Germany at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics explained

Iaaf:	GER
Fedname:	Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband
Year:	2011
Games:	World Championships in Athletics
Location:	Daegu
Competitors:	65
Gold:	3
Silver:	3
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1983

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

Team selection

The German Athletics Association (Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband) has announced a preliminary squad of 64 to participate at the competition. Among the team of 33 men and 31 women are defending world champion Robert Harting and current hammer throw world record holder Betty Heidler.^[1] The final team comprises 78 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 65 competitors:

	Event	Athlete
Men	1500 metres	Carsten Schlangen
	4 x 100 metres relay	Christian Blum
		Robin Erewa
		Sven Knipphals
	4 x 400 metres relay	David Gollnow
	50 kilometres walk	André Höhne
		Christopher Linke
	Pole vault	Björn Otto
	Javelin throw	Till Wöschler
Women	4 x 100 metres relay	Leena Günther
		Anne Christina Haack
	4 x 400 metres relay	Sylvia Semkowicz
		Wiebke Ullmann
	Triple jump	Katja Demut
	Pole vault	Carolin Hingst

Medalists

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Medal	Athlete	Event
		Shot put
		Discus throw
		Javelin throw
		Pole vault
		Discus throw
		Hammer throw
		Heptathlon

Results

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Sebastian Ernst	200 metres		20.95	33	Did not advance
Erik Balnuweit	110 metres hurdles		13.57	17	Did not advance
Alexander John	110 metres hurdles		13.68	24	Did not advance
Willi Mathiszik	110 metres hurdles		13.53	12 Q	13.81	16	Did not advance
Georg Fleischhauer	400 m hurdles		48.72	5 Q	49.36	13	Did not advance
Steffen Uliczka	3000 metres steeplechase		8:37.35	27		align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Tobias Unger Marius Broening Sebastian Ernst Alex Schaf	4 x 100 metres relay		DNF		Did not advance
Jonas Plass Kamghe Gaba Miguel Rigau Thomas Schneider Eric Krüger	4 x 400 metres relay		3:00.68	5 q		3:01.37	8
Christopher Linke	20 kilometres walk		1:24:17	21
Sebastian Bayer	Long jump	8.11	5 q		8.17	8
Christian Reif	Long jump	8.13	3 q		8.19	7
Eike Onnen	High jump	2.28	15		Did not advance
Raul Spank	High jump	2.28	11 q		2.29	9
Karsten Dilla	Pole vault	5.40	24		Did not advance
Raphael Holzdeppe	Pole vault	5.50	20		Did not advance
Malte Mohr	Pole vault	5.65	6 q		5.85	5
Ralf Bartels	Shot put	20.45	8 q		20.14	10
Marco Schmidt	Shot put	20.06	13		align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
David Storl	Shot put	21.50	1 Q		align=center bgcolor=gold	21.78	align=center bgcolor=gold
Robert Harting	Discus throw	64.93	5 q		align=center bgcolor=gold	68.97	align=center bgcolor=gold
Markus Münch	Discus throw	60.80	26		align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Martin Wierig	Discus throw	61.68	19		align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Markus Esser	Hammer throw	77.60	3 Q		79.12	4
Matthias de Zordo	Javelin throw	82.05	4 q		align=center bgcolor=gold	86.27	align=center bgcolor=gold
Mark Frank	Javelin throw	81.93	6 q		81.81	8

Decathlon

Pascal Behrenbruch
	Event	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m	11.08	843	18
	Long jump	6.80	767	25
	Shot put	16.01	852	4
	High jump	1.93	740	24
	400 m	49.90	819	16
	110 m hurdles	14.33	932	7
	Discus throw	48.56	840	4
	Pole vault	4.90	880	8
	Javelin throw	66.50	836	6
	1500 m	4:36.64	702	10
Total			8211	7

