Athletics at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games

Athletics at the IV Commonwealth Youth Games
Athletics at the IV Commonwealth Youth Games
Dates	September
Host city	Douglas, Isle of Man
Venue	National Sports Centre
Events	34
Records set	11 games records
	← 2008 Pune 2015 Apia → ; 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games

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.^[1]

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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres^[2] (wind: +2.9 m/s)	Tahir Walsh Antigua and Barbuda	10.50 w	Chijindu Ujah England	10.52 w	Josh Clarke Australia	10.53 w
200 metres^[3]	Tom Holligan Scotland	21.52 w	Tahir Walsh Antigua and Barbuda	21.66 w	Dalton Coppins New Zealand	21.75 w
400 metres^[4]	Clovis Asong England	47.76	Alphas Kishoyian Kenya	48.28	George Caddick England	48.99
800 metres^[5]	Timothy Kitum Kenya	1:49.32 GR	Leonard Kosencha Kenya	1:50.62	Nigel Amos Botswana	1:51.07
1500 metres^[6]	Jonathan Sawe Kenya	3:48.38	Vincent Mutai Kenya	3:50.32	Robbie Farnham-Rose England	3:51.89
3000 metres^[7]	Wiliam Sitonik Kenya	7:57.03 GR	Patrick Mwikya Kenya	8:00.81	Phillip Kipyeko Uganda	8:02.33
110 metres hurdles^[8] (wind: +3.4 m/s)	Andries van der Merwe South Africa	13.32 w	Anthony Collins Australia	13.59 w	Jack Edwards Australia	13.85 w
400 metres hurdles^[9]	Durgesh Kumar India	51.76 GR	Johannes Pretorius South Africa	53.05	Kion Joseph Barbados	53.52
2000 metres steeplechase^[10]	Zak Seddon England	5:41.81 GR	Zakaria Kiprotich Uganda	5:43.93	Katleho Dyoyi South Africa	5:56.91
4×100 metres relay^[11]	South Africa (RSA) Bradley Britz Pieter Conradie Johannes Pretorius Andries van der Merwe	41.00	England (ENG) Leon Reid Elliot Safo Joshua Street Chijindu Ujah	41.06	Canada (CAN) Steven Ajayi Drelan Bramwell Denray Jean-Jacques Keefer Joyce	41.06
High jump^[12]	Willem van Schalkwyk South Africa	2.03 m	Tom Henry Australia	2.00 m	Michael Hartley England	1.90 m
Long jump^[13]	Angus Gould Australia	7.52 m w	Elliot Safo England	7.41 m w	Ifeanyichukwu Otuonye Turks and Caicos Islands	7.15 m w
Triple jump^[14]	Sithembiso Janki South Africa	14.85 m	Jimi Tele England	14.60 m	Gervais Tsoaoule-Mpazambe Cameroon	13.88 m
Shot put^[15]	Navjetdeep Singh India	18.81 m GR	Ruan Combrinck South Africa	18.57 m	Hezekiel Romeo Trinidad and Tobago	17.97 m
Discus throw^[16]	Gerhard de Beer South Africa	67.44 m GR	Nicholas Percy Scotland	62.96 m	Jan-Louw Kotze South Africa	62.90 m
Hammer throw^[17]	Callum Brown England	72.19 m GR	Michael Painter England	68.64 m	Nicholas Percy Scotland	64.96 m
Javelin throw^[18]	Morne Moolman South Africa	81.53 m GR	Luke Cann Australia	75.21 m	Adrian Williams Saint Kitts and Nevis	63.02 m

Girls

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres^[19] (wind: +2.4 m/s)	Sophie Papps England	11.53 w	Caroline Morin-Houde Canada	11.81 w	Shaina Harrison Canada	11.81 w
200 metres (wind: +2.2 m/s)	Dina Asher-Smith England	24.30 w	Caroline Morin-Houde Canada	24.44 w	Chloe Lambert Scotland	24.49 w
400 metres^[20]	Halima Nakaayi Uganda	57.16	Siwanthi Rathnayaka Sri Lanka	58.95	Alcindor Carinne Mauritius	59.71
800 metres	Katie Snowden England	2:11.20	Rochelle Kennedy Australia	2:12.06	Vanessa Mcleod Canada	2:13.08
1500 metres^[21]	Ffion Price Wales	4:44.14	Sophie Linn Australia	4:45.33	Meropi Panagiotou Cyprus	4:47.47
3000 metres	Emelia Gorecka England	9:14.08	Nancy Cheptegei Uganda	9:22.70	Norah Jeruto Tanui Kenya	9:24.02
100 metres hurdles^[22] (wind: +4.1 m/s)	Yasmin Miller England	13.30 w	Abbie Taddeo Australia	13.70 w	Deshaunda Morrison Canada	13.77 w
400 metres hurdles	Tatum Shaw Australia	60.49 GR	Hayley McLean England	61.76	Taylor Farquhar Canada	62.00
2000 metres steeplechase^[23]	Norah Jeruto Tanui Kenya	6:28.10 GR	Nancy Cheptegei Uganda	6:36.41	Lilian Chemweno Kenya	6:41.80
4×100 metres relay	England (ENG) Dina Asher-Smith Yasmin Miller Sophie Papps Jazmin Sawyers	46.19	Canada (CAN) Shaina Harrison Alexa Hrycun Caroline Morin-Houde Marie-Colombe St-Pierre	46.58	Australia (AUS) Margaret Gayen Tatum Shaw Abbie Taddeo Sophie Taylor	48.10
High jump^[24]	Leontia Kallenou Cyprus	1.79 m	Jeanelle Scheper Saint Lucia	1.76 m	Reagan Dee Isle of Man	1.65 m
Long jump^[25]	Jazmin Sawyers England	6.27 m w	Naa Anang Australia	5.94 m w	Margaret Gayen Australia	5.87 m w
Triple jump	Natalie Apikotoa Australia	12.55 m	Greer Alsop New Zealand	12.39 m w	Sabrina Allen Jamaica	11.42 m
Shot put^[26]	Sophie McKinna England	14.75 m	Taylah Sengul Australia	14.10 m	Chei Kenneally New Zealand	12.96 m
Discus throw^[27]	Taylah Sengul Australia	50.71 m GR	Shadine Duquemin Jersey	49.25 m	Navjeet Kaur Dhillon India	45.27 m
Hammer throw^[28]	Louisa James England	58.10 m	Kimberley Reed Scotland	54.22 m	Mikki Genge Australia	51.49 m
Javelin throw^[29]	Sune Wittmann Namibia	43.25 m	Carys Mansfield Wales	39.18 m	Shanica Yankey Dominica	37.39 m

