Germany at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Germany at the
2009 World Championships in Athletics
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)
	1991; 1993; 1995; 1997; 1999; 2001; 2003; 2005; 2007; 2009; 2011; 2013; 2015; 2017; 2019; 2022; 2023;

Germany will compete at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August as the host nation. A team of 92 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition, but current women's Marathon world leader Irina Mikitenko and hurdler Thomas Goller withdrew from the Championships. Mikitenko was replaced by the current European Champion Ulrike Maisch. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. Six out of the seven medallists for Germany from the last Championships are competing, 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]

Team selection

Event	Athletes
Event	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	—

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

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Event	Athletes	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
1500 m	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

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Sebastian Bayer	7.98	19	Did not advance
Long jump	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
Discus throw	Markus Münch	60.55	20	Did not advance
Hammer throw	Markus Esser	76.81	8 q	76.27	6
Hammer throw	Sergey Lytvynov	77.58	4 Q	76.58	5
Javelin throw	Mark Frank	80.85	5 q	81.32	8
Javelin throw	Tino Häber	74.11	34	Did not advance
Decathlon	Pascal Behrenbruch			8439	6
	Moritz Cleve			7777	27
	Norman Müller			8096	16

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Event	Athletes	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
100 m	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

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
Event	Athletes	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
High jump	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
Discus throw	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