# United States at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

The United States of America competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.

## Team selection

The team was led by reigning World Champions LaShawn Merritt (400m), Kerron Clement (400m hurdles), Dwight Phillips (long jump), Christian Cantwell (shot put), and Trey Hardee (decathlon) in the men's team, and Allyson Felix (200m), Sanya Richards-Ross (400m), and Brittney Reese (long jump) in the women's team.
In the final roster Debbie Dunn and Delilah DiCrescenzo withdrew due to injury and were replaced. Michael Rodgers withdrew after testing positive for the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine at a meeting in Italy in July.. Trell Kimmons replaced him in the 100m. Jeremy Dodson was forced to withdraw after his passport was confiscated following his arrest on a charge of identity theft.
The final team on the entry list comprises the names of 155 athletes, including 2 athletes invited by the IPC for exhibition events: Joshua George, 400m T53 (wheelchair) men, and Amberlynn Weber, 800m T54 (wheelchair) women.
After all, 127 athletes competed in the different events.

## Medalists

The following competitors from the United States of America won medals at the Championships
| Medal | Athlete | Event |
| Gold | Jason Richardson | 110 m hurdles |
| Gold | Greg Nixon Bershawn Jackson Angelo Taylor LaShawn Merritt Jamaal Torrance Michael Berry | 4 x 400 metres relay |
| Gold | Dwight Phillips | Long jump |
| Gold | Christian Taylor | Triple jump |
| Gold | Jesse Williams | High jump |
| Gold | Trey Hardee | Decathlon |
| Gold | Carmelita Jeter | 100 metres |
| Gold | Jennifer Simpson | 1500 metres |
| Gold | Lashinda Demus | 400 m hurdles |
| Gold | Bianca Knight Allyson Felix Marshevet Myers Carmelita Jeter Alexandria Anderson Shalonda Solomon | 4 x 100 metres relay |
| Gold | Sanya Richards-Ross Allyson Felix Jessica Beard Francena McCorory Natasha Hastings Keshia Baker | 4 x 400 metres relay |
| Gold | Brittney Reese | Long jump |
| Silver | Walter Dix | 100 metres |
| Silver | Walter Dix | 200 metres |
| Silver | LaShawn Merritt | 400 metres |
| Silver | Bernard Lagat | 5000 metres |
| Silver | Ashton Eaton | Decathlon |
| Silver | Carmelita Jeter | 200 metres |
| Silver | Allyson Felix | 400 metres |
| Silver | Danielle Carruthers | 100 m hurdles |
| Bronze | Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. | 1500 metres |
| Bronze | William Claye | Triple jump |
| Bronze | Allyson Felix | 200 metres |
| Bronze | Dawn Harper | 100 m hurdles |
| Bronze | Jillian Camarena-Williams | Shot put |

