The boys' javelin throw at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 9 and 10 July.

Medalists GoldSilverBronze Reinhard van Zyl Morné Moolman Zhang Guisheng

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

World Youth Best89.34Mar del Plata, Argentina 6 March 2010Championship Record81.16Sherbrooke, Canada11 July 2003World Youth Leading81.37Windhoek, Namibia 28 May 2011

Qualification Qualification rule: qualification standard 70.00 m or at least best 12 qualified. Group A Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 Zhang Guisheng 59.53 54.80 73.35 73.35 Q 2 Yuriy Kushniruk 71.36 71.36 Q 3 Reinhard van Zyl 70.36 70.36 Q 4 Elliott Lang 68.58 69.39 67.15 69.39 q 5 Gatis Čakšs 69.14 66.36 x 69.14 q 6 Tuomas Keto x 66.98 x 66.98 q 7 German Komarov x x 64.96 64.96 8 Evan Karakolis 60.55 x 64.95 64.95 9 Gardar Rochmann 64.14 x 59.66 64.14 10 Attila Rab 59.04 63.97 58.70 63.97 11 Axel Lönegren 53.82 61.55 60.18 61.55 12 Alexander Pascal 55.61 61.34 57.98 61.34 PB 13 Sindri Guðmundsson 42.35 x 59.83 59.83 14 Héctor Aragüés x 59.82 56.88 59.82 15 Mauro Fernández 59.35 56.47 56.95 59.35 16 Adriaan Stephanus Beukes 53.06 59.31 51.21 59.31 17 Joseph Figliolini 56.46 x x 56.46 18 David Kastrevc x 46.45 55.41 55.41 19 Stanis Nowak 36.48 x 50.39 50.39 20 Gregg Orgusaar x 47.57 x 47.57

Group B Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 Morné Moolman 65.97 83.16 83.16 Q, CR 2 Joni Karvinen 80.05 80.05 Q, PB 3 Ali Kilisli x 75.11 75.11 Q, PB 4 Edgar Landazuri 68.40 59.29 57.77 68.40 q 5 Janek Õiglane 64.15 x 67.90 67.90 q, PB 6 Povilas Dabašinskas 64.51 x 67.47 67.47 q 7 William White 64.97 x 65.89 65.89 8 Kacper Oleszczuk 65.85 59.45 63.05 65.85 9 Mārcis Grēns 65.65 x x 65.65 PB 10 Paraskevas Batzavalis 65.40 x 64.28 65.40 11 Adrian Williams x x 64.22 64.22 PB 12 Maged Al-Badry 64.11 57.58 56.22 64.11 PB 13 Ryo Miyata 56.96 56.51 63.29 63.29 PB 14 Tyler Renton 59.13 61.90 54.61 61.90 15 Lukas Wieland x 57.58 61.50 61.50 16 Mario Balcázar x 59.05 47.83 59.05 17 Stefano Contini x 58.33 x 58.33 18 Chalanaka Weerasinghe 54.49 50.75 56.90 56.90 19 Raul Rusu 54.19 54.20 x 54.20 20 Andreas Bertelsen x x 51.55 51.55 21 Naveen Kumar 44.23 x x 44.23

Final

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Reinhard van Zyl 74.02 82.96 x 64.70 75.26 75.14 82.96 PB Morné Moolman 66.75 x 78.39 79.20 80.99 70.78 80.99 Zhang Guisheng 74.68 75.58 72.28 75.95 76.40 77.62 77.62 4 Yuriy Kushniruk 74.22 64.19 70.24 x 76.11 77.10 77.10 PB 5 Povilas Dabašinskas x 74.16 75.87 73.68 x x 75.87 PB 6 Joni Karvinen x 68.86 74.49 68.29 x 71.13 74.49 7 Elliott Lang 73.11 73.50 x x 70.67 73.55 73.55 SB 8 Gatis Čakšs 56.00 66.53 x 66.94 x 65.59 66.94 9 Ali Kilisli x 66.46 x 66.46 10 Edgar Landazuri 63.71 60.90 65.48 65.48 11 Janek Õiglane 61.11 x 64.70 64.70 12 Tuomas Keto 62.56 60.89 x 62.56

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