Athletics at the Commonwealth Youth Games

Athletics is one of several sports contested at the quadrennial Commonwealth Youth Games. It has featured at every edition of the competition since its inauguration in 2000. Athletes under nineteen years old may compete (in contrast to the usual under-18 format of other youth athletics competitions).[1]

Editions
Games Year Host city Host country
I2000 ()Edinburgh Scotland
II2004 ()Bendigo Australia
III2008 ()Pune India
IV2011 ()Douglas Isle of Man
V2015 ()Apia Samoa
VI2017 ()Nassau Bahamas

Games records

Men
Event Record Name Nationality Date Games Place Ref
100 m 10.20 (+1.5 m/s) Tlotliso Leotlela  South Africa 7 September 2015 2015 Games Apia, Samoa [2]
200 m 21.06 Julian Thomas  England December 2004 2004 Games Bendigo, Australia
400 m 45.83 Karabo Sibanda  Botswana September 2015 2015 Games Apia, Samoa [3]
800 m 1:46.05 Willy Tarbei  Kenya September 2015 2015 Games Apia, Samoa [4]
1500 m 3:39.80 Kumari Taki  Kenya September 2015 2015 Games Apia, Samoa [5]
3000 m 7:57.03 Wiliam Sitonik  Kenya 11 September 2011 2011 Games Douglas, Isle of Man [6]
110 m hurdles
(91.4 cm)		 13.71 Samuel Bennett  England 22 July 2017 2017 Games Nassau, Bahamas [7]
400 m hurdles
(84.0 cm)		 51.12 Rivaldo Leacock  Barbados September 2015 2015 Games Apia, Samoa [8]
2000 m steeplechase 5:41.81 Zak Seddon  England 10 September 2011 2011 Games Douglas, Isle of Man [9]
High jump 2.14 m Tejaswin Shankar  India September 2015 2015 Games Apia, Samoa [10]
Pole vault 5.25 m Blake Lucas  Australia October 2008 2008 Games Pune, India
Long jump 7.64 m Sheldon Noble  Antigua and Barbuda 21 July 2017 2017 Games Nassau, Bahamas [11]
Triple jump 16.02 m Jonathan Moore  England December 2000 2004 Games Edinburgh, Scotland
Shot put
(5 kg)		 20.12 m Kevin Nedrick  Jamaica September 2015 2015 Games Apia, Samoa [12]
Discus throw
(1.5 kg)		 67.44 m Gerhard de Beer  South Africa 10 September 2011 2011 Games Douglas, Isle of Man [13]
Hammer throw 72.19 m Callum Brown  England 11 September 2011 2011 Games Douglas, Isle of Man [14]
Javelin throw
(500 g)		 81.53 m Morne Moolman  South Africa 11 September 2011 2011 Games Douglas, Isle of Man [15]
4 × 100 m relay 40.85 Ranil Jayawardena
Roshan Chamara Silva
Keith de Mel
Shehan Abeyptiya		  Sri Lanka October 2008 2008 Games Pune, India
4 × 200 m relay 1:28.35 Ojeikere Precious Omokheoa
Itsekiri Usheoritse Ese
Idjesa Uruemu
Adeyemi Sikiru		  Nigeria September 2015 2015 Games Apia, Samoa
4 × 400 m relay 3:13.32 Jithin Paul
Dharambir
Singh Inderjeet
Parveen Kumar		  India October 2008 2008 Games Pune, India

Women
Event Record Name Nationality Date Games Place Ref
100 m 11.46 Shaunna Thompson  England October 2008 2008 Games Pune, India
200 m 23.42 Shaunna Thompson  England October 2008 2008 Games Pune, India
Riley Day  Australia 23 July 2017 2017 Games Nassau, Bahamas [16]
400 m 52.97 Racheal Nachula  Zambia October 2008 2008 Games Pune, India
800 m 2:04.23 Caster Semenya  South Africa October 2008 2008 Games Pune, India
1500 m 4:16.61 Erin Wallace  Scotland 20 July 2017 2017 Games Nassau, Bahamas [17]
3000 m 9:06.01 Mercy Cherono  Kenya October 2008 2008 Games Pune, India
100 m hurdles
(76.2 cm)		 13.18 (+1.6 m/s) Taylon Bieldt  South Africa September 2015 2015 Games Apia, Samoa [18]
400 m hurdles 59.40 Johnelle Thomas  Jamaica 23 July 2017 2017 Games Nassau, Bahamas [19]
2000 m steeplechase 6:28.10 Norah Jeruto Tanui  Kenya 9 September 2011 2011 Games Douglas, Isle of Man [20]
High jump 1.83 m Sommer Lecky  Northern Ireland 23 July 2017 2017 Games Nassau, Bahamas [21]
Pole vault 4.05 m Jade Ive  England October 2008 2008 Games Pune, India
Long jump 6.19 m Holly Mills  England 20 July 2017 2017 Games Nassau, Bahamas [22]
Triple jump 13.11 m Shardha Ghule  India October 2008 2008 Games Pune, India
Shot put
(3 kg)		 17.82 m Trinity Tutti  Canada 20 July 2017 2017 Games Nassau, Bahamas [23]
Discus throw 50.71 m Taylah Sengul  Australia 9 September 2011 2011 Games Douglas, Isle of Man [24]
Hammer throw 58.43 Sophie Hitchon  England October 2008 2008 Games Pune, India
Javelin throw
(500 g)		 51.99 m Annabel Thomson  Australia December 2004 2004 Games Bendigo, Australia
4 × 100 m relay 45.63 Joscelynn Hopeson
Johnelle Gibbons
Joey Duck
Lucy Sargent		  England December 2004 2004 Games Bendigo, Australia
4 × 200 m relay 1:41.60 Adiakerehwa Blessing
Uche Brown
Etim Aniekeme Alphonsus
Abolaji Omotayo Oluwaseun		  Nigeria September 2015 2015 Games Apia, Samoa
4 × 400 m relay 3:42.02 Chinchu Jose
Anu Mariam Jose
Arya Charivila
M. R. Poovamma		  India October 2008 2008 Games Pune, India

Mixed
Event Record Name Nationality Date Games Place Ref
4 × 100 m relay 43.19 Riley Day
Ella Connolly
Ben Schmidtchen
Jake Doran		  Australia 23 July 2017 2017 Games Nassau, Bahamas [25]
4 × 200 m relay 1:31.50 Doneisha Anderson
Kayvon Stubbs
Joel Johnson
Shaquiel Higgs		  Bahamas 23 July 2017 2017 Games Nassau, Bahamas [26]
4 × 400 m relay 3:25.08  Australia 23 July 2017 2017 Games Nassau, Bahamas [27]

Notes

    References
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    6. "3000m Results". cyg2011results.com. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
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    16. "200m Results". bahamas2017cyg.com. 23 July 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
    17. "1500m Results". bahamas2017cyg.com. 20 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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    20. "2000m Steeplechase Results". cyg2011results.com. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
    21. "High Jump Results". bahamas2017cyg.com. 23 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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    23. "Shot Put Results". bahamas2017cyg.com. 20 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
    24. "Discus Throw Results". cyg2011results.com. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
    25. "Mixed 4×100m Relay Results". bahamas2017cyg.com. 23 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
    26. "Mixed 4×400m Relay Results". bahamas2017cyg.com. 23 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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