Athletics at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games

Athletics at the III Commonwealth Youth Games
The host athletics stadium in 2010
Host city	Pune, India
Date(s)	14 to 16 October
Main stadium	Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
← 2004 Bendigo 2011 Douglas → 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games

At the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, the athletics events were held at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune, India from 14 to 16 October.^[1] A total of 34 events were contested, which were split evenly between the sexes.^[2] After the swimming programme, the athletics competition had the next most number of events.

Medal summary

Boys

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Shehan Abeyptiya  Sri Lanka (SRI)	10.43 GR	Suwaibou Sanneh  Gambia (GAM)	10.51	Jason Rogers  Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	10.52
200 metres	Shehan Abeyptiya  Sri Lanka (SRI)	21.27	Ray Williams  Australia (AUS)	21.30	Amiya Mallick  India (IND)	21.33
400 metres	Kirani James  Grenada (GRN)	46.66 GR	Elvis Ukale  Uganda (UGA)	47.16	Jordan McGrath  England (ENG)	47.26
800 metres	Windy Jonas  South Africa (RSA)	1:50.72	Daniel Lagamang  Botswana (BOT)	1:51.28	David Mutinda  Kenya (KEN)	1:52.22
1500 metres	Jonathon Ndiku  Kenya (KEN)	3:45.96 GR	Alex Cherop  Uganda (UGA)	3:48.41	Windy Cylof Jonas  South Africa (RSA)	3:48.41
5000 metres	Moses Kibet  Uganda (UGA)	14:10.86	Dickson Huru  Uganda (UGA)	14:11.06	Japhet Korir  Kenya (KEN)	14:11.3
110 metres hurdles	Sam Baines  Australia (AUS)	13.77 GR	Cornel Fredericks  South Africa (RSA)	13.99	Jared Bezuidenhout  Australia (AUS)	14.08
4×100 metres relay	Ranil Jayawardena Roshan Chamara Silva Keith de Mel Shehan Abeyptiya  Sri Lanka (SRI)	40.85 GR	Mitchell Zlim Kevin Moore Jared Bezuidenhout Sam Baines  Australia (AUS)	41.08	Simon Leveille Phillip Hayle Makinde Oluwasegun Andre Robert Hamilton  Canada (CAN)	41.31
4×400 metres relay	Jithin Paul Dharambir Singh Inderjeet Parveen Kumar  India (IND)	3:13.32 GR	Dean Swart Folavia Sehohle Windy Jonas Willem Voigt  South Africa (RSA)	3:14.01	Frazer Wickes Shaun McFarlane Tama Toki Matthew Robinson  New Zealand (NZL)	41.31
High jump	Willem Voigt  South Africa (RSA)	2.11	Nikhil Chittarasu  India (IND)	2.09	Derek Drouin  Canada (CAN)	2.09
Pole vault	Blake Lucas  Australia (AUS)	5.25 GR	Cheyne Damon Rahme  South Africa (RSA)	5.20	Edward Mourbey  Northern Ireland (NIR)	4.70
Long jump	Stefan Brits  South Africa (RSA)	7.38	Rosito Andrews  India (IND)	7.24	Azarudeen Buhari  India (IND)	7.14
Triple jump	Dheeraj Mishra  India (IND)	15.42	Benjamin Williams  England (ENG)	15.41	Boipelo Rakola Motlhatlhego  South Africa (RSA)	15.20
Shot put	Curtis Griffith  England (ENG)	18.56 GR	Stephen Brink  South Africa (RSA)	18.41	Jasdeep Singh Dhillon  India (IND)	18.10
Discus throw	Julian Wruck  Australia (AUS)	60.88 GR	Curtis Griffith  England (ENG)	55.35	Arjun Kumar  India (IND)	52.02
Hammer throw	Peter Smith  England (ENG)	68.38	Chandrodaya Singh Narayan  India (IND)	67.38	Ajaj Ahmed  India (IND)	64.97
Javelin throw	Krishan Tripathi  India (IND)	71.52 GR	Rohit Kumar  India (IND)	67.60	Luke Bissett  Australia (AUS)	65.64

Girls

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Shaunna Thompson  England	11.46 GR	Elly Graf  Australia	11.80	Lauren O'Sullivan  Australia	11.81
200 metres	Shaunna Thompson  England	23.42 GR	Racheal Nachula  Zambia	23.86	Lauren O'Sullivan  Australia	24.14
400 metres	Racheal Nachula  Zambia	52.97 GR	M. R. Poovamma  India	55.17	Rabecca Nachula  Zambia	55.20
800 metres	Caster Semenya  South Africa	2:04.23 GR	Rachel Stringer  England	2:05.71	Lynsey Sharp  Scotland	2:06.77
1500 metres	Stacy Chepkemboi Ndiwa  Kenya	4:20.16 GR	Jessica Parry  Canada	4:20.59	Ciara Mageean  Northern Ireland	4:22.53
3000 metres	Mercy Cherono  Kenya	9:06.01 GR	Doreen Chesang  Uganda	9:35.71	Mary Naali  Tanzania	9:36.63
100 metres hurdles	Kierre Beckles  Barbados	13.88 GR	Gayathri Govindaraj  India	14.00	Brianna Beahan  Australia	14.08
4×100 metres relay	India (IND) Nirupama Sunderraj Bhagyashri Shirke Srabani Nanda Gayathri Govindaraj	46.27	Australia (AUS) Brianna Beahan Lauren O'Sullivan Elly Graf Ainsley Ackerman	46.74	Canada (CAN) Olivia Charnuski Loudia Laarman Alyssa Johnson Karlene Hurrell Jemmott	46.83
4×400 metres relay	India (IND) Chinchu Jose Anu Mariam Jose Arya Charivila M. R. Poovamma	3:42.02 GR	Canada (CAN) Lauren Leon Karlene Hurrell Jemmott Jessica Parry Alyssa Johnson	3:45.46	Australia (AUS) Aimie Laube Alicia Keir Zoe Mazoudier Selma Kajan	3:46.10
High jump	Elizabeth Lamb  New Zealand	1.79	Molly Grant  Australia	1.74	Norliyana Kamarudin  Malaysia	1.71
Pole vault	Jade Ive  England	4.05 GR	Ariane Beaumont-Courteau  Canada	3.90	Abi Haywood  England	3.80
Long jump	Abigail Irozuru  England	5.92	Hannah Lewis  Northern Ireland	5.85	Mariah Ririnui  New Zealand	5.80
Triple jump	Shardha Ghule  India	13.11 GR	Gayathri Govindaraj  India	12.89	Ainsley Ackerman  Australia	12.72
Shot put	Julie Labonté  Canada	15.02	Vika Lolo  Australia	14.73	Margaret Satupai  Samoa	14.24
Discus throw	Vika Lolo  Australia	50.49 GR	Margaret Satupai  Samoa	48.43	Shaunagh Brown  England	42.96
Hammer throw	Sophie Hitchon  England	58.43 GR	Maria Badenhorst  South Africa	50.92	Ashleigh Mumberson  Australia	50.87
Javelin throw	Bianca Maurer  Australia	49.87	Pip Charlesworth  New Zealand	46.14	Poonam Rani Jakhar  India	44.25

References

Results

• 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-06-18.

Athletics at the Commonwealth Youth Games 2000 2004 2008 2011 2015 See also: Athletics at the Commonwealth Games