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WORLD UNDER 23 BEST PERFORMANCES
as at 9th August 2006 Compiled by Athletics Weekly |
UNDER 23 MEN'S TRACK & FIELD (not officially recognised by IAAF)
100 m 9.85 Justin Gatlin (USA) 22 Aug 2004 Athens
9.85 Olusoji Fasuba (NGR) 12 May 2006 Doha
200 m 19.63 Xavier Carter (USA) 11 Jul 2006 Lausanne
300 m 31.70 # Kirk Baptiste (USA) 18 Aug 1984 London (CP)
400 m 43.50 Quincy Watts (USA) 5 Aug 1992 Barcelona
600 m 1:13.80 # Earl Jones (USA) 24 May 1986 Santa Monica
800 m 1:41.77 Joaquim Cruz (BRA) 26 Aug 1984 Cologne
1000 m 2:11.96 Noah Ngeny (KEN) 5 Sep 1999 Rieti
1500 m 3:28.12 Noah Ngeny (KEN) 11 Aug 2000 Zürich
1 mile 3:43.40 Noah Ngeny (KEN) 7 Jul 1999 Rome
2000 m 4:48.69 Vénuste Niyongabo (BDI) 12 Jul 1995 Nice
3000 m 7:20.67 Daniel Komen (KEN) 1 Sep 1996 Rieti
2 miles 7:58.61 # Daniel Komen (KEN) 19 Jul 1997 Hechtel
5000 m 12:37.35 Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 31 May 2004 Hengelo
10000 m 26:20.31 Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 8 Jun 2004 Ostrava
20000 m 59:38.6+ Ivan Uvizl (TCH/SVK) 25 Sep 1980 Ostrava
25000 m 1:16:08.4 Seppo Helenius (FIN) 15 May 1975 Oulu
30000 m 1:33:22.0 Marc de Blander (BEL) 6 Sep 1981 Denderleeuw
1 hour 20,114m Ivan Uvizl (TCH/SVK) 25 Sep 1980 Ostrava
2000 m SC 5:16.85 # Eliud Barngetuny (KEN) 13 Jun 1995 Parma
3000 m SC 7:53.63 Saif Saeed Shaheen (QAT) 3 Sep 2004 Brussels
110 m Hurdles 12.91 Liu Xiang (CHN) 27 Aug 2004 Athens
200 m Hurdles 22.79 # Axel Schaumann (FRG/GER) 29 Aug 1982 Stuttgart
22.5 # Martin Lauer (FRG/GER) 7 Jul 1959 Zürich
300 m Hurdles to be established
400 m Hurdles 47.24 Kerron Clement (USA) 26 Jun 2005 Carson
High Jump 2.44 Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 29 Jul 1989 San Juan
Pole Vault 6.03 Okkert Brits (RSA) 18 Aug 1995 Cologne
Long Jump 8.90A Bob Beamon (USA) 18 Oct 1968 Mexico City
Triple Jump 17.92 Khristo Markov (BUL) 31 Aug 1987 Rome
17.92 James Beckford (JAM) 20 May 1995 Odessa TX
Shot 22.42 Randy Barnes ¶ (USA) 17 Aug 1988 Zürich
Discus 68.60 Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR/GER) 21 May 1976 Cologne
Hammer 83.54 Igor Nikulin (URS/RUS) 2 Sep 1982 Athens
Javelin (1986) 89.58 Steve Backley (GBR) 2 Jul 1990 Stockholm
Decathlon 8706 Frank Busemann (GER) 1 Aug 1996 Atlanta
10.60 8.07 13.60 2.04 48.34 13.47 45.04 4.80 66.86 4:31.41
1 hour Decathlon 7668 # Vitaliy Kolpakov (UKR) 24 Sep 1993 Ostrava
11.00 7.42 15.32 2.08 55.64 14.97 42.06 4.70 60.02 5:07.95
Double Decathlon 12369 # Johan Szabo (SWE) 8 Sep 2002 Turku
