1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics

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1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics
The host stadium in Plovdiv
Host city	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Nations	87
Athletes	987
Events	41
Dates	8–12 August
Main venue	9th September Stadium
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The 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was the 1990 edition of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on 8–12 August.

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Davidson Ezinwa Nigeria	10.17 =CR	Jason Livingston Great Britain	10.25	Rodney Bridges United States	10.37
200 metres details	Aleksandr Goremykin Soviet Union	20.47 CR	Davidson Ezinwa Nigeria	20.75	James Stallworth United States	20.81
400 metres details	Chris Nelloms United States	45.43 CR	Rico Lieder East Germany	46.28	Mark Richardson Great Britain	46.33
800 metres details	Desta Asgedom Ethiopia	1:46.35 CR	Jonah Birir Kenya	1:46.61	Norberto Téllez Cuba	1:47.33
1500 metres details	Moses Kiptanui Kenya	3:38.32 CR	Alemayehu Roba Ethiopia	3:41.71	Desta Asgedom Ethiopia	3:43.38
5000 metres details	Fita Bayissa Ethiopia	13:42.59 CR	Abreham Assefa Ethiopia	13:44.63	Francesco Bennici Italy	13:47.10
10,000 metres details	Richard Chelimo Kenya	28:18.57 CR	Ismael Kirui Kenya	28:40.77	Juma Ninga Tanzania	28:41.90
20 kilometres road run details	Cosmas Ndeti Kenya	59:42	Juma Ninga Tanzania	1:00:30	Dagane Dabela Ethiopia	1:01:02
110 metres hurdles details	Antti Haapakoski Finland	13.74	Alexis Sánchez Cuba	13.75	Kyle Vander-Kuyp Australia	13.85
400 metres hurdles details	Rohan Robinson Australia	49.73	Yoshihiko Saito Japan	49.99	Aleksandr Belikov Soviet Union	50.22
3000 metres steeplechase details	Matthew Birir Kenya	8:31.02 CR	Francisco Munuera Spain	8:41.03	Simeon Rono Kenya	8:42:05
10,000 metres walk details	Ilya Markov Soviet Union	39:55.52	Alberto Cruz Mexico	39:56.49	Jefferson Pérez Ecuador	40:08.23
4 × 100 metres relay details	United States Chris Nelloms Rodney Bridges Reggie Harris James Stallworth	39.13 CR	Soviet Union Sergejs Insakovs Konstantin Gromadskiy Vitaliy Semyonov Aleksandr Goremykin	39.58	Nigeria Innocent Asonze Davidson Ezinwa Nnamdi Anusim Osmond Ezinwa	39.68
4 × 400 metres relay details	United States Derek Mills Marvin Samuels Reggie Harris Chris Nelloms	3:02.26	Great Britain David Grindley Adrian Patrick Craig Winrow Mark Richardson	3:03.80	Australia Matthew Burmeister Rohan Robinson Simon Hollingsworth Paul Greene	3:05.51
High jump details	Dragutin Topić Yugoslavia	2.37 WJR	Tim Forsyth Australia	2.29	Stevan Zorić Yugoslavia	2.26
Pole vault details	Jean Galfione France	5.45	Dmitriy Kurkulin Soviet Union	5.40	Miroslav Dukov Bulgaria	5.40
Long jump details	James Stallworth United States	8.12 CR	Dion Bentley United States	8.05	Kareem Streete-Thompson Cayman Islands	7.94
Triple jump details	Sergey Bykov Soviet Union	16.98 CR	Yoelbi Quesada Cuba	16.62	Nikolai Raev Bulgaria	16.22
Shot put details	Viktor Bulat Soviet Union	19.21 CR	Xie Shengying China	18.57	Yuriy Ivanov Soviet Union	18.13
Discus throw details	Ilian Iliev Bulgaria	58.28	Frank Bicet Cuba	57.10	Jan Engelmann East Germany	56.82
Javelin throw details	Tommi Viskari Finland	73.88	Dariusz Trafas Poland	72.76	Jarkko Heimonen Finland	72.30
Hammer throw details	Andrey Debeliy Soviet Union	70.60	Savvas Saritzoglou Greece	70.32	Andrey Budykin Soviet Union	69.36
Decathlon details	Eric Kaiser West Germany	7762	Jarkko Finni Finland	7698	David Bigham Great Britain	7488
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	Andrea Philipp East Germany	11.36	Nikole Mitchell Jamaica	11.47	Lucrécia Jardim Portugal	11.52
200 metres details	Diane Smith Great Britain	23.10 CR	Zundra Feagin United States	23.13	Lucrécia Jardim Portugal	23.26
400 metres details	Fatima Yusuf Nigeria	50.62 CR	Charity Opara Nigeria	51.28	Manuela Derr East Germany	51.95
800 metres details	Liu Li China	2:03.65	Magdalena Nedelcu Romania	2:04.52	Aurica Rautu Romania	2:04.78
1500 metres details	Qu Yunxia China	4:13.67	Claudia Mirela Bortoi Romania	4:14.19	Malin Ewerlöf Sweden	4:14.61
3000 metres details	Simona Staicu Romania	9:09.57	Liu Shixiang China	9:10.54	Hatsumi Matsumoto Japan	9:11.92
10,000 metres details	Derartu Tulu Ethiopia	32:56.26	Rika Ota Japan	33:06.85	Lydia Cheromei Kenya	33:20.83
100 metres hurdles details	Gillian Russell Jamaica	13.31	Keri Maddox Great Britain	13.38	Ilka Rönisch East Germany	13.41
400 metres hurdles details	Nelli Voronkova Soviet Union	55.84	Marjana Lužar Yugoslavia	56.74	Omolade Akinremi Nigeria	56.97
5000 metres walk details	Susana Feitor Portugal	21:44.30 CR	Tatyana Shchastnaya Soviet Union	22:28.74	Simone Thust East Germany	22:44.65
4 × 100 metres relay details	Jamaica Gillian Russell Revolie Campbell Merlene Frazer Nikole Mitchell	43.82	Great Britain Annabel Soper Diane Smith Donna Fraser Katharine Merry	44.16	United States Monifa Taylor Tisha Prather Angela Burnham Zundra Feagin	44.50
4 × 400 metres relay details	Australia Sophie Scamps Renée Poetschka Kylie Hanigan Sue Andrews	3:30.38	Jamaica Claudine Williams Winsome Cole Inez Turner Catherine Scott	3:31.09	Cuba Yojani Casanova Julia Duporty Odalmis Limonta Nancy McLeón	3:31.81
High jump details	Svetlana Lavrova Soviet Union	1.91	Katja Kilpi Finland	1.88	Lea Haggett Great Britain	1.88
Long jump details	Iva Prandzheva Bulgaria	6.53	Erica Johansson Sweden	6.50	Sandrine Hennart Belgium	6.49
Shot put details	Qiu Qiaoping China	18.20	Li Xiaoyun China	17.74	Heike Hopfer East Germany	17.27
Discus throw details	Natalya Koptyukh Soviet Union	61.44	Lisa-Marie Vizaniari Australia	60.44	Anja Gündler East Germany	59.30
Javelin throw details	Tanja Damaske East Germany	61.06	Oksana Ovchinnikova Soviet Union	57.26	Mandy Liverton Great Britain	56.98
Heptathlon details	Beatrice Mau East Germany	6166	Rita Ináncsi Hungary	5940	Joanne Henry New Zealand	5728
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 (Bulgaria)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	8	4	3	15
2	United States	4	2	3	9
3	Kenya	4	2	2	8
4	China	3	3	0	6
5	Ethiopia	3	2	2	7
6	East Germany	3	1	6	10
7	Australia	2	2	2	6
7	Nigeria	2	2	2	6
9	Finland	2	2	1	5
10	Jamaica	2	2	0	4
11	Bulgaria*	2	0	2	4
12	Great Britain	1	4	4	9
13	Romania	1	2	1	4
14	Yugoslavia	1	1	1	3
15	Portugal	1	0	2	3
16	France	1	0	0	1
16	West Germany	1	0	0	1
18	Cuba	0	3	2	5
19	Japan	0	2	1	3
20	Sweden	0	1	1	2
20	Tanzania	0	1	1	2
22	Greece	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Mexico	0	1	0	1
	Poland	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
27	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Cayman Islands	0	0	1	1
	Ecuador	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
Totals (31 entries)		41	41	41	123

