2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
Stanislav Yemelyanov of Russia was originally promoted to the bronze medal, but he was suspended for eight years for a second doping offence from 7 April 2017, with all of his results from 2 June 2009 being deleted from the records (including these championships); this suspension was made indefinite on 2 June 2018.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
Accordingly, the IAAF  informed the Korea Association of Athletics Federations (KAAF) that Kim would be awarded the bronze medal, South Korea's first ever at these Championships.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 2 and September 3. Usain Bolt, the world record holder and defending champion was the favourite going into the race with a world leading time of 19.86 seconds. He had also won his three major races after return from injury convincingly.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
Remembering his false start in the 100 metres, favorite Bolt had the slowest reaction time to the gun, but cruised easily into the semi-finals.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
The semi-finals began with another false start, but it was Sandro Viana. Christophe Lemaitre led the qualifying winning semi 1, as Bolt casually cruised through semi 2 and Walter Dix ran a controlled semi 3.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
The finals were Bolt's redemption. Still cautious, Bolt had the slowest reaction time in the field, but he easily charged into the lead, making up the stagger on Dix 2/3 of the way through the turn as returning silver medalist Alonso Edward pulled up. Bolt made one glance back at Dix and the rest of the field, then charged home in 19.40 his third best time, the number four time ever. Dix was clearly second in 19.70, with Christophe Lemaitre separating from Jaysuma Saidy Ndure in 19.80, the French National Record for the bronze medal. The rest of the field was more than 3/10ths of a second behind. Note these were Fully automatic times, it was just a fluke that all the medal times were evenly divisible by a tenth of a second.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Records
Prior to the competition, the men's 200 m records were as follows:


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: +0.3 m/s, Heat 2: -0.3 m/s, Heat 3: -1.1 m/s, Heat 4: -1.1 m/s, Heat 5: -0.8 m/s, Heat 6: +0.4 m/s, Heat 7: -0.7 m/s


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Wind:Heat 1: -1.0 m/s, Heat 2: -1.0 m/s, Heat 3: -0.7 m/s


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The Men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 29 & September 1.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The final was a slow race with Ugandans Jacob Araptany and Benjamin Kiplagat controlling the pace, with three Kenyans immediately behind. As the last lap began, Kiplagat fell back but Araptany led until one barrier before the water jump. There Ezekiel Kemboi blasted past, with Brimin Kipruto in tow. Kemboi had such a substantial lead coming off the last barrier, he started celebrating and drifted out to lane 7 where he finished. His post race, shirtless celebration dance was one of the most exuberant in recent memory, rivaling some celebrations normally performed by sprinters. Araptany faded at the finish, passed by Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad for the bronze.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The Men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on 4 September.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
USA won the first semi-final with deliberate handoffs, setting the world leader. France followed them into the final. The second semi-final was won by Trinidad and Tobago, ahead of favored Jamaica. Saint Kitts and Nevis set their national record in making the time qualifier in third. The third semi-final was much closer as Great Britain led Poland, with Italy making the final time qualifier.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
In the final, Nesta Carter put Jamaica out into the lead, but Justin Gatlin ran down Michael Frater to put the USA even with Jamaica. On the third leg, Yohan Blake again edged Jamaica into the lead. Going into the final handoff, Darvis Patton of USA clipped Britain's Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and fell into a forward roll. American anchor Walter Dix never saw the baton and the British team also did not finish the race. In addition, Patton's fall seriously impeded Richard Thompson, Trinidad and Tobago's anchor, which caused his team to finish last. Meanwhile Usain Bolt took the baton and pulled away. Jamaica bettered their own World Record to finish in a time of 37.04. It was the only world record to be set at the championships. France finished second with Saint Kitts and Nevis third.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Records
Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Results, Final
* Trinidad and Tobago's Aaron Armstrong tripped over USA's falling Darvis Patton, causing them to finish last.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The Men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on 1 and 2 September. Thursday and Friday. This is a change in schedule from previous years when all the relays were at the end of the program. This might necessitate a change in strategy to allow for team members involved in other events.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
This was the fastest qualifying round in the history of the World Championships. All eight qualifying teams were faster than the fastest qualifier two years before. All but final qualifier Kenya were faster than the Bronze medal team at that championship. United States ran the world leading time, which sounds more impressive than it really was since the previous leading time was by an American collegiate team (though only seven of these national teams were better than that mark in this entire competition). The South African team set their National Record, led off by double amputee Oscar Pistorius. After the heat, South Africa elected not to include Pistorius in the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
In the finals, none of the medal winning teams matched their times from the qualifying heats. Jonathan Borlée put Belgium in the early lead. After the first handoff, they were passed quickly by Ofentse Mogawane putting South Africa into the lead followed by Jermaine Gonzales of Jamaica. Five time defending champion United States, running hurdlers Bershawn Jackson and Angelo Taylor, was a slow third place behind South Africa's Willem de Beer watching  Jamaican Riker Hylton separate from the field, but Hylton tied up on the home stretch and the race tightened going into the final handoff.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Taking the baton in the unfamiliar third place, Silver medalist LaShawn Merritt ran a controlled race in lane one moving into position for one final surge on the home stretch. Merritt was actually too close to the runners ahead of him and had to dart to the right to go around to pass the two teams in green and yellow to the finish. South Africa anchor, hurdler L. J. van Zyl, held off Jamaica's Leford Green for the silver medal.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 28, 29 and 30.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres
Going into the Championships, defending champion LaShawn Merritt was serving a 2-year ban. The ban was still in effect during the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, so Merritt was unable to compete. Ordinarily, since 1997, the defending champion is automatically invited to the championships, but the United States stipulates that the champion must compete in the national championships. It took a special decision by USATF to allow Merritt to enter. Merritt had minimal racing opportunities prior to the championships.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres
In qualifying, ordinarily athletes try to use the minimum effort to advance to the next round, but Merritt ran the year's world leading time of 44.35 in heat 3. The media focused on double amputee Oscar Pistorius, who ran 45.39 to qualify into the semi-finals.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres
In the semi finals, Merritt ran a more controlled and relaxed 44.76 in semi 1, while Jermaine Gonzales controlled semi 3 in 44.99 and 18-year-old Kirani James ran an easy 45.20 to take semi 2. Rondell Bartholomew also qualified, placing two athletes from tiny Grenada in the final. Also twins Kévin and Jonathan Borlée placed two athletes from Belgium in the final. While his time from the trials would have made the final, Pistorius ran 46.19 in his semi and did not advance. Kirani James won the final beating LaShawn Merritt on the line with a time of 44.60. At 18 years, 363 days old, James became the youngest ever world medallist for the men's 400 m.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres, Records
Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
The Men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 29, 30 and September 1.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
In the final, Angelo Taylor in lane 1 and L. J. van Zyl in lane 8 bookended the field going out fast into the lead. As they were completing the final turn, Taylor faltered and started hitting hurdles while Javier Culson powered into the lead. Both van Zyl and Culson slowed going into the final hurdle while David Greene cleared the hurdle with full momentum, cruising past the others to take the gold medal.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
The Men's 50 kilometres race walk event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held on September 3 on a loop course starting and finishing at Gukchae – bosang Memorial Park in the center of Daegu.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
Yohann Diniz took the early lead, challenged by Nathan Deakes until Diniz was disqualified. Deakes continued to lead by as much as 30 seconds over Sergey Bakulin but began to falter with hamstring problems. First he was passed by Bakulin before dropping out. Bakulin stretched out to almost a 2-minute lead, between 40 and 45 km, only Jared Tallent looked like he had a chance, gaining several seconds per kilometer but not really enough to make a dent in the huge lead.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
Tallent paid for the extra effort trying to chase the leader, slowing considerably on the final 2 km lap, being passed by world record holder Denis Nizhegorodov. Bakulin would later be found Guilty of Doping and have the Gold Stripped from him and handed to Nizhegorodov. Nizhegorodov is also currently under suspicion of Doping, with his B Sample yet to be tested, after his A Sample Tested Positive. Nizhegorodov, still currently holds the Gold Medal as of May 2016.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 and 4.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
Jake Robertson of New Zealand was added to the final field at the judges' discretion after twice being pushed in his qualifying race.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
The tactical final was almost full contact, with a pack of 14 staying close into the penultimate lap. Galen Rupp tried to take the kick out early. As the pack began to break up, Eliud Kipchoge went down while the leaders began to string out the field. Mo Farah led through the final lap as a host of Kenyan and finally Ethiopian athletes Imane Merga and Dejen Gebremeskel took a charge at him. Bernard Lagat worked his way through the traffic, coming up behind the final two Ethiopian runners pulling past them in lane 3 on the final straight. Lagat couldn't catch Farah. Merga finished in third but was later disqualified for stepping on the curb, giving the bronze to Gebremeskel.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
The Men's 800 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27, 28 and 30.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
The first semi-final went out fast, with a bunch finish. While Abubaker Kaki came into the event as one of the favorites, he had to qualify to the final by time as the fastest 3rd place. Both time qualifiers came from the first semi. The second semi was the opposite kind of race as kickers Nick Symmonds and Yuriy Borzakovskiy almost acted as a team to run from the front and slow the pace. The two almost formed a wall down the home stretch that frustrated the runners behind them, achieving the two slowest qualifying times into the final. The third semi final was favorite David Rudisha taking control of the race, only accelerating enough to make sure nobody passed him.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
Rudisha won the gold medal after leading the race from the start. Behind him through most of the last lap, surprisingly was come from behind specialist Borzakovskiy, who was himself out-kicked by Kaki just before the finish for the silver medal.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres, Records
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon
The Men's decathlon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27 and 28.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon
Ashton Eaton started off strongly, taking a 22-point advantage in the 100m over American teammate Trey Hardee, then adding three more points in the long jump. Oleksiy Kasyanov placed himself in third. Defending champion Hardee pulled back that advantage to take a 6-point lead after the shot put. Aleksey Drozdov blew past the field with a 2.14 high jump, but cumulatively it was only a short lived 2-point lead. And the faster Eaton took the 400m and a 53-point lead over Hardee at the end of Day 1.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon
The second day was more of the same, Eaton's speed over the 110 hurdles extended his lead to 69 points over Hardee, but considering how much faster Eaton normally is vs Hardee, he didn't extend the lead enough. Kasyanov was the best of the rest now almost 170 points behind the leaders. The discus was the reversal of fortunes. Hardee threw over 3 and a half metres further and took an 8-point lead.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon
In the pole vault, Eaton's 4.60 was the poorest of the top 16, losing 20 cm to Hardee, while Leonel Suárez vaulted 5.00 to slide into third, barely ahead of Drozdov. In the javelin, Eaton only managed a 55.16, while Hardee went 68.99 and Suárez bettered that with 69.12 to move into second place by 32 points. With a 244-point lead, Hardee was not going to be caught from behind. It was predictable that Suárez needed to finish within 4.8 seconds of Eaton to hold on to silver.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon
With Suárez' personal best in the 1500m at around 4:16, and Eaton's best around 4:20, it looked like a foregone conclusion. But Eaton went out aggressively, taking the lead on the final lap and powering close to a 65-second last lap to get a personal best 4:18.94. Eaton beat Suárez by 5.22 seconds to edge 4 points ahead and take the silver medal.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon, Results, 100 metres
Wind:Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s, Heat 3: -0.2 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon, Results, 110 metres hurdles
Wind:Heat 1: -0.8 m/s, Heat 2: -0.7 m/s, Heat 3: -0.5 m/s, Heat 4: -0.1 m/s


