List of European youth bests in athletics

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

Boys

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
100 m	10.31 (+0.2 m/s)	Mark Lewis-Francis	Great Britain	21 August 1999		Neubrandenburg, Germany	16 years, 351 days
	10.31	Alexander Nelson		18 June 2005		Mannheim, Germany	17 years, 89 days
200 m	20.37 (+1.9 m/s)	Thomas Somers	Great Britain	24 July 2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	17 years, 87 days	[1]
400 m	46.43	Mark Richardson	Great Britain	27 July 1988		Sudbury, Canada
600 m	1:18.3 (ht)	Predrag Melnjak	Yugoslavia	12 January 1986		Rijeka, Yugoslavia	16 years, 301 days	[2]
800 m	1:47.2 (ht)	Predrag Melnjak	Yugoslavia	8 June 1986		Split, Yugoslavia	17 years, 83 days
1000 m
1500 m	3:42.44	Jacob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	9 June 2016	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway	15 years, 264 days	[3]
Mile
2000 m
3000 m	7:56.4 (ht)	Hansjörg Kunze	German Democratic Republic	27 June 1976		Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany	16 years, 182 days
5000 m
10000 m
Half marathon
Marathon
110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	13.12 (+0.8 m/s)	Wilhem Belocian	France	21 July 2012	French Youth Championships	Lens, France	17 years, 29 days	[4]
110 m hurdles (99/100 cm)	13.29 (−1.0 m/s)	Wilhem Belocian	France	12 July 2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	17 years, 20 days
110 m hurdles (106.7 cm)
400 m hurdles (84.0 cm)	50.38	Aleix Porras	Spain	26 June 2016	Spanish Youth Championships	Madrid, Spain	16 years, 289 days	[5]
400 m hurdles (91.4 cm)
1500 m steeplechase	4:04.85	Antonio Álvarez	Spain	25 June 1993		Málaga, Spain	16 years, 126 days
2000 m steeplechase	5:31.54	Nikolay Matyushenko	Soviet Union	27 August 1983		Schwechat, West Germany	17 years, 235 days
3000 m steeplechase
High Jump	2.28 m	Oleksandr Nartov	Ukraine	28 May 2005		Kiev, Ukraine	17 years, 7 days
Pole Vault	5.55 m	Emmanouil Karalis	Greece	20 May 2016	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	16 years, 213 days	[6]
Long Jump	7.98 m	Jonathan Moore	Great Britain	29 July 2001		Dôle, France	17 years, 59 days
Triple jump	16.45 (+1.5 m/s)	Ilya Efremov	Russia	16 July 2005		Marrakesh, Morocco	17 years, 118 days
Shot put (5 kg)	23.23 m	Krzysztof Brzozowski	Poland	23 August 2010		Singapore	17 years, 39 days
Shot put (5.44 kg)
Shot put (6 kg)
Shot put (7.26 kg)	18.73 m	Karsten Stolz	Germany	2 September 1981		Essen, Germany	17 years, 41 days
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	77.50 m	Mykyta Nesterenko	Ukraine	19 May 2008		Kyiv (Koncha Zaspa), Ukraine	17 years, 34 days
Discus throw (1.75 kg)	70.13 m	Mykyta Nesterenko	Ukraine	24 May 2008		Halle (Saale), Germany	17 years, 39 days
Discus throw (2 kg)	65.31 m	Mykyta Nesterenko	Ukraine	3 June 2008		Tallinn, Estonia	17 years, 49 days
Hammer throw (5 kg)	87.16 m	Bence Halász	Hungary	31 May 2014	European Youth Olympic Trials	Baku, Azerbaijan	16 years, 300 days	[7]
Hammer throw (6 kg)
Hammer throw (7.26 kg)	73.66 m	Vladislav Piskunov	Ukraine	11 June 1994		Kiev, Ukraine	16 years, 4 days
Javelin throw (700 g)	83.42 m	Yuriy Kushniruk	Ukraine	29 July 2011		Trabzon, Turkey	16 years, 235 days
Javelin throw (800 g)	79.96 m	Aki Parviainen	Finland	12 September 1991		Pyhäselkä, Finland	16 years, 321 days
Octathlon	6478 pts	Kévin Mayer	France	9 July 2009		Brixen, Italy	17 years, 149 days
	11.31 (+1.1 m/s) (100 m), 7.24 m (0.0 m/s) (long jump), 13.48 m (shot put), 50.56 (400 m) / 14.43 (+0.7 m/s) (110 m hurdles), 2.04 m (high jump), 58.03 m (javelin), 2:41.22 (1000 m)
Decathlon (Youth)	7735 pts	Jan Felix Knobel	Germany	1–2 September 2006		Wesel, Germany	17 years, 229 days
	11.45 (+0.3 m/s) (100 m), 6.95 m (+1.1 m/s) (long jump), 16.30 m (shot put / 5 kg), 1.87 m (high jump), 50.76 (400 m) / 14.73 (+1.2 m/s) (110 m hurdles / 91.4 cm), 48.55 m (discus / 1,5 kg), 4.30 m (pole vault), 65.13 m (javelin), 4:54.10 (1500 m)
Decathlon (Senior)	8104 pts (ht)	Valter Külvet	Soviet Union	22–23 August 1981		Viimsi, Soviet Union	17 years, 185 days
	10.7w (ht) (100 m), 7.26 m (w) (long jump), 13.86 m (shot put), 2.09 m (high jump), 48.5 (ht) (400 m) / 14.8 (ht) (110 m hurdles), 47.92 m (discus), 4.50 m (pole vault), 60.34 m (javelin), 4:37.8 (ht) (1500 m)
	7829 pts	Valter Külvet	Soviet Union	12–13 September 1981		Stockholm, Sweden	17 years, 206 days
	11.34 (100 m), 7.12 m (long jump), 14.10 m (shot put), 2.08 m (high jump), 49.65 (400 m) / 15.24 (110 m hurdles), 48.02 m (discus), 4.20 m (pole vault), 59.90 m (javelin), 4:37.07 (1500 m)
10000 m walk (track)	40:15.1 (ht)	Maris Putenis	Latvia	8 May 1999		Valmiera, Latvia	16 years, 332 days
10 km walk (road)	40:03+	Aleksandr Strokov	Russia	7 February 1999		Adler, Russia	16 years, 170 days
20000 m walk (track)
20 km walk (road)	1:22:49	Aleksandr Strokov	Russia	7 February 1999		Adler, Russia	16 years, 170 days	[8]
50000 m walk (track)	4:22:13.4	Bengt Simonsen	Sweden	19 October 1974		Gothenburg, Sweden	16 years, 210 days	[9]
50 km walk (road)
4×100m relay
4×400m relay	3:12.05	Piotr Zrada Piotr Kędzia Karol Grzegorczyk Mariusz Kowalski	Poland	5 August 2001		Kaunas, Lithuania	17 years, 60 days
Swedish medley relay	1:50.46	Tomasz Kaska Piotr Zrada Piotr Kędzia Karol Grzegorczyk	Poland	15 July 2001		Debrecen, Hungary	17 years, 39 days