Medal table

* Host nation (Isle of Man)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	12	6	3	21
2	South Africa	6	2	2	10
3	Australia	4	8	5	17
4	Kenya	4	4	2	10
5	India	2	0	1	3
6	Uganda	1	3	1	5
7	Scotland	1	2	2	5
8	Antigua and Barbuda	1	1	0	2
8	Wales	1	1	0	2
10	Cyprus	1	0	1	2
11	Namibia	1	0	0	1
12	Canada	0	3	5	8
13	New Zealand	0	1	2	3
14	Jersey	0	1	0	1
	Saint Lucia	0	1	0	1
	Sri Lanka	0	1	0	1
17	Barbados	0	0	1	1
	Botswana	0	0	1	1
	Cameroon	0	0	1	1
	Dominica	0	0	1	1
	Isle of Man*	0	0	1	1
	Jamaica	0	0	1	1
	Mauritius	0	0	1	1
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	1	1
Totals (26 entries)		34	34	34	102

References

Results

Commonwealth Youth Games 2011. World Junior Athletics History (archived). Retrieved on 2014-08-16.

^ "Sports – Athletics". cyg2011.com. CYG 2011 Organising Committee. Archived from the original on 2011-10-16. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
^ Athletics - 100m Men final
^ Athletics – 200m Men final
^ Athletics - 400m Men finak
^ Athletics – 800m Men final
^ Athletics - 1500m Men final
^ Athletics – 3000m Men
^ Athletics - 110m Hurdles Men final
^ Athletics – 400m Hurdles Men
^ Athletics - 2000m Steeplechase Men final
^ Athletics – 4 x 100m Relay Men
^ Athletics - High Jump Men final
^ Athletics - Long Jump Men Final
^ Triple Jump Men Final
^ Athletics – Shot Put Men
^ Athletics - Discus Throw Men final
^ Athletics – Hammer Throw Men
^ Athletics – Javelin Throw Men
^ Athletics - 100m Women final
^ Athletics - 400m Women final
^ Athletics - 1500m Women final
^ Athletics - 100m Hurdles Women final
^ Athletics - 2000m Steeplechase Women final
^ Athletics - High Jump Women final
^ Athletics - Long Jump Women final
^ Athletics - Shot Put Women final
^ Athletics - Discus Throw Women final
^ Athletics - Hammer Throw Women final
^ Athletics - Javelin Throw Women final

External links

Official website

[cyg2011athletics-1] "Sports – Athletics". cyg2011.com. CYG 2011 Organising Committee. Archived from the original on 2011-10-16. Retrieved September 4, 2011.

[2] Athletics - 100m Men final

[3] Athletics – 200m Men final

[4] Athletics - 400m Men finak

[5] Athletics – 800m Men final

[6] Athletics - 1500m Men final

[7] Athletics – 3000m Men

[8] Athletics - 110m Hurdles Men final

[9] Athletics – 400m Hurdles Men

[10] Athletics - 2000m Steeplechase Men final

[11] Athletics – 4 x 100m Relay Men

[12] Athletics - High Jump Men final

[13] Athletics - Long Jump Men Final

[14] Triple Jump Men Final

[15] Athletics – Shot Put Men

[16] Athletics - Discus Throw Men final

[17] Athletics – Hammer Throw Men

[18] Athletics – Javelin Throw Men

[19] Athletics - 100m Women final

[20] Athletics - 400m Women final

[21] Athletics - 1500m Women final

[22] Athletics - 100m Hurdles Women final

[23] Athletics - 2000m Steeplechase Women final

[24] Athletics - High Jump Women final

[25] Athletics - Long Jump Women final

[26] Athletics - Shot Put Women final

[27] Athletics - Discus Throw Women final

[28] Athletics - Hammer Throw Women final

[29] Athletics - Javelin Throw Women final

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