2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 400 metres hurdles

The boys' 400 metres hurdles at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 6, 7 and 9 July.[1]

Boys' 400 metres hurdles
at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics
VenueStadium Lille Métropole
Dates6 July (heats)
7 July (semifinal)
9 July (final)
Competitors43
Winning time50.97 WYL
Medalists
gold medal    Russia
silver medal    Saudi Arabia
bronze medal    Japan
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Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Egor Kuznetsov
  Russia
Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh
  Saudi Arabia
Takahiro Matsumoto
  Japan

Records

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Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best   William Wynne (USA) 49.01 Ostrava, Czech Republic 15 July 2007
Championship Record
World Youth Leading   Christiaan Mouton (RSA) 51.24 Paarl, South Africa 12 March 2011

During the competition, Egor Kuznetsov lowered the world youth leading to 50.97.

Heats

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Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified.[2]

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Yahya Ibrahim Barnawi   Saudi Arabia 51.93 Q, PB
2 4 Jonathan Russell   United States 51.94 Q, PB
3 2 Ken Kirui Tele   Kenya 52.58 Q, PB
4 5 Riadh Sayeh   Tunisia 53.09 q
5 7 Gerald Drummond   Costa Rica 53.22 q, PB
6 6 Timothee Yap Jin Wei   Singapore 54.55 PB
7 1 Roman Olejník   Slovakia 55.77

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Durgesh Kumar   India 52.22 Q
2 7 Chiebonam Mba   Nigeria 53.47 Q, PB
3 3 Mattia Contini   Italy 53.88 Q
4 1 Oleksiy Matskevych   Ukraine 53.92 q
5 2 Johan Nicolai Hartling   Denmark 54.24 PB
6 6 Jordan Sherwood   Canada 55.54
7 4 Ali Mohammed   Kuwait 55.63

Heat 3

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Egor Kuznetsov   Russia 52.74 Q
2 5 Kion Joseph   Barbados 53.57 Q
3 7 Mustafa Amer Shaheen   Iraq 53.78 Q, PB
4 1 Clément François   France 54.26
5 4 Cristian Rosa   Portugal 55.00 PB
6 3 Han Se-hyun   South Korea 57.64
7 2 Ouadie El Ouazzani   Morocco 58.15

Heat 4

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Shota Madokoro   Japan 53.46 Q, PB
2 2 Christiaan Mouton   South Africa 53.52 Q
3 4 Nimet Sen   Turkey 53.93 Q
4 5 Sten Ütsmüts   Estonia 54.84 PB
5 1 Carlos Tabara   Ecuador 56.28
6 7 Azim Abdullaev   Tajikistan 56.94 SB
7 6 Omar Abdulla Al Jassim   Qatar 57.24

Heat 5

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 8 Ramfis Vega   Puerto Rico 52.57 Q, PB
2 2 Takahiro Matsumoto   Japan 53.42 Q, PB
3 4 Tramaine Maloney   Barbados 53.53 Q, SB
4 5 Ali Khamis   Bahrain 54.27 PB
5 6 Lahiru Jumani   Sri Lanka 54.42
6 7 Christian Lozada   Ecuador 54.69
7 1 Juan Antonio Moraques   Spain 54.78
- 3 Sid-Ali Khedim   Algeria DNF

Heat 6

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh   Saudi Arabia 51.71 Q, PB
2 2 Omar McLeod   Jamaica 51.74 Q, PB
3 4 Constant Pretorius   South Africa 52.30 Q
4 1 Dylan Dimock   Canada 52.76 q, PB
5 6 Markus Loftås   Norway 53.22 q, PB
6 5 Jean Lindsay Emilien   Mauritius 53.90 q, PB
7 3 Kenzi Yedjedd   Algeria 56.03

Semifinals

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Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.[3]

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Takahiro Matsumoto   Japan 52.20 Q, PB
2 5 Ramfis Vega   Puerto Rico 52.42 Q, PB
3 3 Durgesh Kumar   India 52.96
4 6 Chiebonam Mba   Nigeria 53.13 PB
5 8 Tramaine Maloney   Barbados 53.26 SB
6 7 Mustafa Amer Shaheen   Iraq 53.67 PB
7 2 Markus Loftås   Norway 54.10
8 1 Gerald Drummond   Costa Rica 54.65

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 8 Constant Pretorius   South Africa 51.57 Q, PB
2 5 Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh   Saudi Arabia 51.59 Q, PB
3 3 Shota Madokoro   Japan 51.72 q, PB
4 6 Omar McLeod   Jamaica 51.91 q
5 4 Kion Joseph   Barbados 52.77 PB
6 1 Dylan Dimock   Canada 53.40
7 7 Nimet Sen   Turkey 53.79
8 2 Oleksiy Matskevych   Ukraine 54.09 PB

Heat 3

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Egor Kuznetsov   Russia 51.31 Q, PB
2 7 Ken Kirui Tele   Kenya 51.92 Q, PB
3 3 Jonathan Russell   United States 52.06
4 1 Riadh Sayeh   Tunisia 52.18 PB
5 5 Yahya Ibrahim Barnawi   Saudi Arabia 52.48
6 4 Christiaan Mouton   South Africa 52.54
7 8 Mattia Contini   Italy 53.75
8 2 Jean Lindsay Emilien   Mauritius 53.88 PB

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Egor Kuznetsov   Russia 50.97 WYL
  5 Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh   Saudi Arabia 51.14 PB
  4 Takahiro Matsumoto   Japan 51.26 PB
4 8 Ken Kirui Tele   Kenya 51.33 PB
5 6 Constant Pretorius   South Africa 51.34 PB
6 7 Ramfis Vega   Puerto Rico 51.50 PB
7 1 Shota Madokoro   Japan 51.77
8 2 Omar McLeod   Jamaica 52.82

References

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  1. ^ Timetable
  2. ^ "400m Hurdles (84.0cm) Boys - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 6 July 2011.
  3. ^ "400m Hurdles (84.0cm) Boys - Semi-Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 7 July 2011.
  4. ^ "400m Hurdles (84.0cm) Boys - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 9 July 2011.