2011 World Championships in Athletics

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 5 bronze). During the competition, 41 national records, 4 area records, 3 championship records, and 1 world record were set.

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 domin
ated the sprinting events, while Kenya 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 of 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, the fastest time ever not to be a world record. 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 Lekuta 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.^[7]
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

2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015

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 details	Yohan Blake Jamaica (JAM)	9.92	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 NR
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 (GBR)	13:23.36	Bernard Lagat United States (USA)	13:23.64	Dejen Gebremeskel Ethiopia (ETH)	13:23.92
10,000 metres details	Ibrahim Jeilan Ethiopia (ETH)	27:13.81	Mo Farah Great Britain (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 SB
110 metres hurdles details	Jason Richardson United States (USA)	13.16	Liu Xiang China (CHN)	13.27	Andy Turner Great Britain (GBR)	13.44
400 metres hurdles details	Dai Greene Great Britain (GBR)	48.26	Javier Culson Puerto Rico (PUR)	48.44	LJ 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	Valeriy Borchin Russia (RUS)	1:19:56	Vladimir Kanaykin Russia (RUS)	1:20:27	Luis Fernando López Colombia (COL)	1:20:38 SB
50 kilometres walk details	Sergey Bakulin Russia (RUS)	3:41:24	Denis Nizhegorodov Russia (RUS)	3:42:45 SB	Jared Tallent Australia (AUS)	3:43:36 SB
4 × 100 metres relay details	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 details	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 LJ van Zyl Oscar Pistorius*	2:59.87	Jamaica Allodin Fothergill Jermaine Gonzales Riker Hylton Leford Green Lansford Spence*	3:00.10
AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record | * Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Field

2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015

Koji Murofushi of Japan won the men's hammer

Decathlon champion Trey Hardee

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Jesse Williams United States (USA)	2.35	Aleksey Dmitrik Russia (RUS)	2.35	Trevor Barry Bahamas (BAH)	2.32 PB
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 (GBR)	17.77 SB	Will Claye United States (USA)	17.50 PB
Shot put details	David Storl Germany (GER)	21.78 PB	Dylan Armstrong Canada (CAN)	21.64	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 SB
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 SB
Decathlon details	Trey Hardee United States (USA)	8607	Ashton Eaton United States (USA)	8505	Leonel Suárez Cuba (CUB)	8501 SB
AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record

 Women

Russia dominated the women's events winning seven gold medals, followed by United States with six. Most successful female athlete was Alyson 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

2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015

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 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	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Russia (RUS)	50.24
800 metres details	Mariya Savinova Russia (RUS)	1:55.87 WL, PB	Caster Semenya South Africa (RSA)	1:56.35 SB	Janeth Jepkosgei Kenya (KEN)	1:57.42 SB
1500 metres details	Jennifer Simpson United States (USA)	4:05.40	Hannah England Great Britain (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 SB
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 PB
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	Yuliya Zarudneva Zaripova Russia (RUS)	9:07.03 WL	Habiba Ghribi Tunisia (TUN)	9:11.97 NR	Milcah Chemos Cheywa Kenya (KEN)	9:17.16
20 kilometres walk details	Olga Kaniskina Russia (RUS)	1:29:42	Liu Hong China (CHN)	1:30:00	Anisya Kirdyapkina Russia (RUS)	1:30:13
4 × 100 metres relay details	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 details	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
AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record * Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.

 Field

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.

