List of world under-18 bests in athletics
Girls
Key: Awaiting approval "Best" not kept by IAAF

List of world under-18 bests in athletics

Section Title: Girls
Table Section Text: Key: Awaiting approval "Best" not kept by IAAF

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref	Video

100 m	10.98 (+2.0 m/s)	Candace Hill	United States	20 June 2015	Brooks PR Invitational	United States Shoreline, United States	16 years, 130 days

200 m	22.43 (−0.7 m/s)	Candace Hill	United States	19 July 2015	World Youth Championships	Colombia Cali, Colombia	16 years, 158 days

300 m	36.46	Linsey MacDonald	Great Britain	13 July 1980	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom	16 years, 152 days

400 m	50.01	Li Jing	China	18 October 1997	Chinese National Games	China Shanghai, China	17 years, 246 days

600 m	1:27.33	Lorraine Baker	Great Britain	13 July 1980	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom	16 years, 95 days

800 m	1:57.18	Wang Yuan	China	8 September 1993	Chinese National Games	China Beijing, China	17 years, 153 days

1000 m	2:38.58	Josephine White	Great Britain	9 September 1977	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom	17 years, 246 days

1500 m	3:54.52	Ling Zhang	China	18 October 1997	Chinese National Games	China Shanghai, PR China	16 years, 188 days

Mile	4:30.81	Gelete Burka	Ethiopia	2 August 2003	KBC Night of Athletics	Netherlands Heusden-Zolder, Netherlands	17 years, 168 days

2000 m	5:46.5+	Sally Barsosio	Kenya	16 August 1995	Weltklasse Zürich	Switzerland Zürich, Switzerland	17 years, 148 days

3000 m	8:36.45	Ma Ningning	China	6 June 1993	China Jinan, PR China	17 years, 5 days

5000 m	14:45.71	Song Liqing	China	21 October 1997	Chinese National Games	China Shanghai, PR China	17 years, 274 days

10000 m	31:11.26	Song Liqing	China	19 October 1997	Chinese National Games	China Shanghai, PR China	17 years, 272 days

Half marathon	1:10:30	Tsegereda Girma	Ethiopia	13 March 2011	CPC Loop Den Haag	Netherlands The Hague, Netherlands	15 years, 286 days

Marathon	2:25.15	Sun Weiwei	China	20 October 2002	Beijing Marathon	China Beijing, China	16 years, 279 days

100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	12.94 (0.0 m/s)	Yanique Thompson	Jamaica	11 July 2013	World Youth Championships	Ukraine Donetsk, Ukraine	17 years, 121 days

12.89 (+1.5 m/s)	Ackera Nugent	Jamaica	2 February 2019	Youngster Goldsmith Classic	Jamaica Kingston, Jamaica	16 years, 279 days

100 m hurdles (83.8 cm)	12.84 (+1.2 m/s)	Tia Jones	United States	25 June 2016	United States Junior Championships	United States Clovis, United States	15 years, 291 days

200 m hurdles	26.68	Sharon Colyear-Danville	Great Britain	16 July 1971	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom	16 years, 85 days

300 m hurdles	40.10	Ebony Collins	United States	4 June 2005	United States Sacramento, United States	16 years, 85 days

400 m hurdles	54.15	Sydney McLaughlin	United States	10 July 2016	United States Olympic Trials	United States Eugene, United States	16 years, 338 days

2000 m steeplechase	6:11.83	Korahubish Itaa	Ethiopia	10 July 2009	World Youth Championships	Italy Brixen, Italy	17 years, 132 days

3000 m steeplechase	9:28.36	Tigist Getnet	Ethiopia	12 July 2014	Glasgow Grand Prix	United Kingdom Glasgow, United Kingdom	17 years, 5 days

High jump	1.96 m	Olga Turchak	Soviet Union	7 September 1984	Soviet Union Donetsk, Soviet Union	17 years, 186 days

Eleanor Patterson	Australia	7 December 2013	Australian All Schools Championships	Australia Townsville, Australia	17 years, 199 days

Vashti Cunningham	United States	1 August 2015	Pan American Junior Championships	Canada Edmonton, Canada	17 years, 195 days

1.96 m A	Charmaine Gale-Weavers	South Africa	4 April 1981	South Africa Bloemfontein, South Africa	17 years, 36 days

