List of African youth bests in athletics

African youth bests in the sport of athletics are the all-time best marks set in competition by African athletes aged 17 or younger throughout the entire calendar year of the performance. Confederation of African Athletics (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

Key:   Awaiting ratification   will not be ratified by CAA

ht = hand timing
+ = en route to a longer distance
A = affected by altitude
nw = no wind measurement

Boys

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
100m	10.20 (+1.5 m/s)	Tlotliso Leotlela	South Africa	7 September 2015	Commonwealth Youth Games	Apia, Samoa	17 years, 118 days	[1]
	10.2 (nw) (ht) A	Retshidisitswe Mlenga	South Africa	4 March 2016		Germiston, South Africa	16 years, 6 days	[2][3]
200 m
400 m
800 m	1:43.37	Mohamed Aman	Ethiopia	10 September 2011	Rieti Meeting	Rieti, Italy	17 years, 243 days	[4][5]
1000 m	2:17.59	Japheth Kimutai	Kenya	23 August 1995		Copenhagen, Denmark	16 years, 246 days
1500 m	3:33.72	Nicholas Kiptanui Kemboi	Kenya	18 August 2006	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland	16 years, 243 days
Mile	3:54.56	Isaac Songok	Kenya	20 August 2001		Linz, Austria	17 years, 117 days
2000 m	4:56.86	Isaac Songok	Kenya	31 August 2001	ISTAF	Berlin, Germany	17 years, 128 days
3000 m	7:32.37	Abreham Cherkos	Ethiopia	11 July 2006		Lausanne, Switzerland	16 years, 291 days
Two miles	8:16.07	Abreham Cherkos	Ethiopia	28 May 2006		Eugene, United States	16 years, 247 days
5000 m	12:54.19	Abreham Cherkos	Ethiopia	14 July 2006	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy	16 years, 294 days
10000 m	27:02.81	Ibrahim Jeylan	Ethiopia	25 August 2006	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	17 years, 74 days
Half marathon	1:00:38	Phaustin Baha Sulle	Tanzania	4 September 1999	Lille Half Marathon	Lille, France	17 years, 97 days
Marathon
110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)
110 m hurdles (99/100 cm)
110 m hurdles (106.7 cm)
400 m hurdles (84.0 cm)
400 m hurdles (88.4 cm)	49.86	Marthinus Kritzinger	South Africa	18 July 1999		Bydgoszcz, Poland	17 years, 158 days
400 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	48.89	Louis Jacob van Zyl	South Africa	19 July 2002		Kingston, Jamaica	16 years, 364 days
2000 m steeplechase	5:21.36	Nabil Ouhaddi	Morocco	16 July 2006		Rabat, Morocco	16 years, 335 days
3000 m steeplechase	8:17.28	Jonathan Ndiku	Kenya	13 July 2008		Bydgoszcz, Poland	16 years, 299 days
High Jump
Pole Vault
Long Jump
Triple jump
Shot put (5 kg)
Shot put (5.44 kg)
Shot put (6 kg)
Shot put (7.26 kg)
Discus throw (1.5 kg)
Discus throw (1.75 kg)
Discus throw (2 kg)
Hammer throw (5 kg)
Hammer throw (6 kg)
Hammer throw (7.26 kg)
Javelin throw (700 g)
Javelin throw (800 g)
Octathlon
	(100 m), (long jump), (shot put), (400 m) / (110 m hurdles), (high jump), (javelin), (1000 m)
Decathlon
	(100 m), (long jump), (shot put), (high jump), (400 m) / (110 m hurdles), (discus), (pole vault), (javelin), (1500 m)
10000 m walk (track)
10 km walk (road)
20000 m walk (track)
20 km walk (road)
50000 m walk (track)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 metres relay
4 × 400 metres relay
Medley relay

