| Iaaf: | GBR |
| Fedname: | UK Athletics |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Games: | World Championships in Athletics |
| Location: | Daegu |
| Competitors: | 59 |
| Gold: | 3 |
| Silver: | 3 |
| Bronze: | 1 |
| Rank: | 6 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| Previous: | 2009 |
| Next: | 2013 |
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (often referred to as Great Britain) competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from 27 August - 4 September 2011.
UK Athletics announced a team of 67 athletes on August 9 in preparation for the competition.[1] Team GB wwas represented by defending world champions Phillips Idowu and Jessica Ennis in the triple jump and the heptathlon respectively, as well as Lisa Dobriskey and Jenny Meadows who won silver and bronze medals at the 2009 World Championships respectively. Selected athletes had achieved at least one of the competition's A or B qualifying standards.
Head coach Charles van Commenne had expressed a target of 10 medal opportunities ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Apart from the defending medallists, the team also includes the women's 400m gold and silver medallists from the 2007 World Championships, Christine Ohuruogu and Nicola Sanders, respectively and two individual medallists from the 1999 World Championships, 100m bronze medallist Dwain Chambers and women's triple jump silver medallist Yamila Aldama.
In addition, the team included 2 athletes invited by the IPC for exhibition events: Michael Bushell, 400m T53 (wheelchair) men, and Rochelle Woods, 800m T54 (wheelchair) women.
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 59 competitors:
The following British competitors won medals at the Championships
| Medal | Name | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August | |||
| 1 September | |||
| 4 September | |||
| 28 August | |||
| 1 September | |||
| 4 September | |||
| 29 August | |||
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | |||||
| Harry Aikines-Aryeetey | align=center style="border-right:double" | 100 metres | 10.29 | 2 Q | 10.23 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 3 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | Did not advance | |||
| Dwain Chambers | align=center style="border-right:double" | 100 metres | 10.34 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 4 q | DQ | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | Did not advance | ||||
| Marlon Devonish | align=center style="border-right:double" | 100 metres | 10.28 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 2 Q | 10.25 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 7 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | Did not advance | ||
| James Ellington | align=center style="border-right:double" | 200 metres | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 bgcolor="wheat" | 20.82 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 4 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 4 | Did not advance | ||||
| Christian Malcolm | align=center style="border-right:double" | 200 metres | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 bgcolor="wheat" | 20.66 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 4 q | 20.88 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 5 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | Did not advance | |
| Martyn Rooney | align=center style="border-right:double" | 400 metres | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 bgcolor="wheat" | 45.30 (SB) | align=center style="border-right:double" | 2 Q | 46.09 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 7 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | Did not advance | |
| Andrew Osagie | align=center style="border-right:double" | 800 metres | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 bgcolor="wheat" | 1:46.08 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 2 Q | 1:46.12 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 4 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | Did not advance | |
| Michael Rimmer | align=center style="border-right:double" | 800 metres | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 bgcolor="wheat" | 1.47:11 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 5 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 4 | Did not advance | ||||
| James Shane | align=center style="border-right:double" | 1500 metres | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 bgcolor="wheat" | 3:41.17 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 19 | align=center colspan="4" | Did not advance | ||||
| Mo Farah | align=center style="border-right:double" | 5000 metres | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 bgcolor="wheat" | 13:38.03 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 2 Q | 13:23.36 | |||||
| Mo Farah | align=center style="border-right:double" | 10,000 metres | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 6 bgcolor="wheat" | 27:14.07 | ||||||||
| Andrew Lemoncello | align=center style="border-right:double" | Marathon | DNS | |||||||||
| Lee Merrien | align=center style="border-right:double" | Marathon | 2:16:59 | 22 | ||||||||