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 29 and 30.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
Defending champion Robert Harting was a clear winner, with three throws better than silver medalist Gerd Kanter.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 65.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw
The Men's Hammer throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27 & 29.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw
Koji Murofushi took the lead with his first throw, improving on each of his first three throws to 81.24. Primož Kozmus moved into second place with a second round 79.39 while Krisztián Pars made a minor improvement with every throw (except his failed fifth attempt), passing Kozmus on his fourth throw. Pars last throw was his best, but 81.18 was not quite enough to catch Murofushi.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 77.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
The Men's high jump event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 30 and September 1.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
It took a clean round up to 2.28 just to get into the final. In the final, seven competitors cleared 2.32, with only Jesse Williams and Trevor Barry maintaining a clean record. At 2.35, Williams maintained that clean streak, clearing on his first attempt, which ultimately won the gold medal. Only Aleksey Dmitrik was able to match that height, but it was on his second attempt as were all of his last three clearances in the competition.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.31 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
The Men's Javelin throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 & 3.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
Preliminary leader Guillermo Martínez made his best throw in the first round, followed shortly by Matthias de Zordo's 86.27 winner. Meanwhile favorite world leader Andreas Thorkildsen languished in as low as eighth place, barely the last qualifier for his remaining three throws. All of the competitors had previously thrown far enough to displace Thorkildsen in the preliminary round. On his fourth throw he finally put one good throw together to leapfrog into the silver medal position. de Zordo was ranked fourth and Martínez had only been ranked twelfth on the annual list prior to the competition.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 82.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump
The Men's long jump event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 and 2.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump
Defending champion Dwight Phillips had not done well early in the season, only finishing tenth in the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. But as defending champion, he was given the automatic entry into the meet. On his qualifying jump he showed the first sign of life, jumping a season best 8.32 to lead qualifying. Of the rest of the field, only Mitchell Watt achieved an automatic qualifier. Will Claye achieved a rare feat by qualifying for final in both the Long Jump and Triple Jump.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump
In the final, Phillips almost matched his qualifying jump with an 8.31 to take the early lead. Ngonidzashe Makusha came close with an 8.29 in the same round. Mitchell Watt bested the early leaders with an 8.33 in the second round, but not before Phillips had jumped an 8.45 to separate from the field. Nobody was able to improve after that.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump
After the event, Phillips celebrated by showing his assigned bib number 1111, significant for his first-place finish in four World Championships.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump, Records
Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 8.15 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon
The Men's marathon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held starting and finishing at Gukchae-bosang Memorial Park  on September 4. Abel Kirui was the defending champion.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon
The story was all Kirui. Running a casual pace to 15 km, first the Moroccan contingent tried to test the field. The pace picked up and the field strung out. After 25 km, it was down to Kirui, Vincent Kipruto, Eliud Kiptanui, Feyisa Lilesa and Abderrahime Bouramdane. Then Kirui put the hammer down, running 14:18 between 25 and 30 km. Nobody could go with him and he ran all alone, extending his lead for the remainder of the race to finish in 2:07:38. The 2:28 gap was the largest winning margin in World Championship history. After dropping  Bouramdane and Kiptanui. Kipruto and Lilesa ran tactically for the remainder of the race, with Kipruto getting silver.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon
The race was also the World Cup team competition. In that competition, the scoring is based on the cumulative time of the top three finishers for each team. Each country participating in the World Cup was allowed 5 entries into the marathon. The event was clearly won by Kenya, with 1st, 2nd and 5th-place finishers (Kenya also had the 6th-place finisher). Perennial champion Japan finished second, a cumulative minute ahead of Morocco.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
The Men's Pole Vault event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27 and 29.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
Defending champion and Olympic champion Steven Hooker came into the meet injured. He was not able to clear his opening height in the trials.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
In the final, with three competitors already over 5.85 (including countryman Łukasz Michalski), Paweł Wojciechowski strategically passed his remaining attempts. At 5.90, he cleared on his second (and last remaining) attempt for the win. Lázaro Borges also cleared 5.90, but on his third attempt, setting the national record for Cuba in the process. Renaud Lavillenie edged Michalski for the bronze, because Michalski had a miss at 5.75.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
The Men's shot put event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 and 2.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
David Storl made a major improvement to achieve a new personal best of 21.50, leading the qualifying round by 45 cm (a foot and a half).


