# 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics

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. Eligible athletes were aged 16 or 17 on 31 December 2015 (born in 1998 or 1999).

## Medal summary
### Boys

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown Japan | 10.28 CR | Derick Silva Brazil | 10.49 | Rechmial Miller Great Britain | 10.59 |
| 200 metres details | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown Japan | 20.34 CR | Kyle Appel South Africa | 20.57 PB | Josephus Lyles United States | 20.74 PB |
| 400 metres details | Christopher Taylor Jamaica | 45.27 WYL | Josephus Lyles United States | 45.46 PB | Keshun Reed United States | 45.96 |
| 800 metres details | Willy Tarbei [fr] Kenya | 1:45.58 | Kipyegon Bett Kenya | 1:45.86 | Luis Fernando Pires Brazil | 1:48.61 PB |
| 1500 metres details | Kumari Taki Kenya | 3:36.38 CR | Mulugeta Assefa Ethiopia | 3:41.10 PB | Lawi Kosgei Kenya | 3:41.43 |
| 3000 metres details | Richard Yator Kimunyan Kenya | 7:54.45 | Davis Kiplangat Kenya | 7:54.52 | Tefera Mosisa Ethiopia | 7:55.04 PB |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Mattéo Ngo France | 13.53 PB | Joseph Daniels Canada | 13.54 | Isaiah Lucas United States | 13.54 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Norman Grimes United States | 49.11 WYL | Ryusei Fujii Japan | 50.33 PB | Masaki Toyoda Japan | 50.53 PB |
| 2000 metres steeplechase details | Vincent Kipyegon Ruto Kenya | 5:27.58 | Wogene Sebisibe Ethiopia | 5:29.41 PB | Geofrey Rotich Kenya | 5:30.16 PB |
| 10,000 metres walk details | Sergey Shirobokov Russia | 42.24.41 | Zhang Jun China | 42.33.68 PB | Federico González Mexico | 42.54.55 |
| High jump details | Stefano Sottile Italy | 2.20 WYL | Dmytro Nikitin Ukraine | 2.18 PB | Darius Carbin United States | 2.16 PB |
| Pole vault details | Armand Duplantis Sweden | 5.30 CR | Vladyslav Malykhin Ukraine | 5.30 CR | Emmanouil Karalis Greece | 5.20 |
| Long jump details | Maykel Massó Cuba | 8.05 CR | Darcy Roper Australia | 8.01PB | Eberson Silva Brazil | 7.76 PB |
| Triple jump details | Cristian Nápoles Cuba | 16.13 | Du Mingze China | 16.02 PB | Julio César Carbonell Cuba | 15.70 |
| Shot put details | Adrian Piperi United States | 22.00 WYL | Szymon Mazur Poland | 21.77 PB | Wictor Petersson Sweden | 21.56 PB |
| Discus throw details | Werner Visser South Africa | 64.24 | Wang Yuhan China | 60.33 PB | George Evans Great Britain | 60.22 |
| Hammer throw details | Hlib Piskunov Ukraine | 84.91 CR | Mykhaylo Havryliuk Ukraine | 78.93 PB | Ned Weatherly Australia | 77.60 |
| Javelin throw details | Paul Botha South Africa | 78.49 PB | Niklas Kaul Germany | 78.05 | Vladislav Palyunin Uzbekistan | 76.77 |
| Decathlon details | Niklas Kaul Germany | 8002 WYB | Ludovic Besson [fr] France | 7678 PB | Hans-Christian Hausenberg Estonia | 7657 |

