# Czech Republic at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

The Czech Republic will compete at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. A team of 22 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. Decathlete Roman Šebrle and javelin thrower Barbora Špotáková enter the competition as the reigning champions and current world record holders.

## Team selection

| Event | Athletes | Athletes |
| Event | Men | Women |
| 800 metres | | Lenka Masná |
| 100 metres hurdles | — | Lucie Škrobáková |
| 110 metres hurdles | Petr Svoboda | — |
| 400 metres hurdles | | Zuzana Hejnová |
| 20 km race walk | | Zuzana Schindlerová |
| Event | Athletes | Athletes |
| Event | Men | Women |
| Pole vault | Jan Kudlička | Jiřina Ptáčníková Romana Maláčová |
| High jump | Jaroslav Bába | Iva Straková |
| Long jump | Roman Novotný Štepán Wagner | |
| Triple jump | | Martina Šestáková |
| Shot put | Antonín Žalský | |
| Discus throw | | Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová |
| Hammer throw | Lukáš Melich | Lenka Ledvinová |
| Javelin throw | Petr Frydrych Vítězslav Veselý | Barbora Špotáková |
| Heptathlon | — | Eliška Klučinová |
| Decathlon | Roman Šebrle | — |

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

| Event | Athletes | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| 110 m hurdles | Petr Svoboda | 13.56 | 11 | 13.33 SB | 4 | 13.38 | 6 |

#### Field events

| Event | Athletes | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Long jump | Roman Novotný | 7.86 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Long jump | Štepán Wagner | 7.68 | 35 | did not advance | did not advance |
| High jump | Jaroslav Bába | 2.27 | 12 | 2.23 | 5 |
| Pole vault | Jan Kudlička | 5.40 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Shot put | Antonín Žalský | 19.77 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Javelin throw | Petr Frydrych | 79.57 | 9 | 79.29 | 10 |
| Javelin throw | Vítězslav Veselý | 75.76 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hammer throw | Lukáš Melich | 74.47 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Decathlon | Roman Šebrle | - | - | 8266 | 11 |

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

| Event | Athletes | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| 800 m | Lenka Masná | 2:03.32 | 16 | 2:02.55 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 100 m hurdles | Lucie Škrobáková | 13.04 | 18 | 12.92 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 400 m hurdles | Zuzana Hejnová | 55.68 | 12 | 54.99 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 20 km walk | Zuzana Schindlerová | - | - | - | - | 1:35:47 | 19 |

#### Field and combined events

| Event | Athletes | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Triple jump | Martina Šestáková | 13.84 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance |
| High jump | Iva Straková | 1.89 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Pole vault | Jiřina Ptáčníková | 4.40 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Pole vault | Romana Maláčová | 4.10 | 30 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Discus throw | Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová | 59.52 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Javelin throw | Barbora Špotáková | 63.27 | 4 | 66.42 | |
| Hammer throw | Lenka Ledvinová | 62.92 | 36 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Heptathlon | Eliška Klučinová | - | - | 5505 | 23 |