2015 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. This year, some sporting events listed below are qualifying ones, for athletes, to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. From July 2015 to May 2016, the venues for the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics will be tested, by hosting various events in them.
In 2015, the foremost athletics event was the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing. The two other major global level competitions in 2015 are the World Cross Country Championships and the IAAF World Relays.
This article lists the in the water and on the water forms of aquatic sports for 2016.
This article lists the in the water and on the water forms of aquatic sports for 2015.
This article lists the in the water and on the water forms of aquatic sports for 2014.
This article lists the in the water and on the water forms of aquatic sports for 2017.
The World U23 Wrestling Championships are the Amateur Wrestling World Championship for athletes under 23 years old and is organized by United World Wrestling. The tournament began in 2017.
This article lists the 12 different combat sports and their results for 2018.
This article lists the main weightlifting events and their results for 2015.
This article lists the main weightlifting events and their results for 2014.
This article lists the main weightlifting events and their results for 2013.
This article lists the main weightlifting events and their results for 2011.
The World Junior Wrestling Championships (U20) is the main wrestling championships in the Junior age category, organised by United World Wrestling (UWW). This event was held twice in 1979 and 1980.
Taipei [1] 
Saint Petersburg [2] 
Doha [4] 
Cuba won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
Lviv [5] 
Tashkent [6] 
San José, Costa Rica [7] 
Abner Figueroa
José Núñez
José Carlos Lopez Quintanilla
Wūlánchábù [9] 
Samokov [10] 
Great Britain won the overall medal tally.
Keszthely [11] 
Vargas [12] 
Casablanca 
Bangkok [15] 
Kazakhstan won the gold medal tally. 
Canberra [16] 
Kołobrzeg 
Brazil (Olympic Test Event) [17] 
