2011 World Championships in Athletics

2011 edition of the World Championships in Athletics

13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics

Host city| Daegu, South Korea
Nations| 204
Athletes| 1848[1]
Events| 47
Dates| 27 August – 4 September 2011
Opened by| President Lee Myung-bak
Closed by| IAAF President Lamine Diack
Main venue| Daegu Stadium

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The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (Korean: 제13회 세계육상선수권대회) 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 28 (12 gold, 9 silver, and 7 bronze). During the competition, 41 national records, 4 area records, 3 championship records, and 1 world record was set.

The championships were heavily affected by post-championship doping cases, particularly from the Russian team, who in subsequent years were stripped of eleven medals, seven of them gold.

## Bidding process

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On 4 April 2006, the IAAF (now World Athletics) 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.[2]

### Candidates

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When the seeking deadline passed on 1 December 2006, four candidate cities (Brisbane, Daegu, Moscow and Gothenburg) had confirmed their candidatures.[3] Gothenburg backed out later that month, citing lack of financial support from the Swedish government.[4]

Brisbane was announced as the Australian candidate with the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre (formerly 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 four 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,[2] but Spain eventually settled for Barcelona as a candidate for the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.[3] The United States intent candidate city matched those bidding for the 2016 Summer Olympics: Chicago, Los Angeles or San Francisco.[5]

### Selection

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The IAAF announced Daegu as the winning candidate at the IAAF Council Meeting in Mombasa on 27 March 2007.[6] Its victory was based on "the quality of the stadiums and [meeting] the need for good crowds."[7] IAAF's officials also praised Daegu's "ambition and challenging spirit" as key to its winning bid.[8] Both Moscow and Brisbane later confirmed their candidacy to host the 2013 World Championships in Athletics – a selection process won by the Russian capital.[3]

## Event schedule

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See also: 2011 World Championships in Athletics qualification standards

* A promotional poster for the event at Dongdaegu Station

Day by day event schedule of the 2011 championships

Legend  Key  | P  | Q  | H  | ½  | F

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All dates are KST (UTC+9)

Men[9] | Date → | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 1 Sep | 2 Sep | 3 Sep | 4 Sep

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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[9] | Date | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 1 Sep | 2 Sep | 3 Sep | 4 Sep

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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

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### Men

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The events in the men's section ended with a world record in 4 × 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 third marathon winner to retain the title at the next World Championships, after Abel Anton and Jaouad Gharib.

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.[10]

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

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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 Chronology: 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 metres
details | Yohan Blake
Jamaica (JAM) | 9.92 SB  | Walter Dix
United States (USA) | 10.08  | Kim Collins
Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) | 10.09
200 metres
details | Usain Bolt
Jamaica (JAM) | 19.40
WL | Walter Dix
United States (USA) | 19.70
SB | Christophe Lemaitre
France (FRA) | 19.80

400 metres
details | Kirani James
Grenada (GRN) | 44.60
PB | LaShawn Merritt
United States (USA) | 44.63  | Kévin Borlée
Belgium (BEL) | 44.90
800 metres
details | David Rudisha
Kenya (KEN) | 1:43.91  | Abubaker Kaki
Sudan (SUD) | 1:44.41  | Yuriy Borzakovskiy
Russia (RUS) | 1:44.49
1500 metres
details | Asbel Kiprop
Kenya (KEN) | 3:35.69  | Silas Kiplagat
Kenya (KEN) | 3:35.92  | Matthew Centrowitz
United States (USA) | 3:36.08
5000 metres
details | Mo Farah
Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13:23.36  | Bernard Lagat
United States (USA) | 13:23.64  | Dejen Gebremeskel
Ethiopia (ETH) | 13:23.92
Imane Merga
Ethiopia (ETH) | 13:23.78
10,000 metres
details | Ibrahim Jeilan
Ethiopia (ETH) | 27:13.81  | Mo Farah
Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 27:14.07  | Imane Merga
Ethiopia (ETH) | 27:19.14
Marathon
details | Abel Kirui
Kenya (KEN) | 2:07:38
SB | Vincent Kipruto
Kenya (KEN) | 2:10:06  | Feyisa Lilesa
Ethiopia (ETH) | 2:10:32

