The 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics were the seventh edition of the World Youth Championships in Athletics. They were held in Lille Métropole

Urban Community of Lille Métropole

The Urban Community of Lille Métropole is the intercommunal structure gathering the commune of Lille and that part of the Lille metropolitan area that lies in France....

, France

France

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, with stadium-based events at Stadium Lille-Métropole in Villeneuve d'Ascq

Villeneuve d'Ascq

Villeneuve-d'Ascq is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. With more than 60,000 inhabitants, it is one of the main cities of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole and the largest in area after Lille ; it is also one of the main cities of the Nord-Pas de Calais region.Built up...

, 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.

Over the five-day competition, forty track and field

Track and field

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 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

Jacko Gill

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 won the shot put

Shot put

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 by four metres, improving his own youth best to 24.35 m. Jake Stein collected a record 6491 points in the octathlon

Octathlon

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, while Leonard Kirwa Kosencha

Leonard Kirwa Kosencha

Leonard Kirwa Kosencha is a Kenyan middle distance runner.He won a gold medal at the 800 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics. By performing 1,44,08 at these Championships, he also broke Belal Mansoor Ali's old world youth record, which had been standing since 17 June 2005...

 of Kenya ran a world youth best of 1:44.08 minutes for the 800 metres

800 metres

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. The United States boys and Jamaican girls ran record times to win their respective medley relay

Medley relay

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 events. Four further championship records were also broken at the competition.

The United States topped the medals table (six golds

Gold medal

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 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

Discus throw

The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

. The same top-three order occurred in the points table, which took into account placings in the top eight of each event.

