List of African junior records in athletics

African Junior Records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA). Athletics records comprise the best performance of an athlete before the year of their 20th birthday. Technically, in all under 20 age divisions, the age is calculated "on December 31 of the year of competition" ^[1] to avoid age group switching during a competitive season.

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification  Record not kept by CAA

+ = en route to a longer distance
A = affected by altitude
a = automatic timing
# = not officially ratified by CAA

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref	Video
100 m	10.05	Davidson Ezinwa	Nigeria	3 January 1990		Bauchi, Nigeria	18 years, 42 days
200 m	20.10 A (+1.7 m/s)	Clarence Munyai	South Africa	4 March 2017	Gauteng North League Meet	Pretoria, South Africa	19 years, 12 days	[2]
300 m	31.61	Clarence Munyai	South Africa	28 June 2017	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	19 years, 129 days	[3]
400 m	44.22 A	Baboloki Thebe	Botswana	21 May 2016	Botswana Championships	Gaborone, Botswana	19 years, 64 days	[4]
800 m	1:41.73	Nigel Amos	Botswana	9 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, Great Britain	18 years, 147 days	[5]
1000 m	2:13.93	Abubaker Kaki	Sudan	22 July 2008	DN Galan	Stockholm, Sweden	19 years, 31 days
1500 m	3:28.81	Ronald Kwemoi	Kenya	18 July 2014	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	18 years, 302 days	[6]
Mile	3:49.29	William Biwott Tanui	Kenya	3 July 2009	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway	19 years, 120 days
2000 m	4:56.86	Isaac Kiprono Songok	Kenya	31 August 2001	ISTAF Berlin	Berlin, Germany	17 years, 128 days
	4:56.25	Tesfaye Cheru	Ethiopia	5 July 2011	Pro Athlé Tour Meeting de Reims Champagne-Ardenne	Reims, France		[7] [8]
3000 m	7:28.19	Yomif Kejelcha	Ethiopia	27 August 2016	Meeting Areva	Saint-Denis, France	19 years, 26 days	[9]
5000 m	12:43.02	Selemon Barega	Ethiopia	31 August 2018	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	17 years, 223 days	[10]
10000 m	26:41.75	Samuel Wanjiru	Kenya	26 August 2005	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	18 years, 289 days
10 km (road)	27:08	Rhonex Kipruto	Kenya	29 April 2018	UAE Healthy Kidney 10K	New York City, United States	18 years, 199 days	[11]
15 km (road)	42:08+	Samuel Wanjiru	Kenya	11 September 2005	Rotterdam Half Marathon	Rotterdam, Netherlands	18 years, 305 days
20 km (road)	56:18+	Samuel Wanjiru	Kenya	11 September 2005	Rotterdam Half Marathon	Rotterdam, Netherlands	18 years, 305 days
Half marathon	59:16	Samuel Wanjiru	Kenya	11 September 2005	Rotterdam Half Marathon	Rotterdam, Netherlands	18 years, 305 days
25 km (road)	1:14:19+	Bazu Worku	Ethiopia	5 April 2009	Paris Marathon	Paris, France	18 years, 202 days
	1:13:21+ [12]	Tsegaye Mekonnen	Ethiopia	24 January 2014	Dubai Marathon	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	18 years, 223 days
30 km (road)	1:29:25+	Bazu Worku	Ethiopia	5 April 2009	Paris Marathon	Paris, France	18 years, 202 days
Marathon	2:06:15	Bazu Worku	Ethiopia	5 April 2009	Paris Marathon	Paris, France	18 years, 202 days
110 m hurdles (99 cm)	13.38 (+0.5 m/s)	Welington Zaza	Liberia	24 July 2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	18 years, 251 days	[13]
110 m hurdles (106.7 cm)
400 m hurdles	48.76 A	Llewellyn Hebert	South Africa	8 April 1996		Pretoria, South Africa	18 years, 262 days
2000 m steeplechase	5:20.44	Ronald Kipchumba	Kenya	13 May 2005		Doha, Qatar	17 years, 217 days
3000 m steeplechase	7:58.66	Stephen Cherono	Kenya	24 August 2001	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	18 years, 313 days
High jump	2.31 m	Jacques Freitag	South Africa	4 June 2001		Rehlingen, Germany	18 years, 358 days
Pole vault	5.46 m	Okkert Brits	South Africa	16 December 1992		Paarl, South Africa	19 years, 116 days
Long jump	8.19 m	Luvo Manyonga	South Africa	9 July 2010		Bottrop, Germany	19 years, 182 days
Triple jump	16.96 m (+1.7 m/s)	Gofrey Mokoena	South Africa	3 April 2004		Bloemfontein, South Africa	19 years, 28 days
Shot put (6 kg)	21.79 m	Ahmed Hassan	Egypt	23 April 2014		Cairo, Egypt	18 years, 128 days
	22.07 m	Kyle Blignaut	South Africa	10 July 2018	World U20 Championships	Tampere, Finland	18 years, 243 days	[14]
Shot put (7.26 kg)	20.39 m	Janus Robberts	South Africa	7 March 1998		Germiston, South Africa	18 years, 362 days
Discus throw (1.75 kg)	65.68 m	Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly	Egypt	7 November 2003		Cairo, Egypt	19 years, 271 days
Discus throw (2 kg)
Hammer throw (6 kg)	81.04 m	Werner Smit	South Africa	29 March 2003		Bellville	18 years, 196 days
Hammer throw (7.26 kg)
Javelin throw	80.03 m	Lohan Rautembach	South Africa	16 April 2005		Durban, South Africa	19 years, 69 days
Decathlon	7548 pts	Hamdi Dhouibi	Tunisia	21 July 2001		Ottawa, Canada	19 years, 178 days
		100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m
		Fredriech Pretorius	South Africa	11 April 2014		Pretoria, South Africa	18 years, 250 days
		100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m
	7730 pts A	Friedrich Pretorius	South Africa	15–16 March 2014	Athletic Gauteng North Championships	Pretoria, South Africa	19 years, 74 days	[15]
	100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m
10000 m walk (track)	42:06.0	Hatem Ghoula	Tunisia	1 May 1992		Tunis, Tunisia	18 years, 329 days
	40:55.96	Yohanis Algaw	Ethiopia	23 July 2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	16 years, 344 days	[16]
10 km walk (road)	40:56	Yohanis Algaw	Ethiopia	5 May 2018	IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships	Taicang, China	18 years, 264 days	[17]
