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{{Short description|2011 edition of the World Championships in Athletics}}
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{{Infobox games
| name      = 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics
| logo      = 2011 iaaf world champs logo.gif
| size      = 250px
| host_city = [[Daegu]], South Korea
| caption   =
| dates     = 27 August – 4 September 2011
| nations   = 204
| athletes  = 1848<ref name=BloodTest>[http://daegu2011.iaaf.org/newslistdetail.aspx?id=62273 IAAF reaches its target of blood sampling every accredited athlete in Daegu] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523185933/http://daegu2011.iaaf.org/newslistdetail.aspx?id=62273 |date=23 May 2012 }}. [[IAAF]] (3 September 2011). Retrieved on 3 September 2011.</ref>
| events    = 47
| opened_by = [[President of South Korea|President]] [[Lee Myung-bak]]
| closed_by = IAAF President [[Lamine Diack]]
| stadium   = [[Daegu Stadium]]
| previous  = [[2009 World Championships in Athletics|Berlin 2009]]
| next      = [[2013 World Championships in Athletics|Moscow 2013]]
}}

The '''13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics''' ({{langx|ko|제13회 세계육상선수권대회}}) 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.

The championships were heavily affected by post-championship [[Doping in sport|doping]] cases, particularly from the Russian team, who in subsequent years were stripped of eleven medals, seven of them gold.

== Bidding process ==

On 4 April 2006, the [[IAAF]] (now [[World Athletics]]) 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.<ref name="intent">{{cite news|author=IAAF |title=Record number of candidates for 2011 World Championships |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=512/newsId=34198.html |date=4 April 2006 |access-date=3 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061210054041/http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind%3D512/newsId%3D34198.html |archive-date=10 December 2006 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Candidates ===
When the seeking deadline passed on 1 December 2006, four candidate cities ([[Brisbane]], [[Daegu]], [[Moscow]] and [[Gothenburg]]) had confirmed their candidatures.<ref name="candidates">{{cite news |author=IAAF |title=Candidates confirmed for 2011 and 2013 World Championships in Athletics |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=512/newsId=36939.html |date=2 December 2006 |access-date=3 December 2006 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061205093639/http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind%3D512/newsId%3D36939.html| archive-date= 5 December 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref> Gothenburg backed out later that month, citing lack of financial support from the Swedish government.<ref name="Gothenburg">{{cite news|author=IAAF |title=Sweden withdraws IAAF World Championships' bid |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=37086.html |date=15 December 2006 |access-date=15 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070104224628/http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind%3D2/newsId%3D37086.html |archive-date=4 January 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Brisbane]] was announced as the Australian candidate with the [[Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre]] (formerly ANZ Stadium) as the proposed venue for a championships to be held in July or August. The stadium previously hosted the [[Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|1982 Commonwealth Games]] and [[Athletics at the 2001 Goodwill Games|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 [[Athletics at the 2003 Summer Universiade|2003 Summer Universiade]] and four matches of the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]]. The [[World Athletics Championships|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 [[Luzhniki Stadium]] as the proposed venue. The city hosted the [[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Summer Olympics]] and the [[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships]].

Among the intent candidates were [[Casablanca]] (Morocco) and [[Split (city)|Split]] (Croatia), both of which were failed bidders for the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics]]. The Spanish candidate was rumored to be either [[Madrid]] or [[Valencia (city in Spain)|Valencia]],<ref name="intent"/> but Spain eventually settled for [[Barcelona]] as a candidate for the [[2013 World Championships in Athletics]].<ref name="candidates"/> The United States intent candidate city matched those bidding for the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]: [[Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics|Chicago]], [[Los Angeles bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles]] or [[San Francisco bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics|San Francisco]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Philip |last=Hersh |title=Olympic Games tied to track event |url=http://www.usoc.org/11611_46137.htm |work=Chicago Tribune |date=27 April 2007 |access-date=27 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313143509/http://www.usoc.org/11611_46137.htm |archive-date=13 March 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Selection===
The [[World Athletics|IAAF]] announced Daegu as the winning candidate at the IAAF Council Meeting in [[Mombasa]] on 27 March 2007.<ref>{{cite news |author=IAAF |title=And the hosts will be ... |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=512/newsId=38139.html |work=IAAF |date=27 March 2007 |access-date=27 March 2007 }}</ref> Its victory was based on "the quality of the stadiums and [meeting] the need for good crowds."<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/archive/news/foul-play-as-aussies-lose-world-bid/story-e6frg6oo-1111113256906?nk=66c87fbcf42f9cad1bdf96d59fd88a87 Foul play as Aussies lose world bid ]. ''The Australian'' (31 March 2007). Retrieved 10 December 2014.</ref> IAAF's officials also praised Daegu's "ambition and challenging spirit" as key to its winning bid.<ref>[http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/09/05/2011090500446.html Daegu Flashes Its Organizational Wizardry to World as Championships End a Success ]. ''Chosun Ilbo'' (5 September 2011). Retrieved 26 August 2015.</ref> Both Moscow and Brisbane later confirmed their candidacy to host the [[2013 World Championships in Athletics]] – a selection process won by the Russian capital.<ref name="candidates"/>

== Event schedule ==
{{See also|2011 World Championships in Athletics qualification standards}}

