Norway at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Norway at the
2009 World Championships in Athletics

IAAF code NOR

National federation Norges Friidrettsforbund

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Competitors 14

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	1	0	2

Norway competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. A team of 14 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. Javelin thrower Andreas Thorkildsen is the defending olympic and European champion, and has won silver in the last two World Championships in Athletics.

Team selection

Track and road events

Event	Athletes
Event	Men	Women
100 metres	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	Ezinne Okparaebo
100 metres hurdles		Christina Vukicevic
3000 m steeplechase	Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen	Silje Fjørtoft Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal
20 kilometres walk	Erik Tysse	Kjersti Tysse Plätzer
50 kilometres walk	Erik Tysse Trond Nymark	—

Field and combined events

Event	Athletes
Event	Men	Women
High jump		Stine Kufaas
Long jump		Margrethe Renstrøm
Discus throw	Gaute Myklebust
Javelin throw	Andreas Thorkildsen
Heptathlon		Ida Marcussen

References

berlin.iaaf.org: Norway - Athletes participating per day

External links

Official competition website

Nations at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

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