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Boys' high jump at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Dates	16 and 18 July
Competitors	27 from 22 nations
Winning height	2.20
Medalists
Stefano Sottile    Italy   Dmytro Nikitin    Ukraine   Darius Carbin    United States
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2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	boys	girls
200 m	boys	girls
400 m	boys	girls
800 m	boys	girls
1500 m	boys	girls
3000 m	boys	girls
100 m hurdles		girls
110 m hurdles	boys
400 m hurdles	boys	girls
2000 m steeplechase	boys	girls
5000 m walk		girls
10,000 m walk	boys
Field events
Long jump	boys	girls
Triple jump	boys	girls
High jump	boys	girls
Pole vault	boys	girls
Shot put	boys	girls
Discus throw	boys	girls
Javelin throw	boys	girls
Hammer throw	boys	girls
Combined events
Heptathlon		girls
Decathlon	boys
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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.

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	2.11	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

References

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

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