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File:2011dongdaegust.jpg|A promotional poster for the event at [[Dongdaegu Station]]
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{{Athletics schedule legend}}
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|+Men<ref name="iaaf schedule">[http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/05/64/58/20100810013840_httppostedfile_WCH2011Degu-ApprovedTimetableAmendedAugust2010_21834.pdf Programme]{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref>
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! Date → || colspan="2"| 27 Aug || colspan="3"|28 Aug || colspan="3"|29 Aug || colspan="2"|30 Aug || colspan="2"|31 Aug|| colspan="2"|1 Sep || colspan="2"|2 Sep || colspan="2"|3 Sep || colspan="3"|4 Sep
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!Event ↓ || M || A || M || colspan="2"| A || M || colspan="2" | A || M || A || M || A || M || A || M || A || M || A || M || colspan="2" | A
|-
| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]] || class="qualifiers" |Q|| class="heats" |H || || class="semifinals" | ½ || class="final" |F|| colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"|
|-
| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|200 m]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || class="heats" |H || class="semifinals" | ½ || || class="final" |F || colspan="3"|
|-
| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres|400 m]] || colspan="2"| || class="heats" |H || colspan="2"| || || class="semifinals" colspan="2" | ½ || || class="final" |F ||colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres|800 m]] || class="heats" |H || || || class="semifinals" colspan="2" | ½ || colspan="3"| || || class="final" |F || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres|1500 m]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"| || class="heats" |H || || colspan="2"| || || class="semifinals" | ½ || colspan="2"| || || class="final" |F || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || class="heats" |H || || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || || class="final" colspan="2" | F
|-
| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]] || colspan="2"| || || class="final" colspan="2" | F || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon|Marathon]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || class="final" |F || colspan="2"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles|110 m hurdles]] || colspan="2"| || class="heats" |H ||colspan="2"| || || class="semifinals" | ½|| class="final" |F || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|400 m hurdles]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || class="heats" |H || colspan="2"| || || class="semifinals" | ½ || colspan="2"| || || class="final" |F || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000 m steeplechase]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || class="heats" |H || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || || class="final" |F || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || || class="heats" | H || class="final" |F
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || class="heats" | H || || || class="final" |F || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk]] || colspan="2"| || class="final" |F ||colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km walk]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || class="final" |F || || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump|Long jump]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || class="qualifiers" | Q || || || class="final" |F || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump|Triple jump]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || class="qualifiers" | Q || || colspan="2"| || || class="final" colspan="2" | F
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump|High jump]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"| || class="qualifiers" | Q || || colspan="2"| || || class="final" |F || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|Pole vault]] || class="qualifiers" | Q || || colspan="3"| || || class="final" colspan="2" | F || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put|Shot put]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || class="qualifiers" | Q || || || class="final" |F || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw|Discus throw]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || class="qualifiers" | Q ||colspan="2"| || || class="final" |F || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw|Hammer throw]] || || class="qualifiers" | Q || colspan="3"| || || class="final" colspan="2" | F || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw|Javelin throw]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || || class="qualifiers" | Q || colspan="2"| || || class="final" |F || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon|Decathlon]] || class="final" colspan="5" | F || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"|
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! Date || colspan="2"| 27 Aug || colspan="2"|28 Aug || colspan="3"|29 Aug || colspan="2"|30 Aug || colspan="2"|31 Aug || colspan="2"|1 Sep || colspan="2"|2 Sep || colspan="3"|3 Sep || colspan="3"|4 Sep
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!Event ↓ || M || A || M || A || M || colspan="2"| A || M || A || M || A || M || A || M || A || M || colspan="2"| A || M || colspan="2"| A
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres|100 m]] || class="qualifiers" |Q || || class="heats" |H || || || class="semifinals" | ½|| class="final" |F ||colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|200 m]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || class="heats" |H|| class="semifinals" | ½ || || class="final" |F || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|400 m]] || || class="heats" |H || || class="semifinals" | ½ || || class="final" colspan="2" | F || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|800 m]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || class="heats" |H|| || || class="semifinals" | ½ || colspan="3"| || || class="final" colspan="2" | F
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres|1500 m]] || colspan="2"| || class="heats" |H|| || colspan="3"| || || class="semifinals" | ½ || colspan="2"| || || class="final" |F || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres|5000 m]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || class="heats" |H|| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || || class="final" |F || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]] || || class="final" |F || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's Marathon|Marathon]] || class="final" |F|| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles|100 m hurdles]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || class="heats" |H|| || || class="semifinals" | ½|| class="final" |F || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles|400 m hurdles]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || class="heats" |H||colspan="2"| || || class="semifinals" | ½ || colspan="2"| || || class="final" |F || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000 m steeplechase]] || class="heats" |H|| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || || class="final" |F || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || || class="heats" |H|| class="final" |F
|-
| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || class="heats" |H|| || || class="final" colspan="2" | F || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || class="final" |F|| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | - || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump|Long jump]] || || class="qualifiers" |Q || || class="final" |F || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump|Triple jump]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || class="qualifiers" |Q|| || colspan="2"| || || class="final" |F || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump|High jump]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || class="qualifiers" |Q|| || colspan="2"| || || class="final" colspan="2" | F || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault|Pole vault]] || colspan="2"| || class="qualifiers" |Q|| || colspan="3"| || || class="final" |F || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put|Shot put]] || colspan="2"| || class="qualifiers" |Q || |||| class="final" colspan="2" | F || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw|Discus throw]] || class="qualifiers" |Q|| || || class="final" |F || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw|Hammer throw]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || class="qualifiers" |Q|| || colspan="3"| || || class="final" colspan="2" | F
|-
| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw|Javelin throw]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || class="qualifiers" |Q|| || || class="final" |F || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"|
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| class="event" | [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]] || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || class="final" colspan="5"| F || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="2"| || colspan="3"| || colspan="3"|
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== Results ==

