World Junior Records—Women
World Junior Records are those officially ratified by the IAAF. Junior Records are restricted to athletes who do not turn 20 at any time during the calendar year in which the mark is made.
Symbols:
' after name = non-U.S. citizen
(AmC) = American-born collegian
(A) = altitude-aided mark--over 1000m of altitude (in affected events only)
i = made indoors (banked-track marks not acceptable)
p = mark still pending ratification
| Running Events |
| 100 |
10.88 |
Marlies Göhr (East Germany) |
Dresden, Germany |
7/01/77 |
| 200 |
22.18 |
Allyson Felix (US) |
Athens, Greece |
8/25/04 |
| 400 |
49.42 |
Grit Breuer (Germany) |
Tokyo, Japan |
8/27/91 |
| 800 |
1:54.01 |
Pamela Jelimo (Kenya) |
Zürich, Switzerland |
8/29/08 |
| 1000 |
2:35.4 |
Irina Nikitina (Soviet Union) |
Podolsk, Russia |
8/05/79 |
| 1500 |
3:51.34 |
Yinglai Yang (China) |
Shanghai, China |
10/19/87 |
| Mile |
4:17.57 |
Zola Pieterse (Great Britain) |
Zürich, Switzerland |
8/21/85 |
| Steeple |
9:22.51 |
Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) |
Brussels, Belgium |
8/27/10 |
| 3000 |
8:28.83 |
Zola Pieterse (Great Britain) |
Rome, Italy |
9/07/85 |
| 5000 |
14:30.88 |
Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) |
Bergen, Norway |
6/11/04 |
| 10,000 |
30:26.50 |
Linet Masai (Kenya) |
Beijing, China |
8/15/08 |
| 100 Hurdles |
12.84 |
Aliuska López (Cuba) |
Zagreb, Croatia |
7/16/87 |
| 400 Hurdles |
54.40 |
Xing Wang (China) |
Nanjing, China |
10/21/05 |
| Relay Events |
| 4 x 100 |
43.29 |
United States |
Eugene, Oregon |
8/08/06 |
|
(Bianca Knight, Jeneba Tarmoh, Elizabeth Olear, Gabby Mayo) |
| 4 x 400 |
3:27.60 |
United States |
Grosseto, Italy |
7/18/04 |
|
(Alex Anderson 53.1, Ashlee Kidd 51.6, Stephanie Smith 51.0, Natasha Hastings 51.9) |
| Field Events |
| High Jump |
2.01 | 6-7 |
Olga Turchak (Soviet Union) |
Moscow, Russia |
8/08/06 |
|
2.01 | 6-7 |
Heike Balck (East Germany) |
Chemnitz, Germany |
6/18/89 |
| Pole Vault |
4.63 | 15-2¼i |
Angelica Bengtsson (Sweden) |
Stockholm, Sweden
|
2/22/11 |
| Long Jump |
6.98 | 22-10¾ |
Heike Drechsler (East Germany) |
Potsdam, Germany |
8/18/82 |
| Triple Jump |
14.62 | 47-11¾ |
Tereza Marinova (Bulgaria) |
Sydney, Australia |
8/25/96 |
| Shot |
20.54 | 67-4¾ |
Astrid Kumbernuss (East Germany) |
Orimatilla, Finland |
7/01/89 |
| Discus |
74.40 | 244-1 |
Ilke Wyludda (East Germany) |
Berlin, Germany |
9/13/88 |
| Hammer |
73.24 | 240-3 |
Wenxiu Zhang (China) |
Changsha, China |
6/24/05 |
| Javelin |
63.01 | 206-8 |
Vera Rebryk (Ukraine) |
Bydgoszcz, Poland |
7/10/08 |
| Multi Event |
| Heptathlon |
6542 |
Carolina Klüft (Sweden) |
Kingston, Jamaica |
7/19-20/02 |
|
(13.33, 1.89/6-2¼, 13.16/43-2¼, 23.71 [3915], 6.36/20-10½, 47.61/156-2, 2:27.99 [2627]) |
| Road Event |
| Marathon |
2:22:38 |
Yingying Zhang (China) |
Xiamen, China |
1/05/08 |
| Walk Events |
| 10,000 |
42:59.48 |
Yelena Lashmanova (Russia) |
Talinn, Estonia |
7/21/11 |
| 10K(r) |
41:57 |
Hongmiao Gao (China) |
Beijing, China |
9/08/93 |
February 02, 2012
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