The boys' discus throw at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 6 July.

Medalists GoldSilverBronze Fedrick Dacres Ethan Cochran Gerhard de Beer

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

World Youth Best77.50Kyiv, Ukraine 19 May 2008Championship Record70.67Ostrava, Czech Republic13 July 2007World Youth Leading66.42Kingston, Jamaica4 June 2011

Qualification Qualification rule: qualification standard 57.25 m or at least best 12 qualified. Group A Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 Jan-Louw Kotze 56.42 57.95 57.95 Q 2 Viktor Gardenkrans x 57.47 57.47 Q 3 Nicholas Percy 50.51 56.48 53.98 56.48 q 4 Robert Załoga 46.96 56.08 55.87 56.08 q 5 Philipp Spindler 55.34 x 52.95 55.34 q 6 Sachin Dalal Singh 52.38 54.67 x 54.67 7 Dominik Košař 53.44 x 53.66 53.66 8 Marcell Kecskeméty x 52.47 x 52.47 9 Matti Sivonen 52.15 x x 52.15 10 Iason Thanopoulos 45.26 51.65 51.86 51.86 11 Thiago Negreiros 44.81 51.56 x 51.56 12 Aleksandr Dobrenkiy x 49.55 46.64 49.55 13 Roman Yerukh x 40.89 x 40.89 Gian Ragonesi x x x NM

Group B Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 Mauricio Ortega 52.48 53.11 61.78 61.78 Q, 2 Fedrick Dacres 61.57 61.57 Q 3 Gerhard de Beer 55.95 x 59.45 59.45 Q 4 János Káplár x 57.95 57.95 Q 5 Ethan Cochran x 57.13 x 57.13 q 6 Valeriy Pronkin 56.65 54.37 56.76 56.76 q 7 Martin Pilato x 49.68 56.73 56.73 q 8 Yevgeniy Yevgeniy 53.97 x 49.60 53.97 9 Andrea Caiaffa 45.34 52.31 53.63 53.63 10 Kristian Periš 53.10 50.10 50.65 53.10 11 Ma Shitu 46.80 52.64 52.11 52.64 12 Kostas Kotsanpapas 48.81 50.34 51.89 51.89 13 Giovanni Bonilla x 47.86 50.42 50.42 14 Basile Rolnin 47.69 x x 47.69

Final

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Fedrick Dacres 63.67 62.05 63.37 64.52 x 67.05 67.05 Ethan Cochran x 60.37 61.37 x 57.58 x 61.37 Gerhard de Beer 59.28 x 56.12 x 60.63 60.16 60.63 4 Mauricio Ortega x 60.28 55.49 x 59.38 x 60.28 5 Jan-Louw Kotze 57.94 55.75 56.46 54.92 59.48 51.30 59.48 6 Viktor Gardenkrans 56.35 x 59.18 58.91 57.66 58.45 59.18 7 Nicholas Percy x 58.95 x x 53.96 54.27 58.95 8 Martin Pilato 48.91 53.82 57.95 x x x 57.95 9 Philipp Spindler 49.81 56.47 55.57 56.47 10 Valeriy Pronkin 56.39 54.49 54.00 56.39 11 János Káplár 56.39 x x 56.39 12 Robert Załoga x x 55.86 55.86

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