2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics

The 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was the 2004 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Grosseto

Grosseto

Grosseto is a city and comune in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the Province of Grosseto. The city lies 14 km from the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Maremma, at the centre of an alluvial plain, on the Ombrone river....

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Italy

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Men

100 m 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Ivory Williams Ivory Williams Ivory Williams is an American sprint athlete who specialises in the 100 meters.Born in Jefferson County, Texas, Williams competed at the 2002 United States Junior Championships, taking bronze in the 200 meters and finishing in fourth place in the 100 m. His first major junior tournament was... United States	10.29 SB	Abidemi Omole United States	10.31	Remaldo Rose Remaldo Rose Remaldo Rose is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.Rose went to Camperdown High School in September 2000, but was injured in his early years. His performances improved in 2003 and he broke the VMBS Boys and Girls Athletic Championship Class 2 100 m record three times... Jamaica	10.34
200 m 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Andrew Howe Andrew Howe Andrew Howe is an Italian athlete who specializes in the long jump. He won this event as well as the 200 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships. He was successful at senior level at a young age, winning a long jump bronze at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships before becoming the... Italy	20.28 CR	Leigh Julius Leigh Julius Leigh Ignatius Julius is a South African sprinter.Julius represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Hannes Dreyer, Ishmael Kumbane and Thuso Mpuang... South Africa	20.88	Jamil James Jamil James Jamil J James is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 400 metres.His father, Trevor J James, is a former Olympic sprinter who represented Trinidad and Tobago in the 1972 Munich Olympics.... Trinidad and Tobago	21.00
400 m 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	LaShawn Merritt LaShawn Merritt LaShawn Merritt is an American track and field athlete who competes in sprinting events, specializing in the 400 meters. He is the reigning Olympic champion over the distance and his personal best of 43.75 seconds makes him the fifth fastest of all time... United States	45.25 WLJ	Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr is a Sudanese athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. He was born in Khartoum.His current personal best time is 44.93 seconds, achieved in April 2005 in Mecca.... Sudan	45.97	Obakeng Ngwigwa Obakeng Ngwigwa Obakeng Ambrose Ngwigwa is a Botswana sprinter.He won the bronze medal over 400 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics with a personal best and national junior record of 45.97 seconds.-External links:... Botswana	45.97 NJR
800 m 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Majed Saeed Sultan Majed Saeed Sultan Majed Saeed Sultan is a middle distance runner now representing Qatar after switching from Kenya. He specializes at the 800 metres, a distance where he became 2004 junior world champion and competed in the Olympic Games in Athens.In September 2005 he became Asian champion.-External links:... Qatar	1:47.33 PB	Alfred Kirwa Yego Kenya	1:47.39 PB	Selahattin Çobanoglu Turkey	1:47.71 NJR
1500 m 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Abdalaati Iguider Morocco	3:35.53 CR	Benson Marrianyi Esho Kenya	3:35.80 PB	Brimin Kipruto Brimin Kipruto Brimin Kipruto is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He was born in Korkitony, Keiyo District... Kenya	3:35.96 PB
5000 m 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...	Augustine Kiprono Choge Kenya	13:28.93 SB	Bado Worku Ethiopia	13:30.45 PB	Tariku Bekele Tariku Bekele Tariku Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in the 5000 metres. He is the younger brother of Kenenisa Bekele. He is the fourth fastest Ethiopian ever over 5000 m and 3000 metres... Ethiopia	13:30.86
10,000 m	Boniface Kiprop Toroitich Uganda	28:03.77 CR	Fabiano Joseph Naasi Tanzania	28:04.45 SB	Ryuji Ono Japan	28:30.45
110 m H 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...	Aries Merritt Aries Merritt Aries Merritt is an American hurdler who specialises in the 110 meters hurdles.Merritt had a successful college athletic career: in 2006 he won the NCCA Championships, was undefeated in all hurdles events that year, and he broke Willie Gault's University of Tennessee hurdles record... United States	13.56	Dayron Robles Dayron Robles Dayron Robles is a track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metre hurdles.He won his first major medal in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2006 World Indoor Championships. He finished the 2006 season having improved his outdoor best to 13 seconds and become the Central American and... Cuba	13.77	Kevin Craddock United States	13.77
