Turkey at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

Turkey at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	TUR
National federation	Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu
Website	www.taf.org.tr
in Daegu
Competitors	20
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Turkey competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.

Team selection

An initial team of 23 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event. In the absence of the 2010 European Athletics Championships 10000m Elvan Abeylegesse, who is missing this summer due to maternity, the team is led by the current European 5000m champion Alemitu Bekele. ^[1] The final team on the entry list comprises the names of 21 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 20 competitors:

KEY:	Did not participate	Competed in another event

	Event	Athlete
Women	4 x 400 metres relay	Merve Aydın
		Sema Aydemir-Apak

Results

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Bekir Karayel	Marathon							2:33:20 SB	47
Abdurrahim Çelik	20 kilometres walk							1:25:39	28
Ercüment Olgundeniz	Discus throw	60.86	25					Did not advance
Eşref Apak	Hammer throw	73.38	18					Did not advance
Fatih Eryıldırım	Hammer throw	69.37	28					Did not advance
Fatih Avan	Javelin throw	81.94	5					83.34	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Pınar Saka	400 metres			53.59	25	Did not advance
Merve Aydın	800 metres			2:04.88	32	Did not advance
Tuğba Karakaya	1500 metres			4:10.38	12	4:08.58	8	4:08.14	8
Aslı Çakır	1500 metres			4:08.05	7	4:11.51	22	Did not advance
Alemitu Bekele	5000 metres			15:38.25	17			Did not advance
Bahar Doğan	Marathon							2:42:56	36
Nevin Yanıt	100 m hurdles			13.07 SB	17	13.31	22	Did not advance
Nagihan Karadere	400 m hurdles			56.76	26	Did not advance
Birsen Yavuz-Engin	400 m hurdles			57.22	29	Did not advance
Binnaz Uslu	3000 metres steeplechase			9:24.56 NR	2			9:31.06	7
Gülcan Mıngır	3000 metres steeplechase			10:04.83	26			Did not advance
Nagihan Karadere Birsen Yavuz-Engin Meliz Redif Pınar Saka	4 x 400 metres relay			3:32.15	15			Did not advance
Semiha Mutlu	20 kilometres walk							DNF
Karin Melis Mey	Long jump	6.52	11 q					6.44	8

References

1. Austria, Croatia, Turkey and Ukraine teams for the World Championships, European Athletics, August 10, 2011, retrieved August 14, 2011
2. IAAF (August 21, 2011), Entry Lists by Country (PDF), retrieved August 21, 2011
3. IAAF, Athletes participating per day , retrieved September 12, 2011

External links

• Official local organising committee website
• Official IAAF competition website