=== Men ===
The events in the men's section ended with a world record in 4 × 100 metres relay set by Jamaica and several world's leading results. [[Jamaica at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics|Jamaica]] dominated the sprinting events, while [[Kenya at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics|Kenya]] and [[Ethiopia at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics|Ethiopia]] dominated the longer track events. In the field events, the [[United States at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics|United States]] and [[Germany at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics|Germany]] were most successful, winning four and three gold medals respectively. [[Yohan Blake]] and [[Usain Bolt]], both from Jamaica, won two gold medals, being the most successful athletes in the men's events.

In the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|100 m final]] the largely favored Usain Bolt was disqualified for a [[false start]], enabling [[Yohan Blake]] to win the crown with a time of 9.92 s. In the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|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 [[Nesta Carter]] and [[Michael Frater]], ran in the 4 x 100 metres relay, setting a new world record with a time of 37.04 s. In the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000 metres event]], World Champion [[Kenenisa Bekele]] did not finish the race. The world record holder in [[800 m]], [[David Rudisha]], won the event with his first gold medal at the World Championships. On the last day, Kenyan [[Abel Kirui]] 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 [[Dwight Phillips]] retained the [[long jump]] title, becoming only the second man after [[Ivan Pedroso]] to win four golds at the World Championships in this event.

Ethiopia's [[Imane Merga]] was originally awarded the bronze medal in the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres|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 [[Dejen Gebremeskel]] was elevated to the bronze medal as a result.<ref>[https://archive.today/20121206015841/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h1baux6yEsTjPlEGqNysazWYxakw?docId=CNG.baf6915241b5315c221d1e92332ab1a6.271 Britain's Mo Farah wins 5000m world title]. AFP (4 September 2011). Retrieved on 4 September 2011.</ref>

Cuba's [[Dayron Robles]] finished first in the race of the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles|Men's 110 metres hurdles]], but was disqualified for interfering with [[Liu Xiang (hurdler)|Liu Xiang]] twice before and over the last barrier. [[Jason Richardson (athlete)|Jason Richardson]] was awarded the Gold, Liu the Silver, and [[Andy Turner (athlete)|Andy Turner]] promoted to the Bronze medal position.

