Brazil at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

Brazil at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
IAAF code	BRA
National federation	Confederação Brasileira de Atletismo
Website	www.cbat.org.br
in Daegu
Competitors	26
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 0 0 1
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)

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

Team selection

The Brazilian team for the competition has been announced. The team will be led by World Indoor Pole Vault champion Fabiana Murer and Olympic Long Jump champion Maurren Maggi. The final team on the entry list comprises the names of 31 athletes.

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 26 competitors:

KEY:

Did not participate

Competed in another event

	Event	Athlete
Men	4 x 100 metres relay	Carlos Roberto de Moraes Jr.
		Ailson Feitosa
Women	400 metres	Jailma de Lima
	5000 metres	Simone da Silva
	4 x 100 metres relay	Rosemar Maria Coelho Fortunato
		Geisa Aparecida Coutinho
	4 x 400 metres relay	Aline dos Santos

Medalists

The following competitor from Brazil won a medal at the Championships

Fabiana Murer won the gold medal in Women's Pole Vault at this year's championships

Medal	Athlete	Event
Gold	Fabiana Murer	Pole vault

Results

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Nilson André	100 metres			10.54	34	Did not advance
Bruno Lins de Barros	200 metres			20.63	11 Q	20.54	7 q	20.31	6
Sandro Viana	200 metres			20.62	10 Q	DSQ		Did not advance
Nilson André	200 metres			20.93	31	Did not advance
Kleberson Davide	800 metres			1:46.06	4 Q	1:45.06	7	Did not advance
Lutimar Paes	800 metres			1:48.97	34	Did not advance
Fernando da Silva	800 metres			1:51.58	38	Did not advance
Mahau Suguimati	400 m hurdles			49.74	20 q	50.89	23	Did not advance
Diego Cavalcanti Sandro Viana Nilson André Bruno Lins de Barros	4 x 100 metres relay			DSQ				Did not advance
Caio Bonfim	20 kilometres walk							1:24:29	22
Moacir Zimmermann	20 kilometres walk							DSQ
Jefferson Sabino	Triple jump	16.51	17					Did not advance
Fabio Gomes da Silva	Pole vault	5.65	6 q					5.65	8

Decathlon

Luiz Alberto de Araújo	Decathlon
	Event	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m	10.71 SB	926	4
	Long jump	6.74	753	26
	Shot put	14.77	776	13
	High jump	1.90	714	26
	400 m	48.48 PB	886	7
	110 m hurdles	14.25 SB	942	5
	Discus throw	46.46	797	9
	Pole vault	4.70 PB	819	17
	Javelin throw	54.38	654	19
	1500 m	4:47.29	635	16
Final			7902	16

Women

Reigning World indoor champion Fabiana Murer won the gold medal in the Women's Pole Vault competition clearing 4.85m in the first attempt equalling her Brazilian and Area record.

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Ana Claudia Silva	100 metres			11.26	15 Q	11.55	20	Did not advance
Rosângela Santos	100 metres			11.36	26 Q	11.61	24	Did not advance
Ana Claudia Silva	200 metres			22.96	16 Q	22.97	11	Did not advance
Vanda Gomes	200 metres			23.70	28	Did not advance
Geisa Aparecida Coutinho	400 metres			52.15	13 q	51.87	14	Did not advance
Jailma de Lima	400 m hurdles			57.21	28	Not advance
Ana Claudia Silva Vanda Gomes Franciela Krasucki Rosângela Santos	4 x 100 metres relay			42.92 AR	8 q			43.10	8
Geisa Aparecida Coutinho Bárbara de Oliveira Joelma Sousa Jailma de Lima	4 x 400 metres relay			3:32.43	18			Did not advance
Maurren Higa Maggi	Long jump	6.86	1 Q					6.17	11
Keila Costa	Long jump	6.26	24					Did not advance
Keila Costa	Triple jump	14.15	12 q					13.72	12
Fabiana Murer	Pole vault	4.55	1 Q					4.85 AR
Andressa de Morais	Discus throw	57.93	18					Did not advance
Elisângela Adriano	Discus throw	56.45	22					Did not advance

See also

• Brazil at the World Championships in Athletics

References

External links

• Official local organising committee website
• Official IAAF competition website