Sweden at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

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Sweden at the
World  Championships in Athletics

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IAAF code  SWE
NF Svenska Friidrottsförbundet
Websitewww.friidrott.se (Swedish)
At the 2011 World Championships‎ in Athletics
in Daegu
Competitors 16
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
0		 Total
0
World Championships in Athletics history
(summary)
Appearances

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

Team selection

A team of 16 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event. The most prominent members of the squad are Olympic gold medalists triple jumper Christian Olsson and heptathlete Carolina Klüft, who starts in this year's long jump competition.[1] The team includes one athlete invited by the IPC for exhibition events: Gunilla Wallengren, 800m T54 (wheelchair) women.[2]

Results

Men

Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final
Time
Width
Height		 Rank Time
Width
Height		 Rank Time
Width
Height		 Rank Time
Width
Height		 Rank
Ato Ibáñez 20 kilometres walk DSQ
Andreas Gustafsson 50 kilometres walk 4:00:05 SB 26
Michel Tornéus Long jump 7.65 27 Did not advance
Christian Olsson Triple jump 17.16 5 Q 17.23 6
Alhaji Jeng Pole vault 5.50 17 Did not advance
Niklas Arrhenius Discus throw 60.57 28 Did not advance
Leif Arrhenius Discus throw 61.33 22 Did not advance
Mattias Jons Hammer throw 67.93 32 Did not advance
Gabriel Wallin Javelin throw 74.44 26 Did not advance

Women

Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final
Time
Width
Height		 Rank Time
Width
Height		 Rank Time
Width
Height		 Rank Time
Width
Height		 Rank
Moa Hjelmer 200 metres 23.31 24 Did not advance
Moa Hjelmer 400 metres 52.26 17 Q 52.35 18 Did not advance
Isabellah Andersson Marathon 2:30:13 7
Carolina Klüft Long jump 6.60 8 q 6.56 5
Ebba Jungmark High jump 1.92 17 Did not advance
Emma Green Tregaro High jump 1.95 SB 5 Q 1.89 11
Malin Dahlström Pole vault 4.25 25 Did not advance

Heptathlon

Jessica Samuelsson Heptathlon
Event Results Points Rank
100 m hurdles 13.77 PB 1011 23
High jump 1.68 830 26
Shot put 14.52 829 8
200 m 24.55 929 10
Long jump 6.05 865 17
Javelin throw 41.32 PB 693 20
800 m 2:10.20 SB 962 4
Total 6119 16

References

  1. ↑ Svenska Friidrottsförbundet (August 15, 2011), VM-truppen till Daegu (in Swedish), retrieved August 16, 2011
  2. ↑ IAAF (August 21, 2011), Entry Lists by Country (PDF), retrieved August 21, 2011

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