2011 in athletics (track and field)
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In 2011, the foremost athletics event will be the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
in Daegu
. Other major global level competitions set to occur in 2011 are the World Cross Country Championships
and the World Half Marathon Championships.
The 2011 season marks 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.
2011 World Championships in Athletics
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....
in Daegu
Daegu
Daegu , also known as Taegu, and officially the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea, the fourth largest after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon, and the third largest metropolitan area in the country with over 2.5 million residents. The city is the capital and principal city of the...
. Other major global level competitions set to occur in 2011 are the World Cross Country Championships
2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships were held in Punta Umbría, Spain on 20 March 2011.-Preparation:The United States had expressed an interest in hosting the competition, but Punta Umbria was chosen as the host at the IAAF Council Meeting in November 2009...
and the World Half Marathon Championships.
The 2011 season marks the re-establishment of the African Cross Country Championships
African Cross Country Championships
The African Cross Country Championships is a regional cross country running competition for athletes from Africa.-History:The competition had a one off edition in 1985 in Nairobi, Kenya, and the medallists were mostly from the host nation...
, an event created in response to the change of the World Cross Championships from an annual to a biennial format.
World
- World Championships in Athletics2011 World Championships in AthleticsThe 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....
- World Cross Country Championships2011 IAAF World Cross Country ChampionshipsThe 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships were held in Punta Umbría, Spain on 20 March 2011.-Preparation:The United States had expressed an interest in hosting the competition, but Punta Umbria was chosen as the host at the IAAF Council Meeting in November 2009...
- World Half Marathon Championships
- IAAF Diamond League
- World Youth Championships in Athletics2011 World Youth Championships in AthleticsThe 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics were the seventh edition of the World Youth Championships in Athletics. They were held in Lille Métropole, France, with stadium-based events at Stadium Lille-Métropole in Villeneuve d'Ascq, on 6–10 July, 2011. Eligible athletes were aged 16 or 17 on...
- IPC Athletics World Championships2011 IPC Athletics World ChampionshipsThe 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in Christchurch, New Zealand from January 21 to 30, 2011. Athletes with a disability competed, and the Championships was a qualifying event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games....
- World Student GamesAthletics at the 2011 Summer UniversiadeThe athletics competition at the 2011 Summer Universiade has been held at the New Shenzhen Stadium in Shenzhen, China from August 16 to August 21, 2011.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal Table:-Participating nations:...
- Military World Games
Regional
- CAC Championships2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships in AthleticsThe 2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The event served as classifiers for the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and took place from July 15–17, 2011...
- NACAC Cross Country Championships2011 NACAC Cross Country ChampionshipsThe 2011 NACAC Cross Country Championships was the seventh edition of the continental cross country running competition which took place on February 19 at Queen's Park Savannah in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago...
- Pan American GamesAthletics at the 2011 Pan American GamesAthletics competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara was held from October 23 to October 30 at the newly built Telmex Athletics Stadium. The racewalking and marathon events were held on the temporary Guadalajara Circuit and Route and the Pan American Marathon circuit respectively...
- Pan American Junior Championships2011 Pan American Junior Athletics ChampionshipsThe 2011 Pan American Junior Championships were held in Miramar, Florida, United States, at the Ansin Sports Complex on July 22 to 24, 2011.-Men:-Women:-External links:*...
- South American Championships2011 South American Championships in AthleticsThe 2011 South American Championships in Athletics were the 47th edition of the South American Championships, organised under the supervision of the CONSUDATLE. They were held at the National Center of High Performance Athletics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 2 to 5 June 2011...
- South American Cross Country Championships
- European Indoor Championships2011 European Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsThe 31st European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from 4 to 6 March 2011.A record high of 630 athletes, representing 46 countries, were entered into the three-day competition. Twenty-six track and field events were contested at the...
- European Cross Country Championships
- European Team Championships2011 European Team ChampionshipsThe third SPAR European Team Championships took place on 18 and 19 June 2011. The Super League was won by the Russian team with the record 385 points.-Calendar:-Super League:*Place: Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden...
- European U23 Championships2011 European Athletics U23 ChampionshipsThe 8th European Athletics U23 Championships were held on 14–17 July 2011 in the Městský stadion in Ostrava, Czech Republic.-Men's Results:-Women's Results:...