==== Track ====
[[File:Yohan Blake Daegu 2011.jpg|thumb|220px|[[Yohan Blake]] of Jamaica, winner of the men's 100 metres]]
[[File:Kirani James Daegu 2011.jpg|thumb|220px|Men's 400 m champion [[Kirani James]] of Grenada]]
[[File:Ezekiel Kemboi Daegu 2011.jpg|thumb|220px|Kenya's [[Ezekiel Kemboi]] defended his steeplechase world title]]
{{Athletics championships navigation|Track}}
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
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|{{AthleticsLink|100 metres |Men}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Yohan Blake]]|JAM}} ||9.92 SB
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Walter Dix]]|USA}} ||10.08
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Kim Collins]]|SKN}} ||10.09
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|200 metres|Men}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Usain Bolt]]|JAM}} ||19.40 <br> '''WL'''
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Walter Dix]]|USA}} ||19.70 <br> '''SB'''
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Christophe Lemaitre]]|FRA}} ||19.80 <br> '''[[List of French records in athletics|NR]]'''
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|400 metres|Men}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Kirani James]]|GRN}} ||44.60 <br> '''PB'''
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[LaShawn Merritt]]|USA}} ||44.63
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Kévin Borlée]]|BEL}} ||44.90
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|800 metres|Men}}
| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[David Rudisha]]|KEN}} ||1:43.91
| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Abubaker Kaki Khamis|Abubaker Kaki]]|SUD}} ||1:44.41
| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Yuriy Borzakovskiy]]|RUS}} ||1:44.49
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|1500 metres|Men}}
| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Asbel Kiprop]]|KEN}} ||3:35.69
| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Silas Kiplagat]]|KEN}} ||3:35.92
| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Matthew Centrowitz, Jr.|Matthew Centrowitz]]|USA}} ||3:36.08
|-
|rowspan=2| {{AthleticsLink|5000 metres|Men}}
|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Mo Farah]]|GBR}} ||rowspan=2| 13:23.36
|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Bernard Lagat]]|USA}} ||rowspan=2| 13:23.64
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Dejen Gebremeskel]]|ETH}} ||13:23.92
|-bgcolor=pink
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Imane Merga]]|ETH}} ||13:23.78
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|10,000 metres|Men}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Ibrahim Jeilan]]|ETH}} ||27:13.81
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Mo Farah]]|GBR}} ||27:14.07
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Imane Merga]]|ETH}} ||27:19.14
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Marathon|Men}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Abel Kirui]]|KEN}} || 2:07:38 <br> '''SB'''
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Vincent Kipruto]]|KEN}} || 2:10:06
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Feyisa Lilesa]]|ETH}} || 2:10:32 <br> '''SB'''
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|110 metres hurdles|Men}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Jason Richardson (athlete)|Jason Richardson]]|USA}} ||13.16
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Liu Xiang (hurdler)|Liu Xiang]]|CHN}} ||13.27
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Andy Turner (athlete)|Andy Turner]]|GBR}} ||13.44
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|400 metres hurdles|Men}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Dai Greene]]|GBR}} || 48.26
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Javier Culson]]|PUR}} || 48.44
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[L. J. van Zyl]]|RSA}} || 48.80
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|3000 metres steeplechase|Men}}
| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Ezekiel Kemboi]]|KEN}} ||8:14.85
| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Brimin Kipruto]]|KEN}} ||8:16.05
| {{flaglinkmedalist|{{Nowrap|[[Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad]]}}|FRA}} ||8:16.09
|-
|rowspan=2| {{AthleticsLink|20 kilometres walk|Men}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Luis Fernando López (race walker)|Luis Fernando López]]|COL}} ||1:20:38<br>'''SB'''
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Wang Zhen (racewalker)|Wang Zhen]]|CHN}} ||1:20:54
|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Kim Hyun-sub]]|KOR}} ||rowspan=2| 1:21:17
|-bgcolor=pink
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Valeriy Borchin]]|RUS}} ||1:19:56
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Vladimir Kanaykin]]|RUS}} ||1:20:27
|-
|rowspan=2| {{AthleticsLink|50 kilometres walk|Men}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Denis Nizhegorodov]]|RUS}} ||3:42:45 <br>'''SB'''
|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Jared Tallent]]|AUS}} ||rowspan=2| 3:43:36 <br>'''SB'''
|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Si Tianfeng]]|CHN}} ||rowspan=2| 3:44:40
|-bgcolor=pink
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Sergey Bakulin]]|RUS}} ||3:41:24
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|4 × 100 metres relay|Men}}
|{{flaglinkteam|JAM}}<br>[[Nesta Carter]]<br>[[Michael Frater]]<br>[[Yohan Blake]]<br>[[Usain Bolt]]<br>[[Dexter Lee]]* || 37.04 <br> '''[[List of world records in athletics|WR]]'''
|valign=top|{{flaglinkteam|FRA}}<br>[[Teddy Tinmar]]<br>[[Christophe Lemaitre]]<br>[[Yannick Lesourd]]<br>[[Jimmy Vicaut]]|| 38.20 <br> '''SB'''
|valign=top|{{flaglinkteam|SKN}}<br>[[Jason Rogers (athlete)|Jason Rogers]]<br>[[Kim Collins]]<br>[[Antoine Adams]]<br>[[Brijesh Lawrence]]|| 38.49
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|4 × 400 metres relay|Men}}
|{{flaglinkteam|USA}}<br>[[Greg Nixon]]<br>[[Bershawn Jackson]]<br>[[Angelo Taylor]]<br>[[LaShawn Merritt]]<br>[[Jamaal Torrance]]*<br>[[Michael Berry (athlete)|Michael Berry]]* || 2:59.31 <br> '''WL'''
|{{flaglinkteam|RSA}}<br>[[Shane Victor]]<br>[[Ofentse Mogawane]]<br>[[Willem de Beer]]<br>[[L. J. van Zyl]]<br>[[Oscar Pistorius]]* <br>|| 2:59.87
|{{flaglinkteam|JAM}}<br>[[Allodin Fothergill]]<br>[[Jermaine Gonzales]]<br>[[Riker Hylton]]<br>[[Leford Green]]<br>[[Lansford Spence]]*<br>|| 3:00.10
|- style="background:#e8e8e8;"
|colspan=7|{{Sports record codes}} | <nowiki>*</nowiki> <small>Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.</small>
|}

