Junior world records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performance of an athlete before the year of their 20th birthday. Technically, in all under 20 age divisions, the age is calculated "on December 31 of the year of competition"[1] to avoid age group switching during a competitive season.
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Key: Awaiting ratification
Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Meet | Place | Age | Ref | Video |
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100 m | 10.01 (0.0 m/s) | Darrel Brown | Trinidad and Tobago | 24 August 2003 | World Championships | Saint-Denis, France | 18 years, 317 days | [2] | [1] |
10.01 (+1.6 m/s) | Jeffery Demps | United States | 28 June 2008 | U.S. Olympic Trials | Eugene, United States | 18 years, 172 days | [3] | [2] | |
200 m | 19.93 (+1.4 m/s) | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 11 April 2004 | CARIFTA Games | Devonshire, Bermuda | 17 years, 234 days | [3] | |
400 m | 43.87 | Steve Lewis | United States | 28 September 1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 19 years, 135 days | [4] | |
800 m | 1:42.69 | Abubaker Kaki | Sudan | 6 June 2008 | Bislett Games | Oslo, Norway | 18 years, 351 days | ||
1000 m | 2:13.93 | Abubaker Kaki | Sudan | 22 July 2008 | DN Galan | Stockholm, Sweden | 19 years, 31 days | [4] | |
1000 m | 2:15.00 | Benjamin Kipkurui | Kenya | 17 July 1999 | Nice, France | 18 years, 201 days | |||
1500 m | 3:30.24 | Cornelius Chirchir | Kenya | 19 July 2002 | Herculis | Fontvieille, Monaco | 19 years, 44 days | ||
Mile | 3:49.29 | William Biwott Tanui | Kenya | 3 July 2009 | Bislett Games | Oslo, Norway | 19 years, 120 days | ||
2000 m | 4:56.25 | Tesfaye Cheru | Ethiopia | 5 July 2011 | Pro Athlé Tour Meeting International Reims Champagne-Ardenne | Reims, France | [5][6] | ||
3000 m | 7:28.79 | Augustine Choge | Kenya | 13 May 2005 | Doha, Qatar | 18 years, 112 days | |||
5000 m | 12:52.61 | Eliud Kipchoge | Kenya | 27 June 2003 | Bislett Games | Oslo, Norway | 18 years, 234 days | ||
10000 m | 26:41.75 | Samuel Wanjiru | Kenya | 26 August 2005 | Memorial Van Damme | Brussels, Belgium | 18 years, 289 days | ||
3000 m steeplechase | 7:58.66 | Stephen Cherono | Kenya | 24 August 2001 | Memorial Van Damme | Brussels, Belgium | 18 years, 313 days | ||
110 m hurdles (99.0 cm) | 13.08 (+2.0 m/s) | Wayne Davis | United States | 31 July 2009 | Pan American Junior Championships | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 17 years, 343 days | [5] | |
400 m hurdles | 48.02 | Danny Harris | United States | 17 June 1984 | U.S. Olympic Trials | Los Angeles, United States | 18 years, 284 days | [6] | |
High jump | 2.37 m | Dragutin Topic | Yugoslavia | 12 August 1990 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 19 years, 153 days | |||
Steve Smith | Great Britain | 20 September 1992 | Seoul, South Korea | 19 years, 175 days | |||||
Pole vault | 5.80 m | Maksim Tarasov | Soviet Union | 14 July 1989 | Bryansk, USSR | 18 years, 224 days | |||
Raphael Holzdeppe | Germany | 28 June 2008 | Biberach, Germany | 18 years, 274 days | |||||
Long jump | 8.34 m (0.0 m/s) | Randy Williams | United States | 8 September 1972 | Olympic Games | Munich, West Germany | 19 years, 16 days | ||
Triple jump | 17.50 m (+0.3 m/s) | Volker Mai | East Germany | 23 June 1985 | Erfurt, East Germany | 19 years, 51 days | |||
Shot put (6 kg) | 22.73 m | David Storl | Germany | 15 July 2009 | Osterode am Harz, Germany | 18 years, 353 days | [7] | ||
Shot put (7.26 kg) [7] | 20.65 m | Mike Carter | United States | 4 July 1979 | Boston, United States | 18 years, 248 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) [8] | 65.62 m | Werner Reiterer | Australia | 15 December 1987 | Melbourne, Australia | 19 years, 322 days | |||