Participation

According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 987 athletes from 86 countries participated in the event. The number of athletes is in agreement, but there is one country less than the official number of 87 as published.

Albania (3)
Algeria (7)
Andorra (1)
Anguilla (1)
Antigua and Barbuda (1)
Argentina (3)
Australia (48)
Austria (7)
Bahamas (3)
Barbados (4)
Belgium (13)
Bermuda (1)
Bolivia (1)
Brazil (15)
Bulgaria (47)
Burkina Faso (1)
Canada (25)
Cayman Islands (1)
Central African Republic (1)
Chile (2)
China (12)
Chinese Taipei (5)
Colombia (1)
Côte d'Ivoire (2)
Cuba (25)
Cyprus (6)
Czechoslovakia (18)
Denmark (3)
East Germany (42)
Ecuador (6)
Egypt (2)
Ethiopia (14)
Finland (19)
France (33)
Great Britain (41)
Greece (18)
Hungary (17)
Iceland (1)
India (3)
Iran (1)
Ireland (14)
Israel (1)
Italy (31)
Jamaica (19)
Japan (29)
Kenya (20)
Lesotho (1)
Liechtenstein (1)
Luxembourg (1)
Malawi (1)
Malta (2)
Mauritius (4)
Mexico (7)
Morocco (9)
Namibia (4)
Netherlands (8)
New Zealand (15)
Nigeria (10)
North Yemen (4)
Norway (10)
Paraguay (2)
Peru (3)
Poland (16)
Portugal (20)
Qatar (3)
Romania (22)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (2)
Senegal (1)
Sierra Leone (2)
Singapore (1)
Somalia (2)
South Korea (2)
Soviet Union (69)
Spain (37)
Sudan (2)
Sweden (15)
Switzerland (6)
Tanzania (5)
Trinidad and Tobago (2)
Turkey (2)
United States (55)
Venezuela (5)
West Germany (50)
Yugoslavia (14)
Zambia (3)
Zimbabwe (1)

References

Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas. "WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1990 Plovdiv BUL Aug 8-12". WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"). Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, p. 5, retrieved 13 June 2015

External links

Medalists at GBRathletics.com
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