France at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

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

Team selection

The French Athletics Federation (Fédération Française d'Athlétisme) announced the final team of 46 athletes to represent the country in the event, led by sprinter Christophe Lemaitre and pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie. ^[1][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 39 competitors:

Medalists

The following competitors from France won medals at the Championships

The French 4 x 100 m relay team won a silver medal at this year's championships (the foto shows Christophe Lemaître, Teddy Tinmar, and Jimmy Vicaut) Medal Athlete Event 02 ! Silver Teddy Tinmar Christophe Lemaître Yannick Lesourd Jimmy Vicaut 4 x 100 metres relay 03 ! Bronze Christophe Lemaître 200 metres 03 ! Bronze Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad 3000 metres steeplechase 03 ! Bronze Renaud Lavillenie 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 Christophe Lemaître 100 metres 10.14 4 Q 10.11 6 Q 10.19 4 Jimmy Vicaut 100 metres 10.25 5 Q 10.10 5 q 10.27 6 Christophe Lemaître 200 metres 20.51 6 Q 20.17 SB 1 Q 19.80 NR 03 ! Mehdi Baala 1500 metres 4:13.10 36 q[4] 3:46.87 16 Q 3:37.46 9 Yoann Kowal 1500 metres 3:39.33 3 Q 3:37.44 8 Did not advance Florian Carvalho 1500 metres 3:53.88 34 Did not advance Dimitri Bascou 110 m hurdles 13.51 10 q 13.62 10 Did not advance Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad 3000 metres steeplechase 8:23.71 12 Q 8:16.09 03 ! Bouabdellah Tahri 3000 metres steeplechase 8:13.22 5 q 8:17.56 4 Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieux 3000 metres steeplechase 8:23.79 14 q 8:30.39 12 Teddy Tinmar Christophe Lemaître Yannick Lesourd Jimmy Vicaut 4 x 100 metres relay 38.38 SB 6 Q 38.20 SB 02 ! Nicolas Fillon Teddy Venel Mamoudou-Elimane Hanne Yoann Décimus 4 x 400 metres relay 3:03.68 14 Did not advance Bertrand Moulinet 50 kilometres walk 4:07:58 23 Cédric Houssaye 50 kilometres walk DSQ Yohann Diniz 50 kilometres walk DSQ Salim Sdiri Long jump 7.58 28 Did not advance Benjamin Compaoré Triple jump 17.11 7 17.17 8 Renaud Lavillenie Pole vault 5.65 1 q 5.85 03 ! Romain Mesnil Pole vault 5.65 1 q NM Jérôme Clavier Pole vault 5.50 18 Did not advance Decathlon Romain Barras Decathlon Event Results Points Rank 100 m 11.20 817 23 Long jump 7.06 828 21 Shot put 14.92 785 11 High jump 1.99 SB 794 16 400 m 49.50 838 14 110 m hurdles 14.37 927 8 Discus throw 41.65 698 22 Pole vault 5.00 SB 910 5 Javelin throw 63.25 787 9 1500 m 4:29.19 750 7 Total 8134 SB 11 Women Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Véronique Mang 100 metres 11.19 9 Q 11.44 11 Did not advance Myriam Soumaré 100 metres 11.11 PB 3 Q 11.47 12 Did not advance Myriam Soumaré 200 metres 22.71 SB 6 Q 23.02 12 Did not advance Christelle Daunay 10,000 metres 32:22.20 12 Sandra Gomis 100 m hurdles 13.07 17 Q 13.55 23 Did not advance Cindy Billaud 100 m hurdles 13.50 33 Did not advance Myriam Soumaré Céline Distel Lina Jacques-Sébastien Véronique Mang 4 x 100 metres relay 42.60 SB 4 Q 42.70 5 Phara Anacharsis Muriel Hurtis-Houairi Marie Gayot Floria Guei 4 x 400 metres relay 3:28.02 SB 14 Did not advance Eloyse Lesueur Long jump 6.22 26 Did not advance Mélanie Melfort High jump 1.92 15 Did not advance Stéphanie Falzon Hammer throw 68.92 12 q 66.57 12 Heptathlon Ida Antoinette Nana Djimou Heptathlon Event Results Points Rank 100 m hurdles 13.48 1053 14 High jump 1.83 SB 1016 6 Shot put 14.07 799 14 200 m 25.19 869 15 Long jump 6.13 890 14 Javelin throw 55.79 PB 973 1 800 m 2:28.74 709 24 Total 6309 7 References ↑ Fédération Française d'Athlétisme (August 13, 2011), Championnats du Monde à Daegu (KOR), 27 août au 4 septembre : la sélection (in French), retrieved August 14, 2011  ↑ 2.0 2.1 IAAF (August 21, 2011), Entry Lists by Country, retrieved August 21, 2011  ↑ IAAF, Athletes participating per day, retrieved September 7, 2011  ↑ IAAF (August 30, 2011), Men's 1500m - Heats - Kenyans off to a bang, retrieved September 3, 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