20000 m walk (track)
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	39.51	Sonan Douhou Bayo Meïté	Ivory Coast	22 July 1995		Bouaké, Ivory Coast
	39.46 A	Thando Dlodlo	South Africa	17 March 2018	South African Championships	Pretoria, South Africa		[18]
	39.33 A		South Africa	28 April 2018	African Southern Region U20 and U18 Championships	Johannesburg, South Africa		[19]
4 × 400 m relay	3:02.81	Omphemetse Poo Baboloki Thebe Karabo Sibanda Xholani Talane	Botswana	22 July 2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	19 years, 128 days 18 years, 22 days	[20]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref	Video
100 m	11.11 (-1.1 m/s)	Joan Uduak Ekah	Nigeria	2 July 1999	Athletissima	Lausanne, Switzerland	18 years, 198 days
200 m	22.52	Mary Onyali	Nigeria	3 September 1987 [lower-alpha 1]	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy	39 years, 212 days
400 m	50.59	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	5 August 1990		Budapest, Hungary	19 years, 95 days
800 m	1:54.01	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya	29 August 2008	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland	18 years, 268 days
1000 m	2:37.47	Shura Hotesa	Ethiopia	12 July 1996		Bellinzona, Switzerland	19 years, 193 days
1500 m	3:59:60	Gelete Burka	Ethiopia	28 August 2005		Rieti, Italy	19 years, 217 days
	3:56.98	Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon	Kenya	10 May 2013	Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix	Doha, Qatar	19 years, 120 days	[21]
Mile
2000 m
3000 m	8:35.89	Sally Barsosio	Kenya	16 August 1997	Herculis	Monaco	19 years, 148 days
Two miles
5000 m	14:30.88	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	11 June 2004		Bergen, Norway	18 years, 254 days
10,000 m	30:26.50	Linet Masai	Kenya	15 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	18 years, 254 days
10 km (road)	31:27 a	Sally Barsosio	Kenya	21 April 1996		Vancouver, Canada	18 years, 33 days
15 km (road)	47:39+	Everline Kimwei	Kenya	19 November 2006		Kobe, Japan	19 years, 86 days
20 km (road)	1:05:04+	Everline Kimwei	Kenya	19 November 2006		Kobe, Japan	19 years, 86 days
Half marathon	1:07:57	Abebu Gelan	ETH	20 February 2009	Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon	Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates	19 years, 33 days
Marathon	2:20:59	Shure Demise	Ethiopia	23 January 2015	Dubai Marathon	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	19 years, 2 days	[22]
100 m hurdles	13.06 A (+1.4 m/s)	Oluwatobiloba Amusan	Nigeria	26 March 2016	UTEP Springtime Invitational	El Paso, United States	18 years, 338 days	[23]
	12.83 A (+0.4 m/s) [lower-alpha 2]			30 April 2016	UTEP Invitational	El Paso, United States	19 years, 7 days	[24]
200 m hurdles (straight)	26.16 (+0.3 m/s)	Zeney van der Walt	South Africa	16 June 2019	Adidas Boost Boston Games	Boston, United States	19 years, 25 days	[25]
400 m hurdles	56.09	Ajoke Adomosu	Nigeria	9 June 2006		Sacramento, United States	18 years, 225 days
	55.05	Zeney van der Walt	South Africa	17 March 2018	South African Championships	Pretoria, South Africa		[18]
2000 m steeplechase	6:11.83	Korahubish Itaa	Ethiopia	10 July 2009	World Youth Championships	Brixen, Italy	17 years, 132 days
3000 m steeplechase	8:58.78	Celliphine Chepteek Chespol	Kenya	26 May 2017	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	18 years, 338 days	[26]
High jump	1.94 m	Hestrie Cloete	South Africa	22 July 1997		Tatra, Poland	18 years, 350 days
Pole vault	4.10 m	Syrine Balti	Tunisia	20 September 2002		Madrid, Spain	18 years, 324 days
Long jump	6.61 m	Ese Brume	Nigeria	1 July 2015		Akure, Nigeria	19 years, 162 days
	6.68 m	Ese Brume	Nigeria	22 June 2014	Nigerian Championships	Calabar, Nigeria	18 years, 153 days
Triple jump	14.13 m	Blessing Okagbare	Nigeria	19 May 2007		Lagos, Nigeria	18 years, 222 days
Shot put	16.95 m	Simoné du Toit	South Africa	15 June 2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	18 years, 78 days
Discus throw	53.07 m	Simoné du Toit	South Africa	3 February 2006		Roodepoort, South Africa	17 years, 311 days
Hammer throw	61.01 m	Rana Taha Ibrahim	Egypt	20 March 2009		Maadi, Egypt	16 years, 254 days
Javelin throw	58.33 m	Sunette Viljoen	South Africa	7 December 2002		Potchefstroom, South Africa	19 years, 62 days
Heptathlon	5868 pts	Justine Robbeson	South Africa	17 July 2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	19 years, 63 days
100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m 13.56 (+1.7 m/s) 1.62 m 13.02 m 25.12 6.14 m (+0.8 m/s) 54.16 m 2:35.20
5000 m walk (track)	21:49.27	Chahinez Nasri	Tunisia	8 June 2016		Blois, France	20 years, 5 days
5 km walk (road)	23:01+	Chahinez Nasri	Tunisia	4 May 2014	IAAF World Race Walking Cup	Taicang, China	17 years, 335 days	[27]
10000 m walk (track)	45:33.69	Yehualeye Beletew	Ethiopia	19 July 2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	17 years, 354 days	[28]
10 km walk (road)	46:43	Chahinez Nasri	Tunisia	4 May 2014	IAAF World Race Walking Cup	Taicang, China	17 years, 335 days	[29]
20000 m walk (track)
20 km walk (road)	1:31:58	Yehualeye Beletew	Ethiopia	26 June 2016	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	17 years, 331 days	[30]
4×100 m relay	43.44	Beatrice Utondu Tina Iheagwam Mary Onyali Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	9 August 1987		Nairobi, Kenya	17 years, 259 days 19 years, 128 days 19 years, 187 days 18 years, 247 days
4×400 m relay	3:30.84	Folashade Abugan Muizat Ajoke Odumosu Joy Eze Sekinat Adesanya	Nigeria	20 August 2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	15 years, 246 days 18 years, 287 days 18 years, 119 days 19 years, 16 days

