List of world youth bests in athletics

World youth bests 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. The International Association of Athletics Federations (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.

Outdoor

Boys

Key:       Awaiting approval       "Best" not kept by IAAF

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref	Video
100 m	10.19 (+0.5 m/s)	Yoshihide Kiryu	Japan	3 November 2012	Ecopa Track Games	Fukuroi, Japan	16 years, 324 days	[1]
	10.19 nw	Retshidisitswe Mlenga	South Africa	4 March 2016		Germiston, South Africa	16 years, 6 days
200 m	20.13 (0.0 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	20 July 2003	Pan American Junior Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	16 years, 333 days
300 m	33.16	Paul Greene	Australia	26 January 1989		Canberra, Australia	16 years, 48 days
400 m	45.14	Obea Moore	United States	2 September 1995	Pan American Junior Athletics Championships	Santiago, Chile	16 years, 235 days
600 m	1:18.3 (ht)	Predrag Melnjak	Yugoslavia	12 January 1986		Rijeka, Yugoslavia	16 years, 301 days
800 m	1:43.37	Mohamed Aman	Ethiopia	10 September 2011	Rieti Meeting	Rieti, Italy	17 years, 243 days	[2][3]
1000 m	2:17.44	Hamza Driouch	Qatar	9 August 2011	Formtoppningen & Kastkvitter	Sollentuna, Sweden	16 years, 266 days	[4][5]
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 Songok	Kenya	20 August 2001		Linz, Austria	17 years, 117 days
2000 m	4:56.86	Isaac Songok	Kenya	31 August 2001	ISTAF	Berlin, Germany	17 years, 128 days
3000 m	7:32.37	Abreham Cherkos	Ethiopia	11 July 2006		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 Jeylan	Ethiopia	25 August 2006	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	17 years, 74 days
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, PR China	17 years, 225 days
110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	12.96 (+1.3 m/s)	Jaheel Hyde	Jamaica	23 August 2014	Youth Olympic Games	Nanjing, China	17 years, 202 days	[6]
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)	13.43 (+1.9 m/s)	Shi Dongpeng	China	6 May 2001		Shanghai, China	17 years, 120 days
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)	49.01	William Wynne	United States	15 July 2007	World Youth Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	17 years, 166 days
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	[7]
3000 m steeplechase	8:17.28	Jonathan Ndiku	Kenya	13 July 2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	16 years, 299 days
High jump	2.33 m	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	19 May 1985		Havana, Cuba	17 years, 218 days
Pole vault	5.51 m	Germán Chiaraviglio	Argentina	1 May 2004		Porto Alegre, Brazil	17 years, 15 days
Long jump	8.25 m (+1.9 m/s)	Luis Bueno	Cuba	28 September 1986	Ibero-American Championships	Havana, Cuba	17 years, 129 days
Triple jump	17.24 m (+0.7 m/s)	Lázaro Martínez	Cuba	1 February 2014		Havana, Cuba	16 years, 90 days	[8]
Shot put (5 kg)	24.45 m	Jacko Gill	New Zealand	11 December 2011		Auckland, New Zealand	16 years, 327 days	[9][10]
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	[11]
Shot put (7.26 kg)	20.38 m	Jacko Gill	New Zealand	5 December 2011		North Shore City, New Zealand	16 years, 350 days	[12][13]
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	77.50 m	Mykyta Nesterenko	Ukraine	19 May 2008		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)	87.16 m	Bence Halász	Hungary	31 May 2014	European Youth Olympic Trials	Baku, Azerbaijan	16 years, 300 days	[14]
Hammer throw (6 kg)	85.57 m	Ashraf Amgad Elseify	Qatar	14 July 2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	17 years, 145 days	[15]
Hammer throw (7.26 kg)	73.66 m	Vladislav Piskunov	Ukraine	11 June 1994		Kiev, Ukraine	16 years, 4 days
Javelin throw (700 g)	89.34 m	Braian Toledo	Argentina	6 March 2010		Mar del Plata, Argentina	16 years, 179 days	[16][17]
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	[18][19]
	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)	7864 pts	Cedric Dubler	Australia	29–30 September 2012		Townsville, Australia	17 years, 261 days
	11.03 (+0.9 m/s) (100 m), 7.36 m (+0.8 m/s) (long jump), 13.73 m (shot put / 5 kg), 2.04 m (high jump), 49.66 (400 m) / 14.12 (+0.3 m/s) (110 m hurdles / 91.4 cm), 46.44 m (discus / 1,5 kg), 4.60 m (pole vault), 47.87 m (javelin), 4:48.99 (1500 m)
Decathlon (Senior)	8104 pts (ht)	Valter Külvet	Soviet Union	22–23 August 1981		Viimsi, Soviet Union	17 years, 185 days
	10.7w (ht) (100 m), 7.26 mw (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	Soviet Union	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 (ht)	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, PR China	15 years, 248 days	[20]
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, PR China	15 years, 163 days
4×100 m relay	40.03	Winston Smith Michael Frater Davaon Spence Omar Brown	Jamaica	18 July 1999	World Youth Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	16 years, 238 days 16 years, 285 days 17 years, 27 days
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
Medley relay	1:49.23	Waseem Williams Michael O'Hara Okeen Williams Martin Manley	Jamaica	14 July 2013	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine		[21]

Girls

Key:       Awaiting approval       "Best" not kept by IAAF

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, 130 days	[22]
200 m	22.43 (−0.7 m/s)	Candace Hill	United States	19 July 2015	World Youth Championships	Cali, Colombia	16 years, 158 days	[23]
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	2:38.58	Josephine White	Great Britain	9 September 1977		London, United Kingdom	17 years, 246 days
1500 m	3:54.52	Ling Zhang	China	18 October 1997	Chinese National Games	Shanghai, PR 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, PR China	17 years, 5 days
5000 m	14:45.71	Song Liqing	China	21 October 1997	Chinese National Games	Shanghai, PR China	17 years, 274 days
10000 m	31:11.26	Song Liqing	China	19 October 1997	Chinese National Games	Shanghai, PR China	17 years, 272 days
Half marathon	1:10:30	Tsegereda Girma	Ethiopia	13 March 2011	CPC Loop Den Haag	The Hague, Netherlands	15 years, 286 days	[24]
Marathon	2:25.15	Sun Weiwei	China	20 October 2002	Beijing Marathon	Beijing, China	16 years, 279 days
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	12.94 (0.0 m/s)	Yanique Thompson	Jamaica	11 July 2013	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine	17 years, 121 days	[25]
100 m hurdles (84 cm)	12.95 (+1.5 m/s)	Candy Young	United States	16 June 1979	USA Championships	Walnut, United States	17 years, 26 days
200 m hurdles	26.68	Sharon Colyear-Danville	Great Britain	16 July 1971		London, United Kingdom	16 years, 85 days
300 m hurdles	40.18	Leslie Maxie	United States	26 May 1984		Berkeley, United States	17 years, 143 days
400 m hurdles	55.20	Leslie Maxie	United States	9 June 1984	USA Championships	San Jose, United States	17 years, 157 days
2000 m steeplechase	6:11.83	Korahubish Itaa	Ethiopia	10 July 2009	World Youth Championships	Brixen, Italy	17 years, 132 days
3000 m steeplechase	9:28.36	Tigist Getnet	Ethiopia	12 July 2014	Glasgow Grand Prix	Glasgow, Great Britain	17 years, 5 days	[26]
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	[27]
		Vashti Cunningham	United States	1 August 2015	Pan American Junior Championships	Edmonton, Canada	17 years, 195 days	[28]
	1.96 m A	Charmaine Gale-Weavers	South Africa	4 April 1981		Bloemfontein, South Africa	17 years, 36 days
Pole vault	4.47 m	Angelica Bengtsson	Sweden	22 May 2010	European Youth Olympic Trials	Moscow, Russia	16 years, 318 days	[29]
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	Reka Gyuratz	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)	61.97 m	Yu Yuzhen	China	8 May 2015	Asian Youth Championships	Doha, Qatar		[30]
Javelin throw (600 g)	62.93 m	Juan Xue	China	27 October 2003		Changsha, China	17 years, 259 days
Heptathlon (youth)	6014 pts	Sarah Lagger	Austria	16–17 May 2015	Styrian Open Championships	Leibnitz, Austria	15 years, 256 days	[31]
	13.91 (+1.3 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 1.71 m (high jump), 14.09 m (shot put/3 kg), 25.07 (0.0 m/s) (200 m) / 6.02 m (-0.2 m/s) (long jump), 46.59 m (javelin/500 g), 2:19.85 (800 m)
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)							[32]
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	[33]
20000 m walk (track)	1:34:21.56	Wang Xue	China	1 November 2007		Wuhan, China	17 years, 260 days
20 km walk (road)	1:30:35	Zhou Tongmei	China	23 April 2005		Cixi City, China	17 years, 19 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
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
Medley relay	2:03.42	Christania Williams Shericka Jackson Chrisann Gordon Olivia James	Jamaica	10 July 2011	World Youth Championships	Lille, France		[34][35]

Indoor

The IAAF 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
60 m	6.67 A	Jeremy Rankin	United States	16 February 2007		Golden, United States	16 years, 146 days
200 m	21.13	Guy-Elphège Anouman	France	19 February 2011	French Championships	Aubière, France	16 years, 251 days	[36][37][38]
		Thomas Somers	United Kingdom	2 March 2014	England Athletics U20 Championships	Sheffield, United Kingdom	16 years, 308 days	[39][40]
400 m	46.84	William Reed	United States	22 February 1986		Boston, United States	15 years, 327 days
800 m	1:48.12	Mohamed Aman	Ethiopia	8 February 2011	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France	17 years, 29 days	[41]
1000 m	2:24.89	David Fiegen	Luxembourg	4 February 2001		Stuttgart, Germany	16 years, 154 days
1500 m	3:42.91	Samson Kiplangat	Kenya	2 February 2003		Stuttgart, Germany	16 years, 84 days
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	[42][43]
3000 m	7:42.05	Yomif Kejelcha	Ethiopia	26 January 2014	Meeting National en salle de Bordeaux	Bordeaux, France	16 years, 178 days	[44][45]
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
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)	7.94	Shi Dongpeng	China	17 February 2001		Tianjin, China	17 years, 42 days
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	[46][47]
Pole vault	5.54 m	Emmanouil Karalis	Greece	5 March 2016	Jablonec Indoor Gala	Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic	16 years, 137 days	[48]
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	[49]
Shot put (5 kg)	24.24 m	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland	30 December 2014	Chasing the Record Meeting	Spała, Poland	17 years, 288 days	[50][51]
Shot put (6 kg)	20.22 m	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland	19 January 2014	Mityng Kontrolny PZLA	Spała, Poland	16 years, 308 days	[52][53]
Shot put (7.26 kg)	18.49 m	Yuriy Belonog	Ukraine	7 December 1991		Kiev, Ukraine	17 years, 273 days
Heptathlon (Youth)	5873 pts	Hans-Christian Hausenberg	Estonia	1 March 2015		Tallinn, Estonia	16 years, 164 days	[54]
	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	[55]
	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 (ht)	Sven Reintak	Soviet Union	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 (ht)	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
4×200m 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	[56][57]
4×400m 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		[58]

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
60 m	7.24	Victoria Jordan	United States	10 February 2007		Houston, United States	16 years, 349 days
200 m	23.15	Irene Ekelund	Sweden	17 February 2013	National Championships	Norrköping, Sweden	15 years, 346 days	[59]
400 m	51.84	Sydney McLaughlin	United States	13 March 2016	New Balance Nationals	New York City, United States	16 years, 219 days	[60]
600 m	1:27.2 (ht)	Ines Schimmel	East Germany	12 January 1980		Berlin, East Germany	16 years, 341 days
800 m	2:01.8 (ht)	Mary Decker	United States	17 February 1974		San Diego, United States	15 years, 197 days
1000 m	2:43.22	Aníta Hinriksdóttir	Iceland	15 December 2012		Reykjavík, Iceland	16 years, 337 days
1500 m	4:08.47	Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia	6 February 2014	XL Galan	Stockholm, Sweden	17 years, 25 days	[61]
Mile	4:28.25	Mary C. Cain	United States	16 February 2013	Millrose Games	New York, United States	16 years, 289 days	[62]
2000 m	6:08.9 (ht)	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
5000 m	16:37.50	Stephanie Jenks	United States	14 March 2014	New Balance Nationals Indoor	New York City, United States	16 years, 209 days	[63]
50 m hurdles (84 cm)	6.95	Candy Young	United States	3 February 1979		Edmonton, Canada	16 years, 258 days
60 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	8.19	Yekaterina Bleskina	Russia	29 January 2010		Penza, Russia	17 years, 0 days
60 m hurdles (84 cm)	8.17 A	Dior Hall	United States	9 February 2013	CSM Twilight Collegiate Open	Golden, United States	17 years, 38 days	[64]
High jump	1.95 m	Marina Kuptsova	Russia	30 January 1998		Brno, Czech Republic	16 years, 39 days
		Irina Kovalenko	Ukraine	26 December 2003		Lviv, Ukraine	17 years, 197 days
Pole vault	4.49 m	Lisa Gunnarsson	Sweden	17 February 2016	Globen Galan	Stockolm, Sweden	16 years, 181 days	[65]
Long jump	6.61 m	Anu Kaljurand	Estonia	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	[66][67]
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	[68][69]
Pentathlon (Senior)	4284 pts	Morgan Lake	United Kingdom	9 February 2014	ISM-IJSM-IUSM Mångkamp	Växjö, Sweden	16 years, 273 days	[70]
	8.97 (60 m hurdles), 1.85 m (high jump), 13.38 m (shot put), 5.87 m (long jump), 2:24.48 (800 m)
3000 m walk (track)	12:05.6 (ht)	Lyudmila Yefimkina	Russia	1 March 1998		Insar, Russia	16 years, 191 days
4×200m 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		[71]
4×400m 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	[72]

* = without wind measurement
ht = hand timing
OT = oversized track (> 200m in circumference)

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. The IAAF refers to them as World Youth Bests (WYB) or World Youth Best Performances instead.

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