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.
Athletics at the Summer Youth Olympics Governing body IAAF Events 36 (men: 18; womens: 18; mixed: 0)
Youth Olympic Games Records
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Event
Record
Athlete
Nationality
Date
Games
Place
Ref
100 m
10.42 (+0.1 m/s)
Odean Skeen
Jamaica
21 August 2010
2010 Games
Singapore
200 m
20.68 (+0.1 m/s)
Abdelaziz Mohamed
Qatar
16 October 2018
2018 Games
Buenos Aires , Argentina
[ 1]
400 m
46.31
Martin Manley
Jamaica
23 August 2014
2014 Games
Nanjing , China
800 m
1:49.14
Myles Marshall
United States
25 August 2014
2014 Games
Nanjing , China
1500 m
3:41.99
Gilbert Soet
Kenya
24 August 2014
2014 Games
Nanjing , China
3000 m
7:56.20
Yomif Kejelcha
Ethiopia
24 August 2014
2014 Games
Nanjing , China
110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)
12.96 (+1.3 m/s)
Jaheel Hyde
Jamaica
23 August 2014
2014 Games
Nanjing , China
400 m hurdles (84.0 cm)
50.61
Xu Zhihang
China
25 August 2014
2014 Games
Nanjing , China
[ 2]
Mohamed Fares Jlassi
Tunisia
2000 m steeplechase
5:34.24
Wogene Sidamo
Ethiopia
21 August 2014
2014 Games
Nanjing , China
[ 3]
High jump
2.22 m
Chen Long
China
14 October 2018
2018 Games
Buenos Aires , Argentina
[ 4]
Oscar Miers
Australia
Pole vault
5.32 m
Baptiste Thiery
France
16 October 2018
2018 Games
Buenos Aires , Argentina
[ 5]
Long jump
7.82 m (+1.5 m/s)
Joshua Cowley
Australia
15 October 2018
2018 Games
Buenos Aires , Argentina
[ 6]
Triple jump
17.14 m (+1.9 m/s)
Jordan Díaz
Cuba
13 October 2018
2018 Games
Buenos Aires , Argentina
[ 7]
Shot put (5 kg)
23.23 m
Krzysztof Brzozowski
Poland
22 August 2010
2010 Games
Singapore
Discus throw (1.5 kg)
66.84 m
Connor Bell
New Zealand
11 October 2018
2018 Games
Buenos Aires , Argentina
[ 8]
Hammer throw (5 kg)
85.97 m
Mykhaylo Kokhan
Ukraine
12 October 2018
2018 Games
Buenos Aires , Argentina
[ 9]
Javelin throw (700 g)
81.78 m
Braian Toledo
Argentina
22 August 2010
2010 Games
Singapore
5000 m race walk (track)
20:13.69
Oscar Patín
Ecuador
11 October 2018
2018 Games
Buenos Aires , Argentina
[ 10]
10000 m race walk (track)
42:03.64
Minoru Onogawa
Japan
24 August 2014
2014 Games
Nanjing , China
Event
Record
Athlete
Nationality
Date
Games
Place
Ref
100 m
11.30 (0.0 m/s)
Ewa Swoboda
Poland
21 August 2014
2014 Games
Nanjing , China
[ 11]
200 m
23.45 (+1.9 m/s)
Dalia Kaddari
Italy
16 October 2018
2018 Games
Buenos Aires , Argentina
[ 12]
400 m
52.50
Jessica Thornton
Australia
23 August 2014
2014 Games
Nanjing , China
800 m
2:04.76
Keely Small
Australia
14 October 2018
2018 Games
Buenos Aires , Argentina
[ 13]
1500 m
4:15.38
Kokeb Tesfaye Alemu
Ethiopia
25 August 2014
2014 Games
Nanjing , China
3000 m
9:01.58
Nozomi Musembi Takamatsu
Japan
24 August 2014
2014 Games
Nanjing , China
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)
13.31 (+0.3 m/s)
Grace Stark
United States
11 October 2018
2018 Games
Buenos Aires , Argentina
[ 14]
400 m hurdles
57.91
Gezelle Magerman
South Africa
25 August 2014
2014 Games
Nanjing , China
2000 m steeplechase
6:20.10
Rosefline Chepngetich
Kenya
21 August 2014
2014 Games
Nanjing , China
[ 15]
High jump
1.95 m
Yaroslava Mahuchikh
Ukraine
15 October 2018
2018 Games
Buenos Aires , Argentina
[ 16]
Pole vault
4.36 m
Angelica Moser
Switzerland
23 August 2014
2014 Games
Nanjing , China
Long jump
6.40 m (0.0 m/s)
Alina Rotaru
Romania
17 August 2010
2010 Games
Singapore
6.40 m (+0.2 m/s)
Lena Malkus
Germany
21 August 2010
Triple jump
13.86 m (+1.4 m/s)
Aleksandra Nacheva
Bulgaria
16 October 2018
2018 Games
Buenos Aires , Argentina
[ 17]
Shot put (3 kg)
18.95 m
Alena Bugakova
Russia
24 August 2014
2014 Games
Nanjing , China
Discus throw
55.49 m
Shanice Craft
Germany
21 August 2010
2010 Games
Singapore
Hammer throw (3 kg)
74.90 m
Valeriya Ivanenko
Ukraine
12 October 2018
2018 Games
Buenos Aires , Argentina
[ 18]
Javelin throw (500 g)
63.34 m
Elina Tzengko
Greece
13 October 2018
2018 Games
Buenos Aires , Argentina
[ 19]
5000 m race walk (track)
22:22.08
Ma Zhenxia
China
23 August 2014
2014 Games
Nanjing , China