Draft:2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' javelin throw

Boys' javelin throw at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Dates	18–19 July
Competitors	34 from 26 nations
Winning distance	78.49
Medalists
Paul Botha   South Africa   Niklas Kaul   Germany   Vladislav Palyunin   Uzbekistan

The boys' javelin throw at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia from 18 to 19 July 2015.

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best	Braian Toledo (ARG)	89.34	Mar del Plata, Argentina	6 March 2010
Championship Record	Morné Moolman (RSA)	83.16	Lille, France	9 July 2011
World Youth Leading	Niklas Kaul (GER)	83.94	Halle, Germany	17 May 2015

Results

Qualification

With qualifying standard of 73.00 (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Mark	Notes
1	B	Hercules van Vuuren	South Africa	79.04			79.04	Q, PB
2	B	Manu Quijera	Spain	71.72	72.92	77.26	77.26	Q, PB
3	B	Conor Warren	Australia	77.03			77.03	Q
4	A	Niklas Kaul	Germany	72.18	71.94	76.32	76.32	Q
5	A	Ronny Cedeño	Cuba	67.02	76.18		76.18	Q, PB
6	B	Norman Plischke	Germany	69.36	75.31		75.31	Q, PB
7	A	Mateusz Zabłocki	Poland	68.89	75.12		75.12	Q, PB
8	A	Paul Botha	South Africa	71.57	74.60		74.60	Q, PB
9	B	Simone Comini	Italy	69.78	74.58		74.58	Q, PB
10	A	Patriks Gailums	Latvia	x	74.23		74.23	Q
11	B	Vladislav Palyunin	Uzbekistan	74.21			74.21	Q
12	A	Lukas Moutarde	France	72.66	73.02		73.02	Q
13	B	Jiří Kučera	Czech Republic	69.05	64.15	72.77	72.77
14	B	Liam Christensen	United States	72.60	x	x	72.60	PB
15	A	Rasmus Eriksson	Sweden	68.10	69.99	63.33	69.99
16	B	Cyprian Mrzygłód	Poland	68.66	69.52	x	69.52
17	A	Aliaksei Katkavets	Belarus	67.10	x	68.01	68.01
18	A	Mohd Hadeesh	India	61.11	66.47	67.37	67.37
19	B	Sondre Høyland	Norway	67.01	63.89	58.80	67.01	PB
20	A	Karel Tilga	Estonia	x	x	65.98	65.98
21	B	Gen Naganuma	Japan	54.90	65.96	59.09	65.96	PB
22	A	Furkan Sivridemir	Turkey	55.95	65.58	x	65.58	PB
23	B	Joel Benítez	Venezuela	49.72	64.65	x	64.65
24	B	Abhishek Drall	India	63.08	57.89	x	63.08
25	A	Alexander Skorpen	Norway	62.92	x	x	62.92
26	B	Cemil Berke Özcan	Turkey	57.39	61.32	57.03	61.32
27	B	Marek Taškár	Slovakia	57.92	60.06	57.95	60.06
28	A	Ángel Alemán	Mexico	59.76	x	x	59.76
29	A	Nico Horn	Namibia	59.16	58.86	58.29	59.16
30	A	Wang Zehui	China	57.24	x	58.71	58.71
31	B	Zakhar Mishchenko	Ukraine	x	x	56.52	56.52
32	A	Luis León	Colombia	x	55.49	52.52	55.49
33	A	Cameron McEntyre	Australia	x	x	54.00	54.00
–	B	Gustav Eichmüller	Sweden	x	x	x	NM

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Mark	Notes
	Paul Botha	South Africa	68.50	78.49	x	72.38	x	x	78.49	PB
	Niklas Kaul	Germany	78.05	76.09	x	x	76.03	x	78.05
	Vladislav Palyunin	Uzbekistan	x	70.53	69.22	76.77	x	x	76.77
4	Manu Quijera	Spain	76.48	71.33	x	66.93	74.61	x	76.48
5	Hercules van Vuuren	South Africa	60.29	74.16	76.04	x	69.50	74.68	76.04
6	Lukas Moutarde	France	73.61	x	x	68.10	65.50	71.65	73.61
7	Norman Plischke	Germany	67.59	71.89	65.77	x	x	67.49	71.89
8	Ronny Cedeño	Cuba	60.10	61.43	71.73	x	67.71	x	71.73
9	Simone Comini	Italy	68.43	x	62.87				68.43
10	Mateusz Zabłocki	Poland	62.41	x	67.93				67.93
11	Patriks Gailums	Latvia	65.89	x	66.75				66.75
12	Conor Warren	Australia	61.02	61.80	59.40				61.80