2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics

The 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics were the seventh edition of the World Youth Championships in Athletics. They were held in Lille Métropole, France, with stadium-based events at Stadium Lille-Métropole in Villeneuve d'Ascq, on 6–10 July 2011. Eligible athletes were aged 16 or 17 on 31 December 2011 (born in 1994 or 1995). The event had record participation levels, with 1375 athletes (757 boys/618 girls) from 173 countries entering the tournament.[1]

2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Host city Lille Métropole, France
Nations participating173
Athletes participating1375
Events40
Dates6–10 July
Main venueStadium Lille-Métropole

Over the five-day competition, forty track and field events were contested (20 for boys and 20 for girls). A total of five world youth best marks were set in Lille. New Zealand's Jacko Gill won the shot put by four metres, improving his own youth best to 24.35 m. Jake Stein collected a record 6491 points in the octathlon, while Leonard Kirwa Kosencha of Kenya ran a world youth best of 1:44.08 minutes for the 800 metres. The United States boys and Jamaican girls ran record times to win their respective medley relay events. Four further championship records were also broken at the competition.

Host stadium in Lille

The United States topped the medals table (six golds and 16 in total), closely followed by Kenya, which took five golds and 14 altogether from the middle- and long-distance races. Jamaica came third, winning most of its medals in the sprints and jumps, although Fedrick Dacres made history by taking the country's first ever gold in the discus throw.[2] The same top-three order occurred in the points table, which took into account placings in the top eight of each event.[3]

Medal summary

Boys

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
Odail Todd
 Jamaica
10.51
PB
Kazuma Oseto
 Japan
10.52 Mickaël Zézé
 France
10.57
200 metres
Stephen Newbold
 Bahamas
20.89
PB
Odail Todd
 Jamaica
21.00
PB
Ronald Darby
 United States
21.08
400 metres
Arman Hall
 United States
46.01
WYL
Alphas Kishoyian
 Kenya
46.58 Patryk Dobek
 Poland
46.67
PB
800 metres
Leonard Kirwa Kosencha
 Kenya
1:44.08
WYB
Mohammed Aman
 Ethiopia
1:44.68
PB
Timothy Kitum
 Kenya
1:44.98
PB
1500 metres
Teshome Dirirsa
 Ethiopia
3:39.13
PB
Vincent Kiprotich Mutai
 Kenya
3:39.17
PB
Jonathan Kiplimo Sawe
 Kenya
3:39.54
3000 metres
William Malel Sitonik
 Kenya
7:40.10
CR
Patrick Mutunga Mwikya
 Kenya
7:40.47
PB
Abrar Osman
 Eritrea
7:40.89
PB
110 metres hurdles
Andries van der Merwe
 South Africa
13.41 Joshua Hawkins
 New Zealand
13.44
PB
Wilhem Belocian
 France
13.51
PB
400 metres hurdles
Egor Kuznetsov
 Russia
50.97
WYL
Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh
 Saudi Arabia
51.14
PB
Takahiro Matsumoto
 Japan
51.26
PB
2000 metres steeplechase
Conseslus Kipruto
 Kenya
5:28.65
WYL
Gilbert Kiplangat Kirui
 Kenya
5:30.49 Zacharia Kiprotich
 Uganda
5:37.98
PB
Medley relay
 United States
Ronald Darby
Aldrich Bailey
Najee Glass
Arman Hall
1:49.47
WYB
 Japan
Kazuma Oseto
Akiyuki Hashimoto
Shotaro Aikyo
Takuya Fukunaga
1:50.69
PB
 France
Wilhem Belocian
Mickaël Zézé
Jordan Geenen
Thomas Jordier
1:51.81
PB
10,000 metres walk
Pavel Parshin
 Russia
40:51.31
CR
Kenny Martín Pérez
 Colombia
40:59.25
PB
Erwin González
 Mexico
41:09.60
PB
High jump
Gaël Lévecque
 France
2.13 m
PB
Usman Usmanov
 Russia
2.13 m
PB
Justin Fondren
 United States
2.13 m
Pole vault
Robert Renner
 Slovenia
5.25 m
PB
Melker Svärd-Jacobsson
 Sweden
5.15 m Jacob Blankenship
 United States
5.05 m
Long jump
Lin Qing
 China
7.83 m
PB
Johan Taléus
 Sweden
7.44 m Stefano Braga
 Italy
7.42 m
Triple jump
Latario Collie-Minns
 Bahamas
16.06 m Albert Janki
 South Africa
15.95 m Lathone Collie-Minns
 Bahamas
15.51 m
Shot put
Jacko Gill
 New Zealand
24.35 m
WYB
Tyler Schultz
 United States
20.35 m
PB
Braheme Days, Jr.
 United States
20.14 m
PB
Discus throw
Fedrick Dacres
 Jamaica
67.05 m
WYL
Ethan Cochran
 United States
61.37 m
PB
Gerhard de Beer
 South Africa
60.63 m
PB
Hammer throw
Bence Pásztor
 Hungary
82.60 m
CR
Özkan Baltaci
 Turkey
78.63 m
PB
Serhiy Reheda
 Ukraine
74.06 m
Javelin throw
Reinhard van Zyl
 South Africa
82.96 m
PB
Morné Moolman
 South Africa
80.99 m Zhang Guisheng
 China
77.62 m
Octathlon
Jake Stein
 Australia
6491
WYB
Fredrick Ekholm
 Sweden
6127
PB
Felipe dos Santos
 Brazil
5966
PB

