# 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' discus throw

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

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Fedrick Dacres Jamaica | Ethan Cochran United States | Gerhard de Beer South Africa |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | Mykyta Nesterenko (UKR) | 77.50 | Kyiv, Ukraine | 19 May 2008 |
| Championship Record | Mykyta Nesterenko (UKR) | 70.67 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 13 July 2007 |
| World Youth Leading | Fedrick Dacres (JAM) | 66.42 | Kingston, Jamaica | 4 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 | South Africa | 56.42 | 57.95 | | 57.95 | Q |
| 2 | Viktor Gardenkrans | Sweden | x | 57.47 | | 57.47 | Q |
| 3 | Nicholas Percy | Great Britain | 50.51 | 56.48 | 53.98 | 56.48 | q |
| 4 | Robert Załoga | Poland | 46.96 | 56.08 | 55.87 | 56.08 | q |
| 5 | Philipp Spindler | Germany | 55.34 | x | 52.95 | 55.34 | q |
| 6 | Sachin Dalal Singh | India | 52.38 | 54.67 | x | 54.67 | PB |
| 7 | Dominik Košař | Czech Republic | 53.44 | x | 53.66 | 53.66 | |
| 8 | Marcell Kecskeméty | Hungary | x | 52.47 | x | 52.47 | |
| 9 | Matti Sivonen | Finland | 52.15 | x | x | 52.15 | |
| 10 | Iason Thanopoulos | Greece | 45.26 | 51.65 | 51.86 | 51.86 | |
| 11 | Thiago Negreiros | Brazil | 44.81 | 51.56 | x | 51.56 | |
| 12 | Aleksandr Dobrenkiy | Russia | x | 49.55 | 46.64 | 49.55 | |
| 13 | Roman Yerukh | Ukraine | x | 40.89 | x | 40.89 | |
| | Gian Ragonesi | Peru | x | x | x | NM | |

### Group B

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

## Final

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