Jamaica at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

Jamaica at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
IAAF code	JAM
National federation	Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association
Website	www.trackandfieldja.com/frontpage.php
in Daegu
Competitors	45
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 4 4 1 9

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

Team selection

A team of 51 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event. The team is led by Olympic gold medalists and defending or former world champions Usain Bolt, Melaine Walker, Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce, and Veronica Campbell-Brown.^[1] Because only the names of the athletes were published, the assignment of athletes to events is tentatively due to this year's performances.^[2][3] Publication of the entry list solves this problem.^[4]

The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List,^[4] but not on the Official Start List of the specific event,^[5] resulting in a total number of 45 competitors:

KEY:	Did not participate	Competed in another event

	Event	Athlete
Men	100 metres	Asafa Powell
	200 metres	Kenroy Anderson
	110 m hurdles	Keiron Stewart
	4 x 100 metres relay	Asafa Powell
		Mario Forsythe
	4 x 400 metres relay	DeWayne Barrett
Women	100 metres	Sherone Simpson
	200 metres	Aileen Bailey
	400 metres	Davita Prendergast
	4 x 100 metres relay	Schillonie Calvert
		Aileen Bailey

Medalists

The following competitors from Jamaica won medals at the Championships

Usain Bolt won both the gold medal in the Men's 200 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay event at this year's championships Medal Athlete Event  Gold Yohan Blake 100 metres  Gold Usain Bolt 200 metres  Gold Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt Dexter Lee 4 x 100 metres relay  Gold Veronica Campbell-Brown 200 metres  Silver Veronica Campbell-Brown 100 metres  Silver Melaine Walker 400 m hurdles  Silver Shelly-Ann Fraser-Price Kerron Stewart Sherone Simpson Veronica Campbell-Brown Jura Levy 4 x 100 metres relay  Silver Rosemarie Whyte Davita Prendergast Novlene Williams-Mills Shericka Williams Shereefa Lloyd Patricia Hall 4 x 400 metres relay  Bronze Allodin Fothergill Jermaine Gonzales Riker Hylton Leford Green Lansford Spence 4 x 400 metres relay Results Men Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Usain Bolt 100 metres 10.10 1 10.05 2 DSQ - False start Michael Frater 100 metres 10.26 7 10.23 13 Did not advance Yohan Blake 100 metres 10.12 2 9.95 (SB) 1 9.92 (SB) Nesta Carter 100 metres 10.26 7 10.16 9 10.95 7 Usain Bolt 200 metres 20.30 1 20.31 2 19.40 WL Nickel Ashmeade 200 metres 20.47 5 20.32 3 20.29 5 Mario Forsythe 200 metres 20.68 15 20.63 10 Did not advance Marvin Anderson 200 metres 21.09 38 Did not advance Jermaine Gonzales 400 metres 45.12 5 44.99 2 44.99 4 Riker Hylton 400 metres 45.54 21 46.99 24 Did not advance Dwight Thomas 110 m hurdles 13.31 4 13.56 8 Did not finish Andrew Riley 110 m hurdles 13.47 8 13.75 14 Did not advance Richard Phillips 110 m hurdles 13.53 12 13.76 15 Did not advance Isa Phillips 400 m hurdles 48.64 SB 4 49.16 10 Did not advance Leford Green 400 m hurdles 49.45 14 49.29 11 Did not advance Josef Robertson 400 m hurdles 50.29 26 50.39 22 Did not advance Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt Dexter Lee 4 x 100 metres relay 38.07 SB 3 37.04 WR Allodin Fothergill Jermaine Gonzales Riker Hylton Leford Green Lansford Spence 4 x 400 metres relay 2:59.13 SB 2 3:00.10 Damar Forbes Long jump 7.91 20 Did not advance Wilbert Walker Triple jump 15.97 24 Did not advance Jason Morgan Discus throw 61.75 18 Did not advance Decathlon Maurice Smith Decathlon Event Results Points Rank 100 m 10.98 865 15 Long jump 7.06 m 828 22 Shot put 15.15 m 799 8 High jump 1.93 m 740 22 400 m 50.27 802 19 110 m hurdles 14.68 889 15 Discus throw 45.63 m 780 13 Pole vault Did not advance Javelin throw Did not advance 1500 m Did not advance Total Did not finish Women Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Veronica Campbell-Brown 100 metres 11.18 8 11.06 4 10.97 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Price 100 metres 11.12 4 11.03 2 10.99 4 Kerron Stewart 100 metres 11.12 4 11.26 7 11.15 6 Jura Levy 100 metres 11.33 20 11.53 17 Did not advance Veronica Campbell-Brown 200 metres 22.46 1 22.53 3 22.22 SB Kerron Stewart 200 metres 22.83 9 22.77 5 22.70 5 Sherone Simpson 200 metres 22.94 15 22.88 8 23.17 8 Shericka Williams 400 metres 51.66 Q 9 50.46 Q, SB 5 50.79 6 Novlene Williams-Mills 400 metres 51.30 Q 2 50.48 Q 6 52.89 8 Rosemarie Whyte 400 metres 51.38 Q 5 50.90 10 Did not advance Kenia Sinclair 800 metres 2:01.66 15 1:58.93 7 1:58.66 7 Brigitte Foster-Hylton 100 m hurdles 12.96 SB 11 12.87 SB 10 Did not advance Indira Spence 100 m hurdles 13.07 SB 17 12.93 PB 13 Did not advance Vonette Dixon 100 m hurdles 12.82 4 13.00 17 Did not advance Melaine Walker 400 m hurdles 54.86 1 54.97 5 52.73 SB Kaliese Spencer 400 m hurdles 54.93 3 55.02 6 54.01 4 Ristananna Tracey 400 m hurdles 55.96 14 55.55 13 Did not advance Nickiesha Wilson 400 m hurdles 56.08 16 56.58 19 Did not advance Korene Hinds 3000 metres steeplechase 9:52.11 20 Did not advance Mardrea Hyman 3000 metres steeplechase DNF Did not advance Shelly-Ann Fraser-Price Kerron Stewart Sherone Simpson Veronica Campbell-Brown Jura Levy 4 x 100 metres relay 42.23 SB 2 41.70 NR Rosemarie Whyte Davita Prendergast Novlene Williams-Mills Shericka Williams Shereefa Lloyd Patricia Hall 4 x 400 metres relay 3:22.01 SB 2 3:18.71 NR Jovanee Jarrett Long jump 6.19 28 Did not advance Kimberly Williams Triple jump 14.06 14 Did not advance References Jamaica’s team to the 13th IAAF World Championships announced, Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association, August 16, 2011, retrieved August 19, 2011 Clarke, Clayton (August 2, 2011), Caribbean athletes with World Champs standards, TrackAlerts.com, retrieved August 19, 2011 Clarke, Clayton (August 6, 2011), Caribbean women with qualifying marks for Daegu World Champs, TrackAlerts.com, retrieved August 19, 2011 IAAF (August 21, 2011), Entry Lists by Country (PDF), retrieved August 21, 2011 IAAF, Athletes participating per day, retrieved September 7, 2011 External links Official local organising committee website Official IAAF competition website