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

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Walter Dix | 100 metres | Bye | Bye | 10.25 | 5 Q | 10.05 | 2 Q | 10.08 | |
| Trell Kimmons | 100 metres | Bye | Bye | 10.32 | 13 Q | 10.21 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Justin Gatlin | 100 metres | Bye | Bye | 10.31 | 11 Q | 10.23 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Walter Dix | 200 metres | | | 20.42 | 2 | 20.37 | 4 | 19.70 SB | |
| Darvis Patton | 200 metres | | | 20.80 | 21 | 20.72 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jeremy Dodson | 200 metres | | | 20.92 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| LaShawn Merritt | 400 metres | | | 44.35 WL | 1 | 44.76 | 1 | 44.63 | |
| Greg Nixon | 400 metres | | | 45.16 | 7 | 45.51 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jamaal Torrance | 400 metres | | | 45.44 | 16 | 45.73 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tony McQuay | 400 metres | | | 46.76 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nicholas Symmonds | 800 metres | | | 1:46.54 | 12 Q | 1:45.73 | 10 Q | 1:45.12 | 5 |
| Khadevis Robinson | 800 metres | | | 1:48.41 | 32 Q | 1:45.27 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Charles Jock | 800 metres | | | 1:47.95 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. | 1500 metres | | | 3:39.46 | 6 | 3:46.66 | 13 | 3:36.08 | |
| Leonel Manzano | 1500 metres | | | 3:40.77 | 16 | 3:47.98 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrew Wheating | 1500 metres | | | 3:42.68 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bernard Lagat | 5000 metres | | | 13:33.90 | 1 | | | 13:23.64 | |
| Galen Rupp | 5000 metres | | | 13:34.91 | 5 | | | 13:28.64 | 9 |
| Andrew Bumbalough | 5000 metres | | | 13:44.38 | 17 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Galen Rupp | 10,000 metres | | | | | | | 27:26.84 SB | 7 |
| Matt Tegenkamp | 10,000 metres | | | | | | | 28:41.62 | 10 |
| Scott Bauhs | 10,000 metres | | | | | | | 29:03.92 | 14 |
| Michael Morgan | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:18:30 SB | 31 |
| Mike Sayenko | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:22:49 SB | 37 |
| Jeffrey Eggleston | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:23:33 | 39 |
| Nicholas Arciniaga | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:24:06 | 41 |
| Sergio Reyes | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:29:15 SB | 45 |
| Jason Richardson | 110 m hurdles | | | 13.19 | 1 | 13.11 | 1 | 13.16 | |
| David Oliver | 110 m hurdles | | | 13.27 | 3 | 13.40 | 5 | 13.44 | 4 |
| Aries Merritt | 110 m hurdles | | | 13.36 | 6 | 13.32 | 4 | 13.67 | 5 |
| Bershawn Jackson | 400 m hurdles | | | 49.82 | 21 | 48.80 | 3 | 49.24 | 6 |
| Angelo Taylor | 400 m hurdles | | | 49.38 | 12 | 48.86 | 5 | 49.31 | 7 |
| Jeshua Anderson | 400 m hurdles | | | 48.81 | 7 | 49.33 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kerron Clement | 400 m hurdles | | | 48.91 | 8 | 52.11 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Daniel Huling | 3000 metres steeplechase | | | 8:34.70 | 24 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Benjamin Bruce | 3000 metres steeplechase | | | 8:39.96 | 30 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| William Nelson | 3000 metres steeplechase | | | 8:51.20 | 33 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Trell Kimmons Justin Gatlin Darvis Patton Walter Dix Travis Padgett Maurice Mitchell | 4 x 100 metres relay | | | 37.79 WL | 1 | | | DNF | |
| Greg Nixon Bershawn Jackson Angelo Taylor LaShawn Merritt Jamaal Torrance Michael Berry | 4 x 400 metres relay | | | 2:58.82 WL | 1 | | | 2:59.31 | |
| Trevor Barron | 20 kilometres walk | | | | | | | 1:24:33 | 23 |

#### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Dwight Phillips | Long jump | 8.32 SB | 1 | 8.45 SB | |
| William Claye | Long jump | 8.09 | 7 | 8.10 | 9 |
| Marquise Goodwin | Long jump | 8.02 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Trevell Quinley | Long jump | 7.09 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Christian Taylor | Triple jump | 16.99 | 9 | 17.96 WL, PB | |
| William Claye | Triple jump | 17.19 | 3 | 17.50 PB | |
| Walter Davis | Triple jump | 16.12 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jesse Williams | High jump | 2.31 | 5 | 2.35 | |
| Erik Kynard | High jump | 2.28 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dustin Jonas | High jump | 2.16 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jeremy Scott | Pole vault | 5.60 | 9 | 5.65 | 9 |
| Derek Miles | Pole vault | 5.60 | 10 | 5.65 | 13 |
| Mark Hollis | Pole vault | 5.35 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Christian Cantwell | Shot put | 20.73 | 6 | 21.36 | 4 |
| Reese Hoffa | Shot put | 20.96 | 3 | 20.99 | 5 |
| Ryan Whiting | Shot put | 20.77 | 5 | 20.75 | 7 |
| Adam Nelson | Shot put | 20.23 | 11 | 20.29 | 8 |
| Jason Young | Discus throw | 63.14 | 11 | 63.20 | 10 |
| Jarred Rome | Discus throw | 62.22 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lance Brooks | Discus throw | 61.07 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kibwe Johnson | Hammer throw | 75.06 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Michael Mai | Hammer throw | 69.96 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mike Hazle | Javelin throw | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Decathlon