Hammer throw (6 kg) | 82.93 m | Javier Cienfuegos | Spain | 17 June 2009 | Madrid, Spain | 18 years, 335 days | |||
Hammer throw (7.26 kg) [9] | 78.33 m | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen | Finland | 5 August 1999 | Seinäjoki, Finland | 18 years, 335 days | |||
Javelin throw (800 g) | 84.69 m | Zigismunds Sirmais | Latvia | 22 June 2011 | Bauska, Latvia | 19 years, 47 days | [10] | ||
Decathlon | 8397 pts | Torsten Voss | East Germany | 6–7 July 1982 | Erfurt, East Germany | 19 years, 45 days | |||
10.76 (100 m), 7.66 m (long jump), 14.41 m (shot put), 2.09 m (high jump), 48.37 (400 m) / 14.37 (110 m hurdles), 41.76 m (discus), 4.80 m (pole vault), 62.90 m (javelin), 4:34.04 (1500 m) |
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10000 m walk (track) | 38:46.4 | Viktor Burayev | Russia | 19 May 2000 | Moscow, Russia | 17 years, 270 days | |||
10 km walk (road) | 37:44 | Wang Zhen | China | 18 September 2010 | Beijing, PR China | 19 years, 25 days | [11] | ||
4 x 100 metres relay | 38.66 | Trell Kimmons Abidemi Omole Ivory Williams LaShawn Merritt |
United States | 18 July 2004 | World Junior Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 18 years, 355 days 19 years, 77 days 18 years, 21 days |
19 years, 5 days||
4 x 400 metres relay | 3:01.09 | Brandon Johnson LaShawn Merritt Jason Craig Kerron Clement |
United States | 18 July 2004 | World Junior Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 18 years, 21 days 19 years, 191 days 18 years, 261 days |
19 years, 138 days
Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Meet | Place | Age | Ref | Video |
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100 m | 10.88 (+2.0 m/s) | Marlies Göhr | East Germany | 1 July 1977 | Dresden, East Germany | 19 years, 102 days | |||
200 m | 22.18 (+0.8 m/s) | Allyson Felix | United States | 25 August 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 18 years, 281 days | [8] | |
400 m | 49.42 | Grit Breuer | Germany | 27 August 1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 19 years, 192 days | ||
800 m | 1:54.01 | Pamela Jelimo | Kenya | 29 August 2008 | Weltklasse Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 18 years, 268 days | [9] | |
1000 m | 2:35.4 | Irina Nikitina | Soviet Union | 5 August 1979 | Podolsk, USSR | ||||
Katrin Wühn | East Germany | 12 July 1984 | Potsdam, East Germany | ||||||
1500 m | 3:51.34 | Lang Yinglai | China | 18 October 1997 | Chinese National Games | Shanghai, PR China | 18 years, 57 days | ||
Mile | 4:17.57 | Zola Budd | Great Britain | 21 August 1985 | Weltklasse Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | 19 years, 87 days | ||
3000 m | 8:28.83 | Zola Budd | Great Britain | 7 September 1985 | Rome, Italy | 19 years, 104 days | |||
Two miles | 9:29.6+ (ht) [WB] | Zola Budd | Great Britain | 9 June 1985 | London, United Kingdom | 19 years, 14 days | |||
5000 m | 14:30.88 | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | 11 June 2004 | Bergen, Norway | 18 years, 254 days | |||
10000 m | 30:26.50 | Linet Masai | Kenya | 15 August 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, PR China | 18 years, 254 days | ||
2000 m steeplechase | 6:11.83 [WJB] | Korahubish Itaa | Ethiopia | 10 July 2009 | World Youth Championships | Brixen, Italy | 17 years, 132 days | ||
3000 m steeplechase | 9:20.37 | Birtukan Adamu | Ethiopia | 26 May 2011 | Golden Gala | Rome, Italy | 19 years, 27 days | [12][13] | |
100 m hurdles | 12.84 (+1.5 m/s) | Aliuska López | Cuba | 16 July 1987 | Summer Universiade | Zagreb, Croatia | 17 years, 321 days | ||
400 m hurdles | 54.40 | Wang Xing | China | 21 October 2005 | Nanjing, China | ||||
High jump | 2.01 m | Olga Turchak | Soviet Union | 7 July 1986 | Moscow, USSR | 19 years, 124 days | |||
Heike Balck | East Germany | 18 June 1989 | Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany | 18 years, 303 days | |||||
Pole vault | 4.57 m | Angelica Bengtsson | Sweden | 23 August 2011 | European Junior Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 18 years, 15 days | [14] | |
Long jump | 7.14 m (+1.1 m/s) | Heike Drechsler | East Germany | 4 June 1983 | Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | ||||
Triple jump | 14.62 m (+1.0 m/s) | Tereza Marinova | Bulgaria | 25 August 1996 | Sydney, Australia | ||||
Shot put | 20.54 m | Astrid Kumbernuss | East Germany | 1 July 1989 | Orimattila, Finland | ||||
Discus throw | 74.40 m | Ilke Wyludda | East Germany | 13 September 1988 | East Berlin, East Germany | ||||
Hammer throw | 73.24 m | Zhang Wenxiu | China | 24 July 2005 | Changsha, PR China | 19 years, 124 days | |||
Javelin throw | 63.01 m | Vira Rebryk | Ukraine | 10 July 2008 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 19 years, 136 days | |||
Heptathlon | 6542 pts | Carolina Klüft | Sweden | 9–10 August 2002 | München, Germany | 19 years, 189 days | |||
13.33 (100 m hurdles), 1.89 m (high jump), 13.16 m (shot put), 23.71 (200 m) / 6.36 m (long jump), 47.61 m (javelin), 2:17.99 (800 m) | |||||||||
10000 m walk (track) | 42:59.48 | Elena Lashmanova | Russia | 21 July 2011 | European Junior Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | [15] | ||
42:43 (ht) | Svetlana Vasilyeva | Russia | 27 February 2011 | Russian Winter Walking Championships | Sochi, Russia | 18 years, 218 days | [16] | ||
10 km walk (road) | 41:57 | Gao Hongmiao | China | 8 September 1993 | Chinese National Games | Beijing, PR China | 19 years, 144 days | ||
4 x 100 metres relay | 43.29 | Bianca Knight Jeneba Tarmoh Elizabeth Olear Gabrielle Mayo |
United States | 8 August 2006 | Eugene, United States | ||||
4 x 400 metres relay | 3:27.60 | Alexandria Anderson Ashlee Kidd Stephanie Smith Natasha Hastings |
United States | 18 July 2004 | World Junior Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 17 years, 361 days |
Key:' Awaiting ratification
Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Meet | Place | Age | Ref | Video |
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60 m | 6.51 | Mark Lewis-Francis | Great Britain | 11 March 2001 | World Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 18 years, 188 days | [17] | |
200 m | 20.37 | Walter Dix | United States | 11 March 2005 | Fayetteville, United States | 19 years, 39 days | |||
400 m | 44.80 | Kirani James | Grenada | 27 February 2011 | SEC Championships | Fayetteville, United States | 18 years, 179 days | [18][19] | [10] |
800 m | 1:44.35 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | Russia | 30 January 2000 | Dortmund, Germany | 18 years, 293 days | |||
1000 m | 2:15.77 | Abubaker Kaki | Sudan | 21 February 2008 | Stockholm, Sweden | 18 years, 245 days | |||
1500 m | 3:36.28 | Belal Mansoor Ali | Bahrain | 20 February 2007 | Stuttgart, Germany | 18 years, 126 days | |||
Mile | 3:55.02 | German Fernandez | United States | 28 February 2009 | College Station, United States | 18 years, 118 days | |||
3000 m | 7:37.50 | Isaiah Kiplangat Koech | Kenya | 13 February 2011 | Indoor Flanders Meeting | Ghent, Belgium | 17 years, 56 days | [20][21] | |
5000 m | 12:53.29 | Isaiah Kiplangat Koech | Kenya | 11 February 2011 | PSD Bank Meeting | Düsseldorf, Germany | 17 years, 54 days | [22][23] | [11] |
