List of world under-18 bests in athletics

Under-18 World Best Performances in the sport of athletics are the best marks set in competition by athletes aged 17 or younger throughout the entire calendar year of the performance. World Athletics (formerly IAAF) maintains an official list for such performances, but only in a specific list of outdoor events.^{[note 1]} All other records, including all indoor records, shown on this list are tracked by statisticians not officially sanctioned by the world governing body. These age category records were formerly called World Youth Bests.

Outdoor

Key:   "Best" not kept by World Athletics   Not recognized or later rescinded by World Athletics

h = hand timing
A = affected by altitude
OT = oversized track (> 200m in circumference)
X = annulled due to doping violation

Boys

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref	Video
100 m	10.09 A (+0.7 m/s)	Puripol Boonson	Thailand	2 August 2022	World U20 Championships	Cali, Colombia	16 years, 200 days	^[1]
200 m	19.84 (+0.3 m/s)	Erriyon Knighton	United States	27 June 2021	U.S. Olympic Trials	Eugene, United States	17 years, 149 days	^[2]
300 m	32.85	Kira Hirakawa	Japan	22 October 2022	Japan U18 & U16 Athletics Championships	Matsuyama, Japan	17 years, 58 days
400 m	44.84 A	Justin Robinson	United States	8 June 2019	Great Southwest Classic	Albuquerque, United States	17 years, 70 days	^[3]
600 m	1:18.3 h	Predrag Melnjak	Yugoslavia	12 January 1986		Rijeka, Yugoslavia	16 years, 301 days
800 m	1:43.37	Mohammed Aman	Ethiopia	10 September 2011	Rieti Meeting	Rieti, Italy	17 years, 243 days	^[4]^[5]
1000 m	2:17.44	Hamza Driouch	Qatar	9 August 2011	Formtoppningen & Kastkvitter	Sollentuna, Sweden	16 years, 266 days	^[6]^[7]
1500 m	3:33.72	Nicholas Kiptanui Kemboi	Kenya	18 August 2006	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland	16 years, 243 days
Mile	3:54.56	Isaac Kiprono Songok	Kenya	20 August 2001		Linz, Austria	17 years, 117 days
2000 m	4:56.86	Isaac Kiprono Songok	Kenya	31 August 2001	ISTAF	Berlin, Germany	17 years, 128 days
3000 m	7:32.37	Abreham Cherkos	Ethiopia	11 July 2006	Athletissima	Lausanne, Switzerland	16 years, 291 days
Two miles	8:16.07	Abreham Cherkos	Ethiopia	28 May 2006		Eugene, United States	16 years, 247 days
5000 m	12:54.19	Abreham Cherkos	Ethiopia	14 July 2006	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy	16 years, 294 days
10000 m	27:02.81	Ibrahim Jeilan	Ethiopia	25 August 2006	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	17 years, 74 days
10 km (road)	28:05	Abayneh Degu	Ethiopia	11 October 2015	Grand 10 Berlin	Berlin, Germany	16 years, 314 days	^[8]
20 km (road)	58:20	Phaustin Baha Sulle	Tanzania	17 October 1999	20 Kilomètres de Paris	Paris, France	17 years, 140 days	^[9]
Half marathon	1:00:38	Phaustin Baha Sulle	Tanzania	4 September 1999	Lille Half Marathon	Lille, France	17 years, 97 days
Marathon	2:11:43	Li He	China	14 October 2001	Beijing Marathon	Beijing, China	17 years, 225 days