| Trey Hardee | |Decathlon | |Decathlon | |Decathlon | |Decathlon |
| Trey Hardee | Event | Results | Points | Rank |
| | 100 m | 10.55 | 963 | 2 |
| | Long jump | 7.45 | 922 | 4 |
| | Shot put | 15.09 | 795 | 9 |
| | High jump | 2.02 SB | 822 | 11 |
| | 400 m | 48.37 | 891 | 5 |
| | 110 m hurdles | 13.97 | 978 | 2 |
| | Discus throw | 49.89 SB | 868 | 3 |
| | Pole vault | 4.80 | 849 | 11 |
| | Javelin throw | 68.99 PB | 874 | 2 |
| | 1500 m | 4:45.68 SB | 645 | 14 |
| Total | | | 8607 | |
| Ashton Eaton | |Decathlon | |Decathlon | |Decathlon | |Decathlon |
| Ashton Eaton | Event | Results | Points | Rank |
| | 100 m | 10.46 | 985 | 1 |
| | Long jump | 7.46 | 925 | 3 |
| | Shot put | 14.44 | 755 | 17 |
| | High jump | 2.02 | 822 | 7 |
| | 400 m | 46.99 | 959 | 1 |
| | 110 m hurdles | 13.85 | 994 | 1 |
| | Discus throw | 46.17 | 791 | 11 |
| | Pole vault | 4.60 | 790 | 18 |
| | Javelin throw | 55.17 | 665 | 17 |
| | 1500 m | 4:18.94 PB | 819 | 3 |
| Total | | | 8505 | |
| Ryan Harlan | |Decathlon | |Decathlon | |Decathlon | |Decathlon |
| Ryan Harlan | Event | Results | Points | Rank |
| | 100 m | 11.29 | 797 | 28 |
| | Long jump | 6.68 | 739 | 27 |
| | Shot put | 16.49 | 882 | 1 |
| | High jump | 2.02 | 822 | 5 |
| | 400 m | 51.57 | 744 | 26 |
| | 110 m hurdles | 14.71 | 885 | 17 |
| | Discus throw | 43.52 | 736 | 17 |
| | Pole vault | NM | 0 | |
| | Javelin throw | 58.43 | 714 | 14 |
| | 1500 m | 5:21.63 | 442 | 22 |
| Total | | | 6761 | 22 |