11.73 7.05w 26.55 12.05 17:47.71 2:06.32 1.72 52.66 30.63 11:02.49
16.70 33.25 23.71 3.83 10:11.18 57.74 51.37 4:36.46 11.74 42:26.61
Pentathlon 4223 OJ # Kurt Bendlin (FRG/GER) 31 Jul 1965 Krefeld
7.47 77.42 21.8 44.53 4:43.7
4x100 m Relay 38.39A # Jamaica 19 Oct 1968 Mexico City
(Erroll Stewart-J, Michael Fray, Clifton Forbes, Lennox Miller)
38.53 France 1 Aug 1980 Moscow
(Antoine Richard ¶, Pascal Barré, Patrick Barré, Hermann Panzo)
38.53A University of Houston (USA) 4 Jun 1982 Provo
(Carlton Young, Mark McNeil, Anthony Ketchum, Stanley Floyd)
4x400 m Relay 2:56.16A United States 20 Oct 1968 Mexico City
(Vince Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, Lee Evans)
UNDER 23 MEN'S ROAD RUNNING (not officially recognised by IAAF)
5 km 13:00 Sammy Kipketer (KEN) 1 Apr 2001 Carlsbad
10 km 27:11 Sammy Kipketer (KEN) 30 Mar 2002 New Orleans
15 km 41:29 Felix Limo (KEN) 11 Nov 2001 Nijmegen
10 miles 45:38 Ismael Kirui (KEN) 9 Apr 1995 Washington DC
20 km 57:31 Kimwole Kimutai (KEN) 16 Oct 2005 Paris
Half Marathon 59:31 # Patrick Ivuti (KEN) 26 Mar 2000 Lisbon
1:00:05 Philip Rugut (KEN) 2 May 1999 Trieste
25 km 1:12:52 Luke Kibet (KEN) 9 May 2004 Berlin
30 km 1:29:57 Kazuhiro Maeda (JPN) 6 Feb 2003 Kumamoto
Marathon 2:06:33 Michael Rotich (KEN) 6 Apr 2003 Paris
UNDER 23 MEN'S TRACK WALKING (not officially recognised by IAAF)
3000 m 10:47.11 # Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA) 19 May 1990 San Giovanni Valdarno
5000 m 18:40.75 # Hatem Ghoula (TUN) 26 Aug 1994 Leutkirch
10000 m 38:41.17 # Andrey Yurin (UKR) 22 Jun 2005 Kiev
20000 m 1:20:18.5 Nick A'Hern (AUS) 26 May 1990 Fana
30000 m 2:06:54.0 Ralf Kowalsky (GDR/GER) 28 Mar 1982 Berlin (E)
35000 m 2:38:04.1 # Sergey Yerochin (RUS) 9 Sep 2001 Izhevsk
50000 m 3:56:44.2 Luboš Mackanic (TCH/SVK) 19 Jun 1982 Banská Bystrica
1 hour 14,897m+ # Erling Andersen (NOR) 24 Sep 1980 Trois-Rivičres
2 hours 28,358m+ Ralf Kowalsky (GDR/GER) 28 Mar 1982 Berlin (E)
UNDER 23 MEN'S ROAD WALKING (not officially recognised by IAAF)
10 km 37:11 Roman Rasskazov (RUS) 28 May 2000 Saransk
20 km 1:17:46 Roman Rasskazov (RUS) 19 May 2000 Moscow
30 km 2:01:13+ Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) 19 Feb 2006 Adler
35 km 2:21:31 Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) 19 Feb 2006 Adler
50 km 3:36:13 Zhao Chengliang (CHN) 22 Oct 2005 Nanjing
UNDER 23 MEN'S INDOOR (not officially recognised by IAAF)
50 m 5.63 Stanley Floyd (USA) 20 Feb 1981 San Diego
60 m 6.45 Justin Gatlin (USA) 1 Mar 2003 Boston (R)
100 m 10.34 # Klaus-Dieter Kurrat (GDR/GER) 1976 Berlin (SF)