| Dave Webb | align=center style="border-right:double" | Marathon | 2:15:48 (SB) | 15 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Clarke | align=center style="border-right:double" | 110 m hurdles | 13.65 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 5 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 4 | Did not advance | |||||
| Andy Turner | align=center style="border-right:double" | 110 m hurdles | 13.32 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 2 Q | 13.44 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 4 q | 13.44 | |||
| William Sharman | align=center style="border-right:double" | 110 m hurdles | 13.52 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 4 q | 13.51 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 3 Q | 13.67 | 5 | ||
| Dai Greene | align=center style="border-right:double" | 400 m hurdles | 48.52 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 1 Q | 48.62 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 1 Q | 48.26 | align=center style="border-right:double" | ||
| Jack Green | align=center style="border-right:double" | 400 m hurdles | 50.39 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 4 Q | 49.62 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 5 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | Did not advance | ||
| Nathan Woodward | align=center style="border-right:double" | 400 m hurdles | 49.06 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 2 Q | 49.57 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 6 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | Did not advance | ||
| Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Marlon Devonish Christian Malcolm Craig Pickering | align=center style="border-right:double" | 4 x 100 metres relay | 38.29 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 1 Q | DNF | ||||||
| Richard Strachan Nigel Levine Chris Clarke Martyn Rooney | align=center style="border-right:double" | 4 x 400 metres relay | 3:00.38 (SB) | align=center style="border-right:double" | 4 q | 3:01.16 | 7 | |||||
| Greg Rutherford | align=center style="border-right:double" | Long jump | 8.00 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 7 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Chris Tomlinson | align=center style="border-right:double" | Long jump | 8.02 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 7 q | 7.87 | 11 | |||||
| Phillips Idowu | align=center style="border-right:double" | Triple jump | 17.17 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 2 Q | 17.77 (SB) | ||||||
| Martyn Bernard | align=center style="border-right:double" | High jump | 2.21 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 29 | align=center colspan="2" align=center | Did not advance | |||||
| Tom Parsons | align=center style="border-right:double" | High jump | 2.25 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 19 | align=center colspan="2" align=center | Did not advance | |||||
| Steve Lewis | align=center style="border-right:double" | Pole vault | 5.50 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 6 q | 5.65 (SB) | 9 | |||||
| Abdul Buhari | align=center style="border-right:double" | Discus throw | 60.21 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 13 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | Did not advance | |||||
| Brett Morse | align=center style="border-right:double" | Discus throw | 62.38 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 5 q | 62.69 | 12 | |||||
| Carl Myerscough | align=center style="border-right:double" | Discus throw | 60.29 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 17 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | Did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | |||||
| Jeanette Kwakye | align=center style="border-right:double" | 100 metres | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | BYE | 11.42 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 3 Q | 11.48 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 6 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | Did not advance |
| Anyika Onuora | align=center style="border-right:double" | 100 metres | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | BYE | 11.41 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 5 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 4 | Did not advance | |||
| Laura Turner | align=center style="border-right:double" | 100 metres | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | BYE | 11.45 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 4 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 4 | Did not advance | |||
| Anyika Onuora | align=center style="border-right:double" | 200 metres | 22.93 (PB) | align=center style="border-right:double" | 5 q | 23.08 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 7 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | Did not advance | ||
| Lee McConnell | align=center style="border-right:double" | 400 metres | 52.75 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 3 Q | 51.97 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 7 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | Did not advance | ||
| Christine Ohuruogu | align=center style="border-right:double" | 400 metres | DQ | align=center style="border-right:double" | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 4 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Nicola Sanders | align=center style="border-right:double" | 400 metres | 52.65 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 5 q | 52.47 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 6 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | Did not advance | ||