400 m H 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Kerron Clement Kerron Clement Kerron Stephon Clement is Trinidadian-born track and field athlete who represents the United States and specializes in the 400-meter hurdles... United States	48.51 CR	Brandon Johnson Brandon Johnson Brandon Johnson is an American football linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the fifth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Louisville... United States	48.62 PB	Ibrahim Al-Hamaidi Saudi Arabia	48.94 AJR
3000 m St.	Ronald Kipchumba Rutto Ronald Kipchumba Rutto Ronald Kipchumba Rutto is a Kenyan long-distance runner.He initially began his career in athletics as a steeplechaser... Kenya	8:23.32 PB	Musa Amer Obaid Musa Amer Obaid Musa Amer Obaid is a middle distance runner mainly competing in steeplechase. He was born Moses Kipkirui, but represents Qatar after changing nationality from his birth country Kenya... Qatar	8:23.38 AJR	Moustafa Ahmed Shebto Moustafa Ahmed Shebto Moustafa Ahmed Shebto is a long distance runner now representing Qatar. Shebto was recruited along with other African runners.His special distance is 3000 metres steeplechase, a distance in which he competed at the 2005 World Championships.-External links:... Qatar	8:26.04 PB
10,000 m track walk Race walking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...	Andrey Ruzavin Russia	40:58.15	Vladimir Kanaykin Vladimir Kanaykin Vladimir Alekseevich Kanaykin is a Russian race walker.On September 29, 2007 Kanaykin set a new world record for the 20 km race walk at the 2007 IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final, in Saransk, Russia... Russia	40:58.48 SB	Kim Hyun-Sub Kim Hyun-Sub Kim Hyun-sub is a male race walker from South Korea.-Achievements:-References:... South Korea	40:59.24 SB
4 × 100 m 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	United States Trell Kimmons Trell Kimmons David "Trell" Kimmons is an American sprinter.At the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics, Kimmons was part of a Gold medal winning 4×100 metres relay squad that established a junior world record with 38.66 seconds... Abidemi Omole Ivory Williams Ivory Williams Ivory Williams is an American sprint athlete who specialises in the 100 meters.Born in Jefferson County, Texas, Williams competed at the 2002 United States Junior Championships, taking bronze in the 200 meters and finishing in fourth place in the 100 m. His first major junior tournament was... LaShawn Merritt LaShawn Merritt LaShawn Merritt is an American track and field athlete who competes in sprinting events, specializing in the 400 meters. He is the reigning Olympic champion over the distance and his personal best of 43.75 seconds makes him the fifth fastest of all time...	38.66 WJR	Jamaica Kawayne Fisher Kevin Stewart Andre Wellington Remaldo Rose Remaldo Rose Remaldo Rose is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.Rose went to Camperdown High School in September 2000, but was injured in his early years. His performances improved in 2003 and he broke the VMBS Boys and Girls Athletic Championship Class 2 100 m record three times...	39.27 SB	Japan Naohiro Shinada Hiroyuki Noda Yuichi Shokawa Naoki Tsukahara Naoki Tsukahara is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres.Tsukahara represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where he competed at the 100 metre sprint and placed second in his first heat after Churandy Martina in a time of 10.39 seconds...	39.43 SB
4 × 400 m 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	United States Brandon Johnson Brandon Johnson Brandon Johnson is an American football linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the fifth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Louisville... LaShawn Merritt LaShawn Merritt LaShawn Merritt is an American track and field athlete who competes in sprinting events, specializing in the 400 meters. He is the reigning Olympic champion over the distance and his personal best of 43.75 seconds makes him the fifth fastest of all time... Jason Craig Kerron Clement Kerron Clement Kerron Stephon Clement is Trinidadian-born track and field athlete who represents the United States and specializes in the 400-meter hurdles...	3:01.09 WJR	South Africa Wouter le Roux Chris Gebhardt Leigh Julius Leigh Julius Leigh Ignatius Julius is a South African sprinter.Julius represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Hannes Dreyer, Ishmael Kumbane and Thuso Mpuang... L.J. van Zyl	3:04.50 AJR	Japan Kazunori Ota Hiroyuki Noda Teppei Suzuki Yudai Sasaki	3:05.33 AJR
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Michael Mason Michael Mason (athlete) Michael Mason is a Canadian high jumper.He won the IAAF World Junior Championships gold medal in 2004. From Nanoose Bay, British Columbia, Mason is only the second Canadian to win a World Junior Championship gold medal, following Mark Boswell who won in 1996... Canada	2.21 PB	Marius Hanniske Germany	2.21	Hu Tong People's Republic of China	2.21
