{"id":3710,"date":"2021-01-14T12:40:58","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T20:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/?page_id=3710"},"modified":"2025-06-26T12:09:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T19:09:23","slug":"mens-world-junior-records","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/records\/mens-world-junior-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Men’s World Junior (U20) Records"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Junior Records are those officially ratified by World Athletics. Junior Records are restricted to athletes who do not turn 20 at any time during the calendar year in which the mark is made.<\/p>\n

Symbols: + = event not officially recognized by WA; (A) = altitude-aided mark\u2014over 1000m of altitude (in affected events only);\u00a0i = made indoors;\u00a0p = mark still pending ratification<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
100<\/td>\n9.91<\/td>\nLetsile Tebogo (Botswana)<\/td>\nCali, Colombia<\/td>\n8\/02\/22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
200<\/td>\n19.49<\/td>\nErriyon Knighton (US)<\/td>\nBaton Rouge, Louisiana<\/td>\n4\/30\/22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
300+<\/td>\n31.61<\/td>\nClarence Munyai (South Africa)<\/td>\nOstrava, Czechia<\/td>\n6\/28\/17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400<\/td>\n43.87<\/td>\nSteve Lewis (US)<\/td>\nSeoul, South Korea<\/td>\n9\/28\/88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
800<\/td>\n1:41.73<\/td>\nNijel Amos (Botswana)<\/td>\nLondon, England<\/td>\n8\/09\/12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1000<\/td>\n2:14.37<\/td>\nNiels Laros (Netherlands)<\/td>\nHengelo, Netherlands<\/td>\n7\/07\/24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1500<\/td>\n3:28.81<\/td>\nRonald Kwemoi (Kenya)<\/td>\nFontvieille, Monaco<\/td>\n7\/18\/14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n3:27.72p<\/td>\nPhanuel Koech (Kenya)<\/td>\nParis, France<\/td>\n6\/21\/25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mile<\/td>\n3:48.06<\/td>\nRaynold Kipkorir (Kenya)<\/td>\nEugene, Oregon<\/td>\n9\/16\/23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000+<\/td>\n4:48.14<\/td>\nRaynold Kipkorir (Kenya)<\/td>\nBrussels, Belgium<\/td>\n9\/08\/23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000St+<\/td>\n5:19.99<\/td>\nMeresa Kassaye (Ethiopia)<\/td>\nDonets’k, Ukraine<\/td>\n7\/12\/13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steeple<\/td>\n7:58.66<\/td>\nStephen Cherono (Kenya)<\/td>\nBrussels, Belgium<\/td>\n8\/24\/01<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3000<\/td>\n7:28.19<\/td>\nYomif Kejelcha (Ethiopia)<\/td>\nSt.-Denis, France<\/td>\n8\/27\/16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2 Miles+<\/td>\n8:08.69<\/td>\nSelemon Barega (Ethiopia)<\/td>\nStanford, California<\/td>\n6\/30\/19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5000<\/td>\n12:43.02<\/td>\nSelemon Barega (Ethiopia)<\/td>\nBrussels, Belgium<\/td>\n8\/31\/18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10,000<\/td>\n26:41.75<\/td>\nSammy Wanjiru (Kenya)<\/td>\nBrussels, Belgium<\/td>\n6\/28\/05<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n26:37.93p<\/td>\nBiniam Mehary (Ethiopia)<\/td>\nNerja, Spain<\/td>\n6\/14\/24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
110 Hurdles<\/td>\n12.72(A)<\/td>\nSasha Zhoya (France)<\/td>\nKasarani, Kenya<\/td>\n8\/21\/21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(low-altitude)+<\/td>\n12.99<\/td>\nWilhem Belocian (France)<\/td>\nEugene, Oregon<\/td>\n7\/24\/14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n12.99<\/td>\nDamion Thomas (Jamaica)<\/td>\nKingston, Jamaica<\/td>\n6\/23\/18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Senior 110 Hurdles+<\/td>\n13.12<\/td>\nXiang Liu (China)<\/td>\nLausanne, Switzerland<\/td>\n7\/02\/02<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400 Hurdles<\/td>\n47.34<\/td>\nRoshawn Clarke (Jamaica)<\/td>\nBudapest, Hungary<\/td>\n8\/21\/23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Relay Events<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4 x 100<\/td>\n38.51(A)<\/td>\nSouth Africa<\/td>\nKasarani, Kenya<\/td>\n8\/22\/21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(Mihlali Xotyeni, Sinesipho Dambile, Lucky Moleyane, Benji Richardson)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(low-altitude)+<\/td>\n38.66<\/td>\nUnited States Juniors<\/td>\nGrosseto, Italy<\/td>\n7\/18\/04<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(Trell Kimmons, Demi Omole, Ivory Williams, LaShawn Merritt)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4 x 