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
2007 Champion, Reese Hoffa, took the early lead and held it until Storl threw a new personal best of 21.60 in the second round. Andrei Mikhnevich put a 21.40 in the third round to get close to Storl. In the fourth round, world leader, Dylan Armstrong, took the lead with a 21.64, which held up as the leader until the final throw of the competition, when Storl threw a third personal best of 21.78 to win.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
In 2013, it was revealed that Andrei Mikhnevich tested positive for a prohibited substance at the 2005 World Championships. Since this was his second offense, he was given a lifetime ban and all his results from August 2005 and on were annulled.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put, Records
Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 20.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump
The Men's triple jump event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 2 and 4.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump
Seven made the automatic qualifying mark. The eventual winner was not one of them, barely qualifying with the 9th best mark.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump
Favorite Phillips Idowu led through the first three rounds as Will Claye failed to make a legal jump through the first two rounds, waited until his third jump to jump 17.50, to not only qualify for his final three jumps but to move into second place. In the fourth round, unheralded American collegian Christian Taylor popped 17.96, the number ten all time jump to blast into the lead. Idowu jumped 17.77 in his fourth attempt but was unable to improve upon that.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump, Records
Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 17.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres
The Women's 10,000 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres
Kenya entered a strong team including the 2009 champion Linet Masai, the reigning 5000 metres world champion Vivian Cheruiyot, and Sally Kipyego – the fastest 10,000 m runner that year. The next strongest competitors were the Ethiopian women, which included the 2009 runner-up Meselech Melkamu and Meseret Defar. The United States was represented by 2007 World bronze medallist Kara Goucher and 2008 Olympic third placer Shalane Flanagan (who was the second fastest that year).


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres
An American trio of Goucher, Flanagan and Jen Rhines set the pace in the initial stages of the competition. After around 3000 metres, the Kenyan and Ethiopian teams asserted themselves and it was only Flanagan and Shitaye Eshete who maintained the positions with them. The leading pack reached the halfway point in 15:47.04 minutes and the pace became increasingly quicker at this point – a fact which saw Tigist Kiros fall away from the pack.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres
Flanagan and Eshete were the next to trail away, then Meseret Defar dropped out entirely with stomach pains, reducing the leading pack to the four Kenyans (Masai, Cheruiyot, Kipyego and Priscah Jepleting Cherono) and Meselech Melkamu. In the final lap, it was Cheruiyot and Kipyego who surged away into the lead. Cheruiyot held off her compatriot near the finish line to win the gold with a personal best of 30:48.98 minutes in what was only her third ever race over the distance. Kipyego took second, while Masai had a late run to take the bronze for a Kenyan sweep of the medals. Cherono was the fourth woman across the line and Meselech took fifth. Eshete ran a Bahraini record of 31:21.57 minutes for sixth.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres
Kenya became only the third country to have its athletes take positions one through four in an event (the other two being Ethiopia in the women's 5000 metres and the United States in the men's 200 metres, both at 2005 World Championships). The podium sweep was also unique in that it was the first time any nation had won all the medals on one day of the championships, as Kenyan women had taken all three medals in the women's marathon (the only other final of the first day).


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres
The Women's 100 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27, 28 and 29.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres
Prior to the championships, American Carmelita Jeter held the fastest time of the year (10.70 seconds) and the 2009 bronze medalist entered the competition as the second fastest woman of all-time. Veronica Campbell-Brown, the 2007 champion, was the next fastest athlete (10.76) and the only woman to have beaten Jeter that year. The reigning world and Olympic champion, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was also in contention, although her preparations were affected by injury. Marshevet Myers, Kerron Stewart, and Kelly-Ann Baptiste were ranked in the top five for the 100 m before the race.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres
In the final, Jeter got out of the blocks with Fraser-Pryce, who is known for her fast starts. The two were even through the first half of the race until Jeter pulled away for a clear win. Fast closing Campbell-Brown and Baptiste edged past Fraser-Pryce at the finish.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres, Results, Preliminary Round
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the heats.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres, Results, Preliminary Round
Wind:Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: -0.5 m/s, Heat 3: +1.8 m/s, Heat 4: +1.8 m/s, Heat 5: -1.3 m/s


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: +0.3 m/s, Heat 2: +1.4 m/s, Heat 3: +1.0 m/s, Heat 4: +0.1 m/s, Heat 5: +0.9 m/s, Heat 6: +2.2 m/s, Heat 7: +0.5 m/s


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
Wind:Heat 1: -1.3 m/s, Heat 2: -1.4 m/s, Heat 3: -1.5 m/s


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 2 and 3.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
Prior to the competition, Australian Sally Pearson led the season's rankings with a time of 12.48 seconds and was undefeated on the Diamond League circuit. The United States team provided the next fastest athletes that year in the form of Kellie Wells, Danielle Carruthers and the 2008 Olympic champion Dawn Harper. The defending champion Brigitte Foster-Hylton of Jamaica was in poor form, while the other 2009 medalists (Priscilla Lopes-Schliep and Delloreen Ennis-London) were absent. Tiffany Porter, Lisa Urech and Perdita Felicien were the only other top-ten-ranked athletes to compete.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
Sally Pearson was the story here, winning her semi final in 12.36, equal to the number 5 performer in history. The time improved on her own Oceanian area record and Australian national record. Kellie Wells looked strong by opening up a large lead in her semi final, but clipped the ninth hurdle and struggled to maintain her balance as she finished in second.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
In the final, it was Pearson in the lead from the gun. Running smoothly, she was not challenged, running 12.28, to make her the number 4 performer in history. Nobody had run as fast in nearly two decades. The time is a new Championship record and again improved her Oceanian area record and Australian national record. Behind her, Danielle Carruthers outleaned Dawn Harper for the silver medal, both athletes finishing in the same time. Wells hit the seventh hurdle and crashed to the ground, not finishing, joining the tradition (Gail Devers, Lolo Jones) of American favorites crashing on hurdles in major championships.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: +1.0 m/s, Heat 2: -0.6 m/s, Heat 3: -1.6 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s, Heat 5: +1.3 m/s


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
Wind:Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.3 m/s, Heat 3: +0.7 m/s


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres
The Women's 1500 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 28 & 30, and September 1.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres
Maryam Yusuf Jamal of Bahrain, the gold medallist in 2009, had the two fastest times of the year prior to the competition. American Morgan Uceny entered as the Diamond League leader and her compatriot Shannon Rowbury (bronze in 2009) was also present. The 2010 World Indoor champion Kalkidan Gezahegne, Russia's Ekaterina Gorbunova and Btissam Lakhouad of Morocco completed the top four fastest runners that year. Other prominent entrants included 2008 Olympic champion Nancy Jebet Langat, 2009 runner-up Lisa Dobriskey and world indoor medallists Natalia Rodríguez and Gelete Burka.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres
The final was a tight pack, disrupted in the turn less than a lap and a half before the finish when Hellen Onsando Obiri fell taking out Uceny along with her. With a pack of 9 remaining, the competitors jockeyed for position on the final lap. As they entered the final straightaway Natalia Rodríguez had a slight edge on the pack almost four wide. Jennifer Barringer Simpson and Hannah England were trailing the pack but Simpson went wide and passed the field as Rodríguez started to falter. England followed Simpson in full sprint across the finish line.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres
Nataliya Tobias was disqualified for doping in 2012 after further analysis of a sample of hers from the Daegu Championships. Olesya Syreva, Anzhela Shevchenko and Natallia Kareiva have later had their results disqualified after they were found to be doping based on abnormalities in their biological passport profiles.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk
The Women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held on a loop course starting and finishing at Gukchae - bosang Memorial Park on August 31.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk
Olga Kaniskina of Russia looked to continue a series of major victories which had seen her win consecutive world titles (2007, 2009), the 2008 Olympic title and a gold medal at the 2010 European Championships. Two other Russians, Vera Sokolova and Anisya Kirdyapkina, had walked the two fastest times ever for the distance that February and comprised her primary opposition. Outside of the Russians, 2009 medallists Olive Loughnane and Liu Hong were the other major medal contenders. Other entrants were Qieyang Shenjie, Li Yanfei, Beatriz Pascual, Kumi Otoshi and Vera Santos – all of whom were among the fastest walkers that year.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk, Results, Final
Elisa Rigaudo became bronze medal on 24 March 2016 (5 years after the event) in 20 km walk (she was 4th) after disqualification of Russian Olga Kaniskina who originally had run the race. And silver in March 2019 (8 years after the event) after disqualification of Russian Anisya Kirdyapkina originally second.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
The Women's 200 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 and 2.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
The defending three-time world champion Allyson Felix and reigning two time Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown were the principal contenders, although both were aiming for sprint doubles of 200/400 m and 100/200 m, respectively. Shalonda Solomon was the world-leader before the championships with her run of 22.15 seconds which made her the 2011 US champion. Other contenders included Carmelita Jeter, who was second in the rankings, and Jeneba Tarmoh (the fourth American runner) who was ranked fifth.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
The results of the three semifinals placed three Jamaicans and three Southern California athletes as the automatic qualifiers. Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie and Hrystyna Stuy were the time qualifiers.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
In the final, Campbell-Brown burst out of the blocks, making up the stagger on Solomon to her outside. In the home stretch, Campbell-Brown and Jeter separated from the rest of the field, until Campbell-Brown pulled ahead for a clear victory. Defending champion Felix, who looked sluggish throughout the season, closed fast to challenge Jeter near the line.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: -0.5 m/s, Heat 3: -0.3 m/s, Heat 4: +0.3 m/s, Heat 5: -0.2 m/s


