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

50 m	5.67	Kareem Kelly	United States	19 February 2000	Los Angeles Invitational	United States Los Angeles, United States	18 years, 324 days

55 m	6.07	Leonard Scott	United States	20 February 1999	United States Gainesville, United States	19 years, 32 days

60 m	6.51	Mark Lewis-Francis	Great Britain	11 March 2001	World Championships	Portugal Lisbon, Portugal	18 years, 188 days

200 m	20.37	Walter Dix	United States	11 March 2005	United States Fayetteville, United States	19 years, 39 days

300 m	32.87	Tyrese Cooper	United States	4 February 2017	Armory Track Invitational	United States New York City, United States	16 years, 320 days

400 m	44.80	Kirani James	Grenada	27 February 2011	SEC Championships	United States Fayetteville, United States	18 years, 179 days	[10]

500 m	59.83	Abdalleleh Haroun	Qatar	17 February 2016	Globen Galan	Sweden Stockholm, Sweden	17 years, 59 days

800 m	1:44.35	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Russia	30 January 2000	Germany Dortmund, Germany	18 years, 293 days

1000 m	2:15.77	Abubaker Kaki	Sudan	21 February 2008	Sweden Stockholm, Sweden	18 years, 245 days

1500 m	3:36.28	Belal Mansoor Ali	Bahrain	20 February 2007	Germany Stuttgart, Germany	18 years, 126 days

3:36.05	Samuel Tefera	Ethiopia	27 January 2018	Meeting Elite en salle de l'Eure	France Val-de-Reuil, France	18 years, 96 days

3:36.21	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	10 February 2019	Nordenkampen International Match	Norway Bærum, Norway	18 years, 144 days

3:36.02	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	20 February 2019	PSD Bank Meeting	Germany Düsseldorf, Germany	18 years, 154 days

Mile	3:55.02	German Fernandez	United States	28 February 2009	Big 12 Championships	United States College Station, United States	18 years, 118 days

2000 m	4:59.02	Remi Limo	Kenya	17 February 2007	United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom	19 years, 14 days

3000 m	7:32.87	Hagos Gebrhiwet	Ethiopia	3 February 2013	New Balance Grand Prix	United States Boston, United States	18 years, 268 days

5000 m	12:53.29	Isaiah Kiplangat Koech	Kenya	11 February 2011	PSD Bank Meeting	Germany Düsseldorf, Germany	17 years, 54 days	[11]

50 m hurdles (106.7 cm)	6.52+	Liu Xiang	China	24 February 2002	Meeting Pas de Calais	France Liévin, France	18 years, 224 days

60 m hurdles (99/100 cm)	7.40	Trey Cunningham	United States	12 March 2017	New Balance National Scholastic Championships	United States New York City, United States	18 years, 198 days

60 m hurdles (106.7 cm)	7.55	Liu Xiang	China	10 February 2002	Belgium Ghent, Belgium	18 years, 212 days

300 m hurdles	35.93 OT	Petteri Pulkkinen	Finland	19 February 1992	Finnish Championships	Finland Tampere, Finland	18 years, 285 days

400 m hurdles	50.41 OT	Wouter Le Roux	South Africa	9 February 2005	Botnia Games	Finland Mustasaari, Finland	19 years, 23 days

High jump	2.35 m	Vladimir Yashchenko	Soviet Union	12 March 1978	European Championships	Italy Milan, Italy	19 years, 59 days

Pole vault	5.88 m	Armand Duplantis	Sweden	25 February 2018	All Star Perche	France Clermont-Ferrand, France	18 years, 107 days

Long jump	8.22 m	Viktor Kuznetsov	Ukraine	22 January 2005	Ukraine Brovary, Ukraine	18 years, 192 days

Triple jump	17.20 m	Melvin Raffin	France	3 March 2017	European Championships	Serbia Belgrade, Serbia	18 years, 206 days

Shot put (6 kg)

22.96 m	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland	29 December 2016	Poland Spała, Poland	19 years, 287 days

22.48 m	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland	8 January 2016	Poland Toruń, Poland	18 years, 297 days

Shot put (7.26 kg)	21.05 m	Terry Albritton	United States	22 February 1974	United States New York City, United States	19 years, 39 days

Weight throw	22.16 m	Brent Fairbanks	United States	24 February 2018	GLIAC Championships	United States Allendale, United States	18 years, 283 days

Heptathlon (Junior)	5984 pts	Eusebio Cáceres	Spain	6–7 March 2010	Spain San Sebastián, Spain	18 years, 178 days

6.94 (60 m), 7.96 m (long jump), 13.19 m (shot put), 1.96 m (high jump) / 7.90 m (60 m hurdles), 4.60 m (pole vault), 2:51.42 (1000 m)

Heptathlon (Senior)	6022 pts	Gunnar Nixon	United States	27–28 January 2012	Razorback Invitational	United States Fayetteville, United States	19 years, 15 days

7.10 (60 m), 7.53 m (long jump), 13.97 m (shot put), 2.15 m (high jump) / 8.21 m (60 m hurdles), 4.50 m (pole vault), 2:40.15 (1000 m)

5000 m walk (track)	18:51.9 (ht)	Vasiliy Mizinov	Russia	6 January 2016	Rodionova Race Walking Memorial	RussiaChelyabinsk, Russia	18 years, 8 days

4×200m relay	1:25.36	André Volkmann Alexander Kosenkow Marc-Oliver Schmidtchen Jens Weissbach	Germany	2 March 1996	France Liévin, France	18 years, 354 days

4×400m relay	3:12.53	Bullis School Ashton Allen Andre Turay Jay Pendarvis Ryan Willie	United States	18 January 2019	VA Showcase	United States Lynchburg, United States	16 years, 299 days 18 years, 218 days 17 years, 105 days 16 years, 208 days

4×800m relay	7:36.99	Albemarle High School Zach Vrhovac Luke Noble Garrett Bradley Anthony Kostelac	United States	15 March 2009	New Balance Nationals Indoor	United States Roxbury Crossing, United States	17 years, 243 days 18 years, 160 days 17 years, 208 days 17 years, 254 days

Sentence(s)

Gunnar Nixon scored 6022 points in the heptathlon.
In 2012, Gunnar Nixon of Razorbacks achieved a world junior record for the heptathlon with a score of 6022 points.
Gunnar Nixon achieved the heptathlon world record with a score of 6022 points at the Razorback Invitational.

final_sentence: Gunnar Nixon scored 6022 points in the heptathlon.
final_sentence: In 2012, Gunnar Nixon of Razorbacks achieved a world junior record for the heptathlon with a score of 6022 points.
final_sentence: Gunnar Nixon achieved the heptathlon world record with a score of 6022 points at the Razorback Invitational.