- European Junior Championships2011 European Athletics Junior ChampionshipsThe 21st European Athletics Junior Championships were held between 21 and 24 July 2011 in the Kadrioru Stadium in Tallinn, Estonia.-Men's Results:-Women's Results:-Medal table:- Participating nations :...
- European Youth Olympic FestivalAthletics at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic FestivalThe athletics competition at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held from 25 to 29 July 2011. The events took place at the Söğütlü Athletics Stadium in Trabzon, Turkey...
- Commonwealth Youth GamesAthletics at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth GamesAthletics is one of the seven events of 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games to be staged in the Isle of Man. 38 events are scheduled to contest, 19 for both boys and girls. Each Commonwealth Games Association can send up to two athletes per event, including one relay team. The age of participating...
- Asian Championships2011 Asian Athletics ChampionshipsThe 19th Asian Athletics Championships were held in Kobe, Japan between July 7–10, 2011 at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium. The tournament had 507 athletes from forty Asian nations competing in the 42 track and field events over the four-day competition....
- Pan Arab Games
- Southeast Asian GamesAthletics at the 2011 Southeast Asian GamesThe athletics competition at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games was held from 12 to 16 November at the Jakabaring Stadium in Palembang, Indonesia. Over the five-day competition a total of 46 events were contested with 23 contests for each gender, matching the Olympic athletics program minus the men's...
- All-Africa GamesAthletics at the 2011 All-Africa GamesThe athletics competition at the 2011 All-Africa Games was held from 11–15 September 2011 at the Estádio do Zimpeto in Maputo, Mozambique.-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:-Elite competition:-Para-sport competition:-Games statistics:...
- African Junior Championships2011 African Junior Athletics ChampionshipsThe 2011 African Junior Athletics Championships were held at the University of Botswana Stadium in Gaborone, Botswana from 12 to 15 May. It was the tenth edition of the continental athletics tournament for African athletes aged 19 years or younger...
- African Cross Country Championships2011 African Cross Country ChampionshipsThe 1st African Cross Country Championships was an international cross country running competition for African athletes which was held on 6 March 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa...
Outdoor
| Dates | Event | City |
|---|---|---|
| 19–21 April |  Tonga Championships |
Nuku’alofa |
| 30–31 May |  Armenian Championships |
Artashat Artashat Artashat , is a city on Araks River in the Ararat valley, 30 km southeast of Yerevan. Being one of the oldest cities of Armenia, Artashat is the capital of Ararat Province. Modern Artashat is situated on the Yerevan-Nakhichevan-Baku and Nakhichevan-Tabriz railway and on... |
| 10–12 June |  Japanese Championships |
Kumagaya |
| 23–26 June |  USA Championships2011 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 2011 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Organised by USA Track and Field, the four-day competition took place from June 23–26 and served as the national championships in track and field for the United States... |
Eugene Eugene, Oregon Eugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S... |
| 24–25 June |  Bahamian Championships |
Freeport Freeport -Place names:Bahamas*Freeport, BahamasCanada*Freeport, Nova ScotiaHaiti*Freeport TortugaUnited States*Freeport, California*Freeport, Florida*Freeport, Illinois*Freeport, Kansas*Freeport, Maine*Freeport, Michigan*Freeport, Minnesota*Freeport, New York... |
| 25–26 June |  Italian Championships2011 Italian Athletics Championships 2011 Italian Athletics Championships were held in Turin on 25–26 June 2011.- Men :- Women :... |
Turin Turin Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat... |
| 23–24 July |  German Championships2011 German Athletics Championships The 2011 German Athletics Championships were held at the Auestadion in Kassel on 23–24 July 2011.- Men :- Women :- References :* Results source: - External links :*... |
Kassel Kassel Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :... |
| 23–24 July |  Lithuanian Championships2011 Lithuanian Athletics Championships The 88th 2011 Lithuanian Athletics Championships were held in S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas on 23–24 July 2010.-Track events:-Field events:-Track events:-Field events:- External links :*... |
Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation... |
| 30–31 July |  Latvian Championships |
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| 6–7 August |  Spanish Championshios |
Málaga Málaga Málaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe... |
| 11–13 August |  Polish Championships |
Bydgoszcz |
Indoor
| Dates | Event | City |
|---|---|---|
| 12–13 February |  Austrian Championships |
Linz Linz Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about... |
