Australia at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics


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

Team selection

An initial Australian Flame team of 24 has been announced by Athletics Australia, with reigning World champions Steve Hooker and Dani Samuels set to lead the green and gold charge at the competition. Athletes looking to qualify but not yet announced are eligible for selection until 31 July 2011. A final team of 47 athletes was announced on 2 August 2011.
The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List, but not on the Official Start List of the specific event,
resulting in a total number of 41 competitors:
KEY:Did not participateCompeted in another event

In addition, the team includes 2 athletes invited by the IPC for exhibition events: Richard Colman, 400m T53 men, and Madison de Rozario, 800m T54 women.

Medalists

The following Australian competitors won medals at the Championships
won a
gold medal in the Women's 100 metres hurdles competition at this year's championships
MedalAthleteEvent
Sally Pearson100 m hurdles
Mitchell WattLong jump
Jared Tallent50 kilometres walk

Results

Men

Women

Two years after finishing only 5th although being the top favourite at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Berlin, Sally Pearson won the gold medal in the 100 m hurdles event with the world's fourth fastest time of 12.28s, a new Oceania Area record.