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

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 | |