List of world under-20 records in athletics

World U20 records in the sport of athletics are ratified by World Athletics. 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. These age category records were formerly referred to as world junior records.

Outdoor

Key:   Awaiting ratification   not a World Athletics record event   Not ratified or later rescinded by World Athletics

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref.	Video
100 m	9.91 A (+0.8 m/s)	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	2 August 2022	World U20 Championships	Cali, Colombia	19 years, 60 days	[2]
	9.89 (+0.8 m/s)[a]	Issamade Asinga	Suriname	28 July 2023	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	18 years, 211 days	[3][4]
200 m	19.69 (−0.3 m/s)	Erriyon Knighton	United States	26 June 2022	USA Championships	Eugene, United States	18 years, 148 days	[5]
	19.49 (+1.4 m/s)	Erriyon Knighton	United States	30 April 2022	LSU Invitational	Baton Rouge, United States	18 years, 91 days	[6]
300 m	31.61	Clarence Munyai	South Africa	28 June 2017	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	19 years, 129 days	[7]
400 m	43.87	Steve Lewis	United States	28 September 1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	19 years, 135 days
600 m	1:14.79	Mohamed Ali Gouaned	Algeria	26 March 2021	Algerian Winter Championships	Algiers, Algeria	18 years, 264 days	[8]
800 m	1:41.73	Nijel Amos	Botswana	9 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	18 years, 147 days	[9]
1000 m	2:14.37	Niels Laros	Netherlands	7 July 2024	FBK Games	Hengelo, Netherlands	19 years, 81 days	[10]
	2:13.93	Abubaker Kaki	Sudan	22 July 2008	DN Galan	Stockholm, Sweden	19 years, 31 days
1500 m	3:28.81	Ronald Kwemoi	Kenya	18 July 2014	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	18 years, 302 days	[11]
	3:27.72	Phanuel Koech	Kenya	20 June 2025	Meeting de Paris	Paris, France	18 years, 201 days	[12][13]
Mile	3:48.06	Reynold Cheruiyot	Kenya	16 September 2023	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	19 years, 48 days	[14]
Mile (road)	3:56.08	Phanuel Kipkosgei Koech	Kenya	26 April 2025	Adizero: Road to Records	Herzogenaurach, Germany	18 years, 146 days	[15]
2000 m	4:49.68	Niels Laros	Netherlands	8 September 2023	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	18 years, 144 days	[16]
3000 m	7:28.19	Yomif Kejelcha	Ethiopia	27 August 2016	Meeting Areva	Saint-Denis, France	19 years, 26 days	[17]
Two miles	8:08.69	Selemon Barega	Ethiopia	30 June 2019	Prefontaine Classic	Palo Alto, United States	19 years, 161 days	[18]
5000 m	12:43.02	Selemon Barega	Ethiopia	31 August 2018	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	18 years, 223 days	[19]
5 km (road)	13:00	Sammy Kipketer	Kenya	26 March 2000	Carlsbad 5000	Carlsbad, United States	18 years, 179 days	[20]
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	[21]
10 km (road)	26:46	Rhonex Kipruto	Kenya	8 September 2018	Prague Grand Prix	Prague, Czech Republic	18 years, 331 days	[22]
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	[23]
10 miles (road)	44:51	Martin Irungu Mathathi	Kenya	12 December 2004	Kosa 10-Miler	Kōsa, Japan	18 years, 353 days	[24]
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+[25]	Tsegaye Mekonnen	Ethiopia	24 January 2014	Dubai Marathon	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	18 years, 223 days
30 km (road)	1:28:15+	Tsegaye Mekonnen	Ethiopia	24 January 2014	Dubai Marathon	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	18 years, 223 days	[26]
Marathon	2:04:32	Tsegaye Mekonnen	Ethiopia	24 January 2014	Dubai Marathon	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	18 years, 223 days	[27]