110 metres hurdles
details | Jason Richardson
United States (USA) | 13.16  | Liu Xiang
China (CHN) | 13.27  | Andy Turner
Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13.44
400 metres hurdles
details | Dai Greene
Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 48.26  | Javier Culson
Puerto Rico (PUR) | 48.44  | L. J. van Zyl
South Africa (RSA) | 48.80
3000 metres steeplechase
details | Ezekiel Kemboi
Kenya (KEN) | 8:14.85  | Brimin Kipruto
Kenya (KEN) | 8:16.05  | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad
France (FRA) | 8:16.09
20 kilometres walk
details | Luis Fernando López
Colombia (COL) | 1:20:38
SB | Wang Zhen
China (CHN) | 1:20:54  | Kim Hyun-sub
South Korea (KOR) | 1:21:17
Valeriy Borchin
Russia (RUS) | 1:19:56  | Vladimir Kanaykin
Russia (RUS) | 1:20:27
50 kilometres walk
details | Denis Nizhegorodov
Russia (RUS) | 3:42:45
SB | Jared Tallent
Australia (AUS) | 3:43:36
SB | Si Tianfeng
China (CHN) | 3:44:40
Sergey Bakulin
Russia (RUS) | 3:41:24
4 × 100 metres relay
details |  Jamaica (JAM)
Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt
Dexter Lee* | 37.04
WR |  France (FRA)
Teddy Tinmar
Christophe Lemaitre
Yannick Lesourd
Jimmy Vicaut | 38.20
SB |  Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)
Jason Rogers
Kim Collins
Antoine Adams
Brijesh Lawrence | 38.49
4 × 400 metres relay
details |  United States (USA)
Greg Nixon
Bershawn Jackson
Angelo Taylor
LaShawn Merritt
Jamaal Torrance*
Michael Berry* | 2:59.31
WL |  South Africa (RSA)
Shane Victor
Ofentse Mogawane
Willem de Beer
L. J. van Zyl
Oscar Pistorius*
| 2:59.87  |  Jamaica (JAM)
Allodin Fothergill
Jermaine Gonzales
Riker Hylton
Leford Green
Lansford Spence*
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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

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Koji Murofushi of Japan won the men's hammer Decathlon champion Trey Hardee Chronology: 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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High jump
details | Jesse Williams
United States (USA) | 2.35  | Aleksey Dmitrik
Russia (RUS) | 2.35  | Trevor Barry
Bahamas (BAH) | 2.32

Pole vault
details | Paweł Wojciechowski
Poland (POL) | 5.90  | Lázaro Borges
Cuba (CUB) | 5.90
NR | Renaud Lavillenie
France (FRA) | 5.85
Long jump
details | Dwight Phillips
United States (USA) | 8.45
SB | Mitchell Watt
Australia (AUS) | 8.33  | Ngonidzashe Makusha
Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 8.29
Triple jump
details | Christian Taylor
United States (USA) | 17.96
WL | Phillips Idowu
Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 17.77
SB | Will Claye
United States (USA) | 17.50

Shot put
details[11] | David Storl
Germany (GER) | 21.78
PB | Dylan Armstrong
Canada (CAN) | 21.64  | Christian Cantwell
United States (USA) | 21.36
Andrei Mikhnevich
Belarus (BLR) | 21.40
Discus throw
details | Robert Harting
Germany (GER) | 68.97  | Gerd Kanter
Estonia (EST) | 66.95  | Ehsan Haddadi
Iran (IRI) | 66.08

Javelin throw
details | Matthias de Zordo
Germany (GER) | 86.27
SB | Andreas Thorkildsen
Norway (NOR) | 84.78  | Guillermo Martínez
Cuba (CUB) | 84.30
Hammer throw
details | Koji Murofushi
Japan (JPN) | 81.24
SB | Krisztián Pars
Hungary (HUN) | 81.18
SB | Primož Kozmus
Slovenia (SLO) | 79.39

Decathlon
details | Trey Hardee
United States (USA) | 8607  | Ashton Eaton
United States (USA) | 8505  | Leonel Suárez
Cuba (CUB) | 8501

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

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During the championships, 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 was initially dominant, winning four gold medals.

Following a series of retests of stored samples and biological passports, a number of athletes were stripped of medals because of doping. Nine medals in eight events were forfeited for doping, eight of them from Russia, including five gold medals. The only Russian medals that survived the post-championship doping purge were two gold medals in the high jump and the hammer throw, and a bronze medals in the pole vault and the 400 metres hurdles. Of the four surviving medalists, a further three were eventually banned for doping.

The amended results left the United States the clear leading nation in women's athletics.