110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	12.87 (+1.6 m/s)	Sasha Zhoya	Australia/  France	6 July 2019	French U18/U20 Championship	Angers, France	17 years, 11 days	^[10]
110 m hurdles (99/100 cm)	13.29 (−1.0 m/s)	Wilhem Belocian	France	12 July 2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	17 years, 20 days
110 m hurdles (106.7 cm)	13.32 (+0.7 m/s)	Dejour Russell	Jamaica	24 June 2017	Jamaican National Senior Championship	Kingston, Jamaica	17 years, 84 days	^[11]
300 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	36.45	Bershawn Jackson	United States	13 May 2000		Gainesville, United States	17 years, 5 days
400 m hurdles (84.0 cm)	48.84	Sokwakhana Zazini	South Africa	17 March 2017	Gauteng North Championships	Pretoria, South Africa	16 years, 175 days	^[12]
400 m hurdles (88.4 cm)	49.86	Marthinus Kritzinger	South Africa	18 July 1999		Bydgoszcz, Poland	17 years, 158 days
400 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	48.89	L. J. van Zyl	South Africa	19 July 2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	16 years, 364 days
1500 m steeplechase	4:04.85	Antonio Álvarez	Spain	25 June 1993		Málaga, Spain	16 years, 126 days
2000 m steeplechase	5:19.99	Meresa Kahsay	Ethiopia	12 July 2013	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine	17 years, 50 days	^[13]
3000 m steeplechase	8:12.28	Getnet Wale	Ethiopia	11 June 2017	Fanny Blankers-Koen Games	Hengelo, Netherlands	16 years, 330 days	^[14]
High jump	2.33 m	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	19 May 1984		Havana, Cuba	16 years, 219 days
Pole vault	5.56 m	Sasha Zhoya	Australia/  France	1 April 2019	Australian Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	16 years, 280 days	^[15]
Long jump	8.28 m (+1.8 m/s)	Maykel Massó	Cuba	28 May 2016	Memorial Barrientos	Havana, Cuba	17 years, 20 days	^[16]
Triple jump	17.41 m (+1.0 m/s)	Jordan A. Díaz	Cuba	8 June 2018		Havana, Cuba	17 years, 105 days	^[17]
Shot put (5 kg)	24.45 m	Jacko Gill	New Zealand	19 December 2011	Auckland Millenium Shot Put Invitational	Auckland, New Zealand	16 years, 327 days	^[18]^[19]
Shot put (5.44 kg)	21.90 m	Arnold Campbell	United States	28 May 1983		Winter Park, United States	16 years, 194 days
Shot put (6 kg)	22.31 m	Jacko Gill	New Zealand	5 December 2011		North Shore City, New Zealand	16 years, 350 days	^[20]
Shot put (7.26 kg)	20.38 m	Jacko Gill	New Zealand	5 December 2011		North Shore City, New Zealand	16 years, 350 days	^[21]^[20]
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	77.50 m	Mykyta Nesterenko	Ukraine	19 May 2008	Koncha-Zaspa Ukrainian Throwing Meeting	Kyiv (Koncha Zaspa), Ukraine	17 years, 34 days
Discus throw (1.75 kg)	70.13 m	Mykyta Nesterenko	Ukraine	24 May 2008		Halle (Saale), Germany	17 years, 39 days
Discus throw (2 kg)	65.31 m	Mykyta Nesterenko	Ukraine	3 June 2008		Tallinn, Estonia	17 years, 49 days
Hammer throw (5 kg)	87.82 m	Mykhaylo Kokhan	Ukraine	7 July 2018	European U18 Championships	Győr, Hungary	17 years, 166 days	^[22]
Hammer throw (6 kg)	85.57 m	Ashraf Amgad Elseify	Qatar	14 July 2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	17 years, 145 days	^[23]