110 m hurdles (99/100 cm)	12.72 A (+1.0 m/s)	Sasha Zhoya	France	21 August 2021	World U20 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	19 years, 57 days	[28]
110 m hurdles (106.7 cm)	13.12 (+1.6 m/s)	Liu Xiang	China	2 July 2002		Lausanne, Switzerland	18 years, 354 days
400 m hurdles	47.34	Roshawn Clarke	Jamaica	21 August 2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	19 years, 51 days	[29]
2000 m steeplechase	5:19.99	Meresa Kahsay	Ethiopia	12 July 2013	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine	17 years, 50 days	[30]
3000 m steeplechase	7:58.66	Stephen Cherono	Kenya	24 August 2001	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	18 years, 313 days
High jump	2.37 m	Dragutin Topić	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	6.05 m	Armand Duplantis	Sweden	12 August 2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	18 years, 275 days	[31]
Long jump	8.38 m (−0.5 m/s)	Mattia Furlani	Italy	8 June 2024	European Championships	Rome, Italy	19 years, 122 days	[32]
Triple jump	17.66 m (+1.7 m/s)	Jaydon Hibbert	Jamaica	21 July 2023	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	18 years, 185 days
	17.87 m (+1.3 m/s)	Jaydon Hibbert	Jamaica	13 May 2023	SEC Championships	Baton Rouge, United States	18 years, 116 days	[33][34]
Shot put (6 kg)	23.00 m	Jacko Gill	New Zealand	18 August 2013		Auckland, New Zealand	18 years, 241 days	[35][36]
	23.34 m X[37]	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland	19 July 2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	19 years, 124 days	[38]
Shot put (7.26 kg)	21.14 m	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland	9 June 2016	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway	19 years, 84 days	[39]
Discus throw (1.75 kg)	71.37 m	Miká Sosna	Germany	10 June 2022		Schönebeck, Germany	18 years, 362 days
Discus throw (2 kg)	65.62 m[b]	Werner Reiterer	Australia	15 December 1987		Melbourne, Australia	19 years, 322 days
	65.31 m	Mykyta Nesterenko	Ukraine	3 June 2008		Tallinn, Estonia	17 years, 49 days	[40]
Hammer throw (6 kg)	85.57 m	Ashraf Amgad Elseify	Qatar	14 July 2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	17 years, 145 days	[41]
Hammer throw (7.26 kg)	78.33 m	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen	Finland	5 August 1999	Kalevan kisat	Seinäjoki, Finland	19 years, 151 days
Javelin throw (800 g)	86.48 m	Neeraj Chopra	India	23 July 2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	18 years, 212 days	[42]
Decathlon (Senior implements)	8397 pts	Torsten Voss	East Germany	6–7 July 1982		Erfurt, East Germany	19 years, 45 days
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 10.76 7.66m 14.41m 2.09m 48.37 14.37 41.76m 4.80m 62.90m 4:34.04
Decathlon (6 kg shot, 1.75 kg discus, 99 cm hurdles)	8435 pts	Niklas Kaul	Germany	22–23 July 2017	European U20 Championships	Grosseto, Italy	19 years, 162 days	[43]
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 11.48 (−1.3 m/s) 7.20 m (+1.6 m/s) 15.37 m 2.05 m 48.42 14.55 (−0.2 m/s) 48.49 m 4.70 m 68.05 m 4:15.52
Icosathlon (6 kg shot, 6 kg hammer, 1.75 kg discus, 99 cm 110 m hurdles)	12,196 pts	Alastair Stanley	Great Britain	6-7 September 2014	IAUM European Championships	Lodi, Italy	19 years, 5 days
	12.06 (+0.4 m/s) (100 m), 5.75 m (−0.5 m/s) (long jump), 27.40 (+0.5 m/s) (200 m hurdles), 12.28 m (shot put), 17:19.60 (5000 m), 2:06.86 (800 m), 1.80 m (high jump), 54.38 (400 m), 33.21 m (hammer), 10:44.08 (3000 m steeplechase), 16.60 (+0.6 m/s) (110 m hurdles), 40.86 m (discus), 24.40 (−1.5 m/s) (200 m), 3.40 m (pole vault), 9:54.44 (3000 m), 59.48 (400 m hurdles), 43.34 m (javelin), 4:31.22 (1500 m), 11.21 m (triple jump), 42:56.48 (10,000 m)
