World Athletics Championships 2015

9th World Youth Athletics Championships (U18)
Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
city	Cali , Colombia
Stadion	Estadio Olímpico P. Guerrero
Competitions	39
opening	15th July 2015
Final day	19th July 2015
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Medal table  (final score after 39 decisions)
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	United States	8th	5	6th	19th
2	Kenya	5	4th	4th	13
3	Japan	3	1	1	5
4th	Ethiopia	2	3	3	8th
5	South Africa	2	2	1	5
6th	Sweden	2	1	1	4th
7th	Germany	2	1	0	3
	Russia	2	1	0	3
9	Cuba	2	0	2	4th
10	People's Republic of China	1	5	1	7th
Complete medal table

The 9th World Athletics Championships (U18) were held from July 15 to 19, 2015 in the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in the Colombian city ​​of Cali . Cali was the only city that applied.

The German Athletics Association (DLV) took part in the competitions with 40 talents (21 girls and 19 boys).

Boys

100 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	JPN	10.28 CR
2	Derick Silva	BRA	10.49
3	Rechmial Miller	GBR	10.59
4th	Oliver Bromby	GBR	10.60
5	Chuba Nwachukwu	CAN	10.60
6th	Milo Skupin-Alfa	GER	10.67
7th	Daisuke Miyamoto	JPN	10.78
8th	Paulo André de Oliveira	BRA	10.83

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	JPN	20.34 CR
2	Kyle Appel	RSA	20.57 PB
3	Josephus Lyles	United States	20.74 PB
4th	Derick Silva	BRA	20.85 PB
5	Tlotliso Poison Leotlela	RSA	20.86
6th	Toby Harries	GBR	20.92 PB
7th	Noble Rogelio Amores	CUB	21.04 PB
8th	Cameron Tindle	GBR	21.13

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Christopher Taylor	JAM	45.27 WYL
2	Josephus Lyles	United States	45.46 PB
3	Keshun Reed	United States	45.96
4th	Jamal Walton	CAY	45.99 PB
5	Karabo Sibanda	BOT	46.03 PB
6th	Louis Stenmark	OUT	46.29 PB
7th	Anthony Zambrano	COL	46.57
8th	Manato Sasaki	JPN	47.54

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Willy Kiplimo Tarbei	KEN	1: 45.58
2	Kipyegon bed	KEN	1: 45.86
3	Luis Fernando Pires	BRA	1: 48.61 PB
4th	Omer Amano	ETH	1: 49.11
5	Theuns Ehlers	RSA	1; 49.32 PB
6th	Leon Clarke	JAM	1: 51.71
7th	Kazuyoshi Tamogami	JPN	1: 52.58
8th	Pascal Kleyer	GER	1: 55.92

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kumari Taki	KEN	3: 36.38 CR
2	Mulugeta Assefa	ETH	3: 41.10 PB
3	Lawi Kosgei	KEN	3: 41.43
4th	Welde Tufa	ETH	3: 41.74 PB
5	James Gormley	GBR	3: 48.31
6th	Ignacio Fontes	ESP	3: 48.83 PB
7th	Yani Khelaf	FRA	3: 49.04
8th	Anton Hrabovskyy	UKR	3: 51.48 PB

3000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Richard Yator	KEN	7: 54.45
2	Davis Kiplangat	KEN	7: 54.52
3	Tefera Mosisa	ETH	7: 55.04 PB
4th	Abayneh Degu	ETH	8: 00.79 PB
5	Hyuga Endo	JPN	8: 26.96
6th	Alexander Yee	GBR	8: 28.26
7th	Yuta Kambayashi	JPN	8: 29.75
8th	Kisan Narshi Tadvi	IND	8: 31.65 PB