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Wind:Heat 1: -0.7 m/s, Heat 2: -0.1 m/s, Heat 3: -1.8 m/s


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
The Women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27 and 30.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
Milcah Chemos Cheywa was the pre-race favourite, having set the fastest time that year and gone undefeated on the Diamond League. Kenya also entered Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge and Lydia Jebet Rotich, the third and fourth fastest steeplechasers of the season. The other principal medal contenders were Sofia Assefa, second in the Diamond League rankings, and Yuliya Zarudneva (the 2009 runner-up). The 2008 Olympic champion Gulnara Galkina had failed to qualify, while the defending world champion Marta Domínguez was absent due to pregnancy.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
On March 24, 2016, the Court of Arbitration for Sport disqualified Yuliya Zaripova's results from July 20, 2011 to July 25, 2013, which included the World Championships.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The Women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on 4 September.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
Runners from the United States had provided the fastest times before the competition, but bad baton exchanges had seen their teams disqualified at both the 2008 Olympics and the 2009 World Championships. The Americans and Jamaica, the defending world relay champions, were seen as the primary contenders for the title. Ukraine and Russia (the Olympic title holder) were the next fastest entrants into the championships.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The first semi-final was won by a ragged looking Jamaican team. France followed Jamaica into the final. In third place, Brazil set the South American record and qualified for the final by time. China false started out of the event. The second semi-final was won by Trinidad and Tobago, setting their national record, with Ukraine following them into the final. Russia also qualified on time. In the third semi-final, the USA, running in lane 2 ran the world leader to qualify, along with Nigeria. In lane 3, Bahamas' Anthonique Strachan fell as the modern version of the golden girls tried to qualify. Bahamas eventually finished while Germany was unable to complete their first handoff.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
In the final, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce put Jamaica into the lead, but strong legs from Allyson Felix and Marshevet Myers brought the United States back into contention. Despite their recent history of poor handoffs, the United States executed their final baton exchange perfectly, gaining a couple of metres on Jamaica. Given the lead, Carmelita Jeter was able to hold off a closing Veronica Campbell-Brown for the win. Jamaica set their national record in second. Ukraine's Hrystyna Stuy in lane 8 ran down France and Trinidad and Tobago to finish a distant third.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The Women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on 2 and 3 September. Friday and Saturday. This is a change in schedule from previous years when all the relays were at the end of the program. This might necessitate a change in strategy to allow for team members involved in other events.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The United States held the two fastest relay times before the championships and had won the 2007 and 2009 world titles, as well as the 2008 Olympic gold medals. Jamaica and Russia – the only other nations to have won a world title since 2000 – were the other primary contenders. A Brazilian team had broken the South American record a month before the championships and was the third fastest qualifying nation. Great Britain, Ukraine and Germany comprised the other major nations at the competition.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Twenty teams, instead of the normal sixteen, started this event, necessitating three heats instead of two. United States was an easy winner in heat one, with Ukraine edging out neighboring Belarus for the second automatic qualifying spot, but Belarus qualified on time. Russia, with the fastest time, was an easy winner in heat two with Nigeria taking the second automatic spot and Czech Republic taking the second time qualifier. Jamaica and Great Britain separated cleanly from their competitors in heat three.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
In the final, the United States led off with previous world champion Sanya Richards-Ross, who handed off to silver medalist Allyson Felix in the lead. Felix extended the lead with Russian Natalya Antyukh and then Jamaica 's Davita Prendergast chasing about 5 metres back. Prendergast passed a fading Antyukh, who had charged after Felix and was slowing, just before the handoff. Novlene Williams-Mills solidified Jamaica's hold on second place during the third leg. On the anchor leg, Francena McCorory burst away from the handoff, extending the lead to 10 metres and discouraging a challenge. McCorory paid for that burst on the home stretch, but still maintained the 5 metre lead at the finish. Jamaica knocked a second off their National record.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
On 21 June 2017, Russia forfeited the bronze medal following the disqualification of Kapachinskaya. The medal was reallocated by IAAF to Great Britain.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Final
1 Positive drug test of Kapachinskaya2 Positive drug test of Yefremova


