Belgium at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

Belgium at the
2011 World Championships in Athletics
WA codeBEL
National federationLigue Royale Belge d'Athlétisme
Websitewww.val.be
in Daegu
Competitors9
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
World Championships in Athletics appearances
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Belgium competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.

Team selection

A team of 11 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event.[1][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 total number of 9 competitors:

KEY: Did not participate Competed in another event
Event Athlete
Men 4 x 400 metres relay Arnaud Destatte
Joris Haeck

Medalists

The following Belgian competitor won a medal at the Championships

Kevin Borlée won a bronze medal in the Men's 400 metres competition at this year's championships
Medal Athlete Event
 Bronze Kevin Borlée 400 metres

Results

Men

Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final
Time
Width
Height 		Rank Time
Width
Height 		Rank Time
Width
Height 		Rank Time
Width
Height 		Rank
Kevin Borlée 400 metres 44.77 2 Q 45.02 3 Q 44.90 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jonathan Borlée 400 metres 45.16 7 Q 45.14 4 Q 45.07 5
Jeroen D'hoedt 1500 metres 3:45.54 31 Did not advance
Jonathan Borlée
Antoine Gillet
Nils Duerinck
Kevin Borlée
 4 x 400 metres relay 3:00.71 SB 6 Q 3:00.41 SB 5

Decathlon

Thomas Van Der Plaetsen Decathlon
Event Results Points Rank
100 m 11.20 PB 817 23
Long jump 7.79 PB 1007 1
Shot put 12.76 653 28
High jump 2.17 PB 963 1
400 m 49.46 840 11
110 m hurdles 14.79 875 19
Discus throw 37.20 608 25
Pole vault 5.10 941 2
Javelin throw 58.91 721 13
1500 m 4:45.86 644 15
Total 8069 13

Women

Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final
Time
Width
Height 		Rank Time
Width
Height 		Rank Time
Width
Height 		Rank Time
Width
Height 		Rank
Anne Zagré 100 m hurdles 13.47 32 Not advance
Élodie Ouédraogo 400 m hurdles 55.40 PB 10 Q 55.29 PB 11 Not advance

Heptathlon

Sara Aerts Heptathlon
Event Results Points Rank
100 m hurdles 13.38 SB 1068 8
High jump 1.74 SB 903 22
Shot put 12.49 694 20
200 m DNS
Long jump DNS
Javelin throw DNS
800 m DNS
Total DNF

References

  1. ^ Belgacom 11 (August 15, 2011), Athlétisme - Mondiaux - Sept athlètes belges et le 4x400m messieurs à Daegu (in French), archived from the original on September 27, 2011, retrieved August 16, 2011{citation}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b IAAF (August 21, 2011), Entry Lists by Country (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on August 4, 2012, retrieved August 21, 2011
  3. ^ IAAF, Athletes participating per day, archived from the original on May 31, 2012, retrieved September 6, 2011

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