The 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Sydney, Australia on August 20–25.

Results

Men

Women

Medal table

Participation

According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 1049 athletes from 142 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. • 🇦🇱 albania (2) • undefined (12) • 🇦🇩 andorra (1) • 🇦🇮 anguilla (1) • 🇦🇬 antigua and barbuda (1) • 🇦🇷 argentina (2) • 🇦🇲 armenia (1) • (54) • 🇦🇹 austria (5) • undefined (5) • undefined (3) • 🇧🇾 belarus (9) • 🇧🇪 belgium (6) • 🇧🇯 benin (1) • undefined (1) • 🇧🇦 bosnia and herzegovina (2) • undefined (2) • 🇧🇷 brazil (24) • 🇧🇬 bulgaria (6) • 🇧🇮 burundi (2) • (12) • undefined (1) • undefined (1) • 🇨🇳 china (28) • undefined (10) • 🇨🇴 colombia (5) • 🇨🇰 cook islands (2) • undefined (1) • undefined (5) • 🇨🇺 cuba (17) • 🇨🇾 cyprus (4) • 🇨🇿 czech republic (15) • undefined (4) • 🇩🇲 dominica (1) • 🇪🇬 egypt (2) • undefined (1) • 🇪🇪 estonia (6) • 🇪🇹 ethiopia (9) • undefined (1) • 🇫🇮 finland (36) • (43) • 🇬🇦 gabon (1) • undefined (1) • undefined (2) • (65) • (36) • undefined (25) • 🇬🇺 guam (1) • undefined (1) • undefined (1) • undefined (1) • 🇭🇰 hong kong (2) • 🇭🇺 hungary (24) • 🇮🇳 india (2) • undefined (7) • 🇮🇪 ireland (7) • 🇮🇱 israel (4) • (20) • 🇯🇲 jamaica (19) • 🇯🇵 japan (40) • 🇰🇿 kazakhstan (4) • 🇰🇪 kenya (19) • undefined (1) • 🇰🇬 kyrgyzstan (1) • 🇱🇦 lao people's democratic republic (1) • undefined (3) • 🇱🇹 lithuania (2) • 🇱🇺 luxembourg (1) • 🇲🇰 macedonia (1) • undefined (1) • undefined (1) • undefined (6) • 🇲🇻 maldives (1) • undefined (1) • undefined (1) • 🇲🇽 mexico (8) • 🇲🇩 moldova (2) • undefined (1) • 🇲🇦 morocco (6) • undefined (1) • 🇳🇦 namibia (5) • undefined (9) • undefined (1) • (13) • undefined (7) • undefined (1) • 🇳🇴 norway (8) • 🇵🇰 pakistan (2) • undefined (1) • 🇵🇦 panama (1) • 🇵🇬 papua new guinea (1) • undefined (1) • 🇵🇪 peru (1) • undefined (2) • 🇵🇱 poland (21) • undefined (9) • undefined (1) • 🇶🇦 qatar (8) • 🇷🇴 romania (19) • (43) • 🇷🇼 rwanda (3) • 🇱🇨 saint lucia (1) • 🇸🇲 san marino (1) • 🇸🇳 senegal (1) • undefined (2) • undefined (2) • 🇸🇰 slovakia (7) • undefined (11) • undefined (1) • 🇸🇴 somalia (1) • undefined (17) • 🇰🇷 south korea (10) • 🇪🇸 spain (32) • undefined (1) • undefined (1) • 🇸🇿 swaziland (1) • 🇸🇪 sweden (12) • undefined (7) • 🇸🇾 syrian arab republic (1) • 🇹🇯 tajikistan (2) • Tahiti (1) • undefined (2) • 🇹🇭 thailand (4) • undefined (1) • undefined (2) • 🇹🇳 tunisia (2) • 🇹🇷 turkey (2) • 🇹🇲 turkmenistan (1) • 🇹🇨 turks and caicos islands (1) • 🇺🇬 uganda (4) • 🇺🇦 ukraine (12) • undefined (1) • (62) • undefined (2) • 🇺🇿 uzbekistan (1) • undefined (1) • Western Samoa (1) • 🇾🇪 yemen (1) • undefined (12) • undefined (1) • undefined (1) • undefined (1)