South Korea at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

South Korea at the
2011 World Championships in Athletics
South Korea at the; 2011 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	KOR
National federation	Korea Association of Athletics Federations
Website	www.kaaf.or.kr
in Daegu
Competitors	53
Medals; Ranked 35th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
World Championships in Athletics appearances
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South Korea competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea as the host nation.

Team selection

A team of 63 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event. The team was led by 110-meter hurdler Park Tae-kyong. Furthermore, the team includes 3 athletes invited by the IPC for exhibition events: Jung Dong-ho and Yoo Byung-hoon, 400m T53 (wheelchair) men, and Kang Kyung-sun, 800m T54 (wheelchair) women.^[1]

The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List,^[1] but not on the Official Start List of the specific event,^[2] resulting in a total number of 53 competitors:

KEY:	Did not participate	Competed in another event

	Event	Athlete
Men	4 x 100 metres relay	Jeon Duk-hyung
	4 x 100 metres relay	Kim Jin-Kuk
	4 x 400 metres relay	Choi Myung-jun
	4 x 400 metres relay	Kim Jaedeok
Women	4 x 100 metres relay	Jung Hye-lim
	4 x 100 metres relay	Joung Hansol
	4 x 400 metres relay	Jang Yea-eun
	4 x 400 metres relay	Seo In-ae

Results

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Kim Kuk-young	100 metres	DQ		Did not advance
Park Bong-go	400 metres			46.42 (SB)	25	Did not advance
Sin Sang-min	1500 metres			3:55.02	35	Did not advance
Baek Seung-ho	5000 metres			15:01.37	34			Did not advance
Jeong Jin-hyeok	Marathon							2:17:04	23
Lee Myong-seung	Marathon							2:18:05	28
Hwang Jun-Hyeon	Marathon							2:21:54 (SB)	35
Hwang Jun-Suk	Marathon							2:23:47	40
Kim Min	Marathon							2:27:20 (SB)	44
Park Tae-kyong	110 m hurdles			13.83	26	Did not advance
Lee Seung-yun	400 m hurdles			52.98	34	Did not advance
Yeo Ho-suah Cho Kyu-won Kim Kuk-young Lim Hee-nam	4 x 100 metres relay			38.94 (NR)	13			Did not advance
Park Bong-go Lim Chan-ho Lee Jun Seong Hyeok-je	4 x 400 metres relay			3:04.05 (NR)	15			Did not advance
Byun Young-jun	20 kilometres walk							1:24:48	25
Kim Hyun-sub	20 kilometres walk							1:21:17
Park Chil-sung	20 kilometres walk							DNF
Park Chil-sung	50 kilometres walk							3:47:13 (NR)	7
Kim Dong-young	50 kilometres walk							3:51:12 (PB)	14
Yim Jung-hyun	50 kilometres walk							DQ
Kim Deok-hyeon	Long jump	8.02 (SB)	11					DNS
Kim Deok-hyeon	Triple jump	No Mark						Did not advance
Yun Ye-hwan	High jump	No Mark						Did not advance
Kim Yoo-suk	Pole vault	5.20	26					Did not advance
Hwang In-sung	Shot put	17.75	27					Did not advance
Lee Yun-chul	Hammer throw	68.98 (SB)	29					Did not advance
Jung Sang-jin	Javelin throw	72.03	34					Did not advance

Decathlon

Kim Kun-woo	Decathlon
Kim Kun-woo	Event	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m	11.11 (SB)	836	19
	Long jump	7.24 (SB)	871	16
	Shot put	12.96 (SB)	665	26
	High jump	1.96 (SB)	767	20
	400 m	49.24	850	10
	110 m hurdles	14.95 (SB)	856	24
	Discus throw	39.53	655	23
	Pole vault	4.90 (PB)	880	6
	Javelin throw	53.33	638	20
	1500 m	4:15.63 (SB)	842	2
Total			7860 (NR)	17

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Jung Hye-lim	100 metres	11.90	3 Q	11.88	40	Did not advance
Huh Yeon-jung	800 metres			2:08.05	34	Did not advance
Kim Sung-eun	Marathon							2:37:05 (SB)	28
Lee Sook-jung	Marathon							2:40:23	34
Chung Yun-hee	Marathon							2:42:28	35
Park Jun-sook	Marathon							3:03:34	43
Choi Bo-ra	Marathon							3:10:06	44
Jung Hye-lim	100 m hurdles			13.39	23	Did not advance
Son Kyeong-mi	400 m hurdles			1:00.21	36	Did not advance
Eum Jeesu Kim So-yeon Lee Sun-ae Park So-yeun	4 x 100 metres relay			46.14 (SB)	16			Did not advance
Woo Yu-jin Lee Ha-nee Oh Se-ra Park Seongmyun	4 x 400 metres relay			3:43.22 (SB)	19			Did not advance
Jeon Yong-eun	20 kilometres walk							1:35:52 (SB)	26
Jung Soon-ok	Long jump	6.18 (SB)	29					Did not advance
Jung Hye-kyung	Triple jump	13.50	30					Did not advance
Han Da-rye	High jump	1.75	29					Did not advance
Choi Yun-hee	Pole vault	4.40 (NR)	19					Did not advance
Lee Mi-young	Shot put	16.18	23					Did not advance
Kang Na-ru	Hammer throw	61.05	30					Did not advance
Kim Kyung-ae	Javelin throw	54.96	27					Did not advance

References

^ ^a ^b IAAF (August 21, 2011), Entry Lists by Country (PDF), retrieved August 21, 2011
^ IAAF, Athletes participating per day, archived from the original on May 31, 2012, retrieved September 7, 2011

External links

[entry_list-1] IAAF (August 21, 2011), Entry Lists by Country (PDF), retrieved August 21, 2011

[2] IAAF, Athletes participating per day, archived from the original on May 31, 2012, retrieved September 7, 2011

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