# Russia at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

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

## Team selection

The All-Russia Athletic Federation has announced a squad of 83 athletes. Among the team of 34 men and 49 women are defending World champions Yaroslav Rybakov (High Jump), Valeriy Borchin (20 km Race Walk), Sergey Kirdyapkin (50 km Race Walk), and Olga Kaniskina (20 km Race Walk).
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 76 competitors:
| KEY: | Did not participate | Competed in another event |
| | Event | Athlete |
| Men | 4 x 400 metres relay | Yuriy Trambovetsky |
| Men | High jump | Yaroslav Rybakov |
| Women | Marathon | Elza Kireeva |
| Women | Marathon | Tatyana Pushkareva |
| Women | 4 x 100 metres relay | Yuliya Katsura |
| Women | 4 x 400 metres relay | Tatyana Firova |
| Women | Triple jump | Alsu Murtazina |

## Medalists

The following competitors from Russia won medals at the Championships
| Medal | Athlete | Event |
| Gold | Sergey Bakulin | 50 kilometres walk |
| Gold | Anna Chicherova | High jump |
| Gold | Tatyana Lysenko | Hammer throw |
| Silver | Aleksey Dmitrik | High jump |
| Bronze | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | 800 metres |
| Bronze | Natalya Antyukh | 400 m hurdles |
| Bronze | Svetlana Feofanova | Pole vault |

