# China at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

The People's Republic of China competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.

## Team selection

A team of 58 athletes (including two substitutes) was announced to represent the country in the event. The team was led by Olympic gold medalist and 2007 gold medalist at the world championships, 110 m hurdler Liu Xiang.
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 54 competitors:
| KEY: | Did not participate | Competed in another event |
| | Event | Athlete |
| Men | 4 × 100 metres relay | Zheng Dongsheng |
| Women | Marathon | Zhou Chunxiu |
| Women | 4 × 100 metres relay | Ye Jiabei |
| Women | 4 × 400 metres relay | Cheng Chong |

## Medalists

The following competitors from the People's Republic of China won a medal at the Championships
| Medal | Athlete | Event |
| Gold | Li Yanfeng | Discus throw |
| Silver | Liu Xiang | 110 m hurdles |
| Silver | Liu Hong | 20 kilometres walk |
| Bronze | Zhang Wenxiu | Hammer throw |

## 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 |
| Dong Guojian | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:15:45 SB | 14 |
| Li Zicheng | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:17:35 | 24 |
| Wu Shiwei | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:21:12 | 33 |
| Liu Xiang | 110 m hurdles | | | 13.20 | 2 Q | 13.31 | 2 Q | 13.27 | |
| Shi Dongpeng | 110 m hurdles | | | 13.55 | 15 Q | 13.57 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jiang Fan | 110 m hurdles | | | 13.47 PB | 8 Q | 13.71 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cheng Wen | 400 m hurdles | | | 50.51 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Li Zhilong | 400 m hurdles | | | 50.44 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chen Qiang Liang Jiahong Su Bingtian Lao Yi | 4 × 100 metres relay | | | 38.87 SB | 12 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wang Zhen | 20 kilometres walk | | | | | | | 1:20:54 | 4 |
| Chu Yafei | 20 kilometres walk | | | | | | | 1:22:10 | 11 |
| Wang Hao | 20 kilometres walk | | | | | | | 1:22:49 | 13 |
| Si Tianfeng | 50 kilometres walk | | | | | | | 3:44:40 | 4 |
| Xu Faguang | 50 kilometres walk | | | | | | | 3:47:19 | 8 |
| Li Jianbo | 50 kilometres walk | | | | | | | 4:10:26 | 25 |
| Su Xiongfeng | Long jump | 7.03 | 32 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Li Yanxi | Triple jump | 16.28 | 20 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zhang Guowei | High jump | 2.31 PB | 9 Q | | | | | 2.25 | 10 |
| Wu Jian | Discus throw | 62.07 | 17 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chen Qi | Javelin throw | 78.42 | 18 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### 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 |
| Zhu Xiaolin | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:29:58 | 6 |
| Wang Jiali | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:30:25 | 8 |
| Chen Rong | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:31:11 | 11 |
| Jia Chaofeng | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:31:58 | 16 |
| Wang Xuequin | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:36:10 | 26 |
| Sun Yawei | 100 m hurdles | | | 13.03 | 15 Q | 13.19 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wei Yongli Liang Qiuping Jiang Lan Tao Yujia | 4 × 100 metres relay | | | DSQ | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chen Yanmei Tang Xiaoyin Zheng Zhihui Chen Jingwen | 4 × 400 metres relay | | | 3:32.39 SB | 17 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Liu Hong | 20 kilometres walk | | | | | | | 1:30:00 | |
| Qieyang Shenjie | 20 kilometres walk | | | | | | | 1:31:14 | 5 |
| Gao Ni | 20 kilometres walk | | | | | | | 1:32:49 | 14 |
| Xie Limei | Triple jump | 13.75 | 25 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Li Yanmei | Triple jump | 13.52 | 29 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zheng Xingjuan | High jump | 1.95 PB | 9 Q | | | | | 1.93 | 6 |
| Li Ling | Pole vault | 4.25 | 29 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wu Sha | Pole vault | DNS | | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gong Lijiao | Shot put | 19.21 | 2 Q | | | | | 19.97 | 4 |
| Li Ling | Shot put | 18.67 | 13 Q | | | | | 19.71 | 6 |
| Liu Xiangrong | Shot put | 18.22 | 17 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Li Yanfeng | Discus throw | 64.44 | 2nd Q | | | | | 66.52 | |
| Tan Jian | Discus throw | 62.26 | 5th Q | | | | | 62.96 | 6th |
| Ma Xuejun | Discus throw | 59.71 | 14th | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zhang Wenxiu | Hammer throw | 74.17 | 1 Q | | | | | 75.03 | |
| Liu Tingting | Hammer throw | 63.12 | 29 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Liu Chunhua | Javelin throw | 57.52 | 20 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |