Jamaica at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics explained

Iaaf:	JAM
Fedname:	Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association
Year:	2011
Games:	World Championships in Athletics
Location:	Daegu
Competitors:	45
Gold:	4
Silver:	4
Bronze:	1
Previous:	2009
Next:	2013

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

Team selection

A team of 51 athletes wasannounced to represent the countryin the event. The team is led by Olympic gold medalists and defending orformer world champions Usain Bolt, Melaine Walker, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and Veronica Campbell Brown. Because only the names of the athletes were published, the assignment of athletes to events is tentatively due to this year's performances. Publication of the entry list solves this problem.

The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List, but not on the Official Start List of the specific event, resulting in a total number of 45 competitors:

	Event	Athlete
Men	100 metres	Asafa Powell
	200 metres	Kenroy Anderson
	110 m hurdles	Keiron Stewart
	4 x 100 metres relay	Asafa Powell
		Mario Forsythe
	4 x 400 metres relay	DeWayne Barrett
Women	100 metres	Sherone Simpson
	200 metres	Aleen Bailey
	400 metres	Davita Prendergast
	4 x 100 metres relay	Schillonie Calvert
		Aleen Bailey

Medalists

The following competitors from Jamaica won medals at the Championships

Medal	Athlete	Event
		100 metres
		200 metres
	Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt Dexter Lee	4 x 100 metres relay
		200 metres
		400 m hurdles
	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Kerron Stewart Sherone Simpson Veronica Campbell Brown Jura Levy	4 x 100 metres relay
	Rosemarie Whyte Davita Prendergast Novlene Williams-Mills Shericka Williams Shereefa Lloyd Patricia Hall	4 x 400 metres relay
	Allodin Fothergill Jermaine Gonzales Riker Hylton Leford Green Lansford Spence	4 x 400 metres relay

Results

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Usain Bolt	100 metres		10.10	1	10.05	2	DSQ - False start
Michael Frater	100 metres		10.26	7	10.23	13	Did not advance
Yohan Blake	100 metres		10.12	2	9.95 (SB)	1	9.92 (SB)
Nesta Carter	100 metres		10.26	7	10.16	9	10.95	7
Usain Bolt	200 metres		20.30	align=center style="border-right:double"	1	20.31	align=center style="border-right:double"	2	19.40 WL
Nickel Ashmeade	200 metres		20.47	align=center style="border-right:double"	5	20.32	align=center style="border-right:double"	3	20.29	5
Mario Forsythe	200 metres		20.68	align=center style="border-right:double"	15	20.63	align=center style="border-right:double"	10	Did not advance
Marvin Anderson	200 metres		21.09	align=center style="border-right:double"	38	Did not advance
Jermaine Gonzales	400 metres		45.12	5	44.99	2	44.99	4
Riker Hylton	400 metres		45.54	21	46.99	24	Did not advance
Dwight Thomas	110 m hurdles		13.31	4	13.56	align=center style="border-right:double"	8	Did not finish
Andrew Riley	110 m hurdles		13.47	8	13.75	align=center style="border-right:double"	14	Did not advance
Richard Phillips	110 m hurdles		13.53	12	13.76	align=center style="border-right:double"	15	Did not advance
Isa Phillips	400 m hurdles		48.64 SB	align=center style="border-right:double"	4	49.16	align=center style="border-right:double"	10	Did not advance
Leford Green	400 m hurdles		49.45	align=center style="border-right:double"	14	49.29	align=center style="border-right:double"	11	Did not advance
Josef Robertson	400 m hurdles		50.29	align=center style="border-right:double"	26	50.39	align=center style="border-right:double"	22	Did not advance
Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt Dexter Lee	4 x 100 metres relay		38.07 SB	align=center style="border-right:double"	3		37.04 WR
Allodin Fothergill Jermaine Gonzales Riker Hylton Leford Green Lansford Spence	4 x 400 metres relay		2:59.13 SB	align=center style="border-right:double"	2		3:00.10
Damar Forbes	Long jump	7.91	align=center style="border-right:double"	20		Did not advance
Wilbert Walker	Triple jump	15.97	align=center style="border-right:double"	24		Did not advance
Jason Morgan	Discus throw	61.75	align=center style="border-right:double"	18		Did not advance