Girls

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
100 m	11.24	Jodie Williams	Great Britain	31 May 2010		Bedford, United Kingdom
200 m	22.79	Jodie Williams	Great Britain	23 May 2010		Bedford, United Kingdom
300 m	36.46	Linsey MacDonald	Great Britain	13 July 1980		London, United Kingdom	16 years, 152 days	[10]
400 m	50.48	Grit Breuer	GDR	22 July 1989		Neubrandenburg, East Germany
600 m	1:27.33	Lorraine Baker	Great Britain	13 July 1980		London, United Kingdom	16 years, 95 days	[11]
800 m	1.59.65	Marion Hübner	East Germany	11 August 1979		Neubrandenburg, East Germany
1000 m	2:38.58	Josephine White	Great Britain	9 September 1977		London, United Kingdom	17 years, 246 days	[12]
1500 m	4.06.02	Ana Padurean	Romania	28 June 1986		Pitesti, Romania
Mile
2000 m
3000 m	8.48.28	Gabriella Szabo	Romania	20 September 1992		Seoul, South Korea
5000 m
10000 m
Half marathon
Marathon
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	13.07 (+1.3 m/s)	Marisa Carvalho	Portugal	15 July 2016	European Youth Championships	Tbilisi, Georgia	16 years, 239 days	[13]
100 m hurdles (84 cm)
200 m hurdles	26.68	Sharon Colyear-Danville	Great Britain	16 July 1971		London, United Kingdom	16 years, 85 days
400 m hurdles	56.01	Radoshtina Dimitrova	Bulgaria	28 August 1983		Schwechat, East Germany
2000 m steeplechase	6:21.78	Cătălina Oprea	Romania	27 July 2003		Tampere, Finland	17 years, 107 days	[14]
3000 m steeplechase	9:33.19	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal	Norway	2 June 2007		Neerpelt, Belgium	16 years, 353 days	[15]
High jump	1.96 m	Olga Turchak	Soviet Union	7 September 1984		Donetsk, Soviet Union	17 years, 186 days
Pole vault	4.50 m	Lisa Gunnarsson	Sweden	28 May 2016	Meeting National 1	Pézenas, France	16 years, 282 days	[16]
				25 June 2016	French Championships	Angers, France	16 years, 310 days	[17]
Long jump	6.91 m (+1.0 m/s)	Heike Daute	East Germany	9 August 1981		Jena, East Germany	16 years, 236 days
Triple jump	14.17 m (-1.0 m/s)	Ana Peleteiro	Spain	12 July 2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	16 years, 223 days	[18]
Shot put (3 kg)	20.52 m	Corrie de Bruin	Netherlands	13 June 1993		Assen, Netherlands	16 years, 230 days
Shot put (4 kg)	19.08 m	Ilke Wyludda	East Germany	9 August 1986		Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany	17 years, 134 days
Discus throw	65.86 m	Ilke Wyludda	East Germany	1 August 1986		Neubrandenburg, East Germany	17 years, 126 days
Hammer throw (4 kg)	68.18 m	Ivana Brkljacic	Croatia	28 April 2000		Pula, Croatia
Javelin throw (500 g)	60.89 m	Arianne Duarte Morais	Norway	17 July 2016	European Youth Championships	Tbilisi, Georgia	17 years, 55 days	[19]
Javelin throw (600 g)	61.40 m	Sofi Flinck	Sweden	11 July 2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	17 years, 3 days
Heptathlon (youth)	6186 pts	Alina Shukh	Ukraine	14–15 July 2016	European Youth Championships	Tbilisi, Georgia	16 years, 226 days	[20]
	100m H wind High jump Shot put 200m wind Long jump wind Javelin 800m 14.43 +0.4 1.88m 14.85m 26.68 +1.4 5.98m 50.04m 2:14.89
Heptathlon (senior)
	(100 m hurdles), (high jump), (shot put), (200 m) / (long jump), (javelin), (800 m)
3000 m walk (track)
5000 m walk (track)	20:28.05	Tatyana Kalmykova	Russia	12 July 2007	World Youth Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	17 years, 183 days
5 km walk (road)	20:27	Tatyana Kozlova	Russia	28 May 2000		Saransk, Russia	16 years, 269 days
10000 m walk (track)
10 km walk (road)	43:28	Aleksandra Kudryashova	Russia	19 February 2006		Adler, Russia	15 years, 216 days
20000 m walk (track)
20 km walk (road)
