2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 400 metres
The Men's 400 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Nord 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 |  Japan |
47.74 | Q | |
| 3 | 6 | Pieter Conradie |  South Africa |
47.83 | Q |
| 4 | 8 |  Mexico |
48.67 | q | |
| 5 | 4 |  Swaziland |
48.73 | PB | |
| 6 | 2 |  Niger |
48.78 | PB | |
| 7 | 1 |  Brazil |
49.32 | PB | |
| 8 | 5 |  Oman |
49.50 |
Heat 2[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Thomas Jordier |  France |
47.89 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 4 | Kenya |
48.15 | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | Mateo Ružic |  Croatia |
48.39 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Samvel Grigoryan |  Armenia |
49.64 | PB |
| 5 | 8 |  Tunisia |
49.72 | ||
| 6 | 6 |  Jamaica |
50.01 | ||
| 7 | 1 |  Solomon Islands |
51.65 | SB | |
| - | 7 |  Nigeria |
DQ |
Heat 3[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Sadam Koumi |  Sudan |
47.59 | Q |
| 2 | 4 |  South Korea |
47.87 | Q, SB | |
| 3 | 2 | Brazil |
48.20 | Q | |
| 4 | 5 |  Australia |
48.48 | q | |
| 5 | 8 |  Norway |
48.86 | ||
| 6 | 1 |  Hungary |
49.77 | ||
| 7 | 3 | France |
49.96 | ||
| 8 | 7 |  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 |  Ukraine |
48.92 | PB | |
| 5 | 3 |  Canada |
49.90 | ||
| 6 | 6 |  India |
49.94 | ||
| 7 | 8 |  Spain |
51.42 | ||
| 8 | 2 |  Palestine |
54.93 | PB |
Heat 5[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Arman Hall | United States |
46.76 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Canada |
47.31 | Q, PB | |
| 3 | 7 | South Africa |
48.05 | Q | |
| 4 | 5 |  Saudi Arabia |
49.42 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Norway |
50.34 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Mexico |
50.60 | ||
| 7 | 4 | India |
54.03 |
Heat 6[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Australia |
47.12 | Q, PB | |
| 2 | 7 | Japan |
47.24 | Q, PB | |
| 3 | 1 | Alphas Kishoyian | Kenya |
47.31 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Poland |
48.04 | q, PB | |
| 5 | 4 | Lucas Bua | Spain |
49.04 | |
| 6 | 3 | Miloš Raovic |  Serbia |
49.07 | PB |
| 7 | 2 |  Sri Lanka |
49.26 | PB | |
| - | 8 |  Turkmenistan |
DQ |
Heat 7[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |  Great Britain |
47.82 | Q, PB | |
| 2 | 8 | Andre Wells |  Bahamas |
47.87 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Saudi Arabia |
48.78 | Q, PB | |
| 4 | 4 |  Thailand |
49.72 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Nigeria |
49.97 | ||
| 6 | 7 |  Costa Rica |
50.25 | ||
| 7 | 6 | 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 | Japan |
47.30 | Q | |
| 2 | 3 | Andre Wells | Bahamas |
47.36 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Najee Glass | United States |
47.42 | |
| 4 | 5 | Australia |
47.53 | ||
| 5 | 8 | Kenya |
47.90 | ||
| 6 | 7 | South Africa |
48.01 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Timofey Chalyy | Russia |
48.45 | |
| 8 | 2 | 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 | Brazil |
47.58 | PB | |
| 5 | 4 | Great Britain |
47.96 | ||
| 6 | 5 | South Korea |
48.18 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Australia |
49.39 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Mateo Ružic | 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 | Canada |
47.26 | q, PB | |
| 5 | 5 | Japan |
47.42 | PB | |
| 6 | 7 | Pieter Conradie | South Africa |
47.58 | |
| 7 | 2 | Saudi Arabia |
48.57 | ||
| 1 | Poland |
DQ |
Final[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
4 | Arman Hall | United States |
46.01 | WYL |
 |
6 | Alphas Kishoyian | Kenya |
46.58 | |
 |
8 | Patryk Dobek | Poland |
46.67 | PB |
| 4 | 2 | Machel Cedenio | Trinidad and Tobago |
46.89 | PB |
| 5 | 5 | Japan |
47.16 | PB | |
| 6 | 7 | Andre Wells | Bahamas |
47.22 | |
| 7 | 1 | Canada |
47.34 | ||
| 3 | Sadam Koumi | Sudan |
DNF |
References[]
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