Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics explained

Iaaf:	GBR
Fedname:	UK Athletics
Year:	2009
Games:	World Championships in Athletics
Location:	Berlin
Competitors:	60
Gold:	2
Silver:	2
Bronze:	3
Rank:	7
Appearances:	auto
Previous:	2007
Next:	2011

Great Britain and Northern Ireland (often referred to as Great Britain) is competing at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. UK Athletics announced a team of 60 athletes in July in preparation for the competition,^[1] although it was known that some athletes might not compete due to injury.^[2] Christine Ohuruogu entered the competition as the defending 400 metres champion. Selected athletes had achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards.

Ohuruogu, Jessica Ennis, and Phillips Idowu were identified as the athletes with the greatest chance of winning a gold medal; two of them succeeded. The team included the defending 400m gold and silver medallists, Ohuruogu and Nicola Sanders, respectively. Paula Radcliffe, the Marathon gold medallist in 2005, was the other individual medallist returning to the GBR team. Head coach Charles van Commenee stated that matching the last championships medal haul (5) was a reasonable target given a number of high-profile injuries.^[3]

Germaine Mason and Toby Sandeman withdrew from the squad due to injuries before the start of the competition.^[4]

Team selection

Track and road events

Event	Athletes
Event	Men	Women
100 metres	Dwain Chambers Tyrone Edgar Simeon Williamson
200 metres	Dwain Chambers Marlon Devonish ~~Toby Sandeman~~	Emily Freeman
400 metres	Michael Bingham Martyn Rooney Robert Tobin	Christine Ohuruogu Nicola Sanders
800 metres	Michael Rimmer	Jenny Meadows Marilyn Okoro Jemma Simpson
1500 metres	Andrew Baddeley Thomas Lancashire James Brewer	Lisa Dobriskey Charlene Thomas Stephanie Twell
5000 metres	Mo Farah
Marathon		~~Paula Radcliffe~~^[5]
100 metres hurdles	—
110 metres hurdles	Gianni Frankis Andy Turner William Sharman	—
400 metres hurdles	Dai Greene Rhys Williams	Eilidh Child
3000 m steeplechase		Helen Clitheroe
20 km race walk		Joanna Jackson
4×100 metres relay	Marlon Devonish Tyrone Edgar Rikki Fifton Craig Pickering Simeon Williamson	Emma Ania Montell Douglas Jeanette Kwakye Joice Maduaka Anyika Onuora Laura Turner
4×400 metres relay	Michael Bingham Chris Clarke Nigel Levine Martyn Rooney Robert Tobin Conrad Williams	Vicki Barr Lee McConnell Christine Ohuruogu Marilyn Okoro Nicola Sanders Perri Shakes-Drayton

Field and combined events

Event	Athletes
Event	Men	Women
Pole vault	Luke Cutts Steve Lewis	Kate Dennison
High jump	~~Germaine Mason~~
Long jump	Greg Rutherford Chris Tomlinson
Triple jump	Larry Achike Nathan Douglas Phillips Idowu
Shot put	Carl Myerscough
Hammer throw		Zoe Derham
Javelin throw	Mervyn Luckwell	Goldie Sayers
Heptathlon	—	Jessica Ennis Louise Hazel

Results

Men

Track and field events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semi-final		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Dwain Chambers	10.18	1	10.04	1	10.04	4	10.00	6
	Tyrone Edgar	10.42	2	10.12	2	DQ	align=center	-	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
	Simeon Williamson	10.31	2	10.23	5	align=center colspan="4"	did not advance
200 m	Dwain Chambers	align=center colspan="2"	DNS	align=center colspan="6"	did not advance
200 m	Marlon Devonish	20.92	1	20.66	2	20.62	7	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
400 m	Martyn Rooney	45.45	3	align=center colspan="2"	-	45.98	7	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
	Robert Tobin	45.50	1	align=center colspan="2"	-	45.90	7	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
	Michael Bingham	45.54	2	align=center colspan="2"	-	44.74	2	45.56	7
800 m	Michael Rimmer	1:48.20	3	align=center colspan="2"	-	1:46.77	7	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
1500 m	Thomas Lancashire	3:42.68	8	align=center colspan="2"	-	align=center colspan="4"	did not advance
	Andrew Baddeley	3:45.23	4	align=center colspan="2"	-	3:38.23	11	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
	James Brewer	3:37.17	3	align=center colspan="2"	-	3:37.27	6	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
5000 m	Mo Farah	13:19.94	3	align=center colspan="4"	-	13:19.69	7
110 m Hurdles	Andy Turner	13.73	5	align=center colspan="2"	-	align=center colspan="4"	did not advance
	William Sharman	13.52	3	align=center colspan="2"	-	13.38	1	13.30	4
	Gianni Frankis	13.83	7	align=center colspan="2"	-	align=center colspan="4"	did not advance
400 m Hurdles	Dai Greene	48.76	1	align=center colspan="2"	-	48.27	2	48.68	7
400 m Hurdles	Rhys Williams	49.88	5	align=center colspan="2"	-	align=center colspan="4"	did not advance
Pole Vault	Luke Cutts	5.40m	13	align=center colspan="4"	-	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
Pole Vault	Steven Lewis	5.65m	3	align=center colspan="4"	-	5.65m	7
Long Jump	Greg Rutherford	8.30m	1	align=center colspan="4"	-	8.17m	5
Long Jump	Chris Tomlinson	8.06m	3	align=center colspan="4"	-	8.06m	8
Triple Jump	Larry Achike	16.94m	8	align=center colspan="4"	-	align=center colspan="4"	did not advance
	Phillips Idowu	17.32m	2^[6]	align=center colspan="4"	-	17.73m
	Nathan Douglas	17.00m	6	align=center colspan="4"	-	16.79m	10
Shot Put	Carl Myerscough	20.17m	10	align=center colspan="4"	-	18.42m	11
Javelin	Mervyn Luckwell	66.30m	21	align=center colspan="4"	-	align=center colspan="4"	did not advance
4 × 100 m Relay	Simeon Williamson Tyrone Edgar Marlon Devonish Harry Aikines-Aryeetey	38.11	2	align=center colspan="4"	-	38.02	^[7]
4 × 400 m Relay	Conrad Williams Robert Tobin Dai Greene Martyn Rooney	3:01.91	3	align=center colspan="4"	Conrad Williams Michael Bingham Robert Tobin Martyn Rooney	3:00.53

