2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics

{{Infobox games

| name = 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics

| logo = 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics logo.png

| size =

| host_city = {{flagicon|COL}} Cali, Colombia

| caption =

| nations =

| athletes =

| events = 40

| dates = 15–19 July

| stadium = Estadio Pascual Guerrero

| previous = 2013 Donetsk

| next = 2017 Nairobi

}}

The 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was the ninth edition of the biennial international athletics competition for youth (under-18) athletes. The five-day competition took place between 15 and 19 July at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero stadium in Cali, Colombia.[http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-youth-championships/news/250-days-to-go-iaaf-world-youth-championships 250 days to go – IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015]. World Athletics (7 November 2014). Retrieved 18 April 2015.[http://cali2015.co/en/events/competition-sites/ Competition Sites – Estadio Pascual Guerrero] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419014037/http://cali2015.co/en/events/competition-sites/ |date=2015-04-19 }}. Cali2015.co. Retrieved 18 April 2015. Eligible athletes were aged 16 or 17 on 31 December 2015 (born in 1998 or 1999).

Medal summary

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=Boys=

100 metres
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|Abdul Hakim Sani Brown
{{JPN}}

10.28
CR

|Derick Silva
{{BRA}}

10.49

|Rechmial Miller
{{GBR2}}

10.59

200 metres
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|Abdul Hakim Sani Brown
{{JPN}}

20.34
CR

|Kyle Appel
{{RSA}}

20.57
PB

|Josephus Lyles
{{USA}}

20.74
PB

400 metres
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| |Christopher Taylor
{{JAM}}

45.27
WYL

| |Josephus Lyles
{{USA}}

45.46
PB

| |Keshun Reed
{{USA}}

45.96

800 metres
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|{{ill|Willy Tarbei|fr}}
{{KEN}}

1:45.58

|Kipyegon Bett
{{KEN}}

1:45.86

|Luis Fernando Pires
{{BRA}}

1:48.61
PB

1500 metres
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|Kumari Taki
{{KEN}}

3:36.38
CR

|Mulugeta Assefa
{{ETH}}

3:41.10
PB

|Lawi Kosgei
{{KEN}}

3:41.43

3000 metres
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|Richard Yator Kimunyan
{{KEN}}

7:54.45

|Davis Kiplangat
{{KEN}}

7:54.52

|Tefera Mosisa
{{ETH}}

7:55.04
PB

110 metres hurdles
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|Mattéo Ngo
{{FRA}}

13.53
PB

|Joseph Daniels
{{CAN}}

13.54

|Isaiah Lucas
{{USA}}

13.54

400 metres hurdles
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|Norman Grimes
{{USA}}

49.11
WYL

|Ryusei Fujii
{{JPN}}

50.33
PB

|Masaki Toyoda
{{JPN}}

50.53
PB

2000 metres steeplechase
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|Vincent Kipyegon Ruto
{{KEN}}

5:27.58

|Wogene Sebisibe
{{ETH}}

5:29.41
PB

|Geofrey Rotich
{{KEN}}

5:30.16
PB

10,000 metres walk
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|Sergey Shirobokov
{{RUS}}

42.24.41

|Zhang Jun
{{CHN}}

42.33.68
PB

|Federico González
{{MEX}}

42.54.55

High jump
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|Stefano Sottile
{{ITA}}

2.20
WYL

|Dmytro Nikitin
{{UKR}}

2.18
PB

|Darius Carbin
{{USA}}

2.16
PB

Pole vault
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|Armand Duplantis
{{SWE}}

5.30
CR

|Vladyslav Malykhin
{{UKR}}

5.30
CR

|Emmanouil Karalis
{{GRE}}

5.20

Long jump
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|Maykel Massó
{{CUB}}

8.05
CR

|Darcy Roper
{{AUS}}

8.01PB

|Eberson Silva
{{BRA}}

7.76
PB

Triple jump
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|Cristian Nápoles
{{CUB}}

16.13

|Du Mingze
{{CHN}}

16.02
PB

|Julio César Carbonell
{{CUB}}

15.70

Shot put
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| |Adrian Piperi
{{USA}}

22.00
WYL

| |Szymon Mazur
{{POL}}

21.77
PB

| |Wictor Petersson
{{SWE}}

21.56
PB

Discus throw
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|Werner Visser
{{RSA}}

