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South Africa at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

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Sporting event delegation
South Africa at the
2009 World Championships in Athletics
WA codeRSA
in Berlin
Competitors24
Medals
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
3
World Championships in Athletics appearances
2007 2011

South Africa competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. A team of 24 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. Selected athletes had achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards.

Team selection

Track and road events
Event Athletes
Men Women
100 metres Simon Magakwe
200 metres Thuso Mpuang
Tshegofatso Mputla
Isabel Le Roux
400 metres Pieter Smith
800 metres Mbulaeni Mulaudzi
Samson Ngoepe
Caster Semenya
1500 metres Johan Cronje
Peter van der Westhuizen
Marathon Norman Dlomo
Johannes Kekana
Coolboy Ngamole
Tanith Maxwell
3000 m steeplechase Ruben Ramolefi
100 metre hurdles
110 metre hurdles Lehann Fourie
400 metre hurdles L. J. van Zyl
4 x 100 metres relay Unknown
4 x 400 metres relay Unknown
Field and combined events
Event Athletes
Men Women
Long jump Godfrey Khotso Mokoena Janice Josephs
Discus throw Elizna Naudé
Hammer throw Chris Harmse
Javelin throw John Robert Oosthuizen Sunette Viljoen
Decathlon Willem Coertzen

References

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Nations at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
Oceania
South America
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