# Germany at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

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

## Team selection

The German Athletics Association (Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband) has announced a preliminary squad of 64 to participate at the competition. Among the team of 33 men and 31 women are defending world champion Robert Harting and current hammer throw world record holder Betty Heidler. The final team comprises 78 athletes.
The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List, but not on the Official Start List of the specific event, resulting in total number of 65 competitors:
| KEY: | Did not participate | Competed in another event |
| | Event | Athlete |
| Men | 1500 metres | Carsten Schlangen |
| Men | 4 x 100 metres relay | Christian Blum |
| Men | 4 x 100 metres relay | Robin Erewa |
| Men | 4 x 100 metres relay | Sven Knipphals |
| Men | 4 x 400 metres relay | David Gollnow |
| Men | 50 kilometres walk | André Höhne |
| Men | 50 kilometres walk | Christopher Linke |
| Men | Pole vault | Björn Otto |
| Men | Javelin throw | Till Wöschler |
| Women | 4 x 100 metres relay | Leena Günther |
| Women | 4 x 100 metres relay | Anne Christina Haack |
| Women | 4 x 400 metres relay | Sylvia Semkowicz |
| Women | 4 x 400 metres relay | Wiebke Ullmann |
| Women | Triple jump | Katja Demut |
| Women | Pole vault | Carolin Hingst |

## Medalists

The following competitors from Germany won medals at the Championships
| Medal | Athlete | Event |
| Gold | David Storl | Shot put |
| Gold | Robert Harting | Discus throw |
| Gold | Matthias de Zordo | Javelin throw |
| Silver | Martina Strutz | Pole vault |
| Silver | Nadine Müller | Discus throw |
| Silver | Betty Heidler | Hammer throw |
| Bronze | Jennifer Oeser | Heptathlon |

## 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 |
| Sebastian Ernst | 200 metres | | | 20.95 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Erik Balnuweit | 110 metres hurdles | | | 13.57 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alexander John | 110 metres hurdles | | | 13.68 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Willi Mathiszik | 110 metres hurdles | | | 13.53 | 12 Q | 13.81 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Georg Fleischhauer | 400 m hurdles | | | 48.72 | 5 Q | 49.36 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Steffen Uliczka | 3000 metres steeplechase | | | 8:37.35 | 27 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tobias Unger Marius Broening Sebastian Ernst Alex Schaf | 4 x 100 metres relay | | | DNF | DNF | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jonas Plass Kamghe Gaba Miguel Rigau Thomas Schneider Eric Krüger | 4 x 400 metres relay | | | 3:00.68 | 5 q | | | 3:01.37 | 8 |
| Christopher Linke | 20 kilometres walk | | | | | | | 1:24:17 | 21 |
| Sebastian Bayer | Long jump | 8.11 | 5 q | | | | | 8.17 | 8 |
| Christian Reif | Long jump | 8.13 | 3 q | | | | | 8.19 | 7 |
| Eike Onnen | High jump | 2.28 | 15 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Raul Spank | High jump | 2.28 | 11 q | | | | | 2.29 | 9 |
| Karsten Dilla | Pole vault | 5.40 | 24 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Raphael Holzdeppe | Pole vault | 5.50 | 20 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Malte Mohr | Pole vault | 5.65 | 6 q | | | | | 5.85 | 5 |
| Ralf Bartels | Shot put | 20.45 | 8 q | | | | | 20.14 | 10 |
| Marco Schmidt | Shot put | 20.06 | 13 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| David Storl | Shot put | 21.50 | 1 Q | | | | | 21.78 | |
| Robert Harting | Discus throw | 64.93 | 5 q | | | | | 68.97 | |
| Markus Münch | Discus throw | 60.80 | 26 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Martin Wierig | Discus throw | 61.68 | 19 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Markus Esser | Hammer throw | 77.60 | 3 Q | | | | | 79.12 | 4 |
| Matthias de Zordo | Javelin throw | 82.05 | 4 q | | | | | 86.27 | |
| Mark Frank | Javelin throw | 81.93 | 6 q | | | | | 81.81 | 8 |
Decathlon
| Pascal Behrenbruch | Decathlon | | | |
| Pascal Behrenbruch | Event | Results | Points | Rank |
| | 100 m | 11.08 | 843 | 18 |
| | Long jump | 6.80 | 767 | 25 |
| | Shot put | 16.01 | 852 | 4 |
| | High jump | 1.93 | 740 | 24 |
| | 400 m | 49.90 | 819 | 16 |
| | 110 m hurdles | 14.33 | 932 | 7 |
| | Discus throw | 48.56 | 840 | 4 |
| | Pole vault | 4.90 | 880 | 8 |
| | Javelin throw | 66.50 | 836 | 6 |
| | 1500 m | 4:36.64 | 702 | 10 |
| Total | | | 8211 | 7 |
| Rico Freimuth | Decathlon | | | |
| Rico Freimuth | Event | Results | Points | Rank |
| | 100 m | 10.83 | 899 | 9 |
| | Long jump | NM | 0 | |
| | Shot put | NM | 0 | |
| | High jump | DNS | | |
| | 400 m | | | |
| | 110 m hurdles | | | |
| | Discus throw | | | |
| | Pole vault | | | |
| | Javelin throw | | | |
| | 1500 m | | | |
| Total | | | DNF | |
| Jan-Felix Knobel | Decathlon | | | |
| Jan-Felix Knobel | Event | Results | Points | Rank |
| | 100 m | 11.18 | 821 | 21 |
| | Long jump | 7.30 | 886 | 13 |
| | Shot put | 16.06 | 855 | 3 |
| | High jump | 1.96 | 767 | 18 |
| | 400 m | 49.46 | 840 | 11 |
| | 110 m hurdles | 14.92 | 859 | 22 |
| | Discus throw | 47.93 | 827 | 5 |
| | Pole vault | 4.70 | 819 | 15 |
| | Javelin throw | 68.42 | 865 | 3 |
| | 1500 m | 4:43.12 | 661 | 12 |
| Total | | | 8200 | 8 |