10,000 m of walking

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Sergey Shirobokov	RUS	42: 24.42
2	Jun Zhang	CHN	42: 33.68 PB
3	Federico González	MEX	42: 54.55
4th	Andrés Olivas	MEX	43: 27.70 PB
5	Toshiki Ueda	JPN	43: 34.83 PB
6th	César Alberto Herrera	COL	44: 01.87 PB
7th	Ariel Cayllante	BOL	44: 29.25
8th	Yunhwa Song	COR	44: 36.11 PB

110 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Matteo Ngo	FRA	13.53 PB
2	Joseph Daniels	CAN	13.43
3	Isaiah Lucas	United States	13.54
4th	Juan Pablo Germain	CHI	13.55 PB
5	Max Hrelja	SWE	13.56
6th	Heitor Coelho	BRA	13.57
7th	Yoan Aleixi Villa	CUB	13.69
8th	Brandon Herrigan	OUT	19.58

400 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Norman Grimes	United States	49.11 WYL
2	Ryusei Fujii	JPN	50.33 PB
3	Masaki Toyoda	JPN	50.53 PB
4th	Rivaldo Leacock	BAR	51.13 PB
5	Emmanuel Kipyegon Langat	KEN	52.15
6th	Mohamed Amine Touati	TO DO	52.73
7th	Morne van As	RSA	62.74
8th	Jauavney James	JAM	DSQ

2000 m obstacle

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Vincent Kipyegon Ruto	KEN	5: 27.58
2	Sebisibe billowed	ETH	5: 29.41 PB
3	Geofrey Rotich	KEN	5: 30.16 PB
4th	Tegenu Mengistu	ETH	5: 38.99 PB
5	Boniface Abel Sikowo	UGA	5: 40.05 PB
6th	Adrian Ben	ESP	5: 45.59 PB
7th	Louis Gilavert	FRA	5; 46.00
8th	Daniel do Nascimento	BRA	5: 46.05

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Stefano Sottile	ITA	2.20 WYL
2	Dmytro Nikitin	UKR	2.18 PB
3	Darius Carbin	United States	2.16 PB
4th	Alperen Acet	DOOR	2.14 SB
5	Jaron Brooks	United States	2.14
6th	Lushane Wilson	JAM	2.11
7th	Shuo thing	CHN	2.07
8th	Tejaswin Shankar	IND	2.07
	Brenton Foster	OUT	2.07

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Armand Duplantis	SWE	5.30 CR
2	Wladyslaw Malychin	UKR	5.30 CR
3	Emmanouil Karalis	GRE	5.20
4th	Muntadher Faleh Abdulwahid	IRQ	5.10 SB
5	Pierre Cottin	FRA	5.10 PB
6th	Masaki Ejima	JPN	5.00
7th	Gauvain Guillon-Romarin	FRA	4.85
8th	Takaaki Yoshida	JPN	4.85
	Denis Akinschin	RUS	4.85

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Maykel Massó	CUB	8.05 CR
2	Darcy Roper	OUT	8.01 PB
3	Eberson Silva	BRA	7.76 PB
4th	Juan Miguel Echevarría	CUB	7.69
5	Miltiadis Tendoglou	GRE	7.66
6th	Shi Yuhao	CHN	7.63 PB
7th	Youngbin Kim	COR	7.48
8th	Evgeniy Timofeeva	RUS	7.24

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Cristian Nápoles	CUB	16.13
2	Mingze you	CHN	16.02 PB
3	Julio César Carbonell	CUB	15.70
4th	Mert Çiçek	DOOR	15.68 PB
5	Chamal KL Waduge	SRI	15.53 PB
6th	Shi Yuhao	CHN	15.41 PB
7th	Suhwan Nam	COR	15.36
8th	Tony Solis	DOM	15.30

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Adrian Piperi	United States	22.00 WYL
2	Szymon Mazur	POLE	21.77 PB
3	Wictor Petersson	SWE	21.56 PB
4th	Burger Lambrechts	RSA	20.97 PB
5	Shehab Mohamed Abdalaziz	EGY	20.79 PB
6th	Joseph Maxwell	CAN	20.29 PB
7th	Xinyuan Zhang	CHN	19.64 PB
8th	Alejandro Castillo	MEX	19.61

