List of world under-18 bests in athletics
Boys
Key: Awaiting approval "Best" not kept by IAAF not ratified by IAAF ht = hand timing A = affected by altitude OT = oversized track (> 200m in circumference)

List of world under-18 bests in athletics

Section Title: Boys
Table Section Text: Key: Awaiting approval "Best" not kept by IAAF not ratified by IAAF ht = hand timing A = affected by altitude OT = oversized track (> 200m in circumference)

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref	Video

100 m	10.15 (+2.0 m/s)	Anthony Schwartz	United States	31 March 2017	Florida Relays	United States Gainesville, United States	16 years, 207 days

200 m	20.13 (0.0 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	20 July 2003	Pan American Junior Championships	Barbados Bridgetown, Barbados	16 years, 333 days

300 m	33.16	Paul Greene	Australia	26 January 1989	Australia Canberra, Australia	16 years, 48 days

400 m	45.14	Obea Moore	United States	2 September 1995	Pan American Junior Athletics Championships	Chile Santiago, Chile	16 years, 235 days

600 m	1:18.3 (ht)	Predrag Melnjak	Yugoslavia	12 January 1986	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rijeka, Yugoslavia	16 years, 301 days

800 m	1:43.37	Mohamed Aman	Ethiopia	10 September 2011	Rieti Meeting	Italy Rieti, Italy	17 years, 243 days

1000 m	2:17.44	Hamza Driouch	Qatar	9 August 2011	Formtoppningen & Kastkvitter	Sweden Sollentuna, Sweden	16 years, 266 days

1500 m	3:33.72	Nicholas Kiptanui Kemboi	Kenya	18 August 2006	Weltklasse Zürich	Switzerland Zürich, Switzerland	16 years, 243 days

3:32.97 A	Justus Soget	Kenya	24 June 2017	Kenyan Championships	Kenya Nairobi, Kenya	16 years, 174 days

Mile	3:54.56	Isaac Songok	Kenya	20 August 2001	Austria Linz, Austria	17 years, 117 days

2000 m	4:56.86	Isaac Songok	Kenya	31 August 2001	ISTAF	Germany Berlin, Germany	17 years, 128 days

3000 m	7:32.37	Abreham Cherkos	Ethiopia	11 July 2006	Switzerland Lausanne, Switzerland	16 years, 291 days

Two miles	8:16.07	Abreham Cherkos	Ethiopia	28 May 2006	United States Eugene, United States	16 years, 247 days

5000 m	12:54.19	Abreham Cherkos	Ethiopia	14 July 2006	Golden Gala	Italy Rome, Italy	16 years, 294 days

10000 m	27:02.81	Ibrahim Jeylan	Ethiopia	25 August 2006	Memorial Van Damme	Belgium Brussels, Belgium	17 years, 74 days

Half marathon	1:00:38	Phaustin Baha Sulle	Tanzania	4 September 1999	Lille Half Marathon	France Lille, France	17 years, 97 days

Marathon	2:11:43	Li He	China	14 October 2001	Beijing Marathon	China Beijing, China	17 years, 225 days

110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	12.96 (+1.3 m/s)	Jaheel Hyde	Jamaica	23 August 2014	Youth Olympic Games	China Nanjing, China	17 years, 202 days

110 m hurdles (99/100 cm)	13.29 (−1.0 m/s)	Wilhem Belocian	France	12 July 2012	World Junior Championships	Spain Barcelona, Spain	17 years, 20 days

110 m hurdles (106.7 cm)	13.32 (+0.7 m/s)	Dejour Russell	Jamaica	24 June 2017	Jamaican National Senior Championship	Jamaica Kingston, Jamaica	17 years, 84 days

300 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	36.45	Bershawn Jackson	United States	13 May 2000	United States Gainesville, United States	17 years, 5 days

400 m hurdles (84.0 cm)	48.84	Sokwakhana Zazini	South Africa	17 March 2017	Gauteng North Championships	South Africa Pretoria, South Africa	16 years, 175 days

