2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics
The 11th IAAF World Junior Championships took place from 15 to 20 August 2006 at Chaoyang Sports Centre in the Chinese capital Beijing. They are the global competition of the best athletes under 20.
The turnout was a record 1451 athletes ( from 180 countries ) participated in 44 competitions ( 22 each for men and for women ), with 69 nations reached the final battles and 44 nations won medals, 21 countries shared the victories.
To the German contingent of the DLV included 68 athletes and the U20/U23-Bundestrainer Dietmar Chounard. For Austria, two athletes were at the start and the Swiss Association of Athletics Federations sent eight athletes to Beijing, under the direction of Patrick book.
The orientation of the Athletics World Junior Championships in 2006 were for the organizers as a test for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, where the sports center also served as a venue. Problems were on the athletes, the combination of high Lufttemparaturen (30-35 ° C), high humidity ( between 80 and 90 percent ) and high smog. A conspicuous number of teams had problems with stomach, intestinal diseases and colds. A result, many athletes were weakened, not operational or at least reduced efficiently.
- 2.1 100 meters
- 2.2 200 meters
- 2.3 400 meters
- 2.4 800 meters
- 2.5 1500 meters
- 2.6 3000 meters
- 2.7 5000 meters
- 2.8 10 km Go
- 2.9 100 Meter Hurdles
- 2:10 400m Hurdles
- 2:11 3000 m steeplechase
- 2:12 4 x 100 m relay
- 2:13 4 x 400 m relay
- 2:14 High Jump
- 2:15 Pole Vault
- 2:16 Long Jump
- 2:17 Triple Jump
- 2:18 Shot Put
- 2:19 Discus Throw
- 2:20 Hammer Throw
- 2:21 Javelin
- 2:22 Heptathlon
Results Men
100 meters
August 16
200 meters
August 18
400 meters
August 17
800 meters
August 18
1500 meters
August 17
5000 meters
August 20
10,000 meters
August 16
10 km Walk
August 19
110 Meter Hurdles
August 20 Hurdle height: 99 cm
400 Meter Hurdles
August 18
3,000 meter steeplechase
August 19
Originally Tareq Mubarak Taher of Bahrain was a time of 8:16,64 min on the 2nd place. In a study by the IAAF in 2007, it was found that he was too old and was disqualified.
4x100 - meter relay
August 20
4x400 - meter relay
August 20
High Jump
August 17
Pole vault
August 19
Long-jump
August 16
Triple Jump
August 20 The second placed Hugo Chila was a World Best Years (16.55 m) in the competition and was in the finals by far the best jump series: three jumps to 16.40 m and on. However, the Frenchman Benjamin Compaoré grew beyond itself. After he had already set his personal best in qualifying with 16.34 meters, he jumped in his third jump in the final to a new Weltjahresbestleistung and improved his best performance by 27 cm. It could not counter the Ecuadorians Chila. The German participants Nico Bayer could in qualifying improve his personal best by 5 cm ( at 15.69 m), reaching the final of the best 12 The final of the top eight, however, was not to reach for him, especially since he is only one valid ( 15.43 m, with 1.3 m s headwind / ) could set of three experiments.
Shot Put
August 19 Ball Weight: 6 kg
Discus
August 16 Discus Weight: 1.75 kg
Hammer Throw
August 18 Hammer Weight: 6 kg
Javelin
August 19
Decathlon
16-17. August Product weight in the shot put: 6 kg; Barrier height in the 110- meter hurdles: 99 cm; Device weight in the discus throw: 1.75 kg
Results Women
100 meters
Wind: -0.8 m / s
200 meters
Wind: -0.9 m / s
400 meters
800 meters
1500 meters
3000 meters
5000 meters
10 km Go
100 Meter Hurdles
Wind: ± 0.0 m / s
400m hurdles
3000 m steeplechase
4 x 100 m relay
4 x 400 m relay
High Jump
The competition was previously the second-placed Chinese world best years with 1.92 m. However, this amount could not be confirmed in the World Cup. In a very tight competition, the Uzbek Radzivil was the only one who jumped over 1.91 m ( in the second experiment ) and at the same time set a new junior national record. The 19 -year-old German Annett Engel placed together with the Kazakh Jewsejewa in third place. Both had the same jump series - just barely crack the Angels third try 1.88 m. For the German, it was the second international medal after they already won silver at the U18 World Cup three years ago.
In the qualification introduced the Portuguese Marisa Anselmo skipped 1.81 m a new junior national record, but this was not enough for the final.
Pole vault
Amazing in this competition were the third place of the 15-year old Australian Vicky Parnov and the junior national record of second-placed Slovenia's. The 16 -year-old Valeria Wolik, which had set a new World Junior record (4.40 m) on 8 July 2006, this form could not confirm again. One of two Austrians at this World Cup was Daniela Höllwarth who handed in by 3.80 meters in a solid performance, but not moved into the finals and was ranked 19th in the overall standings.
The Danish actress Iben Høgh - Pedersen presented with 3.80 meters, although a new Danish junior national record, but could not order it to the finals.
Long-jump
A native of Trinidad and Tobago Rhonda Watkins had gone as the world's best junior years in the competition. After the qualification sovereign two days earlier was ( 6.47 m) to decide for themselves, they repeated a similar performance in the final battle and was the deserved winner. The German starter Anika Leipold was five days earlier was still sick, was weakened in the qualification and qualified in ninth place. In the finals it was before the last jump still in fifth place, but then increased once again and landed 1 cm in front of the Chinese in second place.
Triple Jump
Shot Put
Discus
Hammer Throw
Javelin
Heptathlon
Abbreviations
- AJ - Continental junior record
- NJ - National junior record
- PB - Personal Best
- SB - Season Best
- WJL - Weltjahresbestleistung Junior
- WJ - junior world record