### Women
#### Track and Road events

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Carmelita Jeter | 100 metres | | | 11.21 | 12 Q | 11.02 | 1 Q | 10.90 | |
| Marshevet Myers | 100 metres | | | 11.16 | 7 Q | 11.38 | 9 Q | 11.33 | 8 |
| Miki Barber | 100 metres | | | 11.40 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carmelita Jeter | 200 metres | | | 22.68 | 3 | 22.47 | 2 | 22.37 | |
| Allyson Felix | 200 metres | | | 22.71 | 6 | 22.67 | 4 | 22.42 | |
| Shalonda Solomon | 200 metres | | | 22.69 | 4 | 22.46 | 1 | 22.61 | 4 |
| Jeneba Tarmoh | 200 metres | | | 23.60 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Allyson Felix | 400 metres | | | 51.45 | 7 Q | 50.36 | 3 Q | 49.59 PB | |
| Francena McCorory | 400 metres | | | 52.18 | 14 Q | 50.24 PB | 2 Q | 50.45 | 4 |
| Sanya Richards-Ross | 400 metres | | | 51.37 | 4 Q | 50.66 | 8 q | 51.32 | 7 |
| Jessica Beard | 400 metres | | | 52.40 | 18 Q | 51.27 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alysia Montaño | 800 metres | | | 1:59.62 | 3 | 1:58.67 | 5 | 1:57.48 SB | 4 |
| Maggie Vessey | 800 metres | | | 2:01.32 | 11 | 1:58.98 | 8 | 1:58.50 SB | 6 |
| Alice Schmidt | 800 metres | | | 2:01.11 | 8 | 2:01.16 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jennifer Simpson | 1500 metres | | | 4:10.84 | 16 | 4:07.90 | 2 | 4:05.40 | |
| Morgan Uceny | 1500 metres | | | 4:07.43 | 3 | 4:09.03 | 14 | 4:19.71 | 10 |
| Shannon Rowbury | 1500 metres | | | 4:14.43 | 28 | 4:11.49 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lauren Fleshman | 5000 metres | | | 15:34.04 | 11 | | | 15:09.25 | 7 |
| Amy Hastings | 5000 metres | | | 15:29.49 | 6 | | | 15:56.06 | 15 |
| Molly Huddle | 5000 metres | | | 15:42.00 | 19 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Shalane Flanagan | 10,000 metres | | | | | | | 31:25.57 | 7 |
| Jennifer Rhines | 10,000 metres | | | | | | | 31:47.59 | 9 |
| Kara Goucher | 10,000 metres | | | | | | | 32:29.58 | 13 |
| Tera Moody | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:32:04 SB | 17 |
| Katherine Newberry | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:37:28 SB | 30 |
| Alissa McKaig | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:38:23 SB | 32 |
| Colleen DeRuck | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:44:35 SB | 38 |
| Zoila Gomez | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:46:44 SB | 40 |
| Danielle Carruthers | 100 m hurdles | | | 12.79 | 3 | 12.65 | 3 | 12.47 PB | |
| Dawn Harper | 100 m hurdles | | | 12.90 | 8 | 12.74 | 5 | 12.47 PB | |
| Kellie Wells | 100 m hurdles | | | 12.73 | 2 | 12.79 | 7 | DNF | |
| Lashinda Demus | 400 m hurdles | | | 54.93 | 3 Q | 53.82 | 1 Q | 52.47 WL | |
| Queen Harrison | 400 m hurdles | | | 55.11 | 6 Q | 55.44 | 12 | Not advance | Not advance |
| Jasmine Chaney | 400 m hurdles | | | 56.28 | 20 Q | 55.97 | 16 | Not advance | Not advance |
| Emma Coburn | 3000 metres steeplechase | | | 9:38.42 | 14 | | | 9:51.40 | 13 |
| Bridget Franek | 3000 metres steeplechase | | | 9:43.09 | 18 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Stephanie Garcia | 3000 metres steeplechase | | | 9:53.47 | 21 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bianca Knight Allyson Felix Marshevet Myers Carmelita Jeter Alexandria Anderson Shalonda Solomon | 4 x 100 metres relay | | | 41.94 WL | 1 | | | 41.56 WL | |
| Sanya Richards-Ross Allyson Felix Jessica Beard Francena McCorory Natasha Hastings Keshia Baker | 4 x 400 metres relay | | | 3:23.57 | 4 | | | 3:18.09 WL | |
| Maria Michta | 20 kilometres walk | | | | | | | 1:38:54 | 30 |

#### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Brittney Reese | Long jump | 6.79 | 3 Q | 6.82 | |
| Janay DeLoach | Long jump | 6.51 | 12 q | 6.56 | 6 |
| Funmi Jimoh | Long jump | 6.68 | 6 q | NM | |
| Tori Polk | Long jump | 5.66 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Amanda Smock | Triple jump | 13.48 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Brigetta Barrett | High jump | 1.95 | 1 | 1.93 | 10 |
| Inika McPherson | High jump | 1.80 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jennifer Suhr | Pole vault | 4.55 | 6 | 4.70 | 4 |
| Kylie Hutson | Pole vault | 4.50 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lacy Janson | Pole vault | 4.40 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jillian Camarena-Williams | Shot put | 19.09 | 5 Q | 20.02 | |
| Michelle Carter | Shot put | 18.85 | 11 Q | 18.76 | 9 |
| Sarah Stevens-Walker | Shot put | 17.20 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Stephanie Brown-Trafton | Discus throw | 61.89 | 6 q | 63.85 | 5 |
| Aretha Thurmond | Discus throw | 59.88 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gia Lewis-Smallwood | Discus throw | 59.49 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jessica Cosby | Hammer throw | 71.06 | 8 | 68.91 | 11 |
| Amber Campbell | Hammer throw | 68.87 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jeneva McCall | Hammer throw | 68.26 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rachel Yurkovich | Javelin throw | 58.84 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kara Patterson | Javelin throw | 57.14 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Heptathlon

| Sharon Day | Heptathlon | | | |
| Sharon Day | Event | Results | Points | Rank |
| | 100 m hurdles | 13.69 PB | 1023 | 20 |
| | High jump | 1.80 | 978 | 15 |
| | Shot put | 14.28 PB | 813 | 11 |
| | 200 m | 25.01 | 886 | 13 |
| | Long jump | 5.87 | 810 | 25 |
| | Javelin throw | 39.14 | 651 | 23 |
| | 800 m | 2:15.74 SB | 882 | 17 |
| Total | | | 6043 | 18 |
| Hyleas Fountain | Heptathlon | | | |
| Hyleas Fountain | Event | Results | Points | Rank |
| | 100 m hurdles | 12.93 SB | 1135 | 1 |
| | High jump | 1.89 SB | 1093 | 1 |
| | Shot put | 12.20 | 674 | 23 |
| | 200 m | 23.96 | 985 | 4 |
| | Long jump | 6.45 | 991 | 4 |
| | Javelin throw | 43.42 SB | 733 | 13 |
| | 800 m | DNF | 0 | |
| Total | | | 5611 | 25 |

## Reserves

According to the qualification standards USA Track & Field nominated more athletes (having achieved the A qualification mark, "reserves") than allowed to compete in each specific event.
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 127 competitors:
| KEY: | Did not participate | Competed in another event |
| | Event | Athlete |
| Men | 100 metres | Michael Rodgers |
| Men | 200 metres | Maurice Mitchell |
| Men | 400 metres | Michael Berry |
| Men | 800 metres | Tyler Mulder |
| Men | 1500 metres | Will Leer |
| Men | 5000 metres | Chris Solinsky |
| Men | 10,000 metres | Bobby Curtis |
| Men | 110 m hurdles | Terrence Trammell |
| Men | 400 m hurdles | Michael Tinsley |
| Men | 4 x 100 metres relay | Ivory Williams |
| Men | 4 x 100 metres relay | Michael Rodgers |
| Men | 4 x 400 metres relay | Tony McQuay |
| Men | 4 x 400 metres relay | Miles Smith |
| Men | 20 kilometres walk | John Nunn |
| Men | High jump | Ricky Robertson |
| Men | Pole vault | Scott Roth |
| Men | Shot put | Daniel Taylor |
| Men | Discus throw | Russell Winger |
| Men | Javelin throw | Sean Furey |
| Women | 100 metres | LaShaunte’a Moore |
| Women | 200 metres | Bianca Knight |
| Women | 400 metres | Keshia Baker |
| Women | 800 metres | Phoebe Wright |
| Women | 1500 metres | Christin Wurth-Thomas |
| Women | 10,000 metres | Desiree Davila |
| Women | 100 m hurdles | Ginnie Crawford |
| Women | 400 m hurdles | Turquoise Thompson |
| Women | 3000 metres steeplechase | Sara Hall |
| Women | 4 x 100 metres relay | Miki Barber |
| Women | 4 x 100 metres relay | LaShaunte’a Moore |
| Women | 20 kilometres walk | Teresa Vaill |
| Women | Long jump | Brianna Glenn |
| Women | Pole vault | Melissa Gergel |
| Women | Discus throw | Suzanne Powell-Roos |