African youth bests in athletics

African youth bests in the sport of athletics are the all-time best marks set in competition by African athletes aged 17 or younger throughout the entire calendar year of the performance. Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) 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
100m	10.20 (+1.5 m/s)	Tlotliso Leotlela	South Africa	7 September 2015	Commonwealth Youth Games	Apia, Samoa
	10.19 nw	Retshidisitswe Mlenga	South Africa	4 March 2016		Germiston, South Africa
200 m
400 m
800 m	1:43.37	Mohamed Aman	Ethiopia	10 September 2011	Rieti Meeting	Rieti, Italy
1000 m	2:17.59	Japheth Kimutai	Kenya	23 August 1995		Copenhagen, Denmark
1500 m	3:33.72	Nicholas Kiptanui Kemboi	Kenya	18 August 2006	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland
Mile	3:54.56	Isaac Songok	Kenya	20 August 2001		Linz, Austria
2000 m	4:56.86	Isaac Songok	Kenya	31 August 2001	ISTAF	Berlin, Germany
3000 m	7:32.37	Abreham Cherkos	Ethiopia	11 July 2006		Lausanne, Switzerland
Two miles	8:16.07	Abreham Cherkos	Ethiopia	28 May 2006		Eugene, United States
5000 m	12:54.19	Abreham Cherkos	Ethiopia	14 July 2006	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy
10000 m	27:02.81	Ibrahim Jeylan	Ethiopia	25 August 2006	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
Half marathon	1:00:38	Phaustin Baha Sulle	Tanzania	4 September 1999	Lille Half Marathon	Lille, France
Marathon
110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)
110 m hurdles (99/100 cm)
110 m hurdles (106.7 cm)
400 m hurdles (84.0 cm)
400 m hurdles (88.4 cm)	49.86	Marthinus Kritzinger	South Africa	18 July 1999		Bydgoszcz, Poland
400 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	48.89	Louis Jacob van Zyl	South Africa	19 July 2002		Kingston, Jamaica
2000 m steeplechase	5:21.36	Nabil Ouhaddi	Morocco	16 July 2006		Rabat, Morocco
3000 m steeplechase	8:17.28	Jonathan Ndiku	Kenya	13 July 2008		Bydgoszcz, Poland
High Jump
Pole Vault
Long Jump
Triple jump
Shot put (5 kg)
Shot put (5.44 kg)
Shot put (6 kg)
Shot put (7.26 kg)
Discus throw (1.5 kg)
Discus throw (1.75 kg)
Discus throw (2 kg)
Hammer throw (5 kg)
Hammer throw (6 kg)
Hammer throw (7.26 kg)
Javelin throw (700 g)
Javelin throw (800 g)
Octathlon
	(100 m), (long jump), (shot put), (400 m) / (110 m hurdles), (high jump), (javelin), (1000 m)
Decathlon
	(100 m), (long jump), (shot put), (high jump), (400 m) / (110 m hurdles), (discus), (pole vault), (javelin), (1500 m)
10000 m walk (track)
10 km walk (road)
20000 m walk (track)
20 km walk (road)
50000 m walk (track)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 metres relay
4 × 400 metres relay
Medley relay

Girls

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
100 m
200 m
400 m
800 m
1000 m
1500 m	4:02.83	Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia	21 May 2014	IAAF World Challenge Beijing	Beijing, China
Mile	4:30.81	Gelete Burka	Ethiopia	2 August 2003	KBC Night of Athletics	Heusden-Zolder, Netherlands
2000 m	5:46.5+	Sally Barsosio	Kenya	16 August 1995	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland
3000 m
5000 m
10000 m
Half marathon	1:10:30	Tsegereda Girma	Ethiopia	13 March 2011	CPC Loop Den Haag	The Hague, Netherlands
Marathon
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)
100 m hurdles (84 cm)
400 m hurdles
2000 m steeplechase	6:11.83	Korahubish Itaa	Ethiopia	10 July 2009	World Youth Championships	Brixen, Italy
3000 m steeplechase	9:28.36	Tigist Getnet	Ethiopia	12 July 2014	Glasgow Grand Prix	Glasgow, Great Britain
High jump	1.96 m A	Charmaine Gale-Weavers	South Africa	4 April 1981		Bloemfontein, South Africa
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
Heptathlon
	(100 m hurdles), (high jump), (shot put), (200 m) / (long jump), (javelin), (800 m)
5000 m walk (track)
10000 m walk (track)
10 km walk (road)
20000 m walk (track)
10 km walk (road)
4x100 m relay
4x400 m relay
Medley relay

Indoor

Boys

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
60 m
200 m
400 m
800 m	1:48.12	Mohamed Aman	Ethiopia	8 February 2011	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
1000 m
1500 m	3:42.91	Samson Kiplangat	Kenya	2 February 2003		Stuttgart, Germany
Mile
2000 m	4:57.74	Yomif Kejelcha	Ethiopia	28 February 2014	Meeting National en salle de Metz	Metz, France
3000 m	7:42.05	Yomif Kejelcha	Ethiopia	26 January 2014	Meeting National en salle de Bordeaux	Bordeaux, France
5000 m
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Heptathlon
	(60 m), (long jump), (shot put), (high jump) / (60 m hurdles), (pole vault), (1000 m)
5000 m walk
4x400 m relay

Girls

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
60 m
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m
Mile
3000 m	8:46.01	Gotytom Gebreslase	Ethiopia	4 February 2012		Boston, United States
5000 m
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Pentathlon
	(60 m hurdles), (high jump), (shot put), (long jump), (800 m)
3000 m walk
4x400 m relay