Youngest & Oldest Winners in World Indoor Championships

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Together with Tilastopaja, Etusuora collected the youngest and oldest champions in world indoor championships.

Etusuora: 17.03.2022 11:38Athletics

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The youngest champion in World Athletics Indoor Championships is Vashti Cunningham, who won the high jump in the 2016 games in Birmingham. On the event day, this US competitor was 18 years and 62 days. The second youngest World Athletics indoor champion is Samuel Tefera, who won the 1500-metre race at the age of 18 years and 162 days.

The all-time oldest indoor world champion is Yekaterina Podkopayeva. In the Paris Games in 1997, the Russian athlete Podkopayeva took gold in the 1500-metre race at the respectable age of 44 years, 271 days. The title of the oldest-ever male champion goes to Bernard Lagat – who won the 3000-metre championship when he was 37 years and 90 days old.

List of Youngest and Oldest Athletes to Win World Indoor Championships

Men

60 m – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
20 years 252 days Trayvon Bromell 6.47 2016
21 years 32 days Justin Gatlin 6.46 2003
21 years 43 days Lee McRae 6.50 1987

60 m – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
31 years 342 days Dwain Chambers 6.48 2010
30 years 29 days Justin Gatlin 6.46 2012
28 years 170 days Jason Gardener 6.49 2004

200 m – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
22 years 142 days John Regis 20.54 1989
22 years 205 days Nikolay Antonov 20.67 1991
23 years 55 days Shawn Crawford 20.63 2001

200 m – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
31 years 155 days Frank Fredericks 20.10 1999
28 years 339 days Kevin Little 20.40 1997
26 years 287 days Marlon Devonish 20.62 2003

400 m – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
21 years 300 days Daniel Caines 46.40 2001
23 years 15 days Pavel Maslák 45.24 2014
23 years 26 days Antonio McKay 45.98 1987

400 m – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
31 years 149 days Chris Brown 45.96 2010
30 years 47 days Devon Morris 46.17 1991
29 years 279 days Alleyne Francique 45.54 2006

800 m – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
18 years 61 days Mohamed Aman 1:48.36 2012
18 years 262 days Abubaker Kaki 1:44.81 2008
19 years 333 days Yuriy Borzakovskiy 1:44.49 2001

800 m – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
29 years 138 days Tom McKean 1:47.29 1993
28 years 182 days Adam Kszczot 1:47.47 2018
27 years 296 days David Krummenacker 1:45.69 2003

1500 m – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
18 years 132 days Samuel Tefera 3:58.19 2018
20 years 140 days Deresse Mekonnen 3:38.23 2008
20 years 178 days Hicham El Guerrouj 3:44.54 1995

1500 m – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
33 years 146 days Driss Maazouzi 3:42.59 2003
31 years 81 days Marcus O’Sullivan 3:45.00 1993
27 years 72 days Marcus O’Sullivan 3:36.64 1989

3000 m – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
18 years 232 days Yomif Kejelcha 7:57.21 2016
20 years 215 days Yomif Kejelcha 8:14.41 2018
21 years 48 days Tariku Bekele 7:48.23 2008

3000 m – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
37 years 90 days Bernard Lagat 7:41.44 2012
35 years 92 days Bernard Lagat 7:37.97 2010
30 years 236 days Frank O’Mara 7:41.14 1991

60 m H – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
21 years 0 days Anier García 7.48 1997
21 years 330 days Omar McLeod 7.41 2016
22 years 106 days Terrence Trammell 7.51 2001

60 m H – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
33 years 5 days Allen Johnson 7.36 2004
32 years 217 days Greg Foster 7.45 1991
32 years 15 days Colin Jackson 7.38 1999

High jump – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
20 years 286 days Danil Lysenko 2.36 2018
21 years 142 days Javier Sotomayor 2.43 1989
22 years 258 days Mutaz Essa Barshim 2.38 2014

High jump – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
31 years 288 days Stefan Holm 2.36 2008
31 years 145 days Javier Sotomayor 2.36 1999
29 years 80 days Charles Austin 2.35 1997

Pole vault – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
23 years 46 days Yevgeniy Lukyanenko 5.90 2008
23 years 94 days Sergey Bubka 5.85 1987
23 years 101 days Rodion Gataullin 5.85 1989

Pole vault – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
31 years 167 days Renaud Lavillenie 5.90 2018
31 years 97 days Sergey Bubka 5.90 1995
30 years 193 days Tim Lobinger 5.80 2003

Long jump – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
19 years 203 days Juan Miguel Echevarría 8.46 2018
20 years 86 days Iván Pedroso 8.23 1993
22 years 84 days Iván Pedroso 8.51 1995

Long jump – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
32 years 360 days Larry Myricks 8.37 1989
30 years 361 days Larry Myricks 8.23 1987
28 years 84 days Iván Pedroso 8.43 2001

Triple jump – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
20 years 272 days Teddy Tamgho 17.90 2010
20 years 272 days Will Claye 17.70 2012
22 years 11 days Ernesto Revé 17.33 2014

Triple jump – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
29 years 70 days Phillips Idowu 17.75 2008
27 years 214 days Igor Lapshin 17.31 1991
27 years 191 days Charles Michael Friedek 17.18 1999

Shot put – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
22 years 363 days Yuriy Bilonoh 21.02 1997
23 years 159 days Christian Cantwell 21.49 2004
23 years 241 days Mike Stulce 21.27 1993

Shot put – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
32 years 104 days Aleksandr Bagach 21.41 1999
29 years 280 days Werner Günthör 21.17 1991
29 years 164 days Christian Cantwell 21.83 2010

