2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 400 metres hurdles explained
The Boy's 400 metres hurdles at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Nord Lille Métropole on 6, 7 and 9 July.[1]
Medalists
| width=200 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
Egor Kuznetsov
 | Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh
| Takahiro Matsumoto
 | |
Records
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
During the competition, Egor Kuznetsov lowered the world youth leading to 50.97.
Heats
Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified.[2]
Heat 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | 3 | | | 51.93 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 4 | | | 51.94 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 2 | | | 52.58 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 5 | | | 53.09 | q |
| 5 | 7 | | | 53.22 | q, PB |
| 6 | 6 | | | 54.55 | PB |
| 7 | 1 | | | 55.77 | | |
Heat 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | 5 | | | 52.22 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | | | 53.47 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | | | 53.88 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | | | 53.92 | q |
| 5 | 2 | | | 54.24 | PB |
| 6 | 6 | | | 55.54 | |
| 7 | 4 | | | 55.63 | | |
Heat 3
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | 6 | | | 52.74 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | | | 53.57 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | | | 53.78 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 1 | | | 54.26 | |
| 5 | 4 | | | 55.00 | PB |
| 6 | 3 | | | 57.64 | |
| 7 | 2 | | | 58.15 | | |
Heat 4
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | 3 | | | 53.46 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 2 | | | 53.52 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | | | 53.93 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | | | 54.84 | PB |
| 5 | 1 | | | 56.28 | |
| 6 | 7 | | | 56.94 | SB |
| 7 | 6 | | | 57.24 | | |
Heat 5
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | 8 | | | 52.57 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 2 | | | 53.42 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 4 | | | 53.53 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 5 | | | 54.27 | PB |
| 5 | 6 | | | 54.42 | |
| 6 | 7 | | | 54.69 | |
| 7 | 1 | | | 54.78 | |
| 3 | | | DNF | | |
Heat 6
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | 7 | | | 51.71 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 2 | | | 51.74 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 4 | | | 52.30 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | | | 52.76 | q, PB |
| 5 | 6 | | | 53.22 | q, PB |
| 6 | 5 | | | 53.90 | q, PB |
| 7 | 3 | | | 56.03 | | |
Semifinals
Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.[3]
Heat 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | 4 | | | 52.20 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 5 | | | 52.42 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | | | 52.96 | |
| 4 | 6 | | | 53.13 | PB |
| 5 | 8 | | | 53.26 | SB |
| 6 | 7 | | | 53.67 | PB |
| 7 | 2 | | | 54.10 | |
| 8 | 1 | | | 54.65 | | |
Heat 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | 8 | | | 51.57 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 5 | | | 51.59 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | | | 51.72 | q, PB |
| 4 | 6 | | | 51.91 | q |
| 5 | 4 | | | 52.77 | PB |
| 6 | 1 | | | 53.40 | |
| 7 | 7 | | | 53.79 | |
| 8 | 2 | | | 54.09 | PB | |
Heat 3
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | 6 | | | 51.31 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 7 | | | 51.92 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | | | 52.06 | |
| 4 | 1 | | | 52.18 | PB |
| 5 | 5 | | | 52.48 | |
| 6 | 4 | | | 52.54 | |
| 7 | 8 | | | 53.75 | |
| 8 | 2 | | | 53.88 | PB | |
Final
[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|
| 3 | | | 50.97 | WYL |
| 5 | | | 51.14 | PB |
| 4 | | | 51.26 | PB |
| 4 | 8 | | | 51.33 | PB |
| 5 | 6 | | | 51.34 | PB |
| 6 | 7 | | | 51.50 | PB |
| 7 | 1 | | | 51.77 | |
| 8 | 2 | | | 52.82 | | |
Notes and References
- http://www.iaaf.org/wyc11/results/eventCode=4528/racedate=08-06-2011/bydate.html Timetable
- http://www.iaaf.org/wyc11/results/eventCode=4528/racedate=07-06-2011/sex=M/discCode=400HY/combCode=hash/roundCode=h/results.html#detM_400HY_hash_h Heat results
- http://www.iaaf.org/wyc11/results/eventCode=4528/racedate=07-07-2011/sex=M/discCode=400HY/combCode=hash/roundCode=sf/startlist.html#detM_400HY_hash_sf Semifinal results
- http://www.iaaf.org/wyc11/results/eventCode=4528/racedate=07-09-2011/sex=M/discCode=400HY/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#detM_400HY_hash_f Final results
