# 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 110 metres hurdles

The boys' 110 metres hurdles at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 7 and 8 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Andries van der Merwe South Africa | Joshua Hawkins New Zealand | Wilhem Belocian France |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | Wayne Davis (USA) | 13.18 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 12 July 2007 |
| Championship Record | Wayne Davis (USA) | 13.18 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 12 July 2007 |
| World Youth Leading | Andries van der Merwe (RSA) | 13.39 | Windhoek, South Africa | 29 May 2011 |
No new records were established during the competition.

## Heats

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

### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Andries van der Merwe | South Africa | 13.78 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Moussa Al-Sabyani | Saudi Arabia | 14.04 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 5 | Benjamin Sédécias | France | 14.23 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Javier Colomo | Spain | 14.27 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | César Ramírez | Mexico | 14.50 | |
| 6 | 7 | Han Se-hyun | South Korea | 14.54 | |
| | 1 | Amit Kumar Singh | India | DQ | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | Wilhem Belocian | France | 13.70 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Thomas Durant | Belgium | 13.81 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | Todd Gurley | United States | 13.86 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 4 | Rihards Parandjuks | Latvia | 14.50 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Ang Chen Xiang | Singapore | 14.69 | |
| 6 | 5 | Siosifa Lisala | Tonga | 14.98 | |
| | 6 | Tramaine Maloney | Barbados | DQ | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Tiaan Smit | South Africa | 14.06 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Panayiotis Bekiaridis | Greece | 14.10 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Yu Xin | China | 14.17 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Facundo Andrada | Argentina | 14.19 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 2 | David Franco | Venezuela | 14.29 | q |
| 6 | 6 | Valdó Szűcs | Hungary | 14.30 | q |
| 7 | 4 | Mitch O'Donnell | Canada | 14.43 | |

### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Takumi Takahata | Japan | 13.88 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 5 | Tyler Mason | Jamaica | 14.08 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Cheng Yun-yin | Chinese Taipei | 14.08 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Ruebin Walters | Trinidad and Tobago | 14.32 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Kirk Lewis | Bahamas | 14.32 | q |
| 6 | 6 | Alif Ashraf Mohd Razali | Malaysia | 14.46 | |
| 7 | 8 | Diego Lyon | Chile | 14.58 | |
| 8 | 2 | Abdulrahman Saleh | United Arab Emirates | 15.35 | PB |

### Heat 5

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Lorenzo Perini | Italy | 13.71 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Joshua Hawkins | New Zealand | 13.71 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 4 | Omar McLeod | Jamaica | 13.83 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 2 | Vyacheslav Shvydkyy | Ukraine | 13.95 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Patricio Colarte | Chile | 14.28 | q |
| 6 | 3 | Anousone Xaysa | Laos | 15.20 | PB |
| 7 | 6 | Andre Wright | Canada | 21.25 | |

## Semifinals

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

### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Takumi Takahata | Japan | 13.66 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 5 | Andries van der Merwe | South Africa | 13.71 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Tyler Mason | Jamaica | 13.80 | q, PB |
| 4 | 8 | Vyacheslav Shvydyy | Ukraine | 13.86 | q, PB |
| 5 | 4 | Panayiotis Bekiaridis | Greece | 14.04 | |
| 6 | 7 | Benjamin Sédécias | France | 14.07 | |
| 7 | 1 | Patricio Colarte | Chile | 14.17 | SB |
| 8 | 2 | David Franco | Venezuela | 14.27 | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Wilhem Belocian | France | 13.66 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Joshua Hawkins | New Zealand | 13.77 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Thomas Durant | Belgium | 13.90 | |
| 4 | 2 | Ruebin Walters | Trinidad and Tobago | 14.01 | PB |
| 5 | 7 | Yun-Yin Cheng | Chinese Taipei | 14.02 | |
| 6 | 3 | Todd Gurley | United States | 14.10 | |
| 7 | 8 | Javier Colomo | Spain | 14.24 | |
| 8 | 1 | Kirk Lewis | Bahamas | 14.52 | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Mousa Al-Sabyani | Saudi Arabia | 13.84 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 5 | Omar McLeod | Jamaica | 13.93 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Lorenzo Perini | Italy | 13.96 | |
| 4 | 3 | Tiaan Smit | South Africa | 14.18 | |
| 5 | 2 | Valdo Szücs | Hungary | 14.45 | |
| 6 | 7 | Facundo Andrada | Argentina | 14.53 | |
| 7 | 8 | Yu Xin | China | 14.64 | |
| 8 | 1 | Rihards Parandjuks | Latvia | 14.81 | |

## Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Andries van der Merwe | South Africa | 13.41 | |
| | 7 | Joshua Hawkins | New Zealand | 13.44 | PB |
| | 4 | Wilhem Belocian | France | 13.51 | PB |
| 4 | 8 | Omar McLeod | Jamaica | 13.61 | PB |
| 5 | 6 | Takumi Takahata | Japan | 13.71 | |
| 6 | 1 | Tyler Mason | Jamaica | 13.74 | PB |
| 7 | 3 | Mousa Al-Sabyani | Saudi Arabia | 13.81 | PB |
| 8 | 2 | Vyacheslav Shvydkyy | Ukraine | 13.94 | |