# 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 2000 metres steeplechase

The boys' 2000 metres steeplechase at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia on 17 and 19 July 2015.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | Meresa Kahsay (ETH) | 5:19.99 | Donetsk, Ukraine | 12 July 2013 |
| Championship Record | Meresa Kahsay (ETH) | 5:19.99 | Donetsk, Ukraine | 12 July 2013 |
| World Youth Leading | Vincent Kipyegon Ruto (KEN) | 5:27.17 | Nairobi, Kenya | 17 June 2015 |

## Results
### Round 1

First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Wogene Sebisibe | Ethiopia | 5:31.31 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 2 | Geoffrey Rotich | Kenya | 5:32.00 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Vincent Kipyegon Ruto | Kenya | 5:34.52 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Tegenu Mengistu | Ethiopia | 5:42.01 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 2 | Daniel do Nascimento | Brazil | 5:46.35 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Boniface Abel Sikowo | Uganda | 5:46.56 | Q, PB |
| 7 | 1 | Leo Magnusson | Sweden | 5:50.04 | Q, PB |
| 8 | 1 | Adrián Ben | Spain | 5:51.01 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Kevin Robertson | Canada | 5:53.21 | q, PB |
| 10 | 2 | Sean Bergman | Canada | 5:54.22 | Q, PB |
| 11 | 1 | Louis Gilavert | France | 5:55.06 | q |
| 12 | 2 | Thomas Byrkjeland | Norway | 5:55.35 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Luo Chun | China | 5:55.35 | q |
| 14 | 2 | Yassine Bih | Morocco | 5:55.41 | q |
| 15 | 2 | Will Battershill | Great Britain | 5:56.35 | q |
| 16 | 1 | Takeshi Nishida | Japan | 5:59.06 | |
| 17 | 2 | Alexis Phelut | France | 6:02.83 | |
| 18 | 1 | Diego Arévalo | Ecuador | 6:04.75 | |
| 19 | 2 | Wang Shaojie | China | 6:06.49 | |
| 20 | 1 | Mohamed Dhahri | Tunisia | 6:07.89 | |
| 21 | 1 | Arturo Reyna | Mexico | 6:08.89 | |
| 22 | 1 | Lê Trung Đức | Vietnam | 6:09.63 | |
| 23 | 2 | Hamdi Ayouni | Tunisia | 6:10.90 | |
| 24 | 1 | José Obando | Colombia | 6:11.95 | PB |
| 25 | 1 | Nikola Mićović | Serbia | 6:14.79 | |
| 26 | 1 | Víctor Ortiz | Puerto Rico | 6:15.93 | |
| 27 | 2 | Mohammed Ghalem | Algeria | 6:16.03 | |
| 28 | 2 | Simon Sundström | Sweden | 6:17.18 | |
| 29 | 1 | Muhand Khamis Saifeldin | Qatar | 6:22.11 | |
| 30 | 2 | Eduardo Menacho | Spain | 6:22.38 | |
| 31 | 2 | Pedro Ferreira | Portugal | 6:24.38 | |
| 32 | 2 | Bernhard Obrecht | Austria | 6:33.19 | |
| 33 | 2 | Hussein Haitham Lafta | Iraq | 6:43.31 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | Vincent Kipyegon Ruto | Kenya | 5:27.58 | |
| | Wogene Sebisibe | Ethiopia | 5:29.41 | PB |
| | Geoffrey Rotich | Kenya | 5:30.16 | PB |
| 4 | Tegenu Mengistu | Ethiopia | 5:38.99 | PB |
| 5 | Boniface Abel Sikowo | Uganda | 5:40.05 | PB |
| 6 | Adrián Ben | Spain | 5:45.59 | PB |
| 7 | Louis Gilavert | France | 5:46.00 | |
| 8 | Daniel do Nascimento | Brazil | 5:46.05 | |
| 9 | Leo Magnusson | Sweden | 5:49.26 | PB |
| 10 | Sean Bergman | Canada | 5:53.96 | PB |
| 11 | Yassine Bih | Morocco | 5:57.25 | |
| 12 | Thomas Byrkjeland | Norway | 5:58.63 | |
| 13 | Luo Chun | China | 5:58.92 | |
| 14 | Will Battershill | Great Britain | 6:03.39 | |
| 15 | Kevin Robertson | Canada | 6:14.11 | |