==== Field ====
[[File:Koji Murofushi Daegu 2011.jpg|thumb|220px|[[Koji Murofushi]] of Japan won the men's hammer]]
[[File:Trey Hardee Daegu 2011.jpg|thumb|220px|[[Decathlon]] champion [[Trey Hardee]]]]
{{Athletics championships navigation|Field}}
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|High jump|Men}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Jesse Williams (high jumper)|Jesse Williams]]|USA}} || 2.35
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Aleksey Dmitrik]]|RUS}} || 2.35
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Trevor Barry]]|BAH}} || 2.32<br>'''PB'''
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Pole vault|Men}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Paweł Wojciechowski (athlete)|Paweł Wojciechowski]]|POL}} || 5.90
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Lázaro Borges]]|CUB}} || 5.90<br>'''[[List of Cuban records in athletics|NR]]'''
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Renaud Lavillenie]]|FRA}} || 5.85
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Long jump|Men}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Dwight Phillips]]|USA}} || 8.45<br>'''SB'''
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Mitchell Watt]]|AUS}} || 8.33
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Ngonidzashe Makusha]]|ZIM}} || 8.29
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Triple jump|Men}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Christian Taylor (athlete)|Christian Taylor]]|USA}} || 17.96<br>'''WL'''
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Phillips Idowu]]|GBR}} || 17.77<br>'''SB'''
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Will Claye]]|USA}} || 17.50<br>'''PB'''
|-
|rowspan=2| {{AthleticsLink|Shot put|Men}}<ref>[[Andrei Mikhnevich]] had originally won the bronze medal but all his results from August 2005 were annulled due to a doping offense. {{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/iaaf-news/andrei-mikhnevich-blr-results-annulled-from |title=Andrei MIKHNEVICH (BLR) – results annulled from August 2005|date=31 July 2013|publisher=IAAF|access-date=4 April 2014}}</ref>
|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[David Storl]]|GER}} ||rowspan=2| 21.78<br>'''PB'''
|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Dylan Armstrong]]|CAN}} ||rowspan=2| 21.64
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Christian Cantwell]]|USA}} || 21.36
|-bgcolor=pink
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Andrei Mikhnevich]]|BLR}} || 21.40
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Discus throw |Men}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Robert Harting]]|GER}} || 68.97
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Gerd Kanter]]|EST}} || 66.95
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Ehsan Haddadi]]|IRI}} || 66.08<br>'''SB'''
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Javelin throw |Men}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Matthias de Zordo]]|GER}} || 86.27<br>'''SB'''
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Andreas Thorkildsen]]|NOR}} || 84.78
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Guillermo Martínez (athlete)|Guillermo Martínez]]|CUB}} || 84.30
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Hammer throw|Men}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Koji Murofushi]]|JPN}} || 81.24<br>'''SB'''
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Krisztián Pars]]|HUN}} || 81.18<br>'''SB'''
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Primož Kozmus]]|SLO}} || 79.39<br>'''SB'''
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Decathlon |Men}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Trey Hardee]]|USA}} || 8607
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Ashton Eaton]]|USA}} || 8505
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Leonel Suárez]]|CUB}} || 8501<br>'''SB'''
|- style="background:#e8e8e8;"
|colspan=7|{{Sports record codes}}
|}

=== Women ===
During the championships, [[Russia at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics|Russia]] was the most successful country in the women's events, winning seven gold medals, followed by the [[United States at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics|United States]] 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 [[Kenya at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics|Kenya]] 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 initially 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. Nine medals in eight events were forfeited for doping, eight of them from Russia, including five gold medals. The only Russian medals that survived the post-championship doping purge were two gold medals in the high jump and the hammer throw, and a bronze medals in the pole vault and the 400 metres hurdles. Of the four surviving medalists, a further three were eventually banned for doping.

The amended results left the United States the clear leading nation in women's athletics.

