List of African under-23 records in athletics

The African U23 records in the sport of athletics are the all-time best marks set in competition by an athlete who competes for a member nation of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) by aged 22 or younger throughout the entire calendar year of the performance. 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. 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

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
100 m	9.85 (+1.7 m/s)	Olusoji Fasuba	Nigeria	12 May 2006		Doha, Qatar	21 years, 307 days
200 m	19.69 A (-0.5 m/s)	Clarence Munyai	South Africa	16 March 2018	South African Championships	Pretoria, South Africa	7003732900000000000♠20 years, 24 days	[1]
400 m
800 m	1:41.01	David Rudisha	Kenya	29 August 2010	Rieti Meeting	Rieti, Italy	21 years, 255 days
1000 m	2:11.96	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	5 September 1999	IAAF Grand Prix	Rieti, Italy	20 years, 307 days
1500 m	3:28.12	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	11 August 2000	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland	21 years, 283 days
3000 m	7:20.67	Daniel Komen	Kenya	1 September 1996	Rieti Meeting	Rieti, Italy	20 years, 107 days
5000 m	12:37.35	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	31 May 2004	Fanny Blankers-Koen Games	Hengelo, Netherlands	21 years, 353 days
10000 m	26:20.31	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	8 June 2004	Golden Spike Ostrava	Czech Republic Ostrava, Czech Republic	21 years, 361 days
Marathon	2:04:23	Ayele Abshero	Ethiopia	27 January 2012	Dubai Marathon	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	21 years, 30 days
110 m hurdles
400 m hurdles
3000 m steeplechase
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
Decathlon
	100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay
4 × 400 m relay

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
100 m
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
5000 m
10000 m
Marathon	2:20:59	Shure Demise	Ethiopia	23 January 2015	Dubai Marathon	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	19 years, 2 days
100 m hurdles
400 m hurdles
2000 m steeplechase	6:02.16	Virginia Nyambura Nganga	Kenya	6 September 2015	ISTAF	Berlin, Germany	22 years, 48 days	[2]
3000 m steeplechase	8:58.78	Celliphine Chepteek Chespol	Kenya	26 May 2017	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	7003691300000000000♠18 years, 338 days	[3]
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
Heptathlon
	100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m
10000 m walk (track)	45:54.90	Chahinez Nasri	Tunisia	4 June 2016	Mediterranean U23 Championships	Radès, Tunisia	20 years, 1 day	[4]
20 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay
4 × 400 m relay

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
60 m
200 m
400 m	45.68	Derrick Mokaleng	South Africa	10 March 2018	NCAA Division I Championships	College Station, United States	7003757000000000000♠20 years, 265 days	[5]
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Heptathlon
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m
5000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

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