Germany at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	GER
National federation	Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband
Website	www.leichtathletik.de
in Daegu
Competitors	65
Medals	Gold 3 Silver 3 Bronze 1 Total 7
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)
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Germany competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.

Team selection

The German Athletics Association (Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband) has announced a preliminary squad of 64 to participate at the competition. Among the team of 33 men and 31 women are defending world champion Robert Harting and current hammer throw world record holder Betty Heidler.^[1] The final team comprises 78 athletes.^[2]

The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List,^[2] but not on the Official Start List of the specific event,^[3] resulting in total number of 65 competitors:

Medalists

The following competitors from Germany won medals at the Championships

Medal Athlete Event  Gold David Storl Shot put  Gold Robert Harting Discus throw  Gold Matthias de Zordo Javelin throw  Silver Martina Strutz Pole vault  Silver Nadine Müller Discus throw  Silver Betty Heidler Hammer throw  Bronze Jennifer Oeser Heptathlon

Results

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Sebastian Ernst	200 metres			20.95	33	Did not advance
Erik Balnuweit	110 metres hurdles			13.57	17	Did not advance
Alexander John	110 metres hurdles			13.68	24	Did not advance
Willi Mathiszik	110 metres hurdles			13.53	12 Q	13.81	16	Did not advance
Georg Fleischhauer	400 m hurdles			48.72	5 Q	49.36	13	Did not advance
Steffen Uliczka	3000 metres steeplechase			8:37.35	27			Did not advance
Tobias Unger Marius Broening Sebastian Ernst Alex Schaf	4 x 100 metres relay			DNF				Did not advance
Jonas Plass Kamghe Gaba Miguel Rigau Thomas Schneider Eric Krüger	4 x 400 metres relay			3:00.68	5 q			3:01.37	8
Christopher Linke	20 kilometres walk							1:24:17	21
Sebastian Bayer	Long jump	8.11	5 q					8.17	8
Christian Reif	Long jump	8.13	3 q					8.19	7
Eike Onnen	High jump	2.28	15					Did not advance
Raul Spank	High jump	2.28	11 q					2.29	9
Karsten Dilla	Pole vault	5.40	24					Did not advance
Raphael Holzdeppe	Pole vault	5.50	20					Did not advance
Malte Mohr	Pole vault	5.65	6 q					5.85	5
Ralf Bartels	Shot put	20.45	8 q					20.14	10
Marco Schmidt	Shot put	20.06	13					Did not advance
David Storl	Shot put	21.50	1 Q					21.78
Robert Harting	Discus throw	64.93	5 q					68.97
Markus Münch	Discus throw	60.80	26					Did not advance
Martin Wierig	Discus throw	61.68	19					Did not advance
Markus Esser	Hammer throw	77.60	3 Q					79.12	4
Matthias de Zordo	Javelin throw	82.05	4 q					86.27
Mark Frank	Javelin throw	81.93	6 q					81.81	8

Decathlon

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Yasmin Kwadwo	100 metres	bye		11.29	19 q	11.54	18	Did not advance
Leena Günther	100 metres	bye		11.36	26	Did not advance
Cindy Roleder	100 m hurdles			13.01	14 q	12.91	12	Did not advance
Gesa Felicitas Krause	3000 metres steeplechase			9:35.83	9 Q			9:32.74	9
Jana Sussmann	3000 metres steeplechase			9:59.93	23			Did not advance
Yasmin Kwadwo Anne Möllinger Cathleen Tschirch Marion Wagner	4 x 100 metres relay			DNF				Did not advance
Janin Lindenberg Esther Cremer Lena Schmidt Claudia Hoffmann	4 x 400 metres relay			3:27.31	11			Did not advance
Sabine Krantz	20 kilometres walk							DNF
Melanie Seeger	20 kilometres walk							DNF
Bianca Kappler	Long jump	6.48	14					Did not advance
Sosthene Taroum Moguenara	Long jump	6.02	31					Did not advance
Kristina Gadschiew	Pole vault	4.50	11 q					4.55	10
Silke Spiegelburg	Pole vault	4.55	7 q					4.65	9
Martina Strutz	Pole vault	4.55	1 q					4.80
Nadine Kleinert	Shot put	18.75	12 Q					19.26	8
Christina Schwanitz	Shot put	19.20	3 Q					17.96	12
Josephine Terlecki	Shot put	17.85	19					Did not advance
Nadine Müller	Discus throw	65.54	1 Q					65.97
Betty Heidler	Hammer throw	71.48	6 Q					76.06
Kathrin Klaas	Hammer throw	71.69	5 Q					71.89	7
Katharina Molitor	Javelin throw	63.52	3 Q					64.32	5
Christina Obergföll	Javelin throw	68.76	1 Q					65.24	4
Linda Stahl	Javelin throw	60.21	9 q					DNS

Heptathlon

Julia Mächtig Heptathlon Event Results Points Rank 100 m hurdles 14.15 957 27 High jump 1.80 978 16 Shot put 15.24 877 3 200 m 25.54 838 19 Long jump 5.98 843 20 Javelin throw 43.74 739 12 800 m 2:17.14 863 21 Total 6085 17

Jennifer Oeser Heptathlon Event Results Points Rank 100 m hurdles 13.33 1075 7 High jump 1.83 1016 9 Shot put 13.70 774 15 200 m 24.58 926 11 Long jump 6.28 937 8 Javelin throw 51.30 885 4 800 m 2:10.39 959 5 Total 6572

Lilli Schwarzkopf Heptathlon Event Results Points Rank 100 m hurdles 13.65 1028 19 High jump 1.80 978 10 Shot put 14.89 854 5 200 m 25.82 813 24 Long jump 6.18 905 12 Javelin throw 49.69 854 5 800 m 2:15.26 889 13 Total 6321 6