#### Track

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Veronica Campbell-Brown and Carmelita Jeter were the top two in both the women's short sprints. Amantle Montsho narrowly defeated Allyson Felix to become Botswana's first World or Olympic track and field champion Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya won both the 5000 and 10,000 m Australian Sally Pearson won the 100 m hurdles in a championships record time. Chronology: 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 metres
details | Carmelita Jeter
United States (USA) | 10.90  | Veronica Campbell-Brown
Jamaica (JAM) | 10.97  | Kelly-Ann Baptiste
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 10.98
200 metres
details | Veronica Campbell-Brown
Jamaica (JAM) | 22.22
SB | Carmelita Jeter
United States (USA) | 22.37  | Allyson Felix
United States (USA) | 22.42
400 metres
details | Amantle Montsho
Botswana (BOT) | 49.56
NR | Allyson Felix
United States (USA) | 49.59
PB | Francena McCorory
United States (USA) | 50.45[12]
800 metres
details | Caster Semenya
South Africa (RSA) | 1:56.35
SB | Janeth Jepkosgei
Kenya (KEN) | 1:57.42
SB | Alysia Johnson Montaño
United States (USA) | 1:57.48

Mariya Savinova
Russia (RUS) | 1:55.87
1500 metres
details | Jennifer Simpson
United States (USA) | 4:05.40  | Hannah England
Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 4:05.68  | Natalia Rodríguez
Spain (ESP) | 4:05.87
5000 metres
details | Vivian Cheruiyot
Kenya (KEN) | 14:55.36  | Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet
Kenya (KEN) | 14:56.21  | Meseret Defar
Ethiopia (ETH) | 14:56.94
10,000 metres
details | Vivian Cheruiyot
Kenya (KEN) | 30:48.98  | Sally Kipyego
Kenya (KEN) | 30:50.04  | Linet Masai
Kenya (KEN) | 30:53.59
Marathon
details | Edna Kiplagat
Kenya (KEN) | 2:28:43  | Priscah Jeptoo
Kenya (KEN) | 2:29:00  | Sharon Cherop
Kenya (KEN) | 2:29:14

100 metres hurdles
details | Sally Pearson
Australia (AUS) | 12.28
CR, AR | Danielle Carruthers
United States (USA) | 12.47
PB | Dawn Harper
United States (USA) | 12.47

400 metres hurdles
details | Lashinda Demus
United States (USA) | 52.47
WL, NR | Melaine Walker
Jamaica (JAM) | 52.73
SB | Natalya Antyukh
Russia (RUS) | 53.85
3000 metres steeplechase
details | Habiba Ghribi
Tunisia (TUN) | 9:11.97
NR | Milcah Chemos Cheywa
Kenya (KEN) | 9:17.16  | Mercy Wanjiku
Kenya (KEN) | 9:17.88
Yuliya Zarudneva Zaripova
Russia (RUS) | 9:07.03

20 kilometres walk
details | Liu Hong
China (CHN) | 1:30:00  | Elisa Rigaudo
Italy (ITA) | 1:30:44
SB | Qieyang Shenjie
China (CHN) | 1:31:14
Olga Kaniskina
Russia (RUS) | 1:29:42  | Anisya Kirdyapkina
Russia (RUS) | 1:30:13
4 × 100 metres relay
details |  United States (USA)
Bianca Knight
Allyson Felix
Marshevet Myers
Carmelita Jeter
Shalonda Solomon*
Alexandria Anderson* | 41.56
WL |  Jamaica (JAM)
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Kerron Stewart
Sherone Simpson
Veronica Campbell-Brown
Jura Levy*
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NR |  Ukraine (UKR)
Olesya Povh
Nataliya Pohrebnyak
Mariya Ryemyen
Hrystyna Stuy

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4 × 400 metres relay
details |  United States (USA)
Sanya Richards-Ross
Allyson Felix
Jessica Beard
Francena McCorory
Natasha Hastings*
Keshia Baker* | 3:18.09
WL |  Jamaica (JAM)
Rosemarie Whyte
Davita Prendergast
Novlene Williams-Mills
Shericka Williams
Shereefa Lloyd*
Patricia Hall* | 3:18.71
NR |  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
Perri Shakes-Drayton
Nicola Sanders
Christine Ohuruogu
Lee McConnell | 3:23.63
Russia (RUS)
Antonina Krivoshapka
Natalya Antyukh
Lyudmila Litvinova
Anastasiya Kapachinskaya
Kseniya Vdovina*
Ksenia Zadorina* | 3:19.36

