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2011 in the sport of athletics

In 2011, the foremost athletics event was the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu. The other major global level competition held in 2011 was the World Cross Country Championships.

2011 in athletics
Major world events2011 World Championships
World records set13
IAAF Athletes of the YearUsain Bolt
Sally Pearson
World Marathon Majors winnersEmmanuel Mutai
Liliya Shobukhova
New competitionsAfrican XC Championships
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2011 in sports

The 2011 season marked the re-establishment of the African Cross Country Championships, an event created in response to the change of the World Cross Championships from an annual to a biennial format. It was also the first year since 1992 that the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was not held, as that competition also switched to a two-year schedule.

Major events edit

World edit

Regional edit

National edit

Dates Event City
12–13 February   Austrian Indoor Championships Linz[1]
12–13 February   Latvian Indoor Championships Kuldīga[2]
18–19 February   Lithuanian Indoor Championships Klaipėda[3]
19–21 April   Tonga Championships Nukuʻalofa[4]
30–31 May   Armenian Championships Artashat[5]
10–12 June   Japanese Championships Kumagaya[6]
23–26 June   USA Championships Eugene
24–25 June   Bahamian Championships Freeport[7]
25–26 June   Italian Championships Turin[8]
23–24 July   German Championships Kassel[9]
23–24 July   Lithuanian Championships Kaunas[3]
30–31 July   Latvian Championships [2]
6–7 August   Spanish Championships Málaga[10]
11–13 August   Polish Championships Bydgoszcz[11]

World records edit

Men edit

Event Athlete Nation Performance Meeting Place Date
Triple jump (indoor) Teddy Tamgho   France 17.91 m[12] French Indoor Championships   Aubière, France 20 February
17.92 m
17.92 m[13] 		European Indoor Championships   Paris, France 6 March
Indoor heptathlon Ashton Eaton   United States 6568 pts[14] International Indoor Combined Events Meeting   Tallinn, Estonia 5–6 February
25,000 metres (track)
30,000 metres (track) 		Moses Mosop   Kenya 1:12:25.4+
1:26:47.4[15] 		Prefontaine Classic   Eugene, Oregon, USA 4 June
30 km (road) Peter Cheruiyot Kirui   Kenya 1:27:37+[16] 2011 Berlin Marathon   Berlin, Germany 25 September
Marathon Patrick Makau   Kenya 2:03:38[16]
4 × 100 metres relay Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt 		  Jamaica 37.04[17] World Championships in Athletics   Daegu, South Korea 4 September
50,000 m track walk Yohann Diniz   France 3:35:27.20[18] N/A   Reims, France 12 March

Women edit

Event Athlete Nation Performance Meeting Place Date
4 × 800 m relay (indoor) Team Moscow
Aleksandra Bulanova
Yekaterina Martynova
Yelena Kofanova
Anna Balakshina 		  Russia 8:06.24[19] Russian Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 18 February
20 km road Mary Keitany   Kenya 1:02:36+[20] Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon   Ras Al Khaimah, UAE 18 February
Half marathon 1:05:50[20]
Hammer throw Betty Heidler   Germany 79.42 m[21] International Throwing Meeting Halle, Germany 21 May
20 km road walk Vera Sokolova   Russia 1:25:08[22] Russian Race Walking Championships Sochi, Russia 26 February

