Switzerland at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics explained

Iaaf:SUI
Fedname:Swiss Athletics
Year:2011
Games:World Championships in Athletics
Location:Daegu
Competitors:15
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Previous:2009
Next:2013

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

Team selection

A team of 18 athletes wasannounced to represent the countryin the event. For the first time in history, Switzerland will send two 4 × 100 mrelay teams to world championships. The team includes one athlete invited by the IPC for exhibition events: Manuela Schaer, 800m T53 (wheelchair) women.

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 15 competitors:

EventAthlete
Men4 x 100 metres relayAron Beyene
Women4 x 100 metres relayMujinga Kambundji
Marisa Lavanchy

Results

Men

AthleteEventPreliminariesHeatsSemifinalsFinal
Time
Width
Height
RankTime
Width
Height
RankTime
Width
Height
RankTime
Width
Height
Rank
Reto Amaru Schenkel100 metres10.44align=center style="border-right:double"27Did not advance
Reto Amaru Schenkel200 metres20.77 align=center style="border-right:double"20 Q21.18align=center style="border-right:double"20Did not advance
Marc Schneeberger200 metres20.81align=center style="border-right:double"23Did not advance
Alex Wilson200 metres21.25align=center style="border-right:double"45Did not advance
Andreas Kundert110 m hurdles13.87align=center style="border-right:double"28Did not advance
Pascal Mancini
Reto Amaru Schenkel
Alex Wilson
Marc Schneeberger
4 x 100 metres relayDNFalign=center style="border-right:double"Did not advance

Women

AthleteEventPreliminariesHeatsSemifinalsFinal
Time
Width
Height
RankTime
Width
Height
RankTime
Width
Height
RankTime
Width
Height
Rank
Sabine Fischer5000 metresDNSalign=center style="border-right:double"Did not advance
Lisa Urech100 m hurdles13.16 align=center style="border-right:double"22 Q12.86align=center style="border-right:double"9Did not advance
Clélia Reuse
Jacqueline Gasser
Ellen Sprunger
Léa Sprunger
4 x 100 metres relay44.04align=center style="border-right:double"14Did not advance
Marie Polli20 kilometres walk1:40:2835
Irène PusterlaLong jump6.34align=center style="border-right:double"19align=center colspan= 2Did not advance
Nicole BüchlerPole vault4.50 NRalign=center style="border-right:double"16Did not advance
Anna Katharina SchmidPole vault4.40align=center style="border-right:double"17Did not advance

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