Australia at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics

Australia at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics
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WA code	AUS
National federation	Athletics Australia
Website	www.athletics.com.au
in London, United Kingdom 4–13 August 2017
Competitors	61 (27 men and 34 women) in 32 events
Medals Ranked =11[1]th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 2
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)
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Australia competed at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London, Great Britain, from 4–13 August 2017.^[2]

The three time World Championship medallist, Jared Tallent was forced to withdraw from the men's 50 kilometres walk event due to a hamstring injury.^[3]

Medalists

Medal	Athlete	Event	Date
Gold	Sally Pearson	Women's 100 m hurdles	12 August
Silver	Dani Stevens	Women's discus throw	13 August

Results

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Steven Solomon	400 metres	46.27	38	Did not advance
Peter Bol	800 metres	1:49.65	38	Did not advance
Ryan Gregson	1500 metres	3:43.28	20	Did not advance
Luke Mathews		3:38.19	1 Q	3:40.91	7	Did not advance
Jordan Williamsz		3:46.11	6 Q	3:38.93	8
Morgan McDonald	5000 metres	13:30.73	20	—		Did not advance
Sam McEntee		13:31.58	24
Patrick Tiernan		13:22.52	4 Q			13:40.01	11
	10,000 metres	—				29:23.72	22
Jack Colreavy	Marathon	—				2:21:44	45
Josh Harris						DNF	–
Brad Milosevic						2:25:14	60
Nicholas Hough	110 metres hurdles	13.61	27	Did not advance
Stewart McSweyn	3000 metres steeplechase	8:47.53	40	—		Did not advance
Nick Andrews Rohan Browning Tom Gamble Trae Williams	4 × 100 metres relay	38.88 SB	12	—		Did not advance
Dane Bird-Smith	20 kilometres walk	—				1:19:28 PB	6
Rhydian Cowley						1:30:40	56

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Kurtis Marschall	Pole vault	5.60	=11 q	5.65	7
Henry Frayne	Long jump	7.88	14	Did not advance
Fabrice Lapierre		7.91	12 q	7.93	11
Damien Birkenhead	Shot put	19.90	20	Did not advance
Mitchell Cooper	Discus throw	57.26	28	Did not advance
Benn Harradine		60.95	21
Hamish Peacock	Javelin throw	82.46	14	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Cedric Dubler	Result	11.06	7.29	11.36	2.08	48.31 SB	14.92	40.85 SB	4.90	52.10	4:50.31	7728	18
	Points	847	883	568	878	894	859	682	880	620	617

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Riley Day	200 metres	23.77	36	Did not advance
Ella Nelson		24.02	43
Morgan Mitchell	400 metres	52.22	26	Did not advance
Brittany McGowan	800 metres	2:02.75	28	Did not advance
Lora Storey		2:07.17	41
Georgia Griffith		2:03.54	38
	1500 metres	4:08.99	27	Did not advance
Linden Hall		4:10.51	33
Zoe Buckman		4:05.44	17 q	4:05.93	14	Did not advance
Madeline Hills	5000 metres	15:13.77	19	—		Did not advance
Heidi See		15:38.86	29
Eloise Wellings		15:25.92	27
Madeline Hills	10,000 metres	—				32:48.57	26
Eloise Wellings						32:26.31 SB	22
Milly Clark	Marathon	—				2:35:27	24
Sinead Diver						2:33:26	20
Jessica Trengove						2:28:59	9
Michelle Jenneke	100 metres hurdles	13.11	22 q	13.25	21	Did not advance
Sally Pearson		12.72	3 Q	12.53	1 Q	12.59
Lauren Wells	400 metres hurdles	56.49	25	Did not advance
Genevieve LaCaze	3000 metres steeplechase	9:27.53 SB	7 Q	—		9:26.25 SB	12
Victoria Mitchell		10:00.40	33			Did not advance
Anneliese Rubie Ella Connolly Lauren Wells Morgan Mitchell	4 × 400 metres relay	3:28.02 SB	10	—		Did not advance
Regan Lamble	20 kilometres walk	—				1:31:30	22
Beki Smith						1:35:31	38
Claire Tallent						1:37:05 SB	43

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Liz Parnov	Pole vault	4.35	=15	Did not advance
Naa Anang	Long jump	6.27	22	Did not advance
Brooke Stratton		6.46	11 q	6.67	6
Dani Stevens	Discus throw	65.56	3 Q	69.64 AR
Kathryn Mitchell	Javelin throw	57.42	25	Did not advance
Kelsey-Lee Roberts		63.70	7 Q	60.76	10

References

1. "Medal Table − IAAF World Championships London 2017". IAAF. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
2. IAAF WC country profile
3. Gleeson, Michael (9 August 2017). "World athletics championships 2017: Hamstring injury forces Jared Tallent out". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 13 August 2017.