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Werner Visser	RSA	64.24
2	Yuhan Wang	CHN	60.33 PB
3	George Evans	GBR	60.22
4th	Hleb Zhuk	BLR	60.18 PB
5	Richárd Szebegyinszki	HUN	59.23
6th	Adrian Piperi	United States	58.81 PB
7th	Patrick Duvenage	RSA	58.71
8th	Miguel de la Caridad Sánchez	CUB	56.45

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Hlib Piskunov	UKR	84.91 CR
2	Mychajlo Hawryljuk	UKR	78.93 PB
3	Ned Weatherly	OUT	77.60
4th	Péter Szentivánszky	HUN	76.65
5	Robert Colantonio Jr.	United States	73.79
6th	Aliaksandr Shymanovich	BLR	73.05
7th	Jake Norris	GBR	72.58
8th	Marc Okun	GER	71.21

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Paul Jacobus Botha	RSA	78.49 PB
2	Niklas Kaul	GER	78.05
3	Vladislav Palyunin	UZB	76.77
4th	Manu Quijera	ESP	76.48
5	Hercules van Vuuren	RSA	76.04
6th	Lukas Moutarde	FRA	73.61
7th	Norman Plischke	GER	71.89
8th	Ronny Alfredo Cedeño	CUB	71.73

Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Niklas Kaul	GER	8002 WR
2	Ludovic Besson	FRA	7678 PB
3	Hans-Christian Hausenberg	EST	7657
4th	George Patrick	United States	7493 PB
5	Toralv Opsal	NOR	7474 PB
6th	Dmitriy Solomatin	RUS	7265
7th	Patryk Baran	POLE	7183
8th	Axel Clement	FRA	7105 PB

girl

100 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Candace Hill	United States	11.08 CR
2	Khalifa St. Fort	TTO	11.19 PB
3	Jayla Kirkland	United States	11.41 PB
4th	Tristan Evelyn	BAR	11.59
5	Kimone Shaw	JAM	11.65
6th	Hannah Brier	GBR	11.66
7th	Estelle Raffai	FRA	11.73
8th	Keshia Kwadwo	GER	11.76

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Candace Hill	United States	22.43 WYB
2	Lauren Rain Williams	United States	22.90 PB
3	Nicola De Bruyn	RSA	23.38 PB
4th	Estelle Raffai	FRA	23.67 PB
5	Nikola Bendová	CZE	23.78
6th	Anastassija Bryshina	UKR	23.84 PB
7th	Alessia Pavese	ITA	23.86 PB
8th	Shaneil English	JAM	DNS

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Salwa Eid Naser	BHR	51.50 WYL
2	Lynna Irby	United States	51.79 PB
3	Catherine Reid	GBR	52.25 PB
4th	Kyra Constantine	CAN	52.44 PB
5	Roxana Gomez	CUB	52.79 PB
6th	Hannah Williams	GBR	53.24 PB
7th	Andrea Miklós	ROU	53.29 PB
8th	Symone Mason	United States	53.55

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Samantha Watson	United States	2: 03.54 PB
2	Gadese Ejara	ETH	2: 03.67 PB
3	Marta Zenoni	ITA	2: 04.15
4th	Carys McAulay	GBR	2: 05.31 PB
5	Foziya Niguse	ETH	2: 05.32 PB
6th	Ekaterina Alexeyeva	RUS	2: 06.32
7th	Johana Arrieta	COL	2: 08.44 PB
8th	Arina Kleshchukova	KGZ	2: 13.54

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Bedatu Hirpa	ETH	4: 12.92 WYL
2	Dalila Abdulkadir Gosa	BHR	4: 13.35 PB
3	Joyline Cherotich	KEN	4: 15.20 PB
4th	Harriet Knowles-Jones	GBR	4: 18.61 PB
5	Janeth Chepngetich	KEN	4: 19.43
6th	Chika Mukai	JPN	4: 21.59
7th	Adanech Anbesa	ETH	4: 21.63
8th	Julia Heymach	United States	4: 21.78 PB

