Although it stages a World Youth Championships in odd-numbered years, World Athletics does not maintain official World Youth Records. These are the best known statistically-acceptable performances by athletes who remain no older than 17 in the year in which the mark is set, as ratified by the T&FN Records Committee. Implements are Youth, unless noted otherwise.
Symbols: (A) = altitude-aided mark—over 1000m of altitude (in affected events only); i = made indoors; p = mark still pending ratification
| Track Events | ||||
| 100 | 10.98 | Candace Hill (US) | Shoreline, Washington | 6/20/15 |
| 200 | 22.42 | Amy Hunt (Great Britain) | Mannheim, Germany | 6/30/19 |
| 400 | 50.48 | Grit Breuer (East Germany) | Neubrandenburg, Germany | 7/22/89 |
| 800 | 1:59.51 | Mary Cain (US) | Eugene, Oregon | 6/01/13 |
| 1000 | 2:36.72 | Claudia Hollingsworth (Australia) | Melbourne, Australia | 3/02/21 |
| 1500 | 4:02.83 | Gudaf Tesegay (Ethiopia) | Beijing, China | 5/21/14 |
| 4:01.86p | Birke Haylom (Ethiopia) | Doha, Qatar | 5/5/23 | |
| 3:57.66p | Birke Haylom (Ethiopia) | Rabat, Morocca | 5/28/23 | |
| 3:54.93p | Birke Haylom (Ethiopia) | Chorzów, Poland | 7/16/23 | |
| Mile | 4:28.25 | Mary Cain (US) | New York, New York | 2/16/13 |
| 4:24.43ip | Saron Berhe (Ethiopia) | Ostrava, Czechia | 1/30/24 | |
| 2000 Steeple | 6:07.72 | Jolanda Kallabis (Germany) | Trier, Germany | 9/09/22 |
| Steeple | 9:09.19 | Simbo Alemayehu (Ethiopia) | Paris, France | 6/18/22 |
| 3000 | 8:26.03 | Birke Haylom (Ethiopia) | Eugene, Oregon | 9/17/23 |
| 5000 | 14:37.94 | Birke Haylom (Ethiopia) | London, England | 7/23/23 |
| 100 Hurdles | 12.71Sr | Kerrica Hill (Jamaica) | Kingston, Jamaica | 4/09/22 |
| Senior 100 Hurdles | 12.71 | Kerrica Hill (Jamaica) | Kingston, Jamaica | 4/09/22 |
| 400 Hurdles | 54.15 | McLaughlin-Levrone (US) | Eugene, Oregon | 7/10/16 |
| Relay Events | ||||
| 4 x 100 | 44.05 | East Germany | Athens, Greece | 8/24/75 |
| (Petra Koppetsch, Marlies Göhr, Margit Sinzel, Christina Lathan) | ||||
| 1000 Medley | 2:03.42 | Jamaica | Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France | 7/10/11 |
| (Christiania Williams, Shericka Jackson, Chris-Ann Gordon, Olivia James) | ||||
| Field Events | ||||
| High Jump | 1.96 | 6-5 | Charmaine Gale (South Africa) | Bloemfontein, South Africa | 4/04/81 |
| 1.96 | 6-5 | Olga Turchak (Soviet Union) | Donets’k, Ukraine | 9/07/84 | |
| 1.96 | 6-5 | Eleanor Patterson (Australia) | Townsville, Australia | 12/07/13 | |
| 1.96 | 6-5 | Vashti Cunningham (US) | Edmonton, Alberta | 8/01/15 | |
| 1.96 | 6-5i | Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine) | Minsk, Belarus | 12/22/18 | |
| 1.96 | 6-5 | Angelina Topić (Serbia) | Kruševac, Serbia | 6/26/22 | |
| 1.96 | 6-5 | Karmen Bruus (Estonia) | Eugene, Oregon | 7/19/22 | |
| Pole Vault | 4.51 | 14-9½ | Amanda Moll (US) | Austin, Texas | 3/25/22 |
| Long Jump | 6.91 | 22-8 | Heike Drechsler (East Germany) | Jena, Germany | 8/09/81 |
| Triple Jump | 14.25 | 46-9 | Dailenys Alcántra (Cuba) | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 7/10/08 |
| Shot | 20.52 | 67-4 | Corrie de Bruin (Holland) | Assen, Holland | 6/13/93 |
| Senior Shot | 19.08 | 62-7¼ | Ilke Wyludda (East Germany) | Chemnitz, Germany | 8/09/86 |
| Discus | 65.86 | 216-1Sr | Ilke Wyludda (East Germany) | Neubrandenburg, Germany | 8/01/86 |
| Senior Discus | 65.86 | 216-1 | Ilke Wyludda (East Germany) | Neubrandenburg, Germany | 8/01/86 |
| Hammer | 76.04 | 249-6 | Réka Gyurátz (Hungary) | Zalaegerszeg, Hungary | 6/23/13 |
| Senior Hammer | 70.60 | 231-7 | Wenxiu Zhang (China) | Nanning, China | 4/05/03 |
| Javelin | 68.76 | 225-7 | Adriana Vilagoš (Serbia) | Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia | 3/07/20 |
| Senior Javelin | 62.93 | 206-5 | Juan Xue (China) | Changsha, China | 10/27/03 |
| Multi Events | ||||
| Heptathlon | 6301 | Henriette Jæger (Norway) | Moss, Norway | 9/12-13/20 |
| (13.21w, 1.69/5-6½, 14.69/48-2½, 23.36w, 6.33/20-9¼, 35.71/117-2, 2:11.37) | ||||
| Senior Heptathlon | 6293 | Jana Koščak (Croatia) | Götzis, Austria | 5/27-28/23 |
| (13.26, 1.92/6-3½, 12.42/40-9, 24.13 [3875], 6.24/20-5¾, 41.03/134-7, 2:21.20 [2418]) | ||||
| Walk Event | ||||
| 5000 Walk | 20:28.05 | Tatyana Kalmykova (Russia) | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 7/12/07 |
as of February 127, 2024