List of European under-23 records in athletics

European U23 records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the European Athletics Association (EAA). 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. EAA maintains an official list for such performances, but only in a specific list of outdoor events.

Outdoor

  Pending ratification  Best unratified mark  Record not kept by EAA  Not ratified or later rescinded by EAA

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
100 m	9.92 (+2.0 m/s)	Christophe Lemaitre	France	29 July 2011		Albi, France	21 years, 48 days
200 m	19.80 (+0.8 m/s)	Christophe Lemaitre	France	2 September 2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	21 years, 83 days
400 m	44.33	Thomas Schönlebe	East Germany	3 September 1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	22 years, 28 days
600 m	1:14.55	Adam Kszczot	Poland	5 August 2009	Lahti Salpausselän Suvi-ilta	Lahti, Finland	19 years, 337 days	[ citation needed ]
800 m	1:42.47	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Russia	24 August 2001	Memorial van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	20 years, 134 days
1000 m	2:14.37	Niels Laros	Netherlands	7 July 2024	FBK Games	Hengelo, Netherlands	19 years, 81 days	[1]
1500 m	3:28.32	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	7 August 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	20 years, 322 days	[2]
Mile	3:46.46	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	16 June 2022	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway	21 years, 270 days	[3]
2000 m	4:50.01	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	11 June 2020	Bislett Impossible Games	Oslo, Norway	19 years, 266 days	[4]
3000 m	7:27.05	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	17 September 2020	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy	19 years, 364 days	[5]
5000 m	12:48.45	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	10 June 2021	Golden Gala	Florence, Italy	20 years, 264 days	[6]
10000 m	27:24.09	Ali Kaya	Turkey	2 May 2015	Turkish Championships	Mersin, Turkey	21 years, 12 days	[7]
10 km (road)	28:21	Axel Vang Christensen	Denmark	14 January 2024		Valencia, Spain	19 years, 168 days
	27:25	Julien Wanders	Switzerland	30 December 2018	Corrida Pedestre Internationale de Houilles	Paris, France	22 years, 287 days	[8]
15 km (road)	42:30+	Ali Kaya	Turkey	24 April 2016	Istanbul Half Marathon	Istanbul, Turkey	22 years, 4 days	[9]
20 km (road)	57:07+	Ali Kaya	Turkey	24 April 2016	Istanbul Half Marathon	Istanbul, Turkey	22 years, 4 days	[10]
	57:07+	Julien Wanders	Switzerland	11 February 2018	Barcelona Half Marathon	Barcelona, Spain	21 years, 330 days	[11]
Half marathon	1:00:09	Julien Wanders	Switzerland	11 February 2018	Barcelona Half Marathon	Barcelona, Spain	21 years, 330 days	[12]
	59:53a	Benoit Zwierzchlewski	France	9 February 1997		Las Vegas, United States	20 years, 174 days
Marathon	2:10:47	Henrik Jørgensen	Denmark	17 April 1983		London, United Kingdom	21 years, 189 days
110 m hurdles	12.97 (+1.0 m/s)	Ladji Doucouré	France	15 July 2005		Angers, France	22 years, 109 days
300 m hurdles	35.45	Alain-Hervé Mfomkpa	Switzerland	25 May 2017	Nationales Auffahrtsmeeting	Langenthal, Switzerland	20 years, 355 days	[13]
400 m hurdles	47.64	Karsten Warholm	Norway	9 August 2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	22 years, 162 days	[14]
3000 m steeplechase	8:10.83	Günther Weidlinger	Austria	21 August 1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	21 years, 138 days
	8:10.36	Frank Baumgartl	East Germany	28 July 1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada	21 years, 60 days
High jump	2.42 m	Patrik Sjöberg	Sweden	30 June 1987	DN Galan	Stockholm, Sweden	22 years, 176 days
Pole vault	6.15 m [a]	Armand Duplantis	Sweden	17 September 2020	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy	20 years, 312 days	[15]
Long jump	8.86 m (+1.9 m/s)	Robert Emmiyan	Soviet Union	22 May 1987		Tsaghkadzor, Soviet Union	22 years, 95 days
Triple jump	17.98 m (+1.2 m/s)	Teddy Tamgho	France	12 June 2010		New York City, United States	20 years, 362 days
Shot put	22.25 m	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland	14 September 2019	Kamila Skolimowska Memorial	Chorzow, Poland	22 years, 181 days	[16]
Discus throw	74.35 m	Mykolas Alekna	Lithuania	14 April 2024	Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational	Ramona, United States	21 years, 200 days	[17] [18]
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	90.20 m	Max Dehning	Germany	25 February 2024	German Winter Throwing Championships	Halle, Germany	19 years, 169 days	[19]
Decathlon	8691 pts	Niklas Kaul	Germany	2–3 October 2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	21 years, 234 days	[20]
	100 m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400 m 110 m h (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500 m 11.27 (+0.3 m/s) 7.19 m (+0.6 m/s) 15.10 m 2.02 m 48.48 14.64 (+0.7 m/s) 49.20 m 5.00 m 79.05 m 4:15.70
	8706 pts	Frank Busemann	Germany	1 August 1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	21 years, 157 days
	10.60 (+0.7 m/s) (100 m), 8.07 m (+0.8 m/s) (long jump), 13.60 m (shot put), 2.04 m (high jump), 48.34 (400 m) / 13.47 (+0.3 m/s) (110 m hurdles), 45.04 m (discus), 4.80 m (pole vault), 66.86 m (javelin), 4:31.41 (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	[21]
4 × 100 m relay	38.70	Yannick Wolf Luis Brandner Milo Skupin-Alfa Joshua Hartmann	Germany	11 July 2021	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia		[22]
4 × 400 m relay	3:02.13	Maksim Dyldin Denis Alekseyev Artem Sergeyenkov Anton Kokorin	Russia	15 July 2007	European U23 Championships	Debrecen, Hungary

