2011 World Championships in Athletics

13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics
제13회 세계육상선수권대회

Host city	Daegu, South Korea
Nations participating	204
Athletes participating	1848
Events	47
Dates	27 August – 4 September 2011
Main venue	Daegu Stadium
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The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011.

The United States topped the medal standings in the competition with 25 (12 gold, 8 silver, and 6 bronze). During the competition, 41 national records, 4 area records, 3 championship records, and 1 world record was set.

Bidding process

On 4 April 2006, the IAAF announced that nine countries (United States, South Korea, Australia, Sweden, Spain, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Croatia and Morocco) had submitted expressions of interest for hosting the 2011 World Championships.

Candidates

When the seeking deadline passed on 1 December 2006, four candidate cities (Brisbane, Daegu, Moscow and Gothenburg) had confirmed their candidatures. Gothenburg backed out later that month, citing lack of financial support from the Swedish government.

Brisbane was announced as the Australian candidate with the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre (formally ANZ Stadium) as the proposed venue for a championships to be held in July or August. The stadium previously hosted the 1982 Commonwealth Games and 2001 Goodwill Games. Brisbane also had an unsuccessful bid for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.

Daegu was the city chosen for the Korean bid, following on from an initial application to host the 2009 edition. Daegu had previously hosted the 2003 Summer Universiade and three matches of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The World Championships in Athletics had never been staged in mainland Asia, although it has taken place twice in Japan.

The Russian bid had Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium as the proposed venue. The city hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Among the intent candidates were Casablanca (Morocco) and Split (Croatia), both of which were failed bidders for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. The Spanish candidate was rumored to be either Madrid or Valencia, but Spain eventually settled for Barcelona as a candidate for the 2013 World Championships in Athletics. The United States intent candidate city matched those bidding for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games: Chicago, Los Angeles or San Francisco.

Selection

The IAAF announced Daegu as the winning candidate at the IAAF Council Meeting in Mombasa on 27 March 2007. Its victory was based on "the quality of the stadiums and [meeting] the need for good crowds." IAAF's officials also praised Daegu's "ambition and challenging spirit" as key to its winning bid. Both Moscow and Brisbane later confirmed their candidacy to host the 2013 World Championships in Athletics – a selection process won by the Russian capital.

Event schedule

See also: 2011 World Championships in Athletics qualification standards

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  A promotional poster for the event at Dongdaegu Station

Q

Qualifiers

H

Heats

½

Semifinals

F

Final

Men

Date →	Sat 27		Sun 28			Mon 29			Tue 30		Wed 31		Thu 1		Fri 2		Sat 3		Sun 4
Event ↓	M	A	M	A		M	A		M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A
100 m	Q	H		½	F
200 m															H	½		F
400 m			H				½			F
800 m	H			½						F
1500 m									H					½				F
5000 m													H							F
10,000 m				F
Marathon																			F
110 m hurdles			H				½	F
400 m hurdles						H				½				F
3000 m steeplechase						H								F
4 × 100 m relay																				H	F
4 × 400 m relay													H			F
20 km walk			F
50 km walk																	F
Long jump													Q			F
Triple jump															Q					F
High jump									Q					F
Pole vault	Q						F
Shot put													Q			F
Discus throw						Q				F
Hammer throw		Q					F
Javelin throw														Q				F
Decathlon	F

Women

Date	Sat 27		Sun 28		Mon 29			Tue 30		Wed 31		Thu 1		Fri 2		Sat 3			Sun 4
Event ↓	M	A	M	A	M	A		M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A		M	A
100 m	Q		H			½	F
200 m												H	½		F
400 m		H		½		F
800 m												H			½					F
1500 m			H						½				F
5000 m								H							F
10,000 m		F
Marathon	F
100 m hurdles														H			½	F
400 m hurdles					H				½				F
3000 m steeplechase	H								F
4 × 100 m relay																				H	F
4 × 400 m relay														H			F
20 km walk										F
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Long jump		Q		F
Triple jump								Q					F
High jump												Q					F
Pole vault			Q						F
Shot put			Q			F
Discus throw	Q			F
Hammer throw														Q						F
Javelin throw												Q			F
Heptathlon					F

Results

Men

The events in the men's section ended with a world record in 4 x 100 metres relay set by Jamaica and several world's leading results. Jamaica dominated the sprinting events, while Kenya and Ethiopia dominated the longer track events. In the field events, the United States and Germany were most successful, winning four and three gold medals respectively. Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt, both from Jamaica, won two gold medals, being the most successful athletes in the men's events.

