Ireland At The 2009 World Championships In Athletics
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Ireland competed at the
2009 World Championships in Athletics The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg ...
from 15 to 23 August 2009. A team of 14 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. Selected athletes achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. The team included European medallists Derval O'Rourke and David Gillick, and
2008 Olympic The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...
finalists Eileen O'Keeffe, Rob Heffernan and
Roisin McGettigan Roisin McGettigan (born 23 August 1980 in Wicklow, Ireland) is an Irish runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She graduated from Providence College in 2003. She competed in her first Olympic Games in 2008 in Beijing. After finis ...
.Athletics Ireland announce strong team for World Championships
. Athletics Ireland (2009-08-05). Retrieved on 2009-08-07.


Team selection

;Track and road events ;Field and combined events


Results


Men

;Track and road events


Women

;Track and road events ;Field and combined events


References


External links


Official competition website
{{Nations at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics Nations at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics Athletics
2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...