Season's bests edit

Best marks of the year
Event Men Women
Athlete Mark Notes Athlete Mark Notes
60 metres   Mike Rodgers (USA) 6.48   LaKya Brookins (USA) 7.09
100 metres   Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.76   Carmelita Jeter (USA) 10.70
200 metres   Yohan Blake (JAM) 19.26   Shalonda Solomon (USA) 22.15
400 metres   LaShawn Merritt (USA) 44.35   Amantle Montsho (BOT) 49.56 †
800 metres   David Rudisha (KEN) 1:41.33   Mariya Savinova (RUS) 1:55.87
1500 metres   Asbel Kiprop (KEN) 3:30.46   Morgan Uceny (USA) 4:00.06
Mile run   Haron Keitany (KEN) 3:49.09   Jennifer Simpson (USA) 4:28.60
3000 metres   Yenew Alamirew (ETH) 7:27.26   Sentayehu Ejigu (ETH) 8:30.26 indoor
5000 metres   Mo Farah (GBR) 12:53.11   Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 14:20.87
10,000 metres   Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 26:43.16   Sally Jepkosgei Kipyego (KEN) 30:38.35
60 metres hurdles   David Oliver (USA) 7.37   Kellie Wells (USA) 7.79
100/110 metres hurdles   David Oliver (USA) 12.94   Sally Pearson (AUS) 12.28
400 metres hurdles   L.J. van Zyl (RSA) 47.66   Lashinda Demus (USA) 52.47
3000 metres steeplechase   Brimin Kipruto (KEN) 7:53.64   Yuliya Zaripova (RUS) 9:07.03
10 kilometres   Micah Kogo (KEN)
  Leonard Komon (KEN)		 27:15   Joyce Chepkirui (KEN) 30:38
15 kilometres   Leonard Komon (KEN) 41:26   Mary Keitany (KEN) 46:40
20 kilometres   Deriba Merga (ETH) 56:16   Mary Keitany (KEN) 1:02:36 WR
Half marathon   Zersenay Tadese (ERI) 58:30   Mary Keitany (KEN) 1:05:50 WR
25 kilometres   Mathew Kisorio (KEN) 1:12:13   Mary Keitany (KEN) 1:21:38
30 kilometres   Peter Cheruiyot Kirui (KEN) 1:27:37 WR   Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) 1:38:23 WR
Marathon   Patrick Makau (KEN) 2:03:38 WR   Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) 2:18:20
20 kilometres race walk   Wang Zhen (CHN) 1:18:30   Vera Sokolova (RUS) 1:25:08 WR
50 kilometres race walk   Sergey Bakulin (RUS) 3:38:46 —
Pole vault   Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 6.03 m indoor   Jennifer Suhr (USA) 4.91 m
High jump   Ivan Ukhov (RUS) 2.38 m indoor   Anna Chicherova (RUS) 2.07 m NR
Long jump   Mitchell Watt (AUS) 8.54 m   Brittney Reese (USA) 7.19 m
Triple jump   Christian Taylor (USA) 17.96 m   Yargelis Savigne (CUB)
  Caterine Ibargüen (COL)		 14.99 m
Shot put   Dylan Armstrong (CAN) 22.21 m   Valerie Adams (NZL) 21.24 m
Discus throw   Zoltán Kővágó (HUN) 69.50 m   Li Yanfeng (CHN) 67.98 m †
Javelin throw   Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) 90.61 m   Barbora Špotáková (CZE) 71.58 m †
Hammer throw   Krisztián Pars (HUN) 81.89 m   Betty Heidler (GER) 79.42 m WR
Pentathlon —   Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida (FRA) 4723 pts
Heptathlon   Ashton Eaton (USA) 6568 pts WR   Jessica Ennis-Hill (GBR) 6790 pts †
Decathlon   Ashton Eaton (USA) 8729 pts —
4 × 100 metres relay   Jamaica
Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt		 37.04 WR   United States
Bianca Knight
Allyson Felix
Marshevet Myers
Carmelita Jeter		 41.56
4 × 400 metres relay   United States
Greg Nixon
Jamaal Torrance
Michael Berry
LaShawn Merritt		 2:58.82   United States
Sanya Richards-Ross
Allyson Felix
Jessica Beard
Francena McCorory		 3:18.09

Awards edit

 
Australia's Sally Pearson was the women's IAAF Athlete of the Year.

Men edit

Award Winner
IAAF World Athlete of the Year   Usain Bolt (JAM)[24]
Track & Field Athlete of the Year   David Rudisha (KEN)[25]
European Athlete of the Year   Mo Farah (GBR)[26]
European Athletics Rising Star   David Storl (GER)[27]

Women edit

Award Winner
IAAF World Athlete of the Year   Sally Pearson (AUS)[24]
Track & Field Athlete of the Year   Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)[28]
European Athlete of the Year   Mariya Savinova (RUS)[26]
European Athletics Rising Star   Jodie Williams (GBR)[27]

Deaths edit

 
The 2008 Olympic marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru died in May.
  • 3 January – Zbigniew Jaremski (61), 400 m relay silver medallist at the 1976 Olympics[29]
  • 16 January – Stefka Yordanova (64), 1973 European indoor champion over 800 m[30]
  • 3 February – Robert Young (95), 400 m relay silver medallist at the 1936 Olympics[31]
  • 5 February – Albert Yator (17), Kenyan world junior steeplechase medalist[32]
  • 13 February – Inese Jaunzeme (78), javelin thrower and Latvia's first Olympic champion
  • 19 February – Ollie Matson (70), 400 m runner and 1952 Olympic medallist[33]
  • 25 February – Peter Hildreth (82), 1950 European Championships medallist in the hurdles[34]
  • 14 March – Eduard Gushchin (60), 1968 Olympic medallist in the shot put [35]
  • 19 April – Grete Waitz (57), distance runner and world champion and record holder in the marathon[36]
  • 16 May – Samuel Wanjiru (24), first Kenyan to win the Olympic marathon and a former half marathon world record holder[37]
  • 28 May – Romuald Klim (78), 1964 Olympic champion and former world record holder in the hammer throw[38]
  • 30 May – Ricky Bruch, (64) former world record holder in the discus throw[39]
  • 6 June – Benjamín González (53), World and European indoor medallist over 400 and 800 metres[40]
  • 10 June – Cosimo Caliandro (29), 3000 metres gold medallist at the 2007 European Indoors[41]
  • 10 July – Ragnar Lundberg (86), pole vaulter and 1950 European champion[42]
  • 12 July – Kurt Lundquist (85), 400 m runner and 1948 Olympic relay medallist[43]
  • 17 August – Pierre Quinon (49), 1984 Olympic pole vault champion[44]
  • 2 October – Vera Popkova (68), 1971 European indoor champion over 400 metres[45]
  • 13 October – Abdoulaye Seye (77), sprinter and 1960 Olympic medallist over 200 m[46]
  • 12 December – Sunday Bada (42), 1997 World indoor champion over 400 metres and Olympic relay gold medallist[47]