64.24

|Wang Yuhan
{{CHN}}

60.33
PB

|George Evans
{{GBR2}}

60.22

Hammer throw
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| |Hlib Piskunov
{{UKR}}

84.91
CR

| |Mykhaylo Havryliuk
{{UKR}}

78.93
PB

| |Ned Weatherly
{{AUS}}

77.60

Javelin throw
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|Paul Botha
{{RSA}}

78.49
PB

|Niklas Kaul
{{GER}}

78.05

|Vladislav Palyunin
{{UZB}}

76.77

Decathlon
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|Niklas Kaul
{{GER}}

8002
WYB

|{{ill|Ludovic Besson|fr}}
{{FRA}}

7678
PB

|Hans-Christian Hausenberg
{{EST}}

7657

=Girls=

100 metres
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| |Candace Hill
{{USA}}

11.08
CR

| |Khalifa St.Fort
{{TRI}}

11.19
PB

| |Jayla Kirkland
{{USA}}

11.41
PB

200 metres
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| |Candace Hill
{{USA}}

22.43
WYB

|Lauren Rain Williams
{{USA}}

22.90
PB

|Nicola De Bruyn
{{RSA}}

23.38
PB

400 metres
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| |Salwa Eid Naser
{{BHR}}

51.50
WYL

| |Lynna Irby
{{USA}}

51.79
PB

| |Catherine Reid
{{GBR2}}

52.25
PB

800 metres
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|Samantha Watson
{{USA}}

2:03.54
PB

|Gadese Ejara
{{ETH}}

2:03.67
PB

|Marta Zenoni
{{ITA}}

2:04.15

1500 metres
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|Bedatu Hirpa
{{ETH}}

4:12.92
WYL

|Dalila Abdulkadir Gosa
{{BHR}}

4:13.35
PB

|Joyline Cherotich
{{KEN}}

4:15.20
PB

3000 metres
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|Shuru Bulo
{{ETH}}

9:01.12
WYL

|Emily Chebet Kipchumba
{{KEN}}

9:02.92
PB

|Sheila Chelangat
{{KEN}}

9:04.54
PB

100 metres hurdles
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|Maribel Caicedo
{{ECU}}

13.04
PB

|Brittley Humphrey
{{USA}}

13.22
PB

|Sarah Koutouan
{{FRA}}

13.29

400 metres hurdles
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|Sydney McLaughlin
{{USA}}

55.94
CR

|Xahria Santiago
{{CAN}}

56.79
PB

|Brandeé Johnson
{{USA}}

57.47
PB

2000 metres steeplechase
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|Celliphine Chepteek Chespol
{{KEN}}

6:17.15
PB

|Sandrafelis Chebet Tuei
{{KEN}}

6:19.61

|Agrie Belachew
{{ETH}}

6:34.68

5000 metres walk
{{detailslink|2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 5000 metres walk}}

|Ma Zhenxia
{{CHN}}

22:41.08
SB

|Olga Eliseeva
{{RUS}}

22:45.09

|Ayalnesh Dejene
{{ETH}}

22:48.25
PB

High jump
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|Michaela Hrubá
{{CZE}}

1.90

|Ieva Turke
{{LAT}}

1.82
PB

|Lada Pejchalová
{{CZE}}

1.82

rowspan=2| Pole vault
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|rowspan=2|Elienor Werner
{{SWE}}

rowspan=2| 4.26
WYL

|Phillipa Hajdasz
{{AUS}}

rowspan=2| 4.05
PB

|rowspan=2|Not awarded

rowspan=2|

Chen Qiaoling
{{CHN}}

Long jump
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|Tara Davis
{{USA}}

6.41
PB

|Kaiza Karlén
{{SWE}}

6.24
PB

|Maja Bedrac
{{SLO}}

6.22

Triple jump
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|Georgiana Iuliana Anitei
{{ROU}}

13.49
WYL

|Zeng Rui
{{CHN}}

13.04
PB

|Yanna Anay Armenteros
{{CUB}}

13.04

Shot put
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|Julia Ritter
{{GER}}

18.53
PB

|Sophia Rivera
{{USA}}

17.93

|Kristina Rakočević
{{MNE}}

17.49

Discus throw
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|Alexandra Emilianov
{{MDA}}

