2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics

2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Host cityUnited States Eugene, Oregon, USA
Nations175
Athletes1546
Events44
Dates22–27 July
Opened byBarack Obama
Main venueHayward Field

The 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born 1995 or later) which was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, USA, on 22–27 July 2014.[1] A total of 44 athletics events were contested at the championships, 22 by male and 22 by female athletes. A total of 1546 athletes from 175 countries were participate.[1]

Several medalists from the 2012 championships were eligible to defend their titles, including Wilhem Belocian, Ashraf Amgad Elseify, Falk Wendrich, Jessica Judd, Ana Peleteiro and Sofi Flinck.

  1. ^ a b "More Records set to be broken - World Junior Championships Entries confirm 186 countries". IAAF. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.