2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics

World athletes games 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics Lille2011logo.png FRA Lille Métropole, France 173 1375 40 6–10 July Stadium Lille Métropole 2009 Brixen 2013 Donetsk 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.1375 Young Athletes In The World Youth Championships 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120326162053/http://www.lillemetropole2011.com/pdf/LM2011_CP5_EN.pdf 2012-03-26 . Lille Metropole 2011 (2011-07-04). Retrieved on 2011-08-01. 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. thumb|right|240px|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.Gilpin, Jodi-Ann (2011-07-12). 'Nothing stops him' - Fedrick' Dacres' Mom says his resilience paid off. Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved on 2011-08-01. The same top-three order occurred in the points table, which took into account placings in the top eight of each event.placing tableSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes . IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-01. Medal summary Boys 100 metres2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 100 metresOdail ToddJAM 10.51PBKazuma OsetoJPN 10.52Mickaël ZézéFRA 10.57 200 metres2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 200 metresStephen NewboldBAH 20.89PBOdail ToddJAM 21.00PBRonald DarbyUSA 21.08 400 metres2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 400 metresArman HallUSA 46.01WYLAlphas KishoyianKEN 46.58Patryk DobekPOL 46.67PB 800 metres2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 800 metresLeonard Kirwa KosenchaKEN 1:44.08WYBMohammed AmanETH 1:44.68PBTimothy KitumKEN 1:44.98PB 1500 metres2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 1500 metresTeshome DirirsaETH 3:39.13PBVincent Kiprotich MutaiKEN 3:39.17 PBJonathan Kiplimo SaweKEN 3:39.54 3000 metres2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 3000 metresWilliam Malel SitonikKEN 7:40.10 CRPatrick Mutunga MwikyaKEN 7:40.47PBAbrar OsmanERI 7:40.89 PB 110 metres hurdles2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 110 metres hurdlesAndries van der MerweRSA 13.41Joshua HawkinsNZL 13.44PBWilhem BelocianFRA 13.51PB 400 metres hurdles2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 400 metres hurdlesEgor KuznetsovRUS 50.97WYL Ibrahim Mohammed SalehKSA 51.14 PBTakahiro MatsumotoJPN 51.26 PB 2000 metres steeplechase2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 2000 metres steeplechaseConseslus KiprutoKEN 5:28.65WYLGilbert Kiplangat KiruiKEN 5:30.49Zacharia KiprotichUGA 5:37.98PB Medley relay2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' medley relay USARonald DarbyAldrich BaileyNajee GlassArman Hall 1:49.47 WYB JPNKazuma OsetoAkiyuki HashimotoShotaro AikyoTakuya Fukunaga 1:50.69 PB FRAWilhem BelocianMickaël ZézéJordan GeenenThomas Jordier 1:51.81 PB 10,000 metres walk2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 10,000 metres walkPavel ParshinRUS 40:51.31CRKenny Martín PérezCOL 40:59.25PBErwin GonzálezMEX 41:09.60PB High jump2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' high jumpGaël LévecqueFRA 2.13 mPBUsman UsmanovRUS 2.13 mPBJustin FondrenUSA 2.13 m Pole vault2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' pole vaultRobert RennerSLO 5.25 mPBMelker Svärd-JacobssonSWE 5.15 mJacob BlankenshipUSA 5.05 m Long jump2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' long jumpLin QingCHN 7.83 mPBJohan TaléusSWE 7.44 mStefano BragaITA 7.42 m Triple jump2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' triple jumpLatario Collie-MinnsBAH 16.06 mAlbert JankiRSA 15.95 mLathone Collie-MinnsBAH 15.51 m Shot put2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' shot putJacko GillNZL 24.35 mWYBTyler SchultzUSA 20.35 mPBBraheme Days, Jr.USA 20.14 mPB Discus throw2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' discus throwFedrick DacresJAM 67.05 mWYLEthan CochranUSA 61.37 mPBGerhard de BeerRSA 60.63 mPB Hammer throw2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' hammer throwBence PásztorHUN 82.60 mCRÖzkan BaltaciTUR 78.63 mPBSerhiy RehedaUKR 74.06 m Javelin throw2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' javelin throwReinhard van ZylRSA 82.96 mPBMorné MoolmanRSA 80.99 mZhang GuishengCHN 77.62 m Octathlon2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' octathlonJake SteinAUS 6491WYBFredrick EkholmSWE 6127PBFelipe dos SantosBRA 5966PB Girls 100 metres2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 100 metresJennifer MaduUSA 11.57PBMyasia JacobsUSA 11.61Christania WilliamsJAM 11.63 200 metres2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 200 metresDesiree HenryGBR 23.25 WYLChristian BrennanCAN 23.47PB Shericka JacksonJAM 23.62 400 metres2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 400 metresShaunae MillerBAH 51.84PBChristian BrennanCAN 52.12PBOlivia JamesJAM 52.14PB 800 metres2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 800 metresAjee' WilsonUSA 2:02.64 PBWang ChunyuCHN 2:03.23 PBJessica JuddGBR 2:03.43 1500 metres2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 1500 metresFaith KipyegonKEN 4:09.48 CRSenbere TeferiETH 4:10.54PBGenet TibiesoETH 4:11.56 PB 3000 metres2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 3000 metresGotytom GebreslaseETH 8:56.36WYLZiporah Wanjiru KingoriKEN 8:56.82PBCaroline Chepkoech KipkiruiKEN 8:58.63PB 100 metres hurdles2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 100 metres hurdlesTrinity WilsonUSA 13.11WYLNoemi ZbärenSUI 13.17PBKendell WilliamsUSA 13.28PB 400 metres hurdles2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 400 metres hurdlesNnenya HaileyUSA 57.93 WYLSarah CarliAUS 58.05PBSurian HechavarríaCUB 58.37PB 2000 