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Athletics is one of several sports contested at the quadrennial Commonwealth Youth Games. It has featured at every edition of the competition since its inauguration in 2000. Athletes under nineteen years old may compete (in contrast to the usual under-18 format of other youth athletics competitions).[1]
Games | Year | Host city | Host country |
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I | 2000 ( | )Edinburgh | Scotland |
II | 2004 ( | )Bendigo | Australia |
III | 2008 ( | )Pune | India |
IV | 2011 ( | )Douglas | Isle of Man |
V | 2015 ( | )Apia | Samoa |
VI | 2017 ( | )Nassau | Bahamas |
VII | 2023 ( | )Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago |
Event | Record | Name | Nationality | Date | Games | Place | Ref. |
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100 m | 10.20 (+1.5 m/s) | Tlotliso Leotlela | South Africa | 7 September 2015 | 2015 Games | Apia, Samoa | [2] |
200 m | 21.06 | Julian Thomas | England | December 2004 | 2004 Games | Bendigo, Australia | |
400 m | 45.83 | Karabo Sibanda | Botswana | September 2015 | 2015 Games | Apia, Samoa | [3] |
800 m | 1:46.05 | Willy Tarbei | Kenya | September 2015 | 2015 Games | Apia, Samoa | [4] |
1500 m | 3:39.80 | Kumari Taki | Kenya | September 2015 | 2015 Games | Apia, Samoa | [5] |
3000 m | 7:57.03 | Wiliam Sitonik | Kenya | 11 September 2011 | 2011 Games | Douglas, Isle of Man | [6] |
110 m hurdles (91.4 cm) |
13.71 | Samuel Bennett | England | 22 July 2017 | 2017 Games | Nassau, Bahamas | [7] |
400 m hurdles (84.0 cm) |
51.12 | Rivaldo Leacock | Barbados | September 2015 | 2015 Games | Apia, Samoa | [8] |
2000 m steeplechase | 5:41.81 | Zak Seddon | England | 10 September 2011 | 2011 Games | Douglas, Isle of Man | [9] |
High jump | 2.14 m | Tejaswin Shankar | India | September 2015 | 2015 Games | Apia, Samoa | [10] |
Pole vault | 5.25 m | Blake Lucas | Australia | October 2008 | 2008 Games | Pune, India | |
Long jump | 7.64 m | Sheldon Noble | Antigua and Barbuda | 21 July 2017 | 2017 Games | Nassau, Bahamas | [11] |
Triple jump | 16.02 m | Jonathan Moore | England | December 2000 | 2004 Games | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
Shot put (5 kg) |
20.12 m | Kevin Nedrick | Jamaica | September 2015 | 2015 Games | Apia, Samoa | [12] |
Discus throw (1.5 kg) |
67.44 m | Gerhard de Beer | South Africa | 10 September 2011 | 2011 Games | Douglas, Isle of Man | [13] |
Hammer throw | 72.19 m | Callum Brown | England | 11 September 2011 | 2011 Games | Douglas, Isle of Man | [14] |
Javelin throw (500 g) |
81.53 m | Morne Moolman | South Africa | 11 September 2011 | 2011 Games | Douglas, Isle of Man | [15] |
4 × 100 m relay | 40.85 | Ranil Jayawardena Roshan Chamara Silva Keith de Mel Shehan Abeyptiya |
Sri Lanka | October 2008 | 2008 Games | Pune, India | |
4 × 200 m relay | 1:28.35 | Ojeikere Precious Omokheoa Itsekiri Usheoritse Ese Idjesa Uruemu Adeyemi Sikiru |
Nigeria | September 2015 | 2015 Games | Apia, Samoa | |
4 × 400 m relay | 3:13.32 | Jithin Paul Dharambir Singh Inderjeet Parveen Kumar |
India | October 2008 | 2008 Games | Pune, India |
Event | Record | Name | Nationality | Date | Games | Place | Ref. |
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4 × 100 m relay | 43.19 | Riley Day Ella Connolly Ben Schmidtchen Jake Doran |
Australia | 23 July 2017 | 2017 Games | Nassau, Bahamas | [26] |
4 × 200 m relay | 1:31.50 | Doneisha Anderson Kayvon Stubbs Joel Johnson Shaquiel Higgs |
Bahamas | 23 July 2017 | 2017 Games | Nassau, Bahamas | [27] |
4 × 400 m relay | 3:22.07 | Malachi Austin Narissa McPherson Javon Roberts Tianna Springer |
Guyana | 10 August 2023 | 2023 Games | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | [28] |