2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' medley relay

Boys' medley relay at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Venue	Stadium Lille Métropole
Dates	9 July (heats) 10 July (final)
Nations	32
Winning time	1:49.47 WYB
Medalists
Ronald Darby Aldrich Bailey Najee Glass Arman Hall Cameron Burrell   United States   Kazuma Ōseto Akiyuki Hashimoto Shotaro Aikyo Takuya Fukunaga Kazuya Tsukamoto   Japan   Wilhem Belocian Méba-Mickaël Zeze Jordan Geenen Thomas Jordier Gautier Dautremer   France

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

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States Ronald Darby Aldrich Bailey Najee Glass Arman Hall Cameron Burrell	Japan Kazuma Ōseto Akiyuki Hashimoto Shotaro Aikyo Takuya Fukunaga Kazuya Tsukamoto	France Wilhem Belocian Méba-Mickaël Zeze Jordan Geenen Thomas Jordier Gautier Dautremer

Records

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

World Youth Best	United States	1:50.33	Bressanone, Italy	12 July 2009
Championship Record	United States	1:50.33	Bressanone, Italy	12 July 2009
World Youth Leading	Hungary	1:54.57	Veszprém, Hungary	11 June 2011

Heats

Qualification rule: first 1 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Note
1	3	United States	Cameron Burrell, Aldrich Bailey, Arman Hall, Najee Glass	1:51.53	Q, WYL
2	1	Brazil	Flávio Lucena, Renato dos Santos, Maykon da Cunha, Carlos Grachet	1:54.68	q, SB
3	4	Norway	Daniel Lauritzen, Henrik Overvåg, Jørgen Kåshagen, Sondre Lid	1:56.43	PB
4	2	Thailand	Kritsada Namsuwan, Kacha Sawangyen, Ruttanapon Sowan, Nitipol Thongpoon	1:57.19	SB
5	8	Spain	Fernando Ramos, Adrián Pérez, Sergi Torres, Lucas Búa	1:57.23	SB
6	5	Bahrain	Abdulla Al-Amiri, Ahmed Al-Shawoosh, Husain Mubarak, Ali Khamis	1:59.16	PB
7	6	Algeria	Ali El-Islam, Sid-Ali Khedim, Kenzi Yedjedd, Mohamed Belbachir	1:59.89	SB
	7	Canada	Andre Azonwanna, Wesley Best, Brendon Restall, Brandon McBride	DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Note
1	7	Japan	Kazuya Tsukamoto, Kazuma Ōseto, Shotaro Aikyo, Takuya Fukunaga	1:52.45	Q, SB
2	8	Bahamas	Anthony Adderley, Delano Davis, Stephen Newbold, Andre Wells	1:52.66	q, PB
3	2	Saudi Arabia	Humod Al-Wani, Fahhad Al-Subaie, Yahya Barnawi, Ahmed Al-Khayri	1:54.92	SB
4	3	Tunisia	Haythem Aissa, Zied Aissa, Abdessalem Ayouni, Riadh Sayeh	1:59.18	PB
5	6	Kuwait	Abdulrazaq Al-Mutairi, Mohammad Eissa, Ali Mohammed, Sayed Ali	2:00.69	SB
	5	South Africa	Hendrik Khumalo, Fana Mofokeng, Lorenzo Adams, Pieter Conradie	DQ
	1	Zimbabwe	Tafara Hleruka, Lawrence Muyambo, Khuphukile Chilufya, Cliford Charuka	DQ
	4	Barbados		DNS

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Note
1	4	France	Wilhem Belocian, Gautier Dautremer, Jordan Geenen, Thomas Jordier	1:53.01	Q, PB
2	6	Poland	Marcin Ciechanowicz, Adam Jabłoński, Rafał Smoleń, Patryk Dobek	1:53.05	q, SB
3	1	Iraq	Bahaaldin Baban, Hasanain Zubaiyen, Ahmed Husam, Mones Al-Bayati	1:55.19	SB
4	2	Mexico	César Ramírez, Juan Alanís, Ever Carranza, José de Jesús	1:56.56	SB
5	8	Ukraine	Oleh Polovytsya, Volodymyr Suprun, Oleksiy Matskevych, Oleksiy Pozdnyakov	1:56.62	PB
6	3	Italy	Giovanni Cellario, Lorenzo Bilotti, Lorenzo Perini, Vincenzo Vigliotti	1:56.83	SB
7	5	Bermuda	Jeneko Place, Bruce DeGrilla, Scott Clarke, Kyle Webb	1:59.51	PB
	7	Slovakia		DNS

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Note
1	2	Trinidad and Tobago	Ruebin Walters, Jereem Richards, Theon Lewis, Machel Cedenio	1:53.32	Q, SB
2	3	Jamaica	Tyler Mason, Odail Todd, Lennox Williams, Omar McLeod	1:53.66	q, SB
3	8	Nigeria	Harry Chukwudike, Oluwarotimi Adebayo, Friday Bariadora, Chibuzor Igiliegbe	1:54.85	PB
4	4	Singapore	Tan Zong Yang, Donovan Chan, Timothee Yap Jin Wei, Ng Chin Hui	1:56.46	PB
5	6	Romania	Mihai Petrescu, Alexandru Terpezan, Ștefan Găinușă, Mihai Romas	1:57.73	PB
6	1	Oman	Idris Al-Azari, Haithan Al-Saadi, Usama Al-Gheilani, Mohmmed Al-Shueili	1:57.74	PB
	7	Hungary	Bálint Cseresznyés, Péter Csuhai, Dávid Bartha, Bálint Móricz	DQ
	5	China		DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Note
	3	United States	Ronald Darby, Aldrich Bailey, Najee Glass, Arman Hall	1:49.47	WYB
	4	Japan	Kazuma Ōseto, Akiyuki Hashimoto, Shotaro Aikyo, Takuya Fukunaga	1:50.69	PB
	5	France	Wilhem Belocian, Méba-Mickaël Zeze, Jordan Geenen, Thomas Jordier	1:51.81	PB
4	7	Poland	Marcin Ciechanowicz, Adam Jabłoński, Rafał Smoleń, Patryk Dobek	1:52.42	SB
5	8	Bahamas	Tommy Outten, Delano Davis, Stephen Newbold, Andre Wells	1:52.51	PB
6	6	Trinidad and Tobago	Ruebin Walters, Jereem Richards, Theon Lewis, Machel Cedenio	1:52.77	SB
7	2	Brazil	Flávio Lucena, Renato dos Santos, Maykon da Cunha, Carlos Grachet	1:53.59	SB
	1	Jamaica	Tyler Mason, Odail Todd, Lennox Williams, Omar McLeod	DNS