{"id":3712,"date":"2018-04-15T19:43:18","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T19:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/?page_id=3712"},"modified":"2025-06-10T15:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T22:28:10","slug":"womens-world-junior-records","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/records\/womens-world-junior-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s World Junior (U20) Records"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Junior Records are those officially ratified by World Athletics (WA). 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

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Running Events<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100<\/td>\n10.88<\/td>\nMarlies G\u00f6hr (East Germany)<\/td>\nDresden, Germany<\/td>\n7\/01\/77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Nnote: statistically acceptable 10.75 by Sha\u2019Carri Richardson (US) in \u201919 never ratified]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
200<\/td>\n21.81<\/td>\nChristine Mboma (Namibia)<\/td>\nTokyo, Japan<\/td>\n8\/03\/21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[note: statistically acceptable 21.78 by Mboma in \u201921 never ratified]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400<\/td>\n49.42<\/td>\nGrit Breuer (Germany)<\/td>\nTokyo, Japan<\/td>\n8\/27\/91<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
800<\/td>\n1:54.01<\/td>\nPamela Jelimo (Kenya)<\/td>\nZ\u00fcrich, Switzerland<\/td>\n8\/29\/08<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1000<\/td>\n2:34.89<\/td>\nAudrey Werro (Switzerland)<\/td>\nNice, France<\/td>\n6\/17\/23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1500<\/td>\n3:51.34<\/td>\nYinglai Lang (China)<\/td>\nShanghai, China<\/td>\n10\/19\/97<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Note: T&FN believes all the marks made in the Chinese National Games of \u201993 and \u201997 are flawed. We believe the \u201creal\u201d fastest is 3:3:54.93 by Birke Haylom (Ethiopia) in \u201923)]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mile<\/td>\n4:17.57<\/td>\nZola Pieterse (Great Britain)<\/td>\nZ\u00fcrich, Switzerland<\/td>\n8\/21\/85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n4:17.13p<\/td>\nBirke Haylom (Ethiopia)<\/td>\nOslo, Norway<\/td>\n6\/15\/23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steeple<\/td>\n8:58.78<\/td>\nCelliphine Chespol (Kenya)<\/td>\nEugene, Oregon<\/td>\n5\/26\/17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3000<\/td>\n8:28.83<\/td>\nZola Pieterse (Great Britain)<\/td>\nRome, Italy<\/td>\n9\/07\/85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n8:25.37ip<\/td>\nBirke Haylom (Ethiopia)<\/td>\nLi\u00e9vin, France<\/td>\n2\/13\/25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5000<\/td>\n14:16.54<\/td>\nMedina Elsa (Ethiopia)<\/td>\nBrussels, Belgium<\/td>\n9\/14\/24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10,000<\/td>\n30:26.50<\/td>\nLinet Masai (Kenya)<\/td>\nBeijing, China<\/td>\n8\/15\/08<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100 Hurdles<\/td>\n12.71<\/td>\nBritany Anderson (Jamaica)<\/td>\nJoensuu, Finland<\/td>\n7\/24\/19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400 Hurdles<\/td>\n53.60<\/td>\nMcLaughlin-Levrone (US)<\/td>\nFayetteville, Arkansas<\/td>\n4\/27\/18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Note: statistically acceptable 52.75 by McLaughlin-Levrone in \u201918 never ratified]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Relay Events<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4 x 100<\/td>\n42.59<\/td>\nJamaica Juniors<\/td>\nCali, Colombia<\/td>\n8\/05\/22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(Serena Cole, Tina Clayton, Kerrica Hill, Tia Clayton)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4 x 400<\/td>\n3:27.60<\/td>\nUnited States Juniors<\/td>\nGrosseto, Italy<\/td>\n7\/18\/04<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(Alex Anderson 53.1, Ashlee Kidd 51.6, Stephanie Smith 51.0, Natasha Hastings 51.9)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n3:24.04(A)p<\/td>\nUnited States Juniors<\/td>\nSan Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica<\/td>\n7\/21\/19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(Alexis Holmes 51.6, Kimberly Harris 51.2, Ziyah Holman 51.4, Kayla Davis 49.8)<\/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>\n2.04 | 6-8\u00bc<\/td>\nYaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine)<\/td>\nDoha, Qatar<\/td>\n9\/30\/19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pole Vault<\/td>\n4.71 | 15-5\u00bdi<\/td>\nWilma Murto (Finland)<\/td>\nZweibr\u00fccken, Germany<\/td>\n1\/31\/16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Long Jump<\/td>\n7.14 | 23-5\u00bc<\/td>\nHeike Drechsler (East Germany)<\/td>\nBratislava, Slovakia<\/td>\n6\/03\/83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Triple Jump<\/td>\n14.62 | 47-11\u00be<\/td>\nTereza Marinova (Bulgaria)<\/td>\nSydney, Australia<\/td>\n8\/25\/96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shot<\/td>\n20.54 | 67-4\u00be<\/td>\nAstrid Kumbernuss (East Germany)<\/td>\nOrimatilla, Finland<\/td>\n7\/01\/89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Discus<\/td>\n74.40 | 244-1<\/td>\nIlke Wyludda (East Germany)<\/td>\nBerlin, Germany<\/td>\n9\/13\/88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hammer<\/td>\n73.43 | 240-11<\/td>\nSilja Kosonen (Finland)<\/td>\nVaasa, Finland<\/td>\n6\/28\/21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n75.14 | 246-6p<\/td>\nJiale Zhang (China)<\/td>\nFr\u00e4nkisch-Crumbacn, Germany<\/td>\n6\/06\/25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Javelin<\/td>\n64.41 | 211-4<\/td>\nZiyi Yan (China)<\/td>\nQuzhou, China<\/td>\n9\/14\/24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n64.83 | 212-8p<\/td>\nZiyi Yan (China)<\/td>\nChengdu, China<\/td>\n3\/28\/25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Multi Event<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Heptathlon<\/td>\n6542<\/td>\nCarolina Kl\u00fcft (Sweden)<\/td>\nKingston, Jamaica<\/td>\n7\/19-20\/02<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(13.33, 1.89\/6-2\u00bc, 13.16\/43-2\u00bc, 23.71 [3915], 6.36\/20-10\u00bd, 47.61\/156-2, 2:27.99 [2627])<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
Road Event<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marathon+<\/td>\n2:20:49<\/td>\nShure Demise (Ethiopia)<\/td>\nDubai, United Arab Emirates<\/td>\n1\/23\/15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Walk Events<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10,000<\/td>\n42:47.25<\/td>\nAne\u017eka Drahotov\u00e1 (Czechia)<\/td>\nEugene, Oregon<\/td>\n7\/23\/14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10K Road<\/td>\n41:57<\/td>\nHongmiao Gao (China)<\/td>\nBeijing, China<\/td>\n9\/08\/93<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

