Poland at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Poland competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15 to 23 August. A team of over 40 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition.^[1] Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. The squad includes both Polish athletes who were 2008 Olympics medalists: Tomasz Majewski (gold at shot put and 2009 world leaders),^[2] and Piotr Małachowski (silver at discus throw). Anna Rogowska (third in 2004 Olympics at pole vault) and Szymon Ziółkowski (2000 Olympic champion in the hammer throw) also participated in the Championships. In the women's hammer throw, Anita Włodarczyk of Poland won gold medal with a distance of 77,96m, which is a new world record.

Poland at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	POL
National federation	Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki
Website	www.pzla.pl
in Berlin
Competitors	42
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 2 Silver 4 Bronze 3 Total 9
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Poland won 8 medals in the Championships and was 4th rank among all participating countries Medal Table. It is the best result of Poland of all World Championships in Athletics.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Event	Date
Gold	Anna Rogowska	Pole vault	17 August
Gold	Anita Włodarczyk	Hammer throw	22 August
Silver	Tomasz Majewski	Shot put	15 August
Silver	Monika Pyrek	Pole vault	17 August
Silver	Szymon Ziółkowski	Hammer throw	17 August
Silver	Piotr Małachowski	Discus throw	19 August
Bronze	Kamila Chudzik	Heptathlon	16 August
Bronze	Sylwester Bednarek	High jump	21 August
Bronze	Grzegorz Sudoł	50km walk	21 August

Results

(q – qualified, NM – no mark, SB – season best)

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dariusz Kuć	100 metres	10.38	31	did not advance
Marcin Marciniszyn	400 metres	45.77 SB	22
Adam Kszczot	800 metres	1:46.70	14 q	1:46.33	14	did not advance
Marcin Lewandowski		1:48.41	36 Q	2:02.62	21 q	1:46.17	8
Artur Noga	110 metres hurdles	13.56	11 Q	13.43 SB	9	did not advance
Tomasz Szymkowiak	3000 metres steeplechase	—		8:27.93	19
Marcin Marciniszyn Piotr Klimczak Kacper Kozłowski Jan Ciepiela Rafał Wieruszewski	4 × 400 metres relay	3:03.23 SB	9 Q	—		3:02.23 SB	5
Artur Brzozowski	20 kilometres walk	—				1:24.17	26
Jakub Jelonek						1:28.59	38
Rafał Augustyn	50 kilometres walk					3:58.30	22
Rafał Fedaczyński						DNF
Grzegorz Sudoł						3:42.34 PB

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Sylwester Bednarek	High jump	2.27	12 q	2.32 PB
Grzegorz Sposób		2.20	26	did not advance
Łukasz Michalski	Pole vault	5.40	20
Tomasz Majewski	Shot put	21.19	1 Q	21.91
Piotr Małachowski	Discus throw	64.48	8 q	69.15 NR
Szymon Ziółkowski	Hammer throw	77.89	2 Q	79.30 SB
Igor Janik	Javelin throw	75.20	31	did not advance
Adrian Markowski		74.13	33

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Anna Rostkowska	800 metres	2:02.37	4 Q	2:01.40	15	did not advance
Lidia Chojecka	1500 metres	4:09.38	22 q	4:06.53	7 q	4:07.17	7
Sylwia Ejdys		4:08.59	12 Q	4:11.33	21	did not advance
Joanna Kocielnik	100 metres hurdles	13.16 SB	21 q	13.21	21
Anna Jesień	400 metres hurdles	55.57	10 Q	54.82	8
Katarzyna Kowalska	3000 metres steeplechase	9:26.93 PB	10 Q	—		9:30.37	12
Iwona Ziółkowska Marta Jeschke Dorota Jędrusińska Iwona Brzezińska	4 × 100 metres relay	43.63	9	—		did not advance
Agnieszka Dygacz	20 kilometres walk	—				1:38.36	28

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Kamila Stepaniuk	High jump	1.92	16	did not advance
Anna Rogowska	Pole vault	4.55	1 q	4.75
Monika Pyrek		4.55	1 q	4.65
Joanna Piwowarska		4.25	22	did not advance
Teresa Dobija	Long jump	6.55	10 q	6.58	10
Małgorzata Trybańska	Triple jump	14.06	16	did not advance
Żaneta Glanc	Discus throw	62.43	4 Q	62.66	4
Wioletta Potępa		59.54	17	did not advance
Joanna Wiśniewska		58.85	21
Anita Włodarczyk	Hammer throw	74.54	2 Q	77.96 WR
Urszula Piwnicka	Javelin throw	56.49	20	did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Kamila Chudzik	Result	13.50 SB	1.74	15.10 PB	24.33 PB	6.55 PB	48.72	2:18.58	6471 SB
	Points	1050	903	868	949	1023	835	843
Karolina Tymińska	Result	13.67 SB	1.71	13.75	23.87	DNS			DNF
	Points	1026	867	777	993