# 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' high jump

The boys' high jump at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia on 16 and 18 July 2015.
Stefano Sottile's first-try winning jump was described as "one of the picture-book moments of the championships". It was Italy's second ever gold medal at the World Youth Championships.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.33 | Havana, Cuba | 19 May 1984 |
| Championship Record | Huang Haiqiang (CHN) | 2.27 | Marrakesh, Morocco | 16 July 2005 |
| World Youth Leading | Stefano Sottile (ITA) | 2.20 | Turin, Italy | 10 May 2015 |

## Results
### Qualification

With qualifying standard of 2.11 (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1.90 | 1.95 | 2.00 | 2.04 | 2.08 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | B | Darius Carbin | United States | – | – | o | o | o | 2.08 | q |
| 1 | A | Dmytro Nikitin | Ukraine | – | – | o | o | o | 2.08 | q |
| 1 | A | Jaron Brooks | United States | – | – | o | o | o | 2.08 | q |
| 1 | A | Remo Cagliesi | Germany | – | o | o | o | o | 2.08 | q |
| 1 | B | Stefano Sottile | Italy | – | – | o | – | o | 2.08 | q |
| 6 | B | Alperen Acet | Turkey | – | o | o | xo | o | 2.08 | q |
| 7 | B | Lushane Wilson | Jamaica | o | – | xo | xo | o | 2.08 | q |
| 8 | A | Roshan Ranatungage | Sri Lanka | – | – | xo | xo | xo | 2.08 | q |
| 8 | A | Tejaswin Shankar | India | – | o | xo | xo | xo | 2.08 | q |
| 10 | B | Brenton Foster | Australia | – | – | o | o | xxo | 2.08 | q |
| 11 | B | Maciej Grynienko | Poland | – | – | o | o | xxx | 2.04 | q |
| 11 | B | Ding Shuo | China | – | – | o | o | xxx | 2.04 | q |
| 13 | A | Quentin Aboukir | France | – | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.04 | |
| 13 | B | Joel Della Siega | Canada | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.04 | |
| 15 | A | Jermaine Francis | Saint Kitts and Nevis | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.04 | |
| 16 | A | Muhammad Syazwan Ahmad | Malaysia | xo | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.04 | |
| 16 | B | Lucas Mihota | Germany | o | xo | o | xo | xxx | 2.04 | |
| 18 | A | Enes Talha Şenses | Turkey | o | o | xxo | xo | xxx | 2.04 | |
| 19 | B | Norris Brioche | Seychelles | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.04 | |
| 19 | A | Roberto Vílches | Mexico | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.04 | |
| 21 | B | Ondřej Vodák | Czech Republic | xo | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.04 | |
| 22 | A | Nomar Galarza | Puerto Rico | o | o | o | xxx | | 2.00 | |
| 22 | B | Roman Kuzminov | Ukraine | – | o | o | xxx | | 2.00 | |
| 24 | A | Go Miura | Japan | o | xo | o | xxx | | 2.00 | |
| 25 | A | Vizamuje Ujaha | Namibia | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 2.00 | |
| 26 | B | Noah Matacun | Croatia | o | o | xxx | | | 1.95 | |
| – | A | Joshua Connolly | Australia | – | – | xxx | | | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.97 | 2.02 | 2.07 | 2.11 | 2.14 | 2.16 | 2.18 | 2.20 | 2.22 | Mark | Notes |
| | Stefano Sottile | Italy | – | o | o | xo | xxo | xxo | xo | o | xxx | 2.20 | WYL |
| | Dmytro Nikitin | Ukraine | – | o | xo | o | xo | o | o | x– | xx | 2.18 | PB |
| | Darius Carbin | United States | – | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | 2.16 | PB |
| 4 | Alperen Acet | Turkey | o | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | | | | 2.14 | SB |
| 5 | Jaron Brooks | United States | – | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | | | | 2.14 | |
| 6 | Lushane Wilson | Jamaica | o | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | 2.11 | |
| 7 | Ding Shuo | China | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 2.07 | |
| 8 | Brenton Foster | Australia | o | xo | o | xxx | | | | | | 2.07 | |
| 8 | Tejaswin Shankar | India | o | xo | o | xxx | | | | | | 2.07 | |
| 10 | Maciej Grynienko | Poland | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | | 2.07 | |
| 11 | Remo Cagliesi | Germany | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | 2.02 | |
| 11 | Roshan Ranatungage | Sri Lanka | – | o | xxx | | | | | | | 2.02 | |