1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics

1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics

The host stadium in Seoul
Host city	Seoul, South Korea
Nations participating	90
Athletes participating	954
Events	41
Dates	16-20 September
Main venue	Seoul Olympic Stadium
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The 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was the fourth edition of the international athletics competition for athletes aged 19 years or under. It was held in Seoul, South Korea from September 16 to September 20, 1992.

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago	10.30	Darren Campbell  Great Britain	10.46	Tony McCall  United States	10.49
200 metres	Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago	20.63	Darren Campbell  Great Britain	20.87	Glen Elferink  South Africa	21.00
400 metres	Deon Minor  United States	45.75	Rikard Rasmusson  Sweden	46.07	Francis Ogola  Uganda	46.16
800 metres	Benson Koech  Kenya	1:44.77 CR	Lee Jin-Il  South Korea	1:46.34	Brendan Hanigan  Australia	1:47.26
1500 metres	Atoi Boru  Kenya	3:37.94 CR	Vénuste Niyongabo  Burundi	3:38.59	Kevin Sullivan  Canada	3:39.11
5000 metres	Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia	13:36.06 CR	Ismael Kirui  Kenya	13:36.11	Hicham El Guerrouj  Morocco	13:46.79
10,000 metres	Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia	28:03.99 CR	Josphat Ndeti  Kenya	28:46.95	Yasuyuki Watanabe  Japan	28:52.89
110 metres hurdles	Yevgeniy Pechonkin Unified Team	13.87	Sven Göhler  Germany	13.98	Igor Pintusevich-Babichev Unified Team	14.08
400 metres hurdles	Ashraf Saber  Italy	50.02	Sammy Biwot  Kenya	50.75	William Porter  United States	51.37
3000 metres steeplechase	Mwangangi Muindi  Kenya	8:31.62	Ayele Mezgebu  Ethiopia	8:32.43	Stephen Chepseba  Kenya	8:32:48
10,000 metres walk	Jefferson Pérez  Ecuador	40:42.66	Jacek Müller  Poland	40:50.82	Grzegorz Müller  Poland	41:12.28
4 × 100 metres relay	Great Britain Allyn Condon Darren Campbell Jamie Baulch Jason Fergus	39.21	United States George Page Milton Mallard Tony McCall Curtis Johnson	39.59	Nigeria Tony Ogbeta Deji Aliu Uche Olisa Paul Egonye	39.88
4 × 400 metres relay	United States William Porter Milton Mallard Regan Nichols Deon Minor	3:06.11	Jamaica Greg Haughton Edward Clarke Davian Clarke Carl McPherson	3:06.58	Japan Hiroyuki Hayashi Tadashi Nishihata Tomonari Ono Takayuki Sudo	3:06.66
High jump	Steve Smith  Great Britain	2.37 =CR	Tim Forsyth  Australia	2.31	Takahiro Kimino  Japan	2.29
Pole vault	Laurens Looije  Netherlands	5.45	Daniel Martí  Spain	5.40	Okkert Brits  South Africa	5.40
Long jump	Neil Chance  United States	7.89	Robert Thomas  United States	7.84	Ivaylo Mladenov  Bulgaria	7.68
Triple jump	Yoelbi Quesada  Cuba	17.04 CR	Osiris Mora  Cuba	17.03	Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa  Zimbabwe	16.57
Shot put	Yuriy Bilonog Unified Team	18.46	Manuel Martínez  Spain	18.14	Ralf Kahles  Germany	17.97
Discus throw	Brian Milne  United States	58.28	Frits Potgieter  South Africa	56.28	Marek Bílek  Czechoslovakia	54.86
Javelin throw	Aki Parviainen  Finland	76.34	Boris Henry  Germany	76.04	Kostas Gatsioudis  Greece	75.92
Hammer throw	Vadym Hrabovoyy Unified Team	73.00 CR	Alberto Sánchez  Cuba	69.78	Andrey Yevgenyev Unified Team	69.24
Decathlon	Raúl Duany  Cuba	7403	Bernhard Floder  Germany	7397	Remco van Veldhuizen  Netherlands	7313