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Dmitry Starodubtsev Dmitry Starodubtsev Dmitriy Andreevich Starodubtsev ; born 3 January 1986) is a Russian pole vaulter. His personal best is 5.75 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Kazan.-Achievements:-External links:... Russia	5.50 PB	Germán Chiaraviglio Germán Chiaraviglio Germán Chiaraviglio is an Argentine pole vaulter.His personal best of 5.71 metres was achieved at the World Championships in Beijing on August 19, 2006, when he beat the old championship record of István Bagyula from 1988, and the Argentine senior record... Argentina	5.45	Liu Feiliang Liu Feiliang Liu Feiliang is a Chinese pole vaulter.He won the bronze medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships. He also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games, the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final round.His personal best jump is 5.71 metres, achieved... People's Republic of China	5.40
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Andrew Howe Andrew Howe Andrew Howe is an Italian athlete who specializes in the long jump. He won this event as well as the 200 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships. He was successful at senior level at a young age, winning a long jump bronze at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships before becoming the... Italy	8.11 WJL	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena Godfrey Khotso Mokoena Godfrey Khotso Mokoena is a South African athlete who specializes in the long jump and triple jump.-Early Life and Family:... South Africa	8.09 NJR	John Thornell John Thornell John Thornell is an Australian long jumper.He was born in Sydney. He finished eleventh at the 2001 World Youth Championships, sixth at the 2002 World Junior Championships, won the bronze medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships and finished fifth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.His personal... Australia	7.89
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena Godfrey Khotso Mokoena Godfrey Khotso Mokoena is a South African athlete who specializes in the long jump and triple jump.-Early Life and Family:... South Africa	16.77	Zhu Shujing Zhu Shujing Zhu Shujing is a Chinese triple jumper.He won the silver medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships and finished seventh at the 2006 Asian Games. At the 11th Chinese National Games in 2009 he scored a personal best to take the silver behind Li Yanxi.His personal best jump is 17.41 metres,... People's Republic of China	16.64	Viktor Kuznyetsov Ukraine	16.58 NJR
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action.... 6 kg	Georgi Ivanov Georgi Ivanov (athlete) Georgi Stoyanov Ivanov is an Bulgarian shot putter. His personal best throw is 20.02 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Sofia.He won the gold medals at the 2001 World Youth Championships and the 2004 World Junior Championships, and the bronze medal at the 2003 European Junior Championships... Kingdom of Bulgaria	20.70	Jakub Giża Jakub Giza Jakub Giża is a Polish shot putter.-Achievements:-References:... Poland	20.05 PB	Aleksander Grekov Russia	19.98
Discus Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus... 1.75 kg	Ehsan Haddadi Ehsan Haddadi Ehsan Haddadi is an Iranian discus thrower. He is 193 cm and 127 kg.The 2004 Asian Junior Champion, he won a gold medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Grosseto, becoming the first Iranian to win a medal at any global athletics competition. In 2005 he won the Asian... Iran	62.14	Oleg Pirog Russia	60.28 PB	Luka Rujevic Serbia and Montenegro	59.82
Hammer Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown... 6 kg	Andrey Azarenkov Russia	74.11	Mohsen El Anany Mohsen El Anany Mohsen El Anany is an Egyptian hammer thrower. He was born in Tunis, Tunisia.He started as a runner and was chosen for the throw events by the Egyptian coach Emad Fayez, following that El Anany was recruited by former African shot put champion Nagui Asaad, who was setting up a throwing school... Egypt	72.98	Kamilius Bethke Germany	71.91
Javelin Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Aleksey Tovarnov Russia	79.38 WLJ	Lohan Rautenbach South Africa	74.42 PB	Júlio César de Oliveira Brazil	73.86
Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...	Andrei Krauchanka Andrei Krauchanka Andrei Krauchanka is a Belarusian decathlete.His personal best score is 8617 points, achieved in May 2007 in Götzis. He won gold medal in European Indoor Championships in Paris 2011 in the heptathlon with a new personal best 6286 points.-Achievements:-References:... Belarus	8126 CR	Aleksey Sysoyev Aleksey Sysoyev -Achievements:-External links:... Russia	8047 NJR	Norman Müller Norman Müller Norman Müller is a German decathlete. He won the men's national title in the decathlon in 2008.-Achievements:-References:... Germany	7942