as of June 10, 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

World Junior Records are those officially ratified by World Athletics (WA). Junior Records are restricted to athletes who do not… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":685,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3712","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWomen's World Junior (U20) Records - Track & Field News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/records\/womens-world-junior-records\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Women's World Junior (U20) Records - Track & Field News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"World Junior Records are those officially ratified by World Athletics (WA). Junior Records are restricted to athletes who do not... Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/records\/womens-world-junior-records\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Track & Field News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-10T22:28:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/records\/womens-world-junior-records\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/records\/womens-world-junior-records\/\",\"name\":\"Women's World Junior (U20) Records - Track & Field News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-04-15T19:43:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-10T22:28:10+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/records\/womens-world-junior-records\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/records\/womens-world-junior-records\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/records\/womens-world-junior-records\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Records\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/records\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Women’s World Junior (U20) Records\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/\",\"name\":\"Track & Field News\",\"description\":\"The Bible of the Sport Since 1948\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Women's World Junior (U20) Records - Track & Field News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/records\/womens-world-junior-records\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Women's World Junior (U20) Records - Track & Field News","og_description":"World Junior Records are those officially ratified by World Athletics (WA). Junior Records are restricted to athletes who do not... Read More","og_url":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/records\/womens-world-junior-records\/","og_site_name":"Track & Field News","article_modified_time":"2025-06-10T22:28:10+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/records\/womens-world-junior-records\/","url":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/records\/womens-world-junior-records\/","name":"Women's World Junior (U20) Records - Track & Field News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-04-15T19:43:18+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-10T22:28:10+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/records\/womens-world-junior-records\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/records\/womens-world-junior-records\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/records\/womens-world-junior-records\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Records","item":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/records\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Women’s World Junior (U20) Records"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/","name":"Track & Field News","description":"The Bible of the Sport Since 1948","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3712"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145521,"href":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3712\/revisions\/145521"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}