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2011 in the sport of athletics

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In 2011, the foremost athletics event was the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu. The other major global level competition held in 2011 was the World Cross Country Championships.

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The 2011 season marked the re-establishment of the African Cross Country Championships, an event created in response to the change of the World Cross Championships from an annual to a biennial format. It was also the first year since 1992 that the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was not held, as that competition also switched to a two-year schedule.

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Major events

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Season's bests

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Australia's Sally Pearson was the women's IAAF Athlete of the Year.

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Deaths

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The 2008 Olympic marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru died in May.
  • 3 January – Zbigniew Jaremski (61), 400 m relay silver medallist at the 1976 Olympics[29]
  • 16 January – Stefka Yordanova (64), 1973 European indoor champion over 800 m[30]
  • 3 February – Robert Young (95), 400 m relay silver medallist at the 1936 Olympics[31]
  • 5 February – Albert Yator (17), Kenyan world junior steeplechase medalist[32]
  • 13 February – Inese Jaunzeme (78), javelin thrower and Latvia's first Olympic champion
  • 19 February – Ollie Matson (70), 400 m runner and 1952 Olympic medallist[33]
  • 25 February – Peter Hildreth (82), 1950 European Championships medallist in the hurdles[34]
  • 14 March – Eduard Gushchin (60), 1968 Olympic medallist in the shot put [35]
  • 19 April – Grete Waitz (57), distance runner and world champion and record holder in the marathon[36]
  • 16 May – Samuel Wanjiru (24), first Kenyan to win the Olympic marathon and a former half marathon world record holder[37]
  • 28 May – Romuald Klim (78), 1964 Olympic champion and former world record holder in the hammer throw[38]
  • 30 May – Ricky Bruch, (64) former world record holder in the discus throw[39]
  • 6 June – Benjamín González (53), World and European indoor medallist over 400 and 800 metres[40]
  • 10 June – Cosimo Caliandro (29), 3000 metres gold medallist at the 2007 European Indoors[41]
  • 10 July – Ragnar Lundberg (86), pole vaulter and 1950 European champion[42]
  • 12 July – Kurt Lundquist (85), 400 m runner and 1948 Olympic relay medallist[43]
  • 17 August – Pierre Quinon (49), 1984 Olympic pole vault champion[44]
  • 2 October – Vera Popkova (68), 1971 European indoor champion over 400 metres[45]
  • 13 October – Abdoulaye Seye (77), sprinter and 1960 Olympic medallist over 200 m[46]
  • 12 December – Sunday Bada (42), 1997 World indoor champion over 400 metres and Olympic relay gold medallist[47]
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