In the 100 m final the largely favored Usain Bolt was disqualified for a false start, enabling Yohan Blake to win the crown with a time of 9.92 s. In the 200 m Bolt won with a time of 19.40 s, which was the fastest time ever not to be a world record at that point. Blake and Bolt, along with countrymen Nesta Carter and Michael Frater, ran in the 4 x 100 metres relay, setting a new world record with a time of 37.04 s. In the 10,000 metres event, World Champion Kenenisa Bekele did not finish the race. The world record holder in 800 m, David Rudisha, won the event with his first gold medal at the World Championships. On the last day, Kenyan Abel Kirui became the first marathon winner to retain the title at the next World Championships.

Most of the field events ended with new winners, but Dwight Phillips retained the long jump title, becoming only the second man after Ivan Pedroso to win four golds at the World Championships in this event.

Ethiopia's Imane Merga was originally awarded the bronze medal in the Men's 5000 metres, but he was later disqualified for having run inside the curb of the running track for some 10 to 15 metres. His teammate Dejen Gebremeskel was elevated to the bronze medal as a result.

Cuba's Dayron Robles finished first in the race of the Men's 110 metres hurdles, but was disqualified for interfering with Liu Xiang twice before and over the last barrier. Jason Richardson was awarded the Gold, Liu the Silver, and Andy Turner promoted to the Bronze medal position.

Track

Yohan Blake of Jamaica, winner of the men's 100 metres

Men's 400 m champion Kirani James of Grenada

Kenya's Ezekiel Kemboi defended his steeplechase world title

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	9.92	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	10.08	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	10.09
200 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	19.40 WL	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	19.70 SB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	19.80 NR
400 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	44.60 PB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	44.63	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	44.90
800 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1:43.91	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1:44.41	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1:44.49
1500 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	3:35.69	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	3:35.92	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	3:36.08
5000 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	13:23.36	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	13:23.64	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	13:23.92
10,000 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	27:13.81	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	27:14.07	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	27:19.14
Marathon	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:07:38 SB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:10:06	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:10:32 SB
110 metres hurdles	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	13.16	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	13.27	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	13.44
400 metres hurdles	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	48.26	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	48.44	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	48.80
3000 metres steeplechase	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	8:14.85	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	8:16.05	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	8:16.09
20 kilometres walk	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1:19:56	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1:20:27	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1:20:38 SB
50 kilometres walk	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	3:41:24	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	3:42:45 SB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	3:43:36 SB
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt Dexter Lee*	37.04 WR	France Teddy Tinmar Christophe Lemaitre Yannick Lesourd Jimmy Vicaut	38.20 SB	Saint Kitts and Nevis Jason Rogers Kim Collins Antoine Adams Brijesh Lawrence	38.49
4 × 400 metres relay	United States Greg Nixon Bershawn Jackson Angelo Taylor LaShawn Merritt Jamaal Torrance* Michael Berry*	2:59.31 WL	South Africa Shane Victor Ofentse Mogawane Willem de Beer L. J. van Zyl Oscar Pistorius*	2:59.87	Jamaica Allodin Fothergill Jermaine Gonzales Riker Hylton Leford Green Lansford Spence*	3:00.10
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) | * Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Field

Koji Murofushi of Japan won the men's hammer

Decathlon champion Trey Hardee

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2.35	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2.35	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2.32 PB
Pole vault	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	5.90	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	5.90 NR	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	5.85
Long jump	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	8.45 SB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	8.33	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	8.29
Triple jump	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	17.96 WL	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	17.77 SB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	17.50 PB
Shot put	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	21.78 PB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	21.64	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	21.36
Discus throw	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	68.97	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	66.95	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	66.08 SB
Javelin throw	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	86.27 SB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	84.78	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	84.30
Hammer throw	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	81.24 SB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	81.18 SB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	79.39 SB
Decathlon	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	8607	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	8505	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	8501 SB
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women

Russia was the most successful country in the women's events, winning seven gold medals, followed by the United States with six. Most successful female athlete was Allyson Felix having won two relay golds and silver and bronze in her individual events. On the first day of the Championships, the athletes of Kenya made an astonishing performance, winning all six medals available in the two events. Kenya also dominated the long-distance events, while Jamaica and the United States the sprinting. In the field events, Russia has proved the dominance winning four gold medals.

Track

Veronica Campbell-Brown and Carmelita Jeter were the top two in both the women's short sprints.

