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was one of the nine sports of the

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. Held between 7 and 9 September, the events were staged at the Apia Park Sports Complex in

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, Samoa. Each

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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. Compared to the previous edition, the 2015 programme did not include the

2000 metres steeplechase The 2000 meter steeplechase is a rarely run senior athletics and a standard youth athletics event for the steeplechase in track and field. The event is part of the athletics programme for boys and girls at the IAAF World Youth Championships in At ...

hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consis ...

, and

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

disciplines. Two relay races were added to the programme, over distances of 4 × 200 m and 4 × 400 m. The highlight of the first day was a run of 10.20 seconds by the winner of the boys'

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

, 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

Women

Medal table

References

;Results

QLDAthletics. Retrieved on 2015-09-07.
Athletics
scyg-infoshare. Retrieved on 2015-09-07.

External links

Official website
{{Commonwealth Youth Games Athletics

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