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref	Video
50 m
60 m	6.58	Ibrahim Meité	Ivory Coast	13 February 1994		Liévin, France	17 years, 87 days
200 m
400 m
800 m
1000 m	2:15.77	Abubaker Kaki	Sudan	21 February 2008		Stockholm, Sweden	18 years, 245 days
1500 m	3:36.05 [lower-alpha 3]	Samuel Tefera	Ethiopia	27 January 2018	Meeting Elite en salle de l'Eure	Val-de-Reuil, France	18 years, 96 days	[31]
Mile
2000 m	4:59.02	Remi Limo	Kenya	17 February 2007		Birmingham, United Kingdom	19 years, 14 days
3000 m	7:32.89	Isaiah Kiplangat Koech	Kenya	14 February 2012	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France	18 years, 57 days	[32]
5000 m	12:53.29	Isaiah Kiplangat Koech	Kenya	11 February 2011	PSD Bank Meeting	Düsseldorf, Germany	17 years, 54 days	[33] [34]
50 m hurdles
60 m hurdles
400 m hurdles	50.41 OT	Wouter Le Roux	South Africa	9 February 2005	Botnia Games	Mustasaari, Finland	19 years, 23 days	[35]
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put (6 kg)
Shot put (7.26 kg)
Heptathlon (Junior)
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m
Heptathlon (Senior)
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m
5000 m walk (track)
4 × 200m relay
4 × 400m relay
4 × 800m relay

