Norway at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

A team of 13 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event. The team will be led by Olympic gold medalist and defending world champion, javelin thrower Andreas Thorkildsen.[1] The final team on the entry list comprises the names of 16 athletes.[2]

The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List,[2] but not on the Official Start List of the specific event,[3] resulting in a total number of 13 competitors:

The following competitors from Norway won medals at the Championships

Andreas Thorkildsen (archived from 2008) Medal Athlete Event  Silver Andreas Thorkildsen Javelin throw Results Men Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Jaysuma Saidy Ndure 100 metres 10.33 16 Q 10.21 11 Did not advance Jaysuma Saidy Ndure 200 metres 20.65 13 20.50 5 19.95 SB 4 Urige Buta Marathon 2:20:16 32 Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen 3000 metres steeplechase 8:39.85 29 Did not advance Trond Nymark 50 kilometres walk 3:54:26 SB 17 Eivind Henriksen Hammer throw 71.27 24 Did not advance Andreas Thorkildsen Javelin throw 81.83 7 84.78 Women Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Ezinne Okparaebo 100 metres 11.20 NR 12 Q 11.48 13 Did not advance Ingvill Måkestad Bovim 1500 metres 4:08.26 8 4:08.03 4 4:06.85 6 Stine Tomb 400 m hurdles 57.51 31 Did not advance Tonje Angelsen High jump 1.85 23 Did not advance Cathrine Larsåsen Pole vault NM Did not advance Mona Holm Hammer throw 67.16 20 Did not advance Heptathlon Ida Marcussen Heptathlon Event Results Points Rank 100 m hurdles 13.96 PB 984 23 High jump 1.71 867 23 Shot put 12.81 715 18 200 m 25.74 820 23 Long jump 5.88 813 23 Javelin throw 44.90 762 10 800 m 2:11.01 PB 950 6 Total 5911 20 References Svensen, Charlotte (August 16, 2011), VM-laget på plass i Daegu (in Norwegian), Norges Friidrettsforbund, archived from the original on September 18, 2011, retrieved August 17, 2011 IAAF (August 21, 2011), Entry Lists by Country (PDF), retrieved August 21, 2011 IAAF, Athletes participating per day, retrieved September 11, 2011 External links Official local organising committee website Official IAAF competition website