List of African under-23 records in athletics

The African U23 records in the sport of athletics are the all-time best marks set in competition by an athlete who competes for a member nation of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) 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. CAA 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.
60 m	6.58 A (−1.8 m/s)	Bayanda Walaza	South Africa	8 February 2025	Curro Podium Grand Finale & Simbine Classic Shootout	Pretoria, South Africa	18 years, 365 days	[1]
100 m	9.85 (+1.7 m/s)	Olusoji Fasuba	Nigeria	12 May 2006		Doha, Qatar	21 years, 307 days
150 m (straight)	16.30 (±0.0 m/s)	Favour Ofili	Nigeria	18 May 2024	Atlanta City Games	Atlanta, United States	21 years, 139 days	[2]
200 m	19.50 (+1.6 m/s)	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	23 July 2023	Anniversary Games	London, United Kingdom	20 years, 46 days	[3]
300 m	30.69 A	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	17 February 2024	Simbine Curro Classic Shoot-Out	Pretoria, South Africa	20 years, 255 days	[4]
400 m	43.91 A	Muzala Samukonga	Zambia	29 April 2023	Botswana Golden Grand Prix	Gaborone, Botswana	20 years, 141 days	[5]
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	3:27.72	Phanuel Koech	Kenya	20 June 2025	Meeting de Paris	Paris, France	18 years, 201 days	[6] [7]
Mile	3:43.40	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	7 July 1999	Golden Gala (an IAAF Golden League event)	Rome, Italy	20 years, 247 days	[8]
Mile (road)	3:52.45	Emmanuel Wanyonyi	Kenya	26 April 2025	Adizero: Road to Records	Herzogenaurach, Germany	20 years, 268 days	[9]
2000 m	4:48.14	Reynold Cheruiyot	Kenya	8 September 2023	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	19 years, 40 days	[10]
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
5 km (road)	12:49	Berihu Aregawi	Ethiopia	31 December 2021	Cursa dels Nassos	Barcelona, Spain	20 years, 306 days	[11]
10,000 m	26:20.31	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	8 June 2004	Golden Spike Ostrava	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	[12]
Half marathon	57:31	Jacob Kiplimo	Uganda	21 November 2021	Lisbon Half Marathon	Lisbon, Portugal	21 years, 7 days	[13]
Marathon	2:04:23	Ayele Abshero	Ethiopia	27 January 2012	Dubai Marathon	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	21 years, 30 days
110 m hurdles
400 m hurdles
3000 m steeplechase
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
Decathlon
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	38.51 A	Mihlali Xhotyeni Sinesipho Dambile Letlhogonolo Moleyane Benjamin Richardson	South Africa	22 August 2021	World U20 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	21 years, 173 days	[14]
4 × 400 m relay

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref.
100 m	10.93 (+2.0 m/s)	Favour Ofili	Nigeria	30 April 2022	LSU Invitational	Baton Rouge, United States	19 years, 120 days	[15]
150 m (bend)	17.67 A (−0.5 m/s)	Kayla la Grange	South Africa	8 February 2025	Curro Podium Grand Finale & Simbine Classic Shootout	Pretoria, South Africa	20 years, 196 days	[16]
150 m (straight)	16.30 (±0.0 m/s)	Favour Ofili	Nigeria	18 May 2024	Atlanta City Games	Atlanta, United States	21 years, 139 days	[17]
200 m	21.78 (+0.6 m/s)	Christine Mboma	Namibia	9 September 2021	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland	18 years, 110 days	[18]
300 m	34.60 A	Beatrice Masilingi	Namibia	18 February 2023	Curro Simbine Classic Shoot Out	Pretoria, South Africa	19 years, 314 days	[19]
400 m	48.54	Christine Mboma	Namibia	30 June 2021	Irena Szewińska Memorial	Bydgoszcz, Poland	18 years, 39 days	[20]
800 m	1:54.01	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya	29 August 2008	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland	18 years, 268 days
1500 m
Mile run	4:14.79	Freweyni Hailu	Ethiopia	21 July 2023	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	22 years, 159 days	[21]
Mile (road)	4:20.98 Wo	Diribe Welteji	Ethiopia	1 October 2023	World Road Running Championships	Riga, Latvia	21 years, 141 days	[22]
2000 m	5:25.86	Freweyni Hailu	Ethiopia	14 September 2021	Hanžeković Memorial	Zagreb, Croatia	20 years, 214 days	[23]
3000 m
5000 m	14:06.62	Letesenbet Gidey	Ethiopia	7 October 2020		Valencia, Spain	22 years, 201 days	[24]
5 km (road)	14:19 Mx	Ejgayehu Taye	Ethiopia	31 December 2021	Cursa dels Nassos	Barcelona, Spain	21 years, 324 days	[25]
	14:25+ Wo	Agnes Ngetich	Kenya	10 September 2023	Brașov Running Festival	Brașov, Romania	22 years, 230 days	[26]
10,000 m
10 km (road)	29:25 Mx	Medina Eisa	Ethiopia	16 February 2025	10K Facsa Castellón	Castellón de la Plana, Spain	20 years, 44 days	[27]
	29:26 Wo	Agnes Ngetich	Kenya	18 November 2023	Urban Trail de Lille	Lille, France	22 years, 299 days	[28]
	29:24 Wo [a]	Agnes Ngetich	Kenya	10 September 2023	Brașov Running Festival	Brașov, Romania	22 years, 230 days	[30]
Half marathon	1:03:51	Yalemzerf Yehualaw	Ethiopia	24 October 2021	Valencia Half Marathon	Valencia, Spain	22 years, 82 days	[31]
Marathon	2:17:36	Tadu Teshome	Ethiopia	4 December 2022	Valencia Marathon	Valencia, Spain	21 years, 178 days
100 m hurdles
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	[32]
300 m hurldes	43.18 A	Lenka du Toit	South Africa	8 February 2025	Curro Podium Grand Finale & Simbine Classic Shootout	Pretoria, South Africa	13 years, 346 days	[33]
400 m hurdles
2000 m steeplechase	6:02.04	Celestine Biwot	Kenya	18 June 2023	Czeslaw Cybulski Memorial	Poznań, Poland	19 years, 176 days	[34]
3000 m steeplechase	8:58.78	Celliphine Chepteek Chespol	Kenya	26 May 2017	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	18 years, 338 days	[35]
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
Heptathlon
	100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m
10,000 m walk (track)	45:54.90	Chahinez Nasri	Tunisia	4 June 2016	Mediterranean U23 Championships	Radès, Tunisia	20 years, 1 day	[36]
20 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay
4 × 400 m relay