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
50 m
60 m	7.09	Joan Uduak Ekah	Nigeria	7 March 1999	World Championships	Maebashi, Japan	18 years, 81 days
200 m
400 m
800 m	2:01.03	Meskerem Legesse	Ethiopia	14 February 2004		Fayetteville, United States	17 years, 139 days
1000 m
1500 m	4:01.81	Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia	20 February 2016	Glasgow Grand Prix	Glasgow, Great Britain	19 years, 28 days	[36]
Mile	4:24.10	Kalkidan Gezahegne	Ethiopia	20 February 2010	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	18 years, 288 days
2000 m	5:35.46	Dawit Seyaum	Ethiopia	7 February 2015	New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	Boston, United States	18 years, 195 days	[37]
3000 m	8:33.56	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	20 February 2004	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	18 years, 142 days
5000 m	14:53.99	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	31 January 2004	Boston Indoor Games	Boston, United States	18 years, 122 days
50 m hurdles (84 cm)
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Pentathlon
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m
3000 m walk (track)
5000 m walk (track)
4 × 400m relay
4 × 800m relay

Notes

1. by IAAF source; 3 September 2007 by CAA source, probably a mistake
2. ratified but to no doping control
3. will not be ratified as record because the doping test wasn't done on the same day as the competition

References

General

• CAA: African Juniors records – Outdoor. 31 December 2018 updated

Specific

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12. not timed officially
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30. "African Championships 2016 – 20km Race Walk Results". CAA. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
31. "Tefera breaks world U20 indoor 1500m record in Val de Reuil – indoor round-up". IAAF. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
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36. Steven Mills (20 February 2016). "1500m world lead for Iguider in Glasgow, world U20 indoor record for Tsegay". IAAF. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
37. Parker Morse (8 February 2015). "Willis mile win leads the string of indoor superlatives in Boston". IAAF . Retrieved 8 February 2015.

External links

• CAA web site