Athletics at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games explained

Athletics at the IV Commonwealth Youth Games
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Host City:Douglas, Isle of Man
Dates:September
Stadium:National Sports Centre
Events:34
Records Set:11 games records
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Games:2011 Commonwealth Youth Games

Athletics was one of the seven sports of the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games. Held between 9 and 11 September, the events were staged at the National Sports Centre in Douglas, Isle of Man.

A total of 34 athletics events were contested, 17 for both boys and girls. Racewalking and pole vault events were scheduled for both sexes, but did not take place due to lack of entries. Over the course of the three-day tournament 11 Commonwealth Youth Games records were set or improved. Strong tailwinds affected both the sprint events and horizontal jumps.

Each Commonwealth Games Association sent up to two athletes per event, including one relay team. The age of participating athletes was limited to 16- and 17-year-olds only. This meant that for 2011 athletes must have been born in 1994 or 1995 to be eligible to take part.[1]

England was the most successful nation in the athletics programme, winning twelve events and taking 21 medals in total. South Africa won the next most gold medals, with six, while Australia had the next highest medal tally, with 17 medals overall. Kenya also performed well, with four golds among its ten medals. Host nation Isle of Man won one bronze medal. Twenty-six nations reached the athletics medal table.

The men's 800 metres was high calibre and medallists Timothy Kitum and Nijel Amos both went on to win medals at the 2012 London Olympics. Jazmin Sawyers, the long jump and relay gold medallist in Douglas, advanced into the senior ranks three years later at the 2014 Commonwealth Games by getting the long jump silver.

Medal summary

Boys

100 metres[2]
(wind: +2.9 m/s)		10.50 10.52 10.53
200 metres[3] 21.52 21.66 21.75
400 metres[4] 47.7648.2848.99
800 metres[5] 1:49.32 1:50.62 1:51.07
1500 metres[6] 3:48.383:50.323:51.89
3000 metres[7] 7:57.03 8:00.81 8:02.33
110 metres hurdles[8]
(wind: +3.4 m/s)		13.32 13.59 13.85
400 metres hurdles[9] 51.76 53.0553.52
2000 metres steeplechase[10] 5:41.81 5:43.935:56.91
4×100 metres relay[11] 41.0041.0641.06
High jump[12] 2.03 m2.00 m1.90 m
Long jump[13] 7.52 m 7.41 m 7.15 m
Triple jump[14] 14.85 m14.60 m13.88 m
Shot put[15] 18.81 m 18.57 m 17.97 m
Discus throw[16] 67.44 m 62.96 m62.90 m
Hammer throw[17] 72.19 m 68.64 m 64.96 m
Javelin throw[18] 81.53 m 75.21 m63.02 m

Girls

100 metres[19]
(wind: +2.4 m/s)		11.53 11.81 11.81
200 metres
(wind: +2.2 m/s)		24.30 24.44 24.49
400 metres[20] 57.1658.9559.71
800 metres2:11.202:12.062:13.08
1500 metres[21] 4:44.144:45.334:47.47
3000 metres9:14.089:22.709:24.02
100 metres hurdles[22]
(wind: +4.1 m/s)		13.30 13.70 13.77
400 metres hurdles60.49 61.7662.00
2000 metres steeplechase[23] 6:28.10 6:36.416:41.80
4×100 metres relay46.1946.5848.10
High jump[24] 1.79 m1.76 m1.65 m
Long jump[25] 6.27 m 5.94 m 5.87 m
Triple jump12.55 m12.39 m 11.42 m
Shot put[26] 14.75 m14.10 m12.96 m
Discus throw[27] 50.71 m 49.25 m45.27 m
Hammer throw[28] 58.10 m54.22 m51.49 m
Javelin throw[29] 43.25 m39.18 m37.39 m

References

Results

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sports  - Athletics . cyg2011.com. CYG 2011 Organising Committee . September 4, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111016182957/http://cyg2011.com/index.php/sports/sport/athletics/ . 2011-10-16 . dead .
  2. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=361&HeatID=1567 Athletics - 100m Men final
  3. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=363 Athletics  - 200m Men final
  4. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=365 Athletics - 400m Men finak
  5. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=367 Athletics  - 800m Men final
  6. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=369 Athletics - 1500m Men final
  7. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=371 Athletics  - 3000m Men
  8. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=373 Athletics - 110m Hurdles Men final
  9. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=375 Athletics  - 400m Hurdles Men
  10. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=377 Athletics - 2000m Steeplechase Men final
  11. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=381 Athletics  - 4 x 100m Relay Men
  12. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=385 Athletics - High Jump Men final
  13. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=383&HeatID=1554 Athletics - Long Jump Men Final
  14. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=387 Triple Jump Men Final
  15. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=397 Athletics  - Shot Put Men
  16. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=391 Athletics - Discus Throw Men final
  17. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=395 Athletics  - Hammer Throw Men
  18. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=393 Athletics  - Javelin Throw Men
  19. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=362&HeatID=1566 Athletics - 100m Women final
  20. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=366 Athletics - 400m Women final
  21. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=370 Athletics - 1500m Women final
  22. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=374 Athletics - 100m Hurdles Women final
  23. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=378&HeatID=1565 Athletics - 2000m Steeplechase Women final
  24. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=386 Athletics - High Jump Women final
  25. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=384 Athletics - Long Jump Women final
  26. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=398 Athletics - Shot Put Women final
  27. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=392&HeatID=1564 Athletics - Discus Throw Women final
  28. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=396 Athletics - Hammer Throw Women final
  29. http://www.cyg2011results.com/Sports/ATHLETICS/default.aspx?SportID=31&EventID=394 Athletics - Javelin Throw Women final

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