United States at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics explained

Iaaf:	USA
Fedname:	USA Track & Field
Year:	2011
Games:	World Championships in Athletics
Location:	Daegu
Competitors:	127
Gold:	12
Silver:	9
Bronze:	7
Rank:	1
Appearances:	auto

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

Team selection

The team was led by reigning World Champions LaShawn Merritt(400m), Kerron Clement (400m hurdles), Dwight Phillips (long jump),Christian Cantwell (shot put), and Trey Hardee (decathlon) in themen's team, and Allyson Felix (200m), Sanya Richards-Ross (400m), andBrittney Reese (long jump) in the women's team.

In the final roster Debbie Dunn and Delilah DiCrescenzo withdrew due to injury and were replaced. Michael Rodgers withdrew after testing positive for the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine at a meeting in Italy in July.https://archive.today/20130124193913/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jmCiN9rrmf0nnSwYuzEvY7R3Oejg?docId=CNG.dbf01006c24ff68d389a4e709369e8b9.6e1. Trell Kimmons replaced him in the 100m.^[1] Jeremy Dodson was forced to withdraw after his passport was confiscated following his arrest on a charge of identity theft.http://www.universalsports.com/news-blogs/blogs/blog=blockheadblog/postid=550247.html#what+these+guys+thinking

The final team on the entry list comprises the names of 155 athletes, including 2 athletes invited by the IPC for exhibitionevents: Joshua George, 400m T53 (wheelchair) men, and Amberlynn Weber, 800m T54 (wheelchair) women.

After all, 127 athletes competed in the different events.

Medalists

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Medal	Athlete	Event
		110 m hurdles
		4 x 400 metres relay
		Long jump
		Triple jump
		High jump
		100 metres
		1500 metres
		400 m hurdles
	Bianca Knight Allyson Felix Marshevet Myers Carmelita Jeter Alexandria Anderson Shalonda Solomon	4 x 100 metres relay
	Sanya Richards-Ross Allyson Felix Jessica Beard Francena McCorory Natasha Hastings Keshia Baker	4 x 400 metres relay
		Long jump
		100 metres
		200 metres
		400 metres
		5000 metres
		200 metres
		400 metres
		100 m hurdles
		1500 metres
		Triple jump
		200 metres
		100 m hurdles
		Shot put

Results

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Walter Dix	100 metres	10.25	align=center	5 Q	10.05	align=center	2 Q	10.08
Trell Kimmons		10.32	align=center	13 Q	10.21	align=center	11	Did not advance
Justin Gatlin		10.31	align=center	11 Q	10.23	align=center	13	Did not advance
Walter Dix	200 metres		20.42	2	20.37	4	19.70 SB
Darvis Patton			20.80	21	20.72	12	Did not advance
			20.92	30	Did not advance
LaShawn Merritt	400 metres		44.35 WL	1	44.76	1	44.63
Greg Nixon			45.16	7	45.51	9	Did not advance
Jamaal Torrance			45.44	16	45.73	14	Did not advance
Tony McQuay			46.76	26	Did not advance
Nicholas Symmonds	800 metres		1:46.54	align=center	12 Q	1:45.73	align=center	10 Q	1:45.12	5
Khadevis Robinson			1:48.41	align=center	32 Q	1:45.27	align=center	8	Did not advance
Charles Jock			1:47.95	align=center	27	Did not advance
Matthew Centrowitz, Jr.	1500 metres		3:39.46	6	3:46.66	13	3:36.08
Leonel Manzano			3:40.77	16	3:47.98	21	Did not advance
Andrew Wheating			3:42.68	29	Did not advance
Bernard Lagat	5000 metres		13:33.90	1		13:23.64
Galen Rupp			13:34.91	5		13:28.64	9
Andrew Bumbalough			13:44.38	17		Did not advance
Galen Rupp	10,000 metres		27:26.84 SB	7
Matt Tegenkamp			28:41.62	10
Scott Bauhs			29:03.92	14
Michael Morgan	Marathon		2:18:30 SB	31
Mike Sayenko			2:22:49 SB	37
Jeffrey Eggleston			2:23:33	39
Nicholas Arciniaga			2:24:06	41
Sergio Reyes			2:29:15 SB	45
Jason Richardson	110 m hurdles		13.19	align=center	1	13.11	align=center	1	13.16
David Oliver			13.27	align=center	3	13.40	align=center	5	13.44	4
Aries Merritt			13.36	align=center	6	13.32	align=center	4	13.67	5
Bershawn Jackson	400 m hurdles		49.82	align=center	21	48.80	align=center	3	49.24	6
Angelo Taylor			49.38	align=center	12	48.86	align=center	5	49.31	7
Jeshua Anderson			48.81	align=center	7	49.33	align=center	12	Did not advance
Kerron Clement			48.91	align=center	8	52.11	align=center	24	Did not advance
Daniel Huling	3000 metres steeplechase		8:34.70	align=center	24		Did not advance
Benjamin Bruce			8:39.96	align=center	30		Did not advance
William Nelson			8:51.20	align=center	33		Did not advance
Trell Kimmons Justin Gatlin Darvis Patton Walter Dix Travis Padgett Maurice Mitchell	4 x 100 metres relay		37.79 WL	1		DNF
Greg Nixon Bershawn Jackson Angelo Taylor LaShawn Merritt Jamaal Torrance Michael Berry	4 x 400 metres relay		2:58.82 WL	align=center	1		2:59.31
Trevor Barron	20 kilometres walk		1:24:33	23