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

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Chronology: 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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High jump
details | Anna Chicherova
Russia (RUS) | 2.03  | Blanka Vlašić
Croatia (CRO) | 2.03
SB  | Antonietta Di Martino
Italy (ITA) | 2.00
Pole vault
details | Fabiana Murer
Brazil (BRA) | 4.85
AR | Martina Strutz
Germany (GER) | 4.80
NR | Svetlana Feofanova
Russia (RUS) | 4.75

Long jump
details | Brittney Reese
United States (USA) | 6.82  | Ineta Radēviča
Latvia (LAT) | 6.76  | Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova
Belarus (BLR) | 6.74
Olga Kucherenko
Russia (RUS) | 6.77
Triple jump
details | Olha Saladukha
Ukraine (UKR) | 14.94  | Olga Rypakova
Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 14.89  | Caterine Ibargüen
Colombia (COL) | 14.84
Shot put
details | Valerie Adams
New Zealand (NZL) | 21.24
CR, AR | Jillian Camarena-Williams
United States (USA) | 20.02  | Gong Lijiao
China (CHN) | 19.97
Nadzeya Ostapchuk
Belarus (BLR) | 20.05
Discus throw
details | Li Yanfeng
China (CHN) | 66.52  | Nadine Müller
Germany (GER) | 65.97  | Yarelis Barrios
Cuba (CUB) | 65.73

Javelin throw
details [a] | Barbora Špotáková
Czech Republic (CZE) | 71.58
SB | Sunette Viljoen
South Africa (RSA) | 68.38
AR | Christina Obergföll
Germany (GER) | 65.24
Mariya Abakumova
Russia (RUS) | 71.99
CR, NR, WL
Hammer throw
details | Tatyana Lysenko
Russia (RUS) | 77.13
SB | Betty Heidler
Germany (GER) | 76.06  | Zhang Wenxiu
China (CHN) | 75.03
Heptathlon
details[b][13] | Jessica Ennis
Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 6751  | Jennifer Oeser
Germany (GER) | 6572  | Karolina Tymińska
Poland (POL) | 6544
Tatyana Chernova
Russia (RUS) | 6880

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)

Javelin Original gold medalist Mariya Abakumova of  Russia was stripped of her gold medal.
Heptathlon Original gold medalist Tatyana Chernova of  Russia was stripped of her gold medal on 29 November 2016 by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, with Ennis and Oeser promoted to gold and silver respectively and the bronze awarded to Karolina Tymińska of Poland.[13]

* Valerie Adams broke the championship record in the shot put.

* Mariya Abakumova improved the championship and Russian record in javelin.

* Tatyana Chernova defeated the defending heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis, but was disqualified in 2016 for doping offences.

## Anti-doping programme

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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.[14]

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 × 100-metres relay team were also disqualified from fourth place.[15]

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.[16]

## Medal table

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Mascot

Originally, host nation South Korea failed to win any medals at these championships, a fate shared with Sweden in 1995 and Canada in 2001. However, in 2015, South Korean athlete Kim Hyun-sub was promoted from sixth place to bronze medalist in the 20 km walk after three Russian race walkers were disqualified for doping offences.

Key

* Host nation (South Korea)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  United States (USA)| 12| 9| 7| 28
2|  Kenya (KEN)| 7| 8| 3| 18
3|  Jamaica (JAM)| 4| 4| 1| 9
4|  Germany (GER)| 3| 4| 1| 8
5|  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)| 3| 3| 2| 8
6|  Russia (RUS)| 3| 1| 3| 7
7|  China (CHN)| 2| 2| 4| 8
8|  South Africa (RSA)| 1| 2| 1| 4
9|  Australia (AUS)| 1| 2| 0| 3
10|  Ethiopia (ETH)| 1| 0| 4| 5
11|  Colombia (COL)| 1| 0| 1| 2
Poland (POL)| 1| 0| 1| 2
Ukraine (UKR)| 1| 0| 1| 2
14|  Botswana (BOT)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Brazil (BRA)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Czech Republic (CZE)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Grenada (GRN)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Japan (JPN)| 1| 0| 0| 1
New Zealand (NZL)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Tunisia (TUN)| 1| 0| 0| 1
21|  Cuba (CUB)| 0| 1| 3| 4
France (FRA)| 0| 1| 3| 4
23|  Italy (ITA)| 0| 1| 1| 2
24|  Canada (CAN)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Croatia (CRO)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Estonia (EST)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Hungary (HUN)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Kazakhstan (KAZ)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Latvia (LAT)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Norway (NOR)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Puerto Rico (PUR)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Sudan (SUD)| 0| 1| 0| 1
33|  Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)| 0| 0| 2| 2
34|  Bahamas (BAH)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Belarus (BLR)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Belgium (BEL)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Iran (IRI)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Slovenia (SLO)| 0| 0| 1| 1
South Korea (KOR)*| 0| 0| 1| 1
Spain (ESP)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Zimbabwe (ZIM)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (42 entries)| 47| 47| 47| 141

