Norway at the
2011 World Championships in Athletics
WA codeNOR
National federationNorges Friidrettsforbund
Websitewww.friidrett.no
in Daegu
Competitors13
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
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Norway competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.

Team selection

A team of 13 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event. The team will be led by Olympic gold medalist and defending world champion, javelin thrower Andreas Thorkildsen.[1] The final team on the entry list comprises the names of 16 athletes.[2]

The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List,[2] but not on the Official Start List of the specific event,[3] resulting in a total number of 13 competitors:

KEY: Did not participate Competed in another event
Event Athlete
Men 20 kilometres walk Erik Tysse
50 kilometres walk Håvard Haukenes
Women 800 metres Ingvill Måkestad Bovim
100 m hurdles Christina Vukićević

Medalists

The following competitors from Norway won medals at the Championships

Andreas Thorkildsen (archived from 2008)
Medal Athlete Event
 Silver Andreas Thorkildsen Javelin throw

Results

Men

Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final
Time
Width
Height 		Rank Time
Width
Height 		Rank Time
Width
Height 		Rank Time
Width
Height 		Rank
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure 100 metres 10.33 16 Q 10.21 11 Did not advance
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure 200 metres 20.65 13 20.50 5 19.95 SB 4
Urige Buta Marathon 2:20:16 32
Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen 3000 metres steeplechase 8:39.85 29 Did not advance
Trond Nymark 50 kilometres walk 3:54:26 SB 17
Eivind Henriksen Hammer throw 71.27 24 Did not advance
Andreas Thorkildsen Javelin throw 81.83 7 84.78 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Women

Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final
Time
Width
Height 		Rank Time
Width
Height 		Rank Time
Width
Height 		Rank Time
Width
Height 		Rank
Ezinne Okparaebo 100 metres 11.20 NR 12 Q 11.48 13 Did not advance
Ingvill Måkestad Bovim 1500 metres 4:08.26 8 4:08.03 4 4:06.85 6
Stine Tomb 400 m hurdles 57.51 31 Did not advance
Tonje Angelsen High jump 1.85 23 Did not advance
Cathrine Larsåsen Pole vault NM Did not advance
Mona Holm Hammer throw 67.16 20 Did not advance

Heptathlon

Ida Marcussen Heptathlon
Event Results Points Rank
100 m hurdles 13.96 PB 984 23
High jump 1.71 867 23
Shot put 12.81 715 18
200 m 25.74 820 23
Long jump 5.88 813 23
Javelin throw 44.90 762 10
800 m 2:11.01 PB 950 6
Total 5911 20


References

  1. ^ Svensen, Charlotte (August 16, 2011), VM-laget på plass i Daegu (in Norwegian), Norges Friidrettsforbund, archived from the original on September 18, 2011, retrieved August 17, 2011
  2. ^ a b IAAF (August 21, 2011), Entry Lists by Country (PDF), retrieved August 21, 2011
  3. ^ IAAF, Athletes participating per day, retrieved September 11, 2011

External links

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