Sweden at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

Sweden at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	SWE
National federation	Svenska Friidrottsförbundet
Website	www.friidrott.se
in Daegu
Competitors	16
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Sweden competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.

Team selection

A team of 16 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event. The most prominent members of the squad are Olympic gold medalists triple jumper Christian Olsson and heptathlete Carolina Klüft, who starts in this year's long jump competition. ^[1] The team includes one athlete invited by the IPC for exhibition events: Gunilla Wallengren, 800m T54 (wheelchair) women. ^[2]

Results

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Ato Ibáñez	20 kilometres walk							DSQ
Andreas Gustafsson	50 kilometres walk							4:00:05 SB	26
Michel Tornéus	Long jump	7.65	27					Did not advance
Christian Olsson	Triple jump	17.16	5 Q					17.23	6
Alhaji Jeng	Pole vault	5.50	17					did not advance
Niklas Arrhenius	Discus throw	60.57	28					Did not advance
Leif Arrhenius	Discus throw	61.33	22					Did not advance
Mattias Jons	Hammer throw	67.93	32					did not advance
Gabriel Wallin	Javelin throw	74.44	26					Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Moa Hjelmer	200 metres			23.31	24	Did not advance
Moa Hjelmer	400 metres			52.26	17 Q	52.35	18	did not advance
Isabellah Andersson	Marathon							2:30:13	7
Carolina Klüft	Long jump	6.60	8 q					6.56	5
Ebba Jungmark	High jump	1.92	17					Did not advance
Emma Green Tregaro	High jump	1.95 SB	5 Q					1.89	11
Malin Dahlström	Pole vault	4.25	25					did not advance

Heptathlon

Jessica Samuelsson	Heptathlon
	Event	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m hurdles	13.77 PB	1011	23
	High jump	1.68	830	26
	Shot put	14.52	829	8
	200 m	24.55	929	10
	Long jump	6.05	865	17
	Javelin throw	41.32 PB	693	20
	800 m	2:10.20 SB	962	4
Total			6119	16

References

1. Svenska Friidrottsförbundet (August 15, 2011), VM-truppen till Daegu (in Swedish), retrieved August 16, 2011
2. IAAF (August 21, 2011), Entry Lists by Country (PDF), retrieved August 21, 2011

External links

• Official local organising committee website
• Official IAAF competition website