10.34 # Mark Lewis-Francis (GBR) 6 Feb 2003 Birmingham (PB)
200 m 20.10 Wallace Spearmon (USA) 11 Mar 2005 Fayetteville
300 m 31.88 # Wallace Spearmon (USA) 10 Feb 2006 Fayetteville
400 m 44.57 Kerron Clement (USA) 12 Mar 2005 Fayetteville
600 m 1:15.77 # Donato Sabia (ITA) 4 Feb 1984 Genoa
800 m 1:44.15 Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS) 27 Jan 2001 Karlsruhe
1000 m 2:15.26 Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 22 Feb 1992 Birmingham
1500 m 3:33.08 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen (KEN) 13 Feb 2005 Karlsruhe
1 mile 3:50.81 Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 8 Feb 1991 East Rutherford
2000 m 4:58.56 # Adil Kaouch (MAR) 5 Feb 1999 Budapest
3000 m 7:24.90 Daniel Komen (KEN) 6 Feb 1998 Budapest
2 miles 8:08.39 # Markos Geneti (ETH) 20 Feb 2004 Birmingham
5000 m 12:49.60 Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 20 Feb 2004 Birmingham
50 m Hurdles 6.36 Renaldo Nehemiah (USA) 3 Feb 1979 Edmonton
6.36+ # Ladji Doucouré (FRA) 26 Feb 2005 Liévin
55 m Hurdles 6.89 # Renaldo Nehemiah (USA) 20 Jan 1979 New York
60 m Hurdles 7.41 Colin Jackson (GBR) 26 Feb 1989 Sindelfingen
110 m Hurdles 13.68 # Andrey Kislykh (RUS) 4 Feb 1998 Tampere
13.4y # Rod Milburn (USA) 12 Feb 1972 Houston
300 m Hurdles 34.92 os # Llewellyn Herbert (RSA) 9 Feb 1999 Tampere
400 m Hurdles 50.59 os # Jussi Heikkilä (FIN) 9 Feb 2005 Mustasaari
High Jump 2.43 Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 4 Mar 1989 Budapest
Pole Vault 5.90 Danny Ecker (GER) 20 Feb 1999 Karlsruhe
Long Jump 8.56 Carl Lewis (USA) 16 Jan 1982 East Rutherford
8.56 Yago Lamela (ESP) 7 Mar 1999 Maebashi
Triple Jump 17.80 Christian Olsson (SWE) 5 Mar 2002 Gothenburg
Shot 21.72 Randy Barnes ¶ (USA) 6 Feb 1988 Dallas
35 lb Weight 23.66 # Dan Taylor (USA) 13 Mar 2004 Fayetteville
Heptathlon 6283 os # Torsten Voss (GDR/GER) 27 Jan 1985 Senftenberg
6.85 7.59 14.86 2.09 8.12 4.90 2:38.5
6195 Aleksey Drozdov (RUS) 19 Jan 2005 Orel
6.94 7.43 16.13 2.09 8.24 4.90 2:44.44
3000 m Walk 10:59.32 # Andreas Erm (GER) 11 Jan 1998 Berlin
5000 m Walk 18:15.91 Mikhail Shchennikov (URS/RUS) 4 Feb 1989 Gomel
10000 m Walk 38:35.5 # Ronald Weigel (GDR/GER) 12 Jan 1980 Berlin (E)
4x400 m Relay 3:03.40A os # Baylor University (USA) 2 Mar 1985 Flagstaff
(Darnell Chase, Derwin Graham, Johnny Thomas, Willie Caldwell)
3:03.96 Baylor University (USA) 13 Mar 2004 Fayetteville
(Jamen Saziru, Jeremy Wariner, Mark Teter, Darold Williamson)
UNDER 23 WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD (not officially recognised by IAAF)
