# Athletics at the 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.
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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (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 | Tom Holligan Scotland | 21.52 w | Tahir Walsh Antigua and Barbuda | 21.66 w | Dalton Coppins New Zealand | 21.75 w |
| 400 metres | Clovis Asong England | 47.76 | Alphas Kishoyian Kenya | 48.28 | George Caddick England | 48.99 |
| 800 metres | Timothy Kitum Kenya | 1:49.32 GR | Leonard Kosencha Kenya | 1:50.62 | Nigel Amos Botswana | 1:51.07 |
| 1500 metres | Jonathan Sawe Kenya | 3:48.38 | Vincent Mutai Kenya | 3:50.32 | Robbie Farnham-Rose England | 3:51.89 |
| 3000 metres | Wiliam Sitonik Kenya | 7:57.03 GR | Patrick Mwikya Kenya | 8:00.81 | Phillip Kipyeko Uganda | 8:02.33 |
| 110 metres hurdles (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 | Durgesh Kumar India | 51.76 GR | Johannes Pretorius South Africa | 53.05 | Kion Joseph Barbados | 53.52 |
| 2000 metres steeplechase | Zak Seddon England | 5:41.81 GR | Zakaria Kiprotich Uganda | 5:43.93 | Katleho Dyoyi South Africa | 5:56.91 |
| 4×100 metres relay | 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 | Willem van Schalkwyk South Africa | 2.03 m | Tom Henry Australia | 2.00 m | Michael Hartley England | 1.90 m |
| Long jump | 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 | Sithembiso Janki South Africa | 14.85 m | Jimi Tele England | 14.60 m | Gervais Tsoaoule-Mpazambe Cameroon | 13.88 m |
| Shot put | Navjetdeep Singh India | 18.81 m GR | Ruan Combrinck South Africa | 18.57 m | Hezekiel Romeo Trinidad and Tobago | 17.97 m |
| Discus throw | 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 | Callum Brown England | 72.19 m GR | Michael Painter England | 68.64 m | Nicholas Percy Scotland | 64.96 m |
| Javelin throw | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (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 | 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 | 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 (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 | 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 | Leontia Kallenou Cyprus | 1.79 m | Jeanelle Scheper Saint Lucia | 1.76 m | Reagan Dee Isle of Man | 1.65 m |
| Long jump | 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 | Sophie McKinna England | 14.75 m | Taylah Sengul Australia | 14.10 m | Chei Kenneally New Zealand | 12.96 m |
| Discus throw | Taylah Sengul Australia | 50.71 m GR | Shadine Duquemin Jersey | 49.25 m | Navjeet Kaur Dhillon India | 45.27 m |
| Hammer throw | Louisa James England | 58.10 m | Kimberley Reed Scotland | 54.22 m | Mikki Genge Australia | 51.49 m |
| Javelin throw | 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 |
| 14 | Saint Lucia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Barbados | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Botswana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Dominica | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Isle of Man* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Jamaica | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (26 entries) | Totals (26 entries) | 34 | 34 | 34 | 102 |