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.Samoa Commonwealth Youth Games 2015 Overall Competition Schedule v2 . SamoaCYG2015. Retrieved on 2015-09-07.
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.Athletics. SamoaCYG2015. Retrieved on 2015-09-07. 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.Athletics . scyg-infoshare. Retrieved on 2015-09-07.Commonwealth Youth Games 2011. World Junior Athletics History (archived). Retrieved on 2014-08-16.
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.Minshull, Phil (2015-09-07). Leotlela clocks second fastest ever youth 100m with 10.20 in Samoa. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-09-07.
Medal summary Men 100 metres 10.20 10.39 10.42200 metres 20.56 20.56 21.11 400 metres 45.83 46.46 46.99800 metres 1:46.05 1:46.15 1:50.421500 metres 3:39.80 3:40.77 3:55.383000 metres 7:59.56 7:59.78 8:18.12110 metres hurdles 13.50 14.22 14.32400 metres hurdles 51.12 51.54 52.334×100 metres relay Karabo SibandaThabiso SekgopiAobakwe MalauKabo Mphali41.94 Grant SzalekJohnathan TaylorRowan SuttonLachlan McDermot42.67 Henry Effiong EtimAdeyemi SikiruItsekiri Usheoritse EseIdjesa Uruemu42.684×200 metres relay Ojeikere Precious OmokheoaItsekiri Usheoritse EseIdjesa UruemuAdeyemi Sikiru1:28.35 Junior PalamoJoe FrueanLuatimu SamauWilliam Brown1:35.76Only two starters4×400 metres relay Leonardo LedgisterMichael BentleyLeon ClarkeJauavney James3:13.45 Leo TiasasaWilliam BrownMatthew KolioDaniel Talivaa3:43.15Only three starters and two finishers (Kenya DQ) High jump 2.14 m 2.11 m 2.11 m Long jump 7.67 m 7.48 m 7.38 m Shot put 20.12 m 19.78 m 19.31 m Discus throw 60.94 m 58.19 m 58.02 m Javelin throw 79.29 m 68.23 m 67.91 m
Women 100 metres 11.59 11.64 11.72200 metres 23.30 23.61 23.63 400 metres 53.09 53.14 53.20800 metres 2:06.84 2:07.05 2:07.331500 metres 4:18.02 4:18.22 4:19.483000 metres 9:10.12 9:20.20 9:56.62100 metres hurdles 13.18 13.39 13.46400 metres hurdles 1:00.78 1:01.70 1:01.994×100 metres relay Aniekeme AlphonsusIdamadudu Praise OghenefejiroAdiakerehwa BlessingAbolaji Omotayo Oluwaseun45.86 Rachel PaceKirra WomersleyMadeleine AttleeJacinta Beecher47.36 Claudia OsborneMiriama MefiposetaEmele PaletasalaJune Solia53.974×200 metres relay Adiakerehwa BlessingUche BrownAniekeme AlphonsusAbolaji Omotayo Oluwaseun1:41.60 Miriama MefiposetaJune SoliaEmele PaletasalaClaudia Osborne1:57.57Only two starters4×400 metres relay Adiakerehwa BlessingAbolaji Omotayo OluwaseunAniekeme AlphonsusIdamadudu Praise Oghenefejiro4:02.75Only two starters and one finisher (Samoa DQ) High jump 1.80 m 1.77 m 1.74 m Long jump 6.26 m 6.04 m 5.90 m Shot put 16.39 m 15.78 m 15.03 m Discus throw 46.95 m 46.20 m 44.83 m Javelin throw 49.57 m 45.45 m 40.88 m
Medal table
References
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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