Ireland at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

Ireland at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	IRL
National federation	Athletics Ireland
Website	www.athleticsireland.ie
in Daegu
Competitors	16
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Ireland competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.

Team selection

A team of 17 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event, although just before the event began Robert Heffernan pulled out following the death of his mother. The team was led by race walker Olive Loughnane and sprinter Paul Hession. ^{[1] [2]}

The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List, ^[2] but not on the Official Start List of the specific event, ^[3] resulting in a total number of 16 competitors:

KEY:	Did not participate	Competed in another event

	Event	Athlete
Men	20 kilometres walk	Robert Heffernan
Women	4 x 400 metres relay	Jessie Barr

Results

Men

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 metres	Jason Smyth	10.57	36	Did not advance
200 metres	Paul Hession	21.02	35	Did not advance
1500 metres	Ciaran O'Lionaird	3:40.41 Q	14	-		3:36.96 q	6	3:37.81	10
5000 metres	Alistair Ian Cragg	13:39.36 Q	12	-				13:45.33	14
50 kilometres walk	Colin Griffin	-						DSQ
50 kilometres walk	Robert Heffernan	-						DNS

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Joanne Cuddihy	400 metres			51.82 Q, SB	11	DSQ		Did not advance
Derval O'Rourke	100 m hurdles			13.07	17	DNS		Did not advance
Fionnuala Britton	3000 metres steeplechase			9:41.17	16	Did not advance
Stephanie Reilly	3000 metres steeplechase			9:55.49	22	Did not advance
Marian Andrews-Heffernan Joanne Cuddihy Claire Bergin Michelle Carey	4 x 400 metres relay			3:27.48 NR	12			Did not advance
Olive Loughnane	20 kilometres walk							1:34:02	16
Deirdre Ryan	High jump	1.95	7					1.93	6
Tori Pena	Pole vault	4.10	30					Did not advance

References

1. Loughnane, Hession to spearhead Ireland team in Daegu, European Athletics, August 10, 2011, retrieved August 15, 2011
2. IAAF (August 21, 2011), Entry Lists by Country (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on August 4, 2012, retrieved August 21, 2011
3. IAAF, Athletes participating per day, archived from the original on May 31, 2012, retrieved September 7, 2011

External links

• Official local organising committee website
• Official IAAF competition website