### Girls

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Candace Hill United States | 11.08 CR | Khalifa St.Fort Trinidad and Tobago | 11.19 PB | Jayla Kirkland United States | 11.41 PB |
| 200 metres details | Candace Hill United States | 22.43 WYB | Lauren Rain Williams United States | 22.90 PB | Nicola De Bruyn South Africa | 23.38 PB |
| 400 metres details | Salwa Eid Naser Bahrain | 51.50 WYL | Lynna Irby United States | 51.79 PB | Catherine Reid Great Britain | 52.25 PB |
| 800 metres details | Samantha Watson United States | 2:03.54 PB | Gadese Ejara Ethiopia | 2:03.67 PB | Marta Zenoni Italy | 2:04.15 |
| 1500 metres details | Bedatu Hirpa Ethiopia | 4:12.92 WYL | Dalila Abdulkadir Gosa Bahrain | 4:13.35 PB | Joyline Cherotich Kenya | 4:15.20 PB |
| 3000 metres details | Shuru Bulo Ethiopia | 9:01.12 WYL | Emily Chebet Kipchumba Kenya | 9:02.92 PB | Sheila Chelangat Kenya | 9:04.54 PB |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Maribel Caicedo Ecuador | 13.04 PB | Brittley Humphrey United States | 13.22 PB | Sarah Koutouan France | 13.29 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Sydney McLaughlin United States | 55.94 CR | Xahria Santiago Canada | 56.79 PB | Brandeé Johnson United States | 57.47 PB |
| 2000 metres steeplechase details | Celliphine Chepteek Chespol Kenya | 6:17.15 PB | Sandrafelis Chebet Tuei Kenya | 6:19.61 | Agrie Belachew Ethiopia | 6:34.68 |
| 5000 metres walk details | Ma Zhenxia China | 22:41.08 SB | Olga Eliseeva Russia | 22:45.09 | Ayalnesh Dejene Ethiopia | 22:48.25 PB |
| High jump details | Michaela Hrubá Czech Republic | 1.90 | Ieva Turke Latvia | 1.82 PB | Lada Pejchalová Czech Republic | 1.82 |
| Pole vault details | Elienor Werner Sweden | 4.26 WYL | Phillipa Hajdasz Australia | 4.05 PB | Not awarded | |
| Pole vault details | Elienor Werner Sweden | 4.26 WYL | Chen Qiaoling China | 4.05 PB | Not awarded | |
| Long jump details | Tara Davis United States | 6.41 PB | Kaiza Karlén Sweden | 6.24 PB | Maja Bedrac Slovenia | 6.22 |
| Triple jump details | Georgiana Iuliana Anitei Romania | 13.49 WYL | Zeng Rui China | 13.04 PB | Yanna Anay Armenteros Cuba | 13.04 |
| Shot put details | Julia Ritter Germany | 18.53 PB | Sophia Rivera United States | 17.93 | Kristina Rakočević Montenegro | 17.49 |
| Discus throw details | Alexandra Emilianov Moldova | 52.78 PB | Kristina Rakočević Montenegro | 51.41 | Samantha Peace Australia | 50.59 PB |
| Hammer throw details | Sofiya Palkina Russia | 67.82 | Deniz Yaylaci Turkey | 67.01 PB | Shang Ningyu China | 66.84 PB |
| Javelin throw details | Haruka Kitaguchi Japan | 60.35 PB | Stella Weinberg Norway | 57.11 PB | Laine Donane Latvia | 56.15 |
| Heptathlon details | Géraldine Ruckstuhl Switzerland | 6037 CR | Sarah Lagger Austria | 5992 | Alina Shukh Ukraine | 5896 |

### Mixed

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay details | United States Keshun Reed Lynna Irby Norman Grimes Samantha Watson | 3:19.54 | South Africa André Nicholas Marich Renate Van Tonder Taylon Bieldt Kyle Appel | 3:23.60 | Canada Nathan Friginette Ashlan Best Dean Ellenwood Kyra Constantine | 3:23.60 |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Colombia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 8 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| 2 | Kenya (KEN) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | South Africa (RSA) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | China (CHN) | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Bahrain (BHR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Ecuador (ECU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Moldova (MDA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 22 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 23 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Montenegro (MNE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 32 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Colombia (COL)* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (37 entries) | Totals (37 entries) | 39 | 40 | 38 | 117 |