South Africa at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

South Africa at the
World Championships in Athletics
Flag of South Africa
IAAF code RSA
At the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
in Berlin
Competitors 24
Medals Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
3
2007
2011

South Africa competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. A team of 24 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. Selected athletes had achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards.

Team selection

Track and road events
Event Athletes
Men Women
100 metres Simon Magakwe
200 metres Thuso Mpuang
Tshegofatso Mputla
Isabel Le Roux
400 metres Pieter Smith
800 metres Mbulaeni Mulaudzi
Samson Ngoepe
Caster Semenya
1500 metres Johan Cronje
Peter van der Westhuizen
Marathon Norman Dlomo
Johannes Kekana
Coolboy Ngamole
Tanith Maxwell
3000 m steeplechase Ruben Ramolefi
100 metre hurdles
110 metre hurdles Lehann Fourie
400 metre hurdles L. J. van Zyl
4 x 100 metres relay Unknown
4 x 400 metres relay Unknown
Field and combined events
Event Athletes
Men Women
Long jump Godfrey Khotso Mokoena Janice Josephs
Discus throw Elizna Naudé
Hammer throw Chris Harmse
Javelin throw John Robert Oosthuizen Sunette Viljoen
Decathlon Willem Coertzen

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