Decathlon

Maurice Smith
	Event	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m	10.98	865	15
	Long jump	7.06 m	828	22
	Shot put	15.15 m	799	8
	High jump	1.93 m	740	22
	400 m	50.27	802	19
	110 m hurdles	14.68	889	15
	Discus throw	45.63 m	780	13
	Pole vault	Did not advance
	Javelin throw	Did not advance
	1500 m	Did not advance
Total		Did not finish

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Veronica Campbell Brown	100 metres		11.18	8	11.06	align=center style="border-right:double"	4	10.97
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	100 metres		11.12	4	11.03	align=center style="border-right:double"	2	10.99	4	-	Kerron Stewart	100 metres		11.12	4	11.26	align=center style="border-right:double"	7	11.15	6
Jura Levy	100 metres		11.33	align=center style="border-right:double" align=center	20	11.53	17	Did not advance
Veronica Campbell Brown	200 metres		22.46	align=center style="border-right:double"	1	22.53	align=center style="border-right:double"	3	22.22 SB
Kerron Stewart	200 metres		22.83	align=center style="border-right:double"	9	22.77	align=center style="border-right:double"	5	22.70	5
Sherone Simpson	200 metres		22.94	align=center style="border-right:double"	15	22.88	align=center style="border-right:double"	8	23.17	8
Shericka Williams	400 metres		51.66 Q	align=center style="border-right:double"	9	50.46 Q, SB	align=center style="border-right:double"	5	50.79	6
Novlene Williams-Mills	400 metres		51.30 Q	align=center style="border-right:double"	2	50.48 Q	align=center style="border-right:double"	6	52.89	8
Rosemarie Whyte	400 metres		51.38 Q	align=center style="border-right:double"	5	50.90	align=center style="border-right:double"	10	Did not advance
Kenia Sinclair	800 metres		2:01.66	align=center style="border-right:double"	15	1:58.93	align=center style="border-right:double"	7	1:58.66	7
Brigitte Foster-Hylton	100 m hurdles		12.96 SB	align=center style="border-right:double"	11	12.87 SB	align=center style="border-right:double"	10	Did not advance
Indira Spence	100 m hurdles		13.07 SB	align=center style="border-right:double"	17	12.93 PB	align=center style="border-right:double"	13	Did not advance
Vonette Dixon	100 m hurdles		12.82	align=center style="border-right:double"	4	13.00	align=center style="border-right:double"	17	Did not advance
Melaine Walker	400 m hurdles		54.86	align=center style="border-right:double"	1	54.97	align=center style="border-right:double"	5	52.73 SB
Kaliese Spencer	400 m hurdles		54.93	align=center style="border-right:double"	3	55.02	align=center style="border-right:double"	6	54.01	4
Ristananna Tracey			55.96	align=center style="border-right:double"	14	55.55	align=center style="border-right:double"	13	Did not advance
Nickiesha Wilson	400 m hurdles		56.08	align=center style="border-right:double"	16	56.58	align=center style="border-right:double"	19	Did not advance
Korene Hinds	3000 metres steeplechase		9:52.11	align=center style="border-right:double"	20		align=center colspan= 2	Did not advance
Mardrea Hyman	3000 metres steeplechase		DNF	align=center style="border-right:double"			align=center colspan= 2	Did not advance
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Kerron Stewart Sherone Simpson Veronica Campbell Brown Jura Levy	4 x 100 metres relay		42.23 SB	align=center style="border-right:double"	2		41.70 NR
Rosemarie Whyte Davita Prendergast Novlene Williams-Mills Shericka Williams Shereefa Lloyd Patricia Hall	4 x 400 metres relay		3:22.01 SB	align=center style="border-right:double"	2		3:18.71 NR
Jovanee Jarrett	Long jump	6.19	align=center style="border-right:double"	28		align=center colspan= 2	Did not advance
Kimberly Williams	Triple jump	14.06	align=center style="border-right:double"	14		Did not advance

External links

• Official local organising committee website
• Official IAAF competition website