World Junior Records--Men

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:
+ = event not recognized as official
(A) = mark made at over 1000m of altitude (in affected events only)
i = made indoors
p = mark still pending ratification

Track Events
100...........10.06.........Dwain Chambers (Great Britain)......Ljubljana, Slovenia........7/25/97
200...........20.13.........Roy Martin (US).....................Indianapolis, Indiana......6/16/85
400...........43.87.........Steve Lewis (US)....................Seoul, South Korea.........9/28/88
800...........1:43.64.......Japhet Kimutai (Kenya)..............Zürich, Switzerland........8/13/97
1000..........2:15.00.......Benjamin Kipkurui (Kenya)...........Nice, France...............7/17/99
1500m.........3:30.24.......Cornelius Chirchir (Kenya)..........Fontvieille, Monaco........7/17/02
Mile..........3:50.41.......Noah Ngeny (Kenya)..................Nice, France...............7/16/97
2000+.........4:56.86.......Isaac Songok (Kenya)................Berlin, Germany............8/31/01
2000Steeple...5:25.01.......Arsenios Tsiminos (Greece)..........Athens, Greece.............10/2/80
Steeplechase..7:58.66.......Stephen Cherono (Kenya).............Brussels, Belgium..........8/24/01
3000..........7:34.58.......Sammy Kipketer (Kenya)..............Brussels, Belgium..........9/ 3/99
5000..........12:53.72......Philip Mosima (Kenya)...............Rome, Italy................6/ 5/96
10,000........27:11.18......Richard Chelimo (Kenya).............Hengelo, Holland...........6/25/91
Marathon......2:10:46.......Zuhong Li (China)...................Beijing, China.............10/14/01
110H..........13.12.........Xiang Liu (China)...................Lausanne, Switzerland......7/ 2/02
400H..........48.02.........Danny Harris (US)...................Los Angeles, California....6/17/84
10K Walk......38:46.4.......Viktor Burayev (Russia) ............Moscow, Russia.............5/20/00

Relay Events
4 x 100.......38.92.........United States.......................Kingston, Jamaica..........7/21/02
(Ashton Collins, Wes Felix, Ivory Williams, Willie Hordge)
4 x 400.......3:01.90.......United States.......................Athens, Greece.............7/20/86
(Clifton Campbell 46.0, Chip Rish 45.5, Percy Waddle 45.8, William Reed 44.52)

Jumping Events
High Jump.....2.37.....7-9 1/4 ...Dragutin Topic (Yugoslavia).........Plovdiv, Bulgaria..........8/12/90
..............2.37.....7-9 1/4 ...Steve Smith (Great Britain).........Seoul, South Korea.........9/20/92
Pole Vault....5.80.....19-1/4 ....Maksim Tarasov (Soviet Union).......Bryansk, Russia............7/14/89
Long Jump.....8.34.....27-4 1/2 ..Randy Williams (US).................Munich, Germany............9/ 8/72
Triple Jump...17.50....57-5.......Volker Mai (East Germany)...........Erfurt, Germany............6/23/85

Throwing Events
Shot..........21.96....72-3/4 ....Edis Elkasevic (Croatia)............Zagreb, Croatia............6/29/02
Sr Shot+......20.39....66-10 3/4 .Janus Robberts (South Africa).......Germiston, South Africa....3/ 8/98
Discus........64.51....211-7......Tao Wu (China)......................Kingston, Jamaica..........7/18/02
Sr Discus+....63.64....208-9......Werner Hartmann (West Germany)......Strasbourg, France.........6/25/78
Hammer........81.34....266-10.....Krisztián Pars (Hungary)............Szombathely, Hungary.......9/ 2/01
Sr Hammer+....78.33....257-0......Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (Finland)....Seinajöki, Finland.........8/ 5/99
Javelin.......83.87....275-2......Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway)........Bergen, Norway.............6/ 7/01

Multi Event
Decathlon.....8397..........Torsten Voss (East Germany).........Erfurt, East Germany.......7/6-7/82
(10.76, 7.66/25-1 3/4, 14.4 1/47-3 1/2, 2.09/6-10 1/4, 48.37 [4421],
14.37, 41.76/137-0, 4.80/15-9, 62.90/206-4, 4:34.04 [3976])