Jamaica_at_the_2011_World_Championships_in_Athletics

Jamaica at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

Jamaica at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

Sporting event delegation

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

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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:

KEY: Did not participate Competed in another event
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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
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Results

Men

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Decathlon

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Women

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References

  1. [1]
    Jamaica’s team to the 13th IAAF World Championships announced, Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association, August 16, 2011, archived from the original on March 23, 2012, retrieved August 19, 2011
  2. [2]
    Clarke, Clayton (August 2, 2011), Caribbean athletes with World Champs standards, TrackAlerts.com, archived from the original on March 25, 2012, retrieved August 19, 2011
  3. [3]
    Clarke, Clayton (August 6, 2011), Caribbean women with qualifying marks for Daegu World Champs, TrackAlerts.com, archived from the original on October 7, 2011, retrieved August 19, 2011
  4. [4]
    IAAF (August 21, 2011), Entry Lists by Country (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on August 4, 2012, retrieved August 21, 2011
  5. [5]
    IAAF, Athletes participating per day, archived from the original on May 31, 2012, retrieved September 7, 2011
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