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres
The Women's 400 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27, 28 and 29.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres
The defending champion was Sanya Richards-Ross and despite her poor form earlier in the season, she ran 49.66 seconds in London just three weeks before the championships. The only faster athlete that year was Russian champion Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, who had run a personal best of 49.35 sec. Three-time 200 m world champion, Allyson Felix, was also challenging for the 400 m title, while Amantle Montsho (ranked third that year) had five straight wins on the Diamond League circuit. Jamaica's Rosemarie Whyte, Novlene Williams-Mills and Shericka Williams were also contenders, as was 2009 third placer Antonina Krivoshapka.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres
The event started in controversy when reigning Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu was disqualified in her preliminary race for a false start. 2011 was the first year of a new IAAF rule allowing no leniency for a false start.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres
In the final, Montsho was a clear leader off of the turn, with Felix closing fast at the end to make the race close. This was Felix's personal best. Not only was this Montsho's personal best, but also the national record for Botswana. For the bronze medal, Anastasia Kapachinskaya was faster down the final 80 metres to pull away from Francena McCorory, who had run her personal best in the semi-finals.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres
After the championships, Kapachinskaya was disqualified for a doping violation for having stanozol and turinabol in tests held during the 2008 Olympics. She received a lifetime ban. In 2017, McCorory was advanced to the bronze medal.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
The Women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 29, 30 and September 1.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
Kaliese Spencer had the fastest time of the year before the competition and led in the Diamond League rankings. Fellow Jamaican Melaine Walker (the reigning world and Olympic champion) was also present, as was Lashinda Demus, the runner-up in 2009. Czech athlete Zuzana Hejnová was the second fastest entrant and was second in the rankings in the Diamond League. The three medallists from the 2010 European Championships – Natalya Antyukh, Vania Stambolova, and Perri Shakes-Drayton – were the other athletes in contention for a medal.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
Lashinda Demus in lane 3, broke quickly from the start, quickly making up the stagger on lane 4 Zuzana Hejnová. In lane 8, defending champion Melaine Walker was also out fast. Demus maintained her advantage as Kaliese Spencer made a run at her, but Spencer faltered. The stretch run was the top two finishers from the previous championship, but the medals were reversed as Demus set a new National Record for the United States and the number three all time mark in the event.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
The Women's 5000 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 30, and September 2.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
Vivian Cheruiyot entered the competition as the reigning 2009 World Champion, the 2011 World Cross Country Champion, the Diamond League leader, and the fastest woman of the year (having become the fourth fastest ever with a run of 14:20.87 minutes). Ethiopians Meseret Defar and Sentayehu Ejigu had run the next quickest that season. The top twelve ranked runners prior to the championships were all either Kenyan or Ethiopian; Linet Masai, Sylvia Kibet, Mercy Cherono and Genzebe Dibaba were the other contenders from the two dominant countries. Lauren Fleshman of the United States was the fastest non-African in the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
The final started with Hitomi Niiya taking a large early lead in an effort to steal the race. After several laps in the spotlight she was swallowed up by the pack, which slowly disintegrated. With a lap to go, it was three Ethiopian and four Kenyan runners to settle it. Cheruiyot led as the group stretched out, with Defar challenging into the final straight, where Cheruiyot pulled away. Kibet passed a fading Defar before the finish, for the silver. Exactly the same medals as two years before.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
The Women's 800 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1, 2 and 4.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
The three fastest times prior to the championships were all run at the Russian national trials, with Mariya Savinova leading the rankings with 1:56.95 minutes, followed by Yuliya Rusanova and Ekaterina Kostetskaya. However, Kenia Sinclair of Jamaica and Britain's Jenny Meadows had been the leading athletes on the Diamond League circuit. Caster Semenya, the 2009 champion, was among the fastest that year, but had been affected by injury and an 11-month career break due to gender verification tests. Moroccan Halima Hachlaf and American champion Alysia Johnson Montano were highly ranked, while reigning Olympic and World silver medallist Janeth Jepkosgei was another prominent competitor.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
It took under 1:59 just to make the final. Led by defending champion, Semenya, the three Russians all qualified, along with two Americans, returning silver medalist Jepkosgei and Kenia Sinclair, leaving previous Bronze medalist Jenny Meadows as the fastest non-qualifier.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
In the final, Jepkosgei led through a fast 55.86-second first lap, followed by Sinclair and Alysia Johnson Montaño. On the backstretch, defending champion Semenya cruised past the field taking the lead with about 180 metres to go. She continued to pull away, but not emphatically. Savinova had trailed the field and followed Semenya as she moved up, then kicked it into gear on the final straight, easing past Semenya without challenge. Montaño took a dive at the finish line but was unable to beat Jepkosgei for third place.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
On 28 July 2014, IAAF announced that 5th place finisher Kostetskaya was sanctioned for doping after her biological passport had showed abnormalities. Her result was disqualified. On February 10, 2017 the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) officially disqualified Savinova's results backdated to July 2010. When medals were reallocated, everyone moved up.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw
The women's discus throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27 and 28.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw
Dani Samuels was the defending champion, but had not performed well prior to the event. Germany's Nadine Müller was the leader in the Diamond League, but it was Chinese thrower Li Yanfeng who held the best mark that season (67.98 m). Stephanie Brown Trafton entered as the reigning Olympic champion, while 2009 World medallists Yarelis Barrios and Nicoleta Grasu were other prominent competitors. Sandra Perković, the leading athlete earlier in the season, was absent due to a six-month ban for doping offences.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw
Nadine Müller had the best mark in the qualifying rounds, with her sole throw of 65.54 m to make the final. Li Yanfeng and Yarelys Barrios were the next best throwers in the first round. Dani Samuels narrowly avoided elimination, while Aretha Thurmond was among those to miss the final. In the final the following day, Li took the lead in the first round with a throw of 65.28 m and Müller followed her over the 65 m line into second place. Żaneta Glanc of Poland had an opening throw of 63.91 m, moving into third place.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw
The top three remained unchanged after the second throw, although Li improved her lead to 66.52 m and Müller consolidated her second place with a mark of 65.97 m. Barrios of Cuba moved into third in the next round with her best mark of the competition (65.73 m) and defending champion Samuels was struck out in the final cut off. Brown Trafton threw her best (63.85 m) in round four, moving into fifth place, but the medal positions remained unchanged thereafter – Li won the gold medal, while Müller and Barrios took the silver and bronze medals, respectively.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw
Although Li had won gold medals in Asian-level competitions, it was the 32-year-old's first medal of any colour on the world stage. She credited her success to her work with German coach Karl-Heinz Steinmetz and increased seasonal competition against foreign athletes. Müller silver also represented her first medal at a global championships. For Barrios it was her fourth consecutive time on the major podium, having been runner-up at the two previous world championships and winner of the 2008 Olympic silver medal.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw, Records
Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 62.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw, Results, Final
Format: Each athlete has three attempts, then the eight best performers have three further attempts


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw
The women's hammer throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 2 and 4.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw
Betty Heidler was the pre-event favourite: she was undefeated that season, held the four best marks of the year, and had broken the world record with a throw of 79.42 m in May. Tatyana Lysenko, a former record holder, was ranked second prior to the championships. Yipsi Moreno and Zhang Wenxiu (both medalists at the 2008 Olympics) were both in good form that season, as was Kathrin Klaas (fourth in 2009). Zalina Marghieva, Alena Matoshka, Jennifer Dahlgren were other entrants ranked in the top ten. The 2009 world champion Anita Włodarczyk was not expected to compete due to a back injury.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw
Tatyana Lysenko won the competition on her first throw, then proceeded to improve her position on the next two throws. Top qualifier Zhang Wenxiu also made her best throw on her first attempt. It took Betty Heidler until the 5th round to finally displace her into bronze position, pushing Yipsi Moreno off the medal stand. Defending champion Anita Włodarczyk did make a game effort, throwing her season best, but only managed 5th place.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 71.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon
The Women's Heptathlon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on 29 and 30 August.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon
Before the competition, reigning champion Jessica Ennis was top of the year's heptathlon rankings (6790 points) and was closely followed by Tatyana Chernova who had set a personal best. The 2009 silver medallist Jennifer Oeser was also in good form while Nataliya Dobrynska and Hyleas Fountain (first and second at the 2008 Olympics) were the other high-profile competitors. Tatyana Chernova won the gold medal finishing 129 points ahead of Jessica Ennis.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon
Hyleas Fountain started the event powerfully, looking like she was in it to win it. She squeezed out a .02 victory in the 100 metres hurdles and added a 3 cm advantage in the high jump, just a centimeter below her personal best, to give her a 39-point lead. Then things began to unravel. She gave up over 2 metres in the Shot put, where defending champion Jessica Ennis and returning silver medalist Tatyana Chernova powered through. Chernova was gaining from the beginning of the second day with a 10 cm advantage in the long jump.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon
But the real break occurred when Chernova gained exactly 13 metres on Ennis in the javelin, a 250-point swing. Jennifer Oeser used her strong javelin throw to place herself firmly in third. Karolina Tyminska in fourth and Ennis tried to run themselves into an advanced position in the 800 metres. While Tyminska won the 800, Oeser was able to stay close enough to her to hold on to the bronze. Ennis was just 2.6 seconds behind Tyminska, but Chernova would not let Ennis gain even a quarter of a second, much less the gold medal. On 29 November 2016 the IAAF stripped Chernova of the title, as well as many of her others, due to doping and the results were adjusted accordingly.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon
With only two non-finishers, this edition of the women's heptathlon is notable for having the lowest fraction of athletes not finishing the competition in the World Championships history.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon, Records
Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon, Results, 100 metres hurdles
Wind:Heat 1: +0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.9 m/s, Heat 3: +1.6 m/s, Heat 4: +1.7 m/s


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon, Results, 200 metres
Wind:Heat 1: -1.5 m/s, Heat 2: -1.2 m/s, Heat 3: -1.1 m/s, Heat 4: -1.3 m/s


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump
The Women's high jump event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 and 3.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump
Russia's Anna Chicherova entered the competition as the favourite with a world leading jump of 2.07 m. Although Blanka Vlašić had won world titles in 2007 and 2009 and was ranked second in the world, she was suffering from a leg injury and decided to compete after having initially withdrawn. Antonietta Di Martino had been the only other woman over 2.00 m that year. Emma Green, Venelina Veneva-Mateeva, 2004 Olympic champion Yelena Slesarenko and Ruth Beitia were the other established entrants, while Svetlana Shkolina was fourth in the world rankings. Chaunté Lowe, Ariane Friedrich and reigning Olympic champion Tia Hellebaut were notable absences. It took 1.95 to make the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump
The medalists clearly separated from the field in order, each clearing 2.00 Chicherova on her first, Vlašić on her second and Di Martino on her third. At 2.03 Chicherova remained clean while Vlašić again needed two attempts, with Di Martino unable to make the height. At 2.05, neither was able to make it, though Vlašić looked closer. After years of finishing one place behind Vlašić in major meets, it was the first time Chicherova was able to reverse those results.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 1.95 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw
The Women's javelin throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 and 2.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw
Barbora Špotáková, the reigning Olympic champion, topped the season's rankings with a throw of 69.45 m. Second-ranked Christina Obergföll had showed greater consistency, having won four of the Diamond League meetings before the championships. Mariya Abakumova, a 2009 World and 2008 Olympic medallist, was ranked third in both the Diamond League and world rankings. Others in good form were Sunette Viljoen (who set an African record two weeks earlier), Martina Ratej, Kathrina Molitor and Goldie Sayers. The 2009 world champion, Steffi Nerius, had retired.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw
Favorite Špotáková took the early lead, but Abakumova's second throw would lead into the 5th round. Viljoen improved on her African record in the 5th round, but that was only enough to put her in third place. Špotáková then threw a new World Championship record, only to be passed on the following throw by Abakumova improving on the record and setting a new Russian National Record.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw
However, in 2018, the Athletics Integrity Unit decided to disqualify Abakumova because of doping, stripping her of the gold medal, which gets inherited by Špotáková.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw, Records
Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying distance 61.00m (Q) or at 12 best athletes and ties (q) advance to the final