10,000 m walk (track)	38:46.4	Viktor Burayev	Russia	20 May 2000		Moscow, Russia	17 years, 271 days
	38:44.88[c]	Sohtaroh Osaka	Japan	26 April 2025	All Japan University Track & Field Challenge	Hiratsuka, Japan	19 years, 85 days	[44]
10 km walk (road)	37:44	Wang Zhen	China	18 September 2010	IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final	Beijing, China	19 years, 25 days	[45]
20,000 m walk (track)	1:20:11.72	Li Gaobo	China	2 November 2007		Wuhan, China	18 years, 182 days
20 km walk (road)	1:17:25	Sergey Shirobokov	Russia	9 June 2018	Russian Race Walking Championships	Cheboksary, Russia	19 years, 113 days	[46]
50 km walk (road)	3:41:10	Zhao Jianguo	China	16 April 2006		Wajima, Japan	18 years, 87 days
4 × 100 m relay	38.51 A	Mihali Xhotyeni Sinesipho Dambile Letlhogonolo Moleyane Benjamin Richardson	South Africa	22 August 2021	World U20 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	19 years, 173 days 17 years, 246 days	[47]
4 × 400 m relay	3:00.33	Zachary Shinnick Josephus Lyles Brian Herron Sean Hooper	United States	23 July 2017	Pan American U20 Championships	Trujillo, Peru	19 years, 1 day	[48]
	2:59.30	Frederick Lewis Matthew Boling Matthew Moorer Justin Robinson	United States	21 July 2019	Pan American U20 Championships	San José, Costa Rica	19 years, 1 day 19 years, 155 days 17 years, 113 days	[49]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref.
100 m	10.88 (+2.0 m/s)	Marlies Oelsner	East Germany	1 July 1977		Dresden, East Germany	19 years, 102 days
	10.75 (+1.6 m/s)	Sha'Carri Richardson	United States	8 June 2019	NCAA Division I Championships	Austin, United States	19 years, 75 days	[50]
200 m	21.81 (+0.8 m/s)	Christine Mboma	Namibia	3 August 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	18 years, 73 days	[51]
	21.78 (+0.6 m/s)[c]	Christine Mboma	Namibia	9 September 2021	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland	18 years, 110 days	[52]
300 m	36.25	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	23 September 1990		Siderno, Italy	19 years, 144 days	[53]
400 m	49.42	Grit Breuer	Germany	27 August 1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	19 years, 192 days
	49.22 A[c]	Christine Mboma	Namibia	17 April 2021	Namibian Championships	Windhoek, Namibia	17 years, 330 days	[54]
	48.54[c]	Christine Mboma	Namibia	30 June 2021	Irena Szewińska Memorial	Bydgoszcz, Poland	18 years, 39 days	[55]
	49.24 A[c]	Christine Mboma	Namibia	11 April 2021		Lusaka, Zambia	17 years, 324 days	[56]
600 m	1:25.22	Sophia Gorriaran	United States	30 April 2022	Penn Relays	Philadelphia, United States	16 years, 314 days	[57]
800 m	1:54.01	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya	29 August 2008	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland	18 years, 268 days
1000 m	2:34.89	Audrey Werro	Switzerland	17 June 2023	Meeting Nikaïa	Nice, France	19 years, 82 days	[58]
1500 m	3:51.34	Lang Yinglai	China	18 October 1997	National Games of China	Shanghai, China	18 years, 57 days
Mile	4:17.57	Zola Budd	Great Britain	21 August 1985	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland	19 years, 87 days
	4:17.13	Birke Haylom	Ethiopia	15 June 2023	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway	17 years, 160 days	[59]
Mile (road)	4:26.83 Wo	Hawi Abera	Ethiopia	26 April 2025	Adizero: Road to Records	Herzogenaurach, Germany	18 years, 130 days	[60]
2000 m	5:33.15	Zola Budd	Great Britain	13 July 1984		London, United Kingdom	18 years, 48 days
3000 m	8:28.83	Zola Budd	Great Britain	7 September 1985		Rome, Italy	19 years, 104 days
Two miles	9:17.75	Jane Hedengren	United States	8 June 2025	Brooks PR Invitational	Renton, United States	18 years, 258 days	[61]
5000 m	14:21.89	Medina Eisa	Ethiopia	14 September 2024	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	19 years, 255 days	[62]