## Results
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank |
| Pavel Trenikhin | 400 metres | | | 45.55 PB | 23 q | 45.68 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yuriy Borzakovskiy | 800 metres | | | 1:46.14 | 6 Q | 1:45.73 | 10 Q | 1:44.49 | |
| Aleksey Sokolov (born 1979) | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:16:23 | 19 |
| Aleksey Sokolov (born 1983) | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:16:48 | 21 |
| Sergey Shubenkov | 110 m hurdles | | | 13.70 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Aleksandr Derevyagin | 400 m hurdles | | | 49.43 SB | 13 Q | 49.07 SB | 8 q | 49.32 | 8 |
| Andrey Farnosov | 3000 metres steeplechase | | | 8:34.44 | 23 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Maksim Dyldin Konstantin Svechkar Pavel Trenikhin Denis Alekseyev | 4 x 400 metres relay | | | 3:00.81 SB | 7 Q | | | 3:00.22 SB | 4 |
| Valeriy Borchin | 20 kilometres walk | | | | | | | 1:19:56 | |
| Vladimir Kanaykin | 20 kilometres walk | | | | | | | 1:20:27 | |
| Stanislav Yemelyanov | 20 kilometres walk | | | | | | | 1:21:11 | 5 |
| Sergey Morozov | 20 kilometres walk | | | | | | | 1:22:37 | 12 |
| Sergey Bakulin | 50 kilometres walk | | | | | | | 3:41:24 | |
| Denis Nizhegorodov | 50 kilometres walk | | | | | | | 3:42:45 SB | |
| Sergey Kirdyapkin | 50 kilometres walk | | | | | | | | DNF |
| Igor Yerokhin | 50 kilometres walk | | | | | | | | DQ |
| Aleksandr Menkov | Long jump | 8.07 | 8 q | | | | | 8.19 | 6 |
| Aleksey Fyodorov | Triple jump | 16.42 | 18 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Aleksey Dmitrik | High jump | 2.28 | 11 q | | | | | 2.35 | |
| Ivan Ukhov | High jump | 2.31 | 4 Q | | | | | 2.32 | 5 |
| Aleksandr Shustov | High jump | 2.31 | 6 Q | | | | | 2.29 | 8 |
| Dmitriy Starodubtsev | Pole vault | 5.65 | 1 q | | | | | 5.65 | 12 |
| Yevgeniy Lukyanenko | Pole vault | 5.50 | 18 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Maksim Sidorov | Shot put | 19.95 | 15 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kirill Ikonnikov | Hammer throw | 75.36 | 12 q | | | | | 78.37 | 6 |
| Sergey Litvinov | Hammer throw | 74.80 | 15 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dmitriy Tarabin | Javelin throw | 82.92 | 2 Q | | | | | 79.06 | 10 |
| Sergey Makarov | Javelin throw | 81.42 | 10 q | | | | | 78.76 | 12 |
| Aleksandr Ivanov | Javelin throw | 73.81 | 28 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
Decathlon
| Aleksey Drozdov | Decathlon | | | |
| Aleksey Drozdov | Event | Results | Points | Rank |
| | 100 m | 11.34 | 786 | 29 |
| | Long jump | 7.45 | 922 | 16 |
| | Shot put | 16.17 | 862 | 4 |
| | High jump | 2.14 | 934 | 1 |
| | 400 m | 51.35 | 753 | 6 |
| | 110 m hurdles | 15.49 | 791 | 11 |
| | Discus throw | 50.29 | 876 | 5 |
| | Pole vault | 5.00 | 910 | 4 |
| | Javelin throw | 64.80 | 810 | 4 |
| | 1500 m | 4:41.73 | 669 | 4 |
| Total | | | 8313 | 4 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank |
| Aleksandra Fedoriva | 100 metres | | | 11.28 PB | 18 Q | 11.54 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yelizaveta Savlinis | 200 metres | | | 23.09 | 17 Q | 23.04 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yuliya Gushchina | 200 metres | | | 22.88 SB | 11 Q | 23.26 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anastasiya Kapachinskaya | 400 metres | | | 51.43 | 6 Q | 50.41 | 4 Q | 50.24 | |
| Antonina Krivoshapka | 400 metres | | | 51.52 | 8 Q | 50.55 | 7 q | 50.66 | 5 |
| Mariya Savinova | 800 metres | | | 2:01.01 | 5 Q | 1:58.45 | 2 Q | 1:55.87 WL | |
| Yekaterina Kostetskaya | 800 metres | | | 1:59.61 | 2 Q | 1:58.64 | 4 Q | 1:57.82 | 5 |
| Yuliya Rusanova | 800 metres | | | 2:01.38 | 14 q | 1:58.73 | 6 Q | 1:59.74 | 8 |
| Yekaterina Martynova | 1500 metres | | | 4:07.76 | 5 Q | 4:08.67 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Olesya Syreva | 1500 metres | | | 4:11.24 | 18 q | 4:09.83 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Natalya Yevdokimova | 1500 metres | | | 4:14.36 | 26 Q | 4:11.70 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yelena Zadorozhnaya | 5000 metres | | | 15:23.90 | 5 Q | | | 15:15.48 | 10 |
| Yelizaveta Grechishnikova | 5000 metres | | | 15:35.64 | 14 q | | | 15:45.61 | 14 |
| Margarita Plaksina | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:35:39 | 23 |
| Tatyana Dektyareva | 100 m hurdles | | | 13.05 | 16 Q | 12.76 SB | 6 q | 12.82 | 5 |
| Natalya Antyukh | 400 m hurdles | | | 54.88 | 2 Q | 54.51 | 2 | 53.85 | |
| Yelena Churakova | 400 m hurdles | | | 55.39 | 9 Q | 55.02 | 6 | 55.17 | 8 |
| Yuliya Zaripova | 3000 metres steeplechase | | | 9:35.80 | 8 Q | | | 9:07.03 WL | |
| Lyubov Kharlamova | 3000 metres steeplechase | | | 9:40.04 | 15 q | | | 9:44.14 | 11 |
| Yuliya Gushchina Natalya Rusakova Yelizaveta Savlinis Aleksandra Fedoriva | 4 x 100 metres relay | | | 42.78 SB | 7 q | | | 42.93 | 6 |
| Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Antonina Krivoshapka Kseniya Vdovina Kseniya Zadorina Lyudmila Litvinova Natalya Antyukh | 4 x 400 metres relay | | | 3:20.94 WL | 1 Q | | | 3:19.36 SB | |
| Olga Kaniskina | 20 kilometres walk | | | | | | | 1:29:42 | |
| Anisya Kirdyapkina | 20 kilometres walk | | | | | | | 1:30:13 | |
| Vera Sokolova | 20 kilometres walk | | | | | | | 1:32:13 | 11 |
| Tatyana Mineyeva | 20 kilometres walk | | | | | | | 1:34:08 | 17 |
| Olga Kucherenko | Long jump | 6.67 | 7 q | | | | | 6.77 | |
| Darya Klishina | Long jump | 6.77 | 4 Q | | | | | 6.50 | 7 |
| Olga Zaytseva | Long jump | 6.50 | 13 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anna Kuropatkina | Triple jump | 14.31 | 7 q | | | | | 14.23 | 7 |
| Anna Chicherova | High jump | 1.95 | 1 Q | | | | | 2.03 | |
| Yelena Slesarenko | High jump | 1.95 | 9 Q | | | | | 1.97 SB | 4 |
| Svetlana Shkolina | High jump | 1.95 | 5 Q | | | | | 1.97 | 5 |
| Svetlana Feofanova | Pole vault | 4.55 | 7 q | | | | | 4.75 SB | |
| Yelena Isinbayeva | Pole vault | 4.55 | 1 q | | | | | 4.65 | 6 |
| Yevgeniya Kolodko | Shot put | 18.90 | 9 Q | | | | | 19.78 PB | 5 |
| Anna Avdeyeva | Shot put | 18.92 | 8 Q | | | | | 19.54 SB | 7 |
| Anna Omarova | Shot put | 19.03 | 6 Q | | | | | 18.67 | 10 |
| Darya Pishchalnikova | Discus throw | 59.94 | 12 q | | | | | 58.10 | 11 |
| Tatyana Lysenko | Hammer throw | 71.94 | 4 Q | | | | | 77.13 SB | |
| Mariya Abakumova | Javelin throw | 62.49 | 5 Q | | | | | 71.99 CR | |
Heptathlon
| Tatyana Chernova | Heptathlon | | | |
| Tatyana Chernova | Event | Results | Points | Rank |
| | 100 m hurdles | 13.32 PB | 1077 | 6 |
| | High jump | 1.83 SB | 1016 | 8 |
| | Shot put | 14.17 SB | 805 | 13 |
| | 200 m | 23.50 PB | 1029 | 2 |
| | Long jump | 6.61 | 1043 | 1 |
| | Javelin throw | 52.95 SB | 917 | 3 |
| | 800 m | 2:08.04 SB | 993 | 3 |
| Total | | | 6880 WL | |
| Anna Bogdanova | Heptathlon | | | |
| Anna Bogdanova | Event | Results | Points | Rank |
| | 100 m hurdles | 13.44 SB | 1059 | 11 |
| | High jump | 1.83 | 1016 | 5 |
| | Shot put | 14.52 SB | 829 | 9 |
| | 200 m | 25.64 | 829 | 22 |
| | Long jump | 6.38 | 969 | 6 |
| | Javelin throw | 41.38 PB | 694 | 18 |
| | 800 m | 2:18.34 | 846 | 21 |
| Total | | | 6242 SB | 11 |