The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011. The United States topped the medal standings in the competition with 28 (12 gold, 9 silver, and 7 bronze). During the competition, 41 national records, 4 area records, 3 championship records, and 1 world record was set.

Bidding process

On 4 April 2006, the

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announced that nine countries (United States, South Korea, Australia, Sweden, Spain, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Croatia and Morocco) had submitted expressions of interest for hosting the 2011 World Championships.

Candidates

When the seeking deadline passed on 1 December 2006, four candidate cities (

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, Daegu, Moscow and Gothenburg) had confirmed their candidatures. Gothenburg backed out later that month, citing lack of financial support from the Swedish government. Brisbane was announced as the Australian candidate with the

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(formally ANZ Stadium) as the proposed venue for a championships to be held in July or August. The stadium previously hosted the 1982 Commonwealth Games and 2001 Goodwill Games. Brisbane also had an unsuccessful bid for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. Daegu was the city chosen for the Korean bid, following on from an initial application to host the 2009 edition. Daegu had previously hosted the 2003 Summer Universiade and three matches of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The World Championships in Athletics had never been staged in mainland Asia, although it has taken place twice in Japan. The Russian bid had Moscow's

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as the proposed venue. The city hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Among the intent candidates were Casablanca (Morocco) and

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(Croatia), both of which were failed bidders for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. The Spanish candidate was rumored to be either

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, but Spain eventually settled for

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as a candidate for the 2013 World Championships in Athletics. The United States intent candidate city matched those bidding for the 2016 Summer Olympics:

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Selection

The IAAF announced Daegu as the winning candidate at the IAAF Council Meeting in

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on 27 March 2007. Its victory was based on "the quality of the stadiums and eetingthe need for good crowds." IAAF's officials also praised Daegu's "ambition and challenging spirit" as key to its winning bid. Both Moscow and Brisbane later confirmed their candidacy to host the 2013 World Championships in Athletics – a selection process won by the Russian capital.

Event schedule

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Results

Men

The events in the men's section ended with a world record in 4 x 100 metres relay set by Jamaica and several world's leading results.

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dominated the sprinting events, while

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and

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dominated the longer track events. In the field events, the

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and

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were most successful, winning four and three gold medals respectively.

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and

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, both from Jamaica, won two gold medals, being the most successful athletes in the men's events. In the 100 m final the largely favored Usain Bolt was disqualified for a

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, enabling

to win the crown with a time of 9.92 s. In the 200 m Bolt won with a time of 19.40 s, which was the fastest time ever not to be a world record at that point. Blake and Bolt, along with countrymen

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and

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, ran in the 4 x 100 metres relay, setting a new world record with a time of 37.04 s. In the 10,000 metres event, World Champion

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did not finish the race. The world record holder in 800 m,

David Rudisha David Lekuta Rudisha, MBS (born 17 December 1988) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He is a two-time back-to-back Olympic champion from the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics, a two-time World champion from t ...

, won the event with his first gold medal at the World Championships. On the last day, Kenyan

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became the third marathon winner to retain the title at the next World Championships, after Abel Anton and Jaouad Gharib. Most of the field events ended with new winners, but

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retained the

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title, becoming only the second man after Ivan Pedroso to win four golds at the World Championships in this event. Ethiopia's

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was originally awarded the bronze medal in the Men's 5000 metres, but he was later disqualified for having run inside the curb of the running track for some 10 to 15 metres. His teammate

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was elevated to the bronze medal as a result. Cuba's

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finished first in the race of the Men's 110 metres hurdles, but was disqualified for interfering with Liu Xiang twice before and over the last barrier.

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was awarded the Gold, Liu the Silver, and Andy Turner promoted to the Bronze medal position.

Track

Field

Women

During the championships,

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was the most successful country in the women's events, winning seven gold medals, followed by the

with six. Most successful female athlete was Allyson Felix having won two relay golds and silver and bronze in her individual events. On the first day of the Championships, the athletes of

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made an astonishing performance, winning all six medals available in the two events. Kenya also dominated the long-distance events, while Jamaica and the United States the sprinting. In the field events, Russia was dominant, winning four gold medals. Following a series of retests of stored samples and biological passports, a number of athletes were stripped of medals because of doping.

Track

Field

Original gold medalist

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of Russia was stripped of her gold medal.
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broke the championship record in the shot put. File:Mariya Abakumova Daegu 2011.jpg,

improved the championship and Russian record in javelin. File:Tatyana Chernova Daegu 2011.jpg, Tatyana Chernova defeated the defending heptathlon champion

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, but was disqualified in 2016 for doping offences.

Anti-doping programme

On 4 November 2011 the IAAF reported that 2 of the 468 urine samples had produced adverse analytical findings. The samples of Portuguese runner

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, a finalist in the women's steeplechase, and Korean relay runner Hee-Nam Lim had both tested positive for

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. Analysis of blood samples is still ongoing. In March 2012 the Trinidad and Tobago track and field authorities announced that

Semoy Hackett Semoy Kee-Ann Hackett (born 27 November 1988) is a Tobagonian track and field sprint athlete who competed collegiately at Louisiana State University. Her personal best in the 100m is 11.09, and 22.49 in 200m. Hackett represented Trinidad and To ...

had tested positive for

at the Trinidad and Tobago national championships prior to the World Championships. Her results in the women's 100 metres were annulled and the Trinidadian 4 x 100-metre relay team were also disqualified from fourth place. An anonymous poll conducted by the

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at the event showed that an estimated 29% of the athletes present at the World Championships had used a banned substance within the last 12 months.

Medal table

Originally, host nation South Korea failed to win any medals at these championships, a fate shared with Sweden in 1995 and Canada in 2001. However, in 2015, South Korean athlete

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was promoted from sixth place to bronze medalist in the 20 km walk after three Russian race walkers were disqualified for doping offences. ;Key

Participating nations

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References

External links

Website for the IAAF World Championships in Athletics – Daegu 2011

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Bidding process

Candidates

Selection

Event schedule

Results

Men

Track

Field

Women

Track

Field

Anti-doping programme

Medal table

Participating nations

See also

References

External links