Athletics at the Commonwealth Youth Games explained

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

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	2000
	2004	Bendigo
	2008
	2011
	2015
	2017
	2023

Games records

Men

Event	Record	Name	Nationality	Date	Games	Place	Ref
100 m	10.20 (+1.5 m/s)	Tlotliso Leotlela		7 September 2015	2015 Games	Apia, Samoa	[2]
200 m	21.06	Julian Thomas		December 2004	2004 Games	Bendigo, Australia
400 m	45.83	Karabo Sibanda		September 2015	2015 Games	Apia, Samoa	[3]
800 m	1:46.05	Willy Tarbei		September 2015	2015 Games	Apia, Samoa	[4]
1500 m	3:39.80	Kumari Taki		September 2015	2015 Games	Apia, Samoa	[5]
3000 m	7:57.03	Wiliam Sitonik		11 September 2011	2011 Games	Douglas, Isle of Man	[6]
110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	13.71	Samuel Bennett		22 July 2017	2017 Games	Nassau, Bahamas	[7]
400 m hurdles (84.0 cm)	51.12	Rivaldo Leacock		September 2015	2015 Games	Apia, Samoa	[8]
2000 m steeplechase	5:41.81	Zak Seddon		10 September 2011	2011 Games	Douglas, Isle of Man	[9]
High jump	2.14 m	Tejaswin Shankar		September 2015	2015 Games	Apia, Samoa	[10]
Pole vault	5.25 m	Blake Lucas		October 2008	2008 Games	Pune, India
Long jump	7.64 m	Sheldon Noble		21 July 2017	2017 Games	Nassau, Bahamas	[11]
Triple jump	16.02 m	Jonathan Moore		December 2000	2004 Games	Edinburgh, Scotland
Shot put (5 kg)	20.12 m	Kevin Nedrick		September 2015	2015 Games	Apia, Samoa	[12]
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	67.44 m	Gerhard de Beer		10 September 2011	2011 Games	Douglas, Isle of Man	[13]
Hammer throw	72.19 m	Callum Brown		11 September 2011	2011 Games	Douglas, Isle of Man	[14]
Javelin throw (500 g)	81.53 m	Morne Moolman		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		October 2008	2008 Games	Pune, India
4 × 200 m relay	1:28.35	Ojeikere Precious Omokheoa Itsekiri Usheoritse Ese Idjesa Uruemu Adeyemi Sikiru		September 2015	2015 Games	Apia, Samoa
4 × 400 m relay	3:13.32	Jithin Paul Dharambir Singh Inderjeet Parveen Kumar		October 2008	2008 Games	Pune, India

Women

Event	Record	Name	Nationality	Date	Games	Place	Ref
100 m	11.46	Shaunna Thompson		October 2008	2008 Games	Pune, India
200 m	23.42	Shaunna Thompson		October 2008	2008 Games	Pune, India
		Riley Day		23 July 2017	2017 Games	Nassau, Bahamas	[16]
400 m	52.97	Racheal Nachula		October 2008	2008 Games	Pune, India
800 m	2:02.30	Phoebe Gill		10 August 2023	2023 Games	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	[17]
1500 m	4:12.38	Nancy Cherop		8 August 2023	2023 Games	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	[18]
3000 m	9:06.01	Mercy Cherono		October 2008	2008 Games	Pune, India
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	13.18 (+1.6 m/s)	Taylon Bieldt		September 2015	2015 Games	Apia, Samoa	[19]
400 m hurdles	59.40	Johnelle Thomas		23 July 2017	2017 Games	Nassau, Bahamas	[20]
2000 m steeplechase	6:28.10	Norah Jeruto Tanui		9 September 2011	2011 Games	Douglas, Isle of Man	[21]
High jump	1.83 m	Sommer Lecky		23 July 2017	2017 Games	Nassau, Bahamas	[22]
Pole vault	4.05 m	Jade Ive		October 2008	2008 Games	Pune, India
Long jump	6.19 m	Holly Mills		20 July 2017	2017 Games	Nassau, Bahamas	[23]
Triple jump	13.11 m	Shardha Ghule		October 2008	2008 Games	Pune, India
Shot put (3 kg)	17.82 m	Trinity Tutti		20 July 2017	2017 Games	Nassau, Bahamas	[24]
Discus throw	50.71 m	Taylah Sengul		9 September 2011	2011 Games	Douglas, Isle of Man	[25]
Hammer throw	58.43 m	Sophie Hitchon		October 2008	2008 Games	Pune, India
Javelin throw (500 g)	51.99 m	Annabel Thomson		December 2004	2004 Games	Bendigo, Australia
4 × 100 m relay	45.63	Joscelynn Hopeson Johnelle Gibbons Joey Duck Lucy Sargent		December 2004	2004 Games	Bendigo, Australia
4 × 200 m relay	1:41.60	Adiakerehwa Blessing Uche Brown Etim Aniekeme Alphonsus Abolaji Omotayo Oluwaseun		September 2015	2015 Games	Apia, Samoa
4 × 400 m relay	3:42.02	Chinchu Jose Anu Mariam Jose Arya Charivila M. R. Poovamma		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		23 July 2017	2017 Games	Nassau, Bahamas	[26]
4 × 200 m relay	1:31.50	Doneisha Anderson Kayvon Stubbs Joel Johnson Shaquiel Higgs		23 July 2017	2017 Games	Nassau, Bahamas	[27]
4 × 400 m relay	3:22.07	Malachi Austin Narissa McPherson Javon Roberts Tianna Springer		10 August 2023	2023 Games	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	[28]

