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 |
10.94 |
Briana Williams (Jamaica) |
Kingston, Jamaica |
6/21/19 |
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 |
2:36.72p |
Claudia Hollingsworth (Australia) |
Melbourne, Australia |
3/2/21 |
1500 |
4:02.83 |
Gudaf Tesegay (Ethiopia) |
Beijing, China |
5/21/14 |
Mile |
4:28.25 |
Mary Cain (US) |
New York, New York |
2/16/13 |
2000 Steeple |
6:11.83 |
Korahubsh Itaa (Ethiopia) |
Bressanone, Italy |
7/10/09 |
Steeple |
9:24.73 |
Celphine Chespol (Kenya) |
Shanghai, China |
5/14/16 |
3000 |
8:39.00 |
Zola Pieterse (South Africa) |
Durban, South Africa |
4/02/83 |
5000 |
14:49.90 |
Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) |
Berlin, Germany |
6/06/02 |
100 Hurdles |
12.84Sr |
Tia Jones (US) |
Clovis, California |
6/25/16 |
Senior 100 Hurdles |
12.84 |
Tia Jones (US) |
Clovis, California |
6/25/16 |
400 Hurdles |
54.15 |
Sydney McLaughlin (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 |
Pole Vault |
4.50 | 14-9 |
Lisa Gunnarsson (Sweden) |
Pézenas, France |
5/28/16 |
|
4.50 | 14-9 |
Lisa Gunnarsson (Sweden) |
Angers, France |
6/25/16 |
|
4.50 | 14-9ip |
Amanda Moll (US) |
Spokane, Washington |
2/27/22 |
|
4.51 | 14-9½p |
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 |
65.90 | 216-2 |
Elína Tzénggo (Greece) |
Ioánnina, Greece |
5/08/19 |
|
68.76 | 225-7p |
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 |
6221 |
María Vicente (Spain) |
Győr, Hungary |
7/05-06/18 |
(13.25, 1.72/5-7¾, 13.77/45-2¼, 23.78 [3747], 6.37/20-10¾, 43.28/142-0, 2:23.29 [2474]) |
Senior Heptathlon |
6148 |
Morgan Lake (Great Britain) |
Eugene, Oregon |
7/22-23/14 |
(14.29, 1.94/6-4¼, 14.17/46-6, 24.64 [3821], 5.90/19-4¼, 41.66/136‑8, 2:21.06 [2327]) |
Walk Event |
5000 Walk |
20:28.05 |
Tatyana Kalmykova (Russia) |
Ostrava, Czech Republic |
7/12/07 |
as of March 28, 2022