	14:16.54[c]	Medina Eisa	Ethiopia	23 July 2023	Anniversary Games	London, United Kingdom	18 years, 201 days	[63][64]
5 km (road)	14:38 Wo	Medina Eisa	Ethiopia	27 April 2024	Adizero: Road to Records	Herzogenaurach, Germany	19 years, 115 days	[65]
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	[66]
	30:19 X a[d]	Priscah Chesang	Uganda	31 December 2022	San Silvestre Vallecana	Madrid, Spain	19 years, 146 days	[67]
15 km (road)	47:29	Tsigie Gebreselama	Ethiopia	1 December 2019	Montferland Run	's-Heerenberg, Netherlands	19 years, 62 days	[68]
10 miles (road)	51:40	Rose Cheruiyot	Kenya	9 April 1995	Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run	Washington, United States	18 years, 262 days	[69]
20 km (road)	1:04:15+	Meseret Belete	Ethiopia	16 September 2018	Copenhagen Half Marathon	Copenhagen, Denmark	19 years, 0 days	[70]
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	[71]
Marathon	2:20:59	Shure Demise	Ethiopia	23 January 2015	Dubai Marathon	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	19 years, 2 days	[72]
100 m hurdles	12.71 (+1.3 m/s)	Britany Anderson	Jamaica	24 July 2019	Motonet Grand Prix	Joensuu, Finland	18 years, 174 days	[73]
400 m hurdles	53.60	Sydney McLaughlin	United States	27 April 2018	National Relay Championships	Fayetteville, United States	18 years, 263 days	[74]
	52.75[e]	Sydney McLaughlin	United States	13 May 2018	SEC Championships	Knoxville, United States	18 years, 279 days	[75]
2000 m steeplechase	6:07.01	Fancy Cherono	Kenya	1 September 2019	ISTAF Berlin	Berlin, Germany	18 years, 30 days	[76]
3000 m steeplechase	8:58.78	Celliphine Chepteek Chespol	Kenya	26 May 2017	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	18 years, 64 days	[77]
High jump	2.04 m	Yaroslava Mahuchikh	Ukraine	30 September 2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	18 years, 11 days	[78]
Pole vault	4.71 m i	Wilma Murto	Finland	31 January 2016		Zweibrücken, Germany	17 years, 234 days
Pole vault outdoors	4.64 m	Eliza McCartney	New Zealand	19 December 2015	Auckland Summer Series 7 Meeting	Auckland, New Zealand	19 years, 8 days	[79]
Long jump	7.14 m (+1.1 m/s)	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	4 June 1983		Bratislava, Czechoslovakia	18 years, 170 days
Triple jump	14.62 m (+1.0 m/s)	Tereza Marinova	Bulgaria	25 August 1996		Sydney, Australia	18 years, 355 days
Shot put	20.54 m	Astrid Kumbernuss	East Germany	1 July 1989		Orimattila, Finland	19 years, 146 days
Discus throw	74.40 m	Ilke Wyludda	East Germany	13 September 1988		East Berlin, East Germany	19 years, 169 days
Hammer throw	73.43 m	Silja Kosonen	Finland	28 June 2021		Vaasa, Finland	18 years, 194 days
	75.14 m	Zhang Jiale	China	8 June 2025		Fränkisch-Crumbach, Germany	18 years, 229 days
	77.24 m	Zhang Jiale	China	2 August 2025	Chinese Championships	Quzhou, China	18 years, 284 days	[80]
Javelin throw	64.41 m	Ziyi Yan	China	14 September 2024	Chinese Championships	Quzhou, China	16 years, 115 days	[81]
	64.83 m	Ziyi Yan	China	28 March 2025	Throws Invitation Meeting	Chengdu, China	16 years, 307 days	[82]
Heptathlon	6542 pts	Carolina Klüft	Sweden	9–10 August 2002	European Championships	München, Germany	19 years, 189 days
	100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m 13.33 (−0.3 m/s) 1.89 m 13.16 m 23.71 (−0.3 m/s) 6.36 m (+1.1 m/s) 47.61 m 2:17.99
5000 m walk (track)	20:28.05	Tatyana Kalmykova	Russia	12 July 2007		Ostrava, Czech Republic	17 years, 183 days
5 km walk (road)	21:06	Anisya Kornikova	Russia	10 June 2006		Saransk, Russia	16 years, 230 days	[83]
10,000 m walk (track)	42:47.25	Anežka Drahotová	Czech Republic	23 July 2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	19 years, 1 day	[84]