50000 m walk (track)	5:05:44.7 (ht)	Tatyana Abramzeva	Russia	12 October 2003		Saint Petersburg, Russia
4x100 m relay	44.05	Petra Koppetsch Marlies Oelsner Margit Sinzel Christina Brehmer	East Germany	24 August 1975	European Junior Championships	Athens, Greece
4x400 m relay	3:36.98	Janet Ravenscroft Evelyn McMeekin Ruth Kennedy Susan Pettett	Great Britain	26 August 1973	European Junior Championships	Duisburg, Germany
Swedish medley relay

Indoor

Boys

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
50 m
60 m
200 m	21.13	Guy-Elphège Anouman	France	19 February 2011	French Championships	Aubière, France	16 years, 251 days	[21][22][23]
		Thomas Somers	Great Britain	2 March 2014	England Age Group Championships	Sheffield, United Kingdom	16 years, 308 days	[24]
300 m	33.73	Thomas Somers	Great Britain	14 December 2013		Sheffield, United Kingdom	16 years, 230 days
400 m
800 m
1000 m	2:24.89	David Fiegen	Luxembourg	4 February 2001		Stuttgart, Germany	16 years, 154 days
1500 m
Mile
2000 m	5:27.6 (ht)	John Wheway	Great Britain	6 October 1968		Cosford, United Kingdom	17 years, 59 days
3000 m
5000 m	14:18.42	Lukas Verzbicas	Lithuania	13 March 2009		Boston, United States	16 years, 66 days
50 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	6.66	Stéphane Caristan	France	25 January 1981		Paris, France	16 years, 239 days
50 m hurdles (99/100 cm)
50 m hurdles (106.7 cm)	6.96	Garfield Darien	France	21 February 2004		Aubière, France	16 years, 61 days
60 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	7.48	Ladji Doucouré	France	23 January 2000		Eaubonne, France	16 years, 301 days
60 m hurdles (99/100 cm)
60 m hurdles (106.7 cm)
High jump	2.24 m	Dmitry Kroyter	Israel	14 February 2010		Moscow, Russia	16 years, 361 days
Pole vault	5.53 m	Emmanouil Karalis	Greece	13 February 2016	Greek Championships	Piraeus, Greece	16 years, 116 days	[25]
Long jump	8.12 m	Viktor Kuznyetsov	Ukraine	20 December 2003		Brovary, Ukraine	17 years, 156 days
Triple jump	16.34 m	Martin Lamou	France	27 February 2016	U20 Match Italy-France-Germany	Padova, Italy	16 years, 290 days	[26]
Shot put (5 kg)	21.44 m	Patrick Müller	Germany	27 January 2013		Sassnitz, Germany	17 years, 26 days	[27]
Shot put (6 kg)	20.12 m	Henning Prüfer	Germany	2 March 2013	International U20 Match	Ancona, Italy		[28]
Shot put (7.26 kg)	18.49 m	Yuriy Belonog	Ukraine	7 December 1991		Kiev, Ukraine	17 years, 273 days
Heptathlon (Youth)	5873 pts	Hans-Christian Hausenberg	Estonia	1 March 2015		Tallinn, Estonia	16 years, 164 days	[29]
	6.97 (60m), 7.52m (long jump), 16.02m (shot put), 1.92m (high jump) / 8.11 (60m hurdles), 4.65m (pole vault), 2:56.46 (1000m)
Heptathlon (Junior)	5517 pts	Ludovic Besson	France	8 February 2015		Reims, France	17 years, 12 days	[30]
	7.24 (60 m), 6.59 m (long jump), 17.00 m (shot put), 1.84 m (high jump) / 8.15 (60 m hurdles), 4.50 m (pole vault), 2:54.19 (1000 m)
	5592 pts (ht)	Sven Reintak	Soviet Union	25 February 1980		Kharkiv, Soviet Union	16 years, 253 days
	7.0 (60 m), 6.98 m (long jump), 13.79 m (shot put), 2.06 m (high jump) / 8.2 (60 m hurdles), 4.80 m (pole vault), 2:57.7 (1000 m)
Heptathlon (Senior)
	(60 m), (long jump), (shot put), (high jump) / (60 m hurdles), (pole vault), (1000 m)
3000 m walk	11:30.0 (ht)	Damir Yangayev	Russia	1 March 1998		Insar, Russia	16 years, 344 days
5000 m walk	19:30.08	Yevgeniy Shmalyuk	Russia	25 December 1993		Saint Petersburg, Russia	17 years, 345 days
4 x 200m relay	1:29.09	LAV Rostock Tom Laack Marvin Anbuhl Benjamin Schulz Peter Tardel	Germany	10 December 2005		Neubrandenburg, Germany
4 x 400m relay

