2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics

2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Host city	Lille Métropole, France
Nations	173
Athletes	1375
Events	40
Dates	6–10 July
Main venue	Stadium Lille Métropole
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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]

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.

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 details	Odail Todd Jamaica	10.51 PB	Kazuma Oseto Japan	10.52	Mickaël Zézé France	10.57
200 metres details	Stephen Newbold Bahamas	20.89 PB	Odail Todd Jamaica	21.00 PB	Ronald Darby United States	21.08
400 metres details	Arman Hall United States	46.01 WYL	Alphas Kishoyian Kenya	46.58	Patryk Dobek Poland	46.67 PB
800 metres details	Leonard Kirwa Kosencha Kenya	1:44.08 WYB	Mohammed Aman Ethiopia	1:44.68 PB	Timothy Kitum Kenya	1:44.98 PB
1500 metres details	Teshome Dirirsa Ethiopia	3:39.13 PB	Vincent Kiprotich Mutai Kenya	3:39.17 PB	Jonathan Kiplimo Sawe Kenya	3:39.54
3000 metres details	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 details	Andries van der Merwe South Africa	13.41	Joshua Hawkins New Zealand	13.44 PB	Wilhem Belocian France	13.51 PB
400 metres hurdles details	Egor Kuznetsov Russia	50.97 WYL	Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh Saudi Arabia	51.14 PB	Takahiro Matsumoto Japan	51.26 PB
2000 metres steeplechase details	Conseslus Kipruto Kenya	5:28.65 WYL	Gilbert Kiplangat Kirui Kenya	5:30.49	Zacharia Kiprotich Uganda	5:37.98 PB
Medley relay details	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 details	Pavel Parshin Russia	40:51.31 CR	Kenny Martín Pérez Colombia	40:59.25 PB	Erwin González Mexico	41:09.60 PB
High jump details	Gaël Lévecque France	2.13 m PB	Usman Usmanov Russia	2.13 m PB	Justin Fondren United States	2.13 m
Pole vault details	Robert Renner Slovenia	5.25 m PB	Melker Svärd-Jacobsson Sweden	5.15 m	Jacob Blankenship United States	5.05 m
Long jump details	Lin Qing China	7.83 m PB	Johan Taléus Sweden	7.44 m	Stefano Braga Italy	7.42 m
Triple jump details	Latario Collie-Minns Bahamas	16.06 m	Albert Janki South Africa	15.95 m	Lathone Collie-Minns Bahamas	15.51 m
Shot put details	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 details	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 details	Bence Pásztor Hungary	82.60 m CR	Özkan Baltaci Turkey	78.63 m PB	Serhiy Reheda Ukraine	74.06 m
Javelin throw details	Reinhard van Zyl South Africa	82.96 m PB	Morné Moolman South Africa	80.99 m	Zhang Guisheng China	77.62 m
Octathlon details	Jake Stein Australia	6491 WYB	Fredrick Ekholm Sweden	6127 PB	Felipe dos Santos Brazil	5966 PB

Girls

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

Medal table

* Host nation (France)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	6	4	6	16
2	Kenya (KEN)	5	5	4	14
3	Jamaica (JAM)	4	1	4	9
4	Bahamas (BAH)	3	0	1	4
5	China (CHN)	2	4	1	7
6	Ethiopia (ETH)	2	2	1	5
6	South Africa (RSA)	2	2	1	5
8	Great Britain (GBR)	2	1	2	5
8	Russia (RUS)	2	1	2	5
10	Cuba (CUB)	2	1	1	4
11	France (FRA)*	2	0	3	5
12	Germany (GER)	2	0	1	3
13	Australia (AUS)	1	2	1	4
14	New Zealand (NZL)	1	1	0	2
15	Romania (ROU)	1	0	1	2
16	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	0	1
	Ireland (IRL)	1	0	0	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	1	0	0	1
19	Sweden (SWE)	0	4	0	4
20	Canada (CAN)	0	2	1	3
20	Japan (JPN)	0	2	1	3
22	Italy (ITA)	0	1	1	2
	Poland (POL)	0	1	1	2
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	1	2
25	Colombia (COL)	0	1	0	1
	Morocco (MAR)	0	1	0	1
	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
	Turkey (TUR)	0	1	0	1
30	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
	Eritrea (ERI)	0	0	1	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
	Uganda (UGA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (35 entries)		40	40	40	120