List of African under-20 records in athletics

African Junior Records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA). 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. CAA doesn't maintain an official list for indoor performances. All bests shown on the indoor list are tracked by statisticians not officially sanctioned by the governing body.

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by CAA   Not ratified or later rescinded by CAA

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref.
60 m	6.58 A (−1.8 m/s)	Bayanda Walaza	South Africa	8 February 2025	Curro Podium Grand Finale & Simbine Classic Shootout	Pretoria, South Africa	18 years, 365 days	[2]
100 m	9.91 A (+0.8 m/s)	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	2 August 2022	World U20 Championships	Cali, Colombia	19 years, 56 days	[3]
200 m	19.96 A (−1.0 m/s)	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	4 August 2022	World U20 Championships	Cali, Colombia	19 years, 58 days	[4]
300 m	31.61	Clarence Munyai	South Africa	28 June 2017	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	19 years, 129 days	[5]
400 m	44.22 A	Baboloki Thebe	Botswana	21 May 2016	Botswana Championships	Gaborone, Botswana	19 years, 64 days	[6]
600 m	1:14.79	Mohamed Ali Gouaned	Algeria	26 March 2021	Algeria Winter Championships "Abdelkader Hammani"	Algiers, Algeria	18 years, 264 days	[7][8]
800 m	1:41.73	Nigel Amos	Botswana	9 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	18 years, 147 days	[9]
1000 m	2:13.93	Abubaker Kaki	Sudan	22 July 2008	DN Galan	Stockholm, Sweden	19 years, 31 days
1500 m	3:27.72	Phanuel Koech	Kenya	20 June 2025	Meeting de Paris	Paris, France	18 years, 201 days	[10][11]
Mile	3:48.06	Reynold Cheruiyot	Kenya	16 September 2023	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	19 years, 48 days	[12]
Mile (road)	3:56.08	Phanuel Kipkosgei Koech	Kenya	26 April 2025	Adizero: Road to Records	Herzogenaurach, Germany	18 years, 146 days	[13]
2000 m	4:56.86	Isaac Kiprono Songok	Kenya	31 August 2001	ISTAF Berlin	Berlin, Germany	17 years, 128 days
	4:56.25	Tesfaye Cheru	Ethiopia	5 July 2011	Pro Athlé Tour Meeting de Reims Champagne-Ardenne	Reims, France		[14][15]
3000 m	7:28.19	Yomif Kejelcha	Ethiopia	27 August 2016	Meeting Areva	Saint-Denis, France	19 years, 26 days	[16]
Two miles	8:08.69	Selemon Barega	Ethiopia	30 June 2019	Diamond League	Palo Alto, United States	19 years, 161 days	[17]
5000 m	12:43.02	Selemon Barega	Ethiopia	31 August 2018	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	18 years, 223 days	[18]
5 km (road)	13:00	Sammy Kipketer	Kenya	26 March 2000	Carlsbad 5000	Carlsbad, United States	18 years, 179 days	[19]
10,000 m	26:41.75	Samuel Wanjiru	Kenya	26 August 2005	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	18 years, 289 days
	26:37.93	Biniam Mehary	Ethiopia	14 June 2024	Ethiopian 10,000m Olympic Trials	Nerja, Spain	17 years, 177 days	[20]
10 km (road)	26:56	Tadese Worku	Ethiopia	12 September 2021	Road to Records	Herzogenaurach, Germany	18 years, 235 days	[21]
15 km (road)	42:00	Mathew Kimeli	Kenya	1 May 2017	15 km du Puy-en-Velay	Le Puy-en-Velay, France	19 years, 30 days	[22]
10 miles (road)	44:51	Martin Irungu Mathathi	Kenya	12 December 2004	Kosa 10-Miler	Kōsa, Japan	18 years, 353 days	[23]
20 km (road)	56:18+	Samuel Wanjiru	Kenya	11 September 2005	Rotterdam Half Marathon	Rotterdam, Netherlands	18 years, 305 days
Half marathon	59:16	Samuel Wanjiru	Kenya	11 September 2005	Rotterdam Half Marathon	Rotterdam, Netherlands	18 years, 305 days
25 km (road)	1:14:19+	Bazu Worku	Ethiopia	5 April 2009	Paris Marathon	Paris, France	18 years, 202 days
