Jamaica at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

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

Team selection

A team of 51 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event. The team is led by Olympic gold medalists and defending or former world champions Usain Bolt, Melaine Walker, Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce, and Veronica Campbell-Brown.^[1] Because only the names of the athletes were published, the assignment of athletes to events is tentatively due to this year's performances.^[2][3] Publication of the entry list solves this problem.^[4]

The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List,^[4] but not on the Official Start List of the specific event,^[5] resulting in a total number of 45 competitors:

Medalists

The following competitors from Jamaica won medals at the Championships

Usain Bolt won both the gold medal in the Men's 200 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay event at this year's championships Medal Athlete Event 01 ! Gold Yohan Blake 100 metres 01 ! Gold Usain Bolt 200 metres 01 ! Gold Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt Dexter Lee 4 x 100 metres relay 01 ! Gold Veronica Campbell-Brown 200 metres 02 ! Silver Veronica Campbell-Brown 100 metres 02 ! Silver Melaine Walker 400 m hurdles 02 ! Silver Shelly-Ann Fraser-Price Kerron Stewart Sherone Simpson Veronica Campbell-Brown Jura Levy 4 x 100 metres relay 02 ! Silver Rosemarie Whyte Davita Prendergast Novlene Williams-Mills Shericka Williams Shereefa Lloyd Patricia Hall 4 x 400 metres relay 03 ! Bronze Allodin Fothergill Jermaine Gonzales Riker Hylton Leford Green Lansford Spence 4 x 400 metres relay Results Men Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Usain Bolt 100 metres 10.10 1 10.05 2 DSQ - False start Michael Frater 100 metres 10.26 7 10.23 13 Did not advance Yohan Blake 100 metres 10.12 2 9.95 (SB) 1 9.92 (SB) 01 ! Nesta Carter 100 metres 10.26 7 10.16 9 10.95 7 Usain Bolt 200 metres 20.30 1 20.31 2 19.40 WL 01 ! Nickel Ashmeade 200 metres 20.47 5 20.32 3 20.29 5 Mario Forsythe 200 metres 20.68 15 20.63 10 Did not advance Marvin Anderson 200 metres 21.09 38 Did not advance Jermaine Gonzales 400 metres 45.12 5 44.99 2 44.99 4 Riker Hylton 400 metres 45.54 21 46.99 24 Did not advance Dwight Thomas 110 m hurdles 13.31 4 13.56 8 Did not finish Andrew Riley 110 m hurdles 13.47 8 13.75 14 Did not advance Richard Phillips 110 m hurdles 13.53 12 13.76 15 Did not advance Isa Phillips 400 m hurdles 48.64 SB 4 49.16 10 Did not advance Leford Green 400 m hurdles 49.45 14 49.29 11 Did not advance Josef Robertson 400 m hurdles 50.29 26 50.39 22 Did not advance Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt Dexter Lee 4 x 100 metres relay 38.07 SB 3 37.04 WR 01 ! Allodin Fothergill Jermaine Gonzales Riker Hylton Leford Green Lansford Spence 4 x 400 metres relay 2:59.13 SB 2 3:00.10 03 ! Damar Forbes Long jump 7.91 20 Did not advance Wilbert Walker Triple jump 15.97 24 Did not advance Jason Morgan Discus throw 61.75 18 Did not advance Decathlon Maurice Smith Decathlon Event Results Points Rank 100 m 10.98 865 15 Long jump 7.06 m 828 22 Shot put 15.15 m 799 8 High jump 1.93 m 740 22 400 m 50.27 802 19 110 m hurdles 14.68 889 15 Discus throw 45.63 m 780 13 Pole vault Did not advance Javelin throw Did not advance 1500 m Did not advance Total Did not finish Women Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Veronica Campbell-Brown 100 metres 11.18 8 11.06 4 10.97 02 ! Shelly-Ann Fraser-Price 100 metres 11.12 4 11.03 2 10.99 4 Kerron Stewart 100 metres 11.12 4 11.26 7 11.15 6 Jura Levy 100 metres 11.33 20 11.53 17 Did not advance Veronica Campbell-Brown 200 metres 22.46 1 22.53 3 22.22 SB 01 ! Kerron Stewart 200 metres 22.83 9 22.77 5 22.70 5 Sherone Simpson 200 metres 22.94 15 22.88 8 23.17 8 Shericka Williams 400 metres 51.66 Q 9 50.46 Q, SB 5 50.79 6 Novlene Williams-Mills 400 metres 51.30 Q 2 50.48 Q 6 52.89 8 Rosemarie Whyte 400 metres 51.38 Q 5 50.90 10 Did not advance Kenia Sinclair 800 metres 2:01.66 15 1:58.93 7 1:58.66 7 Brigitte Foster-Hylton 100 m hurdles 12.96 SB 11 12.87 SB 10 Did not advance Indira Spence 100 m hurdles 13.07 SB 17 12.93 PB 13 Did not advance Vonette Dixon 100 m hurdles 12.82 4 13.00 17 Did not advance Melaine Walker 400 m hurdles 54.86 1 54.97 5 52.73 SB 02 ! Kaliese Spencer 400 m hurdles 54.93 3 55.02 6 54.01 4 Ristananna Tracey 400 m hurdles 55.96 14 55.55 13 Did not advance Nickiesha Wilson 400 m hurdles 56.08 16 56.58 19 Did not advance Korene Hinds 3000 metres steeplechase 9:52.11 20 Did not advance Mardrea Hyman 3000 metres steeplechase DNF Did not advance Shelly-Ann Fraser-Price Kerron Stewart Sherone Simpson Veronica Campbell-Brown Jura Levy 4 x 100 metres relay 42.23 SB 2 41.70 NR 02 ! Rosemarie Whyte Davita Prendergast Novlene Williams-Mills Shericka Williams Shereefa Lloyd Patricia Hall 4 x 400 metres relay 3:22.01 SB 2 3:18.71 NR 02 ! Jovanee Jarrett Long jump 6.19 28 Did not advance Kimberly Williams Triple jump 14.06 14 Did not advance References ↑ Jamaica’s team to the 13th IAAF World Championships announced, Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association, August 16, 2011, retrieved August 19, 2011  ↑ Clarke, Clayton (August 2, 2011), Caribbean athletes with World Champs standards, TrackAlerts.com, retrieved August 19, 2011  ↑ Clarke, Clayton (August 6, 2011), Caribbean women with qualifying marks for Daegu World Champs, TrackAlerts.com, retrieved August 19, 2011  ↑ 4.0 4.1 IAAF (August 21, 2011), Entry Lists by Country, retrieved August 21, 2011  ↑ IAAF, Athletes participating per day, retrieved September 7, 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