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dwight Phillips	Long jump	8.32 SB	align=center	1	8.45 SB
William Claye		8.09	align=center	7	8.10	9
Marquise Goodwin		8.02	align=center	13	Did not advance
Trevell Quinley		7.09	align=center	31	Did not advance
Christian Taylor	Triple jump	16.99	9	17.96 WL, PB
William Claye		17.19	3	17.50 PB
Walter Davis		16.12	23	Did not advance
Jesse Williams	High jump	2.31	align=center	5	2.35
Erik Kynard		2.28	align=center	14	Did not advance
Dustin Jonas		2.16	align=center	30	Did not advance
Jeremy Scott	Pole vault	5.60	align=center	9	5.65	9
Derek Miles		5.60	align=center	10	5.65	13
Mark Hollis		5.35	align=center	22	Did not advance
Christian Cantwell	Shot put	20.73	align=center	6	21.36	4
Reese Hoffa		20.96	align=center	3	20.99	5
Ryan Whiting		20.77	align=center	5	20.75	7
Adam Nelson		20.23	align=center	11	20.29	8
Jason Young	Discus throw	63.14	align=center	11	63.20	10
Jarred Rome		62.22	align=center	14	Did not advance
Lance Brooks		61.07	align=center	24	Did not advance
Kibwe Johnson	Hammer throw	75.06	align=center	14	Did not advance
Michael Mai		69.96	align=center	27	Did not advance
Mike Hazle	Javelin throw	DNS		Did not advance

Decathlon

Trey Hardee
		Event	Results	Points	Rank
		100 m	10.55	963	2
		Long jump	7.45	922	4
		Shot put	15.09	795	9
		High jump	2.02 SB	822	11
		400 m	48.37	891	5
		110 m hurdles	13.97	978	2
		Discus throw	49.89 SB	868	3
		Pole vault	4.80	849	11
		Javelin throw	68.99 PB	874	2
		1500 m	4:45.68 SB	645	14
	Total			8607

Ashton Eaton
		Event	Results	Points	Rank
		100 m	10.46	985	1
		Long jump	7.46	925	3
		Shot put	14.44	755	17
		High jump	2.02	822	7
		400 m	46.99	959	1
		110 m hurdles	13.85	994	1
		Discus throw	46.17	791	11
		Pole vault	4.60	790	18
		Javelin throw	55.17	665	17
		1500 m	4:18.94 PB	819	3
	Total			8505

Ryan Harlan
		Event	Results	Points	Rank
		100 m	11.29	797	28
		Long jump	6.68	739	27
		Shot put	16.49	882	1
		High jump	2.02	822	5
		400 m	51.57	744	26
		110 m hurdles	14.71	885	17
		Discus throw	43.52	736	17
		Pole vault	NM	0
		Javelin throw	58.43	714	14
		1500 m	5:21.63	442	22
	Total			6761	22