	42:43 h	Svetlana Vasilyeva	Russia	27 February 2011	Russian Winter Walking Championships	Sochi, Russia	18 years, 218 days	[85]
10 km walk (road)	41:57	Gao Hongmiao	China	8 September 1993	National Games of China	Beijing, China	19 years, 144 days
	41:52	Tatyana Mineyeva	Russia	5 September 2009		Penza, Russia	19 years, 26 days	[86]
	41:55	Irina Stankina	Russia	11 February 1995		Adler, Russia	17 years, 323 days
20,000 m walk (track)	1:29:32.4	Song Hongjuan	China	24 October 2003		Changsha, Japan	19 years, 112 days
20 km walk (road)	1:25:29	Glenda Morejón	Ecuador	8 June 2019	Gran Premio Cantones de Marcha	A Coruña, Spain	19 years, 9 days	[87]
4 × 100 m relay	42.59 A	Serena Cole Tina Clayton Kerrica Hill Tia Clayton	Jamaica	5 August 2022	World U20 Championships	Cali, Colombia	18 years, 40 days 17 years, 352 days 17 years, 152 days 17 years, 352 days	[88]
	42.58[f]	Serena Cole Tina Clayton Brianna Lyston Tia Clayton	Jamaica	17 April 2022	CARIFTA Games	Kingston, Jamaica	17 years, 295 days 17 years, 243 days 17 years, 328 days 17 years, 243 days	[89][90]
4 × 400 m relay	3:27.60	Alexandria Anderson Ashlee Kidd Stephanie Smith Natasha Hastings	United States	18 July 2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	17 years, 172 days 18 years, 358 days 19 years, 21 days 17 years, 361 days
	3:24.04	Alexis Holmes Kimberly Harris Ziyah Holman Kayla Davis	United States	21 July 2019	Pan American U20 Championships	San José, Costa Rica	19 years, 174 days 17 years, 10 days 17 years, 201 days 15 years, 212 days	[91]

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref.
4 × 400 m relay	3:17.69 A	Charlie Batholomew Madison Whyte Will Sumner Kennedy Wade	United States	2 August 2022	World U20 Championships	Cali, Colombia	18 years, 284 days	[92]

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref.	Video
50 m	5.67	Kareem Kelly	United States	19 February 2000	Los Angeles Invitational	Los Angeles, United States	18 years, 324 days
55 m	6.07	Leonard Scott	United States	20 February 1999		Gainesville, United States	19 years, 32 days
60 m	6.51	Mark Lewis-Francis	Great Britain	11 March 2001	World Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	18 years, 188 days	[93]
	6.51 #[g]	Israel Okon Sunday	Nigeria	28 February 2025	SEC Championships	College Station, United States	18 years, 109 days	[94][95]
200 m	20.37	Walter Dix	United States	12 March 2005		Fayetteville, United States	19 years, 40 days
300 m	32.49	Jacory Patterson	United States	11 January 2019	Virginia Tech Invitational	Blacksburg, United States	18 years, 343 days	[96]
400 m	44.80	Kirani James	Grenada	27 February 2011	SEC Championships	Fayetteville, United States	18 years, 179 days	[97][98]
500 m	59.83	Abdalelah Haroun	Qatar	17 February 2016	Globen Galan	Stockholm, Sweden	17 years, 59 days	[99]
600 y	1:06.93	Moitalel Naadokila	Kenya	15 February 2020		Lubbock, United States	19 years, 7 days
600 m	1:15.49	Brandon Miller	United States	3 December 2021	Wooo Pig Classic	Fayetteville, United States	19 years, 336 days	[100]
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	3:34.83	Biniam Mehary	Ethiopia	6 February 2024	Copernicus Cup	Toruń, Poland	17 years, 48 days	[101]
	3:32.67+	Cameron Myers	Australia	8 February 2025	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	18 years, 244 days	[102]
Mile	3:53.12	Cameron Myers	Australia	25 January 2025	Dr. Sander Invitational	New York City, United States	18 years, 230 days	[103]
	3:47.48	Cameron Myers	Australia	8 February 2025	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	18 years, 244 days	[104]
2000 m	4:57.74	Yomif Kejelcha	Ethiopia	28 February 2014	Meeting National en salle de Metz	Metz, France	16 years, 211 days	[105]