Women

Track, field and road events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Semi-final		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
200 m	Emily Freeman	23.10	2	22.64	3	22.98	7
400 m	Christine Ohuruogu	51.30	2	50.35	2	50.21	5^[8]
400 m	Nicola Sanders	51.64	2	50.45	4	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
800 m	Marilyn Okoro	2:03.07	3^[9]	2:01.01	2	2:00.32	8^[10]
	Jenny Meadows	2:02.47	2	1:59.45	2	1:57.93
	Jemma Simpson	2:03.33	2	2:00.57	5	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
1500 m	Stephanie Twell	4:18.23	12	align=center colspan="4"	did not advance
	Charlene Thomas	4:09.91	9	align=center colspan="4"	did not advance
	Lisa Dobriskey	4:07.90	4	4:03.86	4	4:03.75
Marathon	Paula Radcliffe	align=center colspan="4"	N/A	align=center colspan="2"	DNS^[11]
100 m Hurdles	Sarah Claxton	12.86	4	13.21	8	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
100 m Hurdles	Jessica Ennis	align=center colspan="2"	DNS	align=center colspan="4"
400 m Hurdles	Eilidh Child	55.96	3	56.21	6	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
400 m Hurdles	Perri Shakes-Drayton	56.49	3	57.57	7	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
3000 m Steeplechase	Helen Clitheroe	9:41.71	9^[12]	align=center colspan="2"	N/A	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
20 km Walk	Johanna Jackson	align=center colspan="4"	N/A	DQ
Pole Vault	Kate Dennison	4.55m	4	align=center colspan="2"	N/A	4.55	6
Hammer	Zoe Derham	align=center colspan="2"	NM	align=center colspan="2"	N/A	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance
Javelin	Goldie Sayers	58.98m	9	align=center colspan="4"	did not advance
Heptathlon	Louise Hazel	align=center colspan="4"	N/A	6,008	14
Heptathlon	Jessica Ennis	align=center colspan="4"	N/A	6,731
4 × 100 m Relay	Laura Turner Montell Douglas Emily Freeman Emma Ania	43.34	3	align=center colspan="2"	N/A	43.16	6
4 × 400 m Relay	Nicola Sanders Vicki Barr Jennifer Meadows Lee McConnell	3:25.23	4	align=center colspan="2"	Lee McConnell Christine Ohuruogu Vicki Barr Nicola Sanders	3:25.16

External links

Official competition website

Notes and References

http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=52353.html World champion Ohuruogu leads 60 strong British squad for Berlin
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8169008.stm GB pick Chambers in Worlds squad
Hart, Simon (28 July 2009). Dwain Chambers to contest sprint double at World Championships. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8185321.stm Injury ends Mason's Berlin hopes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8211211.stm Radcliffe pulls out of marathon
Web site: British Trio in Hunt for Berlin Medals. Sporting Life. Sporting Life UK Ltd. Casey, Phil. 20 August 2009 .
Web site: Great Britain team take bronze as Usain Bolt grabs more gold. The Guardian. 22 August 2009. 23 August 2009 .
Web site: No miracle for Christine Ohuruogu as Sanya Richards takes gold. The Guardian. Kessel, Anna. 18 August 2009. 20 August 2009 .
Web site: Simpson content to take supporting role in heat. Turnball, Simon. 17 August 2009 . The Independent. 20 August 2009 .
Web site: Meadows claims bronze. The Press Association (Google). 19 August 2009 . 20 August 2009 .
Web site: Paula Radcliffe will not run the marathon at World Championships, UK Athletics confirms. The Guardian. Kessel, Anna. 20 August 2009. 20 August 2009 .
Web site: Dwain Chambers races into semi-finals. 16 August 2009. Sunday Mercury. Gibson, Lee. 20 August 2009 .