3000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Shuru Bulo	ETH	9: 01.12 WYL
2	Emily Chebet Kipchumba	KEN	9: 02.92 PB
3	Sheila Chelangat	KEN	9: 04.54 PB
4th	Letesenbet Gidey	ETH	9: 04.64 PB
5	Yuka Mukai	JPN	9: 21.04
6th	Kanami Sagayama	JPN	9: 33.85
7th	Fatuma Jewaro Chebsi	BHR	9: 39.25
8th	Hannah Bennison	CAN	9: 42.75

5,000 m walking distance

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Zhenxia Ma	CHN	22: 41.08 SB
2	Olga Eliseeva	RUS	22: 45.09
3	Ayalnesh Dejene	ETH	22: 48.25 PB
4th	Ke Xue	CHN	23: 01.68 PB
5	Valeria Ortuño	MEX	23: 01.90 SB
6th	Ayşe Tekdal	DOOR	23: 14.82 PB
7th	Clara Smith	OUT	23: 22.36
8th	María Fernanda Montoya	COL	23: 43.40

100 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Maribel Caicedo	ECU	13.04 PB
2	Brittley Humphrey	United States	13.22 PB
3	Sarah Koutouan	FRA	13.29
4th	Ilionis Guillaume	FRA	13.31
5	Marisa Vaz Carvalho	POR	13.51
6th	Alicia Barrett	GBR	13.52
7th	Alexis Duncan	United States	13.56
8th	Klaudia Siciarz	POLE	13.75

400 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Sydney McLaughlin	United States	55.94 CR
2	Xahria Santiago	CAN	56.79 PB
3	Brandeé Johnson	United States	57.47 PB
4th	Ilaria Verderio	ITA	57.75 PB
5	Anne Sofie Kirkegaard	THE	57.88 PB
6th	Lea Ahrens	GER	58.21 PB
7th	Junelle Bromfield	JAM	58.49
8th	Amanda Holmberg	SWE	59.89

2000 m obstacle

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Celliphine Chepteek Chespol	KEN	6: 17.15 PB
2	Sandrafelis Chebet Tuei	KEN	6: 19.61
3	Agrie Belachew	ETH	6: 34.68
4th	Alondra Negron	PURE	6: 39.51
5	Beletu Hailu	ETH	6: 41.46
6th	Glynis Sim	CAN	6: 45.58 PB
7th	Yuki Shibata	JPN	6: 48.41
8th	Rina Cjuro	BY	6: 50.90 PB

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Michaela Hrubá	CZE	1.90
2	Ieva Turke	LAT	1.82 PB
3	Lada Pejchalová	CZE	1.82
4th	Aleksandra Nowakowska	POLE	1.82 PB
5	Tatiana Ermachenkova	RUS	1.79
6th	Paulina Borys	POLE	1.75
	Adaora Chigbo	GBR	1.75
8th	Karla Yazmín Teran	MEX	1.75

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Elienor Werner	SWE	4.26 WYL
2	Phillipa Hajdasz	OUT	4.05 PB
	Chen Qiaoling	CHN	4.05 PB
4th	Valery Nikonova	RUS	4.05 PB
5	Hanne De Baene	BEL	4.05
6th	Stina Seidler	GER	3.95
7th	Tamara Schaßberger	GER	3.95
8th	Zuocheng Wu	CHN	3.85 PB

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tara Davis	United States	6.41 PB
2	Kaiza Karlén	SWE	6.24 PB
3	Maja Bedrač	SLO	6.22
4th	Emily Wright	GBR	6.21 PB
5	Susana Hernández	MEX	6.21
6th	Milica Gardašević	SRB	6.20
7th	Wijaleta Skwarzowa	BLR	6.19
8th	Disneyis Juana Taureaux	CUB	6.06