400 m hurdles (88.4 cm)	49.86	Marthinus Kritzinger	South Africa	18 July 1999	Poland Bydgoszcz, Poland	17 years, 158 days

400 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	48.89	L. J. van Zyl	South Africa	19 July 2002	World Junior Championships	Jamaica Kingston, Jamaica	16 years, 364 days

1500 m steeplechase	4:04.85	Antonio Álvarez	Spain	25 June 1993	Spain Málaga, Spain	16 years, 126 days

2000 m steeplechase	5:19.99	Meresa Kahsay	Ethiopia	12 July 2013	World Youth Championships	Ukraine Donetsk, Ukraine	17 years, 50 days

3000 m steeplechase	8:17.28	Jonathan Ndiku	Kenya	13 July 2008	World Junior Championships	Poland Bydgoszcz, Poland	16 years, 299 days

High jump	2.33 m	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	19 May 1985	Cuba Havana, Cuba	17 years, 218 days

Pole vault	5.55 m	Emmanouil Karalis	Greece	20 May 2016	Golden Spike Ostrava	Czech Republic Ostrava, Czech Republic	16 years, 213 days

5.56 m	Sasha Zhoya	Australia	1 April 2019	Australian Junior Championships	Australia Sydney, Australia	16 years, 280 days

Long jump	8.28 m (+1.8 m/s)	Maykel Demetrio Massó	Cuba	28 May 2016	Memorial Barrientos	Cuba Havana, Cuba	17 years, 20 days

Triple jump	17.41 m (+1.0 m/s)	Jordan A. Díaz	Cuba	8 June 2018	Cuba Havana, Cuba	17 years, 105 days

Shot put (5 kg)	24.45 m	Jacko Gill	New Zealand	11 December 2011	New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand	16 years, 327 days

Shot put (5.44 kg)	21.90 m	Arnold Campbell	United States	28 May 1983	United States Winter Park, United States	16 years, 194 days

Shot put (6 kg)	22.31 m	Jacko Gill	New Zealand	5 December 2011	New Zealand North Shore City, New Zealand	16 years, 350 days

Shot put (7.26 kg)	20.38 m	Jacko Gill	New Zealand	5 December 2011	New Zealand North Shore City, New Zealand	16 years, 350 days

Discus throw (1.5 kg)	77.50 m	Mykyta Nesterenko	Ukraine	19 May 2008	Ukraine Kyiv (Koncha Zaspa), Ukraine	17 years, 34 days

Discus throw (1.75 kg)	70.13 m	Mykyta Nesterenko	Ukraine	24 May 2008	Germany Halle (Saale), Germany	17 years, 39 days

Discus throw (2 kg)	65.31 m	Mykyta Nesterenko	Ukraine	3 June 2008	Estonia Tallinn, Estonia	17 years, 49 days

Hammer throw (5 kg)	87.82 m	Mykhaylo Kokhan	Ukraine	7 July 2018	European U18 Championships	Hungary Győr, Hungary	17 years, 166 days

Hammer throw (6 kg)	85.57 m	Ashraf Amgad Elseify	Qatar	14 July 2012	World Junior Championships	Spain Barcelona, Spain	17 years, 145 days

Hammer throw (7.26 kg)	73.66 m	Vladislav Piskunov	Ukraine	11 June 1994	Ukraine Kiev, Ukraine	16 years, 4 days

Javelin throw (700 g)	89.34 m	Braian Toledo	Argentina	6 March 2010	Argentina Mar del Plata, Argentina	16 years, 179 days	[1]

Javelin throw (800 g)	79.96 m	Aki Parviainen	Finland	12 September 1991	Finland Pyhäselkä, Finland	16 years, 321 days

Octathlon	6491 pts	Jake Stein	Australia	6–7 July 2011	World Youth Championships	France Lille, France	17 years, 171 days

