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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.
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
The 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships, also known as the World Junior Championships, was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 2002), which was held from 18 to 22 August 2021 at the Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi, Kenya.
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
Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Age Ref Video 100 m: 9.91 A (+0.8 m/s) Letsile Tebogo Botswana 2 August 2022 World U20 Championships: Cali, Colombia 19 years, 56 days [2] 200 m: 19.96 A (-1.0 m/s) Letsile Tebogo Botswana 4 August 2022 World U20 Championships: Cali, Colombia 19 years, 58 days [3] 300 m: 31.61 Clarence Munyai South Africa
Standing records prior to the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships World U20 Record Steve Lewis (USA) 43.87: Seoul, South Korea: 28 September 1988 Championship Record Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi (KSA) 44.66: Santiago, Chile: 20 October 2000 World U20 Leading Johnnie Blockburger (USA) 44.71: Tucson, United States: 10 April 2021
Record Athlete & Nationality Mark Location Date World U20 Record Nijel Amos (BOT) 1:41.73: London, United Kingdom: 9 August 2012 Championship Record Emmanuel Wanyonyi (KEN) 1:43.76: Nairobi, Kenya: 22 August 2021 World U20 Leading Emmanuel Wanyonyi (KEN) 1:44.01: Nairobi, Kenya: 25 June 2022