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]

Editions

Games	Year	Host city	Host country
I	2000 (details)	Edinburgh	Scotland
II	2004 (details)	Bendigo	Australia
III	2008 (details)	Pune	India
IV	2011 (details)	Douglas	Isle of Man
V	2015 (details)	Apia	Samoa
VI	2017 (details)	Nassau	Bahamas
VII	2023 (details)	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago

Games records

Men

Event	Record	Name	Nationality	Date	Games	Place	Ref
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

Women

Event	Record	Name	Nationality	Date	Games	Place	Ref
100 m	11.46	Shaunna Thompson	England	October 2008	2008 Games	Pune, India
200 m	23.42	Shaunna Thompson	England	October 2008	2008 Games	Pune, India
200 m	23.42	Riley Day	Australia	23 July 2017	2017 Games	Nassau, Bahamas	^[16]
400 m	52.97	Racheal Nachula	Zambia	October 2008	2008 Games	Pune, India
800 m	2:02.30	Phoebe Gill	England	10 August 2023	2023 Games	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	^[17]
1500 m	4:12.38	Nancy Cherop	Kenya	8 August 2023	2023 Games	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	^[18]
3000 m	9:06.01	Mercy Cherono	Kenya	October 2008	2008 Games	Pune, India
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	13.18 (+1.6 m/s)	Taylon Bieldt	South Africa	September 2015	2015 Games	Apia, Samoa	^[19]
400 m hurdles	59.40	Johnelle Thomas	Jamaica	23 July 2017	2017 Games	Nassau, Bahamas	^[20]
2000 m steeplechase	6:28.10	Norah Jeruto Tanui	Kenya	9 September 2011	2011 Games	Douglas, Isle of Man	^[21]
High jump	1.83 m	Sommer Lecky	Northern Ireland	23 July 2017	2017 Games	Nassau, Bahamas	^[22]
Pole vault	4.05 m	Jade Ive	England	October 2008	2008 Games	Pune, India
Long jump	6.19 m	Holly Mills	England	20 July 2017	2017 Games	Nassau, Bahamas	^[23]
Triple jump	13.11 m	Shardha Ghule	India	October 2008	2008 Games	Pune, India
Shot put (3 kg)	17.82 m	Trinity Tutti	Canada	20 July 2017	2017 Games	Nassau, Bahamas	^[24]
Discus throw	50.71 m	Taylah Sengul	Australia	9 September 2011	2011 Games	Douglas, Isle of Man	^[25]
Hammer throw	58.43 m	Sophie Hitchon	England	October 2008	2008 Games	Pune, India
Javelin throw (500 g)	51.99 m	Annabel Thomson	Australia	December 2004	2004 Games	Bendigo, Australia
4 × 100 m relay	45.63	Joscelynn Hopeson Johnelle Gibbons Joey Duck Lucy Sargent	England	December 2004	2004 Games	Bendigo, Australia
4 × 200 m relay	1:41.60	Adiakerehwa Blessing Uche Brown Etim Aniekeme Alphonsus Abolaji Omotayo Oluwaseun	Nigeria	September 2015	2015 Games	Apia, Samoa
4 × 400 m relay	3:42.02	Chinchu Jose Anu Mariam Jose Arya Charivila M. R. Poovamma	India	October 2008	2008 Games	Pune, India

Mixed

Event	Record	Name	Nationality	Date	Games	Place	Ref
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]

Notes

References

^ Commonwealth Youth Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-10-20.
^ Phil Minshull (7 September 2015). "Leotlela clocks second fastest ever youth 100m with 10.20 in Samoa". IAAF. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
^ "2015 Commonwealth Youth Games Complete Results" (PDF). samoacyg2015.ws. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ "2015 Commonwealth Youth Games Complete Results" (PDF). samoacyg2015.ws. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ "2015 Commonwealth Youth Games Complete Results" (PDF). samoacyg2015.ws. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ "3000m Results". cyg2011results.com. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^ "110m Hurdles Results". bahamas2017cyg.com. 22 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
^ "2015 Commonwealth Youth Games Complete Results" (PDF). samoacyg2015.ws. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ "2000m Steeplechase Results". cyg2011results.com. 10 September 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^ "2015 Commonwealth Youth Games Complete Results" (PDF). samoacyg2015.ws. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ "Long Jump Results". bahamas2017cyg.com. 21 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
^ "2015 Commonwealth Youth Games Complete Results" (PDF). samoacyg2015.ws. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ "Discus Throw Results". cyg2011results.com. 10 September 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^ "Hammer Throw Results". cyg2011results.com. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^ "Javelin Throw Results". cyg2011results.com. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^ "200m Results". bahamas2017cyg.com. 23 July 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
^ "800m Results". trinbago2023.org. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
^ "1500m Results". trinbago2023.org. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
^ "2015 Commonwealth Youth Games Complete Results" (PDF). samoacyg2015.ws. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ "400m Hurdles Results". bahamas2017cyg.com. 23 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
^ "2000m Steeplechase Results". cyg2011results.com. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^ "High Jump Results". bahamas2017cyg.com. 23 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
^ "Long Jump Results". bahamas2017cyg.com. 20 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
^ "Shot Put Results". bahamas2017cyg.com. 20 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
^ "Discus Throw Results". cyg2011results.com. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^ "Mixed 4×100m Relay Results". bahamas2017cyg.com. 23 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
^ "Mixed 4×400m Relay Results". bahamas2017cyg.com. 23 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
^ "Mixed 4×400m Relay Results". trinbago2023.org. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.

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