2011 in athletics (track and field)

Updated on Oct 09, 2024

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Major world events 2011 World Championships IAAF Athletes of the Year Usain Bolt Sally Pearson World Marathon Majors winners Emmanuel Mutai Liliya Shobukhova New competitions African XC Championships

In 2011, the foremost athletics event was the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu. The other major global level competition held in 2011 was the World Cross Country Championships.

The 2011 season marked the re-establishment of the African Cross Country Championships, an event created in response to the change of the World Cross Championships from an annual to a biennial format. It was also the first year since 1992 that the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was not held, as that competition also switched to a two-year schedule.

Season's bests

^† = Croatia's Sandra Perković had a throw of 69.99 m in June in Varaždin, but this was annulled after she later failed a drug test.

Deaths

3 January – Zbigniew Jaremski (61), 400 m relay silver medallist at the 1976 Olympics

16 January – Stefka Yordanova (64), 1973 European indoor champion over 800 m

3 February – Robert Young (95), 400 m relay silver medallist at the 1936 Olympics

5 February – Albert Yator (17), Kenyan world junior steeplechase medalist

13 February – Inese Jaunzeme (78), javelin thrower and Latvia's first Olympic champion

19 February – Ollie Matson (70), 400 m runner and 1952 Olympic medallist

25 February – Peter Hildreth (82), 1950 European Championships medallist in the hurdles

14 March – Eduard Gushchin (60), 1968 Olympic medallist in the shot put

19 April – Grete Waitz (57), distance runner and world champion and record holder in the marathon

16 May – Samuel Wanjiru (24), first Kenyan to win the Olympic marathon and a former half marathon world record holder

28 May – Romuald Klim (78), 1964 Olympic champion and former world record holder in the hammer throw

30 May - Ricky Bruch, (64) former world record holder in the discus throw

6 June – Benjamín González (53), World and European indoor medallist over 400 and 800 metres

10 June – Cosimo Caliandro (29), 3000 metres gold medallist at the 2007 European Indoors

10 July – Ragnar Lundberg (86), pole vaulter and 1950 European champion

12 July – Kurt Lundquist (85), 400 m runner and 1948 Olympic relay medallist

17 August – Pierre Quinon (49), 1984 Olympic pole vault champion

2 October – Vera Popkova (68), 1971 European indoor champion over 400 metres

13 October – Abdoulaye Seye (77), sprinter and 1960 Olympic medallist over 200 m

12 December – Sunday Bada (42), 1997 World indoor champion over 400 metres and Olympic relay gold medallist

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