List of world under-20 records in athletics
Men

List of world under-20 records in athletics

Section Title: Men
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Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref	Video

100 m	9.97 (+1.8 m/s)	Trayvon Bromell	United States	13 June 2014	NCAA Division I Championships	United States Eugene, United States	18 years, 338 days	[1]

9.97 NWI	Mark Lewis-Francis	Great Britain	4 August 2001	World Championships	Canada Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	18 years, 334 days

200 m	19.93 (+1.4 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	11 April 2004	CARIFTA Games	Bermuda Devonshire, Bermuda	17 years, 234 days	[2]

300 m	31.61	Clarence Munyai	South Africa	28 June 2017	Golden Spike Ostrava	Czech Republic Ostrava, Czech Republic	19 years, 129 days

400 m	43.87	Steve Lewis	United States	28 September 1988	Olympic Games	South Korea Seoul, South Korea	19 years, 135 days	[3]

800 m	1:41.73	Nijel Amos	Botswana	9 August 2012	Olympic Games	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom	18 years, 147 days	[4]

1000 m	2:15.00	Benjamin Kipkurui	Kenya	17 July 1999	France Nice, France	18 years, 201 days

2:13.93	Abubaker Kaki	Sudan	22 July 2008	DN Galan	Sweden Stockholm, Sweden	19 years, 31 days

1500 m	3:28.81	Ronald Kwemoi	Kenya	18 July 2014	Herculis	Monaco Fontvieille, Monaco	18 years, 302 days	[5]

Mile	3:49.29	William Biwott Tanui	Kenya	3 July 2009	Bislett Games	Norway Oslo, Norway	19 years, 120 days

2000 m	4:56.25	Tesfaye Cheru	Ethiopia	5 July 2011	Pro Athlé Tour Meeting de Reims Champagne-Ardenne	France Reims, France	18 years, 125 days

3000 m	7:28.19	Yomif Kejelcha	Ethiopia	27 August 2016	Meeting Areva	France Saint-Denis, France	19 years, 26 days

5000 m	12:43.02	Selemon Barega	Ethiopia	31 August 2018	Memorial Van Damme	Belgium Brussels, Belgium	17 years, 223 days

10000 m	26:41.75	Samuel Wanjiru	Kenya	26 August 2005	Memorial Van Damme	Belgium Brussels, Belgium	18 years, 289 days

10 km (road)	26:46	Rhonex Kipruto	Kenya	8 September 2018	Prague Grand Prix	Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic	18 years, 331 days

15 km (road)	42:08+	Samuel Wanjiru	Kenya	11 September 2005	Rotterdam Half Marathon	Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands	18 years, 305 days

20 km (road)	56:18+	Samuel Wanjiru	Kenya	11 September 2005	Rotterdam Half Marathon	Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands	18 years, 305 days

Half marathon	59:16	Samuel Wanjiru	Kenya	11 September 2005	Rotterdam Half Marathon	Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands	18 years, 305 days

25 km (road)	1:14:19+	Bazu Worku	Ethiopia	5 April 2009	Paris Marathon	France Paris, France	18 years, 202 days

1:13:21+	Tsegaye Mekonnen	Ethiopia	24 January 2014	Dubai Marathon	United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates	18 years, 223 days

30 km (road)	1:28:15+	Tsegaye Mekonnen	Ethiopia	24 January 2014	Dubai Marathon	United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates	18 years, 223 days

Marathon	2:04:32	Tsegaye Mekonnen	Ethiopia	24 January 2014	Dubai Marathon	United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates	18 years, 223 days

110 m hurdles (99/100 cm)	12.99 (+0.5 m/s)	Wilhem Belocian	France	24 July 2014	World Junior Championships	United States Eugene, United States	19 years, 29 days	[6]

12.99 (+0.3 m/s)	Damion Thomas	Jamaica	23 June 2018	Jamaican Junior Championships	Jamaica Kingston, Jamaica	18 years, 359 days

110 m hurdles (106.7 cm)	13.12 (+1.6 m/s)	Liu Xiang	China	2 July 2002	Switzerland Lausanne, Switzerland	18 years, 354 days

400 m hurdles	48.02	Danny Harris	United States	17 June 1984	U.S. Olympic Trials	United States Los Angeles, United States	18 years, 284 days	[7]

