Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

will compete 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 15–23 August as the host nation. A team of 92 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition, but current women's Marathon world leader

Irina Mikitenko Irina Mikitenko, ''née'' Volynskaya (russian: Ирина Волынская (Микитенко); born 23 August 1972 in Bakanas, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union), is a retired German long-distance runner who competed in marathons. She won the Ber ...

and hurdler

Thomas Goller Thomas Goller (born 28 October 1977 in Dohna, Bezirk Dresden) is a retired German hurdler. He was banned from competing for two years for doping. Biography He won a bronze medal in a 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Cham ...

withdrew from the Championships. Mikitenko was replaced by the current European Champion Ulrike Maisch. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. Six out of the seven medallists for Germany from the last Championships are competing, including the gold medallists Betty Heidler and Franka Dietzsch. Women's high jump world leader Ariane Friedrich and European record holders

Christina Obergföll Christina Obergföll (; born 22 August 1981) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She was World Champion in 2013. Her personal best throw of 70.20 m is the German record. It also ranks her fifth on ...

and Sebastian Bayer are among Germany's other aspiring medallists.Wenig, Jorg (2009-07-08)
Germany announces team for Berlin - Mikitenko, Friedrich and Obergföll carry biggest hopes
IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-13.

Team selection

;Track and road events ;Field and combined events

Medalists

The following competitors from Germany won medals at the Championships.

Results

Men

;Track and road events ;Field 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

World Championships in Athletics The World Athletics Championships (until 2019 known as the World Championships in Athletics) are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics (formerly IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations). Alongside the Ol ...

Germany at the World Championships in Athletics