irina Stankina Russia	21:05.41	Susana Feitor Portugal	21:12.87	Natalya Trofimova Russia	21:24.71
4 × 100 metres relay details	Jamaica Tulia Robinson Beverley Langley Kerry-Ann Richards Astia Walker	44.01	Germany Sandra Roos Gabriele Becker Sandra Görigk Esther Möller	44.78	Great Britain Diane Allahgreen Susan Williams Sinead Dudgeon Rebecca Drummond	45.08
4 × 400 metres relay details	United States Cicely Scott Monique Hennagan Michelle Brown Jowanna McMullen	3:32.08	Romania Marinella Mircea Lavinia Miroiu Andrea Burlacu Ionela Tîrlea	3:36.59	Germany Susanne Merkel Claudia Angerhausen Ivonne Teichmann Ulrike Urbansky	3:36.65
High jump details	Olga Kaliturina Russia	1.88	Kajsa Bergqvist Sweden	1.88	Amy Acuff United States Lenka Riháková Slovakia	1.88
Long jump details	Yelena Lysak Russia	6.72	Heli Koivula Finland	6.64	Ingvild Larsen Norway	6.39
Triple jump details	Yelena Lysak Russia	14.43	Ren Ruiping China	14.36	Tatyana Lebedeva Russia	13.62
Shot put details	Cheng Xiaoyan China	18.76	Yumileidi Cumbá Cuba	18.09	Claudia Mues Germany	17.07
Discus throw details	Corrie de Bruin Netherlands	55.18	Sabine Sievers Germany	54.86	Suzy Powell United States	52.62
Javelin throw details	Taina Uppa Finland	59.02	María Caridad Álvarez Cuba	58.26	Réka Kovács Hungary	55.88
Heptathlon details	Kathleen Gutjahr Germany	5918	Regla Cárdenas Cuba	5834	Ding Ying China	5785
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Medal table

* Host nation (Portugal)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	5	8	4	17
2	Russia (RUS)	5	1	3	9
3	Kenya (KEN)	3	4	3	10
4	Germany (GER)	3	3	2	8
5	Romania (ROM)	3	2	0	5
6	South Africa (RSA)	3	0	0	3
7	Great Britain (GBR)	2	1	5	8
8	Australia (AUS)	2	1	0	3
	Jamaica (JAM)	2	1	0	3
	Nigeria (NGR)	2	1	0	3
11	Finland (FIN)	1	2	4	7
12	Japan (JPN)	1	1	3	5
13	China (CHN)	1	1	1	3
13	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	1	3
15	Switzerland (SUI)	1	1	0	2
16	Norway (NOR)	1	0	1	2
17	Brazil (BRA)	1	0	0	1
	Mexico (MEX)	1	0	0	1
	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	0	1
	Poland (POL)	1	0	0	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	1	0	0	1
	Uganda (UGA)	1	0	0	1
23	Cuba (CUB)	0	3	2	5
24	Sweden (SWE)	0	2	1	3
25	Spain (ESP)	0	2	0	2
26	Italy (ITA)	0	1	2	3
27	Belarus (BLR)	0	1	1	2
	Ethiopia (ETH)	0	1	1	2
	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	1	2
30	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	0	1
	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	0	1
	Portugal (POR)*	0	1	0	1
33	France (FRA)	0	0	2	2
34	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	0	1	1
	Ghana (GHA)	0	0	1	1
	Morocco (MAR)	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	0	1	1
Totals (39 entries)		42	42	43	127

Participation

According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list,^[1] 1139 athletes from 143 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[2]