Hammer throw (7.26 kg)	74.03 m	Yevgeniy Aydamirov	Russia	16 May 2003		Moscow, Russia	16 years, 5 days	^[24]
Javelin throw (700 g)	89.34 m	Braian Toledo	Argentina	6 March 2010	Mar del Plata Evaluativo Nacional	Mar del Plata, Argentina	16 years, 179 days	^[25]^[26]	[1]
Javelin throw (800 g)	79.96 m	Aki Parviainen	Finland	12 September 1991		Pyhäselkä, Finland	16 years, 321 days
Octathlon	6491 pts	Jake Stein	Australia	6–7 July 2011	World Youth Championships	Lille, France	17 years, 171 days	^[27]^[28]
	11.52 (-0.5 m/s) (100 m), 7.22 m (+1.2 m/s) (long jump), 17.22 m (shot put), 51.32 (400 m) / 14.25 (-1.0 m/s) (110 m hurdles), 1.98 m (high jump), 59.65 m (javelin), 2:52.93 (1000 m)
Decathlon (Youth)	8002 pts	Niklas Kaul	Germany	15–16 July 2015	World Youth Championships	Cali, Colombia	17 years, 155 days
	100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 11.59 (-0.2 m/s) 6.76 m (+1.1 m/s) 16.08 m (5 kg) 2.05 m 51.20 15.44 (-0.7 m/s) <(91.4 cm) 44.09 m (1.5 kg) 4.70 m 78.20 m 4:42.29
Decathlon (Senior)	8104 pts h	Valter Külvet	Estonia	22–23 August 1981		Viimsi, Soviet Union	17 years, 185 days
	10.7 (w) (ht) (100 m), 7.26 m (w) (long jump), 13.86 m (shot put), 2.09 m (high jump), 48.5 (ht) (400 m) / 14.8 (ht) (110 m hurdles), 47.92 m (discus), 4.50 m (pole vault), 60.34 m (javelin), 4:37.8 (ht) (1500 m)
	7829 pts	Valter Külvet	Estonia	12–13 September 1981		Stockholm, Sweden	17 years, 206 days
	11.34 (100 m), 7.12 m (long jump), 14.10 m (shot put), 2.08 m (high jump), 49.65 (400 m) / 15.24 (110 m hurdles), 48.02 m (discus), 4.20 m (pole vault), 59.90 m (javelin), 4:37.07 (1500 m)
3000 m walk	11:32.9 h	Douglas Connolly	Australia	27 November 1999		Sydney, Australia
5000 m walk	19:35.79	Yuki Yamazaki	Japan	23 September 2001		Toyama, Japan	17 years, 250 days
10000 m walk (track)	39:47.20	Chen Ding	China	11 July 2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	15 years, 341 days
10 km walk (road)	38:57	Li Tianlei	China	18 September 2010	IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final	Beijing, China	15 years, 248 days	^[29]
20000 m walk (track)	1:23:37.21	Li Tianlei	China	18 September 2012	Chinese University Games	Tianjin, China	17 years, 249 days
20 km walk (road)	1:18:07	Li Gaobo	China	23 April 2005		Cixi, China	15 years, 274 days
50000 m walk (track)	4:22:13.4	Bengt Simonsen	Sweden	19 October 1974		Gothenburg, Sweden	16 years, 210 days
50 km walk (road)	3:45:46	Yu Guoping	China	23 November 2001		Guangzhou, China	15 years, 163 days
4 × 100 m relay	39.97	Michali Everett Tyreke Wilson Xavier Nairne Michael Stephens	Jamaica	15 April 2017	CARIFTA Games	Willemstad, Curaçao	16 years, 78 days 17 years, 95 days 16 years, 195 days 16 years, 239 days	^[30]
4 × 400 m relay	3:11.66	Asa Guevara Machel Cedenio Reubin Walters Theon Lewis	Trinidad and Tobago	1 July 2012	CAC Junior Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	16 years, 299 days
Swedish medley relay	1:49.23	Waseem Williams Michael O'Hara Okeen Williams Martin Manley	Jamaica	14 July 2013	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine		^[31]

