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World U20 records in the sport of athletics are ratified by World Athletics. 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.
The final of the 3000m steeplechase at the 2008 Championships in Poland. The World Athletics U20 Championships is a biennial world championships for the sport of athletics organised by the World Athletics, contested by athletes in the under-20 athletics age category (19 years old or younger on 31 December in the year of the competition.
Standing records prior to the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships World U20 Record Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) 7:28.19: Paris, France: 27 August 2016 Championship Record: New event: World U20 Leading Tadese Worku (ETH) 7:34.75: Székesfehérvár, Hungary: 6 July 2021
Record Athlete & Nationality Mark Location Date World U20 Record Erriyon Knighton (USA) 19.69: Eugene, United States: 26 June 2022 Championship Record Michael Norman (USA) 20.17: Bydgoszcz, Poland: 22 July 2016 World U20 Leading Erriyon Knighton (USA) 19.49: Baton Rouge, United States: 30 April 2022
The men's 100 metres at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia on 1 and 2 August 2022. [1] Originally, 78 athletes from 51 countries entered to the competition, [2] [3] however, only 63 of them participated.
Record Athlete & Nationality Mark Location Date World U20 Record Steve Lewis (USA) 43.87: Seoul, South Korea: 28 September 1988 Championship Record Anthony Pesela (BOT) 44.58: Nairobi, Kenya: 21 August 2021 World U20 Leading Steven McElroy (USA) 44.93: Eugene, United States: 25 June 2022
Standing records prior to the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships World U20 Record Ronald Kwemoi (KEN) 3:28.81: Monaco: 18 July 2014 Championship Record Abdalaati Iguider (MAR) 3:35.53: Grosseto, Italy: 15 July 2004 World U20 Leading Kamar Etiang (KEN) 3:33.12: Nairobi, Kenya: 19 June 2021
Standing records prior to the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships World U20 Record Trayvon Bromell (USA) 9.97: Eugene, United States: 13 June 2014 Championship Record Adam Gemili (GBR) 10.05: Barcelona, Spain: 11 July 2012 World U20 Leading Jaylen Slade (USA) 10.09: Clermont, United States: 30 May 2021