India competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea. A team of 8 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event.
Tintu Luka reached the semifinal of the 800m race in which she came 6th and could not qualify for the final but she managed to clock her season's best timing and qualified for the 2012 London olympics. Vikas Gowda managed to hurl the discus to 64.05m giving him 7th place in the overall discus throw competition. Mayookha Johny reached the final of the long jump event.
Results
(q - qualified, NM - no mark, SB - season best)
Men
AthleteEventPreliminariesHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeWidthHeightRankTimeWidthHeightRankTimeWidthHeightRankTimeWidthHeightRankRenjith MaheshwaryTriple jumpNMdid not advanceOm Prakash SinghShot put19.29m23did not advanceVikas GowdaDiscus throw63.99m8 q64.05m7Gurmeet Singh20 kilometres walk1:26.3430Babubhai Panocha20 kilometres walk1:26.5331
Women AthleteEventPreliminariesHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeWidthHeightRankTimeWidthHeightRankTimeWidthHeightRankTimeWidthHeightRankTintu Luka800m2:01.896 q2:00.955 SB did not advanceMayookha JohnyLong jump6.53m10 q6.37m9Mayookha JohnyTriple jump13.99m19did not advanceHarwant KaurDiscus throw56.49m21did not advance
References
External links IAAF World Championships – India