Girls

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
100 m
200 m
400 m
800 m
1000 m
1500 m	4:02.83	Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia	21 May 2014	IAAF World Challenge Beijing	Beijing, China	17 years, 118 days	[6]
Mile	4:30.81	Gelete Burka	Ethiopia	2 August 2003	KBC Night of Athletics	Heusden-Zolder, Netherlands	17 years, 168 days
2000 m	5:46.5+	Sally Barsosio	Kenya	16 August 1995	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland	17 years, 148 days
3000 m
5000 m
10000 m
Half marathon	1:10:30	Tsegereda Girma	Ethiopia	13 March 2011	CPC Loop Den Haag	The Hague, Netherlands	15 years, 286 days	[7]
Marathon
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)
100 m hurdles (84 cm)
400 m hurdles
2000 m steeplechase	6:11.83	Korahubish Itaa	Ethiopia	10 July 2009	World Youth Championships	Brixen, Italy	17 years, 132 days
3000 m steeplechase	9:28.36	Tigist Getnet	Ethiopia	12 July 2014	Glasgow Grand Prix	Glasgow, Great Britain	17 years, 5 days	[8]
High jump	1.96 m A	Charmaine Gale-Weavers	South Africa	4 April 1981		Bloemfontein, South Africa	17 years, 36 days
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
Heptathlon
	(100 m hurdles), (high jump), (shot put), (200 m) / (long jump), (javelin), (800 m)
5000 m walk (track)
10000 m walk (track)
10 km walk (road)
20000 m walk (track)
10 km walk (road)
4x100 m relay
4x400 m relay
Medley relay

Indoor

Boys

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
60 m
200 m
400 m
800 m	1:48.12	Mohamed Aman	Ethiopia	8 February 2011	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France	17 years, 29 days	[9]
1000 m
1500 m	3:42.91	Samson Kiplangat	Kenya	2 February 2003		Stuttgart, Germany	16 years, 84 days
Mile
2000 m	4:57.74	Yomif Kejelcha	Ethiopia	28 February 2014	Meeting National en salle de Metz	Metz, France	16 years, 211 days	[10][11]
3000 m	7:42.05	Yomif Kejelcha	Ethiopia	26 January 2014	Meeting National en salle de Bordeaux	Bordeaux, France	16 years, 178 days	[12][13]
5000 m
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Heptathlon
	(60 m), (long jump), (shot put), (high jump) / (60 m hurdles), (pole vault), (1000 m)
5000 m walk
4x400 m relay

Girls

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
60 m
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m
Mile
3000 m	8:46.01	Gotytom Gebreslase	Ethiopia	4 February 2012		Boston, United States	17 years, 20 days
5000 m
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Pentathlon
	(60 m hurdles), (high jump), (shot put), (long jump), (800 m)
3000 m walk
4x400 m relay

References

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2. Dare Esan (2016). "Athletics: Botswana Junior Sets Pace For Nigeria". tadall.com. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
3. Jad Adrian (4 June 2016). "Khairul Hafiz Becomes Asian Junior Champion". adriansprints.com. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
4. Diego Sampaolo (10 September 2011). "Rieti's temple to middle distance witnesses Rudisha clock 1:41.33 and Kiprop romp to 3:30.46 in Rieti - IAAF World Challenge". IAAF. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
5. "800 Metres Results" (PDF). www.rietimeeting.com. 10 September 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
6. Len Johnson (21 May 2014). "Three world leads and big nights for China and Beijing". IAAF. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
7. "Desisa and Chepcirchir take fast Half Marathon wins in The Hague". IAAF. 14 March 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
8. Matthew Brown (12 July 2014). "Rudisha delivers in Glasgow, Ayalew leads the world over the barriers - IAAF Diamond League". IAAF. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
9. "800 Metres Results" (PDF). www.meeting-pasdecalais.com. 8 February 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
10. "Metz 2000 Metres Results". bases.athle.com. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
11. Alfons Juck (1 March 2014). "EME News February 28th-March 1st". American Track & Field. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
12. "Bordeaux 3000 Metres Results". bases.athle.com. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
13. Alfons Juck (27 January 2014). "EME News January 26th". American Track & Field. Retrieved 1 February 2014.