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref.
60 m	6.51	Israel Okon Sunday	Nigeria	28 February 2025	SEC Championships	College Station, United States	18 years, 109 days	[37]
200 m	20.17 A	Udodi Onwuzurike	Nigeria	10 March 2023	NCAA Division I Championships	Albuquerque, United States	20 years, 40 days	[38]
		Tarsis Orogot	Uganda			Albuquerque, United States	20 years, 106 days	[39]
400 m	44.74	Ezekiel Nathaniel	Nigeria	1 March 2025	Big 12 Indoor Championships	Lubbock, United States	21 years, 254 days	[40] [41]
600 y	1:06.93	Moitalel Naadokila	Kenya	15 February 2020	Texas Tech Shootout	Lubbock, United States	19 years, 7 days
800 m
1000 m	2:15.26	Noureddine Morceli	Algeria	22 February 1992	Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe	Birmingham, United Kingdom	21 years, 359 days
1500 m	3:31.04	Samuel Tefera	Ethiopia	16 February 2019	Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	19 years, 116 days	[42]
Mile	3:47.01	Yomif Kejelcha	Ethiopia	3 March 2019	Bruce Lehane Invitational	Boston, United States	21 years, 214 days	[43]
2000 m	4:56.30	Augustine Kiprono Choge	Kenya	9 February 2007		Aubiére, France	20 years, 19 days
3000 m	7:24.90	Daniel Komen	Kenya	6 February 1998	Samsung Cup	Budapest, Hungary	21 years, 265 days
5000 m	12:49.60	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	20 February 2004	Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	21 years, 252 days
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump	17.12 m	Yasser Triki	Algeria	23 February 2019	SEC Championships	Fayetteville, United States	21 years, 336 days	[44]
Shot put
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.
55 m	6.58	Beatrice Utondu-Okoye	Nigeria	11 February 1990		Monroe, United States	20 years, 80 days
60 m
200 m	22.11 A	Favour Ofili	Nigeria	10 March 2023	NCAA Division I Championships	Albuquerque, United States	20 years, 69 days	[45]
400 m
800 m
1500 m	3:55.47	Diribe Welteji	Ethiopia	6 February 2024	Copernicus Cup	Toruń, Spain	21 years, 269 days	[46]
2000 m	5:35.46	Dawit Seyaum	Ethiopia	7 February 2015	New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	Boston, United States	18 years, 195 days	[47]
3000 m	8:23.74	Meselech Melkamu	Ethiopia	3 February 2007	Sparkassen Cup	Stuttgart, Germany	21 years, 290 days
Two miles	9:07.12	Melknat Wudu	Ethiopia	11 February 2024	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	19 years, 39 days	[48]
	9:04.39 [b]	Medina Eisa	Ethiopia	11 February 2024	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	19 years, 39 days	[49]
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
4 × 400 m relay

Notes

1. Ngetich's women's-only record was not certified after World Athletics determined the course was 25 meters too short. ^[29]
2. later disqualified due to lane infringement

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