World Junior Records are those officially ratified by World Athletics (WA). 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
| Running Events | ||||
| 100 | 10.88 | Marlies Göhr (East Germany) | Dresden, Germany | 7/01/77 |
| [Note: statistically acceptable 10.75 by Sha’Carri Richardson (US) in ’19 never ratified] | ||||
| 200 | 21.81 | Christine Mboma (Namibia) | Tokyo, Japan | 8/03/21 |
| [Note: a 21.78 by Mboma in Zürich on 9/09/21 was not ratified by WA] | ||||
| 400 | 49.42 | Grit Breuer (Germany) | Tokyo, Japan | 8/27/91 |
| 800 | 1:54.01 | Pamela Jelimo (Kenya) | Zürich, Switzerland | 8/29/08 |
| 1000 | 2:34.89 | Audrey Werro (Switzerland) | Nice, France | 6/17/23 |
| 1500 | 3:51.34 | Yinglai Lang (China) | Shanghai, China | 10/19/97 |
| [Note: T&FN believes all the marks made in the Chinese National Games of ’93 and ’97 are flawed. We believe the “real” fastest is 3:3:54.93 by Birke Haylom (Ethiopia) in ’23)] | ||||
| Mile | 4:17.57 | Zola Pieterse (Great Britain) | Zürich, Switzerland | 8/21/85 |
| 4:17.13p | Birke Haylom (Ethiopia) | Oslo, Norway | 6/15/23 | |
| Steeple | 8:58.78 | Celliphine Chespol (Kenya) | Eugene, Oregon | 5/26/17 |
| 3000 | 8:28.83 | Zola Pieterse (Great Britain) | Rome, Italy | 9/07/85 |
| 8:26.03p | Birke Haylom (Ethiopia) | Eugene, Oregon | 9/17/23 | |
| 5000 | 14:30.88 | Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) | Bergen, Norway | 6/11/04 |
| 14:23.71p | Birke Haylom (Ethiopia) | Eugene, Oregon | 7/25/24 | |
| [Note: statistically acceptable 14:16.54 by Medina Elsa (Ethiopia) ’23 never ratified] | ||||
| 10,000 | 30:26.50 | Linet Masai (Kenya) | Beijing, China | 8/15/08 |
| 100 Hurdles | 12.71 | Britany Anderson (Jamaica) | Joensuu, Finland | 7/24/19 |
| 400 Hurdles | 53.60 | McLaughlin-Levrone (US) | Fayetteville, Arkansas | 4/27/18 |
| [Note: statistically acceptable 52.75 by McLaughlin-Levrone in ’18 never ratified] | ||||
| Relay Events | ||||
| 4 x 100 | 42.59 | Jamaica Juniors | Cali, Colombia | 8/05/22 |
| (Serena Cole, Tina Clayton, Kerrica Hill, Tia Clayton) | ||||
| 4 x 400 | 3:27.60 | United States Juniors | Grosseto, Italy | 7/18/04 |
| (Alex Anderson 53.1, Ashlee Kidd 51.6, Stephanie Smith 51.0, Natasha Hastings 51.9) | ||||
| 3:24.04(A)p | United States Juniors | San José, Costa Rica | 7/21/19 | |
| (Alexis Holmes 51.6, Kimberly Harris 51.2, Ziyah Holman 51.4, Kayla Davis 49.8) | ||||
| 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) | ||||
| Field Events | ||||
| High Jump | 2.04 | 6-8¼ | Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine) | Doha, Qatar | 9/30/19 |
| Pole Vault | 4.71 | 15-5½i | Wilma Murto (Finland) | Zweibrücken, Germany | 1/31/16 |
| Long Jump | 7.14 | 23-5¼ | Heike Drechsler (East Germany) | Bratislava, Slovakia | 6/03/83 |
| Triple Jump | 14.62 | 47-11¾ | Tereza Marinova (Bulgaria) | Sydney, Australia | 8/25/96 |
| Shot | 20.54 | 67-4¾ | Astrid Kumbernuss (East Germany) | Orimatilla, Finland | 7/01/89 |
| Discus | 74.40 | 244-1 | Ilke Wyludda (East Germany) | Berlin, Germany | 9/13/88 |
| Hammer | 73.43 | 240-11 | Silja Kosonen (Finland) | Vaasa, Finland | 6/28/21 |
| Javelin | 64.28 | 210-11 | Ziyi Yan (China) | Hangzhou, China | 4/14/24 |
| 64.41 | 211-4p | Ziyi Yan (China) | Quzhou, China | 9/14/24 | |
| Multi Event | ||||
| Heptathlon | 6542 | Carolina Klüft (Sweden) | Kingston, Jamaica | 7/19-20/02 |
| (13.33, 1.89/6-2¼, 13.16/43-2¼, 23.71 [3915], 6.36/20-10½, 47.61/156-2, 2:27.99 [2627]) | ||||
| Road Event | ||||
| Marathon+ | 2:20:49 | Shure Demise (Ethiopia) | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 1/23/15 |
| Walk Events | ||||
| 10,000 | 42:47.25 | Anežka Drahotová (Czechia) | Eugene, Oregon | 7/23/14 |
| 10K Road | 41:57 | Hongmiao Gao (China) | Beijing, China | 9/08/93 |
as of October 09, 2024