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Georgiana Iuliana Aniței	ROU	13.49 WYL
2	Zeng Rui	CHN	13.04 PB
3	Yanna Anay Armenteros	CUB	13.04
4th	Ilionis Guillaume	FRA	13.02
5	Fanny Ernestam	SWE	12.98 PB
6th	Alisa Kuznetsowa	RUS	12.96
7th	Maria Ovchinnikova	KAZ	12.94
8th	Chiara Bertuzzi	ITA	12.79 PB

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Julia Ritter	GER	18.53 PB
2	Sophia Rivera	United States	17.93
3	Kristina Rakočević	MNE	17.49
4th	Maja Ślepowrońska	POLE	17.41 PB
5	Sydney Giampietro	ITA	16.83
6th	Nickolette Dunbar	United States	16.80
7th	Yemisi Ogunleye	GER	16.73
8th	Yu Dong	CHN	16.51

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Alexandra Emilianov	MDA	52.78 PB
2	Kristina Rakočević	MNE	51.41
3	Samantha Peace	OUT	50.59 PB
4th	Alma Patricia Pollorena	MEX	49.25 PB
5	Josephine Schaefer	United States	48.99
6th	Ailén Armada	ARG	48.67
7th	Yolandi Stander	RSA	47.85 SB
8th	Anna Karlsson	SWE	46.97

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Sofja Palkina	RUS	67.82
2	Deniz Yaylaci	DOOR	67.01 PB
3	Ningyu Shang	CHN	66.84 PB
4th	Melissa Coquillas	FRA	66.55
5	Ayamey Damiana Medina	CUB	62.96
6th	Eva Mustafic	CRO	59.41
7th	Eszter Németh	HUN	58.64
8th	Alessia Beneduce	ITA	58.36

Javelin throw

Haruka Kitaguchi with gold medal

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Haruka Kitaguchi	JPN	60.35 PB
2	Stella Weinberg	NOR	57.11 PB
3	Laine Donane	LAT	56.15
4th	Nikol Tabacková	CZE	55.97
5	Jiajia Chen	CHN	53.95
6th	Anneke Germishuys	RSA	53.10 PB
7th	Yuzhen Yu	CHN	51.51
8th	Sophia Rivera	United States	50.85

Heptathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Géraldine Ruckstuhl	SUI	6037 CR
2	Sarah Lagger	AUT	5992
3	Alina Schuch	UKR	5896
4th	Lisa Maihöfer	GER	5804 PB
5	Andrea Obetzhofer	AUT	5796 PB
6th	Adriana Rodríguez	CUB	5720 PB
7th	Bianca Salming	SWE	5685 PB
8th	Marisa Vaz Carvalho	POR	5666 PB

Abbreviations

WR = world record WJR = junior world record OR = Olympic record YOR = Olympic youth record AR = continental record AJR = junior continental record NR = national record NJR = national junior record CR = championship record MR = event record

WB = world best WJB = Junior World Best WYB = youth world best AB = continent best AJB = Junior Continental Best AYB = youth continental best NB = national best NJB = national youth best performance NYB = national youth record

PB = personal best SB = personal season best QB = best qualification WL = world annual best WJL = Junior World Year's Best WYL = youth world annual best DSQ = disqualified (engl. Disqualified ) DNS = competition not started ( Did Not Start ) DNF = competition not finished ( Did Not Finish )

Web links

• 9th IAAF World Youth Championships 2015
• Organizer website
• Schedule and competition results
• Complete list of participants (pdf 353 kB)
• U18 World Championships 2015 Cali Team brochure of the DLV (pdf 1.0 MB)
• Results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Guiyang and Cali confirmed as hosts of 2015 World XC and Youth Champs , on: iaaf.org, November 23, 2012
2. ↑ DLV travels with 40 athletes to the U18 World Championships in Cali , nomination, June 25, 2015, accessed December 12, 2017