	1:13:21+ [24]	Tsegaye Mekonnen	Ethiopia	24 January 2014	Dubai Marathon	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	18 years, 223 days
30 km (road)	1:29:25+	Bazu Worku	Ethiopia	5 April 2009	Paris Marathon	Paris, France	18 years, 202 days
Marathon	2:06:15	Bazu Worku	Ethiopia	5 April 2009	Paris Marathon	Paris, France	18 years, 202 days
110 m hurdles (99 cm)	13.38 (+0.5 m/s)	Wellington Zaza	Liberia	24 July 2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	18 years, 251 days	[25]
110 m hurdles (106.7 cm)	13.53 (−0.2 m/s)	William Erese	Nigeria	15 June 1995		Lagos, Nigeria	18 years, 276 days	[26]
400 m hurdles	48.76 A	Llewellyn Herbert	South Africa	8 April 1996		Pretoria, South Africa	18 years, 262 days
	48.73	Sokwakhana Zazini	South Africa	11 July 2019	Universiade	Naples, Italy	19 years, 169 days	[27]
2000 m steeplechase	5:19.99	Meresa Kahsay	Ethiopia	12 July 2013	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine	17 years, 50 days	[28]
3000 m steeplechase	7:58.66	Stephen Cherono	Kenya	24 August 2001	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	18 years, 313 days
High jump	2.31 m	Jacques Freitag	South Africa	4 June 2001		Rehlingen, Germany	18 years, 358 days
Pole vault	5.46 m	Okkert Brits	South Africa	16 December 1992		Paarl, South Africa	19 years, 116 days
	5.50 m	Cheyne Rahme	South Africa	10 April 2010	South African Junior Championships	Germiston, South Africa	19 years, 77 days	[29]
Long jump	8.19 m (+1.5 m/s)	Luvo Manyonga	South Africa	9 July 2010		Bottrop, Germany	19 years, 182 days
Triple jump	16.96 m (+1.7 m/s)	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena	South Africa	3 April 2004		Bloemfontein, South Africa	19 years, 28 days
Shot put (6 kg)	21.79 m	Ahmed Hassan	Egypt	23 April 2014		Cairo, Egypt	18 years, 128 days
	22.07 m	Kyle Blignaut	South Africa	10 July 2018	World U20 Championships	Tampere, Finland	18 years, 243 days	[30]
Shot put (7.26 kg)	20.39 m	Janus Robberts	South Africa	7 March 1998		Germiston, South Africa	18 years, 362 days
Discus throw (1.75 kg)	65.68 m	Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly	Egypt	7 November 2003		Cairo, Egypt	19 years, 271 days
Discus throw (2 kg)
Hammer throw (6 kg)	81.04 m	Werner Smit	South Africa	29 March 2003		Bellville	18 years, 196 days
Hammer throw (7.26 kg)
Javelin throw	80.03 m	Lohan Rautenbach	South Africa	16 April 2005		Durban, South Africa	19 years, 69 days
	83.07 m	John Robert Oosthuizen	South Africa	19 August 2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	19 years, 208 days	[31]
	80.59 m	Johan Grobler		23 July 2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	18 years, 352 days	[32]
Decathlon (6-kg shot, 1.75-kg discus, 99-cm hurdles)	7791 pts	Fredriech Pretorius	South Africa	12 April 2014	South African Junior Combined Events Championships	Pretoria, South Africa	18 years, 251 days
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 11.26 (−0.3 m/s) 7.25 m (±0.0 m/s) 13.33 m 1.96 m 49.72 13.96 (+1.0 m/s) 43.34 m 4.40 m 55.02 m 4:33.14
Decathlon (Senior implements)	7548 pts	Hamdi Dhouibi	Tunisia	21 July 2001	Francophone Games	Ottawa, Canada	19 years, 178 days
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 11.02 (+0.5 m/s) 7.36 m (−0.7 m/s) 11.91 m 1.86 m 49.61 14.98 (+0.3 m/s) 39.17 m 4.90 m 50.13 m 4:35.66
	7639 pts	Fredriech Pretorius	South Africa	29 July 2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	18 years, 359 days
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 11.29 (+1.1 m/s) 7.13 m (+1.8 m/s) 11.86 m 1.90 m 49.31 14.62 (+0.5 m/s) 40.61 m 4.60 m 58.76 m 4:28.33
	7572 pts	Fredriech Pretorius	South Africa	27 April 2014	7th African Combined Events Meet	Bambous, Mauritius	18 years, 266 days
