The German Athletics Association (Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband) has announced a preliminary squad of 64 to participate at the competition. Among the team of 33 men and 31 women are defending world champion Robert Harting and current hammer throw world record holder Betty Heidler .[1] The final team comprises 78 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 total number of 65 competitors:
KEY: Did not participate Competed in another event
The following competitors from Germany won medals at the Championships
Robert Harting won the gold medal in the Men's Discus Throw event at this year's championships
Decathlon
Pascal Behrenbruch Decathlon Event Results Points Rank 100 m 11.08 843 18 Long jump 6.80 767 25 Shot put 16.01 852 4 High jump 1.93 740 24 400 m 49.90 819 16 110 m hurdles 14.33 932 7 Discus throw 48.56 840 4 Pole vault 4.90 880 8 Javelin throw 66.50 836 6 1500 m 4:36.64 702 10 Total 8211 7
Rico Freimuth Decathlon Event Results Points Rank 100 m 10.83 899 9 Long jump NM 0 Shot put NM 0 High jump DNS 400 m 110 m hurdles Discus throw Pole vault Javelin throw 1500 m Total DNF
Jan-Felix Knobel Decathlon Event Results Points Rank 100 m 11.18 821 21 Long jump 7.30 886 13 Shot put 16.06 855 3 High jump 1.96 767 18 400 m 49.46 840 11 110 m hurdles 14.92 859 22 Discus throw 47.93 827 5 Pole vault 4.70 819 15 Javelin throw 68.42 865 3 1500 m 4:43.12 661 12 Total 8200 8
Heptathlon
Julia Mächtig Heptathlon Event Results Points Rank 100 m hurdles 14.15 957 27 High jump 1.80 978 16 Shot put 15.24 877 3 200 m 25.54 838 19 Long jump 5.98 843 20 Javelin throw 43.74 739 12 800 m 2:17.14 863 21 Total 6085 17
Jennifer Oeser Heptathlon Event Results Points Rank 100 m hurdles 13.33 1075 7 High jump 1.83 1016 9 Shot put 13.70 774 15 200 m 24.58 926 11 Long jump 6.28 937 8 Javelin throw 51.30 885 4 800 m 2:10.39 959 5 Total 6572
Lilli Schwarzkopf Heptathlon Event Results Points Rank 100 m hurdles 13.65 1028 19 High jump 1.80 978 10 Shot put 14.89 854 5 200 m 25.82 813 24 Long jump 6.18 905 12 Javelin throw 49.69 854 5 800 m 2:15.26 889 13 Total 6321 6
^ DLV nominiert Team für WM in Daegu ^ a b IAAF (August 21, 2011), Entry Lists by Country (PDF) , archived from the original (PDF) on August 4, 2012, retrieved August 21, 2011 ^ IAAF, Athletes participating per day , archived from the original on May 31, 2012, retrieved September 7, 2011