2011 in the sport of athletics

In 2011, the foremost athletics event was the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu. The other major global level competition held in 2011 was the World Cross Country Championships.

2011 in athletics
Major world events2011 World Championships
World records set13
IAAF Athletes of the YearUsain Bolt
Sally Pearson
World Marathon Majors winnersEmmanuel Mutai
Liliya Shobukhova
New competitionsAfrican XC Championships
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2012 →

2011 in sports
Years in the sport of athletics
2011 in sports

The 2011 season marked the re-establishment of the African Cross Country Championships, an event created in response to the change of the World Cross Championships from an annual to a biennial format. It was also the first year since 1992 that the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was not held, as that competition also switched to a two-year schedule.

Major events

World

Regional

National
DatesEventCity
12–13 FebruaryAustria Austrian Indoor ChampionshipsLinz[1]
12–13 FebruaryLatvia Latvian Indoor ChampionshipsKuldīga[2]
18–19 FebruaryLithuania Lithuanian Indoor ChampionshipsKlaipėda[3]
19–21 AprilTonga Tonga ChampionshipsNukuʻalofa[4]
30–31 MayArmenia Armenian ChampionshipsArtashat[5]
10–12 JuneJapan Japanese ChampionshipsKumagaya[6]
23–26 JuneUnited States USA ChampionshipsEugene
24–25 JuneThe Bahamas Bahamian ChampionshipsFreeport[7]
25–26 JuneItaly Italian ChampionshipsTurin[8]
23–24 JulyGermany German ChampionshipsKassel[9]
23–24 JulyLithuania Lithuanian ChampionshipsKaunas[3]
30–31 JulyLatvia Latvian Championships[2]
6–7 AugustSpain Spanish ChampionshipsMálaga[10]
11–13 AugustPoland Polish ChampionshipsBydgoszcz[11]

World records

Men
Event Athlete Nation Performance Meeting Place Date
Triple jump (indoor) Teddy Tamgho  France 17.91 m[12] French Indoor Championships France Aubière, France 20 February
17.92 m
17.92 m[13]		 European Indoor Championships France Paris, France 6 March
Indoor heptathlon Ashton Eaton  United States 6568 pts[14] International Indoor Combined Events Meeting Estonia Tallinn, Estonia 5–6 February
25,000 metres (track)
30,000 metres (track)		 Moses Mosop  Kenya 1:12:25.4+
1:26:47.4[15]		 Prefontaine Classic United States Eugene, Oregon, USA 4 June
30 km (road) Peter Cheruiyot Kirui  Kenya 1:27:37+[16] 2011 Berlin Marathon Germany Berlin, Germany 25 September
Marathon Patrick Makau  Kenya 2:03:38[16]
4 × 100 metres relay Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt		  Jamaica 37.04[17] World Championships in Athletics South Korea Daegu, South Korea 4 September
50,000 m track walk Yohann Diniz  France 3:35:27.20[18] N/A France Reims, France 12 March

Women
Event Athlete Nation Performance Meeting Place Date
4 × 800 m relay (indoor) Team Moscow
Aleksandra Bulanova
Yekaterina Martynova
Yelena Kofanova
Anna Balakshina		  Russia 8:06.24[19] Russian Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 18 February
20 km road Mary Keitany  Kenya 1:02:36+[20] Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon United Arab Emirates Ras Al Khaimah, UAE 18 February
Half marathon 1:05:50[20]
Hammer throw Betty Heidler  Germany 79.42 m[21] International Throwing Meeting Halle, Germany 21 May
20 km road walk Vera Sokolova  Russia 1:25:08[22] Russian Race Walking Championships Sochi, Russia 26 February

Season's bests
Best marks of the year
Event Men Women
Athlete Mark Notes Athlete Mark Notes
60 metres  Mike Rodgers (USA)6.48  LaKya Brookins (USA)7.09
100 metres  Usain Bolt (JAM)9.76  Carmelita Jeter (USA)10.70
200 metres  Yohan Blake (JAM)19.26  Shalonda Solomon (USA)22.15
400 metres  LaShawn Merritt (USA)44.35  Amantle Montsho (BOT)49.56†
800 metres  David Rudisha (KEN)1:41.33  Mariya Savinova (RUS)1:55.87
1500 metres  Asbel Kiprop (KEN)3:30.46  Morgan Uceny (USA)4:00.06
Mile run  Haron Keitany (KEN)3:49.09  Jennifer Simpson (USA)4:28.60
3000 metres  Yenew Alamirew (ETH)7:27.26  Sentayehu Ejigu (ETH)8:30.26indoor
5000 metres  Mo Farah (GBR)12:53.11  Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)14:20.87
10,000 metres  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)26:43.16  Sally Jepkosgei Kipyego (KEN)30:38.35
60 metres hurdles  David Oliver (USA)7.37  Kellie Wells (USA)7.79
100/110 metres hurdles  David Oliver (USA)12.94  Sally Pearson (AUS)12.28
400 metres hurdles  L.J. van Zyl (RSA)47.66  Lashinda Demus (USA)52.47
3000 metres steeplechase  Brimin Kipruto (KEN)7:53.64  Yuliya Zaripova (RUS)9:07.03
10 kilometres  Micah Kogo (KEN)
 Leonard Komon (KEN)		27:15  Joyce Chepkirui (KEN)30:38
15 kilometres  Leonard Komon (KEN)41:26  Mary Keitany (KEN)46:40
20 kilometres  Deriba Merga (ETH)56:16  Mary Keitany (KEN)1:02:36WR
Half marathon  Zersenay Tadese (ERI)58:30  Mary Keitany (KEN)1:05:50WR
25 kilometres  Mathew Kisorio (KEN)1:12:13  Mary Keitany (KEN)1:21:38
30 kilometres  Peter Cheruiyot Kirui (KEN)1:27:37WR  Liliya Shobukhova (RUS)1:38:23WR
Marathon  Patrick Makau (KEN)2:03:38WR  Liliya Shobukhova (RUS)2:18:20
20 kilometres race walk  Wang Zhen (CHN)1:18:30  Vera Sokolova (RUS)1:25:08WR
50 kilometres race walk  Sergey Bakulin (RUS)3:38:46 —
Pole vault  Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)6.03 mindoor  Jennifer Suhr (USA)4.91 m
High jump  Ivan Ukhov (RUS)2.38 mindoor  Anna Chicherova (RUS)2.07 mNR
Long jump  Mitchell Watt (AUS)8.54 m  Brittney Reese (USA)7.19 m
Triple jump  Christian Taylor (USA)17.96 m  Yargelis Savigne (CUB)
 Caterine Ibargüen (COL)		14.99 m
Shot put  Dylan Armstrong (CAN)22.21 m  Valerie Adams (NZL)21.24 m
Discus throw  Zoltán Kővágó (HUN)69.50 m  Li Yanfeng (CHN)67.98 m†
Javelin throw  Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)90.61 m  Barbora Špotáková (CZE)71.58 m†
Hammer throw  Krisztián Pars (HUN)81.89 m  Betty Heidler (GER)79.42 mWR
Pentathlon —  Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida (FRA)4723 pts
Heptathlon  Ashton Eaton (USA)6568 ptsWR  Jessica Ennis-Hill (GBR)6790 pts†
Decathlon  Ashton Eaton (USA)8729 pts —
4 × 100 metres relay  Jamaica
Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt		37.04WR  United States
Bianca Knight
Allyson Felix
Marshevet Myers
Carmelita Jeter		41.56
4 × 400 metres relay  United States
Greg Nixon
Jamaal Torrance
Michael Berry
LaShawn Merritt		2:58.82  United States
Sanya Richards-Ross
Allyson Felix
Jessica Beard
Francena McCorory		3:18.09

Awards
Australia's Sally Pearson was the women's IAAF Athlete of the Year.

