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]

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

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

  *   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
	South Africa (RSA)	2	2	1	5
8	Great Britain (GBR)	2	1	2	5
	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
	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

• All Information taken from IAAF's website.

Session reports

• Martin, Dave (2011-07-06). Sprint hurdler Zbaren confirms world leader status - Lille 2011 - Day 1, Morning report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
• Martin, Dave (2011-07-06). Historic firsts for Ethiopia and Jamaica, five world Youth leads the highlights in Lille – Day 1, Evening Report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
• Martin, Dave (2011-07-07). Gill looking to improve World best in Shot Put final – Lille 2011 - Day 2, Morning report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
• Martin, Dave (2011-07-07). World Youth bests by Gill and Stein in – Lille 2011 – Day 2, Evening Report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
• Martin, Dave (2011-07-08). Tanui rises to No. 4 youth all-time in 2000m Steeplechase - Lille 2011 - Day 3, Morning report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
• Martin, Dave (2011-07-08). Hall and Miller fulfill favourites’ roles with 400m triumphs - Lille 2011 - Day 3, Evening report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
• Martin, Dave (2011-07-09). In dramatic finish, Parshin takes 10,000m Race Walk title - Lille 2011 - Day 4, Morning report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
• Martin, Dave (2011-07-09). Kosencha blazes 1:44.08 World Youth best - Lille 2011 - Day 4, Evening report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
• Martin, Dave (2011-07-10). Sitonik’s impressive 3000m caps the action as curtain draws on World Youth champs - Lille 2011 - Day 5 report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-01.

• Official results
• Official competition website
• Official 2011 World Youth Championships website at IAAF