2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics explained

2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Host City:	Lille Métropole, France
Nations:	173
Athletes:	1375
Events:	40
Dates:	6–10 July
Stadium:	Stadium Lille-Métropole
Previous:	2009 Brixen

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

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

Girls

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