2011 World Championships in Athletics explained

13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics
Size:	250px
Host City:	Daegu, South Korea
Dates:	27 August – 4 September 2011
Nations:	204
Athletes:	1848^[1]
Events:	47
Opened By:	President Lee Myung-bak
Stadium:	Daegu Stadium
Previous:	Berlin 2009

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

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

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 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,^[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

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

See also: 2011 World Championships in Athletics qualification standards.

All dates are KST (UTC+9)

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Date	27 Aug		28 Aug		29 Aug			30 Aug		31 Aug		1 Sep		2 Sep		3 Sep			4 Sep
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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 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

		9.92 SB		10.08		10.09
		19.40 WL		19.70 SB		19.80 NR
		44.60 PB		44.63		44.90
		1:43.91		1:44.41		1:44.49
		3:35.69		3:35.92		3:36.08
		13:23.36		13:23.64		13:23.92
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		27:13.81		27:14.07		27:19.14
		2:07:38 SB		2:10:06		2:10:32 SB
		13.16		13.27		13.44
		48.26		48.44		48.80
		8:14.85		8:16.05		8:16.09
		1:20:38 SB		1:20:54		1:21:17
		1:19:56		1:20:27
		3:42:45 SB		3:43:36 SB		3:44:40
		3:41:24
	Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt Dexter Lee	37.04 WR	valign=top	Teddy Tinmar Christophe Lemaitre Yannick Lesourd Jimmy Vicaut	38.20 SB	valign=top	Jason Rogers Kim Collins Antoine Adams Brijesh Lawrence	38.49
	Greg Nixon Bershawn Jackson Angelo Taylor LaShawn Merritt Jamaal Torrance Michael Berry	2:59.31 WL	Shane Victor Ofentse Mogawane Willem de Beer L. J. van Zyl Oscar Pistorius	2:59.87	Allodin Fothergill Jermaine Gonzales Riker Hylton Leford Green Lansford Spence	3:00.10
							* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.|} Field 2.35 2.35 2.32 PB 5.90 5.90 NR 5.85 8.45 SB 8.33 8.29 17.96 WL 17.77 SB 17.50 PB ^[11] 21.78 PB 21.64 21.36 21.40 68.97 66.95 66.08 SB 86.27 SB 84.78 84.30 81.24 SB 81.18 SB 79.39 SB 8607 8505 8501 SB Women 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 metre 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 10.90 10.97 10.98 22.22 SB 22.37 22.42 49.56 NR 49.59 PB 50.45^[12] 1:56.35 SB 1:57.42 SB 1:57.48 SB 1:55.87 4:05.40 4:05.68 4:05.87 14:55.36 14:56.21 14:56.94 30:48.98 30:50.04 30:53.59 2:28:43 2:29:00 2:29:14 SB 12.28 CR, AR 12.47 PB 12.47 PB 52.47 WL, NR 52.73 SB 53.85 9:11.97 NR 9:17.16 9:17.88 9:07.03 WL 1:30:00 1:30:44 SB 1:31:14 1:29:42 1:30:13 Bianca Knight Allyson Felix Marshevet Myers Carmelita Jeter Shalonda Solomon Alexandria Anderson 41.56 WL Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Kerron Stewart Sherone Simpson Veronica Campbell-Brown Jura Levy 41.70 NR Olesya Povh Nataliya Pohrebnyak Mariya Ryemyen Hrystyna Stuy 42.51 SB Sanya Richards-Ross Allyson Felix Jessica Beard Francena McCorory Natasha Hastings Keshia Baker 3:18.09 WL Rosemarie Whyte Davita Prendergast Novlene Williams-Mills Shericka Williams Shereefa Lloyd Patricia Hall 3:18.71 NR 3:23.63 Antonina Krivoshapka Natalya Antyukh Lyudmila Litvinova Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Kseniya Vdovina Ksenia Zadorina 3:19.36 * Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.|} Field 2.03 2.03 SB 2.00 4.85 AR 4.80 NR 4.75 SB 6.82 6.76 6.74 6.77 14.94 14.89 14.84 21.24 CR, AR 20.02 19.97 20.05 66.52 65.97 65.73 SB 71.58 SB 68.38 AR 65.24 71.99 CR, NR, WL 77.13 SB 76.06 75.03 ^[13] 6751 6572 6544 6880 WL Original gold medalist Mariya Abakumova of Russia was stripped of her gold medal. 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. 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.^[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 x 100-metre 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 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 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.^[17] The number of accredited athletes that actually participated at the event was 1848, while the total of countries represented was 204. ^[18] ^[19] ^[20] (Hosts) ^[21] 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