3000 m	7:29.99	Biniam Mehary	Ethiopia	13 February 2025	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais	Liévin, France	18 years, 55 days	[106]
Two miles	8:13.32	Tariku Bekele	Ethiopia	18 February 2006	Norwich Union Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	18 years, 355 days	[107]
5000 m	12:53.29	Isiah Koech	Kenya	11 February 2011	PSD Bank Meeting	Düsseldorf, Germany	17 years, 54 days	[108][109]
50 m hurdles (106.7 cm)	6.52+	Liu Xiang	China	24 February 2002	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France	18 years, 224 days
55 m hurdles (106.7 cm)	7.04	Kurt Powdar	United States	26 January 2019	Bullis Speed Invitational	New York City, United States	17 years, 329 days	[110]
60 m hurdles (99/100 cm)	7.34	Sasha Zhoya	France	22 February 2020	French U20 Championships	Miramas, France	17 years, 242 days	[111]
60 m hurdles (106.7 cm)	7.55	Liu Xiang	China	10 February 2002		Ghent, Belgium	18 years, 212 days
	7.55	Leonard Mustari	United States	11 February 2022	Tiger Paw Invitational	Clemson, United States	19 years, 29 days	[112]
300 m hurdles	35.93 OT	Petteri Pulkkinen	Finland	19 February 1992	Finnish Championships	Tampere, Finland	18 years, 285 days	[113]
400 m hurdles	50.41 OT	Wouter Le Roux	South Africa	9 February 2005	Botnia Games	Korsholm, Finland	19 years, 23 days	[114]
High jump	2.35 m	Vladimir Yashchenko	Soviet Union	12 March 1978	European Championships	Milan, Italy	19 years, 59 days
Pole vault	5.88 m	Armand Duplantis	Sweden	25 February 2018	All Star Perche	Clermont-Ferrand, France	18 years, 107 days	[115]
Long jump	8.34 m	Mattia Furlani	Italy	17 February 2024	Italian Championships	Ancona, Italy	19 years, 10 days	[116]
Triple jump	17.54 m A	Jaydon Hibbert	Jamaica	11 March 2023	NCAA Division I Championships	Albuquerque, United States	18 years, 53 days	[117][118]
Shot put (6 kg)	22.48 m	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland	8 January 2016		Toruń, Poland	18 years, 297 days	[119]
	22.96 m	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland	29 December 2016		Spała, Poland	19 years, 287 days	[120]
Shot put (7.26 kg)[121]	21.05 m	Terry Albritton	United States	22 February 1974		New York City, United States	19 years, 39 days
Weight throw	22.31 m	Ággelos Mantzouránis	Greece	8 December 2023	M City Classic	Minneapolis, United States	19 years, 221 days	[122]
Heptathlon (Junior)	6062 pts	Jente Hauttekeete	Belgium	13–14 February 2021	Mehrkampf - Siebenkampf U20	Frankfurt, Germany	18 years, 336 days	[123]
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m 7.07 7.33 m 15.64 m 2.10 m 8.06 4.70 m 2:46.71
Heptathlon (Senior)	6022 pts	Gunnar Nixon	United States	27–28 January 2012	Razorback Invitational	Fayetteville, United States	19 years, 15 days	[124]
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m 7.10 7.53 m 13.97 m 2.15 m 8.21 m 4.50 m 2:40.15
5000 m walk (track)	18:51.9 h	Vasiliy Mizinov	Russia	6 January 2016	Rodionova Race Walking Memorial	Chelyabinsk, Russia	18 years, 8 days	[125]
4 × 200 m relay	1:25.36	André Volkmann Alexander Kosenkow Marc-Oliver Schmidtchen Jens Weissbach	Germany	2 March 1996		Liévin, France	18 years, 354 days
4 × 400 m relay	3:09.44	Bullis School Cameron Homer Alexander Lambert Colin Abrams Quincy Wilson	United States	16 March 2025	New Balance Nationals Indoor	Boston, United States	17 years, 67 days	[126]
4 × 800 m relay	7:36.99	Albemarle High School Zach Vrhovac Luke Noble Garrett Bradley Anthony Kostelac	United States	15 March 2009	New Balance Nationals Indoor	Roxbury Crossing, United States	17 years, 243 days 18 years, 160 days 17 years, 208 days 17 years, 254 days

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref.