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
100 m	10.88 (+2.0 m/s)	Marlies Oelsner	GDR	1 July 1977		Dresden, Germany	19 years, 102 days
	10.77 (+0.7 m/s)	Ivet Lalova	Bulgaria	19 June 2004	European Cup First League	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	20 years, 32 days
200 m	21.71 (+0.7 m/s)	Marita Koch	East Germany	10 June 1979		Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany	22 years, 112 days
	21.71 (+1.2 m/s)	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	29 June 1986		Jena, East Germany	21 years, 195 days
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
600 m	1:24.56	Martina Kämpfert	East Germany	1 August 1981		Erfurt, East Germany	21 years, 263 days
800 m	1:55.19	Keely Hodgkinson	Great Britain	17 September 2023	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	21 years, 198 days	[23]
	1:54.61	Keely Hodgkinson	Great Britain	20 July 2024	London Athletics Meet	London, United Kingdom	22 years, 139 days	[24]
1000 m	2:30.85	Martina Kämpfert	East Germany	9 July 1980		East Berlin, East Germany	20 years, 241 days
1500 m	3:56.05	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	17 July 2015	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	22 years, 187 days	[25]
3000 m	8:27.78	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	13 August 1997	Weltklasse	Zürich, Switzerland	21 years, 272 days
5000 m	14:24.68	Elvan Abeylegesse	Turkey	11 June 2004	Bislett Games	Bergen, Norway	21 years, 274 days
10000 m	30:26.41	Yasemin Can	Turkey	12 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	19 years, 245 days	[26]
10 km (road)	31:23	Alina Reh	Germany	14 October 2018		Berlin, Germany	21 years, 144 days
	31:22	Megan Keith	Great Britain	14 January 2024	10K Valencia Ibercaja	Valencia, Spain	21 years, 266 days	[27]
Marathon	2:29:06 Mx	Becky Briggs	Great Britain	3 April 2022	Manchester Marathon	Manchester, United Kingdom	22 years, 32 days	[28] [29]
100 m hurdles
	12.40 (+0.8 m/s)	Ditaji Kambundji	Switzerland	8 June 2024	European Championships	Rome, Italy	22 years, 19 days	[30]
200 m hurdles (bend)	25.8 h (+0.6 m/s)	Annelie Jahns-Erdhardt	East Germany	5 July 1970		Erfurt, East Germany		[31]
	25.8 h (-0.9 m/s)	Teresa Sukniewicz	Poland	9 August 1970		Warsaw, Poland	21 years, 272 days	[32]
300 m hurdles	36.86	Femke Bol	Netherlands	31 May 2022	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	22 years, 97 days	[33]
400 m hurdles	52.03	Femke Bol	Netherlands	4 August 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	21 years, 162 days	[34]
3000 m steeplechase	9:13.46	Anna Emilie Møller	Denmark	30 September 2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	22 years, 64 days	[35]
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	68.43 m	Sara Kolak	Croatia	6 July 2017	Athletissima	Lausanne, Switzerland	22 years, 14 days	[36]
	70.78 m	Mariya Abakumova	Russia	21 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	22 years, 219 days
Heptathlon	7001 pts	Carolina Klüft	Sweden	24 August 2003	World Championships	Saint-Denis, France	20 years, 203 days
	13.18 (−0.4 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 1.94 m (high jump), 14.19 m (shot put), 22.98 (+1.1 m/s) (200 m) / 6.68 m (+1.0 m/s) (long jump), 49.90 m (javelin), 2:12.12 (800 m)
5000 m walk	20:07.52	Beate Anders	East Germany	23 June 1990		Rostock, East Germany	22 years, 139 days
5 km walk	20:05	Olga Polyakova	Russia	28 May 2000		Saransk, Russia	19 years, 248 days
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	42.09	Christina Brehmer Romy Schneider Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	East Germany	4 August 1979	European Cup	Turin, Italy	21 years, 157 days 21 years, 9 days 21 years, 336 days 21 years, 136 days
4 × 400 m relay	3:26.58	Olga Shulikova Kseniya Zadorina Yelena Novikova Lyudmila Litvinova	Russia	15 July 2007	European U23 Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	20 years, 135 days 22 years, 37 days
	3:21.20	Christiane Marquardt Barbara Krug Christina Brehmer Marita Koch	East Germany	3 September 1978	European Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	19 years, 294 days 22 years, 120 days 20 years, 187 days 21 years, 197 days

Notes

1. outdoor best; indoor mark ratified as absolute record

References

General

• European U23 Records 7 July 2024 updated

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