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump
The women's long jump event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27 and 28.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump
Reigning world champion Brittney Reese was the pre-event favourite as she held the best mark that year (7.19 m) and led on the Diamond League circuit. Russia's Darya Klishina and Olga Zaytseva were the only ones to have cleared seven metres that season, while Americans Funmi Jimoh and Janay DeLoach were the only jumpers to have defeated Reese on the circuit. Veronika Shutkova and Maurren Maggi (the 2008 Olympic gold medallist) were other highly ranked entrants.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump
Maggi produced the best jump of the qualifying rounds, followed by Belarusian Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova. Brittney Reese needed the last of her three jumps to achieve the qualifying mark. Zaytseva was the most prominent jumper to be eliminated at the first stage. Maggi, Jimoh and Naide Gomes were high-profile eliminations in the first half of the final round. Reese took the lead with her first jump of 6.82 m and, despite having had five no-jumps, she remained in first place to take the gold. It was Olga Kucherenko, Ineta Radēviča and Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova who fought for the minor medals. Mironchyk-Ivanova jumped 6.74 m in round three, only to be overtaken by Kucherenko (6.77 m) the following round. Radēviča produced her best (6.76 m) with her final jump to edge into the bronze medal position.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump
Reese's mark of 6.82 m was the shortest winning distance in the history of the event at the World Championships. Nevertheless, she became only the second woman to ever win two consecutive long jump world titles, matching the feat of her fellow American Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Kucherenko and Radēviča gained their first ever medals on the world stage, although both had been medallists at the 2010 European Athletics Championships.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump
Mironchyk-Ivanova was fourth. She had a jump which seemed to be the longest of all, about 6.90 m. Unfortunately for the Belarusian, her ponytail swang and left the mark behind at 6.74 m and she lost the win and all the other medals as a result.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump
A retest of silver medallist Kucherenko's sample in 2016 came back positive for doping and she was stripped of her medal. As a result Radēviča was promoted to silver medal and Mironchyk-Ivanova moved into the medals with a bronze.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump, Records
Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 6.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump, Results, Final
Format: Each athlete has three attempts, then the eight best performers have three further attempts


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon
The Women's marathon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held starting and finishing at Gukchae – bosang Memorial Park on 27 August. A total of 54 runners began the race and twenty three nations were represented.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon
The fastest entrant that year was Edna Kiplagat of Kenya, who had won the 2010 New York Marathon and finished third in London in April. Her compatriot Priscah Jeptoo (2011 Paris champion) and Aselefech Mergia of Ethiopia (winner in Dubai) completed the three fastest athletes to start the race. Other fast Ethiopian and Kenyan entrants included Sharon Cherop, Bezunesh Bekele and Atsede Baysa. The 2009 runner-up Yoshimi Ozaki headed the Japanese team. Other major participants were Sweden's Isabella Andersson and Chinese duo Zhou Chunxiu and Zhu Xiaolin. The reigning champion Bai Xue was absent, as were the 2008 Olympic champion Constantina Diṭă-Tomescu and the two fastest runners that year (Mary Keitany and Liliya Shobukhova).


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon
A large group of 19 runners remained in the leading pack after 30 km, but a Kenyan trio of Kiplagat, Jeptoo and Cherop pulled away from the group after this point. With some 5 km to go, Kiplagat and Cherop collided at the drinks station. Kiplagat fell to the ground. Cherop slowed down and waited for her teammate until they both resumed running. It was Kiplagat who went on to take the gold medal for Kenya (the first medal of the championships), while Jeptoo and Cherop finished in second and third. This was the first time that any country had won all the medals in a marathon at either the World Championships or the Olympic Games. Bezunesh Bekele crossed the line for fourth place seven seconds later and Japan's Yukiko Akaba completed the top five.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon
The competition also served as the IAAF World Marathon Cup team race, which was decided by totalling the times of each nation's three fastest runners. The Kenyan women easily won the title, while China and Ethiopia were the silver and bronze medallists, respectively. This result represented the first time that the Japanese women had failed to win a team medal, since the competition was incorporated at the 1997 World Championships.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault
The Women's Pole vault event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics took place at the Daegu Stadium on August 28 and 30.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault
Anna Rogowska of Poland was the defending champion, while 2008 Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva had returned to form after a career break in 2010. American Jennifer Suhr had the two best clearances prior to the competition and Martina Strutz was ranked second in the world behind her. Silke Spiegelburg (the Diamond League leader), world indoor champion Fabiana Murer and Olympic medalist Svetlana Feofanova were the other main potential medalists.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault
The event was conducted in swirling winds. World record holder Isinbayeva was the last to start, clearing her opening height but then struggling with her next three attempts, going under the bar on the last one. World leader Suhr seemed off this night but cleared 4.70 on her second attempt, while Yarisley Silva set the Cuban national record at the same height on her third attempt. Murer and previous world record holder Feofanova were clean through 4.75, but were pushed into a tie for second place by Strutz' German National Record 4.80 on her first attempt.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault
Murer cleared on her second attempt while Feofanova missed all three attempts. At 4.85 Murer tied her own National and Area record, clearing on her first attempt and making Strutz pass to 4.90 to try to win. Neither cleared on their two attempts, then Murer had the bar raised to 4.92 for her final attempt.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault, Records
Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 4.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put
The Women's shot put event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 28 and 29.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put
There were two main contenders for the gold medal: New Zealander Valerie Vili (who returned to using her maiden name of Adams following her 2010 divorce) and Nadzeya Astapchuk of Belarus. Adams, with four straight wins on the Diamond League circuit, entered the competition as the defending champion and reigning Olympic champion. Astapchuk was the only other woman to have thrown over 20.50 m that season and held the world leading mark of 20.94 m. Other in-form throwers included Americans Jillian Camarena-Williams and Michelle Carter, and Chinese athletes Gong Lijiao and Li Ling. The 2009 silver medallist Nadine Kleinert and 2008 Olympic runner-up Natallia Mikhnevich were present, but neither had performed to a high standard that year.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put
Having already clearly won the final, Adams relaxed and let loose a put of 21.24 on her final throw. While it only elevated her to 22nd on the all-time list, it was the best throw since Larisa Peleshenko in 2000. It was obviously her personal best and annual world leader, it was also the New Zealand national record and Oceana area record. It also equalled the championship record from 1987. Previous world leader Nadzeya Astapchuk came through in the fifth round with a 20.05 put, to edge past Jillian Camarena-Williams.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put, Records
Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.65 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump
The Women's triple jump event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 30 and September 1.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump
Yargelis Savigne of Cuba had won the last two world titles (2007 and 2009) and led the world rankings before the competition with a jump of 14.99 m. She and Ukrainian Olha Saladuha each had three wins on the Diamond League before the event. Colombia's Caterine Ibargüen was joint number one in the rankings, having set a South American record two weeks earlier. Olga Rypakova, who was dominant in 2010, had the fourth best jump among the entrants with her mark of 14.96 m. Paraskeví Papahrístou, the 2009 runner-up Mabel Gay, and Josleidy Ribalta were the other top-eight ranked athletes to start.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump
Saladukha popped 14.94 on the third jump of the competition. Nobody, including Saladukha herself was able to improve upon that through the six rounds. Defending champion Savigne hurt herself on her second attempt and was not a factor. Gay made her personal best jump in the fifth round to move into a tie for third. Ibargüen followed her with her best attempt to move into second place. Rypakova then followed her with the silver medal winning jump, pushing Ibargüen to third.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump, Records
Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.