50 m	6.24	Marlies Oelsner	East Germany	5 March 1977		Berlin, East Germany	18 years, 349 days
	6.24+	Adaejah Hodge	British Virgin Islands	12 January 2024	VA Showcase	Virginia Beach, United States	17 years, 305 days	[127]
55 m	6.68 A	Aleisha Latimer	United States	19 January 1996		Boulder, United States	16 years, 281 days
60 m	7.07	Ewa Swoboda	Poland	12 February 2016	Copernicus Cup	Toruń, Poland	18 years, 201 days	[128]
	7.07 A	Kaila Jackson	United States	10 March 2023	NCAA Division I Championships	Albuquerque, United States	18 years, 253 days	[129]
200 m	22.34	JaMeesia Ford	United States	9 March 2024	NCAA Division I Championships	Boston, United States	19 years, 43 days	[130]
	22.33	Adaejah Hodge	British Virgin Islands	12 March 2023	New Balance Nationals	Boston, United States	16 years, 364 days	[131]
300 m	35.83	JaMeesia Ford	United States	8 December 2023	Clemson Opener	Clemson, United States	18 years, 316 days	[132]
400 m	50.82	Sanya Richards	United States	13 March 2004	NCAA Division I Championships	Fayetteville, United States	18 years, 292 days
	50.52[h]	Sydney McLaughlin	United States	25 February 2018	SEC Championships	College Station, United States	18 years, 202 days	[133]
	50.36[i]	Sydney McLaughlin	United States	10 March 2018	NCAA Division I Championships	College Station, United States	18 years, 215 days	[134]
	50.52[h]	Athing Mu	United States	6 February 2021	Charlie Thomas Invitational	College Station, United States	18 years, 243 days	[135]
500 m	1:08.94	Kseniya Zadorina	Russia	12 January 2006	Christmas Cup	Moscow, Russia	18 years, 316 days
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	[136]
800 m	1:58.40	Athing Mu	United States	27 February 2021	Southeastern Conference Championships	Fayetteville, United States	18 years, 264 days	[137]
1000 m	2:35.80	Mary Cain	United States	8 February 2014	New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	Roxbury, United States	17 years, 281 days	[138]
1500 m	4:01.57	Lemlem Hailu	Ethiopia	19 February 2020	Meeting Hauts de France Pas de Calais	Liévin, France	18 years, 274 days	[139]
	3:58.43	Birke Haylom	Ethiopia	4 February 2024	New Balance Grand Prix	Boston, United States	18 years, 29 days	[140]
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	[141]
3000 m	8:33.56	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	20 February 2004	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	18 years, 142 days
	8:32.34	Melknat Wudu	Ethiopia	4 February 2024	New Balance Grand Prix	Boston, United States	19 years, 32 days	[142]
	8:25.37	Birke Haylom	Ethiopia	13 February 2025	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais	Liévin, France	19 years, 38 days	[143]
Two miles	9:07.12	Melknat Wudu	Ethiopia	11 February 2024	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	19 years, 39 days	[144]
	9:04.39[j]	Medina Eisa	Ethiopia	11 February 2024	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	19 years, 39 days	[145]
5000 m	14:53.99	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	31 January 2004	Boston Indoor Games	Boston, United States	18 years, 122 days
	14:42.94	Senayet Getachew	Ethiopia	27 January 2024	BU John Thomas Terrier Classic	Boston, United States	18 years, 118 days	[146]
50 m hurdles (84 cm)	6.95	Candy Young	United States	3 February 1979		Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	16 years, 258 days
55 m hurdles	7.56	Nicole Hoxie	United States	7 February 1998		Norman, United States	18 years, 200 days	[147]
60 m hurdles	7.92	Ackera Nugent	Jamaica	13 March 2021	NCAA Division I Championships	Fayetteville, United States	18 years, 318 days
	7.91	Grace Stark	United States	29 February 2020	SEC Championships	College Station, United States	18 years, 299 days	[148]
	7.91	Ackera Nugent	Jamaica	26 February 2021	Big 12 Championships	Lubbock, United States	18 years, 303 days	[149]