Women

Track and Road events

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Carmelita Jeter	100 metres		11.21	align=center	12 Q	11.02	align=center	1 Q	10.90
Marshevet Myers	100 metres		11.16	align=center	7 Q	11.38	align=center	9 Q	11.33	8
Miki Barber	100 metres		11.40	align=center	27	Did not advance
Carmelita Jeter	200 metres		22.68	align=center	3	22.47	align=center	2	22.37
Allyson Felix	200 metres		22.71	align=center	6	22.67	align=center	4	22.42
Shalonda Solomon	200 metres		22.69	align=center	4	22.46	align=center	1	22.61	4
Jeneba Tarmoh	200 metres		23.60	align=center	27	Did not advance
Allyson Felix	400 metres		51.45	align=center	7 Q	50.36	align=center	3 Q	49.59 PB
Francena McCorory	400 metres		52.18	align=center	14 Q	50.24 PB	align=center	2 Q	50.45	4
Sanya Richards-Ross	400 metres		51.37	align=center	4 Q	50.66	align=center	8 q	51.32	7
Jessica Beard	400 metres		52.40	align=center	18 Q	51.27	align=center	11	Did not advance
Alysia Montaño	800 metres		1:59.62	3	1:58.67	5	1:57.48 SB	4
Maggie Vessey	800 metres		2:01.32	11	1:58.98	8	1:58.50 SB	6
Alice Schmidt	800 metres		2:01.11	8	2:01.16	16	Did not advance
Jennifer Simpson	1500 metres		4:10.84	align=center	16	4:07.90	align=center	2	4:05.40
Morgan Uceny	1500 metres		4:07.43	align=center	3	4:09.03	align=center	14	4:19.71	10
Shannon Rowbury	1500 metres		4:14.43	align=center	28	4:11.49	align=center	21	Did not advance
Lauren Fleshman	5000 metres		15:34.04	align=center	11		15:09.25	7
Amy Hastings	5000 metres		15:29.49	align=center	6		15:56.06	15
Molly Huddle	5000 metres		15:42.00	align=center	19		Did not advance
Shalane Flanagan	10,000 metres		31:25.57	7
Jennifer Rhines	10,000 metres		31:47.59	9
Kara Goucher	10,000 metres		32:29.58	13
Tera Moody	Marathon		2:32:04 SB	17
Katherine Newberry	Marathon		2:37:28 SB	30
Alissa McKaig	Marathon		2:38:23 SB	32
Colleen DeRuck	Marathon		2:44:35 SB	38
Zoila Gomez	Marathon		2:46:44 SB	40
Danielle Carruthers	100 m hurdles		12.79	3	12.65	3	12.47 PB
Dawn Harper	100 m hurdles		12.90	8	12.74	5	12.47 PB
Kellie Wells	100 m hurdles		12.73	2	12.79	7	DNF
Lashinda Demus	400 m hurdles		54.93	3 Q	53.82	1 Q	52.47 WL
Queen Harrison	400 m hurdles		55.11	6 Q	55.44	12	align=center colspan=2	Not advance
Jasmine Chaney	400 m hurdles		56.28	20 Q	55.97	16	align=center colspan=2	Not advance
Emma Coburn	3000 metres steeplechase		9:38.42	align=center	14		9:51.40	13
Bridget Franek	3000 metres steeplechase		9:43.09	align=center	18		Did not advance
Stephanie Garcia	3000 metres steeplechase		9:53.47	align=center	21		Did not advance
Bianca Knight Allyson Felix Marshevet Myers Carmelita Jeter Alexandria Anderson Shalonda Solomon	4 x 100 metres relay		41.94 WL	1		41.56 WL
Sanya Richards-Ross Allyson Felix Jessica Beard Francena McCorory Natasha Hastings Keshia Baker	4 x 400 metres relay		3:23.57	4		3:18.09 WL
Maria Michta	20 kilometres walk		1:38:54	30

