The boys' high jump at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 7 and 9 July.
Medalists GoldSilverBronze Gaël Lévecque Usman Usmanov Justin Fondren
Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
World Youth Best2.33Havana, Cuba19 May 1984Championship Record2.27Marrakesh, Morocco16 July 2005World Youth Leading2.20Franconville, France8 May 2011Bondoufle, France22 May 2011
Qualification Qualification rule: qualification standard 2.08 m or at least best 12 qualified. Group A Rank Name Nationality 1.90 1.95 2.00 2.03 2.06 2.08 Result Notes 1 Gaël Rotardier – – o o 2.03 q 1 Yun Seung-hyun – o o o 2.03 q 1 Muamer Aissa Barsham o o o o 2.03 q 4 Usman Usmanov o o xo o 2.03 q 4 David Snowdon o xo o o 2.03 q 6 Aviram Shwarzbard o o o xxo 2.03 q, PB 7 Yuriy Dergachev o o o xxx 2.00 8 Brandon Prinsloo – o xxx 1.95 Eugenio Meloni xxx NM
Group B Rank Name Nationality 1.90 1.95 2.00 2.03 2.06 2.08 Result Notes 1 Kirill Izyumov – o o o 2.03 q 1 Gaël Lévecque – o o o 2.03 q 3 Omar Kasseb xo o o o 2.03 q 4 Justin Fondren o o o xo 2.03 q 5 Ignacio Vigo o o o xxo 2.03 q 5 Akira Koike – o o xxo 2.03 q, SB 7 Stanislav Ostanin o o o xxx 2.00 8 Willem van Schalkwyk o o xxx 1.95 9 Ádám Gerencsér o xo xxx 1.95
Final
Rank Name Nationality 1.95 2.00 2.05 2.09 2.13 2.16 Result Notes Gaël Lévecque – o o xo o xxx 2.13 PB Usman Usmanov o o o xo xo xxx 2.13 PB Justin Fondren – o o xo xxo xxx 2.13 4 Yun Seung-hyun o o xo o xxx 2.09 5 Akira Koike o o o xo xxx 2.09 SB 6 David Snowdon o xo o xo xxx 2.09 7 Gaël Rotardier – – o xxx 2.05 7 Kirill Izyumov o o o xxx 2.05 9 Ignacio Vigo xo o xxo xxx 2.05 10 Muamer Aissa Barsham o o xxx 2.00 10 Aviram Shwarzbard o o xxx 2.00 12 Omar Kasseb xo o xxx 2.00
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