Girls

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref	Video
100 m	10.98 (+2.0 m/s)	Candace Hill	United States	20 June 2015	Brooks PR Invitational	Shoreline, United States	16 years, 129 days	^[32]
	10.94 (+0.6 m/s) X^[a]	Briana Williams	Jamaica	21 June 2019	Jamaican Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	17 years, 92 days	^[33]
200 m	22.42 (+1.7 m/s)	Amy Hunt	Great Britain	30 June 2019	Mannheim Junior Gala	Mannheim, Germany	17 years, 46 days	^[34]
300 m	36.46	Linsey MacDonald	Great Britain	13 July 1980		London, United Kingdom	16 years, 152 days
400 m	50.01	Li Jing	China	18 October 1997	Chinese National Games	Shanghai, China	17 years, 246 days
600 m	1:27.33	Lorraine Baker	Great Britain	13 July 1980		London, United Kingdom	16 years, 95 days
800 m	1:57.18	Wang Yuan	China	8 September 1993	Chinese National Games	Beijing, China	17 years, 153 days
1000 m	2:37.9 h	Zola Budd	South Africa	7 February 1983		Bloemfontein, South Africa	16 years, 257 days	^[35]
1500 m	3:54.52	Ling Zhang	China	18 October 1997	Chinese National Games	Shanghai, China	16 years, 188 days
Mile	4:30.81	Gelete Burka	Ethiopia	2 August 2003	KBC Night of Athletics	Heusden-Zolder, Netherlands	17 years, 168 days
2000 m	5:46.5+	Sally Barsosio	Kenya	16 August 1995	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland	17 years, 148 days
3000 m	8:36.45	Ma Ningning	China	6 June 1993		Jinan, China	17 years, 5 days
5000 m	14:45.71	Song Liqing	China	21 October 1997	Chinese National Games	Shanghai, China	17 years, 274 days
5 km (road)	14:53	Medina Eisa	Ethiopia	30 April 2022	Adizero Road to Records	Herzogenaurach, Germany	17 years, 117 days	^[36]
10000 m	31:11.26	Song Liqing	China	19 October 1997	Chinese National Games	Shanghai, China	17 years, 272 days
Half marathon	1:08:38	Medhin Beyene	Ethiopia	17 November 2019	Boulogne-Billancourt Half Marathon	Boulogne-Billancourt, France	17 years, 226 days	^[37]
Marathon	2:25.15	Sun Weiwei	China	20 October 2002	Beijing Marathon	Beijing, China	16 years, 279 days
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	12.71 (+0.8 m/s)	Kerrica Hill	Jamaica	9 April 2022	ISSA/Grace Kennedy Boys and Girls Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	17 years, 34 days	^[38]
100 m hurdles (83.8 cm)	12.77 (+0.2 m/s)	Kerrica Hill	Jamaica	6 August 2022	World U20 Championships	Cali, Colombia	17 years, 153 days	^[39]^[40]
200 m hurdles	26.68	Sharon Colyear-Danville	Great Britain	16 July 1971		London, United Kingdom	16 years, 85 days
300 m hurdles	40.10	Ebony Collins	United States	4 June 2005		Sacramento, United States	16 years, 85 days
400 m hurdles	54.15	Sydney McLaughlin	United States	10 July 2016	United States Olympic Trials	Eugene, United States	16 years, 338 days	^[41]
2000 m steeplechase	6:07.72	Jolanda Kallabis	Germany	10 September 2022	SWT-Flutlichtmeeting	Trier, Germany	17 years, 204 days	^[42]
3000 m steeplechase	9:24.73	Celliphine Chepteek Chespol	Kenya	14 May 2016	Shanghai Golden Grand Prix	Shanghai, China	17 years, 52 days	^[43]	[2]
High jump	1.96 m	Olga Turchak	Soviet Union	7 September 1984		Donetsk, Soviet Union	17 years, 186 days
		Eleanor Patterson	Australia	7 December 2013	Australian All Schools Championships	Townsville, Australia	17 years, 199 days	^[44]
		Vashti Cunningham	United States	1 August 2015	Pan American Junior Championships	Edmonton, Canada	17 years, 195 days	^[45]
	1.96 m A	Charmaine Weavers	RSA	4 April 1981		Bloemfontein, South Africa	17 years, 36 days
