Sweden at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics explained

Iaaf:	SWE
Fedname:	Svenska Friidrottsförbundet
Year:	2011
Games:	World Championships in Athletics
Location:	Daegu
Competitors:	16
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1983

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

Team selection

A team of 16 athletes wasannounced to represent the countryin the event. The most prominent members of the squad are Olympic goldmedalists triple jumperChristian Olsson and heptathlete Carolina Klüft, who starts in this year's longjump competition. The team includes one athlete invited by the IPC for exhibition events: Gunilla Wallengren, 800m T54 (wheelchair) women.

Results

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Ato Ibáñez	20 kilometres walk		DSQ
Andreas Gustafsson	50 kilometres walk		4:00:05 SB	26
Michel Tornéus	Long jump	7.65	align=center style="border-right:double"	27		Did not advance
Christian Olsson	Triple jump	17.16	5 Q		17.23	6
Alhaji Jeng	Pole vault	5.50	17		did not advance
Niklas Arrhenius	Discus throw	60.57	28		Did not advance
Leif Arrhenius	Discus throw	61.33	22		Did not advance
Mattias Jons	Hammer throw	67.93	32		did not advance
Gabriel Wallin	Javelin throw	74.44	26		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Moa Hjelmer	200 metres		23.31	24	Did not advance
Moa Hjelmer	400 metres		52.26	17 Q	52.35	18	did not advance
Isabellah Andersson	Marathon		2:30:13	7
Carolina Klüft	Long jump	6.60	8 q		6.56	5
Ebba Jungmark	High jump	1.92	17		Did not advance
Emma Green Tregaro	High jump	1.95 SB	5 Q		1.89	11
Malin Dahlström	Pole vault	4.25	25		did not advance

Heptathlon

Jessica Samuelsson	Heptathlon
	Event	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m hurdles	13.77 PB	1011	23
	High jump	1.68	830	26
	Shot put	14.52	829	8
	200 m	24.55	929	10
	Long jump	6.05	865	17
	Javelin throw	41.32 PB	693	20
	800 m	2:10.20 SB	962	4
Total			6119	16

External links

• Official local organising committee website
• Official IAAF competition website