Source: [1]

## Participating nations

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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.[17] The number of accredited athletes that actually participated at the event was 1848, while the total of countries represented was 204.[1]

1. Afghanistan (AFG) (1)
2. Albania (ALB) (1)
3. Algeria (ALG) (10)
4. American Samoa (ASA) (2)
5. Angola (ANG) (2)
6. Anguilla (AIA) (2)
7. Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) (2)
8. Argentina (ARG) (6)
9. Armenia (ARM) (2)
10. Aruba (ARU) (2)
11. Australia (AUS) (41)
12. Austria (AUT) (4)
13. Azerbaijan (AZE) (1)
14. Bahamas (BAH) (17)
15. Bahrain (BHR) (11)
16. Bangladesh (BAN) (1)
17. Barbados (BAR) (4)
18. Belarus (BLR) (22)
19. Belgium (BEL) (9)
20. Belize (BIZ) (2)
21. Benin (BEN) (2)
22. Bermuda (BER) (1)
23. Bhutan (BHU) (1)
24. Bolivia (BOL) (2)
25. Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) (2)
26. Botswana (BOT) (3)
27. Brazil (BRA) (26)
28. British Virgin Islands (IVB) (1)
29. Brunei (BRU) (1)
30. Bulgaria (BUL) (7)
31. Burkina Faso (BUR) (2)
32. Burundi (BDI) (2)
33. Cambodia (CAM) (1)
34. Cameroon (CMR) (2)
35. Canada (CAN) (28)
36. Cape Verde (CPV) (1)
37. Cayman Islands (CAY) (1)
38. Central African Republic (CAF) (1)
39. Chad (CHA) (2)
40. Chile (CHI) (3)
41. China (CHN) (54)
42. Colombia (COL) (20)
43. Comoros (COM) (2)
44. Congo (CGO) (1)
45. DR Congo (COD) (2)
46. Cook Islands (COK) (1)
47. Costa Rica (CRC) (2)
48. Ivory Coast (CIV) (2)
49. Croatia (CRO) (6)
50. Cuba (CUB) (31)
51. Cyprus (CYP) (2)
52. Czech Republic (CZE) (21)
53. Denmark (DEN) (6)
54. Djibouti (DJI) (2)
55. Dominica (DMA) (1)
56. Dominican Republic (DOM) (4)
57. Ecuador (ECU) (5)
58. Egypt (EGY) (5)
59. El Salvador (ESA) (2)
60. Equatorial Guinea (GEQ) (0)
61. Eritrea (ERI) (9)
62. Estonia (EST) (9)[18]
63. Ethiopia (ETH) (34)
64. Micronesia (FSM) (2)
65. Fiji (FIJ) (1)
66. Finland (FIN) (13)[19]
67. France (FRA) (39)
68. French Polynesia (PYF) (1)
69. Gabon (GAB) (2)
70. Gambia (GAM) (2)
71. Germany (GER) (65)
72. Ghana (GHA) (6)
73. Gibraltar (GIB) (1)
74. Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) (59)
75. Greece (GRE) (12)
76. Grenada (GRN) (3)
77. Guam (GUM) (2)
78. Guatemala (GUA) (2)
79. Guinea (GUI) (2)
80. Guinea-Bissau (GBS) (2)
81. Guyana (GUY) (1)
82. Haiti (HAI) (3)
83. Honduras (HON) (2)
84. Hong Kong (HKG) (2)
85. Hungary (HUN) (12)[19]
86. Iceland (ISL) (2)
87. India (IND) (8)[20]
88. Indonesia (INA) (2)
89. Iran (IRI) (7)
90. Iraq (IRQ) (1)
91. Ireland (IRL) (16)
92. Israel (ISR) (4)
93. Italy (ITA) (30)
94. Jamaica (JAM) (45)
95. Japan (JPN) (48)
96. Kazakhstan (KAZ) (14)
97. Kenya (KEN) (47)
98. Kiribati (KIR) (2)
99. South Korea (KOR) (53) (Hosts)
100. Kuwait (KUW) (2)
101. Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) (2)
102. Laos (LAO) (2)
103. Latvia (LAT) (13)
104. Lebanon (LIB) (1)