	1.96 m	Angelina Topić	Serbia	26 June 2022	Serbian Championships	Kruševac, Serbia	16 years, 335 days	^[46]	[3]
		Karmen Bruus	Estonia	19 July 2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	17 years, 176 days	^[47]
Pole vault	4.50 m	Lisa Gunnarsson	Sweden	28 May 2016	Meeting National 1	Pézenas, France	16 years, 282 days	^[48]
				25 June 2016	French Championships	Angers, France	16 years, 310 days	^[49]
Long jump	6.91 m (+1.0 m/s)	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	9 August 1981		Jena, East Germany	16 years, 236 days
Triple jump	14.57 m (+0.2 m/s)	Qiuyan Huang	China	19 October 1997	Chinese National Games	Shanghai, China	17 years, 287 days
Shot put (3 kg)	20.52 m	Corrie de Bruin	Netherlands	13 June 1993		Assen, Netherlands	16 years, 230 days
Shot put (4 kg)	19.08 m	Ilke Wyludda	East Germany	9 August 1986		Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany	17 years, 134 days
Discus throw	65.86 m	Ilke Wyludda	East Germany	1 August 1986		Neubrandenburg, East Germany	17 years, 126 days
Hammer throw (3 kg)	76.04 m	Réka Gyurátz	Hungary	23 June 2013		Zalaegerszeg, Hungary	17 years, 23 days
Hammer throw (4 kg)	70.60 m	Wenxiu Zhang	China	5 April 2003		Nanning, China	17 years, 14 days
Javelin throw (500 g)	70.10 m	Adriana Vilagoš	Serbia	14 August 2021	Balkan Youth Championships	Kraljevo, Serbia	17 years, 224 days	^[50]	[4][5]
Javelin throw (600 g)	62.93 m	Xue Juan	China	27 October 2003		Changsha, China	17 years, 259 days
Heptathlon (youth)	6301 pts	Henriette Jæger	Norway	12–13 September 2020		Moss, Norway	17 years, 92 days	^[51]^[52]
	100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m 13.21 (+2.7 m/s) 1.69 m 14.69 m 23.36 (+2.1 m/s) 6.33 m (-1.3 m/s) 35.71 m 2:11.37
Heptathlon (senior)	6185 pts	Shen Shengfei	China	17–18 October 1997	Chinese National Games	Shanghai, China	16 years, 331 days
	14.23 (100 m hurdles), 1.83 m (high jump), 14.37 m (shot put), 24.13 (200 m) / 5.93 m (long jump), 44.50 (javelin), 2:17.81 (800 m)							^[53]
3000 m walk (track)	12:22.2 (ht)	Qin Aihua	China	4 September 2004		Yenking, China	16 years, 306 days
5000 m walk (track)	20:28.05	Tatyana Kalmykova	Russia	12 July 2007	World Youth Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	17 years, 183 days
5 km walk (road)	20:27	Tatyana Kozlova	Russia	28 May 2000		Saransk, Russia	16 years, 269 days
10000 m walk (track)	42:56.09	Gao Hongmiao	China	27 September 1991		Tangshan, China	17 years, 194 days
10 km walk (road)	43:15	Li Hong	China	10 March 1996		Zhuhai, China	16 years, 283 days	^[54]
20000 m walk (track)	1:34:21.56	Wang Xue	China	1 November 2007		Wuhan, China	17 years, 260 days
20 km walk (road)	1:29:24	Anastasiya Kolchina	Russia	11 September 2022		Kostroma, Russia	17 years, 123 days
50000 m walk (track)	5:05:44.7 (ht)	Tatyana Abramzeva	Russia	12 October 2003		Saint Petersburg, Russia
4 × 100 m relay	44.05	Petra Koppetsch Marlies Oelsner Margit Sinzel Christina Brehmer	East Germany	24 August 1975	European Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	17 years, 156 days 17 years, 177 days
4 × 400 m relay	3:36.98	Janet Ravenscroft Evelyn McMeekin Ruth Kennedy Susan Pettett	Great Britain	26 August 1973	European Junior Championships	Duisburg, Germany
Swedish medley relay	2:03.42	Christania Williams Shericka Jackson Chrisann Gordon Olivia James	Jamaica	10 July 2011	World Youth Championships	Lille, France	16 years, 359 days 16 years, 295 days	^[55]^[56]	[6]

