Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from 27 August - 4 September 2011.
Team selection
announced a team of 67 athletes on August 9 in preparation for the competition. Team GB will be represented by defending World Champions Phillips Idowu and Jessica Ennis in the triple jump and the heptathlon respectively, as well as Lisa Dobriskey and Jenny Meadows who won silver and bronze medals at the 2009 World Championships respectively. Selected athletes had achieved at least one of the competition's A or B qualifying standards.Head coach Charles van Commenne has expressed a target of 10 medal opportunities, ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Apart from the defending medallists, the team also includes the Women's 400m gold and silver medallists from the 2007 World Championships, Christine Ohuruogu and Nicola Sanders, respectively and two individual medallists from the 1999 World Championships, 100m bronze medallist Dwain Chambers and women's triple jump silver medallist Yamila Aldama.
In addition, the team includes 2 athletes invited by the IPC for exhibition events: Michael Bushell, 400m T53 men, and Rochelle Woods, 800m T54 women.
The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List, but not on the Official Start List of the specific event, resulting in total number of 59 competitors:
KEY: | Did not participate | Competed in another event |
Medallists
The following British competitors won medals at the Championshipswon both the gold
medal in the 5000 metres event and a silver medal in the 10,000 metres event at this year's championships
Medal | Name | Event | Date |
Jessica Ennis | Heptathlon | 30 August | |
Dai Greene | 400 metres hurdles | 1 September | |
Mo Farah | 5000 metres | 4 September | |
Mo Farah | 10 000 metres | 28 August | |
Hannah England | 1500 metres | 1 September | |
Phillips Idowu | Triple jump | 4 September | |
Andy Turner | 110 metres hurdles | 29 August |