Athletics at the Youth Olympic Games

Athletics has featured as a sport at the Youth Olympic Summer Games since its first edition in 2010. The Youth Olympic Games are multi-sport event and the games are held every four years just like the Olympic Games. Athletes under the age of 18 can participate in the Games. This age group corresponds with the youth category of athletics competition.

Summer Games

Edition	Year	Games	Location
I	2010	Summer Youth Olympic Games	Singapore
II	2014	Summer Youth Olympic Games	Nanjing
III	2018	Summer Youth Olympic Games	Buenos Aires
IV	2023	Summer Youth Olympic Games

Youth Olympic Games Records

Boys

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Games	Place
100 m	10.42	Odane Skeen	Jamaica	2010 Games	Singapore
200 m	20.80	Noah Lyles	United States	2014 Games	Nanjing
400 m	46.31	Martin Manley	Jamaica	2014 Games	Nanjing
800 m	1:49.14	Myles Marshall	United States	2014 Games	Nanjing
1500 m	3:41.99	Gilbert Soet	Kenya	2014 Games	Nanjing
3000 m	7:56.20	Yomif Kejelcha Atomsa	Ethiopia	2014 Games	Nanjing
110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	12.96	Jaheel Hyde	Jamaica	2014 Games	Nanjing
400 m hurdles (84.0 cm)	50.61	Xu Zhihang	China	2014 Games	Nanjing
2000 m steeplechase	5:37.63	Peter Matheka Mutuku	Kenya	2010 Games	Singapore
10 km Race Walk	42:03.64	Minoru Onogawa	Japan	2014 Games	Nanjing
High jump	2.20 m	Danil Lysenko	Russia	2014 Games	Nanjing
Pole vault	5.10 m	Noel-Aman del Cierro Vilalta	Spain	2014 Games	Nanjing
Long jump	7.69 m	Caio Cezar dos Santos	Brazil	2010 Games	Singapore
Triple jump	16.37 m	Radame Fabar Sanchez	Cuba	2010 Games	Singapore
Shot put (5 kg)	23.23 m	Krzysztof Brzozowski	Poland	2010 Games	Singapore
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	64.14 m	Cheng Yulong	China	2014 Games	Nanjing
Hammer throw (5 kg)	82.65 m	Hlib Piskunov	China	2014 Games	Nanjing
Javelin throw (700 g)	81.78 m	Braian Toledo	Argentina	2010 Games	Singapore

Girls

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Games	Place
100 m	11.58	Josephine Omaka	Nigeria	2010 Games	Singapore
200 m	23.46	Nkiruka Florence Nwakwe	Nigeria	2010 Games	Singapore
400 m	52.50	Jessica Thornton	Australia	2014 Games	Nanjing
800 m	2:04.90	Martha Bissah	Ghana	2014 Games	Nanjing
1500 m	4:15.38	Kokeb Tesfaye Alemu	Ethiopia	2014 Games	Nanjing
3000 m	9:01.58	Nozomi Musembi Takamatsu	Japan	2014 Games	Nanjing
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	13.34	Ekaterina Bleskina	Russia	2010 Games	Singapore
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	13.34	Laura Valette	France	2014 Games	Nanjing
400 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	57.91	Gezelle Magerman	South Africa	2014 Games	Nanjing
2000 m steeplechase	6:22.67	Rosefline Chepngetich	Kenya	2014 Games	Nanjing
5 km Race Walk	22:22.08	Ma Zhenxia	China	2014 Games	Nanjing
High jump	1.89 m	Maria Kuchina	Russia	2010 Games	Singapore
High jump	1.89 m	Yuliya Levchenko	Ukraine	2014 Games	Nanjing
Pole vault	4.36 m	Angelica Moser	Switzerland	2014 Games	Nanjing
Long jump	6.40 m	Lena Malkus	Germany	2010 Games	Singapore
Triple jump	13.56 m	Khadijatou Sagnia	Sweden	2010 Games	Singapore
Shot put (3 kg)	18.95 m	Alena Bugakova	Russia	2014 Games	Nanjing
Discus throw (1 kg)	55.49 m	Shanice Craft	Germany	2010 Games	Singapore
Hammer throw (3 kg)	68.35 m	Xu Xinying	China	2014 Games	Nanjing
Javelin throw (500 g)	59.52 m	Hanna Tarasiuk	Belarus	2014 Games	Nanjing

Sports at the Youth Olympic Games

Summer Youth Olympics	Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Beach volleyball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rowing Rugby sevens Sailing Shooting Swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling

Winter Youth Olympics	Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing Curling Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Short track speed skating Skeleton Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating

International junior and youth athletics competitions

World

Regional

Under-23	Europe North America, Central America and Caribbean South America

Junior	Africa Arab Asia CARIFTA Games Central America and Caribbean Central America Europe Leeward Islands Oceania Pan American South America

Youth	Africa Arab Asia CARIFTA Games Central American and Caribbean Central America Europe Gulf CC Oceania Pan American South America

Under-16	Central American and Caribbean Central American Dutch Caribbean Leeward Islands

Games

Asian Youth Games
African Youth Games
Commonwealth Youth Games
CPLP Games
European Youth Olympic Festival

See also: World records: Junior; Youth

Athletics at multi-sport events

World events	Olympic Games Paralympic Games Youth Olympics Goodwill Games Military World Games Universiade

Asia	Asian Games Asian Indoor Games Asian Para Games Asian Youth Games Regional Games: West Central East Southeast South ASEAN Para Games ASEAN University Games ASEAN School Games National Games of China Far Eastern Championship Games

Africa	All-Africa Games Central African Games African Youth Games

North America	Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games

South America	South American Games Bolivarian Games

Oceania	Pacific Games Pacific Mini Games Micronesian Games

Europe	European Games European Youth Olympic Festival Island Games Games of the Small States of Europe

Community	Afro-Asian Games ALBA Games Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Youth Games Friendship Games Inter-Allied Games Islamic Solidarity Games Jeux de la Francophonie Lusophony Games Maccabiah Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Parapan American Games Pan Arab Games

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