52.78
PB

|Kristina Rakočević
{{MNE}}

51.41

|Samantha Peace
{{AUS}}

50.59
PB

Hammer throw
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|Sofiya Palkina
{{RUS}}

67.82

|Deniz Yaylaci
{{TUR}}

67.01
PB

|Shang Ningyu
{{CHN}}

66.84
PB

Javelin throw
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|Haruka Kitaguchi
{{JPN}}

60.35
PB

|Stella Weinberg
{{NOR}}

57.11
PB

|Laine Donane
{{LAT}}

56.15

Heptathlon
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|Géraldine Ruckstuhl
{{SUI}}

6037
CR

|Sarah Lagger
{{AUT}}

5992

|Alina Shukh
{{UKR}}

5896

=Mixed=

Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay
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|{{USA}}
Keshun Reed
Lynna Irby
Norman Grimes
Samantha Watson

3:19.54

|{{RSA}}
André Nicholas Marich
Renate Van Tonder
Taylon Bieldt
Kyle Appel

3:23.60

|{{CAN}}
Nathan Friginette
Ashlan Best
Dean Ellenwood
Kyra Constantine

3:23.60

Medal table

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host = COL

| flag_template =

| event =

| team =

| gold_USA = 8 | silver_USA = 5 | bronze_USA = 6

| gold_KEN = 5 | silver_KEN = 4 | bronze_KEN = 4

| gold_JPN = 3 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 1

| gold_ETH = 2 | silver_ETH = 3 | bronze_ETH = 3

| gold_RSA = 2 | silver_RSA = 2 | bronze_RSA = 1

| gold_SWE = 2 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 1

| gold_GER = 2 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 0

| gold_RUS = 2 | silver_RUS = 1 | bronze_RUS = 0

| gold_CUB = 2 | silver_CUB = 0 | bronze_CUB = 2

| gold_CHN = 1 | silver_CHN = 5 | bronze_CHN = 1

| gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 3 | bronze_UKR = 1

| gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 1

| gold_BHR = 1 | silver_BHR = 1 | bronze_BHR = 0

| gold_CZE = 1 | silver_CZE = 0 | bronze_CZE = 1

| gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 1

| gold_ECU = 1 | silver_ECU = 0 | bronze_ECU = 0

| gold_JAM = 1 | silver_JAM = 0 | bronze_JAM = 0

| gold_MDA = 1 | silver_MDA = 0 | bronze_MDA = 0

| gold_ROU = 1 | silver_ROU = 0 | bronze_ROU = 0

| gold_SUI = 1 | silver_SUI = 0 | bronze_SUI = 0

| gold_AUS = 0 | silver_AUS = 2 | bronze_AUS = 2

| gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 2 | bronze_CAN = 1

| gold_BRA = 0 | silver_BRA = 1 | bronze_BRA = 2

| gold_LAT = 0 | silver_LAT = 1 | bronze_LAT = 1

| gold_MNE = 0 | silver_MNE = 1 | bronze_MNE = 1

| gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 1 | bronze_AUT = 0

| gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 1 | bronze_NOR = 0

| gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 1 | bronze_POL = 0

| gold_TTO = 0 | silver_TTO = 1 | bronze_TTO = 0

| gold_TUR = 0 | silver_TUR = 1 | bronze_TUR = 0

| gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 3

| gold_EST = 0 | silver_EST = 0 | bronze_EST = 1

| gold_GRE = 0 | silver_GRE = 0 | bronze_GRE = 1

| gold_MEX = 0 | silver_MEX = 0 | bronze_MEX = 1

| gold_SLO = 0 | silver_SLO = 0 | bronze_SLO = 1

| gold_UZB = 0 | silver_UZB = 0 | bronze_UZB = 1

| gold_COL = 0 | silver_COL = 0 | bronze_COL = 0 | host_COL = yes

}}

References

External links

[http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-youth-championships Official 2015 World Youth Championships website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227022422/http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-youth-championships |date=2015-12-27 }} at IAAF
[https://web.archive.org/web/20150209180130/http://cali2015.co/en/ Official website]
[http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/Cali-2015-Handbook/projet/IAAF-WORLD-YOUTH-Championships-cali-20015.pdf Official statistics handbook]
[https://www.worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7078710 Results] at World Athletics

Category:IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics

World Youth Championships in Athletics

Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Colombia

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