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.

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.

*   Host nation (United States)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.