| South Korea at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics | |
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| WA code | KOR |
| National federation | Korea Association of Athletics Federations |
| Website | www |
| in Daegu | |
| Competitors | 53 |
| Medals Ranked 35th |
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| World Championships in Athletics appearances | |
| ← 2009 2013 → | |
South Korea competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea as the host nation.
Team selection
A team of 63 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event. The team was led by 110-meter hurdler Park Tae-kyong. Furthermore, the team includes 3 athletes invited by the IPC for exhibition events: Jung Dong-ho and Yoo Byung-hoon, 400m T53 (wheelchair) men, and Kang Kyung-sun, 800m T54 (wheelchair) women.
The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List, but not on the Official Start List of the specific event, resulting in a total number of 53 competitors:
| KEY: | Did not participate | Competed in another event |
Results
Men
Decathlon
| Kim Kun-woo | Decathlon | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Results | Points | Rank | |
| 100 m | 11.11 (SB) | 836 | 19 | |
| Long jump | 7.24 (SB) | 871 | 16 | |
| Shot put | 12.96 (SB) | 665 | 26 | |
| High jump | 1.96 (SB) | 767 | 20 | |
| 400 m | 49.24 | 850 | 10 | |
| 110 m hurdles | 14.95 (SB) | 856 | 24 | |
| Discus throw | 39.53 | 655 | 23 | |
| Pole vault | 4.90 (PB) | 880 | 6 | |
| Javelin throw | 53.33 | 638 | 20 | |
| 1500 m | 4:15.63 (SB) | 842 | 2 | |
| Total | 7860 (NR) | 17 | ||
Women
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Heats | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time Width Height |
Rank | Time Width Height |
Rank | Time Width Height |
Rank | Time Width Height |
Rank | ||
| Jung Hye-lim | 100 metres | 11.90 | 3 Q | 11.88 | 40 | Did not advance | |||
| Huh Yeon-jung | 800 metres | 2:08.05 | 34 | Did not advance | |||||
| Kim Sung-eun | Marathon | 2:37:05 (SB) | 28 | ||||||
| Lee Sook-jung | Marathon | 2:40:23 | 34 | ||||||
| Chung Yun-hee | Marathon | 2:42:28 | 35 | ||||||
| Park Jun-sook | Marathon | 3:03:34 | 43 | ||||||
| Choi Bo-ra | Marathon | 3:10:06 | 44 | ||||||
| Jung Hye-lim | 100 m hurdles | 13.39 | 23 | Did not advance | |||||
| Son Kyeong-mi | 400 m hurdles | 1:00.21 | 36 | Did not advance | |||||
| Eum Jeesu Kim So-yeon Lee Sun-ae Park So-yeun |
4 x 100 metres relay | 46.14 (SB) | 16 | Did not advance | |||||
| Woo Yu-jin Lee Ha-nee Oh Se-ra Park Seongmyun |
4 x 400 metres relay | 3:43.22 (SB) | 19 | Did not advance | |||||
| Jeon Yong-eun | 20 kilometres walk | 1:35:52 (SB) | 26 | ||||||
| Jung Soon-ok | Long jump | 6.18 (SB) | 29 | Did not advance | |||||
| Jung Hye-kyung | Triple jump | 13.50 | 30 | Did not advance | |||||
| Han Da-rye | High jump | 1.75 | 29 | Did not advance | |||||
| Choi Yun-hee | Pole vault | 4.40 (NR) | 19 | Did not advance | |||||
| Lee Mi-young | Shot put | 16.18 | 23 | Did not advance | |||||
| Kang Na-ru | Hammer throw | 61.05 | 30 | Did not advance | |||||
| Kim Kyung-ae | Javelin throw | 54.96 | 27 | Did not advance | |||||
References
- ^ IAAF (August 21, 2011), Entry Lists by Country (PDF), retrieved August 21, 2011
- IAAF, Athletes participating per day, archived from the original on May 31, 2012, retrieved September 7, 2011