Athletics at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games
| Athletics at the V Commonwealth Youth Games | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7–9 September |
| Host city | Apia, Samoa |
| Venue | Apia Park Sports Complex |
| Events | 34 |
| Records set | 12 games records |
Athletics was one of the nine sports of the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games. Held between 7 and 9 September, the events were staged at the Apia Park Sports Complex in Apia, Samoa.[1]
Each Commonwealth Games Association was permitted to send up to two athletes per event and one team per each of the three relay events. The age of participating athletes was limited to 16- and 17-year-olds only. This meant that for 2015 athletes must have been born in 1998 or 1999 to be eligible to take part.[2] Compared to the previous edition, the 2015 programme did not include the 2000 metres steeplechase, hammer throw, and triple jump disciplines. Two relay races were added to the programme, over distances of 4 × 200 m and 4 × 400 m.[3][4]
The highlight of the first day was a run of 10.20 seconds by the winner of the boys' 100 metres, Tlotliso Leotlela. This was one hundredth slower than the world youth best for the event and the joint-second fastest ever run by a youth athlete.[5]
Medal summary[]
Men[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |  Tlotliso Leotlela (RSA) |
10.20 GR |  (ENG) |
10.39 |  (SCO) |
10.42 |
| 200 metres | Tlotliso Leotlela (RSA) |
20.56 w | (ENG) |
20.56 w | (RSA) |
21.11 w |
| 400 metres |  Karabo Sibanda (BOT) |
45.83 GR |  Jamal Walton (CAY) |
46.46 |  (IND) |
46.99 |
| 800 metres |  (KEN) |
1:46.05 GR | (KEN) |
1:46.15 | (SCO) |
1:50.42 |
| 1500 metres | Kumari Taki (KEN) |
3:39.80 GR | (KEN) |
3:40.77 |  (AUS) |
3:55.38 |
| 3000 metres | (KEN) |
7:59.56 | (KEN) |
7:59.78 | Alex Yee (ENG) |
8:18.12 |
| 110 metres hurdles | (RSA) |
13.50 |  (NZL) |
14.22 |  (NIR) |
14.32 |
| 400 metres hurdles |  (BAR) |
51.12 GR |  (JAM) |
51.54 | (AUS) |
52.33 |
| 4×100 metres relay | Botswana (BOT) Karabo Sibanda |
41.94 | Australia (AUS) |
42.67 |  Nigeria (NGR) |
42.68 |
| 4×200 metres relay | Nigeria (NGR) |
1:28.35 |  Samoa (SAM) |
1:35.76 | Only two starters | |
| 4×400 metres relay | Jamaica (JAM) Leonardo Ledgister |
3:13.45 | Samoa (SAM) |
3:43.15 | Only three starters and two finishers (Kenya DQ) | |
| High jump | Tejaswin Shankar (IND) |
2.14 m GR |  (SRI) |
2.11 m | (JAM) |
2.11 m |
| Long jump |  (GHA) |
7.67 m w | (AUS) |
7.48 m | (NIR) |
7.38 m |
| Shot put | (JAM) |
20.12 m GR | Werner Jakobus Visser (RSA) |
19.78 m | (RSA) |
19.31 m |
| Discus throw | Werner Jakobus Visser (RSA) |
60.94 m | (SCO) |
58.19 m | (RSA) |
58.02 m |
| Javelin throw | (IND) |
79.29 m | (ENG) |
68.23 m | (AUS) |
67.91 m |
Women[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Abolaji Omotayo Oluwaseun (NGR) |
11.59 | Aniekeme Alphonsus (NGR) |
11.64 | (SCO) |
11.72 |
| 200 metres | Idamadudu Praise Oghenefejiro (NGR) |
23.30 w | (SCO) |
23.61 w | Aniekeme Alphonsus (NGR) |
23.63 w |
| 400 metres | Junelle Bromfield (JAM) |
53.09 | Jisna Mathew (IND) |
53.14 | Idamadudu Praise Oghenefejiro (NGR) |
53.20 |
| 800 metres | (AUS) |
2:06.84 | (SCO) |
2:07.05 | (IND) |
2:07.33 |
| 1500 metres | (AUS) |
4:18.02 GR |  Peruth Chemutai (UGA) |
4:18.22 | (UGA) |
4:19.48 |
| 3000 metres | Sheila Chelangat (KEN) |
9:10.12 | Peruth Chemutai (UGA) |
9:20.20 | (UGA) |
9:56.62 |
| 100 metres hurdles | (RSA) |
13.18 GR | (AUS) |
13.39 | (AUS) |
13.46 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Junelle Bromfield (JAM) |
1:00.78 | (SRI) |
1:01.70 | Niamh Emerson (ENG) |
1:01.99 |
| 4×100 metres relay | Nigeria (NGR) Idamadudu Praise Oghenefejiro Abolaji Omotayo Oluwaseun |
45.86 | Australia (AUS) |
47.36 | Samoa (SAM) |
53.97 |
| 4×200 metres relay | Nigeria (NGR) Abolaji Omotayo Oluwaseun |
1:41.60 | Samoa (SAM) |
1:57.57 | Only two starters | |
| 4×400 metres relay | Nigeria (NGR) Abolaji Omotayo Oluwaseun Idamadudu Praise Oghenefejiro |
4:02.75 | Only two starters and one finisher (Samoa DQ) | |||
| High jump | Niamh Emerson (ENG) |
1.80 m | (ENG) |
1.77 m | (AUS) |
1.74 m |
| Long jump | (RSA) |
6.26 m w | (AUS) |
6.04 m w | (SCO) |
5.90 m w |
| Shot put | Grace Robinson (AUS) |
16.39 m GR | (ENG) |
15.78 m | (IND) |
15.03 m |
| Discus throw | (AUS) |
46.95 m | (AUS) |
46.20 m | (ENG) |
44.83 m |
| Javelin throw | (ENG) |
49.57 m |  (DMA) |
45.45 m |  (LCA) |
40.88 m |
Medal table[]
* Host nation (Samoa)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
| 3 | Australia | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Kenya | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Jamaica | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | England | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | India | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Botswana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Barbados | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ghana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Scotland | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 12 | Samoa* | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Uganda | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Cayman Islands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dominica | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | Northern Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Saint Lucia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (19 nations) | 32 | 31 | 27 | 90 | |
References[]
- ^ Samoa Commonwealth Youth Games 2015 Overall Competition Schedule v2. SamoaCYG2015. Retrieved on 2015-09-07.
- ^ Athletics. SamoaCYG2015. Retrieved on 2015-09-07.
- ^ Athletics Archived 2018-02-03 at the Wayback Machine. scyg-infoshare. Retrieved on 2015-09-07.
- ^ Commonwealth Youth Games 2011. World Junior Athletics History (archived). Retrieved on 2014-08-16.
- ^ Minshull, Phil (2015-09-07). Leotlela clocks second fastest ever youth 100m with 10.20 in Samoa. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-09-07.
- Results
- Commonwealth Youth Games 2015 7/09/2015 - 9/09/2015. QLDAthletics. Retrieved on 2015-09-07.
- Athletics. scyg-infoshare. Retrieved on 2015-09-07.
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