### 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 |
| Yasmin Kwadwo | 100 metres | bye | bye | 11.29 | 19 q | 11.54 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Leena Günther | 100 metres | bye | bye | 11.36 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cindy Roleder | 100 m hurdles | | | 13.01 | 14 q | 12.91 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gesa Felicitas Krause | 3000 metres steeplechase | | | 9:35.83 | 9 Q | | | 9:32.74 | 9 |
| Jana Sussmann | 3000 metres steeplechase | | | 9:59.93 | 23 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yasmin Kwadwo Anne Möllinger Cathleen Tschirch Marion Wagner | 4 x 100 metres relay | | | DNF | DNF | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Janin Lindenberg Esther Cremer Lena Schmidt Claudia Hoffmann | 4 x 400 metres relay | | | 3:27.31 | 11 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sabine Krantz | 20 kilometres walk | | | | | | | DNF | DNF |
| Melanie Seeger | 20 kilometres walk | | | | | | | DNF | DNF |
| Bianca Kappler | Long jump | 6.48 | 14 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sosthene Taroum Moguenara | Long jump | 6.02 | 31 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kristina Gadschiew | Pole vault | 4.50 | 11 q | | | | | 4.55 | 10 |
| Silke Spiegelburg | Pole vault | 4.55 | 7 q | | | | | 4.65 | 9 |
| Martina Strutz | Pole vault | 4.55 | 1 q | | | | | 4.80 | |
| Nadine Kleinert | Shot put | 18.75 | 12 Q | | | | | 19.26 | 8 |
| Christina Schwanitz | Shot put | 19.20 | 3 Q | | | | | 17.96 | 12 |
| Josephine Terlecki | Shot put | 17.85 | 19 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nadine Müller | Discus throw | 65.54 | 1 Q | | | | | 65.97 | |
| Betty Heidler | Hammer throw | 71.48 | 6 Q | | | | | 76.06 | |
| Kathrin Klaas | Hammer throw | 71.69 | 5 Q | | | | | 71.89 | 7 |
| Katharina Molitor | Javelin throw | 63.52 | 3 Q | | | | | 64.32 | 5 |
| Christina Obergföll | Javelin throw | 68.76 | 1 Q | | | | | 65.24 | 4 |
| Linda Stahl | Javelin throw | 60.21 | 9 q | | | | | DNS | DNS |
Heptathlon
| Julia Mächtig | Heptathlon | | | |
| Julia Mächtig | Event | Results | Points | Rank |
| | 100 m hurdles | 14.15 | 957 | 27 |
| | High jump | 1.80 | 978 | 16 |
| | Shot put | 15.24 | 877 | 3 |
| | 200 m | 25.54 | 838 | 19 |
| | Long jump | 5.98 | 843 | 20 |
| | Javelin throw | 43.74 | 739 | 12 |
| | 800 m | 2:17.14 | 863 | 21 |
| Total | | | 6085 | 17 |
| Jennifer Oeser | Heptathlon | | | |
| Jennifer Oeser | Event | Results | Points | Rank |
| | 100 m hurdles | 13.33 | 1075 | 7 |
| | High jump | 1.83 | 1016 | 9 |
| | Shot put | 13.70 | 774 | 15 |
| | 200 m | 24.58 | 926 | 11 |
| | Long jump | 6.28 | 937 | 8 |
| | Javelin throw | 51.30 | 885 | 4 |
| | 800 m | 2:10.39 | 959 | 5 |
| Total | | | 6572 | |
| Lilli Schwarzkopf | Heptathlon | | | |
| Lilli Schwarzkopf | Event | Results | Points | Rank |
| | 100 m hurdles | 13.65 | 1028 | 19 |
| | High jump | 1.80 | 978 | 10 |
| | Shot put | 14.89 | 854 | 5 |
| | 200 m | 25.82 | 813 | 24 |
| | Long jump | 6.18 | 905 | 12 |
| | Javelin throw | 49.69 | 854 | 5 |
| | 800 m | 2:15.26 | 889 | 13 |
| Total | | | 6321 | 6 |