2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 14.45 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2011 World Club Challenge
The 2011 World Club Challenge (known as the Probiz World Club Challenge due to sponsorship) was contested by Super League XV champions, Wigan Warriors, and 2010 NRL Premiers, the St. George Illawarra Dragons, at Wigan's home ground, DW Stadium. The match was won by St George-Illawarra.


2011 World Club Challenge, Qualification, Wigan Warriors
The Wigan Warriors qualified for what was their fifth World Club Challenge by defeating St. Helens 22–10 in the 2010 Super League Grand Final. For Wigan, the World Club Challenge was played in place of their 2011 Super League season Round 3 match, which was rescheduled.


2011 World Club Challenge, Qualification, St. George Illawarra Dragons
St. George Illawarra qualified for what was their first World Club Challenge by defeating the Sydney Roosters 32–8 in the 2010 NRL Grand Final. Rather than play a warm-up match in England as other visiting NRL teams had done, after two pre-season trial match victories in Sydney, the Dragons travelled to London, trained, then moved on to Manchester for the World Club Challenge.


2011 World Club Challenge, Match details
The Wigan side was without their grand final players Pat Richards (wing) and Stuart Fielden (forward) due to injury. Mark Riddell (hooker) was also absent, having moved to another club. The St. George Illawarra side was without their grand final players Neville Costigan (forward), Jeremy Smith (forward) and Jarrod Saffy (forward) who had moved to other clubs. Dean Young (hooker) was also absent due to injury.


2011 World Club Challenge, Match details
The match was broadcast by Sky Sports with commentary from Eddie Hemmings, Mike Stephenson, Phil Clarke, Brian Carney, Bill Arthur.


2011 World Club Challenge, Match details
For this match against the Dragons, whose colours are also red and white, Wigan wore mostly black jerseys.


2011 World Club Challenge, Match details
A minute's silence was observed for the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake at the near capacity stadium before Wigan kicked off. By the end of the home side's very first set of six they had worked their way down to within ten metres of the opposition's try-line. Wigan stand-off half Paul Deacon then got the ball at first receiver and sent a kick up and over to the left part of the line where leaping centre George Carmont snatched it from the air and scored. The conversion was successful, so the Super League champions led 6-0 after only two minutes.


2011 World Club Challenge, Match details
Just over a minute later Dragons hooker Nathan Fein conceded a penalty for a high tackle. Wigan took the kick, the boot of Deacon extending their lead to 8-0.


2011 World Club Challenge, Match details
By the tenth minute The visitors had some ball in an attacking position and managed to move it through the hands out to Brett Morris on the wing who dived over for a try in the corner. Jamie Soward's conversion attempt missed so the score remained 8-4 in favour of Wigan.


2011 World Club Challenge, Match details
St. George Illawarra had again made their way past their opponents' ten-metre line and in the seventeenth minute passed the ball out to the right once again, where centre Matt Cooper crashed over the try-line. Soward's kick got his team another two points and now the visitors were leading 8-10.


2011 World Club Challenge, Match details
Just before the twenty-one-minute mark the Dragons were penalised in their own half when Beau Scott took too long to get off a tackled player. The home side decided to take the kick at goal but Deacon missed. However immediately upon receiving St. George Illawarra's kick off, George Carmont made a break inside his own half and raced sixty metres to score untouched under the posts, putting Wigan in front once more. Deacon added the extras so the score was 14-10.


2011 World Club Challenge, Match details
In the twenty-ninth minute The Dragons had almost reached the opposition's twenty-metre line when they once more strung passes together over to their left wing where Brett Morris crashed over near the corner. Soward missed the conversion attempt so the NRL and Super League champions were level at 14-14.


2011 World Club Challenge, Match details
In the final seconds of the first half, Wigan were down close to the visitors' try-line and the ball went to Sam Tomkins who kicked a drop-goal. The home side thus went into the break leading 15-14.


2011 World Club Challenge, Match details
The first fifteen minutes of the second half were played across the field from end-to-end, with neither side able to convert their scoring opportunities into points until St. George Illawarra bench player Cameron King at close range forced his way over the try-line from dummy-half. Jamie Soward converted and the Australian club re-gained the lead at 15-20.


2011 World Club Challenge, Match details
The attacking raids from both sides continued without points until the seventieth minute when Soward opted for a drop-goal from twenty metres out and got it. The Dragons were now leading by a converted try at 15-21. Despite good attacking opportunities in the remaining ten minutes of the match, Wigan were unable to score, so St. George Illawarra had claimed their first World Club Challenge.


2011 World Club Challenge, Match details
It was the third year in a row that the NRL had won the World Club Championship match; although in the case of 2010, the title was later stripped from the Melbourne Storm and withheld after the club was found guilty of breaching the NRL's salary cap, more than one year since the initial penalties were announced.


2011 World Club Challenge, Match details
1 Wayne Bennett was not present with the Dragons squad; he was forced to return to Australia to be by his ill mother-in-law's side. Steve Price stepped in as caretaker coach.


2011 World Cup (men's golf)
The 2011 Omega Mission Hills World Cup was a golf tournament that took place 24–27 November on the Blackstone course at Mission Hills Haikou in Hainan, China. It was the 56th World Cup, and the first since 2009, when the tournament switched to being staged biennially. 28 countries competed as two player teams. The purse was increased from $5.5 million in 2009 to $7.5 million in 2011. The event was won by the United States, represented by Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodland with a score of 264, 24 under par.


2011 World Cup (men's golf), Qualification and format
The leading 18 available players from different countries in the Official World Golf Ranking  qualified automatically on 18 July. These 18 players then selected a player from their country to compete with them. The person they picked had to be ranked within the top 100 on the Official World Golf Ranking as of 1 September. If there was no other player from that country within the top 100 then the next highest ranked player would be their partner.


2011 World Cup (men's golf), Qualification and format
If there was no other available player from that country within the top 500, then the exempt player could choose whoever he wanted as long as they are a professional from the same country. A further nine countries qualified via three qualifying stages, held in Malaysia, Estonia and Venezuela. The final team was the host nation, China.


2011 World Cup (men's golf), Qualification and format
The 18 qualifying players (together with their country and World Ranking on 18 July) were Martin Kaymer (Germany, ranked 3), Rory McIlroy (Ireland, 4), Matt Kuchar (USA, 8), Charl Schwartzel (South Africa, 12), Ian Poulter (England, 16), Robert Karlsson (Sweden, 19), Francesco Molinari (Italy, 23), Álvaro Quirós (Spain, 24), Martin Laird (Scotland, 26), Anders Hansen (Denmark, 41), Raphaël Jacquelin (France, 69), Yuta Ikeda (Japan, 70), Brendan Jones (Australia, 73), Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium, 75), Camilo Villegas (Colombia, 78), Jamie Donaldson (Wales, 98), Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand, 101) and Brendon de Jonge (Zimbabwe, 106). South Korea, Fiji and Argentina would have qualified automatically had their leading players chosen to play.


2011 World Cup (men's golf), Qualification and format
The event was a 72-hole stroke play team event with each team consisting of two players. The first and third days were fourball play and the second and final days were foursomes play.


2011 World Cup (men's golf), Teams
The table below lists the teams together with their World Ranking (if any) at the time of the tournament.


2011 World Cup (men's golf), Teams
The tournament included three pairs of brothers: the Villegas brothers representing Colombia, the Molinari brothers representing Italy and the Santos brothers representing Portugal.


2011 World Cup (men's golf), Result
Australia led after the first round with a better-ball score of 61. Ireland and Scotland were in joint second place with 63, followed by The Netherlands and United States with 64.


2011 World Cup (men's golf), Result
After the second round foursomes, Australia and Ireland were joint leaders at 131. Scotland were third at 132, followed by Spain, New Zealand and United States at 134.


2011 World Cup (men's golf), Result
Ireland led by two shots at the end of the third day with a total of 195 after a better-ball score of 64. Germany, South Africa and United States were tied for second at 197 with Australia fifth at 198. Germany and South Africa had the best scores of the day with 61.


2011 World Cup (men's golf), Result
The United States had a last round foursome score of 67 to win by two shots over England and Germany. Ireland had a last round 72 to drop to a tie for fourth place.


