2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 100 metres


The Boys' 100 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Nord Lille Métropole on 6 and 7 July. The event was won by Odail Todd of Jamaica, who was only drafted into the event after World Youth leader Jazeel Murphy was forced to withdraw due to injury. Odean Skeen, the 2010 Youth Olympic 100 m champion, also had to withdraw prior to the event.

Medalists

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
World Youth Best10.23Enugu, NGR23 March 2002
World Youth Best10.23Indianapolis, USA21 June 2007
Championship Record10.31Debrecen, Hungary13 July 2001
World Youth Leading10.27Montego Bay, Jamaica23 April 2011

No new records were set during the competition.

Heats

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat plus the 4 fastest times qualified.

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Heat 4

Heat 5

Heat 6

Heat 7

Heat 8

Heat 9

Heat 10

Heat 11

Heat 12

Semifinals

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat plus the 2 fastest times qualified.

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Odail Todd10.51PB
1Kazuma Oseto10.52
4Mickaël Zézé10.57
8Ronald Darby10.61PB
6Hugh Donovan10.62
3Jarrod Geddes10.63PB
2Mohammad Sico Ibrahim10.63PB
7Chijindu Ujah10.69