Girls

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
Jennifer Madu
 United States
11.57
PB
Myasia Jacobs
 United States
11.61 Christania Williams
 Jamaica
11.63
200 metres
Desiree Henry
 Great Britain
23.25
WYL
Christian Brennan
 Canada
23.47
PB
Shericka Jackson
 Jamaica
23.62
400 metres
Shaunae Miller
 Bahamas
51.84
PB
Christian Brennan
 Canada
52.12
PB
Olivia James
 Jamaica
52.14
PB
800 metres
Ajee' Wilson
 United States
2:02.64
PB
Wang Chunyu
 China
2:03.23
PB
Jessica Judd
 Great Britain
2:03.43
1500 metres
Faith Kipyegon
 Kenya
4:09.48
CR
Senbere Teferi
 Ethiopia
4:10.54
PB
Genet Tibieso
 Ethiopia
4:11.56
PB
3000 metres
Gotytom Gebreslase
 Ethiopia
8:56.36
WYL
Ziporah Wanjiru Kingori
 Kenya
8:56.82
PB
Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui
 Kenya
8:58.63
PB
100 metres hurdles
Trinity Wilson
 United States
13.11
WYL
Noemi Zbären
  Switzerland
13.17
PB
Kendell Williams
 United States
13.28
PB
400 metres hurdles
Nnenya Hailey
 United States
57.93
WYL
Sarah Carli
 Australia
58.05
PB
Surian Hechavarría
 Cuba
58.37
PB
2000 metres steeplechase
Norah Jeruto Tanui
 Kenya
6:16.41
WYL
Fadwa Sidi Madane
 Morocco
6:20.98
PB
Lilian Jepkorir Chemweno
 Kenya
6:21.85
PB
Medley relay
 Jamaica
Christania Williams
Shericka Jackson
Chris-Ann Gordon
Olivia James
2:03.42
WYB
 United States
Jennifer Madu
Bealoved Brown
Kendall Baisden
Robin Reynolds
2:03.92
SB
 Canada
Shamelle Pless
Khamica Bingham
Christian Brennan
Sage Watson
2:05.72
PB
5000 metres walk
Kate Veale
 Ireland
21:45.59
WYL
Mao Yanxue
 China
22:00.15
PB
Nadezhda Leontyeva
 Russia
22:00.84
PB
High jump
Ligia Grozav
 Romania
1.87 m
WYL
Iryna Herashchenko
 Ukraine
1.87 m
WYL
Chanice Porter
 Jamaica
1.82 m
Pole vault
Desiree Singh
 Germany
4.25 m
WYL
Liz Parnov
 Australia
4.20 m
SB
Lucy Bryan
 Great Britain
4.10 m
PB
Long jump
Chanice Porter
 Jamaica
6.22 m Anastassia Angioi
 Italy
6.17 m Marina Buchelnikova
 Russia
6.11 m
Triple jump
Sokhna Galle
 France
13.62 m Li Jingyu
 China
13.57 m
PB
Ana Peleteiro
 Spain
12.92 m
Shot put
Guo Tianqian
 China
15.24 m Sophie McKinna
 Great Britain
14.90 m Katinka Urbaniak
 Germany
14.71 m
Discus throw
Rosalía Vázquez
 Cuba
53.51 m Yan Liang
 China
52.89 m
PB
Shelbi Vaughan
 United States
52.58 m
Hammer throw
Louisa James
 Great Britain
57.13 m
PB
Malwina Kopron
 Poland
57.03 m
PB
Roxana Perie
 Romania
56.75 m
PB
Javelin throw
Christin Hussong
 Germany
59.74 m
WYL
Sofi Flinck
 Sweden
54.62 m
PB
Monique Cilione
 Australia
52.77 m
PB
Heptathlon
Yusleidys Mendieta
 Cuba
5697
WYL
Yorgelis Rodriguez
 Cuba
5671
PB
Marjolein Lindemans
 Belgium
5532
PB

Medal table

  *   Host nation (France)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)64616
2 Kenya (KEN)55414
3 Jamaica (JAM)4149
4 Bahamas (BAH)3014
5 China (CHN)2417
6 Ethiopia (ETH)2215
 South Africa (RSA)2215
8 Great Britain (GBR)2125
 Russia (RUS)2125
10 Cuba (CUB)2114
11 France (FRA)*2035
12 Germany (GER)2013
13 Australia (AUS)1214
14 New Zealand (NZL)1102
15 Romania (ROU)1012
16 Hungary (HUN)1001
 Ireland (IRL)1001
 Slovenia (SLO)1001
19 Sweden (SWE)0404
20 Canada (CAN)0213
 Japan (JPN)0213
22 Italy (ITA)0112
 Poland (POL)0112
 Ukraine (UKR)0112
25 Colombia (COL)0101
 Morocco (MAR)0101
 Saudi Arabia (KSA)0101
  Switzerland (SUI)0101
 Turkey (TUR)0101
30 Belgium (BEL)0011
 Brazil (BRA)0011
 Eritrea (ERI)0011
 Mexico (MEX)0011
 Spain (ESP)0011
 Uganda (UGA)0011
Totals (35 nations)404040120
  • All Information taken from IAAF's website.

Participating nations

References

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  2. Gilpin, Jodi-Ann (2011-07-12). 'Nothing stops him' - Fedrick' Dacres' Mom says his resilience paid off. Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
  3. placing table. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
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  5. Austria
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  7. Brazil
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  10. Estonia
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  19. USA
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