Men
Award Winner
IAAF World Athlete of the Year  Usain Bolt (JAM)[24]
Track & Field Athlete of the Year  David Rudisha (KEN)[25]
European Athlete of the Year  Mo Farah (GBR)[26]
European Athletics Rising Star  David Storl (GER)[27]

Women
Award Winner
IAAF World Athlete of the Year  Sally Pearson (AUS)[24]
Track & Field Athlete of the Year  Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)[28]
European Athlete of the Year  Mariya Savinova (RUS)[26]
European Athletics Rising Star  Jodie Williams (GBR)[27]

Deaths
The 2008 Olympic marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru died in May.
  • 3 January – Zbigniew Jaremski (61), 400 m relay silver medallist at the 1976 Olympics[29]
  • 16 January – Stefka Yordanova (64), 1973 European indoor champion over 800 m[30]
  • 3 February – Robert Young (95), 400 m relay silver medallist at the 1936 Olympics[31]
  • 5 February – Albert Yator (17), Kenyan world junior steeplechase medalist[32]
  • 13 February – Inese Jaunzeme (78), javelin thrower and Latvia's first Olympic champion
  • 19 February – Ollie Matson (70), 400 m runner and 1952 Olympic medallist[33]
  • 25 February – Peter Hildreth (82), 1950 European Championships medallist in the hurdles[34]
  • 14 March – Eduard Gushchin (60), 1968 Olympic medallist in the shot put [35]
  • 19 April – Grete Waitz (57), distance runner and world champion and record holder in the marathon[36]
  • 16 May – Samuel Wanjiru (24), first Kenyan to win the Olympic marathon and a former half marathon world record holder[37]
  • 28 May – Romuald Klim (78), 1964 Olympic champion and former world record holder in the hammer throw[38]
  • 30 May – Ricky Bruch, (64) former world record holder in the discus throw[39]
  • 6 June – Benjamín González (53), World and European indoor medallist over 400 and 800 metres[40]
  • 10 June – Cosimo Caliandro (29), 3000 metres gold medallist at the 2007 European Indoors[41]
  • 10 July – Ragnar Lundberg (86), pole vaulter and 1950 European champion[42]
  • 12 July – Kurt Lundquist (85), 400 m runner and 1948 Olympic relay medallist[43]
  • 17 August – Pierre Quinon (49), 1984 Olympic pole vault champion[44]
  • 2 October – Vera Popkova (68), 1971 European indoor champion over 400 metres[45]
  • 13 October – Abdoulaye Seye (77), sprinter and 1960 Olympic medallist over 200 m[46]
  • 12 December – Sunday Bada (42), 1997 World indoor champion over 400 metres and Olympic relay gold medallist[47]

References
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  2. Latvian Championships Archived 2011-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Lithuanian Championships Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Tonga Championships Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Armenian Championships Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Japanese Championships
  7. Bahamian Championships
  8. Italian Championships
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  21. Wenig, Jorg (2011-05-21). 79.42m - Heidler breaks World Hammer Throw record in Halle - UPDATED. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-23.
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  31. Bob Young. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-12-17.
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  35. 1968 Olympic medallist Eduard Gushchin dies Archived 2011-04-24 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011-03-15). Retrieved on 2011-12-17.
  36. Distance running legend Grete Waitz passes away, memorial tribute to be held on 11 May. IAAF (2011-04-19). Retrieved on 2011-05-01.
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  38. Klim, Olympic Hammer Throw champion, passes away. IAAF (2011-06-02). Retrieved on 2011-12-17.
  39. Archived 2011-06-02 at the Wayback Machine (Swedish)
  40. Spain’s 1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships medallist Benjamin Gonzalez dies Archived 2012-08-25 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011-06-09). Retrieved on 2011-06-11.
  41. Italy’s 2007 European indoor championships Cosimo Caliandro killed Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011-06-11). Retrieved on 2011-06-11.
  42. Ragnar Lundberg. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-12-17.
  43. Kurt Lundquist. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-12-17.
  44. French Pole Vault ace Pierre Quinon has died. IAAF (2011-08-18). Retrieved on 2011-09-21.
  45. Former European indoor 400m champion Vera Popkova passes away Archived 2011-10-09 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011-10-04). Retrieved on 2011-10-05.
  46. Abdoulaye Seye, 1960 Olympic bronze medallist, passes away. IAAF (2011-10-14). Retrieved on 2011-12-17.
  47. 1997 World Indoor champion Sunday Bada dies. IAAF (2011-12-13). Retrieved on 2011-12-17.

Further reading

Annual season reviews from IAAF by A. Lennart Julin and Mirko Jalava:

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