Women

100 m 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Ashley Owens United States	11.13 WJL	Jasmen Baldwin-Foss United States	11.34	Sally McLellan Sally McLellan Sally Pearson is an Australian athlete. She is the current World Champion in the 100 metres hurdles with a time of 12.28s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won the silver medal in the 100 m hurdles with a time of 12.64s.- Athletic career :Pearson was born in Sydney and moved to the Gold Coast... Australia	11.40 PB
200 m 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Shalonda Solomon Shalonda Solomon Shalonda Solomon is an American Track and Field sprinter. Her greatest International accomplishment currently is a silver medal in the 100 metres at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup while representing the Americas team. She qualified for the 2011 World Championships in Athletics by winning the 200... United States	22.82 CR	Anneisha McLaughlin Anneisha McLaughlin Anneisha McLaughlin is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:... Jamaica	23.21 SB	Nickesha Anderson Jamaica	23.46
400 m 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Natasha Hastings Natasha Hastings Natasha Monique Hastings is an American sprint athlete of Jamaican and Trinidadian descent.Hastings began her track career at a very early age and made a first place win at the USATF Junior Olympics in the 400 metres in the Youth Girls division. She attended A... United States	52.04 PB	Sonita Sutherland Sonita Sutherland Sonita Sutherland is a Jamaican 400 metres runner.Her personal best is 51.13 seconds, achieved in April 2006.-Achievements:-External links:... Jamaica	52.41	Ashlee Kidd United States	52.45
800 m 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Natalya Koreyvo Belarus	2:01.47 NJR	Simona Barcău Kingdom of Romania	2:02.23 PB	Kay-Ann Thompson Jamaica	2:02.67 NJR
1500 m 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Nelya Neporadna Nelya Neporadna Nelya Neporadna is a Ukrainian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.She finished eleventh at the 2003 World Championships in Paris and won the 2004 World Junior Championships in Grosseto.... Ukraine	4:15.90	Anna Alminova Anna Alminova Anna Alminova is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She was the European indoor champion in the 1500 m in 2009.-Career:In the 800 metres, she finished fifth at the 2003 World Youth Championships... Russia	4:16.32 PB	Siham Hilali Siham Hilali Siham Hilali is a female middle distance runner Morocco who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:800 metres - 2:06.17 min 1500 metres - 4:04.03 min *3000 metres - 9:03.16 min... Morocco	4:17.39
3000 m 3000 metres The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...	Jebichi Yator Kenya	8:59.80 PB	Safa Aissaoui Tunisia	9:02.47 NJR	Siham Hilali Siham Hilali Siham Hilali is a female middle distance runner Morocco who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:800 metres - 2:06.17 min 1500 metres - 4:04.03 min *3000 metres - 9:03.16 min... Morocco	9:03.16 PB
5000 m 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...	Meselech Melkamu Meselech Melkamu Meselech Melkamu is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and cross-country events... Ethiopia	15:21.52 CR	Catherine Chikwakwa Catherine Chikwakwa Catherine Chikwakwa is a Malawian middle/long-distance runner.-Achievements:-Personal bests:3000 metres - 9:11.89 5000 metres - 15:36.22 *10,000 metres - 35:03.6 -External links:... Malawi	15:36.22 NJR	Chiaki Iwamoto Japan	15:39.59
100 m H 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...	Ronetta Alexander United States	13.28	Sabrina Altermatt Switzerland	13.39 NJR	Stephanie Lichtl Germany	13.40
400 m H 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Ekaterina Kostetskaya Russia	55.55 WJL	Zuzana Hejnová Zuzana Hejnová Zuzana Hejnová is a Czech athlete. She competes in the 100 metres, the 100 metres hurdles, the 400 metres and the 400m hurdles and often the heptathlon, particularly as a junior.-Junior:... Czech Republic	57.44 NJR	Sherene Pinnock Sherene Pinnock Sherene Pinnock is a Jamaican 400 metres hurdles runner.Her personal best is 56.67 seconds, achieved at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Beijing.-Achievements:-External links:... Jamaica	57.54 PB
3000 m St.	Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi Gladys Kipkemoi Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She won the 2004 World Junior Championships and finished fourth at the 2006 World Athletics Final.- Achievents :... Kenya	9:47.26 CR	Ancuţa Bobocel Ancuta Bobocel Ancuţa Bobocel is a Romanian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.-Achievements:-Personal bests:* 3000 metres - 9:19.98 min... Kingdom of Romania	9:49.03 AJR	Cătălina Oprea Kingdom of Romania	9:50.04 PB
10,000 m track walk Race walking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...	Irina Petrova Irina Petrova -Achievements:-References:... Russia	45:50.39 PB	Zhang Nan People's Republic of China	45:58.54 SB	Vera Sokolova Vera Sokolova Vera Sokolova is a Russian race walker.A gold medalist on the track at World Youth and European Junior level, she won her first major senior medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, taking the 20 km road walk bronze medal... Russia	46:53.02 SB
4 X 100 m 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	United States Ashley Owens Juanita Broaddus Jasmen Baldwin-Foss Shalonda Solomon Shalonda Solomon Shalonda Solomon is an American Track and Field sprinter. Her greatest International accomplishment currently is a silver medal in the 100 metres at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup while representing the Americas team. She qualified for the 2011 World Championships in Athletics by winning the 200...	43.49 WJL	Jamaica Nickesha Anderson Tracy-Ann Rowe Tracy-Ann Rowe Tracy-Ann Rowe is a female track and field sprinter from Jamaica, who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. Her personal best time in the women's 100 m is 11.25, set on June 6, 2007 in Sacramento, California... Anneisha McLaughlin Anneisha McLaughlin Anneisha McLaughlin is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:... Schillonie Calvert	43.63 SB	Early Modern France Natacha Vouaux Lina Jacques-Sébastien Lina Jacques-Sébastien Lina Jacques-Sébastien is a French sprint athlete who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres.... Aurélie Kamga Aurélie Kamga Aurélie Kamga is a French sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres and 400 metres.As a junior she finished eighth in the 200 metres at the 2003 European Junior Championships and the 2004 World Junior Championships. At the 2004 World Junior Championships she also won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100... Nelly Banco	43.68 NJR