2000 m steeplechase	5:20.44	Ronald Kipchumba	Kenya	13 May 2005	Qatar Doha, Qatar	17 years, 217 days

3000 m steeplechase	7:58.66	Stephen Cherono	Kenya	24 August 2001	Memorial Van Damme	Belgium Brussels, Belgium	18 years, 313 days

High jump	2.37 m	Dragutin Topić	Yugoslavia	12 August 1990	Bulgaria Plovdiv, Bulgaria	19 years, 153 days

Steve Smith	Great Britain	20 September 1992	South Korea Seoul, South Korea	19 years, 175 days

Pole vault	6.05 m	Armand Duplantis	Sweden	12 August 2018	European Championships	Germany Berlin, Germany	18 years, 275 days

Long jump	8.35 m (+1.1 m/s)	Sergey Morgunov	Russia	20 June 2012	Russian Junior Championships	Russia Cheboksary, Russia	19 years, 132 days

Triple jump	17.50 m (+0.3 m/s)	Volker Mai	East Germany	23 June 1985	Germany Erfurt, East Germany	19 years, 51 days

Shot put (6 kg)	23.00 m	Jacko Gill	New Zealand	18 August 2013	New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand	18 years, 241 days

23.34 m X	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland	19 July 2016	World U20 Championships	Poland Bydgoszcz, Poland	19 years, 124 days

Shot put (7.26 kg)	21.14 m	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland	9 June 2016	Bislett Games	Norway Oslo, Norway	19 years, 84 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)	65.62 m #	Werner Reiterer	Australia	15 December 1987	Australia Melbourne, Australia	19 years, 322 days

63.64 m	Werner Hartmann	West Germany	25 June 1978	France Strasbourg, France	19 years, 66 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)	78.33 m	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen	Finland	5 August 1999	Kalevan kisat	Finland Seinäjoki, Finland	19 years, 151 days

Javelin throw (800 g)	86.48 m	Neeraj Chopra	India	23 July 2016	World U20 Championships	Poland Bydgoszcz, Poland	18 years, 212 days

Decathlon (Senior implements)	8397 pts	Torsten Voss	East Germany	6–7 July 1982	East Germany Erfurt, East Germany	19 years, 45 days

Decathlon (6 kg shot, 1.75 kg discus, 99 cm hurdles)

8135 pts	Jiří Sýkora	Czech Republic	22–23 July 2014	World Junior Championships	United States Eugene, United States	19 years, 183 days

8162 pts	Niklas Kaul	Germany	19–20 July 2016	World U20 Championships	Poland Bydgoszcz, Poland	18 years, 160 days

8435 pts	Niklas Kaul	Germany	22–23 July 2017	European U20 Championships	Italy Grosseto, Italy	19 years, 162 days

10000 m walk (track)	38:46.4	Viktor Burayev	Russia	19 May 2000	Russia Moscow, Russia	17 years, 270 days

10 km walk (road)	37:44	Wang Zhen	China	18 September 2010	IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final	China Beijing, China	19 years, 25 days

20000 m walk (track)	1:20:11.72	Li Gaobo	China	2 November 2007	China Wuhan, China	18 years, 182 days

20 km walk (road)	1:17:25	Sergey Shirobokov	Russia	9 June 2018	Russian Race Walking Championships	Russia Cheboksary, Russia	19 years, 113 days

50 km walk (road)	3:41:10	Zhao Jianguo	China	16 April 2006	Japan Wajima, Japan	18 years, 87 days

4×100 m relay	38.66	Trell Kimmons Abidemi Omole Ivory Williams LaShawn Merritt	United States	18 July 2004	World Junior Championships	Italy Grosseto, Italy	19 years, 5 days 18 years, 355 days 19 years, 77 days 18 years, 21 days

4×400 m relay	3:00.33	Zachary Shinnick Josephus Lyles Brian Herron Sean Hooper	United States	23 July 2017	Pan American U20 Championships	Peru Trujillo, Peru	19 years, 1 day

Sentence(s)

On June 20, 2012, Sergey Morgunov set the Junior Record in the event, jumping 8.35 m (with a +1.1 m/s) in Cheboksary, Russia.

final_sentence: On June 20, 2012, Sergey Morgunov set the Junior Record in the event, jumping 8.35 m (with a +1.1 m/s) in Cheboksary, Russia.