2011 World Cup (snooker)
The 2011 PTT-EGAT World Cup was a professional non-ranking team snooker tournament that took place from 11 to 17 July 2011 at the Bangkok Convention Centre in Bangkok, Thailand. It was the 13th edition of the event, and it was televised live by Eurosport.


2011 World Cup (snooker)
The tournament was last held 1996 in Thailand, where Scotland consisting of Stephen Hendry, John Higgins and Alan McManus defeated Ireland, represented by Ken Doherty, Fergal O'Brien and Michael Judge, 10–7 in the final.


2011 World Cup (snooker)
Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo won the first title for China by defeating Northern Ireland, represented by Mark Allen and Gerard Greene, 4–2 in the final.


2011 World Cup (snooker), Format
Twenty teams of two players each participated in the tournament. The top eight nations were seeded. As the host nation, Thailand was represented by two teams. The teams were drawn into four groups of five. The top two teams in each group have gone through to the quarter-finals. Each match included singles and doubles frames.


2011 World Cup (snooker), Format, Round robin stage
Each match consisted of five frames and all frames were played. Each player played one frame against each player in the other team plus one doubles frame.


2011 World Cup (snooker), Format, Round robin stage
One point was awarded in the group for every frame won. If two teams were tied on the same number of points following the group stage then the winner of the match between those two teams was ranked higher in the group. Players were not permitted to play consecutive frames in singles matches.


2011 World Cup (snooker), Format, Knock-out stage
Matches were played over the best of 7 frames with a singles frame to determine winner if match was tied at 3 frames each. Players were not permitted to play consecutive frames in singles matches.


2011 World Cup of Curling
The 2011 GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling was held from November 2 to 6 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. It was the first Grand Slam event of the 2011–12 curling season and the eleventh time the tournament has been held. The purse for the event was CAD$100,000. Glenn Howard won his fifth World Cup of Curling and his ninth Grand Slam title overall after he and his team defeated John Epping in the final with a score of 6–4.


2011 World Cup of Pool
The 2011 World Cup of Pool is the sixth edition of the said tournament. For the third straight year, the event is once again being held in the Philippines, at The Block of SM City North EDSA in Quezon City, from 6 to 11 September 2011. The event was won by the German team of Ralf Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann, who defeated Thailand's Nitiwat Kanjanasri and Kobkit Palajin in the final 10–4.


2011 World Cup of Softball
The sixth World Cup of Softball was held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA between July 21 and July 25, 2011. USA won their fifth World Cup by defeating Japan 6-4 in the Championship game.


2011 World Fencing Championships
The 2011 World Fencing Championships was held at Catania, Italy from 8–16 October.


2011 World Figure Skating Championships
The 2011 World Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition in the 2010–11 season. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


2011 World Figure Skating Championships
The competition was originally assigned to Nagano, Japan, and later moved to Tokyo, to be held from March 21–27 at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium with the Japan Skating Federation as the host organization. It was postponed in the wake of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and later reassigned to Moscow, Russia.


2011 World Figure Skating Championships, Reaction to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Immediately following the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that occurred on March 11, 2011, the JSF reported to the ISU that the competition venue was undamaged and the event would be held as planned. However, on March 13, the ISU released a statement saying that it was considering canceling the event and, later that day, the German skating federation announced that it would not send any skaters to the World Championships, with other countries undecided. Although most foreign skaters had planned to fly to Japan from March 16 and later, a few had already arrived in the country on March 11, among them European champion Florent Amodio, and were advised to return home by their skating federations, based on governmental travel advisories.


2011 World Figure Skating Championships, Reaction to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
On March 14, 2011, the ISU published a statement that 2011 Worlds would not be held in Tokyo during the dates originally planned, and that a decision regarding rescheduling or a complete cancellation would be made after further evaluation. The ISU began considering various possibilities, including holding the event in another country. ISU President Ottavio Cinquanta suggested the event could be canceled or postponed until October, with the ISU saying they would make an announcement by March 21.


2011 World Figure Skating Championships, Reaction to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The JSF head, Seiko Hashimoto, said that her federation was hoping to reschedule the event to September or October, but Japanese skating fans felt moving it to another country would be a better option. Although it would oblige a number of skaters to back out of agreements to appear in skating tours, an important source of income for many, many coaches and officials voiced their preference for April–May, citing greater complications arising from an autumn Worlds. However, others noted it would be very difficult for a new host to organize the event in under a month.


2011 World Figure Skating Championships, Reaction to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Typically, a host country of a World Championships has over two years and the shortest period was in 2000 when France organized the event in seven months. On March 21, the ISU announced that the JSF had relinquished its hosting rights and that it was looking into alternate locations, while noting there would be major logistical challenges to organize the event on short notice.


2011 World Figure Skating Championships, Reaction to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The criteria for new candidate hosts included a start date in April or May, 700 hotel rooms, a television production, and two rinks: A competition rink with a minimum 8000 seats and available from the Thursday early morning through Sunday late evening of the following week, and a practice rink from Friday early morning through Friday late evening of the following week. Local expertise, good transportation infrastructure, and quick visa processing were also important factors. ISU President Ottavio Cinquanta said he would support a bid by the Japanese federation to host the 2015 World Championships. In June 2011, Japan was chosen as host for the 2014 World Championships at Saitama.


2011 World Figure Skating Championships, Bids for re-vote
On March 22, 2011, the International Skating Union announced that six candidates had applied to host the relocated championships.


2011 World Figure Skating Championships, Bids for re-vote
On March 24, 2011, the ISU announced that Moscow's Megasport Arena had been chosen as the replacement host for the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships.


2011 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes
Russia pledged to speed up processing of visas and Vladimir Putin dismissed concerns about the cost of organizing the event on short notice. The country had also accepted hosting duties of the World Pentathlon Championships after political instability caused Egypt to step down. The city of Moscow was expected to spend 200 million rubles (5 million euros or US$7 million) on the event.


2011 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes
2010 bronze medalist Laura Lepistö withdrew in early March due to a back injury and was replaced by Juulia Turkkila. Shawn Sawyer dropped out due to a scheduling conflict and was replaced by Kevin Reynolds, while Myriane Samson withdrew due to a knee injury and was replaced by Amelie Lacoste. Sinead Kerr and John Kerr dropped out to recover from shoulder surgery, and later announced their retirement.


2011 World Figure Skating Championships, Qualification
The event was open to figure skaters from ISU member nations who had reached the age of 15 by July 1, 2010. Based on the results of the 2010 World Figure Skating Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria.


2011 World Figure Skating Championships, Qualification
Due to the large number of competitors, the men's, ladies', and ice dancing competitions required a preliminary round prior to the main competition. The top 12 men and ladies advanced to the short program and the top 10 ice dancing teams advanced to the short dance.


2011 World Figure Skating Championships, Results, Men
Patrick Chan won the short program with a record score, while Nobunari Oda placed second and defending champion, Daisuke Takahashi, third. Chan also set record free skating and total scores to win his first World title, after previously winning two silvers. Takahiko Kozuka won his first medal at the World Championships, his previous best result being 6th in 2009. Artur Gachinski, the 2010 Junior World bronze medalist, won the bronze medal, becoming the first men's skater to medal at his senior Worlds debut since Evan Lysacek had done so in 2005; both won a bronze medal in Moscow.


2011 World Figure Skating Championships, Results, Men
In the men's free skating, Brian Joubert slashed his hand on his skate blade and left drops of blood all over the ice; he completed the program but later required medical attention. Also during the free skating, a screw in Daisuke Takahashi's skate came loose on his first jump. He was able to get it repaired and resumed his program within the three minutes allowed. Oda ruined his chances of a medal by doing an extra triple jump, resulting in a loss of 13 points. Florent Amodio used music with lyrics, which is not allowed in competitive skating with the exception of ice dancing. He was not given the normally required one-point penalty because not enough judges voted for it.


2011 World Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ladies
2010 Olympic champion Kim Yuna won the short program while Miki Ando placed second. Ando was first in the free skating to win her second World gold medal, her previous title being in 2007. Kim won her fifth World medal, silver, while Carolina Kostner won her third medal, a bronze. Kostner had also won the bronze in 2005, the previous time the event had been held in Moscow. The 2010 World champion, Mao Asada, was sixth.