| Emma Jackson | align=center style="border-right:double" | 800 metres | 2:01.17 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 5 q | 1:59.77 (PB) | align=center style="border-right:double" | 5 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | Did not advance | ||
| Jenny Meadows | align=center style="border-right:double" | 800 metres | 2:01.11 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 1 Q | 1:59.07 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 3 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | Did not advance | ||
| Marilyn Okoro | align=center style="border-right:double" | 800 metres | 1:59.74 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 4 Q | 2:01.54 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 7 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | Did not advance | ||
| Lisa Dobriskey | align=center style="border-right:double" | 1500 metres | 4:12.70 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 11 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 4 | Did not advance | |||||
| Hannah England | align=center style="border-right:double" | 1500 metres | 4:13.45 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 1 Q | 4:08.31 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 6 q | 4:05.68 | |||
| Helen Clitheroe | align=center style="border-right:double" | 5000 metres | 5:37.73 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 8 q | 15:21.22 | 12 | |||||
| Alyson Dixon | align=center style="border-right:double" | Marathon | 2:50:51 | 42 | ||||||||
| Susan Partridge | align=center style="border-right:double" | Marathon | 2:35:57 | 24 | ||||||||
| Tiffany Porter | align=center style="border-right:double" | 100 m hurdles | 12.84 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 1 Q | 12.56 (NR) | align=center style="border-right:double" | 1 Q | 12.63 | 4 | ||
| Eilidh Child | align=center style="border-right:double" | 400 m hurdles | 56.18 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 3 Q | 55.89 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 6 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | Did not advance | ||
| Perri Shakes-Drayton | align=center style="border-right:double" | 400 m hurdles | 55.90 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 2 Q | 55.07 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 3 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | Did not advance | ||
| Barbara Parker | align=center style="border-right:double" | 3000 metres steeplechase | 9:38.21 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 5 q | 9:56.66 | 14 | |||||
| Jeanette Kwakye Anyika Onuora Tiffany Porter Laura Turner | align=center style="border-right:double" | 4 x 100 metres relay | 43.95 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 5 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Christine Ohuruogu Nicola Sanders Lee McConnell Perri Shakes-Drayton | align=center style="border-right:double" | 4 x 400 metres relay | 3:23.05 (SB) | align=center style="border-right:double" | 2 Q | 3:23.63 | 4 | |||||
| Johanna Jackson | align=center style="border-right:double" | 20 kilometres walk | 1:35:32 | 23 | ||||||||
| Shara Proctor | align=center style="border-right:double" | Long jump | 6.34 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 11 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | Did not advance | |||||
| Yamilé Aldama | align=center style="border-right:double" | Triple jump | 14.35 (SB) | align=center style="border-right:double" | 2 q | 14.50 (SB) | 5 | |||||
| Holly Bleasdale | align=center style="border-right:double" | Pole vault | NM | align=center style="border-right:double" | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Kate Dennison | align=center style="border-right:double" | Pole vault | 4.50m | align=center style="border-right:double" | 8 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | Did not advance | |||||
| Sophie Hitchon | align=center style="border-right:double" | Hammer throw | 64.93 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 13 | align=center style="border-right:double" colspan= 2 | Did not advance | |||||
| Goldie Sayers | align=center style="border-right:double" | Javelin throw | 62.19 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 4 Q | 58.18 | 10 | |||||
Heptathlon
| Jessica Ennis | Heptathlon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Results | Points | Rank | ||
| 100 m hurdles | 12.93 | 1133 | 2 | ||
| High jump | 1.86 | 1054 | 3 | ||
| Shot put | 14.67 (PB) | 839 | 7 | ||
| 200 m | 23.27 | 1052 | 1 | ||
| Long jump | 6.51 | 1010 | 2 | ||
| Javelin throw | 39.95 | 666 | 21 | ||
| 800 m | 2:07.81 | 997 | 2 | ||
| Total | 6751 | ||||
| Louise Hazel | Heptathlon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Results | Points | Rank | ||
| 100 m hurdles | 13.24 (PB) | 1089 | 4 | ||
| High jump | 1.74 (PB) | 903 | 6 | ||
| Shot put | 12.36 (SB) | 685 | 8 | ||
| 200 m | 24.25 | 957 | 1 | ||
| Long jump | 6.25 | 927 | 10 | ||
| Javelin throw | 41.75 | 701 | 17 | ||
| 800 m | 2:15.44 | 887 | 16 | ||
| Total | 6149 | 14 | |||