==== Track ====
[[File:Campbell Jeter 200 m final Daegu 2011.jpg|thumb|[[Veronica Campbell-Brown]] and [[Carmelita Jeter]] were the top two in both the women's short sprints.]]
[[File:Montsho Felix Daegu 2011.jpg|thumb|[[Amantle Montsho]] narrowly defeated [[Allyson Felix]] to become Botswana's first World or Olympic track and field champion]]
[[File:Vivian Cheruiyot Daegu 2011.jpg|thumb|[[Vivian Cheruiyot]] of Kenya won both the 5000 and 10,000 m]]
[[File:Sally Pearson Daegu 2011.jpg|thumb|Australian [[Sally Pearson]] won the 100 m hurdles in a championships record time.]]
{{Athletics championships navigation|Track 2}}
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|100 metres|Women}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Carmelita Jeter]]|USA}} || 10.90
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Veronica Campbell-Brown]]|JAM}} || 10.97
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Kelly-Ann Baptiste]]|TRI}} || 10.98
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|200 metres|Women}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Veronica Campbell-Brown]]|JAM}} || 22.22<br>'''SB'''
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Carmelita Jeter]]|USA}} || 22.37
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Allyson Felix]]|USA}} || 22.42
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|400 metres|Women}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Amantle Montsho]]|BOT}} || 49.56 <br> '''[[List of Botswana records in athletics|NR]]'''
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Allyson Felix]]|USA}} || 49.59 <br> '''PB'''
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Francena McCorory]]|USA}} || 50.45<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/medal-reallocations-iaaf-world-championships|title=Ennis-Hill and US women's 4x400m team to receive reallocated gold medals in London &#124; PRESS-RELEASE &#124; World Athletics}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2| {{AthleticsLink|800 metres|Women}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Caster Semenya]]|RSA}} || 1:56.35 <br> '''SB'''
|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Janeth Jepkosgei]]|KEN}} ||rowspan=2| 1:57.42 <br> '''SB'''
|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Alysia Johnson Montaño]]|USA}} ||rowspan=2| 1:57.48 <br> '''SB'''
|-bgcolor=pink
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Mariya Savinova]]|RUS}} || 1:55.87
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|1500 metres|Women}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Jennifer Simpson]]|USA}} || 4:05.40
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Hannah England]]|GBR}} || 4:05.68
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Natalia Rodríguez (athlete)|Natalia Rodríguez]]|ESP}} || 4:05.87
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|5000 metres|Women}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Vivian Cheruiyot]]|KEN}} || 14:55.36
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet]]|KEN}} || 14:56.21
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Meseret Defar]]|ETH}} || 14:56.94
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|10,000 metres|Women}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Vivian Cheruiyot]]|KEN}} || 30:48.98
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Sally Kipyego]]|KEN}} || 30:50.04
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Linet Masai]]|KEN}} || 30:53.59
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Marathon|Women}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Edna Kiplagat]]|KEN}} || 2:28:43
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Priscah Jeptoo]]|KEN}} || 2:29:00
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Sharon Cherop]]|KEN}} || 2:29:14<br>'''SB'''
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|100 metres hurdles|Women}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Sally Pearson]]|AUS}} || 12.28 <br /> '''[[List of World Championships in Athletics records|CR]]''', '''[[List of Oceanian records in athletics|AR]]'''
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Danielle Carruthers]]|USA}} || 12.47<br>'''PB'''
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Dawn Harper-Nelson|Dawn Harper]]|USA}} || 12.47<br>'''PB'''
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|400 metres hurdles|Women}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Lashinda Demus]]|USA}} || 52.47 <br> '''WL''', '''NR'''
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Melaine Walker]]|JAM}} || 52.73 <br> '''SB'''
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Natalya Antyukh]]|RUS}} || 53.85
|-
|rowspan=2| {{AthleticsLink|3000 metres steeplechase|Women}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Habiba Ghribi]]|TUN}} || 9:11.97<br>'''[[List of Tunisian records in athletics|NR]]'''
|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Milcah Chemos Cheywa]]|KEN}} ||rowspan=2| 9:17.16
|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Mercy Wanjiku]]|KEN}} ||rowspan=2| 9:17.88
|-bgcolor=pink
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Yuliya Zarudneva Zaripova]]|RUS}} || 9:07.03<br>'''WL'''
|-
|rowspan=2| {{AthleticsLink|20 kilometres walk|Women}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Liu Hong (racewalker)|Liu Hong]]|CHN}} || 1:30:00
|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Elisa Rigaudo]]|ITA}} ||rowspan=2| 1:30:44<br>'''SB'''
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Qieyang Shenjie]]|CHN}} || 1:31:14
|-bgcolor=pink
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Olga Kaniskina]]|RUS}} || 1:29:42
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Anisya Kirdyapkina]]|RUS}} || 1:30:13
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|4 × 100 metres relay|Women}}
|{{flaglinkteam|USA}}<br>[[Bianca Knight]]<br>[[Allyson Felix]]<br>[[Marshevet Myers]]<br>[[Carmelita Jeter]]<br>[[Shalonda Solomon]]*<br>[[Alexandria Anderson]]* || 41.56 <br /> '''WL'''
|{{flaglinkteam|JAM}}<br>[[Shelly-Ann Fraser|Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce]]<br>[[Kerron Stewart]]<br>[[Sherone Simpson]]<br>[[Veronica Campbell-Brown]]<br>[[Jura Levy]]*<br />|| 41.70 <br /> '''[[List of Jamaican records in athletics|NR]]'''
|{{flaglinkteam|UKR}}<br>[[Olesya Povh]]<br>[[Nataliya Pohrebnyak]]<br>[[Mariya Ryemyen]]<br>[[Hrystyna Stuy]]<br /><br />|| 42.51 <br /> SB
|-
|rowspan=2| {{AthleticsLink|4 × 400 metres relay|Women}}
|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkteam|USA}}<br>[[Sanya Richards-Ross]]<br>[[Allyson Felix]]<br>[[Jessica Beard]]<br>[[Francena McCorory]]<br>[[Natasha Hastings]]*<br>[[Keshia Baker]]* ||rowspan=2| 3:18.09 <br /> '''WL'''
|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkteam|JAM}}<br>[[Rosemarie Whyte]]<br>[[Davita Prendergast]]<br>[[Novlene Williams-Mills]]<br>[[Shericka Williams]]<br>[[Shereefa Lloyd]]*<br>[[Patricia Hall (athlete)|Patricia Hall]]* ||rowspan=2| 3:18.71 <br /> '''[[List of Jamaican records in athletics|NR]]'''
|{{flaglinkteam|GBR}}<br>[[Perri Shakes-Drayton]]<br>[[Nicola Sanders]]<br>[[Christine Ohuruogu]]<br>[[Lee McConnell]] || 3:23.63
|-bgcolor=pink
|{{flaglinkteam|RUS}}<br>[[Antonina Krivoshapka]]<br>[[Natalya Antyukh]]<br>[[Lyudmila Litvinova]]<br>[[Anastasiya Kapachinskaya]]<br>[[Kseniya Vdovina]]*<br>[[Ksenia Zadorina]]* || 3:19.36
|-
|- style="background:#e8e8e8;"
|colspan=7|{{Sports record codes}}<br /><nowiki>*</nowiki> <small>Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.</small>
|}

