2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' high jump
| Boys' high jump at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero | |||||||||
| Dates | 16 and 18 July | |||||||||
| Competitors | 27 from 22 nations | |||||||||
| Winning height | 2.20 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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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.[1]
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.[2][3][4][5][6]
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)
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2.27 | Marrakesh, Morocco | 16 July 2005 |
| World Youth Leading |  Stefano Sottile (ITA)
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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.[7]
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1.90 | 1.95 | 2.00 | 2.04 | 2.08 | 2.11 | Mark | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | Darius Carbin | .png){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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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 |
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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 |
References
- ^ "Timetable". World Athletics.
- ^ "Boys' high jump – IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "Mondiali Allievi: oro di Sottile nel salto in alto". correre.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "9th IAAF World Youth Championships 4-день". UZ Athletics (in Uzbek). Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "Atletica, Mondiali allievi e Eurojuniores: Sottile e Chiappinelli, trionfi d'oro". gazetta.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "Italia, generazione di fenomeni" (PDF) (in Italian). La Gazetta Dello Sport. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "High Jump Boys - Qualification" (PDF). World Athletics. 16 July 2015.
- ^ "High Jump Boys - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 18 July 2015.