100 m 10.76 Marion Jones (USA) 22 Aug 1997 Brussels
200 m 21.71 Marita Koch (GDR/GER) 10 Jun 1979 Chemnitz
21.71 Heike Drechsler (GDR/GER) 29 Jun 1986 Jena
21.71 Heike Drechsler (GDR/GER) 29 Aug 1986 Stuttgart
300 m 35.24+ # Tatána Kocembová (TCH/CZE) 10 Aug 1983 Helsinki
35.82 # Cydonie Mothersill (CAY) 14 Sep 2000 Sydney (OWT)
34.8+ # Marita Koch (GDR/GER) 31 Aug 1978 Prague
400 m 48.27 Olga Vladykina/Bryzgina (URS/UKR) 6 Oct 1985 Canberra
600 m 1:24.56 # Martina Steuk (GDR/GER) 1 Aug 1981 Erfurt
800 m 1:55.19 Maria Mutola (MOZ) 17 Aug 1994 Zürich
1000 m 2:30.85 Martina Kämpfert/Steuk (GDR/GER) 9 Jul 1980 Berlin (E)
1500 m 3:50.46 Qu Yunxia (CHN) 11 Sep 1993 Beijing
1 mile 4:15.8 # Natalya Artyomova ¶ (URS/RUS) 5 Aug 1984 St. Petersburg
4:21.68 Mary Decker/Slaney (USA) 26 Jan 1980 Auckland
2000 m 5:29.43+ Wang Junxia (CHN) 12 Sep 1993 Beijing
3000 m 8:06.11 Wang Junxia (CHN) 13 Sep 1993 Beijing
2 miles to be established
5000 m 14:24.68 Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) 11 Jun 2004 Fana
10000 m 29:31.78 Wang Junxia (CHN) 8 Sep 1993 Beijing
20000 m 1:07:19.84 Naomi Sakashita (JPN) 10 Oct 1995 Amagasaki
25000 m to be established
30000 m to be established
1 hour 17,871m+ Naomi Sakashita (JPN) 10 Oct 1995 Amagasaki
2000 m SC 6:18.67 # Svetlana Rogova (URS/RUS) 23 Jul 1989 Gorkiy
3000 m SC 9:24.78 Lyubov Ivanova (RUS) 10 Aug 2003 Tula
100 m Hurdles 12.44 Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 7 Aug 1982 Sofia
12.44 Glory Alozie (NGR) 8 Aug 1998 Monte Carlo
12.44 Glory Alozie (NGR) 28 Aug 1998 Brussels
12.44 Glory Alozie (NGR) 28 Aug 1999 Seville
200 m Hurdles 25.8 # Annelie Jahns/Ehrhardt (GDR/GER) 5 Jul 1970 Erfurt
25.8 # Teresa Sukniewicz (POL) 9 Aug 1970 Warsaw
300 m Hurdles 39.00 # Jana Pittman (AUS) 11 Jul 2004 Meilen
400 m Hurdles 52.95 Sheena Johnson (USA) 11 Jul 2004 Sacramento
High Jump 2.09 Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 30 Aug 1987 Rome
Pole Vault 4.92 Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) 3 Sep 2004 Brussels
Long Jump 7.45 Heike Drechsler (GDR/GER) 21 Jun 1986 Tallinn
7.45 Heike Drechsler (GDR/GER) 3 Jul 1986 Dresden
Triple Jump 14.91 Yargelis Savigne (CUB) 3 Jul 2006 Athens
Shot 22.53 Natalya Lisovskaya (URS/RUS) 27 May 1984 Sochi
Discus 74.56 Ilke Wyludda (GDR/GER) 23 Jul 1989 Neubrandenburg
Hammer 77.06 Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) 15 Jul 2005 Moscow
Javelin (1999) 71.54 Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) 1 Jul 2001 Rethymno
Decathlon 7044 # Stefanie Fuchs (GER) 10 Sep 2000 Lage
