Sweden at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
| Sweden at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics | |
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| WA code | SWE |
| National federation | Svenska Friidrottsförbundet |
| Website | www |
| in Berlin | |
| Competitors | 23 |
| World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview) | |
Sweden will compete at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. A team of 23 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards.
Team selection
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Results
[edit]Men
[edit]- Track and road events
| Event | Athletes | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| 400 m | Johan Wissman | 45.83 | 3 Q | DNS | Did not advance | ||||
| 800 m | Mattias Claesson | 1:48.02 | 26 | Did not advance | |||||
| 3000 m steeplechase | Per Jacobsen | 8:44.80 | 11 | Did not advance | |||||
| Mustafa Mohamed | 8:22.92 | 6 q | 8:35.77 | 14 | |||||
| 110 m hurdles | Robert Kronberg | DNS | |||||||
| 50 km walk | Andreas Gustafsson | 3:57:53 PB | 21 | ||||||
- Field events
| Event | Athletes | Qualification | Final | ||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| High jump | Linus Thörnblad | 2.30 | 2 Q | 2.23 | 5 |
| Pole vault | Jesper Fritz | NM | - | Did not advance | |
| Alhaji Jeng | 5.65 SB | 11 q | 5.50 | 12 | |
| Long jump | Michel Tornéus | 7.78 | 28 | Did not advance | |
| Javelin throw | Magnus Arvidsson | DNS | |||
| Jonas Lohse | 75.33 | 30 | Did not advance | ||
| Decathlon | Daniel Almgren | 7803 | 22 | ||
| Nicklas Wiberg | 8406 | 7 | |||
Women
[edit]- Track and road events
| Event | Athletes | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase | Ulrika Johansson | 9:38.88 PB | 8 | Did not advance | |||||
| 20 km walk | Monica Svensson | DQ | |||||||
- Field and combined events
| Event | Athletes | Qualification | Final | ||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| High jump | Emma Green | 1.95 | 1 Q | 1.96 | 7 |
| Shot put | Helena Engman | 17.19 SB | 11 | Did not advance | |
| Discus throw | Sofia Larsson | 54.28 | 32 | Did not advance | |
| Anna Söderberg | 57.92 | 26 | Did not advance | ||
| Hammer throw | Cecilia Nilsson | 63.77 | 34 | Did not advance | |
| Heptathlon | Nadja Casadei | 5598 | 22 | ||
| Jessica Samuelsson | 5885 | 17 | |||
Key: Q = qualification by place, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best, DQ = Disqualified, NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result), DNS = Did not start
References
[edit]- Entry list. European Athletic Association (2009-07-30). Retrieved on 2009-08-16.