| 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics | |
| Host City: | Cali, Colombia |
| Events: | 40 |
| Dates: | 15–19 July |
| Stadium: | Estadio Pascual Guerrero |
| Previous: | 2013 Donetsk |
The 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was the ninth edition of the biennial international athletics competition for youth (under-18) athletes. The five-day competition took place between 15 and 19 July at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero stadium in Cali, Colombia.[1] [2] Eligible athletes were aged 16 or 17 on 31 December 2015 (born in 1998 or 1999).
| 100 metres | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | 10.28 CR | Derick Silva | 10.49 | Rechmial Miller | 10.59 | |||
| 200 metres | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | 20.34 CR | Kyle Appel | 20.57 PB | Josephus Lyles | 20.74 PB | |||
| 400 metres | Christopher Taylor | 45.27 WYL | Josephus Lyles | 45.46 PB | Keshun Reed | 45.96 | |||
| 800 metres | 1:45.58 | Kipyegon Bett | 1:45.86 | Luis Fernando Pires | 1:48.61 PB | ||||
| 1500 metres | Kumari Taki | 3:36.38 CR | Mulugeta Assefa | 3:41.10 PB | Lawi Kosgei | 3:41.43 | |||
| 3000 metres | Richard Yator Kimunyan | 7:54.45 | Davis Kiplangat | 7:54.52 | Tefera Mosisa | 7:55.04 PB | |||
| 110 metres hurdles | Mattéo Ngo | 13.53 PB | Joseph Daniels | 13.54 | Isaiah Lucas | 13.54 | |||
| 400 metres hurdles | Norman Grimes | 49.11 WYL | Ryusei Fujii | 50.33 PB | Masaki Toyoda | 50.53 PB | |||
| 2000 metres steeplechase | Vincent Kipyegon Ruto | 5:27.58 | Wogene Sebisibe | 5:29.41 PB | Geofrey Rotich | 5:30.16 PB | |||
| 10,000 metres walk | Sergey Shirobokov | 42.24.41 | Zhang Jun | 42.33.68 PB | Federico González | 42.54.55 | |||
| High jump | Stefano Sottile | 2.20 WYL | Dmytro Nikitin | 2.18 PB | Darius Carbin | 2.16 PB | |||
| Pole vault | Armand Duplantis | 5.30 CR | Vladyslav Malykhin | 5.30 CR | Emmanouil Karalis | 5.20 | |||
| Long jump | Maykel Massó | 8.05 CR | Darcy Roper | 8.01PB | Eberson Silva | 7.76 PB | |||
| Triple jump | Cristian Nápoles | 16.13 | Du Mingze | 16.02 PB | Julio César Carbonell | 15.70 | |||
| Shot put | Adrian Piperi | 22.00 WYL | Szymon Mazur | 21.77 PB | Wictor Petersson | 21.56 PB | |||
| Discus throw | Werner Visser | 64.24 | Wang Yuhan | 60.33 PB | George Evans | 60.22 | |||
| Hammer throw | Hlib Piskunov | 84.91 CR | Mykhaylo Havryliuk | 78.93 PB | Ned Weatherly | 77.60 | |||
| Javelin throw | Paul Botha | 78.49 PB | Niklas Kaul | 78.05 | Vladislav Palyunin | 76.77 | |||
| Decathlon | Niklas Kaul | 8002 WYB | 7678 PB | Hans-Christian Hausenberg | 7657 |
| 100 metres | Candace Hill | 11.08 CR | Khalifa St.Fort | 11.19 PB | Jayla Kirkland | 11.41 PB | |||
| 200 metres | Candace Hill | 22.43 WYB | Lauren Rain Williams | 22.90 PB | Nicola De Bruyn | 23.38 PB | |||
| 400 metres | Salwa Eid Naser | 51.50 WYL | Lynna Irby | 51.79 PB | Catherine Reid | 52.25 PB | |||
| 800 metres | Samantha Watson | 2:03.54 PB | Gadese Ejara | 2:03.67 PB | Marta Zenoni | 2:04.15 | |||
| 1500 metres | Bedatu Hirpa | 4:12.92 WYL | Dalila Abdulkadir Gosa | 4:13.35 PB | Joyline Cherotich | 4:15.20 PB | |||
| 3000 metres | Shuru Bulo | 9:01.12 WYL | Emily Chebet Kipchumba | 9:02.92 PB | Sheila Chelangat | 9:04.54 PB | |||
| 100 metres hurdles | Maribel Vanessa Caicedo | 13.04 PB | Brittley Humphrey | 13.22 PB | Sarah Koutouan | 13.29 | |||
| 400 metres hurdles | Sydney McLaughlin | 55.94 CR | Xahria Santiago | 56.79 PB | Brandeé Johnson | 57.47 PB | |||
| 2000 metres steeplechase | Celliphine Chepteek Chespol | 6:17.15 PB | Sandrafelis Chebet Tuei | 6:19.61 | Agrie Belachew | 6:34.68 | |||
| 5000 metres walk | Ma Zhenxia | 22:41.08 SB | Olga Eliseeva | 22:45.09 | Ayalnesh Dejene | 22:48.25 PB | |||
| High jump | Michaela Hrubá | 1.90 | Ieva Turke | 1.82 PB | Lada Pejchalová | 1.82 | |||
| Pole vault | Elienor Werner | 4.26 WYL | Phillipa Hajdasz | 4.05 PB | Not awarded | ||||
| Chen Qiaoling | |||||||||
| Long jump | Tara Davis | 6.41 PB | Kaiza Karlén | 6.24 PB | Maja Bedrac | 6.22 | |||
| Triple jump | Georgiana Iuliana Anitei | 13.49 WYL | Zeng Rui | 13.04 PB | Yanna Anay Armenteros | 13.04 | |||
| Shot put | Julia Ritter | 18.53 PB | Sophia Rivera | 17.93 | Kristina Rakočević | 17.49 | |||
| Discus throw | Alexandra Emilianov | 52.78 PB | Kristina Rakočević | 51.41 | Samantha Peace | 50.59 PB | |||
| Hammer throw | Sofiya Palkina | 67.82 | Deniz Yaylaci | 67.01 PB | Shang Ningyu | 66.84 PB | |||
| Javelin throw | Haruka Kitaguchi | 60.35 PB | Stella Weinberg | 57.11 PB | Laine Donane | 56.15 | |||
| Heptathlon | Géraldine Ruckstuhl | 6037 CR | Sarah Lagger | 5992 | Alina Shukh | 5896 |
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:19.54 | 3:23.60 | 3:23.60 |