New Zealand at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

New Zealand at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
IAAF code	NZL
National federation	Athletics New Zealand
Website	www.athletics.org.nz
in Daegu
Competitors	8
Medals	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1

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

Team selection

Reigning World Shot Put champion Valerie Adams leads the initial team selection for the championships. Adams, who also claimed the 2007 World title and 2008 Olympic Gold, was one of four 2010 Commonwealth Games medalists to be named in the first portion of Athletics New Zealand's selection process. Further selections will be announced in June and the final team selection will be announced after 8 August 2011.^[1][2]

The final team on the entry list comprises the names of 8 athletes.^[3]

Medalists

The following competitors from New Zealand won medals at the Championships

Valerie Adams defended her gold medal in Shot Put at Daegu for the second time in a row completing a hat trick Medal Athlete Event  Gold Valerie Adams Shot put Results Men Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Nick Willis 1500 metres 3:39.24 2 3:37.39 2 3:38.69 12 Jake Robertson 5000 metres 13:53.57 24 q[4] 14:03.09 15 Adrian Blincoe 5000 metres DNS Did not advance Quentin Rew 50 kilometres walk 4:08:46 24 Stuart Farquhar Javelin throw 82.10 3 78.99 11 Decathlon Brent Newdick Decathlon Event Results Points Rank 100 m 11.00 861 16 Long jump 7.31 888 12 Shot put 13.75 713 22 High jump 1.96 SB 767 21 400 m 49.95 817 17 110 m hurdles 14.86 867 20 Discus throw 45.65 780 12 Pole vault 4.50 760 19 Javelin throw 55.69 673 16 1500 m 4:47.30 635 17 Total 7761 19 Women Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Nikki Hamblin 800 metres 2:02.87 SB 25 Did not advance Nikki Hamblin 1500 metres 4:36.70 35 Did not advance Valerie Adams Shot put 19.79 1 21.24 CR, AR, WL References ↑ Athletics New Zealand (April 8, 2011), World Track & Field Champs Initial Selections Announced, archived from the original on September 27, 2011, retrieved July 19, 2011 ↑ Athletics New Zealand (April 9, 2011), Adams leads initial New Zealand World champs selection - Daegu 2011, IAAF, retrieved July 19, 2011 ↑ IAAF (August 21, 2011), Entry Lists by Country (PDF), retrieved August 21, 2011 ↑ IAAF (September 1, 2011), Men's 5000m - Heats - Medal contenders all progress in traditional last lap sizzlers, retrieved September 5, 2011 External links Official local organising committee website Official IAAF competition website