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

The boys' javelin throw at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 9 and 10 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Reinhard van Zyl South Africa | Morné Moolman South Africa | Zhang Guisheng China |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | Braian Toledo (ARG) | 89.34 | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 6 March 2010 |
| Championship Record | Júlio César de Oliveira (BRA) | 81.16 | Sherbrooke, Canada | 11 July 2003 |
| World Youth Leading | Morné Moolman (RSA) | 81.37 | Windhoek, Namibia | 28 May 2011 |

## Qualification

Qualification rule: qualification standard 70.00 m or at least best 12 qualified.

### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Zhang Guisheng | China | 59.53 | 54.80 | 73.35 | 73.35 | Q |
| 2 | Yuriy Kushniruk | Ukraine | 71.36 | | | 71.36 | Q |
| 3 | Reinhard van Zyl | South Africa | 70.36 | | | 70.36 | Q |
| 4 | Elliott Lang | Australia | 68.58 | 69.39 | 67.15 | 69.39 | q |
| 5 | Gatis Čakšs | Latvia | 69.14 | 66.36 | x | 69.14 | q |
| 6 | Tuomas Keto | Finland | x | 66.98 | x | 66.98 | q |
| 7 | German Komarov | Russia | x | x | 64.96 | 64.96 | |
| 8 | Evan Karakolis | Canada | 60.55 | x | 64.95 | 64.95 | |
| 9 | Gardar Rochmann | Norway | 64.14 | x | 59.66 | 64.14 | |
| 10 | Attila Rab | Hungary | 59.04 | 63.97 | 58.70 | 63.97 | |
| 11 | Axel Lönegren | Sweden | 53.82 | 61.55 | 60.18 | 61.55 | |
| 12 | Alexander Pascal | Cayman Islands | 55.61 | 61.34 | 57.98 | 61.34 | PB |
| 13 | Sindri Guðmundsson | Iceland | 42.35 | x | 59.83 | 59.83 | |
| 14 | Héctor Aragüés | Spain | x | 59.82 | 56.88 | 59.82 | |
| 15 | Mauro Fernández | Argentina | 59.35 | 56.47 | 56.95 | 59.35 | |
| 16 | Adriaan Stephanus Beukes | Botswana | 53.06 | 59.31 | 51.21 | 59.31 | |
| 17 | Joseph Figliolini | Italy | 56.46 | x | x | 56.46 | |
| 18 | David Kastrevc | Slovenia | x | 46.45 | 55.41 | 55.41 | |
| 19 | Stanis Nowak | France | 36.48 | x | 50.39 | 50.39 | |
| 20 | Gregg Orgusaar | Estonia | x | 47.57 | x | 47.57 | |

### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Morné Moolman | South Africa | 65.97 | 83.16 | | 83.16 | Q, CR |
| 2 | Joni Karvinen | Finland | 80.05 | | | 80.05 | Q, PB |
| 3 | Ali Kilisli | Turkey | x | 75.11 | | 75.11 | Q, PB |
| 4 | Edgar Landazuri | Ecuador | 68.40 | 59.29 | 57.77 | 68.40 | q |
| 5 | Janek Õiglane | Estonia | 64.15 | x | 67.90 | 67.90 | q, PB |
| 6 | Povilas Dabašinskas | Lithuania | 64.51 | x | 67.47 | 67.47 | q |
| 7 | William White | Australia | 64.97 | x | 65.89 | 65.89 | |
| 8 | Kacper Oleszczuk | Poland | 65.85 | 59.45 | 63.05 | 65.85 | |
| 9 | Mārcis Grēns | Latvia | 65.65 | x | x | 65.65 | PB |
| 10 | Paraskevas Batzavalis | Greece | 65.40 | x | 64.28 | 65.40 | |
| 11 | Adrian Williams | Saint Kitts and Nevis | x | x | 64.22 | 64.22 | PB |
| 12 | Maged Al-Badry | Egypt | 64.11 | 57.58 | 56.22 | 64.11 | PB |
| 13 | Ryo Miyata | Japan | 56.96 | 56.51 | 63.29 | 63.29 | PB |
| 14 | Tyler Renton | Canada | 59.13 | 61.90 | 54.61 | 61.90 | |
| 15 | Lukas Wieland | Switzerland | x | 57.58 | 61.50 | 61.50 | |
| 16 | Mario Balcázar | Chile | x | 59.05 | 47.83 | 59.05 | |
| 17 | Stefano Contini | Italy | x | 58.33 | x | 58.33 | |
| 18 | Chalanaka Weerasinghe | Sri Lanka | 54.49 | 50.75 | 56.90 | 56.90 | |
| 19 | Raul Rusu | Romania | 54.19 | 54.20 | x | 54.20 | |
| 20 | Andreas Bertelsen | Denmark | x | x | 51.55 | 51.55 | |
| 21 | Naveen Kumar | India | 44.23 | x | x | 44.23 | |

## Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Reinhard van Zyl | South Africa | 74.02 | 82.96 | x | 64.70 | 75.26 | 75.14 | 82.96 | PB |
| | Morné Moolman | South Africa | 66.75 | x | 78.39 | 79.20 | 80.99 | 70.78 | 80.99 | |
| | Zhang Guisheng | China | 74.68 | 75.58 | 72.28 | 75.95 | 76.40 | 77.62 | 77.62 | |
| 4 | Yuriy Kushniruk | Ukraine | 74.22 | 64.19 | 70.24 | x | 76.11 | 77.10 | 77.10 | PB |
| 5 | Povilas Dabašinskas | Lithuania | x | 74.16 | 75.87 | 73.68 | x | x | 75.87 | PB |
| 6 | Joni Karvinen | Finland | x | 68.86 | 74.49 | 68.29 | x | 71.13 | 74.49 | |
| 7 | Elliott Lang | Australia | 73.11 | 73.50 | x | x | 70.67 | 73.55 | 73.55 | SB |
| 8 | Gatis Čakšs | Latvia | 56.00 | 66.53 | x | 66.94 | x | 65.59 | 66.94 | |
| 9 | Ali Kilisli | Turkey | x | 66.46 | x | | | | 66.46 | |
| 10 | Edgar Landazuri | Ecuador | 63.71 | 60.90 | 65.48 | | | | 65.48 | |
| 11 | Janek Õiglane | Estonia | 61.11 | x | 64.70 | | | | 64.70 | |
| 12 | Tuomas Keto | Finland | 62.56 | 60.89 | x | | | | 62.56 | |