# 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' long jump

The boys' long jump at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 6 and 7 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Lin Qing China | Johan Taléus Sweden | Stefano Braga Italy |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | Luis Bueno (CUB) | 8.25 | Havana, Cuba | 28 September 1986 |
| Championship Record | Chris Noffke (AUS) | 7.95 | Marrakesh, Morocco | 15 July 2005 |
| World Youth Leading | Vadym Adamchuk (UKR) | 7.95 | Yalta, Ukraine | 18 May 2011 |

## Qualification

Qualification rule: qualification standard 7.35 m or at least best 12 qualified.

### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Clive Pullen | Jamaica | 7.29 | x | 7.01 | 7.29 | q, PB |
| 2 | Stefano Braga | Italy | 7.09 | 7.27 | 7.05 | 7.27 | q |
| 3 | Duwayne Boer | South Africa | 6.79 | 7.20 | 6.98 | 7.20 | q |
| 4 | Huang Yanxuan | China | 7.19 | x | – | 7.19 | |
| 5 | Cameron Burrell | United States | x | 7.11 | x | 7.11 | |
| 6 | Yodenys Rivera | Cuba | 6.72 | 6.68 | 7.06 | 7.06 | |
| 7 | Fernando Ramos | Spain | 7.03 | 6.97 | x | 7.03 | |
| 8 | Álvaro Cortez | Chile | 3.16 | x | 7.01 | 7.01 | |
| 9 | Rinat Kaysarov | Kazakhstan | x | x | 6.98 | 6.98 | |
| 10 | David Göttlinger | Austria | 6.58 | 6.56 | 6.83 | 6.83 | |
| 11 | Charles Greaves | Barbados | 6.69 | 6.68 | 6.77 | 6.77 | |
| 12 | Ikki Fukunaga | Japan | 6.72 | 6.42 | 6.17 | 6.72 | |
| 13 | Armand Bam | South Africa | 6.63 | x | 4.75 | 6.63 | |
| 14 | Babajide Okulaja | Nigeria | 6.30 | 6.55 | 6.52 | 6.55 | |
| | Higor Alves | Brazil | x | x | x | NM | |
| | Lasha Gulelauri | Georgia | | | | DNS | |

### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Sergio Acera | Spain | 7.14 | 7.29 | 7.49 | 7.49 | Q |
| 2 | Lin Qing | China | 7.49 | | | 7.49 | Q |
| 3 | Semyon Popov | Russia | 7.24 | 7.43 | | 7.43 | Q |
| 4 | Riccardo Pagan | Italy | x | x | 7.39 | 7.39 | Q |
| 5 | Stephan Hartmann | Germany | 7.33 | x | 7.24 | 7.33 | q |
| 6 | Johan Taléus | Sweden | 7.19 | 7.26 | x | 7.26 | q, PB |
| 7 | Ionuț Grecu | Romania | 6.92 | 7.05 | 7.21 | 7.21 | q |
| 8 | Juan Mosquera | Panama | 6.63 | 7.21 | 6.82 | 7.21 | q, PB |
| 9 | Simon Karlén | Sweden | x | 6.98 | 7.19 | 7.19 | q |
| 10 | Douglas Selestrino | Brazil | 7.10 | x | 7.18 | 7.18 | |
| 11 | Brendon Barnett | New Zealand | 7.04 | 6.94 | 6.97 | 7.04 | |
| 12 | Christopher Idoghor | Nigeria | 7.03 | 6.91 | x | 7.03 | |
| 13 | Asahi Iida | Japan | 6.95 | 6.95 | 6.81 | 6.95 | SB |
| 14 | Bartłomiej Draszawka | Poland | 6.84 | 6.86 | – | 6.86 | |
| 15 | Anburaja Pazhanivel | India | 6.32 | 6.80 | 6.81 | 6.81 | |
| 16 | Jean Noël Crétinoir | France | 6.80 | x | 6.80 | 6.80 | |
| 17 | Mitch O'Donnell | Canada | x | 6.54 | x | 6.54 | |

## Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Lin Qing | China | 7.16 | 7.83 | 7.78 | 7.48 | – | 7.59 | 7.83 | PB |
| | Johan Taléus | Sweden | 7.36 | 7.44 | 7.29 | 7.32 | 7.28 | 7.15 | 7.44 | |
| | Stefano Braga | Italy | 7.18 | 7.42 | 6.64 | 7.30 | 7.37 | 7.00 | 7.42 | |
| 4 | Semyon Popov | Russia | 7.20 | 7.39 | 7.34 | 7.12 | 7.26 | x | 7.39 | |
| 5 | Simon Karlén | Sweden | 7.29 | 7.19 | 7.34 | x | 7.13 | 7.29 | 7.34 | SB |
| 6 | Juan Mosquera | Panama | 7.28 | 7.34 | 7.18 | x | x | 7.19 | 7.34 | PB |
| 7 | Stephan Hartmann | Germany | x | 7.32 | 7.27 | 7.18 | 7.15 | x | 7.32 | |
| 8 | Sergio Acera | Spain | 7.18 | 7.22 | x | – | – | – | 7.22 | |
| 9 | Clive Pullen | Jamaica | 7.19 | 7.05 | 7.19 | | | | 7.19 | |
| 10 | Duwayne Boer | South Africa | 7.13 | 7.09 | 6.88 | | | | 7.13 | |
| 11 | Ionuț Grecu | Romania | 7.05 | 6.99 | 7.06 | | | | 7.06 | |
| 12 | Riccardo Pagan | Italy | 3.59 | – | – | | | | 3.59 | |