2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
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 SB
Long jump details	Brittney Reese United States (USA)	6.82	Olga Kucherenko Russia (RUS)	6.77	Ineta Radēviča Latvia (LAT)	6.76
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	Nadzeya Astapchuk Belarus (BLR)	20.05	Jillian Camarena-Williams United States (USA)	20.02
Discus throw details	Li Yanfeng China (CHN)	66.52	Nadine Müller Germany (GER)	65.97	Yarelis Barrios Cuba (CUB)	65.73 SB
Javelin throw details	Mariya Abakumova Russia (RUS)	71.99 CR, NR	Barbora Špotáková Czech Republic (CZE)	71.58 SB	Sunette Viljoen South Africa (RSA)	68.38 AR
Hammer throw details	Tatyana Lysenko Russia (RUS)	77.13 SB	Betty Heidler Germany (GER)	76.06	Zhang Wenxiu China (CHN)	75.03
Heptathlon details	Tatyana Chernova Russia (RUS)	6880 WL	Jessica Ennis Great Britain (GBR)	6751	Jennifer Oeser Germany (GER)	6572
AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record

Medal table

      Host nation (South Korea)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	12	8	5	25
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
11	Brazil	1	0	0	1
11	Grenada	1	0	0	1
11	Japan	1	0	0	1
11	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
11	Poland	1	0	0	1
17	South Africa	0	2	2	4
18	Cuba	0	1	3	4
18	France	0	1	3	4
20	Belarus	0	1	1	2
21	Canada	0	1	0	1
21	Croatia	0	1	0	1
21	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
21	Estonia	0	1	0	1
21	Hungary	0	1	0	1
21	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
21	Norway	0	1	0	1
21	Puerto Rico	0	1	0	1
21	Sudan	0	1	0	1
21	Tunisia	0	1	0	1
31	Colombia	0	0	2	2
31	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0	2	2
33	Bahamas	0	0	1	1
33	Belgium	0	0	1	1
33	Iran	0	0	1	1
33	Italy	0	0	1	1
33	Latvia	0	0	1	1
33	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
33	Spain	0	0	1	1
33	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
33	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.^[8] The number of accredited athletes that actually participated at the event was 1848, while the total of countries represented was 204.^[1]