60 m hurdles | 7.50 | Konstadinos Douvalidis | Greece | 11 February 2006 | Athens, Greece | 18 years, 338 days | |||
High jump | 2.35 m | Vladimir Yashchenko | Soviet Union | 12 March 1978 | European Championships | Milan, Italy | 19 years, 59 days | ||
Pole vault | 5.68 m | Raphael Holzdeppe | Germany | 1 March 2008 | Halle, Germany | 18 years, 155 days | |||
Long jump | 8.22 m | Viktor Kuznetsov | Ukraine | 22 January 2005 | Brovary, Ukraine | 18 years, 192 days | |||
Triple jump | 17.14 m | Volker Mai | East Germany | 2 March 1985 | European Championships | Athens, Greece | 18 years, 303 days | ||
Shot put (6 kg) | 22.35 m | David Storl | Germany | 20 December 2009 | Rochlitz, Germany | 19 years, 146 days | |||
Shot put (7.26 kg) [24] | 21.05 m | Terry Albritton | United States | 22 February 1974 | New York City, United States | 19 years, 39 days | |||
Heptathlon | 5984 pts | Eusebio Caceres | Spain | 7 March 2010 | San Sebastián, Spain | 18 years, 178 days | |||
6.94 (60 m), 7.96 m (long jump), 13.19 m (shot put), 1.96 m (high jump) / 7.90 m (60 m hurdles), 4.60 m (pole vault), 2:51.42 (1000 m) |
Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Meet | Place | Age | Ref | Video |
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60 m | 7.09 | Joan Uduak Ekah | Nigeria | 7 March 1999 | World Championships | Maebashi, Japan | 18 years, 81 days | ||
200 m | 22.40 | Bianca Knight | United States | 14 March 2008 | NCAA Division I Championships | Fayetteville, United States | 19 years, 72 days | ||
400 m | 50.82 | Sanya Richards | United States | 13 March 2004 | NCAA Division I Championships | Fayetteville, United States | 18 years, 292 days | ||
800 m | 2:01.03 | Meskerem Legesse | Ethiopia | 14 February 2004 | Fayetteville, United States | 17 years, 139 days | |||
1000 m | 2:40.1 (ht) | Diana Richburg | United States | 7 December 1982 | New London, United States | 19 years, 158 days | |||
1500 m | 4:03.28 | Kalkidan Gezahegne | Ethiopia | 10 February 2010 | GE Galan | Stockholm, Sweden | 18 years, 278 days | ||
Mile | 4:24.10 | Kalkidan Gezahegne | Ethiopia | 20 February 2010 | Aviva Indoor Grand Prix | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 18 years, 288 days | ||
3000 m | 8:33.56 | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | 20 February 2004 | Aviva Indoor Grand Prix | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 18 years, 142 days | ||
5000 m | 14:53.99 | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | 31 January 2004 | Boston Indoor Games | Boston, United States | 18 years, 122 days | ||
60 m hurdles | 8.06 | Ulrike Denk | West Germany | 19 February 1983 | Dortmund, West Germany | 18 years, 285 days | |||
Monique Ewanjé-Epée | France | 22 February 1986 | Madrid, Spain | 18 years, 226 days | |||||
High jump | 1.97 m | Mariya Kuchina | Russia | 26 January 2011 | 7th Moravia High Jump Tour | Třinec, Czech Republic | 18 years, 12 days | [25] | [12] |
Pole vault | 4.63 m | Angelica Bengtsson | Sweden | 22 February 2011 | XL Galan | Stockholm, Sweden | 17 years, 229 days | [26][27] | [13] |
Long jump | 6.88 m | Heike Daute | East Germany | 1 February 1983 | East Berlin, East Germany | 18 years, 47 days | |||
Triple jump | 14.37 m | Ran Ruiping | China | 11 March 1995 | Barcelona, Spain | 19 years, 38 days | |||
Shot put | 20.51 m | Heidi Krieger | East Germany | 8 February 1984 | Budapest, Hungary | 18 years, 203 days | |||
Pentathlon | 4535 pts | Carolina Klüft | Sweden | 1 March 2002 | Vienna, Austria | 19 years, 27 days | |||
8.49 (60 m hurdles), 1.81 m (high jump), 12.71 m (shot put), 6.24 m (long jump), 2:14.95 (800 m) |
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