Held between 9 and 11 September, the events were staged at the National Sports Centre in Douglas, Isle of Man.

Racewalking and pole vault events were scheduled for both sexes, but did not take place due to lack of entries.

Over the course of the three-day tournament 11 Commonwealth Youth Games records were set or improved.

[1] England was the most successful nation in the athletics programme, winning twelve events and taking 21 medals in total.

The men's 800 metres was high calibre and medallists Timothy Kitum and Nijel Amos both went on to win medals at the 2012 London Olympics.