2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 2000 metres steeplechase
| Boys' 2000 metres steeplechase at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero | |||||||||
| Dates | 17 and 19 July | |||||||||
| Competitors | 33 from 25 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 5:27.58 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The boys' 2000 metres steeplechase at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia on 17 and 19 July 2015.[1]
Records
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best |  Meresa Kahsay (ETH)
|
5:19.99 | Donetsk, Ukraine | 12 July 2013 |
| Championship Record | Meresa Kahsay (ETH)
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5:19.99 | Donetsk, Ukraine | 12 July 2013 |
| World Youth Leading |  Vincent Kipyegon Ruto (KEN)
|
5:27.17 | Nairobi, Kenya | 17 June 2015 |
Results
Round 1
First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the final.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Wogene Sebisibe | Ethiopia |
5:31.31 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 2 | Geoffrey Rotich | Kenya |
5:32.00 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Vincent Kipyegon Ruto | Kenya |
5:34.52 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Tegenu Mengistu | Ethiopia |
5:42.01 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 2 | Daniel do Nascimento |  Brazil |
5:46.35 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Boniface Abel Sikowo |  Uganda |
5:46.56 | Q, PB |
| 7 | 1 | Leo Magnusson |  Sweden |
5:50.04 | Q, PB |
| 8 | 1 | Adrián Ben |  Spain |
5:51.01 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Kevin Robertson | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada |
5:53.21 | q, PB |
| 10 | 2 | Sean Bergman | Canada |
5:54.22 | Q, PB |
| 11 | 1 | Louis Gilavert |  France |
5:55.06 | q |
| 12 | 2 | Thomas Byrkjeland |  Norway |
5:55.35 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Luo Chun |  China |
5:55.35 | q |
| 14 | 2 | Yassine Bih |  Morocco |
5:55.41 | q |
| 15 | 2 | Will Battershill |  Great Britain |
5:56.35 | q |
| 16 | 1 | Takeshi Nishida |  Japan |
5:59.06 | |
| 17 | 2 | Alexis Phelut | France |
6:02.83 | |
| 18 | 1 | Diego Arévalo |  Ecuador |
6:04.75 | |
| 19 | 2 | Wang Shaojie | China |
6:06.49 | |
| 20 | 1 | Mohamed Dhahri |  Tunisia |
6:07.89 | |
| 21 | 1 | Arturo Reyna |  Mexico |
6:08.89 | |
| 22 | 1 | Lê Trung Đức |  Vietnam |
6:09.63 | |
| 23 | 2 | Hamdi Ayouni | Tunisia |
6:10.90 | |
| 24 | 1 | José Obando |  Colombia |
6:11.95 | PB |
| 25 | 1 | Nikola Mićović |  Serbia |
6:14.79 | |
| 26 | 1 | Víctor Ortiz |  Puerto Rico |
6:15.93 | |
| 27 | 2 | Mohammed Ghalem |  Algeria |
6:16.03 | |
| 28 | 2 | Simon Sundström | Sweden |
6:17.18 | |
| 29 | 1 | Muhand Khamis Saifeldin |  Qatar |
6:22.11 | |
| 30 | 2 | Eduardo Menacho | Spain |
6:22.38 | |
| 31 | 2 | Pedro Ferreira | .svg.png){kind=small} Portugal |
6:24.38 | |
| 32 | 2 | Bernhard Obrecht |  Austria |
6:33.19 | |
| 33 | 2 | Hussein Haitham Lafta |  Iraq |
6:43.31 |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Vincent Kipyegon Ruto | Kenya |
5:27.58 | |
 |
Wogene Sebisibe | Ethiopia |
5:29.41 | PB |
 |
Geoffrey Rotich | Kenya |
5:30.16 | PB |
| 4 | Tegenu Mengistu | Ethiopia |
5:38.99 | PB |
| 5 | Boniface Abel Sikowo | Uganda |
5:40.05 | PB |
| 6 | Adrián Ben | Spain |
5:45.59 | PB |
| 7 | Louis Gilavert | France |
5:46.00 | |
| 8 | Daniel do Nascimento | Brazil |
5:46.05 | |
| 9 | Leo Magnusson | Sweden |
5:49.26 | PB |
| 10 | Sean Bergman | Canada |
5:53.96 | PB |
| 11 | Yassine Bih | Morocco |
5:57.25 | |
| 12 | Thomas Byrkjeland | Norway |
5:58.63 | |
| 13 | Luo Chun | China |
5:58.92 | |
| 14 | Will Battershill | Great Britain |
6:03.39 | |
| 15 | Kevin Robertson | Canada |
6:14.11 |
References
- ^ "Timetable". World Athletics.
- ^ "2000 Metres Steeplechase Boys - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 17 July 2015.
- ^ "2000 Metres Steeplechase Boys - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 July 2015.