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref	Video
4 × 400 m relay	3:19.54	Keshun Reed Lynna Irby Norman Grimes Samantha Watson	United States	19 July 2015	World Youth Championships	Cali, Colombia	17 years, 124 days 16 years, 225 days 17 years, 194 days 15 years, 251 days	^[57]	[7]

Indoor

World Athletics does not keep official "bests" in indoor events for the Youth division.

Boys

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
50 m	5.81	Jeremy Rankin	United States	11 March 2007		Landover, United States	16 years, 169 days
55 m	6.12	Ronald Darby	United States	21 December 2011	Prince George's County Invitational	Landover, United States	17 years, 353 days	^[58]
60 m	6.65	Marcellus Moore	United States	16 February 2019	UK Invitational	Lexington, United States	16 years, 231 days	^[59]
200 m	20.79	Nyckoles Harbor	United States	22 January 2022	Texas Tech Under Armour High School Classic	Lubbock, United States	16 years, 201 days	^[60]
300 m	32.87	Tyrese Cooper	United States	4 February 2017	Armory Track Invitational	New York City, United States	16 years, 320 days	^[61]
400 m	46.01	Tyrese Cooper	United States	10 February 2017	Tyson Invitational	Fayetteville, United States	16 years, 326 days	^[62]
500 m	1:01.88	Tyrese Cooper	United States	14 January 2017	The VA Showcase	Lynchburg, United States	16 years, 299 days	^[63]
800 m	1:48.12	Mohamed Aman	Ethiopia	8 February 2011	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France	17 years, 29 days	^[64]
1000 m	2:24.89	David Fiegen	Luxembourg	4 February 2001		Stuttgart, Germany	16 years, 154 days
1500 m	3:37.61	Melkeneh Azeze	Ethiopia	12 February 2022	PSD Bank Meeting Dortmund	Dortmund, Germany	16 years, 84 days	^[65]
Mile	4:07.87	Alan Webb	United States	12 March 2000		Bloomington, United States	17 years, 59 days
2000 m	4:57.74	Yomif Kejelcha	Ethiopia	28 February 2014	Meeting National en salle de Metz	Metz, France	16 years, 211 days	^[66]^[67]
3000 m	7:42.05	Yomif Kejelcha	Ethiopia	26 January 2014	Meeting National en salle de Bordeaux	Bordeaux, France	16 years, 178 days	^[68]^[69]
5000 m	14:18.42	Lukas Verzbicas	Lithuania	13 March 2009	Boston Indoor Games	Boston, United States	16 years, 66 days
50 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	6.66	Stéphane Caristan	France	25 January 1981		Paris, France	16 years, 239 days
50 m hurdles (99/100 cm)	6.69	Wayne Davis	United States	11 March 2007		Landover, United States	15 years, 201 days
50 m hurdles (106.7 cm)	6.96	Garfield Darien	France	21 February 2004		Aubière, France	16 years, 61 days
60 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	7.48	Ladji Doucouré	France	23 January 2000		Eaubonne, France	16 years, 301 days
		Sasha Zhoya	Australia/  France	24 February 2019	French Youth Indoor Championships (U18)	Liévin, France	16 years, 244 days