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 11.16 (±0.0 m/s) 7.08 m (±0.0 m/s) 12.35 m 1.95 m 49.60 14.48 (−0.2 m/s) 40.24 m 4.60 m 53.80 m 4:40.41
10,000 m walk (track)	42:06.0	Hatem Ghoula	Tunisia	1 May 1992		Tunis, Tunisia	18 years, 329 days
	40:38.0 h	Dominic Samson Ndigiti	Kenya	20 August 2019	Kenyan Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	19 years, 140 days	[33]
	40:55.96	Yohanis Algaw	Ethiopia	23 July 2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	16 years, 344 days	[34]
10 km walk (road)	40:56	Yohanis Algaw	Ethiopia	5 May 2018	IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships	Taicang, China	18 years, 264 days	[35]
20,000 m walk (track)
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	38.51 A	Mihlali Xhotyeni Sinesipho Dambile Letlhogonolo Moleyane Benjamin Richardson	South Africa	22 August 2021	World U20 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya		[36]
4 × 400 m relay	3:02.81	Omphemetse Poo Baboloki Thebe Karabo Sibanda Xholani Talane	Botswana	22 July 2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	19 years, 128 days 18 years, 22 days	[37]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref.	Video
100 m	10.97 A (+1.6 m/s)[a]	Christine Mboma	Namibia	30 April 2022	Gaborone International Meet	Gaborone, Botswana	18 years, 343 days	[38]
200 m	21.78 (+0.6 m/s)	Christine Mboma	Namibia	9 September 2021	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland	18 years, 110 days	[39]
300 m	36.25	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	23 September 1990		Siderno, Italy	19 years, 144 days	[40]
400 m	50.59	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	5 August 1990		Budapest, Hungary	19 years, 95 days
	49.24 A	Christine Mboma	Namibia	11 April 2021		Lusaka, Zambia	17 years, 324 days	[41]
	49.22 A	Christine Mboma	Namibia	17 April 2021	Namibian Championships	Windhoek, Namibia	17 years, 330 days	[42]
	48.54	Christine Mboma	Namibia	30 June 2021	Irena Szewińska Memorial	Bydgoszcz, Poland	18 years, 39 days	[43]
800 m	1:54.01	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya	29 August 2008	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland	18 years, 268 days
1000 m	2:37.47	Shura Hotesa	Ethiopia	12 July 1996		Bellinzona, Switzerland	19 years, 193 days
1500 m	3:59.60	Gelete Burka	Ethiopia	28 August 2005		Rieti, Italy	19 years, 217 days
	3:54.93	Birke Haylom	Ethiopia	16 July 2023	Kamila Skolimowska Memorial	Chorzów, Poland	17 years, 191 days	[44]
	3:56.98	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	10 May 2013	Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix	Doha, Qatar	19 years, 120 days	[45]
	3:59.53	Dawit Seyaum	Ethiopia	8 June 2014	Meeting Mohammed VI d'Athletisme	Marrakesh, Morocco	17 years, 316 days	[46]
Mile	4:17.13	Birke Haylom	Ethiopia	15 June 2023	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway	17 years, 160 days	[47]
Mile (road)	4:26.83 Wo	Hawi Abera	Ethiopia	26 April 2025	Adizero: Road to Records	Herzogenaurach, Germany	18 years, 130 days	[48]
2000 m
3000 m	8:35.89	Sally Barsosio	Kenya	16 August 1997	Herculis	Monaco	19 years, 148 days
	8:30.99	Aynadis Mebratu	Ethiopia	2 September 2023	Xiamen Diamond League	Xiamen, China	18 years, 281 days	[49]
	8:33.63	Meskerem Mamo	Ethiopia	4 May 2018	Doha Diamond League	Doha, Qatar	19 years, 21 days	[50]
	8:34.03	Lemlem Hailu	Ethiopia	3 May 2019	Doha Diamond League	Doha, Qatar	17 years, 347 days	[51]
	8:35.76	Beyenu Degefa	Ethiopia	4 May 2018	Doha Diamond League	Doha, Qatar	18 years, 296 days	[52]
Two miles
5000 m	14:30.88	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	11 June 2004		Bergen, Norway	18 years, 254 days