11.52 (-0.5 m/s) (100 m), 7.22 m (+1.2 m/s) (long jump), 17.22 m (shot put), 51.32 (400 m) / 14.25 (-1.0 m/s) (110 m hurdles), 1.98 m (high jump), 59.65 m (javelin), 2:52.93 (1000 m)

Decathlon (Youth)	7864 pts	Cedric Dubler	Australia	29–30 September 2012	Australia Townsville, Australia	17 years, 261 days

11.03 (+0.9 m/s) (100 m), 7.36 m (+0.8 m/s) (long jump), 13.73 m (shot put / 5 kg), 2.04 m (high jump), 49.66 (400 m) / 14.12 (+0.3 m/s) (110 m hurdles / 91.4 cm), 46.44 m (discus / 1,5 kg), 4.60 m (pole vault), 47.87 m (javelin), 4:48.99 (1500 m)

Decathlon (Senior)	8104 pts (ht)	Valter Külvet	Estonia	22–23 August 1981	Soviet Union Viimsi, Soviet Union	17 years, 185 days

10.7 (w) (ht) (100 m), 7.26 m (w) (long jump), 13.86 m (shot put), 2.09 m (high jump), 48.5 (ht) (400 m) / 14.8 (ht) (110 m hurdles), 47.92 m (discus), 4.50 m (pole vault), 60.34 m (javelin), 4:37.8 (ht) (1500 m)

7829 pts	Valter Külvet	Estonia	12–13 September 1981	Sweden Stockholm, Sweden	17 years, 206 days

11.34 (100 m), 7.12 m (long jump), 14.10 m (shot put), 2.08 m (high jump), 49.65 (400 m) / 15.24 (110 m hurdles), 48.02 m (discus), 4.20 m (pole vault), 59.90 m (javelin), 4:37.07 (1500 m)

3000 m walk	11:32.9 (ht)	Douglas Connolly	Australia	27 November 1999	Australia Sydney, Australia

5000 m walk	19:35.79	Yuki Yamazaki	Japan	23 September 2001	Japan Toyama, Japan	17 years, 250 days

10000 m walk (track)	39:47.20	Chen Ding	China	11 July 2008	World Junior Championships	Poland Bydgoszcz, Poland	15 years, 341 days

10 km walk (road)	38:57	Li Tianlei	China	18 September 2010	IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final	China Beijing, PR China	15 years, 248 days

20000 m walk (track)	1:23:37.21	Li Tianlei	China	18 September 2012	Chinese University Games	China Tianjin, China	17 years, 249 days

20 km walk (road)	1:18:07	Li Gaobo	China	23 April 2005	China Cixi, China	15 years, 274 days

50000 m walk (track)	4:22:13.4	Bengt Simonsen	Sweden	19 October 1974	Sweden Gothenburg, Sweden	16 years, 210 days

50 km walk (road)	3:45:46	Yu Guoping	China	23 November 2001	China Guangzhou, China	15 years, 163 days

4 × 100 m relay	39.97	Michali Everett Tyreke Wilson Xavier Nairne Michael Stephens	Jamaica	15 April 2017	CARIFTA Games	Curaçao Willemstad, Curaçao	16 years, 78 days 17 years, 95 days 16 years, 195 days 16 years, 239 days

4 × 400 m relay	3:11.66	Asa Guevara Machel Cedenio Reubin Walters Theon Lewis	Trinidad and Tobago	1 July 2012	CAC Junior Championships	El Salvador San Salvador, El Salvador	16 years, 299 days

Swedish medley relay	1:49.23	Waseem Williams Michael O'Hara Okeen Williams Martin Manley	Jamaica	14 July 2013	World Youth Championships	Ukraine Donetsk, Ukraine

Sentence(s)

16-year-old Ndiku's winning time of 8:17.28 minutes was the fastest ever recorded by a youth category athlete.

final_sentence: 16-year-old Ndiku's winning time of 8:17.28 minutes was the fastest ever recorded by a youth category athlete.