==== Field ====
{{Athletics championships navigation|Field 2}}
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|High jump|Women}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Anna Chicherova]]|RUS}} || 2.03
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Blanka Vlašić]]|CRO}} || 2.03 <br /> SB
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Antonietta Di Martino]]|ITA}} || 2.00
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Pole vault|Women}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Fabiana Murer]]|BRA}} || 4.85<br>'''[[List of South American records in athletics|AR]]'''
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Martina Strutz]]|GER}} || 4.80<br>'''[[List of German records in athletics|NR]]'''
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Svetlana Feofanova]]|RUS}} || 4.75<br>'''SB'''
|-
|rowspan=2| {{AthleticsLink|Long jump|Women}}
|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Brittney Reese]]|USA}} ||rowspan=2| 6.82
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Ineta Radēviča]]|LAT}} || 6.76
|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova]]|BLR}} ||rowspan=2| 6.74
|-bgcolor=pink
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Olga Kucherenko]]|RUS}} || 6.77
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Triple jump|Women}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Olha Saladukha]]|UKR}} || 14.94
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Olga Rypakova]]|KAZ}} || 14.89
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Caterine Ibargüen]]|COL}} || 14.84
|-
|rowspan=2| {{AthleticsLink|Shot put|Women}}
|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Valerie Adams]]|NZL}} ||rowspan=2| 21.24<br>'''[[List of World Championships in Athletics records|CR]]''', '''[[List of Oceanian records in athletics|AR]]'''
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Jillian Camarena-Williams]]|USA}} || 20.02
|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Gong Lijiao]]|CHN}} ||rowspan=2| 19.97
|-bgcolor=pink
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Nadzeya Ostapchuk]]|BLR}} || 20.05
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Discus throw |Women}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Li Yanfeng]]|CHN}} || 66.52
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Nadine Müller (athlete)|Nadine Müller]]|GER}} || 65.97
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Yarelis Barrios]]|CUB}} || 65.73<br>'''SB'''
|-
|rowspan=2| {{AthleticsLink|Javelin throw |Women}} {{ref label|a|a|Javelin}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Barbora Špotáková]]|CZE}} || 71.58<br>'''SB'''
|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Sunette Viljoen]]|RSA}} ||rowspan=2| 68.38<br>'''[[List of African records in athletics|AR]]'''
|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Christina Obergföll]]|GER}} ||rowspan=2| 65.24
|-bgcolor=pink
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Mariya Abakumova]]|RUS}} || 71.99<br>'''[[List of World Athletics Championships records|CR]]''', '''[[List of Russian records in athletics|NR]]''', '''WL'''
|-
|{{AthleticsLink|Hammer throw|Women}}
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Tatyana Lysenko]]|RUS}} || 77.13<br>'''SB'''
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Betty Heidler]]|GER}} || 76.06
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Zhang Wenxiu]]|CHN}} || 75.03
|-
|rowspan=2|{{AthleticsLink|Heptathlon|Women}}{{ref label|b|b|Heptathlon}}<ref name="chernovadq">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/nov/29/jessica-ennis-hill-2011-gold-medal-chernova|title = Jessica Ennis-Hill in line for 2011 gold as Chernova is stripped of world title|date = 29 November 2016}}</ref>
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Jessica Ennis-Hill|Jessica Ennis]]|GBR}} || 6751
|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Jennifer Oeser]]|GER}} ||rowspan=2| 6572
|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|[[Karolina Tymińska]]|POL}} ||rowspan=2| 6544
|-bgcolor=pink
|{{flaglinkmedalist|[[Tatyana Chernova]]|RUS}} || 6880<br>'''WL'''
|- style="background:#e8e8e8;"
|colspan=7|{{Sports record codes}}
|}
{{note label|a|a|Javelin}} Original gold medalist [[Mariya Abakumova]] of {{flagicon|RUS}} Russia was stripped of her gold medal.<br>
{{note label|b|b|Heptathlon}} Original gold medalist [[Tatyana Chernova]] of {{flagicon|RUS}} Russia was stripped of her gold medal on 29 November 2016 by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, with Ennis and Oeser promoted to gold and silver respectively and the bronze awarded to Karolina Tymińska of Poland.<ref name="chernovadq" />
<gallery class="center" widths="240" heights="160">
File:Valerie Adams Daegu 2011.jpg|[[Valerie Adams]] broke the championship record in the shot put.
File:Mariya Abakumova Daegu 2011.jpg|[[Mariya Abakumova]] improved the championship and Russian record in javelin.
File:Tatyana Chernova Daegu 2011.jpg|[[Tatyana Chernova]] defeated the defending heptathlon champion [[Jessica Ennis-Hill|Jessica Ennis]], but was disqualified in 2016 for doping offences.
</gallery>

==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 [[Sara Moreira]], a finalist in the women's steeplechase, and Korean relay runner [[Hee-Nam Lim]] had both tested positive for [[methylhexaneamine]]. Analysis of blood samples is still ongoing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://daegu2011.iaaf.org/newslistdetail.aspx?id=62836 |title=iaaf.org - International Association of Athletics Federations |publisher=Daegu2011.iaaf.org |date=4 November 2011 |access-date=18 August 2012}}</ref>

In March 2012 the Trinidad and Tobago track and field authorities announced that [[Semoy Hackett]] had tested positive for [[methylhexaneamine]] 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 × 100-metres relay team were also disqualified from fourth place.<ref>{{cite web|author=Agile Telecom Ltd. and Xidemia |url=http://www.newsday.co.tt/sport/0,156413.html |title=Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday |publisher=newsday.co.tt |date=16 September 2011 |access-date=18 August 2012}}</ref>

An anonymous poll conducted by the [[World Anti-Doping Agency]] 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.<ref>Rohan, Tim (22 August 2013). [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/23/sports/research-finds-wide-doping-study-withheld.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&&pagewanted=all Antidoping Agency Delays Publication of Research]. ''[[The New York Times]]''. Retrieved 26 August 2013.</ref>

== Medal table ==
[[File:Mascotte Daegu 2011.jpg|thumb|Mascot]]
Originally, host nation South Korea failed to win any medals at these championships, a fate shared with Sweden in [[1995 World Championships in Athletics|1995]] and Canada in [[2001 World Championships in Athletics|2001]]. However, in 2015, South Korean athlete [[Kim Hyun-sub]] was promoted from sixth place to bronze medalist in the 20&nbsp;km walk after three Russian race walkers were disqualified for doping offences.

;Key
{{Medals table
 | caption        =
 | host           = KOR
 | flag_template  = flaglinkteam
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 | source         = [https://www.worldathletics.org/Competitions/world-athletics-championships/13th-iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics-4147/medaltable]
 | gold_USA = 12 | silver_USA = 9 | bronze_USA = 7
 | gold_KEN = 7 | silver_KEN = 8 | bronze_KEN = 3
 | gold_JAM = 4 | silver_JAM = 4 | bronze_JAM = 1
 | gold_GER = 3 | silver_GER = 4 | bronze_GER = 1
 | gold_GBR = 3 | silver_GBR = 3 | bronze_GBR = 2
 | gold_RUS = 3 | silver_RUS = 1 | bronze_RUS = 3
 | gold_CHN = 2 | silver_CHN = 2 | bronze_CHN = 4
 | gold_RSA = 1 | silver_RSA = 2 | bronze_RSA = 1
 | gold_AUS = 1 | silver_AUS = 2 | bronze_AUS = 0
 | gold_ETH = 1 | silver_ETH = 0 | bronze_ETH = 4
 | gold_COL = 1 | silver_COL = 0 | bronze_COL = 1
 | gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 1
 | gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 0 | bronze_UKR = 1
 | gold_BOT = 1 | silver_BOT = 0 | bronze_BOT = 0
 | gold_BRA = 1 | silver_BRA = 0 | bronze_BRA = 0
 | gold_CZE = 1 | silver_CZE = 0 | bronze_CZE = 0
 | gold_GRN = 1 | silver_GRN = 0 | bronze_GRN = 0
 | gold_JPN = 1 | silver_JPN = 0 | bronze_JPN = 0
 | gold_NZL = 1 | silver_NZL = 0 | bronze_NZL = 0
 | gold_TUN = 1 | silver_TUN = 0 | bronze_TUN = 0
 | gold_CUB = 0 | silver_CUB = 1 | bronze_CUB = 3
 | gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 3
 | gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 1
 | gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 0
 | gold_CRO = 0 | silver_CRO = 1 | bronze_CRO = 0
 | gold_EST = 0 | silver_EST = 1 | bronze_EST = 0
 | gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 1 | bronze_HUN = 0
 | gold_KAZ = 0 | silver_KAZ = 1 | bronze_KAZ = 0
 | gold_LAT = 0 | silver_LAT = 1 | bronze_LAT = 0
 | gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 1 | bronze_NOR = 0
 | gold_PUR = 0 | silver_PUR = 1 | bronze_PUR = 0
 | gold_SUD = 0 | silver_SUD = 1 | bronze_SUD = 0
 | gold_SKN = 0 | silver_SKN = 0 | bronze_SKN = 2
 | gold_BAH = 0 | silver_BAH = 0 | bronze_BAH = 1
 | gold_BEL = 0 | silver_BEL = 0 | bronze_BEL = 1
 | gold_BLR = 0 | silver_BLR = 0 | bronze_BLR = 1
 | gold_IRI = 0 | silver_IRI = 0 | bronze_IRI = 1
 | gold_SLO = 0 | silver_SLO = 0 | bronze_SLO = 1
 | gold_KOR = 0 | silver_KOR = 0 | bronze_KOR = 1 | host_KOR = yes
 | gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 0 | bronze_ESP = 1
 | gold_TTO = 0 | silver_TTO = 0 | bronze_TTO = 1
 | gold_ZIM = 0 | silver_ZIM = 0 | bronze_ZIM = 1
}}

== Participating nations ==
On the entry lists prior to the competition, a total of 1943 athletes from 202 national teams were set to participate in the 2011 World Championships in Athletics.<ref>[http://daegu2011.iaaf.org//newslistdetail.aspx?id=61204 Daegu Entry List] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916004150/http://daegu2011.iaaf.org//newslistdetail.aspx?id=61204 |date=16 September 2011 }}</ref> The number of accredited athletes that actually participated at the event was 1848, while the total of countries represented was 204.<ref name=BloodTest/>

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== See also ==
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| ''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Athletics|Athletics WikiProject]]''
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* [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110717074917/http://www.daegu2011.org/do/front/main/en Website for the IAAF World Championships in Athletics – Daegu 2011 ]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110805031403/http://www.iaaf.org/wch11/index.html IAAF's Championship website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110805095155/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/87/48/20101119060839_httppostedfile_daegustandards_22853.pdf Entry Standards (IAAF)]
* [https://www.theguardian.com/sport/world-athletics-championships-2011 Coverage and News] at the Guardian
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120521084328/http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/238947-IAAF-World-Championships-in-Athletics-Track-and-Field-Daegu-2011 Flotrack Race Interviews with athletes and Race Videos]

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