France at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics explained

Iaaf:	FRA
Fedname:	Fédération Française d'Athlétisme
Year:	2011
Games:	World Championships in Athletics
Location:	Daegu
Competitors:	39
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	3
Previous:	2009
Next:	2013

France competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.

Team selection

The French Athletics Federation (Fédération Française d'Athlétisme)announced the final team of 46 athletes to represent the countryin the event, led by sprinter Christophe Lemaitre and pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie.

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 39 competitors:

	Event	Athlete
Men	400 metres	Teddy Venel
	4 × 100 metres relay	Emmanuel Biron
		Ronald Pognon
		Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux
	4 × 400 metres relay	Yannick Fonsat
Women	100 metres	Carima Louami
	200 metres	Lina Jacques-Sébastien
	400 metres	Muriel Hurtis-Houairi
	400 m hurdles	Phara Anacharsis
		Ayodelé Ikuesan
		Carima Louami
	4 × 400 metres relay	Elea-Mariama Diarra

Medalists

The following competitors from France won medals at the Championships

Medal	Athlete	Event
	Teddy Tinmar Christophe Lemaître Yannick Lesourd Jimmy Vicaut	4 × 100 metres relay
		200 metres
		3000 metres steeplechase
		Pole vault

Results

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Christophe Lemaître	100 metres		10.14	align=center style="border-right:double"	4 Q	10.11	align=center style="border-right:double"	6 Q	10.19	4
Jimmy Vicaut	100 metres		10.25	align=center style="border-right:double"	5 Q	10.10	align=center style="border-right:double"	5 q	10.27	6
Christophe Lemaître	200 metres		20.51	align=center style="border-right:double"	6 Q	20.17 SB	align=center style="border-right:double"	1 Q	19.80 NR
Mehdi Baala	1500 metres		4:13.10	align=center style="border-right:double"	36 q	3:46.87	align=center style="border-right:double"	16 Q	3:37.46	9
Yoann Kowal	1500 metres		3:39.33	align=center style="border-right:double"	3 Q	3:37.44	align=center style="border-right:double"	8	Did not advance
Florian Carvalho	1500 metres		3:53.88	align=center style="border-right:double"	34	Did not advance
Dimitri Bascou			13.51	align=center style="border-right:double"	10 q	13.62	align=center style="border-right:double"	10	Did not advance
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	3000 metres steeplechase		8:23.71	align=center style="border-right:double"	12 Q		8:16.09
Bouabdellah Tahri	3000 metres steeplechase		8:13.22	align=center style="border-right:double"	5 q		8:17.56	4
Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieux	3000 metres steeplechase		8:23.79	align=center style="border-right:double"	14 q		8:30.39	12
Teddy Tinmar Christophe Lemaître Yannick Lesourd Jimmy Vicaut	4 × 100 metres relay		38.38 SB	align=center style="border-right:double"	6 Q		38.20 SB
Nicolas Fillon Teddy Venel Mamoudou-Elimane Hanne Yoann Décimus	4 × 400 metres relay		3:03.68	align=center style="border-right:double"	14		Did not advance
Bertrand Moulinet	50 kilometres walk		4:07:58	23
Cédric Houssaye	50 kilometres walk		DSQ
Yohann Diniz	50 kilometres walk		DSQ
Salim Sdiri	Long jump	7.58	align=center style="border-right:double"	28		Did not advance
Benjamin Compaoré	Triple jump	17.11	align=center style="border-right:double"	7		17.17	8
Renaud Lavillenie	Pole vault	5.65	align=center style="border-right:double"	1 q		5.85
Romain Mesnil	Pole vault	5.65	align=center style="border-right:double"	1 q		NM
Jérôme Clavier	Pole vault	5.50	align=center style="border-right:double"	18		Did not advance

Decathlon

Romain Barras
	Event	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m	11.20	817	23
	Long jump	7.06	828	21
	Shot put	14.92	785	11
	High jump	1.99 SB	794	16
	400 m	49.50	838	14
	110 m hurdles	14.37	927	8
	Discus throw	41.65	698	22
	Pole vault	5.00 SB	910	5
	Javelin throw	63.25	787	9
	1500 m	4:29.19	750	7
Total			8134 SB	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Véronique Mang	100 metres		11.19	align=center style="border-right:double"	9 Q	11.44	align=center style="border-right:double"	11	Did not advance
Myriam Soumaré	100 metres		11.11 PB	align=center style="border-right:double"	3 Q	11.47	align=center style="border-right:double"	12	Did not advance
Myriam Soumaré	200 metres		22.71 SB	align=center style="border-right:double"	6 Q	23.02	align=center style="border-right:double"	12	Did not advance
Christelle Daunay	10,000 metres		32:22.20	12
Sandra Gomis	100 m hurdles		13.07	align=center style="border-right:double"	17 Q	13.55	align=center style="border-right:double"	23	Did not advance
Cindy Billaud	100 m hurdles		13.50	align=center style="border-right:double"	33	Did not advance
Myriam Soumaré Céline Distel Lina Jacques-Sébastien Véronique Mang			42.60 SB	align=center style="border-right:double"	4 Q		42.70	5
Phara Anacharsis Muriel Hurtis-Houairi Marie Gayot Floria Gueï	4 × 400 metres relay		3:28.02 SB	align=center style="border-right:double"	14		Did not advance
Eloyse Lesueur	Long jump	6.22	align=center style="border-right:double"	26		align=center colspan= 2	Did not advance
Mélanie Melfort	High jump	1.92	align=center style="border-right:double"	15		Did not advance
Stéphanie Falzon	Hammer throw	68.92	align=center style="border-right:double"	12 q		66.57	12

Heptathlon

Ida Antoinette Nana Djimou	Heptathlon
	Event	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m hurdles	13.48	1053	14
	High jump	1.83 SB	1016	6
	Shot put	14.07	799	14
	200 m	25.19	869	15
	Long jump	6.13	890	14
	Javelin throw	55.79 PB	973	1
	800 m	2:28.74	709	24
Total			6309	7

External links

• Official local organising committee website
• Official IAAF competition website