Men’s World Junior (U20) Records

World Junior Records are those officially ratified by World Athletics. 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: + = event not officially recognized by WA; (A) = altitude-aided mark—over 1000m of altitude (in affected events only); i = made indoors; p = mark still pending ratification

100 9.91 Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) Cali, Colombia 8/02/22
200 19.69 Erriyon Knighton (US) Eugene, Oregon 6/26/22
19.67p Gout Gout (Australia) Sydney, Australia 4/12/26
(note: statistically acceptable 19.49 by Knighton ’22 never ratified)
300+ 31.61 Clarence Munyai (South Africa) Ostrava, Czechia 6/28/17
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 2:14.37 Niels Laros (Netherlands) Hengelo, Netherlands 7/07/24
1500 3:27.72 Phanuel Koech (Kenya) Paris, France 6/21/25
Mile 3:48.06 Raynold Kipkorir (Kenya) Eugene, Oregon 9/16/23
2000+ 4:48.14 Raynold Kipkorir (Kenya) Brussels, Belgium 9/08/23
2000St+ 5:19.99 Meresa Kassaye (Ethiopia) Donets’k, Ukraine 7/12/13
Steeple 7:58.66 Stephen Cherono (Kenya) Brussels, Belgium 8/24/01
3000 7:28.19 Yomif Kejelcha (Ethiopia) St.-Denis, France 8/27/16
2 Miles+ 8:08.69 Selemon Barega (Ethiopia) Stanford, California 6/30/19
5000 12:43.02 Selemon Barega (Ethiopia) Brussels, Belgium 8/31/18
10,000 26:41.75 Sammy Wanjiru (Kenya) Brussels, Belgium 6/28/05
26:37.93p Biniam Mehary (Ethiopia) Nerja, Spain 6/14/24
110 Hurdles 12.72(A) Sasha Zhoya (France) Kasarani, Kenya 8/21/21
12.72p Le’Ezra Brown (US) Eugene, Oregon 8/07/26
(low-altitude)+ 12.99 Wilhem Belocian (France) Eugene, Oregon 7/24/14
12.99 Damion Thomas (Jamaica) Kingston, Jamaica 6/23/18
12.89p Le’Ezra Brown (Georgia) Eugene, Oregon 8/07/26
12.72p Le’Ezra Brown (Georgia) Eugene, Oregon 8/09/26
Senior 110 Hurdles+ 13.12 Xiang Liu (China) Lausanne, Switzerland 7/02/02
400 Hurdles 47.34 Roshawn Clarke (Jamaica) Budapest, Hungary 8/21/23
Relay Event
4 x 100 38.51(A) South Africa Kasarani, Kenya 8/22/21
(Mihlali Xotyeni, Sinesipho Dambile, Lucky Moleyane, Benji Richardson)
38.16p United States Eugene, Oregon 8//09/26
(Blake Hamilton 10.54, Dillon Mitchell 9.17, Kyler Brown 9.70, Tate Taylor 8.75)
(low-altitude)+ 38.66 United States Juniors Grosseto, Italy 7/18/04
(Trell Kimmons, Demi Omole, Ivory Williams, LaShawn Merritt)
Mixed Sex 4 x100 41.64p Australia Eugene, Oregon 8/06/26
(Uwezo Lubenda 11.02, Maya Taber 10.62, Kelechi Ekwomadu 9.57, Thewbelle Philp 10.43)
41.60p Great Britain Eugene, Oregon 8/06/26
(Divine Iheme 11.07, Savannah McKenzie Morgan 10.46, Mathew Ajayi 9.62, Sophie Thomas 10.45)
41.21p Italy Eugene, Oregon 8/08/26
(Edwin Fermin Galvan 10.67, Elisa Valensin 10.58, Francesco Pagliarini 9.79, Kelly Ann Maevane. Doualla Edimo 10.17)
4 x 400 2:59.30(A) United States Juniors San José, Costa Rica 7/21/19
(Frederick Lewis 45.9, Matthew Boling 44.5, Matthew Moorer 45.2, Justin Robinson 43.7)
(low-altitude)+ 3:00.33 United States Juniors Trujillo, Peru 7/23/17
(Brian Herron 45.1, Zach Shinnick 45.1, Sean Hooper 44.73, Josephus Lyles 45.36)
Mixed-Sex 4 x 400 3:17.69 United States Juniors Cali, Colombia 8/02/22
(Charlie Bartholomew 45.09, Madison Whyte 53.39, Will Sumner 45.97, Kennedy Wade 53.24)
3:15.61p United States Eugene, Oregon 8/08/26
(Joshua Shelton 46.22, Taylor Nicole Overton 51.70, Jaelen Hunter 45.57, Olivia Harris 51.82)
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 6.05 | 19-10¼ Mondo Duplantis (Sweden) Berlin, Germany 8/12/18
Long Jump 8.38 | 27-6 Mattia Furlani (Italy) Rome, Italy 6/08/24
Triple Jump 17.75 | 58-3 Jaydon Hibbert (Jamaica) Kingston, Jamaica 6/01/24
[note: statistically acceptable 17.87 | 58-7½ Hibbert ’23 never ratified]
Shot 23.00 | 75-5½ Jacko Gill (New Zealand) Auckland, New Zealand 8/18/13
Senior Shot+ 21.14 | 69-1¼ Konrad Bukowiecki (Poland) Oslo, Norway 6/09/16
Discus 71.37 | 234-2 Mika Sosna (Germany) Schönebeck, Germany 6/10/22
Senior Discus+ 65.31 | 214-3 Mykyta Nesterenko (Ukraine) Tallinn, Estonia 6/03/08
Hammer 85.57 | 280-9 Ashraf Amjad Al-Saifi (Qatar) Barcelona, Spain 7/14/12
Senior Hammer+ 78.33 | 257-0 Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (Finland) Seinajöki, Finland 8/05/99
Javelin 86.48 | 283-9 Neeraj Chopra (India) Bydgoszcz, Poland 7/23/16
Multi Event
Junior Decathlon 8514 Hubert Trościanka (Poland) Tampere, Finland 8/07-08/25
(10.74, 7.26/23-10, 15.48/50-9½, 1.94/6-4¼, 46.21 [4361], 14.23, 43.36/142-3, 4.80/15-9, 68.87/225-11, 4:28.59 [4153])
Senior Decathlon+ 8397 Torsten Voss (East Germany) Erfurt, East Germany 7/06-07/82
(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 Events
10K+ 26:46 Rhonex Kipruto (Kenya) Prague, Czechia 9/08/18
Marathon+ 2:04:32 Tsegaye Mekonnen (Ethiopia) Dubai, United Arab Emirates 1/24/14
Walk Events
5000 18:40.37p Isaac Beacroft (Australia) Eugene, Oregon 8/27/26
10,000 38:02.68 Isaac Beacroft (Australia) Sydney, Australia 7/18/07
10K(r) 37:44 Zhen Wang (China) Beijing, China 9/18/10
20K+ 1:17:25 Sergey Shirobokov (Russia) Cheboksary, Russia 6/09/18

August 12, 2026