Notes and References

1. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cyg.htm Commonwealth Youth Games
2. News: Leotlela clocks second fastest ever youth 100m with 10.20 in Samoa. IAAF. Phil Minshull. 7 September 2015. 13 September 2015.
3. News: 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games Complete Results. samoacyg2015.ws. 9 September 2015. 4 October 2015.
4. News: 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games Complete Results. samoacyg2015.ws. 9 September 2015. 4 October 2015.
5. News: 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games Complete Results. samoacyg2015.ws. 9 September 2015. 4 October 2015.
6. Web site: 3000m Results. cyg2011results.com. 11 September 2011. 27 April 2016.
7. Web site: 110m Hurdles Results. bahamas2017cyg.com. 22 July 2017. 7 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170807232914/https://results.bahamas2017cyg.com/static/eng/at/engat_athletics-results-boys-110m-hurdles-1-01.htm. 7 August 2017. dead.
8. News: 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games Complete Results. samoacyg2015.ws. 9 September 2015. 4 October 2015.
9. Web site: 2000m Steeplechase Results. cyg2011results.com. 10 September 2011. 27 April 2016.
10. News: 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games Complete Results. samoacyg2015.ws. 9 September 2015. 4 October 2015.
11. Web site: Long Jump Results. bahamas2017cyg.com. 21 July 2017. 7 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170807235254/https://results.bahamas2017cyg.com/static/eng/at/engat_athletics-results-boys-long-jump-1-01.htm. 7 August 2017. dead.
12. News: 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games Complete Results. samoacyg2015.ws. 9 September 2015. 4 October 2015.
13. Web site: Discus Throw Results. cyg2011results.com. 10 September 2011. 27 April 2016.
14. Web site: Hammer Throw Results. cyg2011results.com. 11 September 2011. 27 April 2016.
15. Web site: Javelin Throw Results. cyg2011results.com. 11 September 2011. 27 April 2016.
16. Web site: 200m Results. bahamas2017cyg.com. 23 July 2017. 7 August 2017. https://archive.today/20170915115237/https://results.bahamas2017cyg.com/static/eng/at/engat_athletics-results-girls-200m-1-01.htm. 2017-09-15. dead.
17. Web site: 800m Results. trinbago2023.org. 10 August 2023. 20 November 2023.
18. Web site: 1500m Results. trinbago2023.org. 8 August 2023. 20 November 2023.
19. News: 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games Complete Results. samoacyg2015.ws. 9 September 2015. 4 October 2015.
20. Web site: 400m Hurdles Results. bahamas2017cyg.com. 23 July 2017. 7 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170807234517/https://results.bahamas2017cyg.com/static/eng/at/engat_athletics-results-girls-400m-hurdles-1-01.htm. 7 August 2017. dead.
21. Web site: 2000m Steeplechase Results. cyg2011results.com. 9 September 2011. 27 April 2016.
22. Web site: High Jump Results. bahamas2017cyg.com. 23 July 2017. 7 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170807232912/https://results.bahamas2017cyg.com/static/eng/at/engat_athletics-results-girls-high-jump-1-01.htm. 7 August 2017. dead.
23. Web site: Long Jump Results. bahamas2017cyg.com. 20 July 2017. 7 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170807234815/https://results.bahamas2017cyg.com/static/eng/at/engat_athletics-results-girls-long-jump-1-01.htm. 7 August 2017. dead.
24. Web site: Shot Put Results. bahamas2017cyg.com. 20 July 2017. 7 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170807232916/https://results.bahamas2017cyg.com/static/eng/at/engat_athletics-results-girls-shot-put-1-02.htm. 7 August 2017. dead.
25. Web site: Discus Throw Results. cyg2011results.com. 9 September 2011. 27 April 2016.
26. Web site: Mixed 4×100m Relay Results. bahamas2017cyg.com. 23 July 2017. 7 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170807234107/https://results.bahamas2017cyg.com/static/eng/at/engat_athletics-results-mixed-4x100m-relay-1-01.htm. 7 August 2017. dead.
27. Web site: Mixed 4×400m Relay Results. bahamas2017cyg.com. 23 July 2017. 7 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170807234515/https://results.bahamas2017cyg.com/static/eng/at/engat_athletics-results-mixed-4x400m-relay-1-01.htm. 7 August 2017. dead.
28. Web site: Mixed 4×400m Relay Results. trinbago2023.org. 10 August 2023. 20 November 2023.