Under-18 World Best Performances in the sport of
athletics are the best marks set in competition by athletes aged 17 or younger throughout the entire calendar year of the performance.
World Athletics (formerly IAAF) maintains an official list for such performances, but only in a specific list of outdoor events. All other records, including all indoor records, shown on this list are tracked by statisticians not officially sanctioned by the world governing body. These age category records were formerly called World Youth Bests.
Outdoor
Key:
h = hand timing
A = affected by altitude
OT = oversized track (> 200m in circumference)
X = annulled due to doping violation
Boys
Girls
Mixed
Indoor
World Athletics does not keep official "bests" in indoor events for the Youth division.
Boys
Girls
See also
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IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics
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Youth (athletics)
Youth is a category of athletics in which athletes compete under the age of 18 years. Countries all around the world compete in athletics. World Youth Athletics Competitions are held every 2 years which contain the best Youth competitors in the w ...
Notes
:1. Though sometimes called "world youth records", they are not officially recognized or ratified as such by any body. World Athletics refers to them as World Youth Bests (WYB) or World Youth Best Performances instead.
References
;General
World Athletics U-18 Best Performances''9 September 2022 updated''
;Specific
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Youths
Youth is the time of life when one is young. The word, youth, can also mean the time between childhood and adulthood (Maturity (psychological), maturity), but it can also refer to one's peak, in terms of health or the period of life known as b ...
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