300 m hurdles	41.19 OT	Annika Kumlin	Finland	18 February 1996		Kuopio, Finland	18 years, 332 days	[150]
High jump	2.02 m	Yaroslava Mahuchikh	Ukraine	31 January 2020	Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe	Karlsruhe, Germany	18 years, 134 days	[151]
Pole vault	4.71 m	Wilma Murto	Finland	31 January 2016		Zweibrücken, Germany	17 years, 234 days	[152]
Long jump	6.91 m	Larissa Iapichino	Italy	20 February 2021	Italian Championships	Ancona, Italy	18 years, 217 days	[153]
Triple jump	14.37 m	Ren 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	4542 pts	Alina Shukh	Ukraine	4 February 2017	International Combined Events Meeting	Lasnamäe, Estonia	17 years, 358 days	[154]
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m 8.98 1.89 m 13.81 m 6.12 m 2:16.84
	4556 pts[c]	Sophia Yakushina	Russia	27 February 2025	SEC Championships	College Station, United States	19 years, 51 days	[155]
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m 8.39 1.78 m 12.11 m 6.42 m 2:13.59
	4550 pts	Alina Shukh	Ukraine	27 January 2017	Ukrainian Team Championships	Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine	17 years, 350 days	[156]
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m 8.85 1.88 m 14.27 m 6.04 m 2:17.69
	4635 pts A	Kendell Williams	United States	15 March 2014	NCAA Division I Championships	Albuquerque, United States	18 years, 274 days	[157]
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m 8.21 1.88 m 12.05 m 6.32 m 2:17.31
	4694 pts OT	Sibylle Thiele	East Germany	26 January 1984		Senftenberg, East Germany	18 years, 326 days
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m 8.59 1.86 m 14.32 m 6.51 m 2:20.4
	4558 pts X	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium	3 February 2013		Ghent, Belgium	18 years, 168 days	[158]
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m 8.65 1.84 m 14.00 m 6.30 m 2:21.18
1500 m walk	6:02.85+	Taylor Ewert	United States	9 February 2019	Millrose Games	New York City United States	17 years, 80 days	[159]
Mile walk	6:28.21	Taylor Ewert	United States	9 February 2019	Millrose Games	New York City United States	17 years, 80 days	[160]
3000 m walk (track)	12:05.6 h	Lyudmila Yefimkina	Russia	1 March 1998		Insar, Russia	16 years, 191 days
	12:05.1 h OT	Anastasiya Kolchina	Russia	24 September 2023	Final of the Race Walk Queen of Sports	Saransk, Russia	18 years, 136 days	[161]
5000 m walk (track)	21:30.1	Vera Sokolova	Russia	6 January 2005		Chelyabinsk, Russia	17 years, 212 days
4 × 200 m relay	1:35.86	Long Beach Poly Shana Solomon Jasmine Lee Dominique Dorsey Shalonda Solomon	United States	16 March 2003		New York City, United States	16 years, 345 days 17 years, 84 days 17 years, 87 days
4 × 400 m relay	3:38.91	Long Beach Poly Dashanta Harris Jasmine Lee Shana Woods Shalonda Solomon	United States	14 March 2004		New York City, United States	17 years, 344 days 17 years, 251 days 18 years, 86 days
4 × 800 m relay	8:59.37	Suffern High School McKenna Greany Heidt Consiglio	United States	12 March 2006		New York City, United States
	8:53.67[k]	Boys and Girls High School, Brooklyn Vargas Fernandez Francis Livingston ( Jamaica)	United States	1 March 2002		New York City, United States

Notes

1. later disqualified due to a doping offence
2. not recognised by World Athletics
3. mark was unratified because organisers did not arrange for doping control
4. 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
5. Unratified due to no false start detection
6. all team members were not subjected to doping control after the race
7. doping control not compliant with World Athletics rules
8. unratifiable because doping test not made on the day of competition
9. Unratified due no confirmation that doping control procedures were compliant
10. later disqualified due to lane infringement
11. not recognised by World Athletics