Norway at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

Norway at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	NOR
National federation	Norges Friidrettsforbund
Website	www.friidrett.no
in Daegu
Competitors	13
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
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Norway competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.

Team selection

A team of 13 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event. The team will be led by Olympic gold medalist and defending world champion, javelin thrower Andreas Thorkildsen. ^[1] The final team on the entry list comprises the names of 16 athletes. ^[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 13 competitors:

KEY:	Did not participate	Competed in another event

	Event	Athlete
Men	20 kilometres walk	Erik Tysse
	50 kilometres walk	Håvard Haukenes
Women	800 metres	Ingvill Måkestad Bovim
	100 m hurdles	Christina Vukićević

Medalists

The following competitors from Norway won medals at the Championships

Andreas Thorkildsen (archived from 2008)

Medal	Athlete	Event
Silver	Andreas Thorkildsen	Javelin throw

Results

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	100 metres			10.33	16 Q	10.21	11	Did not advance
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	200 metres			20.65	13	20.50	5	19.95 SB	4
Urige Buta	Marathon							2:20:16	32
Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen	3000 metres steeplechase			8:39.85	29			Did not advance
Trond Nymark	50 kilometres walk							3:54:26 SB	17
Eivind Henriksen	Hammer throw	71.27	24					Did not advance
Andreas Thorkildsen	Javelin throw	81.83	7					84.78

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Ezinne Okparaebo	100 metres			11.20 NR	12 Q	11.48	13	Did not advance
Ingvill Måkestad Bovim	1500 metres			4:08.26	8	4:08.03	4	4:06.85	6
Stine Tomb	400 m hurdles			57.51	31	Did not advance
Tonje Angelsen	High jump	1.85	23					Did not advance
Cathrine Larsåsen	Pole vault	NM						Did not advance
Mona Holm	Hammer throw	67.16	20					Did not advance

Heptathlon

Ida Marcussen	Heptathlon
	Event	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m hurdles	13.96 PB	984	23
	High jump	1.71	867	23
	Shot put	12.81	715	18
	200 m	25.74	820	23
	Long jump	5.88	813	23
	Javelin throw	44.90	762	10
	800 m	2:11.01 PB	950	6
Total			5911	20

References

1. Svensen, Charlotte (August 16, 2011), VM-laget på plass i Daegu (in Norwegian), Norges Friidrettsforbund, archived from the original on September 18, 2011, retrieved August 17, 2011
2. IAAF (August 21, 2011), Entry Lists by Country (PDF), retrieved August 21, 2011
3. IAAF, Athletes participating per day , retrieved September 11, 2011

External links

• Official local organising committee website
• Official IAAF competition website