60 m hurdles (99/100 cm)	7.62	Wayne Davis	United States	16 March 2008		Landover, United States	16 years, 207 days
60 m hurdles (106.7 cm)	7.75	Yves N'Dabian	France	5 December 1999		Eaubonne, France	16 years, 130 days	^[70]
High jump	2.24 m	Dmitry Kroyter	Israel	14 February 2010		Moscow, Russia	16 years, 361 days
		Danil Lysenko	Russia	6 December 2014	«The Climbing of Everest» meeting	Kineshma, Russia	17 years, 201 days	^[71]^[72]
Pole vault	5.60 m	Matvey Volkov	Russia/  Belarus	12 February 2021	Orlen Cup	Łódź, Poland	16 years, 336 days	^[73]
Long jump	8.12 m	Viktor Kuznyetsov	Ukraine	20 December 2003		Brovary, Ukraine	17 years, 156 days
Triple jump	16.34 m	Martin Lamou	France	27 February 2016	U20 Match Italy-France-Germany	Padova, Italy	16 years, 290 days	^[74]
Shot put (5 kg)	24.24 m	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland	30 December 2014	Chasing the Record Meeting	Spała, Poland	17 years, 288 days	^[75]^[76]
Shot put (6 kg)	20.22 m	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland	19 January 2014	Mityng Kontrolny PZLA	Spała, Poland	16 years, 308 days	^[77]^[78]
Shot put (7.26 kg)	18.49 m	Yuriy Belonog	Ukraine	7 December 1991		Kyiv, Ukraine	17 years, 273 days
Heptathlon (Youth)	5873 pts	Hans-Christian Hausenberg	Estonia	1 March 2015		Tallinn, Estonia	16 years, 164 days	^[79]
	6.97 (60m), 7.52m (long jump), 16.02m (shot put), 1.92m (high jump) / 8.11 (60m hurdles), 4.65m (pole vault), 2:56.46 (1000m)
Heptathlon (Junior)	5517 pts	Ludovic Besson	France	8 February 2015		Reims, France	17 years, 12 days	^[80]
	7.24 (60 m), 6.59 m (long jump), 17.00 m (shot put), 1.84 m (high jump) / 8.15 (60 m hurdles), 4.50 m (pole vault), 2:54.19 (1000 m)
	5592 pts h	Sven Reintak	Estonia	25 February 1980		Kharkiv, Soviet Union	16 years, 253 days
	7.0 (60 m), 6.98 m (long jump), 13.79 m (shot put), 2.06 m (high jump) / 8.2 (60 m hurdles), 4.80 m (pole vault), 2:57.7 (1000 m)
Heptathlon (Senior)	5483 pts	Wang Jianan	China	14 February 2012		Nanjing, China	15 years, 171 days
	6.89 (60 m), 7.64 m (long jump), 9.27 m (shot put), 1.94 m (high jump) / 8.46 (60 m hurdles), 4.80 m (pole vault), 2:58.17 (1000 m)
3000 m walk	11:30.0 h	Damir Yangayev	Russia	1 March 1998		Insar, Russia	16 years, 344 days
5000 m walk	19:30.08	Yevgeniy Shmalyuk	Russia	25 December 1993		Saint Petersburg, Russia	17 years, 345 days
4 × 200 m relay	1:26.09	Long Beach Polytechnic High School Isaiah Green Vincent Joseph Travon Patterson Bryshon Nellum	United States	13 March 2005	National Scholastic Indoor Championships	New York City, United States	15 years, 215 days 17 years, 52 days 16 years, 174 days 15 years, 316 days	^[81]^[82]
4 × 400 m relay	3:23.04	Zebulon B. Vance TC, Charlotte Lamar Johnson Erin Jenkins Cameron Tate Jarrett Samuels	United States	14 March 2010	Nike Indoor Nationals	Boston, United States		^[83]