	14:16.54	Medina Eisa	Ethiopia	23 July 2023	Anniversary Games	London, United Kingdom	18 years, 201 days	[53]
	14:23.71	Birke Haylom	Ethiopia	25 May 2024	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	18 years, 140 days	[54]
	14:21.89	Medina Eisa	Ethiopia	14 September 2024	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	19 years, 255 days	[55]
5 km (road)	14:38 Wo	Medina Eisa	Ethiopia	27 April 2024	Adizero: Road to Records	Herzogenaurach, Germany	19 years, 115 days	[56]
10,000 m	30:26.50	Linet Masai	Kenya	15 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	18 years, 254 days
10 km (road)	30:23	Asmarech Anley	Ethiopia	16 November 2024	Urban Trail de Lille	Lille, France	19 years, 320 days	[57]
	30:19 a[b]	Priscah Chesang	Uganda	31 December 2022	San Silvestre Vallecana	Madrid, Spain	19 years, 146 days	[58]
15 km (road)	47:29	Tsigie Gebreselama	Ethiopia	1 December 2019	Montferland Run	's-Heerenberg, Netherlands	19 years, 62 days	[59]
10 miles (road)	51:40	Rose Cheruiyot	Kenya	9 April 1995	Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run	Washington, United States	18 years, 262 days	[60]
20 km (road)	1:05:04+	Everline Kimwei	Kenya	19 November 2006		Kobe, Japan	19 years, 86 days
Half marathon	1:06:47	Degitu Azimeraw	Ethiopia	9 February 2018	Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon	Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates	19 years, 16 days	[61]
Marathon	2:20:59	Shure Demise	Ethiopia	23 January 2015	Dubai Marathon	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	19 years, 2 days	[62]
100 m hurdles	12.83 A (+0.4 m/s) [c]	Oluwatobiloba Amusan	Nigeria	30 April 2016	UTEP Invitational	El Paso, United States	19 years, 7 days	[63]
200 m hurdles (straight)	26.16 (+0.3 m/s)	Zeney van der Walt	South Africa	16 June 2019	Adidas Boost Boston Games	Boston, United States	19 years, 25 days	[64]
300 m hurldes	43.18 A	Lenka du Toit	South Africa	8 February 2025	Curro Podium Grand Finale & Simbine Classic Shootout	Pretoria, South Africa	13 years, 346 days	[65]
400 m hurdles	56.09	Ajoke Adomosu	Nigeria	9 June 2006		Sacramento, United States	18 years, 225 days
	55.73	Zenéy van der Walt	South Africa	10 July 2019	Universiade	Naples, Italy	19 years, 49 days	[66]
	55.05	Zenéy van der Walt	South Africa	17 March 2018	South African Championships	Pretoria, South Africa	17 years, 299 days	[67]
	55.34			13 July 2018	World U20 Championships	Tampere, Finland	18 years, 52 days	[68]
	55.42			3 July 2018	Meeting Arcobaleno	Celle Ligure, Italy	18 years, 42 days	[69]
2000 m steeplechase	6:07.01	Fancy Cherono	Kenya	1 September 2019	ISTAF Berlin	Berlin, Germany	18 years, 30 days	[70]
3000 m steeplechase	8:58.78	Celliphine Chepteek Chespol	Kenya	26 May 2017	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	18 years, 338 days	[71]
High jump	1.94 m	Hestrie Cloete	South Africa	22 July 1997		Tatra, Poland	18 years, 350 days
	1.96 m	Charmaine Weavers	South Africa	4 April 1981		Bloemfontein, South Africa	17 years, 36 days	[72]
Pole vault	4.10 m	Syrine Balti	Tunisia	20 September 2002		Madrid, Spain	18 years, 324 days
	4.15 m A	Mirè Reinstorf	South Africa	18 August 2021	World U20 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	19 years, 74 days	[73]
Long jump	6.61 m	Ese Brume	Nigeria	1 July 2015		Akure, Nigeria	19 years, 162 days
	6.68 m	Ese Brume	Nigeria	22 June 2014	Nigerian Championships	Calabar, Nigeria	18 years, 153 days
Triple jump	14.13 m (+2.0 m/s)	Blessing Okagbare	Nigeria	19 May 2007		Lagos, Nigeria	18 years, 222 days
Shot put	16.95 m	Simoné du Toit	South Africa	15 June 2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	18 years, 78 days
