# 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' medley relay

The girls' 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 |
| Jamaica Christania Williams Shericka Jackson Chrisann Gordon Olivia James | United States Jennifer Madu Bealoved Brown Kendall Baisden Robin Reynolds Myasia Jacobs | Canada Shamelle Pless Khamica Bingham Christian Brennan Sage Watson Ashley Taylor |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | United States | 2:03.83 | Debrecen, Hungary | 15 July 2001 |
| Championship Record | United States | 2:03.83 | Debrecen, Hungary | 15 July 2001 |
| World Youth Leading | South Africa | 2:13.60 | Windhoek, Namibia | 29 May 2011 |

## Heats

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Note |
| 1 | 6 | Russia | Anastasiya Nikolayeva, Ekaterina Renzhina, Anna Parfyonova, Anastasiya Aslanidi | 2:08.66 | Q, WYL |
| 2 | 3 | Canada | Shamelle Pless, Khamica Bingham, Christian Brennan, Ashley Taylor | 2:08.97 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 1 | Italy | Maria Paniz, Rebecca Palandri, Ylenia Vitale, Raphaela Lukudo | 2:10.83 | SB |
| 4 | 4 | Bahamas | Devynne Charlton, Carmiesha Cox, Pedrya Seymour, Gregria Higgs | 2:11.10 | SB |
| 5 | 5 | Ukraine | Polina Halkina, Oksana Ralko, Kateryna Klymiuk, Olena Sidorska | 2:13.11 | SB |
| 6 | 2 | China | Lu Shaowen, Li Jingyu, Wang Yuke, Zhou Yanling | 2:17.27 | SB |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Note |
| 1 | 6 | Jamaica | Christania Williams, Shericka Jackson, Olivia James, Chrisann Gordon | 2:05.59 | Q, WYL |
| 2 | 4 | Nigeria | Adebusola Adewale, Deborah Oluwaseun Odeyemi, Ada Benjamin, Rita Ossai | 2:08.44 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 5 | Poland | Kamila Ciba, Katarzyna Siewruk, Aleksandra Maliszewska, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz | 2:08.68 | q, PB |
| 4 | 1 | Brazil | Beatriz de Souza, Tamiris de Liz, Julia Schwan, Lourdes Dallazem | 2:10.79 | SB |
| 5 | 2 | Spain | Ariadna Ramos, Ana Martín-Sacristán, Elvira Vázquez, Bárbara Camblor | 2:12.00 | PB |
| 6 | 3 | Slovenia | Tina Slejko, Eva Trošt, Dorotea Rebernik, Anja Benko | 2:13.17 | SB |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | United States | Jennifer Madu, Myasia Jacobs, Kendall Baisden, Robin Reynolds | 2:09.39 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 5 | Romania | Andreea Grecu, Roxana Ene, Andreea Cojocaru, Bianca Răzor | 2:10.33 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 4 | South Africa | Liezl Hechter, Philippa Van der Merwe, Stephanie Wicksell, Izelle Neuhoff | 2:10.48 | q, PB |
| 4 | 3 | Japan | Yumi Nobayashi, Masumi Aoki, Anna Doi, Ayaka Nagura | 2:10.54 | SB |
| 5 | 1 | France | Solenn Compper, Brigitte Ntiamoah, Emeline Bauwe, Tiguida Diarouma | 2:11.77 | SB |

## Final

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Note |
| | 6 | Jamaica | Christania Williams, Shericka Jackson, Chrisann Gordon, Olivia James | 2:03.42 | WYB |
| | 4 | United States | Jennifer Madu, Bealoved Brown, Kendall Baisden, Robin Reynolds | 2:03.92 | SB |
| | 7 | Canada | Shamelle Pless, Khamica Bingham, Christian Brennan, Sage Watson | 2:05.72 | PB |
| 4 | 5 | Nigeria | Deborah Oluwaseun Odeyemi, Florence Uwakwe, Ada Benjamin, Rita Ossai | 2:06.26 | PB |
| 5 | 3 | Russia | Anastasiya Nikolayeva, Ekaterina Renzhina, Anna Parfyonova, Anastasiya Aslanidi | 2:07.62 | SB |
| 6 | 8 | Romania | Andreea Grecu, Roxana Ene, Andreea Cojocaru, Bianca Răzor | 2:10.17 | SB |
| 7 | 2 | Poland | Kamila Ciba, Katarzyna Siewruk, Aleksandra Maliszewska, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz | 2:10.35 | |
| 8 | 1 | South Africa | Liezl Hechter, Philippa Van der Merwe, Stephanie Wicksell, Izelle Neuhoff | 2:10.76 | |