Netherlands at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics explained

Iaaf:	NED
Fedname:	Atletiekunie
Year:	2011
Games:	World Championships in Athletics
Location:	Daegu
Competitors:	17
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Previous:	2009
Next:	2013

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

Team selection

A team of 20 athletes wasannounced to represent the countryin the event.The team will be led by top sprinter Churandy Martina, fourth in the 2008Olympic Games 100m, who had to find a new home because of the dissolution ofthe Netherlands Antilles, and the refusal by the IOC to allow membership ofCuraçao due to 1995 decision that membership is only open to sovereigncountries (see here).

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 17 competitors:

	Event	Athlete
Men	4 × 100 metres relay	Mike van Kruchten
		Churandy Martina
Women	4 × 100 metres relay	Marit Dopheide
		Nikki van Leeuwen

Results

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Churandy Martina	100 metres		10.32	align=center style="border-right:double"	13 Q	10.29	align=center style="border-right:double"	18	Did not advance
Churandy Martina	200 metres		20.70	align=center style="border-right:double"	17	align=center colspan=2 style="border-right:double"	DNS	Did not advance
Bram Som	800 metres		1:46.79	align=center style="border-right:double"	19	1:46.69	align=center style="border-right:double"	17	Did not advance
Giovanni Codrington Brian Mariano Jerrel Feller Patrick van Luijk	4 × 100 metres relay		align=center colspan=2 style="border-right:double"	DSQ		Did not advance
Rutger Smith	Discus throw	62.12	align=center style="border-right:double"	16		Did not advance
Erik Cadée	Discus throw	61.62	align=center style="border-right:double"	20		Did not advance

Decathlon

Eelco Sintnicolaas
	Event	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m	10.76 SB	915	6
	Long jump	7.29	883	15
	Shot put	14.13	736	19
	High jump	1.93	740	23
	400 m	48.35 SB	892	4
	110 m hurdles	14.42	921	9
	Discus throw	42.23 SB	710	20
	Pole vault	5.20	972	1
	Javelin throw	61.07 SB	754	10
	1500 m	4:25.40	775	5
Total			8298	5

Ingmar Vos
	Event	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m	10.82 SB	901	8
	Long jump	7.41	913	8
	Shot put	13.86	720	20
	High jump	DNS
	400 m	DNS
	110 m hurdles
	Discus throw
	Pole vault
	Javelin throw
	1500 m
Total			DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Dafne Schippers	200 metres		22.69 NR	align=center style="border-right:double"	4	22.92	align=center style="border-right:double"	9	Did not advance
Yvonne Hak	800 metres		2:03.05	align=center style="border-right:double"	27	Did not advance
Kadene Vassell Dafne Schippers Anouk Hagen Jamile Samuel	4 × 100 metres relay		43.44 NR	align=center style="border-right:double"	9		Did not advance
Monique Jansen	Discus throw	58.23	align=center style="border-right:double"	17		align=center colspan= 2	Did not advance

Heptathlon

Remona Fransen	Heptathlon
	Event	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m hurdles	13.57 PB	1040	16
	High jump	1.80	978	10
	Shot put	13.67	772	16
	200 m	25.17	871	14
	Long jump	6.06	868	16
	Javelin throw	38.03	630	24
	800 m	2:16.80	868	18
Total			6027	19

External links

• Official local organising committee website
• Official IAAF competition website