Heptathlon 7001 Carolina Klüft (SWE) 24 Aug 2003 Saint-Denis (SF)
13.18 1.94 14.19 22.98 6.68 49.90 2:12.12
Double Heptathlon 10125 # Niina Kelo (FIN) 8 Sep 2002 Turku
14.3 1.63 5:53.62 65.60 13.27 26.11 12.97
5.44 60.23 49.73 2:41.15 28.61 48.92 13:30.16
Pentathlon 4964 # Olga Kuragina/Nemogayeva (URS/RUS) 24 Jul 1980 Moscow
13.26 12.49 1.84 6.77 2:03.6a
4x100 m Relay 42.09 German Democratic Republic 4 Aug 1979 Turin
(Christina Brehmer/Lathan, Romy Schneider/Müller, Ingrid Auerswald/Lange, Marlies Göhr)
4x400 m Relay 3:21.20 German Democratic Republic 3 Sep 1978 Prague
(Christiane Marquardt, Barbara Krug, Christina Brehmer/Lathan, Marita Koch)
UNDER 23 WOMEN'S ROAD RUNNING (not officially recognised by IAAF)
5 km 14:51 Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 3 Apr 2005 Carlsbad
10 km 31:06 dh # Jane Omoro (KEN) 25 Sep 1994 Pittsburgh
31:29 Isabella Ochichi (KEN) 8 Apr 2001 Marseille
15 km 47:54+ # Isabella Ochichi (KEN) 23 Sep 2001 Amsterdam-Zaandam
48:25 Derebe Alemu (ETH) 21 Nov 2004 Nijmegen
10 miles 51:46 Isabella Ochichi (KEN) 23 Sep 2001 Amsterdam-Zaandam
20 km 1:05:41+ # Mizuki Noguchi (JPN) 3 Oct 1999 Palermo
1:06:15 Miyuki Nishimura (JPN) 17 Dec 2000 Kobe
Half Marathon 1:06:43 Masako Chiba (JPN) 19 Jan 1997 Tokyo
25 km 1:24:47 Dire Tune (ETH) 8 May 2005 Berlin
30 km 1:44:02+ # Shitaye Gemechu (ETH) 14 Apr 2002 London
1:45:36 Yukari Komatsu (JPN) 19 Feb 1995 Ohme-Hochi
Marathon 2:20:23 Wei Yanan (CHN) 20 Oct 2002 Beijing
UNDER 23 WOMEN'S TRACK WALKING (not officially recognised by IAAF)
3000 m 12:00.58 # Claudia Iovan ¶ (ROM) 9 Jun 1999 Milan
5000 m 20:07.52 # Beate Anders/Gummelt (GDR/GER) 23 Jun 1990 Rostock
20:29.63 Claudia Iovan ¶ (ROM) 19 Jun 1999 Istanbul
10000 m 42:29.4 Beate Anders/Gummelt (GDR/GER) 26 May 1990 Fana
20000 m 1:31:49.5 Alena Zenkova (RUS) 25 May 2004 Izhevsk
30000 m 2:33:41.5 # Yekaterina Yeshova (RUS) 26 Sep 2004 Izhevsk
35000 m 3:22:06.0+ # Svetlana Bychenkova (RUS) 27 Jun 1998 St. Petersburg
50000 m 4:55:19.4 # Svetlana Bychenkova (RUS) 27 Jun 1998 St. Petersburg
1 hour 12,937m # Barbora Dibelková (CZE) 6 Aug 2004 Olomouc
2 hours 23,198m+ # Nadezhda Putilova (RUS) 28 Jun 2003 St. Petersburg
UNDER 23 WOMEN'S ROAD WALKING (not officially recognised by IAAF)
5 km 20:05 Olga Polyakova (RUS) 28 May 2000 Saransk
10 km 41:17 Irina Stankina (RUS) 9 Feb 1997 Adler
20 km 1:25:18 Tatyana Gudkova (RUS) 19 May 2000 Moscow
30 km 2:43:23+ Evangelia Xinou (GRE) 19 Oct 2003 Scanzorosciate
35 km 3:10:13+ Evangelia Xinou (GRE) 19 Oct 2003 Scanzorosciate
