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

Event:	Boys' high jump
Competition:	2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Venue:	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Dates:	16 and 18 July
Competitors:	27
Nations:	22
Win Label:	Winning height
Win Value:	2.20
Gold:	Stefano Sottile
Goldnoc:	ITA
Silver:	Dmytro Nikitin
Silvernoc:	UKR
Bronze:	Darius Carbin
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2013
Next:	2017

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		2.33	Havana, Cuba	19 May 1984
Championship Record		2.27	Marrakesh, Morocco	16 July 2005
World Youth Leading		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			–	–	o	o	o		2.08	q
1	A			–	–	o	o	o		2.08	q
1	A			–	–	o	o	o		2.08	q
1	A			–	o	o	o	o		2.08	q
1	B			–	–	o	–	o		2.08	q
6	B			–	o	o	xo	o		2.08	q
7	B			o	–	xo	xo	o		2.08	q
8	A			–	–	xo	xo	xo		2.08	q
8	A			–	o	xo	xo	xo		2.08	q
10	B			–	–	o	o	xxo		2.08	q
11	B			–	–	o	o	xxx		2.04	q
11	B			–	–	o	o	xxx		2.04	q
13	A			–	o	xo	o	xxx		2.04
13	B			o	o	xo	o	xxx		2.04
15	A			o	o	o	xo	xxx		2.04
16	A			xo	o	o	xo	xxx		2.04
16	B			o	xo	o	xo	xxx		2.04
18	A			o	o	xxo	xo	xxx		2.04
19	B			o	o	o	xxo	xxx		2.04
19	A			o	o	o	xxo	xxx		2.04
21	B			xo	o	o	xxo	xxx		2.04
22	A			o	o	o	xxx			2.00
22	B			–	o	o	xxx			2.00
24	A			o	xo	o	xxx			2.00
25	A			o	o	xxo	xxx			2.00
26	B			o	o	xxx				1.95
	A			–	–	xxx

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	1.97	2.02	2.07	2.11	2.14	2.16	2.18	2.20	2.22	Mark	Notes
			–	o	o	xo	xxo	xxo	xo	o	xxx	2.20
			–	o	xo	o	xo	o	o	x–	xx	2.18
			–	o	o	o	o	xxo	xxx			2.16
4			o	o	o	xxo	o	xxx				2.14
5			–	o	o	xo	xo	xxx				2.14
6			o	o	o	xo	xxx					2.11
7			o	o	o	xxx						2.07
8			o	xo	o	xxx						2.07
8			o	xo	o	xxx						2.07
10			o	o	xxo	xxx						2.07
11			o	o	xxx							2.02
11			–	o	xxx							2.02

Notes and References

1. Web site: Timetable . World Athletics.
2. Web site: Boys' high jump – IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 . . 2 October 2024.
3. Web site: Mondiali Allievi: oro di Sottile nel salto in alto . correre.it . 2 October 2024 . it.
4. Web site: 9th IAAF World Youth Championships 4-день . UZ Athletics . 2 October 2024 . uz.
5. Web site: Atletica, Mondiali allievi e Eurojuniores: Sottile e Chiappinelli, trionfi d’oro . gazetta.it . 2 October 2024 . it.
6. Web site: Italia, generazione di fenomeni . La Gazetta Dello Sport . it . 2 October 2024.
7. Web site: High Jump Boys - Qualification . . 16 July 2015.
8. Web site: High Jump Boys - Final . . 18 July 2015.