List of world under-23 bests in athletics

World U-23 bests in the sport of athletics are the all-time best marks set in competition by aged 22 or younger throughout the entire calendar year of the performance. Technically, in all under-23 age divisions, the age is calculated "on December 31 of the year of competition" to avoid age group switching during a competitive season. World Athletics doesn't maintain an official list for such performances. All bests shown on this list are tracked by statisticians not officially sanctioned by the governing body.

Outdoor

Men
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Age Ref
100 m 9.69 (0.0 m/s) Usain Bolt  Jamaica 16 August 2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 21 years, 361 days
200 m 19.26 (+0.7 m/s) Yohan Blake  Jamaica 16 September 2011 Memorial Van Damme Brussels, Belgium 21 years, 264 days [1]
400 m 43.45 Michael Norman  United States 20 April 2019 Mt. SAC Relays Torrance, United States 21 years, 138 days
800 m 1:41.01 David Rudisha  Kenya 29 August 2010 Rieti Meeting Rieti, Italy 21 years, 255 days
1000 m 2:11.96 Noah Ngeny  Kenya 5 September 1999 IAAF Grand Prix Rieti, Italy 20 years, 307 days
1500 m 3:28.12 Noah Ngeny  Kenya 11 August 2000 Weltklasse Zürich Zürich, Switzerland 21 years, 283 days
3000 m 7:20.67 Daniel Komen  Kenya 1 September 1996 Rieti Meeting Rieti, Italy 20 years, 107 days
5000 m 12:37.35 Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia 31 May 2004 Fanny Blankers-Koen Games Hengelo, Netherlands 21 years, 353 days
10000 m 26:20.31 Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia 8 June 2004 Golden Spike Ostrava  Czech Republic Ostrava, Czech Republic 21 years, 361 days
10 km (road) 26:24 Rhonex Kipruto  Kenya 12 January 2020 10k Valencia Ibercaja Valencia, Spain 20 years, 105 days [2]
Marathon 2:04:23 Ayele Abshero  Ethiopia 27 January 2012 Dubai Marathon Dubai, United Arab Emirates 21 years, 30 days
110 m hurdles 12.87 (+0.9 m/s) Dayron Robles  Cuba 6 June 2008 Golden Spike Ostrava Ostrava, Czech Republic 20 years, 200 days
400 m hurdles 46.98 Rai Benjamin  United States 29 August 2019 Weltklasse Zürich Zürich, Switzerland 22 years, 33 days
3000 m steeplechase 7:53.63 Saif Saaeed Shaheen  Qatar 3 September 2004 Memorial Van Damme Brussels, Belgium 21 years, 324 days
High jump 2.44 m Javier Sotomayor  Cuba 29 July 1989 CAC Championships San Juan, Puerto Rico 21 years, 289 days
Pole vault 6.05 m Armand Duplantis  Sweden 12 August 2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 18 years, 275 days
Long jump 8.90 m A (+2.0 m/s) Bob Beamon  United States 18 October 1968 Olympic Games Mexico City, Mexico 22 years, 50 days
Triple jump 18.08 m (0.0 m/s) Pedro Pablo Pichardo  Cuba 28 May 2015 Copa Cuba-Memorial Barrientos Havana, Cuba 21 years, 332 days [3]
Shot put 22.42 m Randy Barnes  United States 17 August 1988 Weltklasse Zürich Zürich, Switzerland 22 years, 62 days
Discus throw 68.60 m Wolfgang Schmidt  East Germany 21 May 1976 Cologne, West Germany 22 years, 126 days
Hammer throw 83.54 m Igor Nikulin  Soviet Union 2 September 1982 Athens, Greece 22 years, 19 days
Javelin throw 90.16 m Keshorn Walcott  Trinidad and Tobago 9 July 2015 Athletissima Lausanne, Switzerland 22 years, 98 days [4]
Decathlon 8706 pts Frank Busemann  Germany 1 Aug 1996 Olympic Games  United States Atlanta, United States 21 years, 157 days
100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m
10.60 (+0.7) 8.07 (+0.8) 13.60 2.04 48.34 13.47 (+0.3) 45.04 4.80 66.86 4:31.41
20 km walk (road) 1:17:16 Vladimir Kanaykin  Russia 29 September 2007 IAAF Race Walking Challenge Saransk, Russia 22 years, 192 days
1:16:43 # [5] Sergey Morozov  Russia 8 June 2008 Russian Championships Saransk, Russia 20 years, 79 days
50 km walk (road) 3:38:58 Mikhail Ryzhov  Russia 14 August 2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 21 years, 240 days [6]
4×100 m relay
4×400 m relay

Women
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Age Ref
100 m 10.75 (+1.6 m/s) Sha'Carri Richardson  United States 8 June 2019 NCAA Division I Championships Austin, United States 19 years, 75 days [7]
200 m 21.71 (+0.7 m/s) Marita Koch  East Germany 10 June 1979 Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany 22 years, 112 days
21.71 (+1.2 m/s) Heike Drechsler  East Germany 29 June 1986 Jena, East Germany 21 years, 195 days
400 m 48.14 Salwa Eid Naser  Bahrain 3 October 2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 21 years, 133 days [8]
800 m 1:54.01 Pamela Jelimo  Kenya 29 August 2008 Weltklasse Zürich Zürich, Switzerland 18 years, 268 days
1500 m 3:50.46 Qu Yunxia  China 11 September 1993 Chinese National Games Beijing, China 20 years, 260 days
3000 m 8:06.11 Wang Junxia  China 13 September 1993 Chinese National Games Beijing, China 20 years, 247 days
5000 m 14:06.62 Letesenbet Gidey  Ethiopia 7 October 2020 Valencia, Spain 22 years, 201 days [9]
10000 m 29:31.78 Wang Junxia  China 8 September 1993 Chinese National Games Beijing, China 20 years, 242 days
Marathon 2:20:59 Shure Demise  Ethiopia 23 January 2015 Dubai Marathon Dubai, United Arab Emirates 19 years, 2 days
100 m hurdles 12.26 (+1.2 m/s) Brianna Rollins  United States 22 June 2013 USA Championships Des Moines United States 21 years, 308 days [10]
300 m hurdles 38.90 Sydney McLaughlin  United States 8 April 2017 Arcadia Invitational Arcadia, United States 18 years, 27 days [11]
400 m hurdles 52.23 Sydney McLaughlin  United States 4 October 2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 20 years, 88 days [12]
3000 m steeplechase 8:52.78 Ruth Jebet  Bahrain 27 August 2016 Meeting Areva Saint-Denis, France 19 years, 284 days
High jump 2.09 m Stefka Kostadinova  Bulgaria 30 August 1987 World Championships Rome, Italy 22 years, 158 days
Pole vault 4.94 m Eliza McCartney  New Zealand 11 December 1996 Jockgrim, Germany 21 years, 218 days [13]
Long jump 7.45 m (+0.9 m/s) Heike Drechsler  East Germany 21 June 1986 Tallinn, Soviet Union 21 years, 187 days
Triple jump 14.91 m (+0.4 m/s) Yulimar Rojas  Venezuela 7 August 2017 World Championships Florence, Italy 21 years, 290 days
Shot put 22.53 m Natalya Lisovskaya  Soviet Union 27 May 1984 Sochi, Soviet Union 21 years, 316 days
Discus throw 74.56 m Ilke Wyludda  East Germany 23 July 1989 Neubrandenburg, East Germany 20 years, 117 days
Hammer throw 77.06 m Tatyana Lysenko  Russia 15 July 2005 Vladimir Kuts Memorial Moscow, Russia 21 years, 279 days
Javelin throw 70.78 m Mariya Abakumova  Russia 21 August 2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 22 years, 219 days
Heptathlon 7001 [14] Carolina Klüft  Sweden  France Paris, France 24 Aug 2004 21 years, 204 days
100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m
13.18 (−0.4) 1.94 14.19 22.98 (+1.1) 6.68 (+1.0) 49.90 2:12.12
5000 m walk
20000 m walk (track)
20 km walk (road) 1:25:02 Elena Lashmanova  Russia 11 August 2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 20 years, 124 days
4×100 m relay
4×400 m relay

Indoor

Men
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Age Ref
60 m 6.34 A Christian Coleman  United States 18 February 2018 USA Championships Albuquerque, United States 21 years, 349 days [15]
200 m 20.10 Wallace Spearmon  United States 24 March 2005 20 years, 90 days
300 m 31.87 Noah Lyles  United States 4 March 2017 USA Championships Albuquerque, United States 19 years, 229 days [16]
400 m 44.52 Michael Norman  United States 10 March 2018 NCAA Division I Championships College Station, United States 20 years, 97 days [17]
600 m 1:13.77 Donavan Brazier  United States 24 February 2019 USA Championships Staten Island, United States 21 years, 325 days [18]
800 m
1500 m 3:31.04 Samuel Tefera  Ethiopia 16 February 2019 Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix Birmingham, United Kingdom 19 years, 116 days [19]
3000 m
55 m hurdles 6.89 Renaldo Nehemiah  United States 20 January 1979 New York City, United States 19 years, 302 days
60 m hurdles
300 m hurdles 34.26 OT [WB] Karsten Warholm  Norway 10 February 2018 Avoimet Pirkanmaan Tampere, Finland 21 years, 347 days [20]
High jump
Pole vault 6.18 m Armand Duplantis  Sweden 15 February 2020 Müller Indoor Grand Prix Glasgow, United Kingdom 20 years, 97 days [21]
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put 22.00 m Konrad Bukowiecki  Poland 15 February 2018 Copernicus Cup Toruń, Poland 20 years, 335 days [22]
Heptathlon
60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m
5000 m walk
4×400 m relay

Women
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Age Ref
60 m
200 m 22.38 Gabrielle Thomas  United States 10 March 2018 NCAA Division I Championships College Station, United States 21 years, 93 days [23]
400 m 50.34 Kendall Ellis  United States 10 March 2018 NCAA Division I Championships College Station, United States 22 years, 2 days [24]
800 m
1500 m 3:59.75 Gelete Burka  Ethiopia 9 March 2008 World Championships Valencia, Spain 22 years, 46 days
3000 m
60 m hurdles
High jump 2.06 m Yaroslava Mahuchikh  Ukraine 2 February 2021 Banskobystricka latka Banská Bystrica, Slovakia 19 years, 136 days [25][26]
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Pentathlon
60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m
1500 m walk 6:02.85+ Taylor Ewert  United States 9 February 2019 Millrose Games New York City United States 17 years, 80 days [27]
Mile walk 6:28.21 Taylor Ewert  United States 9 February 2019 Millrose Games New York City United States 17 years, 80 days [28]
3000 m walk
4×400 m relay

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