Notes and References

1. http://daegu2011.iaaf.org/newslistdetail.aspx?id=62273 IAAF reaches its target of blood sampling every accredited athlete in Daegu
2. News: IAAF . Record number of candidates for 2011 World Championships . 4 April 2006 . 3 December 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061210054041/http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind%3D512/newsId%3D34198.html . 10 December 2006 . live .
3. News: IAAF . Candidates confirmed for 2011 and 2013 World Championships in Athletics . 2 December 2006 . 3 December 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061205093639/http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind%3D512/newsId%3D36939.html. 5 December 2006 . live.
4. News: IAAF . Sweden withdraws IAAF World Championships' bid . 15 December 2006 . 15 December 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070104224628/http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind%3D2/newsId%3D37086.html . 4 January 2007 . live .
5. News: Philip . Hersh . Olympic Games tied to track event . Chicago Tribune . 27 April 2007 . 27 April 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070313143509/http://www.usoc.org/11611_46137.htm . 13 March 2007 . dead.
6. News: IAAF . And the hosts will be ... . IAAF . 27 March 2007 . 27 March 2007 .
7. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/archive/news/foul-play-as-aussies-lose-world-bid/story-e6frg6oo-1111113256906?nk=66c87fbcf42f9cad1bdf96d59fd88a87 Foul play as Aussies lose world bid
8. http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/09/05/2011090500446.html Daegu Flashes Its Organizational Wizardry to World as Championships End a Success
9. http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/05/64/58/20100810013840_httppostedfile_WCH2011Degu-ApprovedTimetableAmendedAugust2010_21834.pdf Programme
10. https://archive.today/20121206015841/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h1baux6yEsTjPlEGqNysazWYxakw?docId=CNG.baf6915241b5315c221d1e92332ab1a6.271 Britain's Mo Farah wins 5000m world title
11. [Andrei Mikhnevich]
12. Web site: Ennis-Hill and US women's 4x400m team to receive reallocated gold medals in London | PRESS-RELEASE | World Athletics.
13. Web site: Jessica Ennis-Hill in line for 2011 gold as Chernova is stripped of world title. 29 November 2016.
14. Web site: iaaf.org - International Association of Athletics Federations . Daegu2011.iaaf.org . 4 November 2011 . 18 August 2012.
15. Web site: Agile Telecom Ltd. and Xidemia . Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday . newsday.co.tt . 16 September 2011 . 18 August 2012.
16. Rohan, Tim (22 August 2013). Antidoping Agency Delays Publication of Research. The New York Times. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
17. http://daegu2011.iaaf.org//newslistdetail.aspx?id=61204 Daegu Entry List
18. Web site: Eesti Kergejõustikuliit kinnitas MM-ile üheksaliikmelise koondise. et. Estonian Athletic Association confirms 9-member team. Estonian Athletic Association. 15 August 2011. 15 August 2011.
19. Web site: Latest World Championships news: Finland, Hungary and the Netherlands teams . . 15 August 2011 . 15 August 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110821094237/http://www.european-athletics.org/13th-iaaf-world-championships/latest-world-championships-news-finland-hungary-and-the-netherlands-teams.html . 21 August 2011 .
20. News: 8 member team for India at world championship athletics . Chennai, India . The Hindu. 19 August 2011.
21. Web site: Daegu – 24 Seleccionados para competir na Coreia . 24 selected to compete in Korea . pt . https://archive.today/20120714040617/http://fpatletismo.sapo.pt/conteudo.aspx?lang=pt&id_object=1674&name=Daegu-%96-24-Seleccionados-para-competir-na-Coreia . dead . 14 July 2012 . Portuguese Athletics Federation . 16 August 2011 .