Girls

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
50 m
60 m
200 m	23.15	Iréne Ekelund	Sweden	17 February 2013	National Championships	Norrköping, Sweden	15 years, 346 days	[31]
400 m
600 m	1:27.2 (ht)	Ines Schimmel	East Germany	12 January 1980		Berlin, East Germany	16 years, 341 days	[32]
800 m
1000 m	2:46.19	Yekaterina Zavyalova	Russia	12 January 2008		Moscow, Russia	16 years, 317 days
	2:45.1 (ht) OT	Astrid Pfeiffer	East Germany	18 January 1981		Potsdam, East Germany	16 years, 43 days
1500 m	4:11.70	Malin Ewerlöf-Krepp	Sweden	19 February 1989	European Championships	The Hague, Netherlands	16 years, 262 days	[33]
Mile
2000 m	6:08.9 (ht)	Daniela Fetcere	Latvia	27 January 2006		Riga, Latvia	15 years, 152 days
3000 m
5000 m
50 m hurdles (84 cm)
60 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	8.19	Yekaterina Bleskina	Russia	29 January 2010		Penza, Russia	17 years, 0 days
60 m hurdles (84 cm)
High jump	1.95 m	Marina Kuptsova	Russia	30 January 1998		Brno, Czech Republic	16 years, 39 days
		Irina Kovalenko	Ukraine	26 December 2003		Lviv, Ukraine	17 years, 197 days
Pole vault	4.49 m	Lisa Gunnarsson	Sweden	17 February 2016	Globen Galan	Stockolm, Sweden	16 years, 181 days	[34]
Long jump	6.61 m	Anu Kaljurand	Estonia	1 February 1986		Leningrad, Soviet Union	16 years, 291 days
Triple jump	13.82 m	Yevgeniya Stavchanskaya	Ukraine	12 December 1998		Kiev, Ukraine	17 years, 78 days
Shot put
Pentathlon (Senior)	4261 pts	Carolina Klüft	Sweden	12 February 2000		Eskilstuna, Sweden	17 years, 10 days
	8.80 (60 m hurdles), 1.81 m (high jump), 10.88 m (shot put), 6.07 m (long jump), 2:17.32 (800 m)
3000 m walk (track)	12:05.6 (ht)	Lyudmila Yefimkina	Russia	1 March 1998		Insar, Russia	16 years, 191 days
4 x 200m relay	1:38.77	SC Berlin Anja Schmitz Nadja Hack Carola Otto Silke Breckenfelder	Germany	17 February 1991		Dortmund, Germany
		Belgium Scholier Imke Vervaet Justien Grillet Camille Laus Kimberley Efonye	Belgium	20 February 2010	ADMB-Jeugdaflossingsmeeting	Ghent, Belgium		[35]
4 x 400m relay

ht = hand timing

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