Boys

100 metres	Odail Todd Odail Todd Odail Todd is a Jamaican sprinter. He attends Green Island High in Hanover, Jamaica.He won the 100 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Lille Métropole, France...  Jamaica	10.51 PB	Kazuma Oseto Kazuma Oseto is a Japanese sprinter.He won a silver medal in the 100 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics, behind Odail Todd.-External links:...  Japan	10.52	Mickaël Zézé Mickaël Zézé Mickaël-Meba Zézé is a French sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He won the bronze medal at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Lille Métropole, France. Earlier that year, Zézé broke the French Youth Record over 200 m, previously held by Christophe...  France	10.57
200 metres	Stephen Newbold Stephen Newbold Stephen Newbold is a Bahamian sprinter.He won a gold medal in the 200 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics.-External links:...  The Bahamas	20.89 PB	Odail Todd Odail Todd Odail Todd is a Jamaican sprinter. He attends Green Island High in Hanover, Jamaica.He won the 100 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Lille Métropole, France...  Jamaica	21.00 PB	Ronald Darby Ronald Darby Ronald Darby is an American sprinter and football player. He currently attends Potomac High School in Oxon Hill, Maryland.Darby won a bronze medal in the 200 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics...  United States	21.08
400 metres	Arman Hall Arman Hall Arman Hall is a American sprinter. He currently attends St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Hall was an All-USA high school track and field team selection by USA Today in 2011....  United States	46.01 WYL	Alphas Leken Kishoyian  Kenya	46.58	Patryk Dobek  Poland	46.67 PB
800 metres	Leonard Kirwa Kosencha Leonard Kirwa Kosencha Leonard Kirwa Kosencha is a Kenyan middle distance runner.He won a gold medal at the 800 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics. By performing 1,44,08 at these Championships, he also broke Belal Mansoor Ali's old world youth record, which had been standing since 17 June 2005...  Kenya	1:44.08 WYB	Mohammed Aman Mohammed Aman (athlete) Mohammed Aman Geleto is a Ethiopian middle distance runner.He won a silver medal in the 800 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics....  Ethiopia	1:44.68 PB	Timothy Kitum  Kenya	1:44.98 PB
1500 metres	Teshome Dirirsa  Ethiopia	3:39.13 PB	Vincent Kiprotich Mutai  Kenya	3:39.17 PB	Jonathan Kiplimo Sawe  Kenya	3:39.54
3000 metres	William Malel Sitonik  Kenya	7:40.10 CR	Patrick Mutunga Mwikya  Kenya	7:40.47 PB	Abrar Osman  Eritrea	7:40.89 PB
110 metres hurdles	Andries Van Der Merwe  South Africa	13.41	Joshua Hawkins  New Zealand	13.44 PB	Wilhem Belocian  France	13.51 PB
400 metres hurdles	Egor Kuznetsov  Russia	50.97 WYL	Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh  Saudi Arabia	51.14 PB	Takahiro Matsumoto  Japan	51.26 PB
2000 metres steeplechase	Conseslus Kipruto  Kenya	5:28.65 WYL	Gilbert Kiplangat Kirui  Kenya	5:30.49	Zacharia Kiprotich  Uganda	5:37.98 PB
Medley relay	United States Ronald Darby Ronald Darby Ronald Darby is an American sprinter and football player. He currently attends Potomac High School in Oxon Hill, Maryland.Darby won a bronze medal in the 200 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics... Aldrich Bailey Najee Glass Arman Hall Arman Hall Arman Hall is a American sprinter. He currently attends St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Hall was an All-USA high school track and field team selection by USA Today in 2011....	1:49.47 WYB	Japan Kazuma Oseto Kazuma Oseto is a Japanese sprinter.He won a silver medal in the 100 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics, behind Odail Todd.-External links:... Akiyuki Hashimoto Shotaro Aikyo Takuya Fukunaga	1:50.69 PB	France Wilhem Belocian Mickaël Zézé Mickaël Zézé Mickaël-Meba Zézé is a French sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He won the bronze medal at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Lille Métropole, France. Earlier that year, Zézé broke the French Youth Record over 200 m, previously held by Christophe... Jordan Geenen Thomas Jordier	1:51.81 PB
10,000 metres walk	Pavel Parshin  Russia	40:51.31 CR	Kenny Martín Pérez  Colombia	40:59.25 PB	Erwin González  Mexico	41:09.60 PB
High jump	Gaël Lévecque  France	2.13 m PB	Usman Usmanov  Russia	2.13 m PB	Justin Fondren  United States	2.13 m
Long jump	Lin Qing  People's Republic of China	7.83 m PB	Johan Taléus  Sweden	7.44 m	Stefano Braga  Italy	7.42 m
Triple jump	Latario Collie-Minns  The Bahamas	16.06 m	Albert Janki  South Africa	15.95 m	Lathone Collie-Minns  The Bahamas	15.51 m
Shot put	Jacko Gill Jacko Gill Jackson "Jacko" Gill is a shot putter from New Zealand.At the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, he won a gold medal in the shot put...  New Zealand	24.35 m WYB	Tyler Schultz  United States	20.35 m PB	Braheme Days  United States	20.14 m PB
Discus throw	Fedrick Dacres  Jamaica	67.05 m WYL	Ethan Cochran  United States	61.37 m PB	Gerhard de Beer  South Africa	60.63 m PB
Hammer throw	Bence Pásztor  Hungary	82.60 m CR	Özkan Baltaci  Turkey	78.63 m PB	Serhiy Reheda  Ukraine	74.06 m
Javelin throw	Reinhard van Zyl  South Africa	82.96 m PB	Morné Moolman  South Africa	80.99 m	Zhang Guisheng  People's Republic of China	77.62 m
Pole vault	Robert Renner  Slovenia	5.25 m PB	Melker Svärd-Jacobsson  Sweden	5.15 m	Jacob Blankenship  United States	5.05 m
Octathlon	Jake Stein  Australia	6491 WYB	Fredrick Ekholm  Sweden	6127 PB	Felipe dos Santos  Brazil	5966 PB

