Germany at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Germany competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics between August 15^th-23^rd as the host nation. A team of 92 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition, but then women's Marathon world leader Irina Mikitenko and hurdler Thomas Goller withdrew from the Championships. Mikitenko was replaced by Ulrike Maisch, the European Champion at the time. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. In 2009, six out of the seven medallists for Germany from the 2007 competition competed, 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]

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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Team selection

Track and road events Event Athletes Men Women 100 metres Martin Keller Stefan Schwab Tobias Unger Verena Sailer Marion Wagner 200 metres Robert Hering Alexander Kosenkow Aleixo Platini Menga 400 metres Sorina Nwachukwu 800 metres Robin Schembera Jana Hartmann 1500 metres Stefan Eberhardt Carsten Schlangen 5000 metres Arne Gabius 10000 metres Sabrina Mockenhaupt Marathon Martin Beckmann Falk Cierpinski Stefan Koch André Pollmächer Tobias Sauter Susanne Hahn Melanie Kraus Ulrike Maisch Sabrina Mockenhaupt Luminita Zaituc 100 metres hurdles — Carolin Nytra 110 metres hurdles Matthias Bühler Alexander John Helge Schwarzer — 400 metres hurdles Jonna Tilgner 3000 m steeplechase Steffen Uliczka Antje Möldner 20 km race walk André Höhne Sabine Krantz 50 km race walk André Höhne — 4 × 100 metres relay Marius Broening Martin Keller Alexander Kosenkow Daniel Schnelting Stefan Schwab Tobias Unger Anne Möllinger Verena Sailer Lisa Schorr Cathleen Tschirch Marion Wagner Katja Wakan 4 × 400 metres relay Martin Grothkopp Kamghe Gaba Ruwen Faller Eric Krüger Jonas Plass Thomas Schneider Esther Cremer Florence Ekpo-Umoh Claudia Hoffmann Fabienne Kohlmann Sorina Nwachukwu Jonna Tilgner

Field and combined events Event Athletes Men Women Pole vault Malte Mohr Björn Otto Alexander Straub Anna Battke Kristina Gadschiew Silke Spiegelburg High jump Raul Spank Ariane Friedrich Meike Kröger Long jump Sebastian Bayer Nils Winter Melanie Bauschke Bianca Kappler Beatrice Marscheck Triple jump Charles Friedek Katja Demut Shot put Ralf Bartels Peter Sack David Storl Denise Hinrichs Nadine Kleinert Christina Schwanitz Discus throw Robert Harting Markus Münch Franka Dietzsch Nadine Müller Hammer throw Markus Esser Sergej Litvinov Andrea Bunjes Betty Heidler Kathrin Klaas Javelin throw Mark Frank Tino Häber Steffi Nerius Christina Obergföll Linda Stahl Heptathlon — Julia Mächtig Jennifer Oeser Lilli Schwarzkopf Decathlon Pascal Behrenbruch Moritz Cleve Norman Müller —

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

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Martin Keller	10.35	23 q	10.40	35	Did not advance
	Stefan Schwab	10.50	50	did not advance
	Tobias Unger	10.42	44	did not advance
200 m	Robert Hering	20.64	3 Q	20.58	10 Q	20.52	11	Did not advance
	Alexander Kosenkow	20.99	34	Did not advance
	Aleixo Platini Menga	20.84	21 Q	20.68	17	Did not advance
800 m	Robin Schembera	1:54.47	46	Did not advance
1500 m	Stefan Eberhardt	3:40.10	25	Did not advance
	Carsten Schlangen	3:44.00	35	Did not advance
5000 m	Arne Gabius	13:49.13	28	Did not advance
110 m hurdles	Matthias Bühler	13.75	33	Did not advance
	Alexander John	13.41	3 Q			13.64	22	Did not advance
	Helge Schwarzer	13.66	23 Q			13.72	23	Did not advance
3000 m steeplechase	Steffen Uliczka	8:37.99	23	Did not advance
4 × 100 m relay	Marius Broening Martin Keller Alexander Kosenkow Daniel Schnelting Stefan Schwab Tobias Unger	DNF		Did not advance
4 × 400 m relay	Martin Grothkopp Kamghe Gaba Ruwen Faller Eric Krüger Jonas Plass Thomas Schneider	3:03.52	11					Did not advance
Marathon	Martin Beckmann							2:18:08	35
	Falk Cierpinski							2:22:36	51
	André Pollmächer							2:15:36	18
	Tobias Sauter							2:35:43	66
20 km walk	André Höhne							1:21:59	14
50 km walk	André Höhne							3:43.19 PB	5

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