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Brittney Reese	Long jump	6.79	align=center	3 Q	6.82
Janay DeLoach	Long jump	6.51	align=center	12 q	6.56	6
Funmi Jimoh	Long jump	6.68	align=center	6 q	NM
Tori Polk	Long jump	5.66	align=center	33	align=center colspan= 2	Did not advance
Amanda Smock	Triple jump	13.48	align=center	31	Did not advance
Brigetta Barrett	High jump	1.95	1	1.93	10
Inika McPherson	High jump	1.80	27	Did not advance
Jennifer Suhr	Pole vault	4.55	align=center	6	4.70	4
Kylie Hutson	Pole vault	4.50	align=center	15	Did not advance
Lacy Janson	Pole vault	4.40	align=center	20	Did not advance
Jillian Camarena-Williams	Shot put	19.09	align=center	5 Q	20.02
Michelle Carter	Shot put	18.85	align=center	11 Q	18.76	9
Sarah Stevens-Walker	Shot put	17.20	align=center	21	Did not advance
Stephanie Brown-Trafton	Discus throw	61.89	align=center	6 q	63.85	5
Aretha Thurmond	Discus throw	59.88	align=center	13	align=center colspan= 2	Did not advance
Gia Lewis-Smallwood	Discus throw	59.49	align=center	15	align=center colspan= 2	Did not advance
Jessica Cosby	Hammer throw	71.06	8	68.91	11
Amber Campbell	Hammer throw	68.87	14	Did not advance
Jeneva McCall	Hammer throw	68.26	15	Did not advance
Rachel Yurkovich	Javelin throw	58.84	align=center	15	Did not advance
Kara Patterson	Javelin throw	57.14	align=center	21	Did not advance

Heptathlon

Sharon Day		Heptathlon
		Event	Results	Points	Rank
		100 m hurdles	13.69 PB	1023	20
		High jump	1.80	978	15
		Shot put	14.28 PB	813	11
		200 m	25.01	886	13
		Long jump	5.87	810	25
		Javelin throw	39.14	651	23
		800 m	2:15.74 SB	882	17
	Total			6043	18

Hyleas Fountain		Heptathlon
		Event	Results	Points	Rank
		100 m hurdles	12.93 SB	1135	1
		High jump	1.89 SB	1093	1
		Shot put	12.20	674	23
		200 m	23.96	985	4
		Long jump	6.45	991	4
		Javelin throw	43.42 SB	733	13
		800 m	DNF	0
	Total			5611	25

Reserves

According to the qualification standardsUSA Track & Field nominated more athletes (having achieved the A qualification mark, "reserves") than allowed to compete in each specific event.

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 127 competitors:

	Event	Athlete
Men	100 metres
	200 metres	Maurice Mitchell
	400 metres	Michael Berry
	800 metres	Tyler Mulder
	1500 metres	Will Leer
	5000 metres	Chris Solinsky
	10,000 metres	Bobby Curtis
	110 m hurdles	Terrence Trammell
	400 m hurdles	Michael Tinsley
	4 x 100 metres relay	Ivory Williams
		Michael Rodgers
	4 x 400 metres relay	Tony McQuay
		Miles Smith
	20 kilometres walk	John Nunn
	High jump	Ricky Robertson
	Pole vault	Scott Roth
	Shot put	Daniel Taylor
	Discus throw	Russell Winger
	Javelin throw	Sean Furey
Women	100 metres	LaShaunte’a Moore
	200 metres	Bianca Knight
	400 metres	Keshia Baker
	800 metres	Phoebe Wright
	1500 metres	Christin Wurth-Thomas
	10,000 metres	Desiree Davila
	100 m hurdles	Ginnie Crawford
	400 m hurdles	Turquoise Thompson
	3000 metres steeplechase	Sara Hall
	4 x 100 metres relay	Miki Barber
		LaShaunte’a Moore
	20 kilometres walk	Teresa Vaill
	Long jump	Brianna Glenn
	Pole vault	Melissa Gergel
	Discus throw	Suzanne Powell-Roos

External links

• Official local organising committee website
• Official IAAF competition website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kimmons added to Team USA roster for World Championships - FloTrack.