Athletics at the Youth Olympic Games

Athletics at the Youth Olympic Games
Governing body IAAF
Events 38 (boys: 19; girls: 19)
Games

Athletics has featured as a sport at the Youth Olympic Summer Games since its first edition in 2010. The Youth Olympic Games are multi-sport event and the games are held every four years just like the Olympic Games. Athletes under the age of 18 can participate in the Games. This age group corresponds with the youth category of athletics competition.

Youth Olympic Games Records

Boys

Event Record Athlete Nationality Games Place
100 m 10.42 Odean Skeen  Jamaica 2010 Games Singapore Singapore
200 m 20.80 Noah Lyles  United States 2014 Games China Nanjing
400 m 46.31 Martin Manley  Jamaica 2014 Games China Nanjing
800 m 1:49.14 Myles Marshall  United States 2014 Games China Nanjing
1500 m 3:41.99 Gilbert Soet  Kenya 2014 Games China Nanjing
3000 m 7:56.20 Yomif Kejelcha Atomsa  Ethiopia 2014 Games China Nanjing
110 m hurdles (91.4 cm) 12.96 Jaheel Hyde  Jamaica 2014 Games China Nanjing
400 m hurdles (84.0 cm) 50.61 Xu Zhihang  China 2014 Games China Nanjing
2000 m steeplechase 5:34.94 Abrham Sime  Ethiopia 2018 Games Argentina Buenos Aires
10 km race walk 42:03.64 Minoru Onogawa  Japan 2014 Games China Nanjing
High jump 2.20 m Danil Lysenko  Russia 2014 Games China Nanjing
Pole vault 5.20 m Dmitriy Kachanov  Russia 2018 Games Argentina Buenos Aires
Long jump 7.71 m Joshua Cowley  Australia 2018 Games Argentina Buenos Aires
Triple jump 17.14 m Jordan Alejandro Diaz Fortun  Cuba 2018 Games Argentina Buenos Aires
Shot put (5 kg) 23.23 m Krzysztof Brzozowski  Poland 2010 Games Singapore Singapore
Discus throw (1.5 kg) 66.84 m Connor Bell  New Zealand 2018 Games Argentina Buenos Aires
Hammer throw (5 kg) 85.97 m Mykhaylo Kokhan  Ukraine 2018 Games Argentina Buenos Aires
Javelin throw (700 g) 81.78 m Braian Toledo  Argentina 2010 Games Singapore Singapore

Girls

Event Record Athlete Nationality Games Place
100 m 11.58 Josephine Omaka  Nigeria 2010 Games Singapore Singapore
200 m 23.46 Nkiruka Florence Nwakwe  Nigeria 2010 Games Singapore Singapore
400 m 52.50 Jessica Thornton  Australia 2014 Games China Nanjing
800 m 2:04.90 Martha Bissah  Ghana 2014 Games China Nanjing
1500 m 4:15.38 Kokeb Tesfaye Alemu  Ethiopia 2014 Games China Nanjing
3000 m 9:01.58 Nozomi Musembi Takamatsu  Japan 2014 Games China Nanjing
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm) 13.31 Grace Stark  United States 2018 Games Argentina Buenos Aires
400 m hurdles (76.2 cm) 57.91 Gezelle Magerman  South Africa 2014 Games China Nanjing
2000 m steeplechase 6:22.67 Rosefline Chepngetich  Kenya 2014 Games China Nanjing
5 km race walk 22:22.08 Ma Zhenxia  China 2014 Games China Nanjing
High jump 1.92 m Yaroslava Mahuchikh  Ukraine 2018 Games Argentina Buenos Aires
Pole vault 4.36 m Angelica Moser   Switzerland 2014 Games China Nanjing
Long jump 6.40 m Lena Malkus  Germany 2010 Games Singapore Singapore
Triple jump 13.76 m Aleksandra Nacheva  Bulgaria 2018 Games Argentina Buenos Aires
13.76 m María Vicente  Spain 2018 Games Argentina Buenos Aires
Shot put (3 kg) 18.95 m Alena Bugakova  Russia 2014 Games China Nanjing
Discus throw (1 kg) 55.49 m Shanice Craft  Germany 2010 Games Singapore Singapore
Hammer throw (3 kg) 74.90 m Valeriya Ivanenko  Ukraine 2018 Games Argentina Buenos Aires
Javelin throw (500 g) 63.34 m Elina Tzengo  Greece 2018 Games Argentina Buenos Aires

See also

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