Rico Freimuth
	Event	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m	10.83	899	9
	Long jump	NM	0
	Shot put	NM	0
	High jump	DNS
	400 m
	110 m hurdles
	Discus throw
	Pole vault
	Javelin throw
	1500 m
Total			DNF

Jan-Felix Knobel
	Event	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m	11.18	821	21
	Long jump	7.30	886	13
	Shot put	16.06	855	3
	High jump	1.96	767	18
	400 m	49.46	840	11
	110 m hurdles	14.92	859	22
	Discus throw	47.93	827	5
	Pole vault	4.70	819	15
	Javelin throw	68.42	865	3
	1500 m	4:43.12	661	12
Total			8200	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Yasmin Kwadwo	100 metres	bye	11.29	19 q	11.54	18	Did not advance
Leena Günther	100 metres	bye	11.36	26	Did not advance
Cindy Roleder	100 m hurdles		13.01	14 q	12.91	12	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Gesa Felicitas Krause	3000 metres steeplechase		9:35.83	9 Q		9:32.74	9
Jana Sussmann	3000 metres steeplechase		9:59.93	23		Did not advance
Yasmin Kwadwo Anne Möllinger Cathleen Tschirch Marion Wagner	4 x 100 metres relay		align=center colspan=2	DNF		align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Janin Lindenberg Esther Cremer Lena Schmidt Claudia Hoffmann	4 x 400 metres relay		3:27.31	11		Did not advance
Sabine Krantz	20 kilometres walk		DNF
Melanie Seeger	20 kilometres walk		DNF
Bianca Kappler	Long jump	6.48	14		Did not advance
Sosthene Taroum Moguenara	Long jump	6.02	31		Did not advance
Kristina Gadschiew	Pole vault	4.50	11 q		4.55	10
Silke Spiegelburg	Pole vault	4.55	7 q		4.65	9
Martina Strutz	Pole vault	4.55	1 q		align=center bgcolor=silver	4.80	align=center bgcolor=silver
Nadine Kleinert	Shot put	18.75	12 Q		19.26	8
Christina Schwanitz	Shot put	19.20	3 Q		17.96	12
Josephine Terlecki	Shot put	17.85	19		Did not advance
Nadine Müller	Discus throw	65.54	1 Q		align=center bgcolor=silver	65.97	align=center bgcolor=silver
Betty Heidler	Hammer throw	71.48	6 Q		align=center bgcolor=silver	76.06	align=center bgcolor=silver
Kathrin Klaas	Hammer throw	71.69	5 Q		71.89	7
Katharina Molitor	Javelin throw	63.52	3 Q		64.32	5
Christina Obergföll	Javelin throw	68.76	1 Q		65.24	4
Linda Stahl	Javelin throw	60.21	9 q		DNS

Heptathlon

Julia Mächtig	Heptathlon
	Event	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m hurdles	14.15	957	27
	High jump	1.80	978	16
	Shot put	15.24	877	3
	200 m	25.54	838	19
	Long jump	5.98	843	20
	Javelin throw	43.74	739	12
	800 m	2:17.14	863	21
Total			6085	17

Jennifer Oeser	Heptathlon
	Event	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m hurdles	13.33	1075	7
	High jump	1.83	1016	9
	Shot put	13.70	774	15
	200 m	24.58	926	11
	Long jump	6.28	937	8
	Javelin throw	51.30	885	4
	800 m	2:10.39	959	5
Total			align=center bgcolor=cc9966	6572	align=center bgcolor=cc9966

Lilli Schwarzkopf	Heptathlon
	Event	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m hurdles	13.65	1028	19
	High jump	1.80	978	10
	Shot put	14.89	854	5
	200 m	25.82	813	24
	Long jump	6.18	905	12
	Javelin throw	49.69	854	5
	800 m	2:15.26	889	13
Total			6321	6

External links

• Official local organising committee website
• Official IAAF competition website

Notes and References

1. http://www.leichtathletik.de/index.php?NavID=1&SiteID=28&NewsID=33711 DLV nominiert Team für WM in Daegu