metres steeplechase2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 2000 metres steeplechaseNorah Jeruto TanuiKEN 6:16.41 WYLFadwa Sidi MadaneMAR 6:20.98 PBLilian Jepkorir ChemwenoKEN 6:21.85 PB Medley relay2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' medley relay JAMChristania WilliamsShericka JacksonChris-Ann GordonOlivia James 2:03.42 WYB USAJennifer MaduBealoved BrownKendall BaisdenRobin Reynolds 2:03.92 SB CANShamelle PlessKhamica BinghamChristian BrennanSage Watson 2:05.72 PB 5000 metres walk2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 5000 metres walkKate VealeIRL 21:45.59WYLMao YanxueCHN 22:00.15PBNadezhda LeontyevaRUS 22:00.84PB High jump2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' high jumpLigia GrozavROU 1.87 mWYLIryna HerashchenkoUKR 1.87 mWYLChanice PorterJAM 1.82 m Pole vault2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' pole vaultDesiree SinghGER 4.25 mWYLLiz ParnovAUS 4.20 mSBLucy BryanGBR 4.10 mPB Long jump2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' long jumpChanice PorterJAM 6.22 mAnastassia AngioiITA 6.17 mMarina BuchelnikovaRUS 6.11 m Triple jump2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' triple jumpSokhna GalleFRA 13.62 mLi JingyuCHN 13.57 mPBAna PeleteiroESP 12.92 m Shot put2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' shot putGuo TianqianCHN 15.24 mSophie McKinnaGBR 14.90 mKatinka UrbaniakGER 14.71 m Discus throw2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' discus throwRosalía VázquezCUB 53.51 mYan LiangCHN 52.89 mPBShelbi VaughanUSA 52.58 m Hammer throw2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' hammer throwLouisa JamesGBR 57.13 mPBMalwina KopronPOL 57.03 mPBRoxana PerieROU 56.75 mPB Javelin throw2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' javelin throwChristin HussongGER 59.74 mWYLSofi FlinckSWE 54.62 mPBMonique CilioneAUS 52.77 mPB Heptathlon2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' heptathlonYusleidys MendietaCUB 5697 WYLYorgelis RodriguezCUB 5671 PBMarjolein LindemansBEL 5532PB Medal table FRA 6 4 6 5 5 4 4 1 4 3 0 1 2 4 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 3 yes 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 All Information taken from IAAF's website. Participating nations 22em Antigua and Barbuda Australia (29)http://www.athletics.com.au/news/news/2011/march/twenty-seven_bound_for_2011_ia Australia 2011-06-29 2011-04-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20110408200041/http://www.athletics.com.au/news/news/2011/march/twenty-seven_bound_for_2011_ia dead Austria (12)Austria Bahamas (15)Bahamas Brazil (20)Brazil Canada (42)Athletics Canada names 2011 World Youth Team Denmark (12)Denmark Estonia (9)Estonia France (host) Germany (27)Germany Great Britain (24)http://www.lillemetropole2011.com/en/news-detail.aspx?id=21 UK 2011-06-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20120326162048/http://www.lillemetropole2011.com/en/news-detail.aspx?id=21 2012-03-26 dead Honduras 1949 India (19)India Italy (39)Italy Latvia (15)http://lat-athletics.lv/kalendars1/sacensibas_2011/06122010-pasaules_u_18_cempionats Latvia 2011-07-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20110603085249/http://lat-athletics.lv/kalendars1/sacensibas_2011/06122010-pasaules_u_18_cempionats 2011-06-03 dead Lithuania (8)Lithuania Macedonia (1) Mauritania 1959 Montserrat (1) New Zealand (10)New Zealand (7) Sweden (19)http://www.friidrott.se/elit/uttag/uttag11ju.aspx#uvm Sweden 2011-06-29 2012-06-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20120603204542/http://www.friidrott.se/elit/uttag/uttag11ju.aspx#uvm dead Swaziland United States (40)USA References 2 Session reports Martin, Dave (2011-07-06). Sprint hurdler Zbaren confirms world leader status - Lille 2011 - Day 1, Morning report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-01. Martin, Dave (2011-07-06). Historic firsts for Ethiopia and Jamaica, five world Youth leads the highlights in Lille – Day 1, Evening Report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-01. Martin, Dave (2011-07-07). Gill looking to improve World best in Shot Put final – Lille 2011 - Day 2, Morning report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-01. Martin, Dave (2011-07-07). World Youth bests by Gill and Stein in – Lille 2011 – Day 2, Evening Report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-01. Martin, Dave (2011-07-08). Tanui rises to No. 4 youth all-time in 2000m Steeplechase - Lille 2011 - Day 3, Morning report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-01. Martin, Dave (2011-07-08). Hall and Miller fulfill favourites’ roles with 400m triumphs - Lille 2011 - Day 3, Evening report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-01. Martin, Dave (2011-07-09). In dramatic finish, Parshin takes 10,000m Race Walk title - Lille 2011 - Day 4, Morning report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-01. Martin, Dave (2011-07-09). Kosencha blazes 1:44.08 World Youth best - Lille 2011 - Day 4, Evening report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-01. Martin, Dave (2011-07-10). Sitonik’s impressive 3000m caps the action as curtain draws on World Youth champs - Lille 2011 - Day 5 report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-01. External links Official results Official competition website Official 2011 World Youth Championships website at IAAF Category:IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics World Youth Championships in Athletics 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics World Youth Championships in Athletics Category:Sport in Lille Category:2011 in youth sport Category:Youth sport in France Category:2011 in international sports Category:History of Lille