| Iaaf: | BRN |
| Fedname: | Bahrain Athletics Association |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Games: | World Championships in Athletics |
| Location: | Daegu |
| Competitors: | 11 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Previous: | 2009 |
| Next: | 2013 |
Bahrain competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.
A team of 11 athletes wasannounced to represent the countryin the event. The team is led by reigning world champions Maryam Yusuf Jamal and Youssef Saad Kamel. The final team on the entry list comprises the names of 13 athletes.
The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List, but not on the Official Start List of the specific event, resulting in total number of 11 competitors:
| Event | Athlete | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 10,000 metres | Billisuma Jamal | |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Tareq Mubarak Taher | ||
| Women | 5000 metres | Kareema Jasim |
All of the athletes on the Bahrain team had undergone a change in nationality in order to compete for Bahrain.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | |||
| Youssef Saad Kamel | 1500 metres | 3:40.27 SB | align=center style="border-right:double" | 13 Q | 3:47.18 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 18 | Did not advance | ||
| Billisuma Jamal | 5000 metres | 13:35.86 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 7 q | 13:27.67 | 8 | ||||
| Dalhan Nezar (Dejene Regassa) | 5000 metres | 13:56.83 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 27 | Did not advance | |||||
| Ali Hasan Mahboob | 10,000 metres | DNF | ||||||||
| Khaled Kamal Yaseen | Marathon | DNF | ||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | |||
| Mimi Belete | 1500 metres | 4:13.50 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 24 Q | 4:08.42 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 7 q | 4:07.60 | 7 | |
| Maryam Yusuf Jamal | 1500 metres | 4:07.04 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 1 Q | 4:08.96 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 13 Q | 4:22.67 | 12 | |
| Jameela Shami (Genzeb Shumi) | 1500 metres | 4:12.32 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 20 | Did not advance | |||||
| Tejitu Baba | 5000 metres | 15:33.67 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 9 Q | 15:14.62 PB | 9 | ||||
| Shitaye Mubarak | 10,000 metres | 31:21.57 NR | 6 | |||||||
| Lishan Dula | Marathon | 2:33:47 | 20 | |||||||