# South Africa at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

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

## Team selection

Athletics South Africa announced the final team of 26 athletes to represent the country in the event, including the established names such as Khotso Mokoena, LJ van Zyl, Caster Semenya and Mbulaeni Mulaudzi.
The final team on the entry list comprises the names of 33 athletes.
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 32 competitors:
| KEY: | Did not participate | Competed in another event |
| | Event | Athlete |
| Men | 4 x 100 metres relay | Simon Magakwe |
| Men | 4 x 100 metres relay | Lebogang Moeng |
| Men | 4 x 100 metres relay | Gideon Trotter |
| Men | 4 x 400 metres relay | Cornel Fredericks |

## Medalists

The following competitors from South Africa won medals at the Championships
| Medal | Athlete | Event |
| Silver | Shane Victor Ofentse Mogawane Willem de Beer LJ van Zyl Oscar Pistorius | 4 x 400 metres relay |
| Silver | Caster Semenya | 800 metres |
| Bronze | LJ van Zyl | 400 m hurdles |
| Bronze | Sunette Viljoen | Javelin throw |

## 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 |
| Simon Magakwe | 100 metres | | | 10.53 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Thuso Mpuang | 200 metres | | | 21.07 | 37 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lebogang Moeng | 200 metres | | | 21.09 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Oscar Pistorius | 400 metres | | | 45.39 | 14 | 46.19 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Elroy Gelant | 5000 metres | | | 13:48.33 | 20 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Stephen Mokoka | 10,000 metres | | | | | | | 28:51.97 | 13 |
| Coolboy Ngamole | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:30:01 | 46 |
| Modike Lucky Mohale | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:38:22 SB | 50 |
| David Ngakane | Marathon | | | | | | | DNF | |
| Lehann Fourie | 110 m hurdles | | | 13.86 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| LJ van Zyl | 400 m hurdles | | | 48.58 | 3 Q | 49.05 | 7 Q | 48.80 | |
| Cornel Fredericks | 400 m hurdles | | | 48.52 | 1 Q | 48.83 | 4 Q | 49.12 | 5 |
| Ruben Ramolefi | 3000 metres steeplechase | | | 8:11.50 | 2 Q | | | 8:30.47 | 13 |
| Hannes Dreyer Ofentse Mogawane Roscoe Engel Thuso Mpuang | 4 x 100 metres relay | | | 38.72 SB | 11 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Shane Victor Ofentse Mogawane Willem de Beer LJ van Zyl Oscar Pistorius | 4 x 400 metres relay | | | 2:59.21 NR | 3 | | | 2:59.87 | |
| Luvo Manyonga | Long jump | 8.04 | 10 | | | | | 8.21 | 5 |
| Godfrey Khotso Mokoena | Long jump | 8.00 | 15 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tumelo Thagane | Triple jump | NM | | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Robert Oosthuizen | Javelin throw | 73.14 | 33 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
Decathlon
| Willem Coertzen | Decathlon | | | |
| Willem Coertzen | Event | Results | Points | Rank |
| | 100 m | 11.16 | 825 | 20 |
| | Long jump | 7.37 SB | 903 | 9 |
| | Shot put | 13.48 | 697 | 23 |
| | High jump | 2.02 | 822 | 7 |
| | 400 m | 49.20 | 852 | 9 |
| | 110 m hurdles | 14.48 | 913 | 10 |
| | Discus throw | 43.13 PB | 728 | 19 |
| | Pole vault | NM | 0 | |
| | Javelin throw | DNS | | |
| | 1500 m | DNS | | |
| Total | | | DNF | |

### 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 |
| Caster Semenya | 800 metres | | | 2:01.01 | 5 | 1:58.07 SB | 1 | 1:56.35 SB | |
| René Kalmer | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:38:16 | 31 |
| Annerien van Schalkwyk | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:43:59 SB | 37 |
| Tanith Maxwell | Marathon | | | | | | | DNS | |
| Wenda Theron | 400 m hurdles | | | 56.13 | 17 Q | 57.06 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Simoné du Toit | Shot put | 15.83 | 24 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sunette Viljoen | Javelin throw | 65.34 | 2 | | | | | 68.38 AR | |
| Justine Robbeson | Javelin throw | 58.08 | 19 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |