Darrell Brown of Trinidad and Tobago in the heats of the 100m (© Getty Images)
MonteCarlo Standing out among the latest batch of World Junior Records to be ratified by the IAAF is the 65.88m performance of 19 year-old Discus thrower Omar Ahmed El-Ghazaly, who becomes the first Egyptian to establish an athletics World Record of any kind.
Since taking tenth place at the IAAF World Junior championships in 2002, El-Ghazaly has won the senior All-Africa Games title in Abuja, Nigeria on 13 October 2003, and later took the bronze at the inaugural Afro-Asian Games in Hyderabad, India on 29 October last year.
Here is the full list of World Junior Records that have been recently ratified, followed by a summary of all outdoor World Records - senior and junior - which were set in 2003.
Junior Record – Men
100m 10.01 (0.0) Darrel Brown (1984, TRI), Paris-Saint-Denis, 24 Aug 2003
Previous mark - 10.06 (2.0) Dwain Chambers (GBR), Ljubljana 25 July 1997
200m 20.13 (0.0) Usain Bolt (1986, JAM), Bridgetown 20 Jul 2003
Equals earlier mark - 20.13 (0.4) Roy Martin (66, USA), Indianapolis, 16 Jun 1985
Mile 3:50.25 Alex Kipchirchir (1984, KEN), Rieti, 7 Sept 2003
Previous mark - 3:50.39 James Kwalia (KEN), Hengelo, 1 June 2003
Discus 65.88 Omar Ahmed El-Ghazaly (1984, EGY), Cairo, 7 Nov 2003
Previous mark – 64.51 Wu Tao (CHN), Kingston, 18 July 2002
Junior Record – Women
10,000m 30:31.55 Huina Xing (1984, CHN), Paris-Saint-Denis, 23 Aug 2003
Previous mark - 30:39.41 Lan Lixin (79, CHN), Shanghai, 19 October 1997
Javelin 62.93 Xue Juan (1986, CHN), Changsha, 27 October 2003
Previous mark – 61.99 Wang Yaning (1980, CHN), Huizhou, 14 October 1999
Summary of all outdoor World Records set in 2003
Senior Record - Men
Marathon 2:04.55 ** Paul Tergat KEN Berlin 28 Sep 03
30km (road) 1:28.36 ** Takayuki Matsumiya JPN Kumamoto, 16 Feb 03
20km Race Walk (road) 1:17:21 ** Jefferson Perez ECU Paris-Saint-Denis, 23 Aug 03
50km Race Walk (road) 3:36:03 ** Robert Korzeniowski POL Paris-Saint-Denis, 27 Aug 03
Senior Record - Women
30,000m 1:45:50 Tegla Loroupe KEN Warstein 6 Jun 03
Previous 1:47:05.6 Karolina Szabó HUN Budapest 22 Apr 88
3000m SC 9:08.33 Gulnara Samitova RUS Tula 10 Aug 03
Previous 9:16.51 Alesya Turova BLR Gdañsk 27 Jul 02
400m Hurdles 52.34 Yuliya Pechonkina RUS Tula 8 Aug 03
Previous 52.61 Kim Batten USA Göteborg 11 Aug 95
Pole Vault 4.82 Yelena Isinbayeva RUS Gateshead 13 Jul 03
Previous 4.81 Stacy Dragila USA Palo Alto 9 Jun 01
10km (road) 30:21 ** Paula Radcliffe GBR San Juan 23 Feb 03
Marathon 2:15:25 ** Paula Radcliffe GBR London 13 Apr 03
20km Race Walk (road) ** 1:26:22 Yelena Nikolayeva RUS Cheboksary 18 May 03
Equals earlier mark – 1:26:22 Yan Wang CHN Guangzhou, 19 Nov 01
Junior Record - Men
100m 10.01 (0.0) Darrel Brown (84, TRI) Paris 24 Aug 03
Previous 10.06 (2.0 ) Dwain Chambers (78, GBR), Ljubljana 25 Jul 97
200m 20.13 (0.0) Usain Bolt (86, JAM) Bridgetown 20 Jul 03
Equals earlier mark - 20.13 (0.4) Roy Martin (66, USA), Indianapolis, 16 Jun 85
1 Mile 3:50.25 Alex Kipchirchir (84, KEN), Rieti 7 Sep 03
Previous 3:50.39 James Kwalia (84, KEN), Hengelo 1 Jun 03
Previous 3:50.41 Noah Ngeny (78, KEN), Nice 16 Jul 97
5000m 12:52.61 Eliud Kipchoge (84, KEN), Oslo 27 Jun 03
Previous 12:53.72 Philip Mosima (77, KEN), Roma 5 Jun 96
Discus 65.88 Omar Ahmed El-Ghazaly (84, EGY), Cairo 7 Nov 03
Previous 64.51 Wu Tao (83, CHN), Kingston 18 Jul 02
Junior Record - Women
5000m 14:39.94 Tirunesh Dibaba (85, ETH), Oslo 27 Jun 03
Previous 14:45.90 Jiang Bo (77, CHN), Nanjing 24 Oct 95
10,000m 30:31.55 Huina Xing (84, CHN), Paris 23 Aug 03
Previous 30:39.41 Lan Lixin (79, CHN), Shanghai, 19 Oct 97
Javelin 62.93 Xue Juan CHN Changsha, 27 Oct 03
Previous 61.99 Wang Yaning (80, CHN), Huizhou, 14 Oct 99
Note –
** Originally established in 2003 as a World Best but became inaugural road World Record as of 1 January 2004. For the press release and announcement of the full list of inaugural World records for Road events, click here.
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