Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Great Britain at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
IAAF code	GBR
National federation	UK Athletics
Website	www.uka.org.uk
in Berlin
Competitors	60
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 2 2 2 6
World Championships in Athletics appearances
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Great Britain and Northern Ireland (often referred to as Great Britain) is competing at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. UK Athletics announced a team of 60 athletes in July in preparation for the competition,^[1] although it was known that some athletes might not compete due to injury.^[2] Christine Ohuruogu entered the competition as the defending 400 metres champion. Selected athletes had achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards.

Ohuruogu, Jessica Ennis, and Phillips Idowu were identified as the athletes with the greatest chance of winning a gold medal; two of them succeeded. The team included the defending 400m gold and silver medallists, Ohuruogu and Nicola Sanders, respectively. Paula Radcliffe, the Marathon gold medallist in 2005, was the other individual medallist returning to the GBR team. Head coach Charles van Commenee stated that matching the last championships medal haul (5) was a reasonable target given a number of high profile injuries.^[3]

Germaine Mason and Toby Sandeman withdrew from the squad due to injuries before the start of the competition.^[4]

Team selection

Results

Men Track and field events Event Athletes Heat Round 1 Heat Round 2 Semifinal Final Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank 100 m Dwain Chambers 10.18 1 10.04 1 10.04 4 10.00 6 Tyrone Edgar 10.42 2 10.12 2 DQ - Did not advance Simeon Williamson 10.31 2 10.23 5 Did not advance 200 m Dwain Chambers DNS Did not advance Marlon Devonish 20.92 1 20.66 2 20.62 7 Did not advance 400 m Martyn Rooney 45.45 3 - 45.98 7 Did not advance Robert Tobin 45.50 1 - 45.90 7 Did not advance Michael Bingham 45.54 2 - 44.74 2 45.56 7 800 m Michael Rimmer 1:48.20 3 - 1:46.77 7 Did not advance 1500 m Thomas Lancashire 3:42.68 8 - Did not advance Andrew Baddeley 3:45.23 4 - 3:38.23 11 Did not advance James Brewer 3:37.17 3 - 3:37.27 6[6] Did not advance 5000 m Mo Farah 13:19.94 3 - 13:19.69 7 110 m Hurdles Andy Turner 13.73 5 - Did not advance William Sharman 13.52 3 - 13.38 1 13.30 4 Gianni Frankis 13.83 7 - Did not advance 400 m Hurdles Dai Greene 48.76 1 - 48.27[6] 2[6] 48.68 7 Rhys Williams 49.88 5 - Did not advance Pole Vault Luke Cutts 5.40m 13 - Did not advance Steven Lewis 5.65m 3 - 5.65m 7 Long Jump Greg Rutherford 8.30m 1 - 8.17m 5 Chris Tomlinson 8.06m 3 - 8.06m 8 Triple Jump Larry Achike 16.94m 8 - Did not advance Phillips Idowu 17.32m 2[6] - 17.73m Nathan Douglas 17.00m 6 - 16.79m 10 Shot Put Carl Myerscough 20.17m 10 - 18.42m 11 Javelin Mervyn Luckwell 66.30m 21 - Did not advance 4x100m Relay Simeon Williamson Tyrone Edgar Marlon Devonish Harry Aikines-Aryeetey 38.11 2 - 38.02 [7] 4x400m Relay Conrad Williams Robert Tobin Dai Greene Martyn Rooney 3:01.91 3 Conrad Williams Michael Bingham Robert Tobin Martyn Rooney 3:00.53

Women Track, field and road events Event Athletes Heat Round 1 Semifinal Final Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank 200 m Emily Freeman 23.10 2 22.64 3 22.98 7 400 m Christine Ohuruogu 51.30 2 50.35 2 50.21 5[8] Nicola Sanders 51.64 2 50.45 4 Did not advance 800 m Marilyn Okoro 2:03.07 3[9] 2:01.01 2 2:00.32 8[10] Jenny Meadows 2:02.47 2[9] 1:59.45 2 1:57.93 [10] Jemma Simpson 2:03.33 2[9] 2:00.57 5 Did not advance 1500 m Stephanie Twell 4:18.23 12 Did not advance Charlene Thomas 4:09.91 9 Did not advance Lisa Dobriskey 4:07.90 4 4:03.86 4 4:03.75 Marathon Paula Radcliffe N/A DNS[11] 100 m Hurdles Sarah Claxton 12.86 4 13.21 8 Did not advance Jessica Ennis DNS 400 m Hurdles Eilidh Child 55.96 3 56.21 6 Did not advance Perri Shakes-Drayton 56.49 3 57.57 7 Did not advance 3000 m Steeplechase Helen Clitheroe 9:41.71 9[12] N/A Did not advance 20 km Walk Johanna Jackson N/A DQ Pole Vault Kate Dennison 4.55m 4 N/A 4.55[6] 6 Hammer Zoe Derham NM N/A Did not advance Javelin Goldie Sayers 58.98m[9] 9[9] Did not advance Heptathlon Louise Hazel N/A 6,008 14 Jessica Ennis N/A 6,731 [6] 4x100m Relay Laura Turner Montell Douglas Emily Freeman Emma Ania 43.34 3 N/A 43.16 6 4x400m Relay Nicola Sanders Vicki Barr Jennifer Meadows Lee McConnell 3:25.23 4 Lee McConnell Christine Ohuruogu Vicki Barr Nicola Sanders 3:25.16 4

Footnotes

References

External links

• Official competition website