World Junior Records—Men
World Junior Records are those officially ratified by the IAAF. Junior Records are restricted to athletes who do not turn 20 at any time during the calendar year in which the mark is made.
Symbols:
' after name = non-U.S. citizen
(AmC) = American-born collegian
(A) = altitude-aided mark--over 1000m of altitude (in affected events only)
i = made indoors (banked-track marks not acceptable)
p = mark still pending ratification
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| Track Events | ||||
| 100 | 10.01 | Darrel Brown (Trinidad) | St.-Denis, France | 8/24/03 |
| 200 | 19.93 | Usain Bolt (Jamaica) | Hamilton, Bermuda | 4/11/04 |
| 400 | 43.87 | Steve Lewis (US) | Seoul, South Korea | 9/28/88 |
| 800 |
1:41.73 | Nijel Amos (Botswana) | London, England | 8/09/12 |
| 1000 | 2:15.00 | Benjamin Kipkurui (Kenya) | Nice, France | 7/17/99 |
| 1500 | 3:30.24 | Cornelius Chirchir (Kenya) | Fontvieille, Monaco | 7/17/02 |
| Mile | 3:49.29 | William Biwott (Kenya) | Oslo, Norway | 7/03/09 |
| 2000+ | 4:56.86 | Isaac Songok (Kenya) | Berlin, Germany | 8/31/01 |
| Steeple | 7:58.66 | Stephen Cherono (Kenya) | Brussels, Belgium | 8/24/01 |
| 3000 | 7:28.78 | Augustine Choge (Kenya) | Doha, Qatar | 5/13/05 |
| 5000 | 12:52.61 | Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) | Oslo, Norway | 6/27/03 |
| 12:47.53p | Hagos Gebrhiwet (Ethiopia) | St.-Denis, France | 7/06/12 | |
| 10,000 | 26:41.75 | Sammy Wanjiru (Kenya) | Brussels, Belgium | 6/28/05 |
| 110 Hurdles | 13.12 | Xiang Liu (China) | Lausanne, Switzerland | 7/02/02 |
| 400 Hurdles | 48.02 | Danny Harris (US) | Los Angeles, California | 6/17/84 |
| Relay Events | ||||
| 4 x 100 | 38.66 | United States | Grosseto, Italy | 7/18/04 |
| (Trell Kimmons, Demi Omole, Ivory Williams, LaShawn Merritt) | ||||
| 4 x 400 | 3:01.09 | United States | Grosseto, Italy | 7/18/04 |
| (Brandon Johnson 45.3, LaShawn Merritt 44.8, Jason Craig 46.1, Kerron Clement 44.9) | ||||
| Field Events | ||||
| High Jump | 2.37 | 7-9¼ | Dragutin Topić (Yugoslavia) | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 8/12/90 |
| 2.37 | 7-9¼ | Steve Smith (Great Britain) | Seoul, South Korea | 9/20/92 | |
| Pole Vault | 5.80 | 19-¼ | Maksim Tarasov (Soviet Union) | Bryansk, Russia | 7/14/89 |
| 5.80 | 19-¼ | Raphael Holzdeppe (Germany) | Biberach, Germany | 6/28/08 | |
| Long Jump | 8.35 | 27-4¾ | Sergey Morgunov (Russia) | Cheboksary, Russia | 6/20/12 |
| Triple Jump | 17.50 | 57-5 | Volker Mai (East Germany) | Erfurt, Germany | 6/23/85 |
| SP | 22.73 | 74-7 | David Storl (Germany) | Osterode, Germany | 7/14/09 |
| Sr SP+ | 20.65 | 67-9 | Michael Carter (US) | Boston, Massachusetts | 7/04/79 |
| Discus | 70.13 | 230-1 | Mykyta Nesterenko (Ukraine) | Halle, Germany | 5/24/08 |
| Sr DT+ | 65.31 | 214-3 | Mykyta Nesterenko (Ukraine | Tallinn, Estonia | 6/03/08 |
| Hammer |
85.57 | 280-9 | Amjad Ashraf (Qatar) | Barcelona, Spain | 7/14/12 |
| Sr HT+ | 78.33 | 257-0 | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (Finland) | Seinajöki, Finland | 8/05/99 |
| Javelin | 84.69 | 277-10 | Zigismunds Sirmais (Latvia) | Bauska, Latvia | 6/22/11 |
| Multi Event | ||||
| Decathlon | 8397 | Torsten Voss (East Germany) | Erfurt, East Germany | 7/6-7/82 |
| (10.76, 7.66/25-1¾, 14.41/47-3½, 2.09/6-10¼, 48.37 [4421], | ||||
| 14.37, 41.76/137-0, 4.80/15-9, 62.90/206-4, 4:34.04 [3976]) | ||||
| Road Event | ||||
| Marathon | 2:10:46 | Zuhong Li (China) | Beijing, China | 10/14/01 |
| Walk Events | ||||
| 10,000 | 38:46.4 | Viktor Burayev (Russia) | Moscow, Russia | 5/20/00 |
| 10K(r) | 38:16 | Vladimir Kanaykin (Russia) | Saransk, Rusia | 6/19/04 |
| 37:44p | Zhen Wang (China) | Beijing, China | 9/18/10 | |
January 12, 2013