4 X 400 m 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	United States Alexandria Anderson Ashlee Kidd Stephanie Smith Stephanie Smith Stephanie Smith is an American Contemporary Christian music singer/songwriter. She is signed to Gotee Records. Her first studio album, Not Afraid, was released on May 27, 2008 digitally and in stores on December 23, 2008. She received national attention on the Winter Wonder Slam tour with... Natasha Hastings Natasha Hastings Natasha Monique Hastings is an American sprint athlete of Jamaican and Trinidadian descent.Hastings began her track career at a very early age and made a first place win at the USATF Junior Olympics in the 400 metres in the Youth Girls division. She attended A...	3:27.60 WJR	Russia Victoriya Talko Mariya Shapaeva Olga Soldatova Ekaterina Kostetskaya	3:30.03 NJR	Jamaica Nyoka Cole Maris Wisdom Sherene Pinnock Sherene Pinnock Sherene Pinnock is a Jamaican 400 metres hurdles runner.Her personal best is 56.67 seconds, achieved at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Beijing.-Achievements:-External links:... Sonita Sutherland Sonita Sutherland Sonita Sutherland is a Jamaican 400 metres runner.Her personal best is 51.13 seconds, achieved in April 2006.-Achievements:-External links:...	3:30.37 SB
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Iryna Kovalenko Ukraine	1.93 WLJ	Svetlana Shkolina Svetlana Shkolina Svetlana Vladimirovna Shkolina is a Russian high jumper. Her personal best is 2.00 metres, achieved in February 2010 in Arnstadt-Early career:... Russia	1.91 PB	Sharon Day United States	1.91 PB
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Elizaveta Ryzih Germany	4.30 PB	Anna Schultze Germany	4.25 PB	Zhao Yingying Zhao Yingying Zhao Yingying is a Chinese pole vaulter.She won the silver medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships and the bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Games... People's Republic of China	4.25
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Denisa Ščerbová Denisa Šcerbová Denisa Rosolová, née Ščerbová is a Czech athlete. Her main event is the long jump, but she competes also in heptathlon. Her best are 6.68 m in the long jump and 5,828 points in the heptathlon... Czech Republic	6.61	Sophie Krauel Germany	6.47	Veronika Shutkova Veronika Shutkova Veronika Shutkova is a Belarusian long jumper.-Achievements:-References:... Belarus	6.22 PB
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Anastasiya Taranova Russia	13.94 WJL	Xie Limei Xie Limei Xie Limei is a Chinese triple jumper.She won the silver medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships and gold medals at the 2005 Asian Championships and the 2006 Asian Games. She also competed at the 2006 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final... People's Republic of China	13.77	Tatyana Yakovleva Russia	13.67
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Michelle Carter Michelle Carter (athlete) Michelle Denee Carter is an American shot putter.She won the silver medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships and the gold medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships, and finished fifteenth at the 2008 Olympic Games.Her personal best throw is 18.85 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Eugene... United States	17.55 PB	Anna Avdeyeva Anna Avdeyeva Anna Avdeyeva, also known as Anna Avdeeva, is a Russian shot putter. She was fifth at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and improved to fourth at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships... Russia	17.13 PB	Christina Schwanitz Christina Schwanitz Christina Schwanitz is a German shot putter. Her personal best is 19.31 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Schönebeck. She has 19.68 m on the indoor track, achieved in February 2008 in Chemnitz.- Achievements :- References :... Germany	16.52
Discus Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Ma Xuejun Ma Xuejun Ma Xuejun is a Chinese discus thrower. Her personal best throw is 65.00 metres, first achieved in August 2006 in Shijiazhuang... People's Republic of China	57.85 SB	Darya Pishchalnikova Darya Pishchalnikova Darya Vitalyevna Pishchalnikova is a female discus thrower from Russia. Her personal best throw is 65.78 metres, achieved when she won the silver medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, August 2007.... Russia	57.37	Nadine Müller Nadine Müller (athlete) Nadine Müller is a German discus thrower.She was born in Leipzig. As a teenager she won the silver medal at the 2003 European Junior Championships and the bronze medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships... Germany	57.13
Hammer Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Mariya Smolyachkova Belarus	66.81 CR	Yang Qiaoyu People's Republic of China	61.67	Laura Gibilisco Laura Gibilisco Laura Gibilisco is an Italian hammer thrower. Her personal best throw is 66,90 metres, achieved in April 2008 in Siracusa. She's not sister of Italian pole vaulters Giuseppe Gibilisco.-Achievements:... Italy	60.95
Javelin Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Vivian Zimmer Germany	58.50 CR	Annika Suthe Annika Suthe Annika Suthe is a retired female javelin thrower from Germany. She was born in Mettingen, in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia region. Her personal best throw is 61.38 metres, achieved in May 2004 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, which is the German junior record... Germany	57.15	Annabel Thomson Australia	56.01 AJR
Heptathlon Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...	Justine Robbeson Justine Robbeson Justine Gail Robbeson is a South African athlete who specialises in the javelin throw. She previously competed in the heptathlon, achieving a personal best of 5868 in 2004... South Africa	5868 WJL	Viktorija Zemaityte Viktorija Žemaitytė Viktorija Žemaitytė is a Lithuanian female athlete , who represented Lithuania in the heptathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:... Lithuania	5810 PB	Julia Mächtig Julia Mächtig Julia Mächtig is a German heptathlete. Her personal best result is 6066 points, achieved in June 2006 in Ratingen.-Achievements:-References:... Germany	5679 PB

