The 2018 World U20 Championships in Athletics, also known as the World Junior Championships, was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 1999) which was held at Tampere Stadium in Tampere, Finland on 10–15 July 2018. The championships were originally awarded to Tampere by the IAAF in March, 2016. Schedule All dates are EEST (UTC+3) Qualifying Standards Men's results Track (World Junior Record), (World Junior Leader), (Championship Record), (Area Junior Record), (National Junior Record ), (Personal Best), (Season Best) Field (World Junior Record), (World Junior Leader), (Championship Record), (Area Junior Record), (National Junior Record ), (Personal Best), (Season Best) Women's results Track (World Junior Record), (World Junior Leader), (Championship Record), (Area Junior Record), (National Junior Record ), (Personal Best), (Season Best) Field (World Junior Record), (World Junior Leader), (Championship Record), (Area Junior Record), (National Junior Record ), (Personal Best), (Season Best) Medal table Kenya won the ranking in the medal table. Placing table USA won the ranking in the placing table. Participation The following is a list of participating nations with the number of qualified athletes in brackets. A country without any qualified athlete could enter either one male or one female. A total 156 countries (plus the teams from Authorized Neutral Athletes and Athlete Refugee team) and 1462 athletes are scheduled to compete. References External links Official Site World Junior Championships World Junior Championships Sports competitions in Tampere International athletics competitions hosted by Finland IAAF World U20 Championships 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships