Latvia at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

Latvia at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
IAAF code	LAT
National federation	Latvijas Vieglatlētikas savienība
Website	lat-athletics.lv
in Daegu
Competitors	13
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 1 1

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

Team selection

A team of 15 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event. The team is led by javelin thrower Vadims Vasiļevskis, the 2004 Olympic Games silver medalist and second this year’s world rankings with 88.22m, and 2010 European Athletics Championships long jump gold medalist Ineta Radēviča.^[1][2] Māris Urtāns and Edgars Eriņš were both qualified and appeared on the entry list, but they won't compete due to injuries.^[3][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 13 competitors:

KEY:	Did not participate	Competed in another event

	Event	Athlete
Men	Shot put	Māris Urtāns
	Decathlon	Edgars Eriņš

Medalists

The following competitor from Latvia won a medal at the Championships

Ineta Radēviča celebrating her bronze medal at Daegu Medal Athlete Event  Bronze Ineta Radēviča Long jump Results Men Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Ronalds Arājs 100 metres 10.52 31 Did not advance Dmitrijs Jurkevičs 1500 metres 3:42.69 30 Did not advance Igors Kazakevičs 50 kilometres walk DNF Igors Sokolovs Hammer throw 72.95 20 Did not advance Ēriks Rags Javelin throw 77.34 20 Did not advance Vadims Vasiļevskis Javelin throw 75.23 25 Did not advance Zigismunds Sirmais Javelin throw 73.16 32 Did not advance Women Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Agnese Pastare 20 kilometres walk 1:37:48 28 Ineta Radēviča Long jump 6.59 9 q 6.76 (SB) Lauma Grīva Long jump 6.27 23 Did not advance Madara Palameika Javelin throw 59.78 11 58.08 11 Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala Javelin throw 58.15 18 Did not advance Heptathlon Aiga Grabuste Heptathlon Event Results Points Rank 100 m hurdles 14.06 970 25 High jump 1.71 867 24 Shot put 14.46 SB 825 10 200 m 24.83 902 12 Long jump 6.45 991 3 Javelin throw 45.82 779 9 800 m 2:14.82 895 12 Total 6229 12 References Latvia, Slovakia and Serbia teams for the World Championships, European Athletics, August 11, 2011, retrieved August 14, 2011 Komandas sastāvs PČ Tegu (in Latvian), August 10, 2011, retrieved August 14, 2011 Pārums, Jānis (24 August 2011). "Pasaules čempionātā bez Urtāna un Eriņa" (in Latvian). sportacentrs.com. Retrieved 24 August 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