2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 200 metres

Last updated March 04, 2019

Events at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	boys	girls
200 m	boys	girls
400 m	boys	girls
800 m	boys	girls
1500 m	boys	girls
3000 m	boys	girls
100 m hurdles		girls
110 m hurdles	boys
400 m hurdles	boys	girls
2000 m steeplechase	boys	girls
Medley relay	boys	girls
5000 m walk		girls
10,000 m walk	boys
Field events
Long jump	boys	girls
Triple jump	boys	girls
High jump	boys	girls
Pole vault	boys	girls
Shot put	boys	girls
Discus throw	boys	girls
Javelin throw	boys	girls
Hammer throw	boys	girls
Combined events
Heptathlon		girls
Decathlon	boys
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The Boys' 200 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Nord Lille Métropole on 8, 9 and 10 July.^[1] The event was won by Stephen Newbold of The Bahamas. Arman Hall, who ran the 2011 world youth leading over 200 metres, was switched to the 400 metres before the championship.^[2]

The 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics were the seventh edition of the World Youth Championships in Athletics. They were held in Lille Métropole, France, with stadium-based events at Stadium Lille-Métropole in Villeneuve d'Ascq, on 6–10 July 2011. Eligible athletes were aged 16 or 17 on 31 December 2011. The event had record participation levels, with 1375 athletes from 173 countries entering the tournament.

Stephen Newbold is a Bahamian sprinter. He attended Florida State University.

The Bahamas, known officially as the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is a country within the Lucayan Archipelago. The archipelagic state consists of more than 700 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean, and is located north of Cuba and Hispaniola, northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, southeast of the U.S. state of Florida, and east of the Florida Keys. The capital is Nassau on the island of New Providence. The designation of "the Bahamas" can refer either to the country or to the larger island chain that it shares with the Turks and Caicos Islands. The Royal Bahamas Defence Force describes the Bahamas territory as encompassing 470,000 km² (180,000 sq mi) of ocean space.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Stephen Newbold Bahamas	Odail Todd Jamaica	Ronald Darby United States

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best	Usain Bolt (JAM)	20.13	Bridgetown, Barbados	20 July 2003
Championship Record	Usain Bolt (JAM)	20.40	Sherbrooke, Canada	13 July 2003
World Youth Leading	Arman Hall (USA)	20.82	Miami, United States	5 March 2011

No new records were set during the competition.

Final

^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01!	6	Stephen Newbold	Bahamas	20.89	PB
02!	4	Odail Todd	Jamaica	21.00	PB
03!	5	Ronald Darby	United States	21.08
4	8	Akiyuki Hashimoto	Japan	21.21
5	1	Mickaël Zézé	France	21.30
6	3	Aldrich Bailey	United States	21.36
7	2	Andre Azonwanna	Canada	21.40
8	7	Hugh Donovan	Australia	21.46	SB

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References

↑ Timetable
↑ Lyon, Fabian (July 8, 2011). "St. Thomas Aquinas' Arman Hall wins 400 meters at world youth championships". Miami Herald.
↑ Final results

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[1] Timetable

[2] Lyon, Fabian (July 8, 2011). "St. Thomas Aquinas' Arman Hall wins 400 meters at world youth championships". Miami Herald.

[3] Final results