Pole vault	4.50 m	Lisa Gunnarsson	Sweden	28 May 2016	Meeting National 1	France Pézenas, France	16 years, 282 days

25 June 2016	French Championships	France Angers, France	16 years, 310 days

Long jump	6.91 m (+1.0 m/s)	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	9 August 1981	East Germany Jena, East Germany	16 years, 236 days

Triple jump	14.57 m (+0.2 m/s)	Qiuyan Huang	China	19 October 1997	Chinese National Games	China Shanghai, China	17 years, 287 days

Shot put (3 kg)	20.52 m	Corrie de Bruin	Netherlands	13 June 1993	Netherlands Assen, Netherlands	16 years, 230 days

Shot put (4 kg)	19.08 m	Ilke Wyludda	East Germany	9 August 1986	East Germany Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany	17 years, 134 days

Discus throw	65.86 m	Ilke Wyludda	East Germany	1 August 1986	East Germany Neubrandenburg, East Germany	17 years, 126 days

Hammer throw (3 kg)	76.04 m	Réka Gyurátz	Hungary	23 June 2013	Hungary Zalaegerszeg, Hungary	17 years, 23 days

Hammer throw (4 kg)	70.60 m	Wenxiu Zhang	China	5 April 2003	China Nanning, China	17 years, 14 days

Javelin throw (500 g)	65.44 m	Marisleisys Duarthe	Cuba	25 May 2017	Barrientos Memorial	Cuba Havana, Cuba	16 years, 250 days

Javelin throw (600 g)	62.93 m	Juan Xue	China	27 October 2003	China Changsha, China	17 years, 259 days

Heptathlon (youth)	6186 pts	Alina Shukh	Ukraine	14–15 July 2016	European Youth Championships	Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia	16 years, 226 days

6221 pts	María Vicente	Spain	5–6 July 2018	European U18 Championships	Hungary Győr, Hungary	17 years, 100 days

Heptathlon (senior)	6185 pts	Shen Shengfei	China	17–18 October 1997	Chinese National Games	China Shanghai, China	16 years, 331 days

14.23 (100 m hurdles), 1.83 m (high jump), 14.37 m (shot put), 24.13 (200 m) / 5.93 m (long jump), 44.50 (javelin), 2:17.81 (800 m)

3000 m walk (track)	12:22.2 (ht)	Qin Aihua	China	4 September 2004	China Yenking, China	16 years, 306 days

5000 m walk (track)	20:28.05	Tatyana Kalmykova	Russia	12 July 2007	World Youth Championships	Czech Republic Ostrava, Czech Republic	17 years, 183 days

5 km walk (road)	20:27	Tatyana Kozlova	Russia	28 May 2000	Russia Saransk, Russia	16 years, 269 days

10000 m walk (track)	42:56.09	Gao Hongmiao	China	27 September 1991	China Tangshan, China	17 years, 194 days

10 km walk (road)	43:15	Li Hong	China	10 March 1996	China Zhuhai, China	16 years, 283 days

20000 m walk (track)	1:34:21.56	Wang Xue	China	1 November 2007	China Wuhan, China	17 years, 260 days

20 km walk (road)	1:30:35	Zhou Tongmei	China	23 April 2005	China Cixi City, China	17 years, 19 days

50000 m walk (track)	5:05:44.7 (ht)	Tatyana Abramzeva	Russia	12 October 2003	Russia Saint Petersburg, Russia

4 × 100 m relay	44.05	Petra Koppetsch Marlies Oelsner Margit Sinzel Christina Brehmer	East Germany	24 August 1975	European Junior Championships	Greece Athens, Greece	17 years, 156 days 17 years, 177 days

4 × 400 m relay	3:36.98	Janet Ravenscroft Evelyn McMeekin Ruth Kennedy Susan Pettett	Great Britain	26 August 1973	European Junior Championships	Germany Duisburg, Germany

Swedish medley relay	2:03.42	Christania Williams Shericka Jackson Chrisann Gordon Olivia James	Jamaica	10 July 2011	World Youth Championships	France Lille, France	16 years, 359 days 16 years, 295 days	[2]

Sentence(s)

On September 8, 1993, while still a 17-year-old, Wang Yuan (athlete) set the world best in the 800 metres at 1:57.18 minutes at the Chinese national games.

final_sentence: On September 8, 1993, while still a 17-year-old, Wang Yuan (athlete) set the world best in the 800 metres at 1:57.18 minutes at the Chinese national games.