References edit

  1. ^ "Austrian Indoor Championships". Archived from the original on 2011-01-25. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
  2. ^ a b Latvian Championships Archived 2011-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b Lithuanian Championships Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Tonga Championships Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Armenian Championships Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Japanese Championships
  7. ^ Bahamian Championships
  8. ^ Italian Championships
  9. ^ "111. Deutsche Leichtathletik-Meisterschaften" (PDF). Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband (in German). 24 July 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  10. ^ Spanish Championships
  11. ^ 87 Mistrzostwa Polski
  12. ^ Tamgho triples to 17.91m World indoor record in Aubiere Archived 2011-02-28 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-20.
  13. ^ Ramsak, Bob (2011-03-06). Tamgho twice (!) triples 17.92m World record in Paris as European Indoor Champs conclude. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-09.
  14. ^ Lindmae, Maris (2011-02-06). Eaton sets new World record in Tallinn with 6568 points. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-12.
  15. ^ Martin, Dave (2011-06-04). Mosop rips apart World records for 25,000 and 30,000m in Eugene – Samsung Diamond League Archived 2011-07-09 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-05.
  16. ^ a b Butcher, Pat (2011-09-25). Makau stuns with 2:03:38 Marathon World record in Berlin! - UPDATED. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-05.
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  18. ^ Warburton, Paul (2011-03-12). Rolling Stones and champagne accompany World 50,000m race walk track record for Diniz Archived 2011-08-30 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
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  20. ^ a b Hutchings, Tim (2011-02-18). Keitany smashes Half Marathon World record in Ras Al Khaimah - UPDATED. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-18.
  21. ^ Wenig, Jorg (2011-05-21). 79.42m - Heidler breaks World Hammer Throw record in Halle - UPDATED. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-23.
  22. ^ Nickolai Dolgopolov and Rostislav Orlov (2011-02-26). Sokolova heads off Kirdyapkina to clock 1:25:08 World record - UPDATED Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-05.
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  25. ^ "Track & Field News - the Bible of the Sport Since 1948".
  26. ^ a b Farah and Savinova named European Athletes of the Year. IAAF/European Athletics (2011-10-05). Retrieved on 2011-12-17.
  27. ^ a b Stars of Europe honoured during the Awards Night in Arona Archived 2011-12-20 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011-10-05). Retrieved on 2011-12-17.
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  29. ^ Zbigniew Jaremski. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-12-17.
  30. ^ Former European 800m indoor champion Yordanova dies. European Athletics (2011-01-19). Retrieved on 2011-12-17.
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  33. ^ Pergament, Alan (2011-02-22). Matson obituary: protecting the NFL? Archived 2011-12-29 at the Wayback Machine Still Talkin' TV (wnymedia.net). Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  34. ^ 1950 European Athletics Championships medallist Peter Hildreth dies Archived March 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011-02-27). Retrieved on 2011-12-17.
  35. ^ 1968 Olympic medallist Eduard Gushchin dies Archived 2011-04-24 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011-03-15). Retrieved on 2011-12-17.
  36. ^ Distance running legend Grete Waitz passes away, memorial tribute to be held on 11 May. IAAF (2011-04-19). Retrieved on 2011-05-01.
  37. ^ Ramsak, Bob (2011-05-16). Samuel Wanjiru, Olympic Marathon champion, dies at 24. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-05-18.
  38. ^ Klim, Olympic Hammer Throw champion, passes away. IAAF (2011-06-02). Retrieved on 2011-12-17.
  39. ^ [1] Archived 2011-06-02 at the Wayback Machine (Swedish)
  40. ^ Spain’s 1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships medallist Benjamin Gonzalez dies Archived 2012-08-25 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011-06-09). Retrieved on 2011-06-11.
  41. ^ Italy’s 2007 European indoor championships Cosimo Caliandro killed Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011-06-11). Retrieved on 2011-06-11.
  42. ^ Ragnar Lundberg. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-12-17.
  43. ^ Kurt Lundquist. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-12-17.
  44. ^ French Pole Vault ace Pierre Quinon has died. IAAF (2011-08-18). Retrieved on 2011-09-21.
  45. ^ Former European indoor 400m champion Vera Popkova passes away Archived 2011-10-09 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011-10-04). Retrieved on 2011-10-05.
  46. ^ Abdoulaye Seye, 1960 Olympic bronze medallist, passes away. IAAF (2011-10-14). Retrieved on 2011-12-17.
  47. ^ 1997 World Indoor champion Sunday Bada dies. IAAF (2011-12-13). Retrieved on 2011-12-17.

Further reading edit

Annual season reviews from IAAF by A. Lennart Julin and Mirko Jalava:

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