New Zealand at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

will compete at the 2011 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....

from August 27 to September 4 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...

, South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

Team selection

Reigning World Shot Put champion Valerie Adams leads the initial team selection for the championships. Adams, who also claimed the 2007 World title and 2008 Olympic Gold, was one of four 2010 Commonwealth Games medalists to be named in the first portion of Athletics News Zealand's selection process. Further selections will be announced in June and the final team selection will be announced after 8 August 2011.

The final team on the entry list comprises the names of 8 athletes.

Medalists

The following competitors from New Zealand won medals at the Championships

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Medal	Athlete	Event
	Valerie Adams	Shot put 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put The Women's shot put event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 28 and 29.There were two main contenders for the gold medal: New Zealander Valerie Vili and Nadzeya Astapchuk of Belarus...

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Nick Willis Nick Willis Nicholas Ian Willis MNZM is a New Zealand middle distance runner. He won the silver medal in the 1500m at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing with a time of 3:34.16 minutes. He was a gold medallist in the 1500 metres at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and a bronze medallist at the 2010...	1500 metres 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres The Men's 1500 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 30 and September 1 & 3.In the heats, Mehdi Baala, who has a history of this sort of incident, fell flat on his face as the final sprint began...			3:39.24	2	3:37.39	2	3:38.69	12
Jake Robertson	5000 metres 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres The men's 5000 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 and 4.Jake Robertson of New Zealand was added to the final field at the judges' discretion after twice being pushed in his qualifying race....			13:53.57	24 q			14:03.09	15
Adrian Blincoe Adrian Blincoe Adrian Blincoe is a New Zealand middle distance runner who specializes mainly in the 5000 metres. He also competes in the 1500 metres and in the 3000 metres. In July 2008, Adrian set the New Zealand record in the 5000m, running 13:10.19...	5000 metres 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres The men's 5000 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 and 4.Jake Robertson of New Zealand was added to the final field at the judges' discretion after twice being pushed in his qualifying race....			DNS				Did not advance
Quentin Rew	50 kilometres walk 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk The Men's 50 kilometres race walk event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held on September 3 on a loop course starting and finishing at Gukchae – bosang Memorial Park in the center of Daegu....							4:08:46	24
Stuart Farquhar Stuart Farquhar Stuart Farquhar is a male javelin thrower from New Zealand. He was the silver medallist in the men's javelin at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.Farquhar has been New Zealand Javelin Champion for the last eight years...	Javelin throw 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw The Men's Javelin throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 & 3.Preliminary leader Guillermo Martínez made his best throw in the first round, followed shortly by Matthias de Zordo's 86.27 winner...	82.10	3					78.99	11

Decathlon

Brent Newdick Brent Newdick Brent Newdick is a New Zealand representative decathlete.He won the silver medal in the men's decathlon at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.-Personal bests:-References:...	Decathlon 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon The Men's decathlon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27 and 28.Ashton Eaton started off strongly, taking a 22 point advantage in the 100m over American teammate Trey Hardee, then adding three more points in the long jump. Oleksiy Kasyanov placed...
	Event	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m	11.00	861	16
	Long jump	7.31	888	12
	Shot put	13.75	713	22
	High jump	1.96 SB	767	21
	400 m	49.95	817	17
	110 m hurdles	14.86	867	20
	Discus throw	45.65	780	12
	Pole vault	4.50	760	19
	Javelin throw	55.69	673	16
	1500 m	4:47.30	635	17
Total			7761	19

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Nikki Hamblin Nikki Hamblin Nikki Hamblin is a New Zealand middle distance runner who specialises in the 800 and 1500 metres. Born in England, Hamblin ran for the Dorchester Athletics Club before moving to New Zealand in 2006. She gained New Zealand citizenship in 2009...	800 metres 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres The Women's 800 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1, 2 and 4.The three fastest times prior to the championships were all run at the Russian national trials, with Mariya Savinova leading the rankings with 1:56.95 minutes, followed by...			2:02.87 SB	25	Did not advance
Nikki Hamblin Nikki Hamblin Nikki Hamblin is a New Zealand middle distance runner who specialises in the 800 and 1500 metres. Born in England, Hamblin ran for the Dorchester Athletics Club before moving to New Zealand in 2006. She gained New Zealand citizenship in 2009...	1500 metres 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres The Women's 1500 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 28 & 30, and September 1.Maryam Yusuf Jamal of Bahrain, the gold medallist in 2009, had the two fastest times of the year prior to the competition. American Morgan Uceny entered as the...			4:36.70	35	Did not advance
Valerie Adams	Shot put 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put The Women's shot put event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 28 and 29.There were two main contenders for the gold medal: New Zealander Valerie Vili and Nadzeya Astapchuk of Belarus...	19.79	1					21.24 CR, AR, WL

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