Girls

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
50 m	6.28	Victoria Jordan	United States	11 March 2007		Landover, Maryland, United States	17 years, 13 days
55 m	6.68 A	Aleisha Latimer	United States	19 January 1996		Boulder, United States	16 years, 291 days	^[84]
60 m	7.18	Shawnti Jackson	United States	29 January 2022	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	16 years, 272 days	^[85]
200 m	23.15	Irene Ekelund	Sweden	17 February 2013	National Championships	Norrköping, Sweden	15 years, 346 days	^[86]
300 m	37.38	Kayla Davis	United States	18 January 2020	The VA Showcase	Lynchburg, United States	16 years, 28 days	^[87]
400 m	51.84	Sydney McLaughlin	United States	13 March 2016	New Balance Nationals Indoor	New York City, United States	16 years, 219 days	^[88]
500 m	1:11.44	Devon Williams	United States	26 December 2004	MAC Holiday Classic	New York City, United States	15 years, 211 days	^[89]
600 m	1:23.57	Athing Mu	United States	24 February 2019	USA Track & Field Indoor Championships	New York City, United States	16 years, 261 days	^[90]
800 m	2:00.58	Sophia Gorriaran	United States	11 February 2022	BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational	Boston, United States	16 years, 236 days	^[91]
1000 m	2:41.53	Roisin Willis	United States	20 February 2021	CYUP Misfits Invitational	Chicago, United States	16 years, 198 days	^[92]
1500 m	4:08.47	Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia	6 February 2014	XL Galan	Stockholm, Sweden	17 years, 25 days	^[93]
Mile	4:28.25	Mary Cain	United States	16 February 2013	Millrose Games	New York, United States	16 years, 289 days	^[94]
2000 m	6:08.9 h	Daniela Fetcere	Latvia	27 January 2006		Riga, Latvia	15 years, 152 days
3000 m	8:46.01	Gotytom Gebreslase	Ethiopia	4 February 2012		Boston, United States	17 years, 20 days
Two miles	9:38.68	Mary Cain	United States	2 February 2013	New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	Boston, United States	16 years, 275 days	^[95]
5000 m	15:37.12	Katelyn Tuohy	United States	20 January 2018	Virginia Showcase	Lynchburg, United States	15 years, 308 days	^[96]
50 m hurdles (84 cm)	6.95	Candy Young	United States	3 February 1979		Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	16 years, 258 days
60 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	8.10	Cyréna Samba-Mayela	France	11 February 2017	French U18/U20 Championships	Nantes, France	16 years, 103 days	^[97]
60 m hurdles (84 cm)	8.05	Grace Stark	United States	11 March 2018	New Balance Nationals Indoor	New York City, United States	16 years, 309 days	^[98]
High jump	1.96 m	Yaroslava Mahuchikh	Ukraine	22 December 2018		Minsk, Belarus	17 years, 94 days	^[99]
Pole vault	4.50 m	Amanda Moll	United States	27 February 2022	USA Championships	Spokane, United States	17 years, 27 days	^[100]
Long jump	6.61 m	Anu Kaljurand	Soviet Union	1 February 1986		Leningrad, Soviet Union	16 years, 291 days
Triple jump	14.09 m	Wang Rong	China	7 March 2013	National Indoor Grand Prix	Nanjing, China	16 years, 249 days	^[101]^[102]
Shot put (3 kg)	19.40 m	Emel Dereli	Turkey	15 December 2012		Izmir, Turkey	16 years, 294 days
Shot put (4 kg)	17.58 m	Emel Dereli	Turkey	28 December 2013	Salon Rekor Deneme Yarışları	Istanbul, Turkey	17 years, 306 days	^[103]^[104]
Pentathlon (Youth)	4371 pts	María Vicente	Spain	10 March 2018	Spanish Indoor Championships	Antequera, Spain	16 years, 347 days	^[105]
	8.33 (60 m hurdles), 1.75 m (high jump), 13.06 m (shot put), 6.11 m (long jump), 2:22.77 (800 m)
3000 m walk (track)	12:05.6 h	Lyudmila Yefimkina	Russia	1 March 1998		Insar, Russia	16 years, 191 days
4 × 200 m relay	1:38.77	SC Berlin Anja Schmitz Nadja Hack Carola Otto Silke Breckenfelder	Germany	17 February 1991		Dortmund, Germany
		Belgium Scholier Imke Vervaet Justien Grillet Camille Laus Kimberley Efonye	Belgium	20 February 2010	ADMB-Jeugdaflossingsmeeting	Ghent, Belgium		^[106]
4 × 400 m relay	3:46.31	Motor City TC Johnyce Powell Carlita Taylor Jayla Fleming Anna Jefferson	United States	16 March 2014	New Balance Nationals Indoor	New York City, United States	17 years, 74 days 15 years, 74 days 17 years, 74 days 16 years, 74 days	^[107]

See also

• IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics
• Youth (athletics)

Notes

1. ^ Though sometimes called "world youth records", they are not officially recognized or ratified as such by any body. World Athletics refers to them as World Youth Bests (WYB) or World Youth Best Performances instead.

1. Williams later tested positive for the banned substance hydrochlorothiazide and her results from the championships were nullified.

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