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South Africa competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from 27 August to 4 September in Daegu, South Korea.
South Africa at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics | |
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WA code | RSA |
National federation | Athletics South Africa |
Website | www |
in Daegu | |
Competitors | 32 |
Medals |
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World Championships in Athletics appearances | |
Team selection
editAthletics South Africa announced the final team of 26 athletes to represent the country in the event, including the established names such as Khotso Mokoena, LJ van Zyl, Caster Semenya and Mbulaeni Mulaudzi. [1]
The final team on the entry list comprises the names of 33 athletes.[2]
The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List,[2] but not on the Official Start List of the specific event,[3] resulting in a total number of 32 competitors:
KEY: | Did not participate | Competed in another event |
Event | Athlete | |
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Men | 4 x 100 metres relay | Simon Magakwe |
Lebogang Moeng | ||
Gideon Trotter | ||
4 x 400 metres relay | Cornel Fredericks |
Medalists
editThe following competitors from South Africa won medals at the Championships
Medal | Athlete | Event |
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Shane Victor Ofentse Mogawane Willem de Beer LJ van Zyl Oscar Pistorius |
4 x 400 metres relay | |
Caster Semenya | 800 metres | |
LJ van Zyl | 400 m hurdles | |
Sunette Viljoen | Javelin throw |
Results
editMen
editDecathlon
Willem Coertzen | Decathlon | |||
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Event | Results | Points | Rank | |
100 m | 11.16 | 825 | 20 | |
Long jump | 7.37 SB | 903 | 9 | |
Shot put | 13.48 | 697 | 23 | |
High jump | 2.02 | 822 | 7 | |
400 m | 49.20 | 852 | 9 | |
110 m hurdles | 14.48 | 913 | 10 | |
Discus throw | 43.13 PB | 728 | 19 | |
Pole vault | NM | 0 | ||
Javelin throw | DNS | |||
1500 m | DNS | |||
Total | DNF |
Women
editAthlete | Event | Preliminaries | Heats | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time Width Height |
Rank | Time Width Height |
Rank | Time Width Height |
Rank | Time Width Height |
Rank | ||
Caster Semenya | 800 metres | 2:01.01 | 5 | 1:58.07 SB | 1 | 1:56.35 SB | |||
René Kalmer | Marathon | 2:38:16 | 31 | ||||||
Annerien van Schalkwyk | Marathon | 2:43:59 SB | 37 | ||||||
Tanith Maxwell | Marathon | DNS | |||||||
Wenda Theron | 400 m hurdles | 56.13 | 17 Q | 57.06 | 23 | Did not advance | |||
Simoné du Toit | Shot put | 15.83 | 24 | Did not advance | |||||
Sunette Viljoen | Javelin throw | 65.34 | 2 | 68.38 AR | |||||
Justine Robbeson | Javelin throw | 58.08 | 19 | Did not advance |
References
edit- ^ zaadmin (8 August 2011), Team South Africa for Daegu. Athletics SA announce final team to World Championships, Time-to-Run South Africa, retrieved 14 August 2011
- ^ a b IAAF (21 August 2011), Entry Lists by Country (PDF), retrieved 21 August 2011
- ^ IAAF, Athletes participating per day, archived from the original on 3 June 2012, retrieved 12 September 2011