Athletics was one of the seven sports of the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games. Held between 9 and 11 September, the events were staged at the National Sports Centre in Douglas, Isle of Man.
A total of 34 athletics events were contested, 17 for both boys and girls. Racewalking and pole vault events were scheduled for both sexes, but did not take place due to lack of entries. Over the course of the three-day tournament 11 Commonwealth Youth Games records were set or improved. Strong tailwinds affected both the sprint events and horizontal jumps.
Each Commonwealth Games Association sent up to two athletes per event, including one relay team. The age of participating athletes was limited to 16- and 17-year-olds only. This meant that for 2011 athletes must have been born in 1994 or 1995 to be eligible to take part.
England was the most successful nation in the athletics programme, winning twelve events and taking 21 medals in total. South Africa won the next most gold medals, with six, while Australia had the next highest medal tally, with 17 medals overall. Kenya also performed well, with four golds among its ten medals. Host nation Isle of Man won one bronze medal. Twenty-six nations reached the athletics medal table.
The men's 800 metres was high calibre and medallists Timothy Kitum and Nijel Amos both went on to win medals at the 2012 London Olympics. Jazmin Sawyers, the long jump and relay gold medallist in Douglas, advanced into the senior ranks three years later at the 2014 Commonwealth Games by getting the long jump silver.
Medal summary
Boys 100 metresAthletics - 100m Men final(wind: +2.9 m/s) 10.50 10.52 10.53 200 metresAthletics – 200m Men final 21.52 21.66 21.75 400 metresAthletics - 400m Men finak 47.76 48.28 48.99800 metresAthletics – 800m Men final 1:49.32 1:50.62 1:51.071500 metresAthletics - 1500m Men final 3:48.38 3:50.32 3:51.893000 metresAthletics – 3000m Men 7:57.03 8:00.81 8:02.33 110 metres hurdlesAthletics - 110m Hurdles Men final(wind: +3.4 m/s) 13.32 13.59 13.85 400 metres hurdlesAthletics – 400m Hurdles Men 51.76 53.05 53.52 2000 metres steeplechaseAthletics - 2000m Steeplechase Men final 5:41.81 5:43.93 5:56.91 4×100 metres relayAthletics – 4 x 100m Relay Men Bradley BritzPieter ConradieJohannes PretoriusAndries van der Merwe 41.00 Leon ReidElliot SafoJoshua StreetChijindu Ujah 41.06 Steven AjayiDrelan BramwellDenray Jean-JacquesKeefer Joyce 41.06 High jumpAthletics - High Jump Men final 2.03 m 2.00 m 1.90 m Long jumpAthletics - Long Jump Men Final 7.52 m 7.41 m 7.15 m Triple jumpTriple Jump Men Final 14.85 m 14.60 m 13.88 m Shot putAthletics – Shot Put Men 18.81 m 18.57 m 17.97 m Discus throwAthletics - Discus Throw Men final 67.44 m 62.96 m 62.90 m Hammer throwAthletics – Hammer Throw Men 72.19 m 68.64 m 64.96 m Javelin throwAthletics – Javelin Throw Men 81.53 m 75.21 m 63.02 m
Girls 100 metresAthletics - 100m Women final(wind: +2.4 m/s) 11.53 11.81 11.81 200 metres(wind: +2.2 m/s) 24.30 24.44 24.49 400 metresAthletics - 400m Women final 57.16 58.95 59.71800 metres 2:11.20 2:12.06 2:13.081500 metresAthletics - 1500m Women final 4:44.14 4:45.33 4:47.473000 metres 9:14.08 9:22.70 9:24.02 100 metres hurdlesAthletics - 100m Hurdles Women final(wind: +4.1 m/s) 13.30 13.70 13.77 400 metres hurdles 60.49 61.76 62.00 2000 metres steeplechaseAthletics - 2000m Steeplechase Women final 6:28.10 6:36.41 6:41.80 4×100 metres relay Dina Asher-SmithYasmin MillerSophie PappsJazmin Sawyers 46.19 Shaina HarrisonAlexa HrycunCaroline Morin-HoudeMarie-Colombe St-Pierre 46.58 Margaret GayenTatum ShawAbbie TaddeoSophie Taylor 48.10 High jumpAthletics - High Jump Women final 1.79 m 1.76 m 1.65 m Long jumpAthletics - Long Jump Women final 6.27 m 5.94 m 5.87 m Triple jump 12.55 m 12.39 m 11.42 m Shot putAthletics - Shot Put Women final 14.75 m 14.10 m 12.96 m Discus throwAthletics - Discus Throw Women final 50.71 m 49.25 m 45.27 m Hammer throwAthletics - Hammer Throw Women final 58.10 m 54.22 m 51.49 m Javelin throwAthletics - Javelin Throw Women final 43.25 m 39.18 m 37.39 m
Medal table
References Results Commonwealth Youth Games 2011. World Junior Athletics History (archived). Retrieved on 2014-08-16.
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