2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 2000 metres steeplechase

The boys' 2000 metres steeplechase at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 6 and 8 July.

Boys' 2000 metres steeplechase at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Venue	Stadium Lille Métropole
Dates	6 July (heats) 8 July (final)
Competitors	33
Winning time	5:28.65 WYL
Medalists
Conseslus Kipruto   Kenya   Gilbert Kirui   Kenya   Zakaria Kiprotich   Uganda

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Conseslus Kipruto Kenya	Gilbert Kirui Kenya	Zacharia Kiprotich Uganda

Records

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

World Youth Best	Nabil Ouhaddi (MAR)	5:21.36	Rabat, Morocco	16 July 2006
Championship Record	Abel Mutai (KEN)	5:24.69	Marrakesh, Morocco	15 July 2005
World Youth Leading	Conseslus Kipruto (KEN)	5:29.3	Nairobi, Kenya	8 June 2011

Heats

Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gilbert Kiplangat Kirui	Kenya	5:34.98	Q
2	Jaouad Chemlal	Morocco	5:45.91	Q, SB
3	Zakaria Kiprotich	Uganda	5:46.66	Q, SB
4	Viktor Bakharev	Russia	5:48.88	Q, PB
5	Gonzalo Basconcelo	Spain	5:50.03	q, PB
6	Malek Ben Amor	Tunisia	5:50.95	q, PB
7	Youssef Bouissane	Morocco	5:53.54
8	Antoine Thibeault	Canada	5:53.78	PB
9	Katleho Dyoyi	South Africa	5:58.04
10	Italo Quazzola	Italy	5:59.78
11	Gabriel Corda	Argentina	6:05.45	PB
12	Fayçal Doucen	Algeria	6:06.53	PB
13	Giancarlo Baez	Puerto Rico	6:08.23
14	Eirik Bråten Richenberg	Norway	6:08.81
15	Mateo Rossetto	Argentina	6:10.73
16	Rajendra Bind	India	6:14.53

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Conseslus Kipruto	Kenya	5:31.27	Q
2	Mohammad Mueedh Al Barakati	Saudi Arabia	5:43.00	Q, PB
3	Zak Seddon	United Kingdom	5:46.98	Q, PB
4	Animut Minalu	Ethiopia	5:47.36	Q, PB
5	Deon Clifford	Canada	5:51.47	q, PB
6	Ivan Savka	Ukraine	5:53.51	q, PB
7	Jonathan Romeo	Spain	6:01.82
8	Billel Zeghdoudi	Algeria	6:04.87	PB
9	Hashim Salah Mohamed	Qatar	6:05.06	SB
10	Josué Marrero	Puerto Rico	6:05.12
11	Timothé André	France	6:09.70
12	Ryo Uchimura	Japan	6:10.45
13	Magnus Hannevig Pettersen	Norway	6:13.40
14	Áron Tóth	Hungary	6:17.60
15	Jacob Tseko	South Africa	6:21.81
16	Dileepa Prasad Abeykoon	Sri Lanka	6:26.26
17	Carles Gómez	Andorra	6:36.70	PB

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Conseslus Kipruto	Kenya	5:28.65	WYL
	Gilbert Kiplangat Kirui	Kenya	5:30.49
	Zakaria Kiprotich	Uganda	5:37.98	PB
4	Jaouad Chemlal	Morocco	5:38.26	SB
5	Zak Seddon	United Kingdom	5:40.62	PB
6	Mohammad Mueedh Al Barakati	Saudi Arabia	5:43.61
7	Animut Minalu	Ethiopia	5:46.50	PB
8	Deon Clifford	Canada	5:52.34
9	Malek Ben Amor	Tunisia	5:52.83
10	Viktor Bakharev	Russia	5:54.71
11	Gonzalo Basconcelo	Spain	6:00.24
12	Ivan Savka	Ukraine	6:00.56