| 12–13 February | Latvian Championships |
Kuldīga Kuldiga Kuldīga is a town in western Latvia. It is the center of Kuldīga municipality with a population of approximately 13,500.Kuldīga was first mentioned in 1242. It joined the Hanseatic League in 1368... |
| 18–19 February | Lithuanian Championships 2011 Lithuanian Indoor Athletics Championships The 2011 Lithuanian Indoor Athletics Championships were held in Klaipėdos lengvosios atletikos maniežas, Klaipėda on 18–19 February 2011.- Men :PB - personal best, LL - Lithuanian leading season performance- Women :... |
Klaipėda Klaipeda Klaipėda is a city in Lithuania situated at the mouth of the Nemunas River where it flows into the Baltic Sea. It is the third largest city in Lithuania and the capital of Klaipėda County.... |
Men
| Event | Athlete | Nation | Performance | Meeting | Place | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indoor heptathlon | Ashton Eaton Ashton Eaton Ashton Eaton is an American decathlete, who competes for the Oregon Track Club Elite team based in Eugene, Oregon. He currently holds the world record in the heptathlon.-College career:... |
6568 pts | International Indoor Combined Events Meeting |  TallinnTallinn Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list... , Estonia |
5–6 February | |
| Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a... (indoor) |
Teddy Tamgho Teddy Tamgho Teddy Tamgho is a French triple jumper. He is the third best ever triple jumper in all conditions with a mark of 17.98 metres from the Adidas Grand Prix in June 2010.... |
17.91 m | French Indoor Championships |  AubièreAubière Aubière is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.-References:*... , France |
20 February | |
| 17.92 m 17.92 m |
European Indoor Championships 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 31st European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from 4 to 6 March 2011.A record high of 630 athletes, representing 46 countries, were entered into the three-day competition. Twenty-six track and field events were contested at the... |
Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... , France |
6 March | |||
| 50,000 m track walk | Yohann Diniz Yohann Diniz Yohann Diniz is a French race walker.He won the gold medal in the 50 km race at the 2006 European Championships in a personal best time of 3:41:39 hours... |
3:35:27.20 hours | N/A | Reims Reims Reims , a city in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France, lies east-northeast of Paris. Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire.... , France |
12 March | |
| 25,000 metres (track) 30,000 metres (track) |
Moses Mosop Moses Mosop Moses Cheruiyot Mosop is a Kenyan middle and long distance athlete. He competed for Kenya at the 2004 Olympic Games and went on to take 10,000 metres bronze at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics... |
1:12:25.4 1:26:47.4 |
Prefontaine Classic Prefontaine Classic The Prefontaine Classic is one of the premier track and field meets in the United States. Every year it draws a world caliber field to compete at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.-History:... |
Eugene, Oregon Eugene, Oregon Eugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S... , USA |
4 June | |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Nesta Carter Nesta Carter Nesta Carter O.D is a Jamaican sprinter, who specialises in the 100 metres event. In August 2010 he became only the fifth sprinter to ever run the 100 metres in less than 9.8 seconds.... Michael Frater Michael Frater Michael Frater O.D is a sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres event. He won a silver medal at the 2005 World Championships and a gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games for the event.... Yohan Blake Yohan Blake Yohan Blake is a Jamaican sprinter and the current 100 metre World Champion. He holds the national junior record for the 100 metres, and tied Seun Ogunkoya as the youngest sprinter to have broken the 10-second barrier... Usain Bolt Usain Bolt The Honourable Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D. , is a Jamaican sprinter and a five-time World and three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is the world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and the 4×100 metres relay... |
 Jamaica |
37.04 | World Championships in Athletics 2011 World Championships in Athletics 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.... |
 DaeguDaegu Daegu , also known as Taegu, and officially the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea, the fourth largest after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon, and the third largest metropolitan area in the country with over 2.5 million residents. The city is the capital and principal city of the... , South Korea |
4 September |
| 30 km (road) Marathon Marathon The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race... |
Patrick Makau | 1:27:38 2:03:38 |
2011 Berlin Marathon 2011 Berlin Marathon The 2011 Berlin Marathon was the 38th edition of the annual marathon event and was held on Sunday 25 September on the streets of Berlin, Germany. The men's race was won by Patrick Makau of Kenya in a world record time of 2:03:38 hours. The women's winner was Florence Kiplagat, also from Kenya, won... |
Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... , Germany |
25 September |
Women
| Event | Athlete | Nation | Performance | Meeting | Place | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km road | Mary Keitany | 1:02:36+ | Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon is an annual half marathon held in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.The first edition, in 2007, saw Samuel Wanjiru breaking the world record, but Wanjiru himself set a new world record only a month later in another race... |
 Ras Al Khaimah, UAE |
18 February | |
| Half marathon | 1:05:50 | |||||
| 4×800 m relay (indoor) | Team Moscow Aleksandra Bulanova Yekaterina Martynova Yekaterina Martynova Yekaterina Mikhaylovna Martynova is a Russian runner who specializes in the middle distance events.-Achievements:-References:... Yelena Kofanova Anna Balakshina |
8:06.24 | Russian Indoor Championships | Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... , Russia |
18 February | |
| 20 km road walk | Vera Sokolova Vera Sokolova Vera Sokolova is a Russian race walker.A gold medalist on the track at World Youth and European Junior level, she won her first major senior medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, taking the 20 km road walk bronze medal... |
1:25:08 | Russian Race Walking Championships | Sochi Sochi Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated just north of Russia's border with the de facto independent republic of Abkhazia, on the Black Sea coast. Greater Sochi sprawls for along the shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains... , Russia |
26 February | |
| Hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown... |
Betty Heidler Betty Heidler Betty Heidler is a German hammer thrower, a world record holder. She is living in Frankfurt now and member of the Eintracht Frankfurt athletes team... |
79.42 m | International Throwing Meeting | Halle, Germany | 21 May |
Deaths
- 5 February – Albert YatorAlbert YatorAlbert Kiptoo Yator was a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialised in the steeplechase.Born in Iten, he won his first and only international medal at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Moncton, Canada, taking the silver medal in the 3000 metres steeplechase as part of a Kenyan...
(17), Kenyan world junior steeplechase medalist - 13 February – Inese JaunzemeInese JaunzemeInese Jaunzeme was a Latvian athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw.Born in Pļaviņas, she trained with the Dynamo club in Riga. Jaunzeme was third in the javelin at the USSR Championships in 1956, earning herself a place on the Olympic team for the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne,...
(78), javelin thrower and Latvia's first Olympic champion - 19 April – Grete WaitzGrete WaitzGrete Waitz was a Norwegian marathon runner and former world record holder. Waitz won nine New York City Marathons between 1978 and 1988, more than any other runner in history...
(57), distance runner and world champion and record holder in the marathon - 16 May – Samuel WanjiruSamuel WanjiruSamuel Kamau Wanjiru was a Kenyan athlete, who specialized in long distance running. He became a professional at a young age and broke the world record in the half marathon when he was 18 years old...
(24), first Kenyan to win the Olympic marathon and a former half marathon world record holder - 30 May - Ricky BruchRicky BruchBjörn Rickard "Ricky" Bruch was a Swedish athlete and actor.Bruch was born in Örgryte, Gothenburg, grew up in Skåne, and was later a long-time resident of Malmö....
, (64) former world record holder in the discus throw - 6 June – Benjamín GonzálezBenjamín GonzálezBenjamín González was an athlete from Spain. He competed in the 400 and 800 metres.González won a bronze medal in 400 m at the 1982 European Indoor Championships. At the inaugural World Indoor Games in 1985 he and finished second in the 800 metres behind compatriot Colomán Trabado...
(53), World and European indoor medallist over 400 and 800 metres - 10 June – Cosimo CaliandroCosimo CaliandroCosimo Caliandro was an Italian middle distance runner.Caliandro was born in Francavilla Fontana. In his first appearance on the world stage, he ran in the 1500 metres at the 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics, but did not progress beyond the heats...
(29), 3000 metres gold medallist at the 2007 European Indoors - 17 August – Pierre QuinonPierre QuinonPierre Quinon was a pole vaulter from France.On August 28, 1983 in the German city of Cologne, he set a new world record with 5.82 metres. That day, after winning the contest, he became the first athlete to attempt to clear 6.00 metres in an official meet...
(49), 1984 Olympic pole vault champion - 2 October – Vera PopkovaVera PopkovaVera Ivanovna Popkova was a Soviet track and field athlete who competed in the sprints. She had personal bests of 11.3 seconds for the 100 metres and 23.0 seconds for the 200 metres...
(68), 1971 European indoor champion over 400 metres