World Athletics Championships, Daegu 2011

The Daegu Athletics World Championship in September 2011 awarded the same overall number of GSN points (12.948) as Berlin 2009, with 5 nations more (67 vs 62) scoring points.

Among the newcomers were Grenada (22^nd overall), St. Kitts & Nevis (24^th), Ireland (62^nd), India (63^rd), Venezuela (64^th), Algeria (67^th).

 

The Top Twenty overall ranking is below:

 

9/10 of the top ten nations are unchanged since Berlin 2009, the only difference being France, in in 9^th place, and Australia, out (was 10^th).

 

Russia moves up from 3^rd to 2^nd, closing in on the USA: 551 pts behind the Stars & Stripes, as opposed to 855 in 2009.

 

Jamaica rues Bolt’s demise in the 100m and slips from 2^nd in Berlin to 4^th in Daegu, while Kenya moves up from 4^th to 3^rd in Daegu, with a nearly 50% increase in points scored. The African country’s athletes run riot in the middle distances, winning gold in the 800m (Rudisha), gold and silver in the 1.500m (Kiprop and Kiplagat) and the 3.000m steeplechase (Kemboi, Kipruto)! Kenya finished second in the Men ranking, a mere 266 pts behind the USA.

 

Great Britain moves up one position, into 5^th, though scoring 20 pts less than in Berlin.

 

Outside the Top Ten, there’s a wealth of new comers since Berlin: Morocco in 15^th, the Czech Republic in 17^th and Belgium in 19^th. To mention also the jump up of the Ukraine into 14^th place, with nearly 50% more pts, and Italy slipping out of the Top Twenty, to 21^st.