title: 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 400 metres hurdles
text: # 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 400 metres hurdles
  
  The Boy's 400 metres hurdles at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Nord Lille Métropole on 6, 7 and 9 July.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Egor Kuznetsov Russia | Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh Saudi Arabia | Takahiro Matsumoto Japan |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
  
  | World Youth Best | William Wynne (USA) | 49.01 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 15 July 2007 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Championship Record | William Wynne (USA) | 49.01 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 15 July 2007 |
  | World Youth Leading | Christiaan Mouton (RSA) | 51.24 | Paarl, South Africa | 12 March 2011 |
  
  During the competition, Egor Kuznetsov lowered the world youth leading to 50.97.
  
  ## Heats
  
  Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified.
  
  ### Heat 1
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 3 | Yahya Ibrahim Barnawi | Saudi Arabia | 51.93 | Q, PB |
  | 2 | 4 | Jonathan Russell | United States | 51.94 | Q, PB |
  | 3 | 2 | Ken Kirui Tele | Kenya | 52.58 | Q, PB |
  | 4 | 5 | Riadh Sayeh | Tunisia | 53.09 | q |
  | 5 | 7 | Gerald Drummond | Costa Rica | 53.22 | q, PB |
  | 6 | 6 | Jin Wei Timothee Yap | Singapore | 54.55 | PB |
  | 7 | 1 | Roman Olejník | Slovakia | 55.77 | |
  
  ### Heat 2
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 5 | Durgesh Kumar | India | 52.22 | Q |
  | 2 | 7 | Chiebonam Mba | Nigeria | 53.47 | Q, PB |
  | 3 | 3 | Mattia Contini | Italy | 53.88 | Q |
  | 4 | 1 | Oleksiy Matskevych | Ukraine | 53.92 | q |
  | 5 | 2 | Johan Nicolai Hartling | Denmark | 54.24 | PB |
  | 6 | 6 | Jordan Sherwood | Canada | 55.54 | |
  | 7 | 4 | Ali Mohammed | Kuwait | 55.63 | |
  
  ### Heat 3
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 6 | Egor Kuznetsov | Russia | 52.74 | Q |
  | 2 | 5 | Kion Joseph | Barbados | 53.57 | Q |
  | 3 | 7 | Mustafa Amer Shaheen | Iraq | 53.78 | Q, PB |
  | 4 | 1 | Clément François | France | 54.26 | |
  | 5 | 4 | Cristian Rosa | Portugal | 55.00 | PB |
  | 6 | 3 | Sehyun Han | South Korea | 57.64 | |
  | 7 | 2 | Ouadie El Ouazzani | Morocco | 58.15 | |
  
  ### Heat 4
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 3 | Shota Madokoro | Japan | 53.46 | Q, PB |
  | 2 | 2 | Christiaan Mouton | South Africa | 53.52 | Q |
  | 3 | 4 | Nimet Sen | Turkey | 53.93 | Q |
  | 4 | 5 | Sten Ütsmüts | Estonia | 54.84 | PB |
  | 5 | 1 | Carlos Tabara | Ecuador | 56.28 | |
  | 6 | 7 | Azim Abdullaev | Tajikistan | 56.94 | SB |
  | 7 | 6 | Omar Abdulla Al Jassim | Qatar | 57.24 | |
  
  ### Heat 5
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 8 | Ramfis Vega | Puerto Rico | 52.57 | Q, PB |
  | 2 | 2 | Takahiro Matsumoto | Japan | 53.42 | Q, PB |
  | 3 | 4 | Tramaine Maloney | Barbados | 53.53 | Q, SB |
  | 4 | 5 | Ali Khamis Khamis | Bahrain | 54.27 | PB |
  | 5 | 6 | Lahiru Jumani | Sri Lanka | 54.42 | |
  | 6 | 7 | Christian Lozada | Ecuador | 54.69 | |
  | 7 | 1 | Juan Antonio Moraques | Spain | 54.78 | |
  | - | 3 | Sid-Ali Khedim | Algeria | DNF | |
  
  ### Heat 6
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 7 | Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh | Saudi Arabia | 51.71 | Q, PB |
  | 2 | 2 | Omar McLeod | Jamaica | 51.74 | Q, PB |
  | 3 | 4 | Constant Pretorius | South Africa | 52.30 | Q |
  | 4 | 1 | Dylan Dimock | Canada | 52.76 | q, PB |
  | 5 | 6 | Markus Loftås | Norway | 53.22 | q, PB |
  | 6 | 5 | Jean Lindsay Emilien | Mauritius | 53.90 | q, PB |
  | 7 | 3 | Kenzi Yedjedd | Algeria | 56.03 | |
  
  ## Semifinals
  
  Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.
  
  ### Heat 1
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Takahiro Matsumoto | Japan | 52.20 | Q, PB |
  | 2 | 5 | Ramfis Vega | Puerto Rico | 52.42 | Q, PB |
  | 3 | 3 | Durgesh Kumar | India | 52.96 | |
  | 4 | 6 | Chiebonam Mba | Nigeria | 53.13 | PB |
  | 5 | 8 | Tramaine Maloney | Barbados | 53.26 | SB |
  | 6 | 7 | Mustafa Amer Shaheen | Iraq | 53.67 | PB |
  | 7 | 2 | Markus Loftås | Norway | 54.10 | |
  | 8 | 1 | Gerald Drummond | Costa Rica | 54.65 | |
  
  ### Heat 2
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 8 | Constant Pretorius | South Africa | 51.57 | Q, PB |
  | 2 | 5 | Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh | Saudi Arabia | 51.59 | Q, PB |
  | 3 | 3 | Shota Madokoro | Japan | 51.72 | q, PB |
  | 4 | 6 | Omar McLeod | Jamaica | 51.91 | q |
  | 5 | 4 | Kion Joseph | Barbados | 52.77 | PB |
  | 6 | 1 | Dylan Dimock | Canada | 53.40 | |
  | 7 | 7 | Nimet Sen | Turkey | 53.79 | |
  | 8 | 2 | Oleksiy Matskevych | Ukraine | 54.09 | PB |
  
  ### Heat 3
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 6 | Egor Kuznetsov | Russia | 51.31 | Q, PB |
  | 2 | 7 | Ken Kirui Tele | Kenya | 51.92 | Q, PB |
  | 3 | 3 | Jonathan Russell | United States | 52.06 | |
  | 4 | 1 | Riadh Sayeh | Tunisia | 52.18 | PB |
  | 5 | 5 | Yahya Ibrahim Barnawi | Saudi Arabia | 52.48 | |
  | 6 | 4 | Christiaan Mouton | South Africa | 52.54 | |
  | 7 | 8 | Mattia Contini | Italy | 53.75 | |
  | 8 | 2 | Jean Lindsay Emilien | Mauritius | 53.88 | PB |
  
  ## Final
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 3 | Egor Kuznetsov | Russia | 50.97 | WYL |
  | | 5 | Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh | Saudi Arabia | 51.14 | PB |
  | | 4 | Takahiro Matsumoto | Japan | 51.26 | PB |
  | 4 | 8 | Ken Kirui Tele | Kenya | 51.33 | PB |
  | 5 | 6 | Constant Pretorius | South Africa | 51.34 | PB |
  | 6 | 7 | Ramfis Vega | Puerto Rico | 51.50 | PB |
  | 7 | 1 | Shota Madokoro | Japan | 51.77 | |
  | 8 | 2 | Omar McLeod | Jamaica | 52.82 | |
  