105. Lesotho (LES) (2)
106. Liberia (LBR) (2)
107. Libya (LBA) (1)
108. Lithuania (LTU) (15)
109. Macau (MAC) (1)
110. Macedonia (MKD) (1)
111. Madagascar (MAD) (1)
112. Malawi (MAW) (2)
113. Malaysia (MAS) (2)
114. Maldives (MDV) (2)
115. Mali (MLI) (2)
116. Malta (MLT) (2)
117. Marshall Islands (MHL) (0)
118. Mauritania (MTN) (2)
119. Mauritius (MRI) (2)
120. Mexico (MEX) (10)
121. Moldova (MDA) (3)
122. Monaco (MON) (1)
123. Mongolia (MGL) (2)
124. Montenegro (MNE) (2)
125. Morocco (MAR) (19)
126. Mozambique (MOZ) (2)
127. Myanmar (MYA) (1)
128. Namibia (NAM) (2)
129. Nauru (NRU) (2)
130. Nepal (NEP) (2)
131. Netherlands (NED) (17)[19]
132. New Zealand (NZL) (8)
133. Nicaragua (NCA) (2)
134. Niger (NIG) (2)
135. Nigeria (NGR) (15)
136. Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) (2)
137. Norway (NOR) (13)
138. Oman (OMN) (1)
139. Pakistan (PAK) (1)
140. Palau (PLW) (2)
141. Palestine (PLE) (1)
142. Panama (PAN) (2)
143. Papua New Guinea (PNG) (2)
144. Paraguay (PAR) (1)
145. Peru (PER) (5)
146. Philippines (PHI) (2)
147. Poland (POL) (37)
148. Portugal (POR) (25)[21]
149. Puerto Rico (PUR) (8)
150. Qatar (QAT) (4)
151. Romania (ROM) (8)
152. Russia (RUS) (76)
153. Rwanda (RWA) (2)
154. Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) (4)
155. Saint Lucia (LCA) (2)
156. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN) (1)
157. Samoa (SAM) (1)
158. San Marino (SMR) (2)
159. São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) (2)
160. Saudi Arabia (KSA) (8)
161. Senegal (SEN) (2)
162. Serbia (SRB) (9)
163. Seychelles (SEY) (2)
164. Sierra Leone (SLE) (2)
165. Singapore (SIN) (2)
166. Slovakia (SVK) (8)
167. Slovenia (SLO) (9)
168. Solomon Islands (SOL) (2)
169. Somalia (SOM) (1)
170. South Africa (RSA) (32)
171. Spain (ESP) (43)
172. Sri Lanka (SRI) (2)
173. Sudan (SUD) (3)
174. Suriname (SUR) (2)
175. Swaziland (SWZ) (2)
176. Sweden (SWE) (16)
177. Switzerland (SUI) (15)
178. Syria (SYR) (1)
179. Chinese Taipei (TPE) (7)
180. Tajikistan (TJK) (2)
181. Tanzania (TAN) (1)
182. Thailand (THA) (6)
183. Timor-Leste (TLS) (1)
184. Togo (TOG) (1)
185. Tonga (TGA) (2)
186. Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) (16)
187. Tunisia (TUN) (5)
188. Turkey (TUR) (20)
189. Turkmenistan (TKM) (2)
190. Turks and Caicos Islands (TKS) (0)
191. Tuvalu (TUV) (2)
192. Uganda (UGA) (12)
193. Ukraine (UKR) (55)
194. United Arab Emirates (UAE) (2)
195. United States (USA) (127)
196. Uruguay (URU) (2)
197. U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV) (3)
198. Uzbekistan (UZB) (7)
199. Vanuatu (VAN) (2)
200. Venezuela (VEN) (3)
201. Vietnam (VIE) (1)
202. Yemen (YEM) (2)
203. Zambia (ZAM) (3)
204. Zimbabwe (ZIM) (4)

## See also

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Athletics WikiProject

* 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships

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