Sweden at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics |
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IAAF code | SWE | ||||||||
National federation | Svenska Friidrottsförbundet | ||||||||
Website | www |
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in Daegu | |||||||||
Competitors | 16 | ||||||||
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World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
Sweden competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.
A team of 16 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event. The most prominent members of the squad are Olympic gold medalists triple jumper Christian Olsson and heptathlete Carolina Klüft, who starts in this year's long jump competition. The team includes one athlete invited by the IPC for exhibition events: Gunilla Wallengren, 800m T54 (wheelchair) women.
Heptathlon