400<\/td>\n2:59.30(A)<\/td>\nUnited States Juniors<\/td>\nSan Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica<\/td>\n7\/21\/19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(Frederick Lewis 45.9, Matthew Boling 44.5, Matthew Moorer 45.2, Justin Robinson 43.7)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(low-altitude)+<\/td>\n3:00.33<\/td>\nUnited States Juniors<\/td>\nTrujillo, Peru<\/td>\n7\/23\/17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(Brian Herron 45.1, Zach Shinnick 45.1, Sean Hooper 44.73, Josephus Lyles 45.36)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mixed-Sex 4 x 400<\/td>\n3:17.69<\/td>\nUnited States Juniors<\/td>\nCali, Colombia<\/td>\n8\/02\/22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(Charlie Bartholomew 45.09, Madison Whyte 53.39, Will Sumner 45.97, Kennedy Wade 53.24)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Field Events<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
High Jump<\/td>\n2.37 | 7-9\u00bc<\/td>\nDragutin Topi\u0107 (Yugoslavia)<\/td>\nPlovdiv, Bulgaria<\/td>\n8\/12\/90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n2.37 | 7-9\u00bc<\/td>\nSteve Smith (Great Britain)<\/td>\nSeoul, South Korea<\/td>\n9\/20\/92<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pole Vault<\/td>\n6.05 | 19-10\u00bc<\/td>\nMondo Duplantis (Sweden)<\/td>\nBerlin, Germany<\/td>\n8\/12\/18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Long Jump<\/td>\n8.38 | 27-6<\/td>\nMattia Furlani (Italy)<\/td>\nRome, Italy<\/td>\n6\/08\/24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Triple Jump<\/td>\n17.75 | 58-3<\/td>\nJaydon Hibbert (Jamaica)<\/td>\nKingston, Jamaica<\/td>\n6\/01\/24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[note: statistically acceptable 17.87 | 58-7\u00bd Hibbert \u201923 never ratified]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shot<\/td>\n23.00 | 75-5\u00bd<\/td>\nJacko Gill (New Zealand)<\/td>\nAuckland, New Zealand<\/td>\n8\/18\/13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Senior Shot+<\/td>\n21.14 | 69-1\u00bc<\/td>\nKonrad Bukowiecki (Poland)<\/td>\nOslo, Norway<\/td>\n6\/09\/16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Discus<\/td>\n71.37 | 234-2<\/td>\nMika Sosna (Germany)<\/td>\nSch\u00f6nebeck, Germany<\/td>\n6\/10\/22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Senior Discus+<\/td>\n65.31 | 214-3<\/td>\nMykyta Nesterenko (Ukraine)<\/td>\nTallinn, Estonia<\/td>\n6\/03\/08<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hammer<\/td>\n85.57 | 280-9<\/td>\nAshraf Amjad Al-Saifi (Qatar)<\/td>\nBarcelona, Spain<\/td>\n7\/14\/12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Senior Hammer+<\/td>\n78.33 | 257-0<\/td>\nOlli-Pekka Karjalainen (Finland)<\/td>\nSeinaj\u00f6ki, Finland<\/td>\n8\/05\/99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Javelin<\/td>\n86.48 | 283-9<\/td>\nNeeraj Chopra (India)<\/td>\nBydgoszcz, Poland<\/td>\n7\/23\/16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Multi Event<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Decathlon<\/td>\n8435<\/td>\nNiklas Kaul (Germany)<\/td>\nGrosseto, Italy<\/td>\n7\/22-23\/17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(11.48, 7.20\/23-7\u00bd, 15.37\/50-5\u00bc, 2.05\/6-8\u00be, 48.42 [4170], 14.55, 48.49\/159-1, 4.70\/15-5, 68.05\/223-3, 4:15.52 [4265])<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Senior Decathlon+<\/td>\n8397<\/td>\nTorsten Voss (East Germany)<\/td>\nErfurt, East Germany<\/td>\n7\/06-07\/82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(10.76, 7.66\/25-1\u00be, 14.41\/47-3\u00bd, 2.09\/6-10\u00bc, 48.37 [4421], 14.37, 41.76\/137-0, 4.80\/15-9, 62.90\/206-4, 4:34.04 [3976])<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Road Events<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10K+<\/td>\n26:46<\/td>\nRhonex Kipruto (Kenya)<\/td>\nPrague, Czechia<\/td>\n9\/08\/18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marathon+<\/td>\n2:04:32<\/td>\nTsegaye Mekonnen (Ethiopia)<\/td>\nDubai, United Arab Emirates<\/td>\n1\/24\/14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Walk Events<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10,000<\/td>\n38:46.4<\/td>\nViktor Burayev (Russia)<\/td>\nMoscow, Russia<\/td>\n5\/20\/00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10K(r)<\/td>\n37:44<\/td>\nZhen Wang (China)<\/td>\nBeijing, China<\/td>\n9\/18\/10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20K+<\/td>\n1:17:25<\/td>\nSergey Shirobokov (Russia)<\/td>\nCheboksary, Russia<\/td>\n6\/09\/18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

June 26, 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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