Girls

100 metres	Jennifer Madu  United States	11.57 PB	Myasia Jacobs  United States	11.61	Christania Williams  Jamaica	11.63
200 metres	Desiree Henry  United Kingdom	23.25 WYL	Christian Brennan  Canada	23.47 PB	Shericka Jackson  Jamaica	23.62
400 metres	Shaunae Miller  The Bahamas	51.84 PB	Christian Brennan  Canada	52.12 PB	Olivia James  Jamaica	52.14 PB
800 metres	Ajee Wilson  United States	2:02.64 PB	Wang Chunyu  People's Republic of China	2:03.23 PB	Jessica Judd Jessica Judd Jessica Judd, born on January 7, 1995 in Rochford, is an English middle distance runner who specializes in 800, 1500, and 3000 meter races. She has 3 United Kingdom age group records to her name.-Athletics career:...  United Kingdom	2:03.43
1500 metres	Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon  Kenya	4:09.48 CR	Senbere Teferi  Ethiopia	4:10.54 PB	Genet Tibieso  Ethiopia	4:11.56 PB
3000 metres	Gotytom Gebreslase  Ethiopia	8:56.36 WYL	Ziporah Wanjiru Kingori  Kenya	8:56.82 PB	Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui  Kenya	8:58.63 PB
100 metres hurdles	Trinity Wilson  United States	13.11 WYL	Noemi Zbären  Switzerland	13.17 PB	Kendell Williams  United States	13.28 PB
400 metres hurdles	Nnenya Hailey  United States	57.93 WYL	Sarah Carli  Australia	58.05 PB	Surian Hechavarría  Cuba	58.37 PB
2000 metres steeplechase	Norah Jeruto Tanui  Kenya	6:16.41 WYL	Fadwa Sidi Madane  Morocco	6:20.98 PB	Lilian Jepkorir Chemweno  Kenya	6:21.85 PB
Medley relay	Jamaica Christania Williams Shericka Jackson Chris-Ann Gordon Olivia James	2:03.42 WYB	United States Jennifer Madu Bealoved Brown Kendall Baisden Robin Reynolds	2:03.92 SB	Canada Shamelle Pless Khamica Bingham Christian Brennan Sage Watson	2:05.72 PB
5000 metres walk	Kate Veale  Republic of Ireland	21:45.59 WYL	Yanxue Mao  People's Republic of China	22:00.15 PB	Nadezhda Leontyeva  Russia	22:00.84 PB
High jump	Ligia Grozav  Romania	1.87 m WYL	Iryna Herashchenko  Ukraine	1.87 m WYL	Chanice Porter  Jamaica	1.82 m
Long jump	Chanice Porter  Jamaica	6.22 m	Anastassia Angioi  Italy	6.17 m	Marina Buchelnikova  Russia	6.11 m
Triple jump	Sokhna Galle  France	13.62 m	Jingyu Li  People's Republic of China	13.57 m PB	Ana Peleteiro  Spain	12.92 m
Shot put	Guo Tianqian  People's Republic of China	15.24 m	Sophie McKinna  United Kingdom	14.90 m	Katinka Urbaniak  Germany	14.71 m
Discus throw	Rosalía Vázquez  Cuba	53.51 m	Yan Liang  People's Republic of China	52.89 m PB	Shelbi Vaughan  United States	52.58 m
Hammer throw	Louisa James  United Kingdom	57.13 m PB	Malwina Kopron  Poland	57.03 m PB	Roxana Perie  Romania	56.75 m PB
Javelin throw	Christin Hussong  Germany	59.74 m WYL	Sofi Flinck  Sweden	54.62 m PB	Monique Cilione  Australia	52.77 m PB
Pole vault	Desiree Singh  Germany	4.25 m WYL	Liz Parnov  Australia	4.20 m SB	Lucy Bryan  United Kingdom	4.10 m PB
Heptathlon	Yusleidys Mendieta  Cuba	5697 WYL	Yorgelis Rodriguez  Cuba	5671 PB	Marjolein Lindemans  Belgium	5532 PB

Medal table

Key:

1		6	4	6	16
2		5	5	4	14
3		4	1	4	9
4		3	0	1	4
5		2	4	1	7
6=		2	2	1	5
6=		2	2	1	5
8=		2	1	2	5
8=		2	1	2	5
10		2	1	1	4
11		2	0	3	5
12		2	0	1	3
13		1	2	1	4
14		1	1	0	2
15		1	0	1	2
16=		1	0	0	1
16=		1	0	0	1
16=		1	0	0	1
19		0	4	0	4
20=		0	2	1	3
20=		0	2	1	3
22=		0	1	1	2
22=		0	1	1	2
22=		0	1	1	2
25=		0	1	0	1
25=		0	1	0	1
25=		0	1	0	1
25=		0	1	0	1
25=		0	1	0	1
30=		0	0	1	1
30=		0	0	1	1
30=		0	0	1	1
30=		0	0	1	1
30=		0	0	1	1
30=		0	0	1	1
	Total	40	40	40	120

• All Information taken from IAAF's website.

Participating nations

(29) (12) (15) (20) (42) (12)
(9) (host) (27) (24) (19) (39)
(15) (8) (1) (1) (10)
(7) (19) (40)

External links

• Official competition website
• Official 2011 World Youth Championships website at IAAF