South Africa at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

South Africa at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
IAAF code	RSA
National federation	Athletics South Africa
Website	www.athletics.org.za
in Daegu
Competitors	32
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 2 2 4

South Africa competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.

Team selection

Athletics South Africa announced the final team of 26 athletes to represent the country in the event, including the established names such as Khotso Mokoena, LJ van Zyl, Caster Semenya and Mbulaeni Mulaudzi. ^[1]

The final team on the entry list comprises the names of 33 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 32 competitors:

KEY:	Did not participate	Competed in another event

	Event	Athlete
Men	4 x 100 metres relay	Simon Magakwe
		Lebogang Moeng
		Gideon Trotter
	4 x 400 metres relay	Cornel Fredericks

Medalists

The following competitors from South Africa won medals at the Championships

LJ van Zyl led the 4 x 400 metres relay team to silver and won a bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles event Medal Athlete Event  Silver Shane Victor Ofentse Mogawane Willem de Beer LJ van Zyl Oscar Pistorius 4 x 400 metres relay  Silver Caster Semenya 800 metres  Bronze LJ van Zyl 400 m hurdles  Bronze Sunette Viljoen 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 Simon Magakwe 100 metres 10.53 32 Did not advance Thuso Mpuang 200 metres 21.07 37 Did not advance Lebogang Moeng 200 metres 21.09 38 Did not advance Oscar Pistorius 400 metres 45.39 14 46.19 22 Did not advance Elroy Gelant 5000 metres 13:48.33 20 Did not advance Stephen Mokoka 10,000 metres 28:51.97 13 Coolboy Ngamole Marathon 2:30:01 46 Modike Lucky Mohale Marathon 2:38:22 SB 50 David Ngakane Marathon DNF Lehann Fourie 110 m hurdles 13.86 27 Did not advance LJ van Zyl 400 m hurdles 48.58 3 Q 49.05 7 Q 48.80 Cornel Fredericks 400 m hurdles 48.52 1 Q 48.83 4 Q 49.12 5 Ruben Ramolefi 3000 metres steeplechase 8:11.50 2 Q 8:30.47 13 Hannes Dreyer Ofentse Mogawane Roscoe Engel Thuso Mpuang 4 x 100 metres relay 38.72 SB 11 Did not advance Shane Victor Ofentse Mogawane Willem de Beer LJ van Zyl Oscar Pistorius 4 x 400 metres relay 2:59.21 NR 3 2:59.87 Luvo Manyonga Long jump 8.04 10 8.21 5 Godfrey Khotso Mokoena Long jump 8.00 15 Did not advance Tumelo Thagane Triple jump NM Did not advance Robert Oosthuizen Javelin throw 73.14 33 Did not advance Decathlon Willem Coertzen Decathlon Event Results Points Rank 100 m 11.16 825 20 Long jump 7.37 SB 903 9 Shot put 13.48 697 23 High jump 2.02 822 7 400 m 49.20 852 9 110 m hurdles 14.48 913 10 Discus throw 43.13 PB 728 19 Pole vault NM 0 Javelin throw DNS 1500 m DNS Total DNF Women Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Caster Semenya 800 metres 2:01.01 5 1:58.07 SB 1 1:56.35 SB René Kalmer Marathon 2:38:16 31 Annerien van Schalkwyk Marathon 2:43:59 SB 37 Tanith Maxwell Marathon DNS Wenda Theron 400 m hurdles 56.13 17 Q 57.06 23 Did not advance Simoné du Toit Shot put 15.83 24 Did not advance Sunette Viljoen Javelin throw 65.34 2 68.38 AR Justine Robbeson Javelin throw 58.08 19 Did not advance References zaadmin (August 8, 2011), Team South Africa for Daegu. Athletics SA announce final team to World Championships, Time-to-Run South Africa, retrieved August 14, 2011 IAAF (August 21, 2011), Entry Lists by Country (PDF), retrieved August 21, 2011 IAAF, Athletes participating per day, retrieved September 12, 2011 External links Official local organising committee website Official IAAF competition website