	17.40 m A	Miné de Klerk	South Africa	21 August 2021	World U20 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	18 years, 144 days	[74]
Discus throw	53.07 m	Simoné du Toit	South Africa	3 February 2006		Roodepoort, South Africa	17 years, 311 days
	53.50 m A	Miné de Klerk	South Africa	20 August 2021	World U20 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	18 years, 143 days	[75]
Hammer throw	61.01 m	Rana Taha Ibrahim	Egypt	20 March 2009		Maadi, Egypt	16 years, 254 days
Javelin throw	58.33 m	Sunette Viljoen	South Africa	7 December 2002		Potchefstroom, South Africa	19 years, 62 days
Heptathlon	5868 pts	Justine Robbeson	South Africa	17 July 2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	19 years, 63 days
	100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m 13.56 (+1.7 m/s) 1.62 m 13.02 m 25.12 6.14 m (+0.8 m/s) 54.16 m 2:35.20
5000 m walk (track)	21:49.27	Chahinez Nasri	Tunisia	8 June 2016		Blois, France	20 years, 5 days
5 km walk (road)	23:01+	Chahinez Nasri	Tunisia	4 May 2014	IAAF World Race Walking Cup	Taicang, China	17 years, 335 days	[76]
10,000 m walk (track)	45:33.69	Yehualeye Beletew	Ethiopia	19 July 2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	17 years, 354 days	[77]
10 km walk (road)	46:43	Chahinez Nasri	Tunisia	4 May 2014	IAAF World Race Walking Cup	Taicang, China	17 years, 335 days	[78]
20,000 m walk (track)
20 km walk (road)	1:31:58	Yehualeye Beletew	Ethiopia	26 June 2016	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	17 years, 331 days	[79]
4 × 100 m relay	43.44	Beatrice Utondu Tina Iheagwam Mary Onyali Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	9 August 1987		Nairobi, Kenya	17 years, 259 days 19 years, 128 days 19 years, 187 days 18 years, 247 days
4 × 400 m relay	3:30.84	Folashade Abugan Muizat Ajoke Odumosu Joy Eze Sekinat Adesanya	Nigeria	20 August 2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	15 years, 246 days 18 years, 287 days 18 years, 119 days 19 years, 16 days

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref.
4 × 400 m relay	3:19.70 A	Johnson Nnamani Imaobong Nse Uko Opeyemi Deborah Oke Bamidele Ajayi	Nigeria	18 August 2021	2021 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	17 years, 179 days	[80]

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref.	Video
50 m
60 m	6.51	Israel Okon Sunday	Nigeria	28 February 2025	SEC Championships	College Station, United States	18 years, 109 days	[81]
200 m	20.57	Francis Obikwelu	Nigeria	23 February 1997	BUPA Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	18 years, 93 days	[82]
400 m	46.32	Moitalel Mpoke Naadokila	Kenya	24 January 2020	Red Raider Invitational	Lubbock, United States	18 years, 350 days	[83]
600 y	1:06.93	Moitalel Naadokila	Kenya	15 February 2020		Lubbock, United States	19 years, 7 days
600 m	1:15.60	Mohammed Aman	Ethiopia	3 February 2013	Russian Winter Meeting	Moscow, Russia	19 years, 24 days	[84]
800 m	1:44.81	Abubaker Kaki	Sudan	9 March 2008	World Championships	Valencia, Spain	18 years, 262 days	[85]
1000 m	2:15.77	Abubaker Kaki	Sudan	21 February 2008		Stockholm, Sweden	18 years, 245 days
1500 m	3:34.83	Biniam Mehary	Ethiopia	6 February 2024	Copernicus Cup	Toruń, Poland	17 years, 48 days	[86]
Mile	3:55.96	Yohannes Asmare	Ethiopia	26 January 2024	BU John Thomas Terrier Classic	Boston, United States	17 years, 303 days	[87]
2000 m	4:57.74	Yomif Kejelcha	Ethiopia	28 February 2014	Meeting National	Metz, France	16 years, 211 days	[88]
3000 m	7:29.99	Biniam Mehary	Ethiopia	13 February 2025	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais	Liévin, France	18 years, 55 days	[89]
Two miles	8:13.32	Tariku Bekele	Ethiopia	18 February 2006	Norwich Union Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	18 years, 355 days	[90]
5000 m	12:53.29	Isiah Koech	Kenya	11 February 2011	PSD Bank Meeting	Düsseldorf, Germany	17 years, 54 days	[91][92]
50 m hurdles
60 m hurdles
60 m hurdles (99 cm)	7.94	Nathan Nsakala	Democratic Republic of the Congo	26 January 2019	Meeting Elite en salle de Nantes	Nantes, France	18 years, 276 days	[93]
400 m hurdles	50.41 OT	Wouter Le Roux	South Africa	9 February 2005	Botnia Games	Korsholm, Finland	19 years, 23 days	[94]
High jump	2.25 m	Jacques Freitag	South Africa	12 February 2001		Tampere, Finland	18 years, 246 days	[95]
Pole vault	5.30 m	Kyle Rademeyer	South Africa	15 January 2021	UAB Blazer Invitational	Birmingham, United States	18 years, 352 days	[96]
Long jump	7.90 m	Fabian Edoki	Nigeria	20 February 2016	South Plains College Indoor Invite	Levelland, United States	17 years, 327 days	[97]
Triple jump
Shot put (6 kg)
Shot put
Heptathlon (Junior)
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m
Heptathlon (Senior)
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m
5000 m walk (track)
4 × 200 m relay
4 × 400 m relay
4 × 800 m relay

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref.
50 m
60 m	7.09	Joan Uduak Ekah	Nigeria	7 March 1999	World Championships	Maebashi, Japan	18 years, 81 days
200 m	22.75	Favour Ofili	Nigeria	27 February 2021	SEC Championships	Fayetteville, United States	18 years, 58 days	[98]
400 m	52.94	Kudirat Akhigbe	Nigeria	2 February 2000		Valencia, Spain	18 years, 35 days	[99]
800 m	2:01.03	Meskerem Legesse	Ethiopia	14 February 2004		Fayetteville, United States	17 years, 139 days
1000 m	2:40.51	Tizita Bogale	Ethiopia	16 February 2012	Meeting féminin du Val d'Oise	Eaubonne, France	18 years, 218 days	[100]
1500 m	3:58.43	Birke Haylom	Ethiopia	4 February 2024	New Balance Grand Prix	Boston, United States	18 years, 29 days	[101]
Mile	4:24.10	Kalkidan Gezahegne	Ethiopia	20 February 2010	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	18 years, 288 days
2000 m	5:35.46	Dawit Seyaum	Ethiopia	7 February 2015	New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	Boston, United States	18 years, 195 days	[102]
3000 m	8:32.34	Melknat Wudu	Ethiopia	4 February 2024	New Balance Grand Prix	Boston, United States	19 years, 32 days	[103]
Two miles	9:07.12	Melknat Wudu	Ethiopia	11 February 2024	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	19 years, 39 days	[104]
	9:04.39[d]	Medina Eisa	Ethiopia	11 February 2024	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	19 years, 39 days	[105]
5000 m	14:42.94	Senayet Getachew	Ethiopia	27 January 2024	BU John Thomas Terrier Classic	Boston, United States	18 years, 118 days	[106]
50 m hurdles (84 cm)
60 m hurdles	8.38	Cynthia Bolingo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	29 January 2011		Ghent, Belgium	18 years, 17 days	[107]
High jump
Pole vault	4.11 m	Sydney Rothman	South Africa	14 February 2007	14e AV PEC 1910 Indoor	Apeldoorn, Netherlands	16 years, 266 days	[108]
Long jump
Triple jump	13.36 m[e]	Tessy Ebosele	Nigeria	16 February 2019	Spanish Championships	Antequera, Spain	16 years, 203 days	[109]
Shot put
Pentathlon
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m
3000 m walk (track)
5000 m walk (track)
4 × 400 m relay
4 × 800 m relay

Notes

1. by World Athletics source; -1.1 m/s by CAA source
2. mark was unratified because the course has a 5.5m/km elevation drop, compared to the maximum permitted drop for record eligibility purposes, 1m/km
3. ratified despite the lack of doping control
4. later disqualified due to lane infringement
5. 3rd and 5th jumps in series.