Germany at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Germany at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	GER
National federation	Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband
Website	www.leichtathletik.de
in Berlin
Competitors	91
Medals	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 4 Total 9
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)
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Germany will compete at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August as the host nation. A team of 92 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition, but current women's Marathon world leader Irina Mikitenko and hurdler Thomas Goller withdrew from the Championships. Mikitenko was replaced by the current European Champion Ulrike Maisch. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. Six out of the seven medallists for Germany from the last Championships are competing, including the gold medallists Betty Heidler and Franka Dietzsch. Women's high jump world leader Ariane Friedrich and European record holders Christina Obergföll and Sebastian Bayer are among Germany's other aspiring medallists.^[1]

Team selection

Medalists

The following competitors from Germany won medals at the Championships.

Medal	Athlete	Event	Date
Gold	Steffi Nerius	Women's javelin throw	18 August
Gold	Robert Harting	Men's discus throw	19 August
Silver	Jennifer Oeser	Women's heptathlon	16 August
Silver	Nadine Kleinert	Women's shot put	16 August
Silver	Betty Heidler	Women's hammer throw	22 August
Bronze	Ralf Bartels	Men's shot put	15 August
Bronze	Ariane Friedrich	Women's high jump	20 August
Bronze	Raul Spank	Men's high jump	21 August
Bronze	Anne Cibis Verena Sailer Cathleen Tschirch Marion Wagner	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay	22 August

Results

Men

Track and road events

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Sebastian Bayer	7.98	19	Did not advance
	Nils Winter	7.69	34	Did not advance
Triple jump	Charles Friedek	NM		Did not advance
High jump	Raul Spank	2.30	4 Q	2.32
Pole vault	Malte Mohr	5.65	7 q	5.50	14
	Björn Otto	5.55	19	Did not advance
	Alexander Straub	5.65	1 q	5.65	7
Shot put	Ralf Bartels	20.41 Q	6	21.37
	Peter Sack	20.20 q	9	NM
	David Storl	19.19	28	did not advance
Discus throw	Robert Harting	66.81	1 Q	69.43
	Markus Münch	60.55	20	Did not advance
Hammer throw	Markus Esser	76.81	8 q	76.27	6
	Sergey Lytvynov	77.58	4 Q	76.58	5
Javelin throw	Mark Frank	80.85	5 q	81.32	8
	Tino Häber	74.11	34	Did not advance
Decathlon	Pascal Behrenbruch			8439	6
	Moritz Cleve			7777	27
	Norman Müller			8096	16

Women

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Verena Sailer	11.29	4 Q	11.26	12 q	11.24	11	Did not advance
	Marion Wagner	11.49	23 Q	11.64	31	Did not advance
400 m	Sorina Nwachukwu	51.74	16 Q			51.98	18	Did not advance
800 m	Jana Hartmann	2:04.99	29	Did not advance
100 m hurdles	Carolin Nytra	13.03	17 Q			12.94	13	Did not advance
400 m hurdles	Jonna Tilgner	56.73	24 q			57.11	21	Did not advance
3000 m steeplechase	Antje Möldner	9:21.73 NR	2 Q					9:18.54 NR	9
4×100 m relay	Anne Möllinger Verena Sailer Lisa Schorr Cathleen Tschirch Marion Wagner Katja Wakan	42.96	3 Q					42.87
4×400 m relay	Esther Cremer Florence Ekpo-Umoh Claudia Hoffmann Fabienne Kohlmann Sorina Nwachukwu Jonna Tilgner	3:25.08	3 Q					3:27.61	5
Marathon	Susanne Hahn							2:38:39	34
	Ulrike Maisch							DNF
	Sabrina Mockenhaupt							2:30:07	17
	Luminita Zaituc							DNF
20 kilometres walk	Sabine Krantz							DNF

Field and combined events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Melanie Bauschke	6.32	23	Did not advance
	Bianca Kappler	6.29	25	Did not advance
	Beatrice Marscheck	6.19	31	Did not advance
Triple jump	Katja Demut	11.38	34	Did not advance
High jump	Ariane Friedrich	1.95	1 Q	2.02
	Meike Kröger	1.92	10 q	1.87	11
Pole vault	Anna Battke	4.55	7 q	4.40	7
	Kristina Gadschiew	4.50	12 q	4.40	10
	Silke Spiegelburg	4.55	1 q	4.65	4
Shot put	Denise Hinrichs	18.69	6 Q	18.39	11
	Nadine Kleinert	19.36	2 Q	20.20 PB
	Christina Schwanitz	18.25	9 q	17.84	12
Discus throw	Franka Dietzsch	58.44	23	Did not advance
	Nadine Müller	61.63	9 Q	62.04	6
Hammer throw	Andrea Bunjes	67.01	24	Did not advance
	Betty Heidler	75.27 CR	1 Q	77.12 NR
	Kathrin Klaas	70.53	11 q	74.23 PB	4
Javelin throw	Steffi Nerius	61.73	6 q	67.30
	Christina Obergföll	60.74	7 q	64.34	5
	Linda Stahl	63.86	2 Q	63.23	6
Heptathlon	Julia Mächtig			6265	8
	Jennifer Oeser			6493
	Lilli Schwarzkopf			DNF

References

External links

• Official competition website