2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 400 metres

Boys' 400 metres
at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics
VenueStadium Lille Métropole
Dates6 July (heats)
7 July (semifinal)
8 July (final)
Competitors55
Winning time46.01 WYL
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Kenya
bronze medal    Poland
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The boys' 400 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 6, 7 and 8 July.[1]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Arman Hall
 United States
Alphas Kishoyian
 Kenya
Patryk Dobek
 Poland

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best  Obea Moore (USA) 45.14 Santiago, Chile 2 September 1995
Championship Record  Kirani James (GRN) 45.24 Brixen, Italy 10 July 2009
World Youth Leading  Arman Hall (USA) 46.22 Winter Park, United States 7 May 2011

During the competition, Arman Hall lowered his own world youth-leading 46.22 to post the second-fastest in championship history, 46.01.

Heats

Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 3 fastest times (q) qualified.[2]

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Machel Cedenio  Trinidad and Tobago 47.32 Q
2 3 Shotaro Akiyo  Japan 47.74 Q
3 6 Pieter Conradie  South Africa 47.83 Q
4 8 José de Jesús Fraire  Mexico 48.67 q
5 4 Sibongakonke Matsenjwa  Swaziland 48.73 PB
6 2 Mohamedine Mahamadou  Niger 48.78 PB
7 1 Maykon Pedro da Cunha  Brazil 49.32 PB
8 5 Mohmmed Al Shueili  Oman 49.50

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Thomas Jordier  France 47.89 Q, PB
2 4 David Kipkemoi Chemjor  Kenya 48.15 Q
3 3 Mateo Ružić  Croatia 48.39 Q
4 5 Samvel Grigoryan  Armenia 49.64 PB
5 8 Zied Aissa  Tunisia 49.72
6 6 Lennox Williams  Jamaica 50.01
7 1 George Manebona  Solomon Islands 51.65 SB
- 7 Japhet Samuel  Nigeria DQ

Heat 3

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Sadam Koumi  Sudan 47.59 Q
2 4 Dongbaek Choi  South Korea 47.87 Q, SB
3 2 Carlos Eduardo Grachet  Brazil 48.20 Q
4 5 Jack Sheridan  Australia 48.48 q
5 8 Sondre Nyvold Lid  Norway 48.86
6 1 Attila Farkas  Hungary 49.77
7 3 Jordan Geenen  France 49.96
8 7 Abdelkhedere Abdelbassit Abdelrahmane  Chad 51.54 PB

Heat 4

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Najee Glass  United States 47.92 Q
2 1 Patryk Dobek  Poland 48.13 Q
3 7 Timofey Chalyy  Russia 48.49 Q
4 5 Oleksiy Pozdnyakov  Ukraine 48.92 PB
5 3 Nathaniel George  Canada 49.90
6 6 Sandeep -  India 49.94
7 8 Sergi Torres  Spain 51.42
8 2 Omar Alkhatib  Palestine 54.93 PB

Heat 5

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Arman Hall  United States 46.76 Q
2 2 Brendon Restall  Canada 47.31 Q, PB
3 7 Lorenzo Adams  South Africa 48.05 Q
4 5 Basheer Atiah Al Barakati  Saudi Arabia 49.42
5 1 Jørgen Kåshagen  Norway 50.34
6 6 Ever Carranza  Mexico 50.60
7 4 Jatin Jain  India 54.03

Heat 6

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Jarryd Buchan  Australia 47.12 Q, PB
2 7 Takuya Fukunaga  Japan 47.24 Q, PB
3 1 Alphas Kishoyian  Kenya 47.31 Q
4 5 Rafał Smoleń  Poland 48.04 q, PB
5 4 Lucas Búa  Spain 49.04
6 3 Miloš Raović  Serbia 49.07 PB
7 2 Lahiru Jamuni  Sri Lanka 49.26 PB
- 8 Aleksandr Lukyanenko  Turkmenistan DQ

Heat 7

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Alex Boyce  Great Britain 47.82 Q, PB
2 8 Andre Wells  Bahamas 47.87 Q
3 3 Ahmed Yahya Al Khayri  Saudi Arabia 48.78 Q, PB
4 4 Nitipol Thongpoon  Thailand 49.72
5 1 Bariadora Friday Tamunosia  Nigeria 49.97
6 7 Dónald Arias  Costa Rica 50.25
7 6 Usama Al-Gheilani  Oman 54.25
- 2 Bernardo Baloyes  Colombia DQ

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 6 Takuya Fukunaga  Japan 47.30 Q
2 3 Andre Wells  Bahamas 47.36 Q
3 4 Najee Glass  United States 47.42
4 5 Jarryd Buchan  Australia 47.53
5 8 David Kipkemoi Chemjor  Kenya 47.90
6 7 Lorenzo Adams  South Africa 48.01
7 1 Timofey Chalyy  Russia 48.45
8 2 José de Jesús Fraire  Mexico 49.60

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Arman Hall  United States 46.70 Q
2 7 Patryk Dobek  Poland 47.19 Q, PB
3 3 Thomas Jordier  France 47.27 PB
4 8 Carlos Eduardo Grachet  Brazil 47.58 PB
5 4 Alex Boyce  Great Britain 47.96
6 5 Dongbaek Choi  South Korea 48.18
7 1 Jack Sheridan  Australia 49.39
8 2 Mateo Ružić  Croatia 50.57

Heat 3

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 8 Alphas Kishoyian  Kenya 46.52 Q
2 6 Sadam Koumi  Sudan 47.08 Q
3 4 Machel Cedenio  Trinidad and Tobago 47.12 q
4 3 Brendon Restall  Canada 47.26 q, PB
5 5 Shotaro Aikyo  Japan 47.42 PB
6 7 Pieter Conradie  South Africa 47.58
7 2 Ahmed Yahya Al Khayri  Saudi Arabia 48.57
1 Rafał Smoleń  Poland DQ

Final

[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Arman Hall  United States 46.01 WYL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Alphas Kishoyian  Kenya 46.58
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 Patryk Dobek  Poland 46.67 PB
4 2 Machel Cedenio  Trinidad and Tobago 46.89 PB
5 5 Takuya Fukunaga  Japan 47.16 PB
6 7 Andre Wells  Bahamas 47.22
7 1 Brendon Restall  Canada 47.34
3 Sadam Koumi  Sudan DNF

References

  1. ^ Timetable
  2. ^ "400 Metres Boys - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 6 July 2011.
  3. ^ "400 Metres Boys - Semi-Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 7 July 2011.
  4. ^ "400 Metres Boys - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 8 July 2011.