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	Nikole Mitchell  Jamaica	11.30	Jacqueline Poelman  Netherlands	11.44	Merlene Frazer  Jamaica	11.49
200 metres	Hu Ling  China	23.14	Cathy Freeman  Australia	23.25	Merlene Frazer  Jamaica	23.29
400 metres	Magdalena Nedelcu  Romania	51.84	Claudine Williams  Jamaica	52.03	Ionela Târlea  Romania	52.13
800 metres	Lü Yi  China	2:02.91	Chen Yumei  China	2:03.14	Kati Kovacs  Germany	2:03.81
1500 metres	Liu Dong  China	4:05.14 CR	Jackline Maranga  Kenya	4:08.79	Li Ying  China	4:09.04
3000 metres	Zhang Linli  China	8:46.86 CR	Gabriela Szabo  Romania	8:48.28	Zhang Lirong  China	8:48.45
10,000 metres	Wang Junxia  China	32:29.90	Gete Wami  Ethiopia	32:41.57	Sally Barsosio  Kenya	32:41.76
100 metres hurdles	Gillian Russell  Jamaica	13.21	Damaris Anderson  Cuba	13.43	Svetlana Laukhova Unified Team	13.55
400 metres hurdles	Georgeta Petra  Romania	58.03	Erica Peterson  Canada	58.09	Wynsome Cole  Jamaica	58.15
5000 metres walk	Gao Hongmiao  China	21:20.03 CR	Jane Saville  Australia	21:58.64	Mika Ikatura  Japan	22:25.58
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica Gillian Russell Merlene Frazer Michelle Christie Nikole Mitchell	43.96	United States Benita Kelley Zundra Feagin Lesa Parker Marion Jones	44.51	Germany Katja Seidel Gabi Rockmeier Birgit Rockmeier Silke Lichtenhagen	44.52
4 × 400 metres relay	Romania Georgeta Petrea Mariana Florea Ionela Tîrlea Maria Magdalena Nedelcu	3:31.57	Jamaica Debbie-Ann Parris Catherine Scott Ellen Grant Claudine Williams	3:32.68	Germany Imke Köhler Wiebke Steffen Anita Oppong Silvia Steimle	3:32.72
High jump	Manuela Aigner  Germany	1.93	Ina Gliznuta Unified Team Svetlana Zalevskaya Unified Team	1.88
Long jump	Erica Johansson  Sweden	6.65	Nicole Devonish  Canada	6.43	Yu Huaxiu  China	6.26
Triple jump	Anja Vokuhl  Germany	13.47	Yamina Martínez  Cuba	13.42	Olena Hovorova Unified Team	13.29
Shot put	Wang Yawen  China	18.05	Zhang Zhiying  China	18.03	Olga Ilyina Unified Team	17.20
Discus throw	Bao Dongying  China	58.34	Zhang Cuilan  China	57.10	Sabine Fried  Germany	53.94
Javelin throw	Claudia Isaila  Romania	63.04	Yvonne Reichardt  Germany	61.48	Heli Tolkkinen  Finland	60.12
Heptathlon	Natalya Sazanovich Unified Team	6038	Kathleen Gutjahr  Germany	5668	Regla Cárdenas  Cuba	5602
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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	8	3	3	14
2	United States	4	3	2	9
3	Unified Team	4	2	5	11
4	Romania	4	1	1	6
5	Kenya	3	4	2	9
6	Jamaica	3	3	3	9
7	Germany	2	5	5	12
8	Cuba	2	4	1	7
9=	United Kingdom	2	2	0	4
9=	Ethiopia	2	2	0	4
11	Trinidad and Tobago	2	0	0	2
12	Netherlands	1	1	1	3
13	Sweden	1	1	0	2
14	Finland	1	0	1	2
15=	Ecuador	1	0	0	1
15=	Italy	1	0	0	1
17	Australia	0	3	1	4
18	Canada	0	2	1	3
19	Spain	0	2	0	2
20	South Africa	0	1	2	3
21	Poland	0	1	1	2
22=	Burundi	0	1	0	1
22=	South Korea	0	1	0	1
24	Japan	0	0	4	4
25=	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
25=	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
25=	Greece	0	0	1	1
25=	Morocco	0	0	1	1
25=	Nigeria	0	0	1	1
25=	Uganda	0	0	1	1
25=	Zimbabwe	0	0	1	1
Total		41	42	40	123

Participation

According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list,^[1] 954 athletes from 90 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[2]

See also

• 1992 in athletics (track and field)

References

External links

• Results at GBRathletics.com
• Results from World Junior Athletics History (WJAH)
• Official results