# Germany at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Germany competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics between August 15th-23rd as the host nation. A team of 92 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition, but then women's Marathon world leader Irina Mikitenko and hurdler Thomas Goller withdrew from the Championships. Mikitenko was replaced by Ulrike Maisch, the European Champion at the time. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. In 2009, six out of the seven medallists for Germany from the 2007 competition competed, including the gold medallists Betty Heidler and Franka Dietzsch. Women's high jump world leader Ariane Friedrich and European record holders Christina Obergföll and Sebastian Bayer are among Germany's other aspiring medallists.

## Team selection

| Event | Athletes | Athletes |
| Event | Men | Women |
| 100 metres | Martin Keller Stefan Schwab Tobias Unger | Verena Sailer Marion Wagner |
| 200 metres | Robert Hering Alexander Kosenkow Aleixo Platini Menga | |
| 400 metres | | Sorina Nwachukwu |
| 800 metres | Robin Schembera | Jana Hartmann |
| 1500 metres | Stefan Eberhardt Carsten Schlangen | |
| 5000 metres | Arne Gabius | |
| 10000 metres | | Sabrina Mockenhaupt |
| Marathon | Martin Beckmann Falk Cierpinski Stefan Koch André Pollmächer Tobias Sauter | Susanne Hahn Melanie Kraus Ulrike Maisch Sabrina Mockenhaupt Luminita Zaituc |
| 100 metres hurdles | — | Carolin Nytra |
| 110 metres hurdles | Matthias Bühler Alexander John Helge Schwarzer | — |
| 400 metres hurdles | | Jonna Tilgner |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Steffen Uliczka | Antje Möldner |
| 20 km race walk | André Höhne | Sabine Krantz |
| 50 km race walk | André Höhne | — |
| 4×100 metres relay | Marius Broening Martin Keller Alexander Kosenkow Daniel Schnelting Stefan Schwab Tobias Unger | Anne Möllinger Verena Sailer Lisa Schorr Cathleen Tschirch Marion Wagner Katja Wakan |
| 4×400 metres relay | Martin Grothkopp Kamghe Gaba Ruwen Faller Eric Krüger Jonas Plass Thomas Schneider | Esther Cremer Florence Ekpo-Umoh Claudia Hoffmann Fabienne Kohlmann Sorina Nwachukwu Jonna Tilgner |
| Event | Athletes | Athletes |
| Event | Men | Women |
| Pole vault | Malte Mohr Björn Otto Alexander Straub | Anna Battke Kristina Gadschiew Silke Spiegelburg |
| High jump | Raul Spank | Ariane Friedrich Meike Kröger |
| Long jump | Sebastian Bayer Nils Winter | Melanie Bauschke Bianca Kappler Beatrice Marscheck |
| Triple jump | Charles Friedek | Katja Demut |
| Shot put | Ralf Bartels Peter Sack David Storl | Denise Hinrichs Nadine Kleinert Christina Schwanitz |
| Discus throw | Robert Harting Markus Münch | Franka Dietzsch Nadine Müller |
| Hammer throw | Markus Esser Sergej Litvinov | Andrea Bunjes Betty Heidler Kathrin Klaas |
| Javelin throw | Mark Frank Tino Häber | Steffi Nerius Christina Obergföll Linda Stahl |
| Heptathlon | — | Julia Mächtig Jennifer Oeser Lilli Schwarzkopf |
| Decathlon | Pascal Behrenbruch Moritz Cleve Norman Müller | — |

## Medalists

The following competitors from Germany won medals at the Championships.
| Medal | Athlete | Event | Date |
| Gold | Steffi Nerius | Women's javelin throw | 18 August |
| Gold | Robert Harting | Men's discus throw | 19 August |
| Silver | Jennifer Oeser | Women's heptathlon | 16 August |
| Silver | Nadine Kleinert | Women's shot put | 16 August |
| Silver | Betty Heidler | Women's hammer throw | 22 August |
| Bronze | Ralf Bartels | Men's shot put | 15 August |
| Bronze | Ariane Friedrich | Women's high jump | 20 August |
| Bronze | Raul Spank | Men's high jump | 21 August |
| Bronze | Anne Cibis Verena Sailer Cathleen Tschirch Marion Wagner | Women's 4 × 100 metres relay | 22 August |

## 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 | Martin Keller | 10.35 | 23 q | 10.40 | 35 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 100 m | Stefan Schwab | 10.50 | 50 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 100 m | Tobias Unger | 10.42 | 44 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 200 m | Robert Hering | 20.64 | 3 Q | 20.58 | 10 Q | 20.52 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 200 m | Alexander Kosenkow | 20.99 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 200 m | Aleixo Platini Menga | 20.84 | 21 Q | 20.68 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 800 m | Robin Schembera | 1:54.47 | 46 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 1500 m | Stefan Eberhardt | 3:40.10 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 1500 m | Carsten Schlangen | 3:44.00 | 35 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 5000 m | Arne Gabius | 13:49.13 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 110 m hurdles | Matthias Bühler | 13.75 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 110 m hurdles | Alexander John | 13.41 | 3 Q | | | 13.64 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 110 m hurdles | Helge Schwarzer | 13.66 | 23 Q | | | 13.72 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Steffen Uliczka | 8:37.99 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 4×100 m relay | Marius Broening Martin Keller Alexander Kosenkow Daniel Schnelting Stefan Schwab Tobias Unger | DNF | DNF | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 4×400 m relay | Martin Grothkopp Kamghe Gaba Ruwen Faller Eric Krüger Jonas Plass Thomas Schneider | 3:03.52 | 11 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marathon | Martin Beckmann | | | | | | | 2:18:08 | 35 |
| Marathon | Falk Cierpinski | | | | | | | 2:22:36 | 51 |
| Marathon | André Pollmächer | | | | | | | 2:15:36 | 18 |
| Marathon | Tobias Sauter | | | | | | | 2:35:43 | 66 |
| 20 km walk | André Höhne | | | | | | | 1:21:59 | 14 |
| 50 km walk | André Höhne | | | | | | | 3:43.19 PB | 5 |

#### Field events

| Event | Athletes | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Long jump | Sebastian Bayer | 7.98 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Long jump | Nils Winter | 7.69 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Triple jump | Charles Friedek | NM | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| High jump | Raul Spank | 2.30 | 4 Q | 2.32 | |
| Pole vault | Malte Mohr | 5.65 | 7 q | 5.50 | 14 |
| Pole vault | Björn Otto | 5.55 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pole vault | Alexander Straub | 5.65 | 1 q | 5.65 | 7 |
| Shot put | Ralf Bartels | 20.41 Q | 6 | 21.37 | |
| Shot put | Peter Sack | 20.20 q | 9 | NM | NM |
| Shot put | David Storl | 19.19 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Discus throw | Robert Harting | 66.81 | 1 Q | 69.43 | |
| Discus throw | Markus Münch | 60.55 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hammer throw | Markus Esser | 76.81 | 8 q | 76.27 | 6 |
| Hammer throw | Sergey Lytvynov | 77.58 | 4 Q | 76.58 | 5 |
| Javelin throw | Mark Frank | 80.85 | 5 q | 81.32 | 8 |
| Javelin throw | Tino Häber | 74.11 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Decathlon | Pascal Behrenbruch | | | 8439 | 6 |
| Decathlon | Moritz Cleve | | | 7777 | 27 |
| Decathlon | Norman Müller | | | 8096 | 16 |

### 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 | Verena Sailer | 11.29 | 4 Q | 11.26 | 12 q | 11.24 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 100 m | Marion Wagner | 11.49 | 23 Q | 11.64 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 400 m | Sorina Nwachukwu | 51.74 | 16 Q | | | 51.98 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 800 m | Jana Hartmann | 2:04.99 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 100 m hurdles | Carolin Nytra | 13.03 | 17 Q | | | 12.94 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 400 m hurdles | Jonna Tilgner | 56.73 | 24 q | | | 57.11 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Antje Möldner | 9:21.73 NR | 2 Q | | | | | 9:18.54 NR | 9 |
| 4×100 m relay | Anne Möllinger Verena Sailer Lisa Schorr Cathleen Tschirch Marion Wagner Katja Wakan | 42.96 | 3 Q | | | | | 42.87 | |
| 4×400 m relay | Esther Cremer Florence Ekpo-Umoh Claudia Hoffmann Fabienne Kohlmann Sorina Nwachukwu Jonna Tilgner | 3:25.08 | 3 Q | | | | | 3:27.61 | 5 |
| Marathon | Susanne Hahn | | | | | | | 2:38:39 | 34 |
| Marathon | Ulrike Maisch | | | | | | | DNF | DNF |
| Marathon | Sabrina Mockenhaupt | | | | | | | 2:30:07 | 17 |
| Marathon | Luminita Zaituc | | | | | | | DNF | DNF |
| 20 kilometres walk | Sabine Krantz | | | | | | | DNF | DNF |

#### Field and combined events

| Event | Athletes | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Long jump | Melanie Bauschke | 6.32 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Long jump | Bianca Kappler | 6.29 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Long jump | Beatrice Marscheck | 6.19 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Triple jump | Katja Demut | 11.38 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| High jump | Ariane Friedrich | 1.95 | 1 Q | 2.02 | |
| High jump | Meike Kröger | 1.92 | 10 q | 1.87 | 11 |
| Pole vault | Anna Battke | 4.55 | 7 q | 4.40 | 7 |
| Pole vault | Kristina Gadschiew | 4.50 | 12 q | 4.40 | 10 |
| Pole vault | Silke Spiegelburg | 4.55 | 1 q | 4.65 | 4 |
| Shot put | Denise Hinrichs | 18.69 | 6 Q | 18.39 | 11 |
| Shot put | Nadine Kleinert | 19.36 | 2 Q | 20.20 PB | |
| Shot put | Christina Schwanitz | 18.25 | 9 q | 17.84 | 12 |
| Discus throw | Franka Dietzsch | 58.44 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Discus throw | Nadine Müller | 61.63 | 9 Q | 62.04 | 6 |
| Hammer throw | Andrea Bunjes | 67.01 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hammer throw | Betty Heidler | 75.27 CR | 1 Q | 77.12 NR | |
| Hammer throw | Kathrin Klaas | 70.53 | 11 q | 74.23 PB | 4 |
| Javelin throw | Steffi Nerius | 61.73 | 6 q | 67.30 | |
| Javelin throw | Christina Obergföll | 60.74 | 7 q | 64.34 | 5 |
| Javelin throw | Linda Stahl | 63.86 | 2 Q | 63.23 | 6 |
| Heptathlon | Julia Mächtig | | | 6265 | 8 |
| Heptathlon | Jennifer Oeser | | | 6493 | |
| Heptathlon | Lilli Schwarzkopf | | | DNF | DNF |