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The 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2002 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Kingston, Jamaica. The World Junior Championships in Athletics are the world championships open for those of age according to junior. ... Location of Kingston Kingston (population 600,000) is the capital of Jamaica. ...
The WorldChampionships in Athletics is an event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
Following bids from both Stuttgart, West Germany and Helsinki, Finland, the IAAF Council awarded the inaugural competition to Helsinki, to take place in 1983 and be held in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium (where the 1952 Summer Olympics were held).
Prior to the inaugral IAAF WorldChampionships in Helsinki in 1983 there had been several single events and races in the years leading up to them which were considered WorldChampionships in those events.
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics (known in the US as "track and field").
It was founded in 1912 at its first Congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation.
However, the IAAF retained the word "amateur" in its name until its 2001 Congress at which the IAAF's title was changed to its current form.
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