Host city Eugene, Oregon, USA Athletes participating 1546 Dates 22–27 July | Nations participating 175 Events 44 Main venue Hayward Field | |
The 15th 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. 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.
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.
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 1411 athletes from 153 countries participated in the event. Registered athletes from Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Iraq and Libya did not show.