Medals table

Medal count
#	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	13	3	3	19
2	\| Russia	7	8	3	18
3	Kenya	4	2	1	7
4	\| Belarus	3	0	1	4
5	\| Germany	2	4	6	12
6	\| South Africa	2	4	0	6
7	\| Italy	2	1	0	3
7	Ukraine	2	1	0	3
9	\| People's Republic of China	1	5	2	8
10	\| Ethiopia	1	1	1	3
10	Qatar	1	1	1	3
12	\| Czech Republic	1	1	0	2
13	\| Morocco	1	0	2	3
14	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
	Canada	1	0	0	1
	Iran	1	0	0	1
	Uganda	1	0	0	1
18	\| Jamaica	0	4	5	9
19	\| Romania	0	2	1	3
20	\| Argentina	0	1	0	1
	Cuba	0	1	0	1
	Egypt	0	1	0	1
	Lithuania	0	1	0	1
	Malawi	0	1	0	1
	Poland	0	1	0	1
	Sudan	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
	Tanzania	0	1	0	1
	Tunisia	0	1	0	1
30	\| Japan	0	0	4	4
31	\| Australia	0	0	3	3
32	\| Botswana	0	0	1	1
	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	France	0	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	0	1	1
	Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1
	Serbia and Montenegro	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
	Turkey	0	0	1	1

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