Brazil at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

Brazil competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.

Team selection

The Brazilian team for the competition has been announced. The team will be led by World Indoor Pole Vault champion Fabiana Murer and Olympic Long Jump champion Maurren Maggi.^[1] The final team on the entry list comprises the names of 31 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 26 competitors:

Medalists

The following competitor from Brazil won a medal at the Championships

Fabiana Murer won the gold medal in Women's Pole Vault at this year's championships Medal Athlete Event 01 ! Gold Fabiana Murer Pole vault Results Men Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Nilson André 100 metres 10.54 34 Did not advance Bruno Lins de Barros 200 metres 20.63 11 Q 20.54 7 q 20.31 6 Sandro Viana 200 metres 20.62 10 Q DSQ Did not advance Nilson André 200 metres 20.93 31 Did not advance Kleberson Davide 800 metres 1:46.06 4 Q 1:45.06 7 Did not advance Lutimar Paes 800 metres 1:48.97 34 Did not advance Fernando da Silva 800 metres 1:51.58 38 Did not advance Mahau Suguimati 400 m hurdles 49.74 20 q 50.89 23 Did not advance Diego Cavalcanti Sandro Viana Nilson André Bruno Lins de Barros 4 x 100 metres relay DSQ Did not advance Caio Bonfim 20 kilometres walk 1:24:29 22 Moacir Zimmermann 20 kilometres walk DSQ Jefferson Sabino Triple jump 16.51 17 Did not advance Fabio Gomes da Silva Pole vault 5.65 6 q 5.65 8 Decathlon Luiz Alberto de Araújo Decathlon Event Results Points Rank 100 m 10.71 SB 926 4 Long jump 6.74 753 26 Shot put 14.77 776 13 High jump 1.90 714 26 400 m 48.48 PB 886 7 110 m hurdles 14.25 SB 942 5 Discus throw 46.46 797 9 Pole vault 4.70 PB 819 17 Javelin throw 54.38 654 19 1500 m 4:47.29 635 16 Final 7902 16 Women Reigning World indoor champion Fabiana Murer won the gold medal in the Women's Pole Vault competition clearing 4.85m in the first attempt equalling her Brazilian and Area record.[4] Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Ana Claudia Silva 100 metres 11.26 15 Q 11.55 20 Did not advance Rosângela Santos 100 metres 11.36 26 Q 11.61 24 Did not advance Ana Claudia Silva 200 metres 22.96 16 Q 22.97 11 Did not advance Vanda Gomes 200 metres 23.70 28 Did not advance Geisa Aparecida Coutinho 400 metres 52.15 13 q 51.87 14 Did not advance Jailma de Lima 400 m hurdles 57.21 28 Not advance Ana Claudia Silva Vanda Gomes Franciela Krasucki Rosângela Santos 4 x 100 metres relay 42.92 AR 8 q 43.10 8 Geisa Aparecida Coutinho Bárbara de Oliveira Joelma Sousa Jailma de Lima 4 x 400 metres relay 3:32.43 18 Did not advance Maurren Higa Maggi Long jump 6.86 1 Q 6.17 11 Keila Costa Long jump 6.26 24 Did not advance Keila Costa Triple jump 14.15 12 q 13.72 12 Fabiana Murer Pole vault 4.55 1 Q 4.85 AR 01 ! Andressa de Morais Discus throw 57.93 18 Did not advance Elisângela Adriano Discus throw 56.45 22 Did not advance References ↑ IAAF (August 10, 2011), Brazilian team for Daegu announced, retrieved August 12, 2011  ↑ 2.0 2.1 IAAF (August 21, 2011), Entry Lists by Country (PDF), retrieved August 21, 2011  ↑ IAAF, Athletes participating per day, retrieved September 6, 2011  ↑ Martin, David (August 30, 2011), Women's Pole Vault - Final - Murer rises to the occasion, IAAF, retrieved September 6, 2011  External links Official local organising committee website Official IAAF competition website Nations at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics Africa Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Congo DR Ivory Coast Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Asia Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Kazakhstan Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen Europe Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Gibraltar Great Britain and Northern Ireland Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine North America Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States of America U.S. Virgin Islands Oceania American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji French Polynesia Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu South America Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Panama Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela