# 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' shot put

The boys' shot put at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia on 15 July 2015.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | Jacko Gill (NZL) | 24.45 | Auckland, New Zealand | 19 December 2011 |
| Championship Record | Jacko Gill (NZL) | 24.35 | Lille, France | 7 July 2011 |
| World Youth Leading | Wictor Petersson (SWE) | 21.26 | Södertälje, Sweden | 6 June 2015 |

## Results
### Qualification

With qualifying standard of 19.45 (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | B | Shehab Mohamed Abdalaziz | Egypt | 20.79 | | | 20.79 | Q, PB |
| 2 | A | Szymon Mazur | Poland | 20.77 | | | 20.77 | Q |
| 3 | B | Wictor Petersson | Sweden | 20.02 | | | 20.02 | Q |
| 4 | B | Burger Lambrechts | South Africa | 19.97 | | | 19.97 | Q |
| 5 | A | Adrian Piperi | United States | 19.87 | | | 19.87 | Q |
| 6 | A | Patrick Duvenage | South Africa | 19.42 | x | 19.73 | 19.73 | Q |
| 7 | A | Joseph Maxwell | Canada | 19.32 | 19.67 | | 19.67 | Q |
| 8 | A | Giorgi Mujaridze | Georgia | 18.47 | 19.58 | | 19.58 | Q |
| 9 | B | Zhang Xinyuan | China | 18.74 | 19.57 | | 19.57 | Q, PB |
| 10 | B | Marcus Thomsen | Norway | 19.09 | 19.38 | 19.15 | 19.38 | q |
| 11 | A | Alejandro Castillo | Mexico | 19.24 | x | 18.87 | 19.24 | q |
| 12 | B | Isaiah Rogers | United States | x | 18.98 | 19.20 | 19.20 | q |
| 13 | B | Odisséfs Mouzenídis | Greece | 18.92 | x | 19.01 | 19.01 | |
| 14 | A | Kevin Nedrick | Jamaica | 18.39 | 19.00 | x | 19.00 | PB |
| 15 | B | Paulius Gelažius | Lithuania | 18.48 | 18.91 | x | 18.91 | |
| 16 | B | Tobias Köhler | Germany | 18.57 | 18.42 | 18.74 | 18.74 | |
| 17 | A | Veljko Nedeljković | Serbia | x | 18.66 | x | 18.66 | |
| 18 | B | Ivan Karyuk | Ukraine | 17.38 | 18.43 | x | 18.43 | |
| 19 | A | Ned Weatherly | Australia | 17.62 | x | 18.31 | 18.31 | |
| 20 | B | Ionuț Apostu | Romania | 16.89 | 17.86 | 18.23 | 18.23 | |
| 21 | B | Ryan Ballantyne | New Zealand | 18.06 | x | 18.21 | 18.21 | |
| 22 | A | Arminas Čečkauskas | Lithuania | 18.05 | 18.15 | x | 18.15 | |
| 23 | A | Christos Moulistanos | Greece | 17.98 | x | 17.15 | 17.98 | |
| 24 | A | Mihail Mihalev | Bulgaria | 17.86 | 17.55 | 17.94 | 17.94 | |
| 25 | A | Ma Hau-we | Chinese Taipei | 17.29 | 17.00 | 17.68 | 17.68 | |
| 26 | B | Otoniel Badjana | Guinea-Bissau | 17.37 | 16.88 | x | 17.37 | |
| 27 | B | Jairo Morán | Mexico | x | 17.31 | 17.30 | 17.31 | |
| 28 | A | Ashish Bhalothia | India | 17.29 | 16.83 | 16.34 | 17.29 | |
| 29 | A | Luis Córdoba | Colombia | 16.60 | x | x | 16.60 | |
| 30 | B | Ariel Atias | Israel | x | 16.52 | 16.17 | 16.52 | |
| 31 | A | Jasmin Mujezin | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.20 | x | x | 16.20 | |
| – | B | Kyle Mitchell | Jamaica | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Mark | Notes |
| | Adrian Piperi | United States | 20.02 | 22.00 | x | 21.50 | 21.16 | 22.00 | 22.00 | WYL |
| | Szymon Mazur | Poland | 20.44 | x | 21.66 | 21.77 | x | x | 21.77 | PB |
| | Wictor Petersson | Sweden | 20.87 | 20.87 | 18.76 | 21.56 | 21.06 | 20.84 | 21.56 | PB |
| 4 | Burger Lambrechts | South Africa | x | 20.87 | 20.37 | x | x | 20.97 | 20.97 | PB |
| 5 | Shehab Mohamed Abdalaziz | Egypt | 19.32 | 20.76 | 20.79 | x | x | x | 20.79 | PB |
| 6 | Joseph Maxwell | Canada | 18.82 | 19.95 | 20.29 | x | 19.87 | x | 20.29 | PB |
| 7 | Zhang Xinyuan | China | 18.94 | 19.64 | 19.43 | 19.15 | x | 19.58 | 19.64 | PB |
| 8 | Alejandro Castillo | Mexico | 19.61 | x | 18.41 | 18.28 | x | x | 19.61 | |
| 9 | Patrick Duvenage | South Africa | 19.07 | x | 19.50 | | | | 19.50 | |
| 10 | Isaiah Rogers | United States | x | 18.23 | 19.28 | | | | 19.28 | |
| 11 | Marcus Thomsen | Norway | 19.16 | x | x | | | | 19.16 | |
| 12 | Giorgi Mujaridze | Georgia | 18.54 | 18.90 | 17.86 | | | | 18.90 | |