Amantle Montsho narrowly defeated Alyson Felix to become Botswana's first World or Olympic track and field champion

Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya won both the 5000 m and 10,000m

Australian Sally Pearson won the 100 m hurdles in a championships record time.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	10.90	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	10.97	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	10.98
200 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	22.22 SB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	22.37	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	22.42
400 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	49.56 NR	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	49.59 PB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	50.24
800 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1:55.87 WL, PB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1:56.35 SB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1:57.42 SB
1500 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	4:05.40	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	4:05.68	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	4:05.87
5000 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	14:55.36	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	14:56.21	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	14:56.94
10,000 metres	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	30:48.98	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	30:50.04	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	30:53.59
Marathon	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:28:43	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:29:00	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:29:14 SB
100 metres hurdles	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	12.28 CR, AR	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	12.47 PB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	12.47 PB
400 metres hurdles	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	52.47 WL, NR	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	52.73 SB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	53.85
3000 metres steeplechase	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	9:07.03 WL	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	9:11.97 NR	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	9:17.16
20 kilometres walk	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1:29:42	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1:30:00	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	1:30:13
4 × 100 metres relay	United States Bianca Knight Allyson Felix Marshevet Myers Carmelita Jeter Shalonda Solomon* Alexandria Anderson*	41.56 WL	Jamaica Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Kerron Stewart Sherone Simpson Veronica Campbell-Brown Jura Levy*	41.70 NR	Ukraine Olesya Povh Nataliya Pohrebnyak Mariya Ryemyen Hrystyna Stuy	42.51 SB
4 × 400 metres relay	United States Sanya Richards-Ross Allyson Felix Jessica Beard Francena McCorory Natasha Hastings* Keshia Baker*	3:18.09 WL	Jamaica Rosemarie Whyte Davita Prendergast Novlene Williams-Mills Shericka Williams Shereefa Lloyd* Patricia Hall*	3:18.71 NR	Russia Antonina Krivoshapka Natalya Antyukh Lyudmila Litvinova Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Kseniya Vdovina* Ksenia Zadorina*	3:19.36 SB
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) * Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2.03	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2.03 SB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2.00
Pole vault	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	4.85 AR	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	4.80 NR	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	4.75 SB
Long jump	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	6.82	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	6.77	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	6.76
Triple jump	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	14.94	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	14.89	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	14.84
Shot put	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	21.24 CR, AR	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	20.05	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	20.02
Discus throw	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	66.52	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	65.97	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	65.73 SB
Javelin throw	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	71.99 CR, NR	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	71.58 SB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	68.38 AR
Hammer throw	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	77.13 SB	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	76.06	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	75.03
Heptathlon	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	6880 WL	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	6751	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	6572
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

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  Valerie Adams broke the championship record in the shot put.

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  Mariya Abakumova improved the championship and Russian record in javelin.

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  Tatyana Chernova defeated the defending heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis.

Anti-doping programme

On 4 November 2011 the IAAF reported that 2 of the 468 urine samples had produced adverse analytical findings. The samples of Portuguese runner Sara Moreira, a finalist in the women's steeplechase, and Korean relay runner Hee-Nam Lim had both tested positive for methylhexaneamine. Analysis of blood samples is still ongoing.

In March 2012 the Trinidad and Tobago track and field authorities announced that Semoy Hackett had tested positive for methylhexaneamine at the Trinidad and Tobago national championships prior to the World Championships. Her results in the women's 100 metres were annulled and the Trinidadian 4 x 100 metre relay team were also disqualified from fourth place.

An anonymous poll conducted by the World Anti-Doping Agency at the event showed that an estimated 29% of the athletes present at the World Championships had used a banned substance within the last 12 months.

Medal table

Mascot

Note that the host, South Korea, did not win any medals at these championships. This fate South Korea shares only with Sweden (1995) and Canada (2001).

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	12	8	6	26
2	Russia	9	4	6	19
3	Kenya	7	6	4	17
4	Jamaica	4	4	1	9
5	Germany	3	3	1	7
6	Great Britain	2	4	1	7
7	China	1	2	1	4
8	Australia	1	1	1	3
9	Ethiopia	1	0	4	5
10	Ukraine	1	0	1	2
11	Botswana	1	0	0	1
	Brazil	1	0	0	1
	Grenada	1	0	0	1
	Japan	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
	Poland	1	0	0	1
17	South Africa	0	2	2	4
18	Cuba	0	1	3	4
	France	0	1	3	4
20	Belarus	0	1	0	1
	Canada	0	1	0	1
	Croatia	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	Estonia	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
	Norway	0	1	0	1
	Puerto Rico	0	1	0	1
	Sudan	0	1	0	1
	Tunisia	0	1	0	1
31	Colombia	0	0	2	2
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0	2	2
33	Bahamas	0	0	1	1
	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Iran	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Latvia	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
	Zimbabwe	0	0	1	1
Total		47	47	47	141

Participating nations

On the entry lists prior to the competition, a total of 1943 athletes from 202 national teams were set to participate in the 2011 World Championships in Athletics. The number of accredited athletes that actually participated at the event was 1848, while the total of countries represented was 204.

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See also

Athletics WikiProject

• 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships

External links

• Website for the IAAF World Championships in Athletics – Daegu 2011
• IAAF's Championship website
• Entry Standards (IAAF)
• Coverage and News at the Guardian
• Flotrack Race Interviews with athletes and Race Videos