# Canada at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Canada competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15 to 23 August. A team of 31 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. The team includes the 2007 World Championships silver medallists Perdita Felicien and Gary Reed.
There are few notable absences on this year's team, including Tyler Christopher, a former world bronze medallist in the 400 metres (hamstring injury), veteran middle-distance runner Kevin Sullivan, who has been on every world championship team since 1993 (torn Achilles tendon) and heptathlete Jessica Zelinka, fifth at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, who is sitting out the season after giving birth to her first child.

## Team selection

| Event | Athletes | Athletes |
| Event | Men | Women |
| 100 metres | Bryan Barnett |
| 200 metres | Jared Connaughton Sam Effah Gavin Smellie | Adrienne Power |
| 400 metres | | Esther Akinsulie |
| 800 metres | Gary Reed | |
| 1500 metres | Nathan Brannen | |
| Marathon | Reid Coolsaet Giitah Macharia Andrew Smith Dylan Wykes | Tara Quinn-Smith |
| 100 metres hurdles | — | Perdita Felicien Priscilla Lopes-Schliep Angela Whyte |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Robin Watson | |
| 20 km race walk | | Rachel Lavallée |
| 4×100 metres relay | Bryan Barnett Jared Connaughton Sam Effah Hank Palmer Gavin Smellie Oluseyi Smith | |
| 4×400 metres relay | | Esther Akinsulie Kimberly Hyacinthe Jenna Martin Carline Muir Amonn Nelson Adrienne Power |
| Event | Athletes | Athletes |
| Event | Men | Women |
| Pole vault | | Kelsie Hendry |
| Long jump | | Ruky Abdulai Alice Falaiye |
| Shot put | Dylan Armstrong | |
| Hammer throw | | Sultana Frizell Jennifer Joyce |
| Heptathlon | — | Brianne Theisen |

## Results
### Men
#### Track and road events

| Event | Athletes | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| 100 m | Bryan Barnett | 10.42 | 44th | – | | | | | |
| 200 m | Jared Connaughton | 20.82 | 18th | DQ | – | | | | |
| 200 m | Gavin Smellie | 20.71 | 9th | 21.27 | 28th | – | | | |
| 200 m | Sam Effah | 20.80 | 14th | 20.97 | 26th | – | | | |
| 400 m | – | | | | | | | | |
| 800 m | Gary Reed | 1:45.76 | 1st | 1:45.60 | 8th | – | | | |
| 1,500 m | Nathan Brannen | 3.38.35 | 7th | 3:38.97 | 20th | – | | | |
| 5,000 m | – | | | | | | | | |
| 10,000 m | – | | | | | | | | |
| 110 m hurdles | – | | | | | | | | |
| 400 m hurdles | – | | | | | | | | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Robin Watson | 8.44.73 | 31st | – | | | | | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Hank Palmer, Oluseyi Smith, Jared Connaughton, Bryan Barnett | 38.60 | 6th | | | | | 38.39 | 5th |
| 4 × 400 m relay | | | | | | | | | |
| Marathon | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 km walk | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 km walk | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 metres T11 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Field events

| Event | Athletes | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Long jump | | | | | |
| Triple jump | | | | | |
| High jump | | | | | |
| Pole vault | | | | | |
| Shot put | Dylan Armstrong | 19.86 (19.46–19.86-X=19.86) | 17 (DNQ) | //// | //// |
| Discus throw | | | | | |
| Javelin throw | | | | | |
| Hammer throw | | | | | |
| Decathlon | | | | | |

### Women
#### Track and road events

| Event | Athletes | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| 100 m | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m | | | | | | | | | |
| 400 m | | | | | | | | | |
| 800 m | | | | | | | | | |
| 1,500 m | | | | | | | | | |
| 5,000 m | | | | | | | | | |
| 10,000 m | | | | | | | | | |
| 100 m hurdles | | | | | | | | | |
| 400 m hurdles | | | | | | | | | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 × 400 m relay | | | | | | | | | |
| Marathon | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 km walk | Rachel Lavallée | | | | | | | 1.45.35 | 35 |
| 200 metres T11 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Field and combined events

| Event | Athletes | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Long jump | | | | | |
| Triple jump | | | | | |
| High jump | | | | | |
| Pole vault | Kelsie Hendry | 4.40 (o-o-xxx) | 16 (DNQ) | //// | //// |
| Shot put | | | | | |
| Discus throw | | | | | |
| Javelin throw | | | | | |
| Hammer throw | | | | | |
| Heptathlon | | | | | |