Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	GBR
National federation	UK Athletics
Website	www.uka.org.uk
in Daegu
Competitors	59
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 3 Silver 3 Bronze 1 Total 7
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (often referred to as Great Britain) competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from 27 August - 4 September 2011.

Team selection

UK Athletics announced a team of 67 athletes on August 9 in preparation for the competition.^[1] Team GB wwas represented by defending world champions Phillips Idowu and Jessica Ennis in the triple jump and the heptathlon respectively, as well as Lisa Dobriskey and Jenny Meadows who won silver and bronze medals at the 2009 World Championships respectively. Selected athletes had achieved at least one of the competition's A or B qualifying standards.

Head coach Charles van Commenne had expressed a target of 10 medal opportunities ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Apart from the defending medallists, the team also includes the women's 400m gold and silver medallists from the 2007 World Championships, Christine Ohuruogu and Nicola Sanders, respectively and two individual medallists from the 1999 World Championships, 100m bronze medallist Dwain Chambers and women's triple jump silver medallist Yamila Aldama.

In addition, the team included 2 athletes invited by the IPC for exhibition events: Michael Bushell, 400m T53 (wheelchair) men, and Rochelle Woods, 800m T54 (wheelchair) women.^[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 59 competitors:

Medallists

The following British competitors won medals at the Championships

Medal Name Event Date  Gold Jessica Ennis Heptathlon 30 August  Gold Dai Greene 400 metres hurdles 1 September  Gold Mo Farah 5000 metres 4 September  Silver Mo Farah 10 000 metres 28 August  Silver Hannah England 1500 metres 1 September  Silver Phillips Idowu Triple jump 4 September  Bronze Andy Turner 110 metres hurdles 29 August Results[edit] Men[edit] Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Harry Aikines-Aryeetey 100 metres 10.29 2 Q 10.23 3 Did not advance Dwain Chambers 100 metres 10.34 4 q DQ Did not advance Marlon Devonish 100 metres 10.28 2 Q 10.25 7 Did not advance James Ellington 200 metres 20.82 4 Did not advance Christian Malcolm 200 metres 20.66 4 q 20.88 5 Did not advance Martyn Rooney 400 metres 45.30 (SB) 2 Q 46.09 7 Did not advance Andrew Osagie 800 metres 1:46.08 2 Q 1:46.12 4 Did not advance Michael Rimmer 800 metres 1.47:11 5 Did not advance James Shane 1500 metres 3:41.17 19 Did not advance Mo Farah 5000 metres 13:38.03 2 Q 13:23.36 Mo Farah 10,000 metres 27:14.07 Andrew Lemoncello Marathon DNS Lee Merrien Marathon 2:16:59 22 Dave Webb Marathon 2:15:48 (SB) 15 Lawrence Clarke 110 m hurdles 13.65 5 Did not advance Andy Turner 110 m hurdles 13.32 2 Q 13.44 4 q 13.44 William Sharman 110 m hurdles 13.52 4 q 13.51 3 Q 13.67 5 Dai Greene 400 m hurdles 48.52 1 Q 48.62 1 Q 48.26 Jack Green 400 m hurdles 50.39 4 Q 49.62 5 Did not advance Nathan Woodward 400 m hurdles 49.06 2 Q 49.57 6 Did not advance Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Marlon Devonish Christian Malcolm Craig Pickering 4 x 100 metres relay 38.29 1 Q DNF Richard Strachan Nigel Levine Chris Clarke Martyn Rooney 4 x 400 metres relay 3:00.38 (SB) 4 q 3:01.16 7 Greg Rutherford Long jump 8.00 7 Did not advance Chris Tomlinson Long jump 8.02 7 q 7.87 11 Phillips Idowu Triple jump 17.17 2 Q 17.77 (SB) Martyn Bernard High jump 2.21 29 Did not advance Tom Parsons High jump 2.25 19 Did not advance Steve Lewis Pole vault 5.50 6 q 5.65 (SB) 9 Abdul Buhari Discus throw 60.21 13 Did not advance Brett Morse Discus throw 62.38 5 q 62.69 12 Carl Myerscough Discus throw 60.29 17 Did not advance Women[edit] Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Jeanette Kwakye 100 metres BYE 11.42 3 Q 11.48 6 Did not advance Anyika Onuora 100 metres BYE 11.41 5 Did not advance Laura Turner 100 metres BYE 11.45 4 Did not advance Anyika Onuora 200 metres 22.93 (PB) 5 q 23.08 7 Did not advance Lee McConnell 400 metres 52.75 3 Q 51.97 7 Did not advance Christine Ohuruogu 400 metres DQ Did not advance Nicola Sanders 400 metres 52.65 5 q 52.47 6 Did not advance Emma Jackson 800 metres 2:01.17 5 q 1:59.77 (PB) 5 Did not advance Jenny Meadows 800 metres 2:01.11 1 Q 1:59.07 3 Did not advance Marilyn Okoro 800 metres 1:59.74 4 Q 2:01.54 7 Did not advance Lisa Dobriskey 1500 metres 4:12.70 11 Did not advance Hannah England 1500 metres 4:13.45 1 Q 4:08.31 6 q 4:05.68 Helen Clitheroe 5000 metres 5:37.73 8 q 15:21.22 12 Alyson Dixon Marathon 2:50:51 42 Susan Partridge Marathon 2:35:57 24 Tiffany Porter 100 m hurdles 12.84 1 Q 12.56 (NR) 1 Q 12.63 4 Eilidh Child 400 m hurdles 56.18 3 Q 55.89 6 Did not advance Perri Shakes-Drayton 400 m hurdles 55.90 2 Q 55.07 3 Did not advance Barbara Parker 3000 metres steeplechase 9:38.21 5 q 9:56.66 14 Jeanette Kwakye Anyika Onuora Tiffany Porter Laura Turner 4 x 100 metres relay 43.95 5 Did not advance Christine Ohuruogu Nicola Sanders Lee McConnell Perri Shakes-Drayton 4 x 400 metres relay 3:23.05 (SB) 2 Q 3:23.63 4 Johanna Jackson 20 kilometres walk 1:35:32 23 Shara Proctor Long jump 6.34 11 Did not advance Yamilé Aldama Triple jump 14.35 (SB) 2 q 14.50 (SB) 5 Holly Bleasdale Pole vault NM Did not advance Kate Dennison Pole vault 4.50m 8 Did not advance Sophie Hitchon Hammer throw 64.93 13 Did not advance Goldie Sayers Javelin throw 62.19 4 Q 58.18 10 Heptathlon Jessica Ennis Heptathlon Event Results Points Rank 100 m hurdles 12.93 1133 2 High jump 1.86 1054 3 Shot put 14.67 (PB) 839 7 200 m 23.27 1052 1 Long jump 6.51 1010 2 Javelin throw 39.95 666 21 800 m 2:07.81 997 2 Total 6751 Louise Hazel Heptathlon Event Results Points Rank 100 m hurdles 13.24 (PB) 1089 4 High jump 1.74 (PB) 903 6 Shot put 12.36 (SB) 685 8 200 m 24.25 957 1 Long jump 6.25 927 10 Javelin throw 41.75 701 17 800 m 2:15.44 887 16 Total 6149 14 Footnotes[edit] References[edit] ^ Mark Lewis-Francis overlooked for 100m at World Championships BBC (2011-08-09). Retrieved on 2011-08-09. ^ a b IAAF (August 21, 2011), Entry Lists by Country (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on August 4, 2012, retrieved August 21, 2011 ^ IAAF, Athletes participating per day, archived from the original on May 31, 2012, retrieved September 7, 2011 External links[edit] Official competition website