1.  Afghanistan (1)
2.  Albania (1)
3.  Algeria (10)
4.  American Samoa (2)
5.  Angola (2)
6.  Anguilla (2)
7.  Antigua and Barbuda (2)
8.  Argentina (6)
9.  Armenia (2)
10.  Aruba (2)
11.  Australia (47)
12.  Austria (4)
13.  Azerbaijan (1)
14.  Bahamas (18)
15.  Bahrain (13)
16.  Bangladesh (1)
17.  Barbados (4)
18.  Belarus (23)
19.  Belgium (11)
20.  Belize (2)
21.  Benin (2)
22.  Bermuda (1)
23.  Bhutan (1)
24.  Bolivia (2)
25.  Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
26.  Botswana (3)
27.  Brazil (31)
28.  British Virgin Islands (1)
29.  Brunei (1)
30.  Bulgaria (7)
31.  Burkina Faso (2)
32.  Burundi (2)
33.  Cambodia (1)
34.  Cameroon (2)
35.  Canada (34)
36.  Cape Verde (1)
37.  Cayman Islands (1)
38.  Central African Republic (1)
39.  Chad (2)
40.  Chile (3)
41.  China (58)
42.  Colombia (21)
43.  Comoros (2)
44.  Congo (1)
45.  Democratic Republic of the Congo (2)
46.  Cook Islands (1)
47.  Costa Rica (2)
48.  Côte d'Ivoire (2)
49.  Croatia (6)
50.  Cuba (31)
51.  Cyprus (2)
52.  Czech Republic (21)
53.  Denmark (6)
54.  Djibouti (2)
55.  Dominica (1)
56.  Dominican Republic (4)
57.  Ecuador (6)
58.  Egypt (5)
59.  El Salvador (2)
60.  Equatorial Guinea (2)
61.  Eritrea (9)
62.  Estonia (10)^[9]
63.  Ethiopia (42)
64.  Federated States of Micronesia (2)
65.  Fiji (1)
66.  Finland (17)^[10]
67.  France (46)
68.  French Polynesia (1)
69.  Gabon (2)
70.  Gambia (2)
71.  Germany (78)
72.  Ghana (7)
73.  Gibraltar (1)
74.  Great Britain (69)
75.  Greece (12)
76.  Grenada (3)
77.  Guam (2)
78.  Guatemala (2)
79.  Guinea (2)
80.  Guinea-Bissau (2)
81.  Guyana (1)
82.  Haiti (3)
83.  Honduras (2)
84.  Hong Kong (2)
85.  Hungary (12)^[10]
86.  Iceland (2)
87.  India (8)^[11]
88.  Indonesia (2)
89.  Iran (7)
90.  Iraq (2)
91.  Ireland (17)
92.  Israel (5)
93.  Italy (33)
94.  Jamaica (51)
95.  Japan (52)
96.  Kazakhstan (14)
97.  Kenya (48)
98.  Kiribati (2)
99.  South Korea (63) (Hosts)
100.  Kuwait (2)
101.  Kyrgyzstan (2)
102.  Laos (2)
103.  Latvia (13)
104.  Lebanon (1)
105.  Lesotho (2)
106.  Liberia (2)
107.  Libya (1)
108.  Lithuania (15)
109.  Macau (1)
110.  Macedonia (1)
111.  Madagascar (1)
112.  Malawi (2)
113.  Malaysia (2)
114.  Maldives (2)
115.  Mali (2)
116.  Malta (2)
117.  Marshall Islands (1)
118.  Mauritania (2)
119.  Mauritius (2)
120.  Mexico (10)
121.  Moldova (3)
122.  Monaco (1)
123.  Mongolia (2)
124.  Montenegro (2)
125.  Morocco (19)
126.  Mozambique (2)
127.  Myanmar (2)
128.  Namibia (2)
129.  Nauru (2)
130.  Nepal (2)
131.  Netherlands (20)^[10]
132.  New Zealand (8)
133.  Nicaragua (2)
134.  Niger (2)
135.  Nigeria (14)
136.  Northern Mariana Islands (2)
137.  Norway (16)
138.  Oman (1)
139.  Pakistan (1)
140.  Palau (2)
141.  Palestine (1)
142.  Panama (2)
143.  Papua New Guinea (2)
144.  Paraguay (1)
145.  Peru (5)
146.  Philippines (2)
147.  Poland (43)
148.  Portugal (25)^[12]
149.  Puerto Rico (8)
150.  Qatar (4)
151.  Romania (8)
152.  Russia (83)
153.  Rwanda (2)
154.  Saint Kitts and Nevis (5)
155.  Saint Lucia (2)
156.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2)
157.  Samoa (1)
158.  San Marino (2)
159.  São Tomé and Príncipe (2)
160.  Saudi Arabia (11)
161.  Senegal (2)
162.  Serbia (9)
163.  Seychelles (2)
164.  Sierra Leone (2)
165.  Singapore (2)
166.  Slovakia (8)
167.  Slovenia (10)
168.  Solomon Islands (2)
169.  Somalia (1)
170.  South Africa (33)
171.  Spain (49)
172.  Sri Lanka (2)
173.  Sudan (3)
174.  Suriname (2)
175.  Swaziland (2)
176.  Sweden (17)
177.  Switzerland (19)
178.  Syria (1)
179.  Tajikistan (2)
180.  Chinese Taipei (8)
181.  Tanzania (1)
182.  Thailand (8)
183.  Timor-Leste (1)
184.  Togo (1)
185.  Tonga (2)
186.  Trinidad and Tobago (19)
187.  Tunisia (5)
188.  Turkey (21)
189.  Turkmenistan (2)
190.  Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
191.  Tuvalu (2)
192.  Uganda (14)
193.  Ukraine (57)
194.  United Arab Emirates (2)
195.  United States (155)
196.  Uruguay (2)
197.  U.S. Virgin Islands (3)
198.  Uzbekistan (7)
199.  Vanuatu (2)
200.  Venezuela (3)
201.  Vietnam (1)
202.  Yemen (2)
203.  Zambia (3)
204.  Zimbabwe (4)