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 cityFrance Lille Métropole, France
Nations173
Athletes1375
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

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Boys

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

Girls

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

Medal table

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  *   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 entries)404040120
  • All Information taken from IAAF's website.

Participating nations

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References

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  1. ^ 1375 Young Athletes In The World Youth Championships 2011 Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine. Lille Metropole 2011 (2011-07-04). Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
  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[permanent dead link]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-01.
  4. ^ Australia
  5. ^ Austria
  6. ^ Bahamas
  7. ^ Brazil
  8. ^ Athletics Canada names 2011 World Youth Team
  9. ^ Denmark
  10. ^ Estonia
  11. ^ Germany
  12. ^ "UK". Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
  13. ^ India
  14. ^ Italy
  15. ^ "Latvia". Archived from the original on 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
  16. ^ Lithuania
  17. ^ New Zealand
  18. ^ "Sweden". Archived from the original on 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
  19. ^ USA
Session reports
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