List of world under-23 records in athletics

World U-23 records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Athletics records comprise the best performance of an athlete before the year of their 23rd birthday. 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.

Outdoor

  Pending ratification   Best unratified mark

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	19.30 (-0.9 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	20 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	21 years, 365 days
400 m
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
5000 m
10000 m
Marathon
110 m hurdles
400 m hurdles
3000 m steeplechase
High jump
Pole vault	6.00 m	Sergey Bubka	Soviet Union	13 July 1985		Paris, France	21 years, 221 days
Long jump	8.86 m (+1.9 m/s)	Robert Emmiyan	Soviet Union	22 May 1987		Tsakhkadzor, Soviet Union	22 years, 95 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	[1]
Shot put	22.42 m	Randy Barnes	United States	17 August 1988	Athletissima	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	81.70 m	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen	Finland	16 June 2002	Eliittikisat	Lahti, Finland	22 years, 101 days
	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	[2]
Decathlon
	(100 m), (long jump), (shot put), (high jump), (400 m) / (110 m hurdles), (discus), (pole vault), (javelin), (1500 m)
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#	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	[3]
4×100 m relay
4×400 m relay

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
100 m
200 m
400 m	48.60	Marita Koch	East Germany	4 August 1979		Turin, Italy	22 years, 167 days
	48.25	Olga Vladykina	Soviet Union	6 October 1985	IAAF World Cup	Canberra, Australia	22 years, 98 days
800 m	1:58.15	Yekaterina Poistogova	Russia	4 July 2012	Russian Championships	Cheboksary, Russia	21 years, 125 days	[4]
	1:55.26	Sigrun Wodars	East Germany	31 August 1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	21 years, 297 days
1500 m
3000 m
5000 m
10000 m
Marathon
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	[5]
400 m hurdles	53.58	Margarita Ponomaryova	Soviet Union	22 June 1984		Kiev, Soviet Union	21 years, 3 days
	53.18	Tatyana Ledovskaya	Soviet Union	28 September 1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	22 years, 130 days
3000 m steeplechase
High jump	2.09 m	Stefka Kostadinova	Bulgaria	30 August 1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	22 years, 158 days
Pole vault	4.92 m	Yelena Isinbayeva	Russia	3 September 2004	Memorial van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	22 years, 92 days
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	14.79 m (−0.7 m/s)	Anna Pyatykh	Russia	21 June 2003	European Cup Super League	Florence, Italy	22 years, 78 days
Shot put	22.53 m	Natalya Lisovskaya	Soviet Union	27 May 1984		Sochi, Soviet Union	21 years, 316 days
Discus throw	73.36 m	Irina Meszynski	East Germany	17 August 1984		Prague, Czechoslovakia	22 years, 146 days
	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
	(100 m hurdles), (high jump), (shot put), (200 m), (long jump), (javelin), (800 m)
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
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault	6.00 m A	Shawnacy Barber	Canada	15 January 2016	Pole Vault Summit	Reno, United States	21 years, 233 days	[6]
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put	21.72 m	Randy Barnes	United States	6 February 1988		Dallas, United States	21 years, 235 days
Heptathlon
	(60 m), (long jump), (shot put), (high jump) / (60 m hurdles), (pole vault), (1000 m)
5000 m walk
4×400 m relay

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
60 m
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Pentathlon
	(60 m hurdles), (high jump), (shot put), (long jump), (800 m)
3000 m walk
4×400 m relay

References

1. Javier Clavelo Robinson; Phil Minshull (29 May 2015). "Pichardo triple jumps 18.08m in Havana". IAAF. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
2. "Javelin Throw Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
3. "50 Kilometres Walk Result - 14th IAAF World Championships". IAAF. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
4. Nickolai Dolgopolov, Rostislav Orlov (5 July 2012). "Two world season leads at Russian Championships, Day 1 and 2". IAAF. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
5. Kirby Lee (23 June 2013). "National records for Rollins, Carter and Bingson at US Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
6. "Pole Vault Results" (PDF). polevaultsummit.files.wordpress.com. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.