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

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.

Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	GBR
National federation	UK Athletics
Website	uka.org.uk
in Berlin
Competitors	60
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total 7
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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

Track and road events Event Athletes Men Women 100 metres Dwain Chambers Tyrone Edgar Simeon Williamson 200 metres Dwain Chambers Marlon Devonish Toby Sandeman [n 1] Emily Freeman 400 metres Michael Bingham Martyn Rooney Robert Tobin Christine Ohuruogu Nicola Sanders 800 metres Michael Rimmer Jenny Meadows Marilyn Okoro Jemma Simpson 1500 metres Andrew Baddeley Thomas Lancashire James Brewer Lisa Dobriskey Charlene Thomas Stephanie Twell 5000 metres Mo Farah Marathon Paula Radcliffe[5] 100 metres hurdles — Sarah Claxton Jessica Ennis 110 metres hurdles Gianni Frankis Andy Turner William Sharman — 400 metres hurdles Dai Greene Rhys Williams Eilidh Child Perri Shakes-Drayton 3000 m steeplechase Helen Clitheroe 20 km race walk Joanna Jackson 4×100 metres relay Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Marlon Devonish Tyrone Edgar Rikki Fifton Craig Pickering Simeon Williamson Emma Ania Montell Douglas Jeanette Kwakye Joice Maduaka Anyika Onuora Laura Turner 4×400 metres relay Michael Bingham Chris Clarke Nigel Levine Martyn Rooney Robert Tobin Conrad Williams Vicki Barr Lee McConnell Christine Ohuruogu Marilyn Okoro Nicola Sanders Perri Shakes-Drayton

Field and combined events Event Athletes Men Women Pole vault Luke Cutts Steve Lewis Kate Dennison High jump Germaine Mason [n 2] Long jump Greg Rutherford Chris Tomlinson Triple jump Larry Achike Nathan Douglas Phillips Idowu Shot put Carl Myerscough Hammer throw Zoe Derham Javelin throw Mervyn Luckwell Goldie Sayers Heptathlon — Jessica Ennis Louise Hazel

Results

Men Track and field events Event Athletes Heat Round 1 Heat Round 2 Semi-final 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 4 × 100 m Relay Simeon Williamson Tyrone Edgar Marlon Devonish Harry Aikines-Aryeetey 38.11 2 - 38.02 [7] 4 × 400 m 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 Semi-final 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] 4 × 100 m Relay Laura Turner Montell Douglas Emily Freeman Emma Ania 43.34 3 N/A 43.16 6 4 × 400 m Relay Nicola Sanders Vicki Barr Jennifer Meadows Lee McConnell 3:25.23 4 Lee McConnell Christine Ohuruogu Vicki Barr Nicola Sanders 3:25.16

Footnotes

1. Sandeman withdrew due to lack of fitness, after missing several training sessions prior to the Championships due to injury.
2. Mason withdrew due to an ankle injury, that was picked up in Stockholm prior to the games.

References

1. World champion Ohuruogu leads 60 strong British squad for Berlin. IAAF (28 July 2009). Retrieved 29 July 2009.
2. GB pick Chambers in Worlds squad. BBC Sport (28 July 2009). Retrieved 29 July 2009.
3. Hart, Simon (28 July 2009). Dwain Chambers to contest sprint double at World Championships. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
4. Injury ends Mason's Berlin hopes. BBC Sport (5 August 2009). Retrieved 5 August 2009.
5. Radcliffe pulls out of marathon [BBC Sport] (20 August 2009). Retrieved 20 August 2009
6. Casey, Phil. "British Trio in Hunt for Berlin Medals". Sporting Life. Sporting Life UK Ltd. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
7. "Great Britain team take bronze as Usain Bolt grabs more gold". The Guardian. 22 August 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
8. Kessel, Anna (18 August 2009). "No miracle for Christine Ohuruogu as Sanya Richards takes gold". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
9. Turnball, Simon (17 August 2009). "Simpson content to take supporting role in heat". The Independent. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
10. "Meadows claims bronze". The Press Association (Google). 19 August 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2009.^{[dead link‍]}
11. Kessel, Anna (20 August 2009). "Paula Radcliffe will not run the marathon at World Championships, UK Athletics confirms". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
12. Gibson, Lee (16 August 2009). "Dwain Chambers races into semi-finals". Sunday Mercury. Retrieved 20 August 2009.

External links

• Official competition website