50 km 4:32:22 Evangelia Xinou (GRE) 19 Oct 2003 Scanzorosciate
UNDER 23 WOMEN'S INDOOR (not officially recognised by IAAF)
50 m 6.09 Zhanna Tarnopolskaya/Block (UKR) 2 Feb 1993 Moscow
60 m 7.00 Nelli Cooman (NED) 23 Feb 1986 Madrid
100 m 11.16 # Marlies Göhr (GDR/GER) 12 Jan 1980 Berlin (SF)
200 m 22.43 Veronica Campbell (JAM) 12 Mar 2004 Fayetteville
300 m 35.83A # Merlene Ottey (JAM) 14 Mar 1981 Pocatello
400 m 49.76 Tatána Kocembová (TCH/CZE) 2 Feb 1984 Vienna
600 m 1:26.35 # Natalya Nazarova (RUS) 6 Jan 2000 Moscow
800 m 1:57.55 Maria Mutola (MOZ) 14 Mar 1993 Toronto
1000 m 2:34.8 Brigitte Kraus (FRG/GER) 19 Feb 1978 Dortmund
1500 m 4:00.2+ u os # Mary Decker/Slaney (USA) 16 Feb 1980 Houston
4:00.8 Mary Decker/Slaney (USA) 8 Feb 1980 New York
1 mile 4:17.55 os # Mary Decker/Slaney (USA) 16 Feb 1980 Houston
4:25.73 Kutre Dulecha (ETH) 6 Feb 2000 Stuttgart
2000 m 5:48.19+ # Zola Budd/Pieterse (GBR) 8 Feb 1986 Cosford
3000 m 8:30.05 Meseret Defar (ETH) 29 Jan 2005 Boston (R)
2 miles 9:34.27 # Ines Bibernell/Obst (GDR/GER) 28 Feb 1986 New York
5000 m 14:32.93 Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 29 Jan 2005 Boston (R)
50 m Hurdles 6.80 Maria Merchuk (URS/MDA) 21 Feb 1981 Grenoble
55 m Hurdles 7.30A # Tiffany Lott (USA) 20 Feb 1997 USAF Academy
60 m Hurdles 7.77 Zofia Bielczyk (POL) 1 Mar 1980 Sindelfingen
100 m Hurdles to be established
300 m Hurdles 41.02 os # Manuela Bosco (FIN) 2 Mar 2003 Tampere
400 m Hurdles 58.84 os # Anja Rantanen (FIN) 7 Mar 2000 Mustasaari
High Jump 2.05 Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 8 Mar 1987 Indianapolis
Pole Vault 4.86 Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) 6 Mar 2004 Budapest
Long Jump 7.29 Heike Drechsler (GDR/GER) 25 Jan 1986 Berlin (DH)
Triple Jump 14.76 Tereza Marinova (BUL) 24 Feb 1999 Athens (Piraeus)
Shot 21.12 Ilona Slupianek/Briesenick ¶ (GDR/GER) 13 Mar 1977 San Sebastián
20 lb Weight 23.05 # Candice Scott (TRI) 8 Mar 2002 Fayetteville
Pentathlon 4948 Carolina Klüft (SWE) 4 Mar 2005 Madrid
8.19 1.93 13.29 6.65 2:13.47
3000 m Walk 11:40.33 Claudia Iovan ¶ (ROM) 30 Jan 1999 Bucharest
5000 m Walk 21:09.7 # Natalya Trofimenko (RUS) 24 Jan 1995 Moscow
10000 m Walk 46:06.24 # Olga Kardopoltseva (URS/BLR) 4 Mar 1988 Minsk
4x400 m Relay 3:28.69 # University of Texas (USA) 13 Mar 2004 Fayetteville
(Raasin McIntosh, Jerrika Chapple, Sheretta Jones, Sanya Richards-J)
3:33.37 University of Miami (USA) 15 Mar 2003 Fayetteville
(Dominique Darden, Jamillah Wade, Kitoya Carter, Charlette Greggs)
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