Heptathlon – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
24 years 49 days Ashton Eaton 6645 2012
24 years 194 days André Niklaus 6192 2006
26 years 21 days Kevin Mayer 6348 2018

Heptathlon – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
31 years 135 days Christian Plaziat 6246 1995
30 years 69 days Bryan Clay 6204 2010
29 years 102 days Roman Šebrle 6438 2004

Women

60 m – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
22 years 106 days Irina Privalova 7.02 1991
22 years 273 days Nelli Fiere 7.08 1987
23 years 43 days Angela Williams 7.16 2003

60 m – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
37 years 107 days Gail Devers 7.08 2004
34 years 304 days Merlene Ottey 6.97 1995
30 years 191 days Murielle Ahouré 6.97 2018

200 m – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
22 years 81 days Heike Drechsler 22.27 1987
23 years 25 days Ionela Tîrlea 22.39 1999
23 years 161 days Melinda Gainsford-Taylor 22.64 1995

200 m – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
31 years 8 days Natallia Safronnikava 23.13 2004
30 years 358 days Juliet Campbell 22.64 2001
30 years 304 days Merlene Ottey 22.24 1991

400 m – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
23 years 63 days Kemi Adekoya 51.45 2016
23 years 294 days Natalya Nazarova 50.83 2003
23 years 353 days Courtney Okolo 50.55 2018

400 m – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
32 years 125 days Sandie Richards 51.04 2001
31 years 352 days Debbie Dunn 51.04 2010
30 years 186 days Jearl Miles-Clark 50.96 1997

800 m – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
20 years 138 days Maria Mutola 1:57.55 1993
22 years 60 days Christine Wachtel 2:01.32 1987
22 years 97 days Pamela Jelimo 1:58.83 2012

800 m – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
33 years 136 days Maria Mutola 1:58.90 2006
31 years 132 days Maria Mutola 1:58.50 2004
30 years 140 days Maria Mutola 1:58.94 2003

1500 m – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
18 years 310 days Kalkidan Gezahegne 4:08.14 2010
21 years 31 days Genzebe Dibaba 4:05.78 2012
22 years 46 days Gelete Burka 3:59.75 2008

1500 m – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
44 years 271 days Yekaterina Podkopayeva 4:05.19 1997
40 years 276 days Yekaterina Podkopayeva 4:09.29 1993
39 years 200 days Regina Jacobs 4:01.67 2003

3000 m – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
19 years 117 days Gabriela Szabo 8:54.50 1995
20 years 109 days Meseret Defar 9:11.22 2004
21 years 114 days Gabriela Szabo 8:45.75 1997

3000 m – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
29 years 268 days Elly van Hulst 8:33.82 1989
29 years 237 days Berhane Adere 8:40.25 2003
28 years 347 days Olga Yegorova 8:37.48 2001

60 m H – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
23 years 191 days Perdita Felicien 7.75 2004
24 years 287 days Derval O’Rourke 7.84 2006
25 years 129 days Cornelia Oschkenat 7.82 1987

60 m H – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
36 years 117 days Gail Devers 7.81 2003
31 years 38 days Yelizaveta Chernysova 7.82 1989
30 years 72 days Olga Shishigina 7.86 1999

High jump – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
18 years 62 days Vashti Cunningham 1.96 2016
21 years 53 days Mariya Kuchina 2.00 2014
21 years 280 days Khristina Kalcheva 1.99 1999

High jump – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
31 years 348 days Stefka Kostadinova 2.02 1997
28 years 58 days Chaunté Lowe 1.98 2012
27 years 353 days Stefka Kostadinova 2.02 1993

Pole vault – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
21 years 167 days Anastasija Reiberger 4.50 1999
21 years 277 days Yelena Isinbayeva 4.86 2004
22 years 243 days Svetlana Feofanova 4.80 2003

Pole vault – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
34 years 41 days Jenn Suhr 4.90 2016
29 years 282 days Yelena Isinbayeva 4.80 2012
28 years 363 days Fabiana Murer 4.80 2010

Long jump – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
20 years 194 days Tianna Madison 6.80 2006
22 years 81 days Heike Drechsler 7.10 1987
22 years 85 days Tatyana Kotova 6.86 1999

Long jump – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
30 years 147 days Marieta Ilcu 6.84 1993
30 years 9 days Larisa Berezhnaya 6.84 1991
29 years 191 days Brittney Reese 7.22 2016

Triple jump – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
20 years 150 days Yulimar Rojas 14.41 2016
22 years 133 days Yulimar Rojas 14.63 2018
23 years 116 days Yargelis Savigne 15.05 2008

Triple jump – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
39 years 209 days Yamilé Aldama 14.82 2012
33 years 228 days Iolanda Chen 15.03 1995
31 years 100 days Ashia Hansen 15.01 2003

Shot put – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
23 years 155 days Valerie Adams 20.19 2008
23 years 274 days Svetlana Krivelyova 19.57 1993
23 years 291 days Natallia Mikhnevich 19.84 2006

Shot put – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
37 years 10 days Larisa Peleshenko 19.84 2001
34 years 266 days Svetlana Krivelyova 19.90 2004
30 years 159 days Michelle Carter 20.21 2016

Pentathlon – youngest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
20 years 40 days Carolina Klüft 4933 2003
23 years 312 days Nadine Broersen 4830 2014
24 years 44 days Jessica Ennis 4937 2010

Pentathlon – oldest winners

Age Athlete Result Year
31 years 261 days Sabine Braun 4780 1997
30 years 319 days DeDee Nathan 4753 1999
30 years 223 days Liliana Nastase 4686 1993

Stats: Tilastopaja