| Ukraine at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics | |
|---|---|
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| WA code | UKR |
| National federation | Ukrainian Athletic Federation |
| Website | www |
in  Daegu 27 August 2011 – 4 September 2011 | |
| Competitors | 55 (15 men and 40 women) |
| Medals Ranked 11th |
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| World Championships in Athletics appearances | |
Ukraine competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.
A team of 59 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event. The team was led by triple jumper Olha Saladuha and the 2008 Olympic Games heptathlon winner Nataliya Dobrynska. [1] The final team on the entry list comprised the names of 57 athletes. [2]
The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List, [2] but not on the Official Start List of the specific events, [3] resulting in a total number of 55 competitors:
| KEY: | Did not participate | Competed in another event |
| Event | Athlete | |
|---|---|---|
| Men | Discus throw | Ivan Hryshyn |
| Javelin throw | Dmytro Kosynskyy | |
| Women | 4 × 100 metres relay | Elizaveta Bryzhina |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Kseniya Karandyuk | |
| Hanna Titimets |
The following competitors from Ukraine won medals at the Championships:
| Medal | Athlete | Event |
|---|---|---|
 Gold | Olha Saladuha | Triple jump |
 Bronze | Olesya Povh Nataliya Pohrebnyak Mariya Ryemyen Hrystyna Stuy | 4 × 100 metres relay |
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Heats | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Stanislav Melnykov | 400 m hurdles | 49.24 SB | 11 | 49.74 | 18 | Did not advance | |||
| Ruslan Dmytrenko | 20 kilometres walk | DQ [4] | |||||||
| Nazar Kovalenko | 20 kilometres walk | 1:25:50 | 23 | ||||||
| Oleksiy Kazanin | 50 kilometres walk | 3:56:18 SB | 19 | ||||||
| Sheryf El-Sheryf | Triple jump | 16.81 | 12 | 16.38 | 12 | ||||
| Yevhen Semenenko | Triple jump | 15.96 | 25 | Did not advance | |||||
| Dmytro Dem'yanyuk | High jump | 2.31 | 10 | 2.20 | 12 | ||||
| Bohdan Bondarenko | High jump | 2.28 | 15 | Did not advance | |||||
| Andriy Protsenko | High jump | 2.21 | 27 | Did not advance | |||||
| Denys Yurchenko | Pole vault | 5.35 | 22 | Did not advance | |||||
| Andriy Semenov | Shot put | 19.45 | 21 | Did not advance | |||||
| Olexiy Sokyrskiyy | Hammer throw | 73.81 | 17 | Did not advance | |||||
| Roman Avramenko | Javelin throw | 81.46 | 9 | 82.51 | 6 | ||||
| Oleksandr Pyatnytsya | Javelin throw | 73.56 | 29 | Did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Results | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oleksiy Kasyanov | 100 m | 10.75 SB | 917 | 5 |
| Long jump | 7.59 SB | 957 | 2 | |
| Shot put | 14.43 SB | 755 | 18 | |
| High jump | 1.99 | 794 | 15 | |
| 400 m | 48.46 | 887 | 6 | |
| 110 m hurdles | 14.65 | 892 | 14 | |
| Discus throw | 43.74 | 741 | 16 | |
| Pole vault | 4.70 | 819 | 16 | |
| Javelin throw | 52.16 SB | 621 | 21 | |
| 1500 m | 4:29.35 | 749 | 8 | |
| Total | 8132 | 12 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Results | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nataliya Dobrynska | 100 m hurdles | 13.43 PB | 1060 | 8 |
| High jump | 1.83 SB | 1016 | 4 | |
| Shot put | 16.14 SB | 937 | 2 | |
| 200 m | 25.35 | 855 | 15 | |
| Long jump | 6.18 | 905 | 10 | |
| Javelin throw | 48.00 SB | 821 | 6 | |
| 800 m | 2:11.34 PB | 945 | 6 | |
| Total | 6539 SB | 4 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Results | Points | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyudmyla Yosypenko | 100 m hurdles | DQ [11] | |||
| High jump | DQ [11] | ||||
| Shot put | DQ [11] | ||||
| 200 m | DQ [11] | ||||
| Long jump | DQ [11] | ||||
| Javelin throw | DQ [11] | ||||
| 800 m | DQ [11] | ||||
| Total | DQ [11] | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Results | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alina Fyodorova | 100 m hurdles | 14.06 PB | 970 | 23 |
| High jump | 1.80 | 978 | 12 | |
| Shot put | 14.18 | 14.18 | 12 | |
| 200 m | 25.35 PB | 855 | 15 | |
| Long jump | 5.98 PB | 843 | 19 | |
| Javelin throw | 37.13 PB | 612 | 23 | |
| 800 m | 2:18.51 | 844 | 20 | |
| Total | 5908 | 19 | ||
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