2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 400 metres hurdles
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[edit]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Egor Kuznetsov  Russia
|
Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh  Saudi Arabia
|
Takahiro Matsumoto  Japan
|
Records[edit]
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best |  William Wynne (USA)
|
49.01 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 15 July 2007 |
| Championship Record | ||||
| World Youth Leading |  Christiaan Mouton (RSA)
|
51.24 | Paarl, South Africa | 12 March 2011 |
During the competition, Egor Kuznetsov lowered the world youth leading to 50.97.
Heats[edit]
Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified.[2]
Heat 1[edit]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Yahya Ibrahim Barnawi | Saudi Arabia |
51.93 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 4 | Jonathan Russell |  United States |
51.94 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 2 | Ken Kirui Tele |  Kenya |
52.58 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 5 | Riadh Sayeh |  Tunisia |
53.09 | q |
| 5 | 7 | Gerald Drummond |  Costa Rica |
53.22 | q, PB |
| 6 | 6 | Jin Wei Timothee Yap |  Singapore |
54.55 | PB |
| 7 | 1 | Roman Olejník |  Slovakia |
55.77 |
Heat 2[edit]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Durgesh Kumar |  India |
52.22 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Chiebonam Mba |  Nigeria |
53.47 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | Mattia Contini |  Italy |
53.88 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Oleksiy Matskevych |  Ukraine |
53.92 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Johan Nicolai Hartling |  Denmark |
54.24 | PB |
| 6 | 6 | Jordan Sherwood |  Canada |
55.54 | |
| 7 | 4 | Ali Mohammed |  Kuwait |
55.63 |
Heat 3[edit]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Egor Kuznetsov | Russia |
52.74 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Kion Joseph |  Barbados |
53.57 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Mustafa Amer Shaheen |  Iraq |
53.78 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 1 | Clément François |  France |
54.26 | |
| 5 | 4 | Cristian Rosa |  Portugal |
55.00 | PB |
| 6 | 3 | Sehyun Han |  South Korea |
57.64 | |
| 7 | 2 | Ouadie El Ouazzani |  Morocco |
58.15 |
Heat 4[edit]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Shota Madokoro | Japan |
53.46 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 2 | Christiaan Mouton | South Africa |
53.52 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Nimet Sen |  Turkey |
53.93 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Sten Ütsmüts |  Estonia |
54.84 | PB |
| 5 | 1 | Carlos Tabara |  Ecuador |
56.28 | |
| 6 | 7 | Azim Abdullaev |  Tajikistan |
56.94 | SB |
| 7 | 6 | Omar Abdulla Al Jassim |  Qatar |
57.24 |
Heat 5[edit]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Ramfis Vega |  Puerto Rico |
52.57 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 2 | Takahiro Matsumoto | Japan |
53.42 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 4 | Tramaine Maloney | Barbados |
53.53 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 5 | Ali Khamis Khamis |  Bahrain |
54.27 | PB |
| 5 | 6 | Lahiru Jumani |  Sri Lanka |
54.42 | |
| 6 | 7 | Christian Lozada | Ecuador |
54.69 | |
| 7 | 1 | Juan Antonio Moraques |  Spain |
54.78 | |
| - | 3 | Sid-Ali Khedim |  Algeria |
DNF |
Heat 6[edit]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh | Saudi Arabia |
51.71 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 2 | Omar McLeod |  Jamaica |
51.74 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 4 | Constant Pretorius | South Africa |
52.30 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Dylan Dimock | Canada |
52.76 | q, PB |
| 5 | 6 | Markus Loftås |  Norway |
53.22 | q, PB |
| 6 | 5 | Jean Lindsay Emilien |  Mauritius |
53.90 | q, PB |
| 7 | 3 | Kenzi Yedjedd | Algeria |
56.03 |
Semifinals[edit]
Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.[3]
Heat 1[edit]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Takahiro Matsumoto | Japan |
52.20 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 5 | Ramfis Vega | Puerto Rico |
52.42 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | Durgesh Kumar | India |
52.96 | |
| 4 | 6 | Chiebonam Mba | Nigeria |
53.13 | PB |
| 5 | 8 | Tramaine Maloney | Barbados |
53.26 | SB |
| 6 | 7 | Mustafa Amer Shaheen | Iraq |
53.67 | PB |
| 7 | 2 | Markus Loftås | Norway |
54.10 | |
| 8 | 1 | Gerald Drummond | Costa Rica |
54.65 |
Heat 2[edit]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Constant Pretorius | South Africa |
51.57 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 5 | Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh | Saudi Arabia |
51.59 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | Shota Madokoro | Japan |
51.72 | q, PB |
| 4 | 6 | Omar McLeod | Jamaica |
51.91 | q |
| 5 | 4 | Kion Joseph | Barbados |
52.77 | PB |
| 6 | 1 | Dylan Dimock | Canada |
53.40 | |
| 7 | 7 | Nimet Sen | Turkey |
53.79 | |
| 8 | 2 | Oleksiy Matskevych | Ukraine |
54.09 | PB |
Heat 3[edit]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Egor Kuznetsov | Russia |
51.31 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 7 | Ken Kirui Tele | Kenya |
51.92 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | Jonathan Russell | United States |
52.06 | |
| 4 | 1 | Riadh Sayeh | Tunisia |
52.18 | PB |
| 5 | 5 | Yahya Ibrahim Barnawi | Saudi Arabia |
52.48 | |
| 6 | 4 | Christiaan Mouton | South Africa |
52.54 | |
| 7 | 8 | Mattia Contini | Italy |
53.75 | |
| 8 | 2 | Jean Lindsay Emilien | Mauritius |
53.88 | PB |
Final[edit]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
3 | Egor Kuznetsov | Russia |
50.97 | WYL |
 |
5 | Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh | Saudi Arabia |
51.14 | PB |
 |
4 | Takahiro Matsumoto | Japan |
51.26 | PB |
| 4 | 8 | Ken Kirui Tele | Kenya |
51.33 | PB |
| 5 | 6 | Constant Pretorius | South Africa |
51.34 | PB |
| 6 | 7 | Ramfis Vega | Puerto Rico |
51.50 | PB |
| 7 | 1 | Shota Madokoro | Japan |
51.77 | |
| 8 | 2 | Omar McLeod | Jamaica |
52.82 |