India at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

India at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	IND
National federation	Athletics Federation of India
Website	indianathletics.org
in Berlin
Competitors	6 (3 men and 3 women) in 5 events
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
World Championships in Athletics appearances
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India' participated in the 2009 World Championships in Athletics held at Berlin from 15–23 August. Six Indian athletes had qualified for the Championships, but none of them won any medal. Only Babubhai Panucha, who competed in the 20 km walk category managed to establish a new National record clocking a time of 1:23:06 beating his own previous record time.

Athletics Federation of India had sent a team of six athletes for the competition, which is ranked only next to the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup in terms of popularity as a major global sporting event. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards.^[1]

Results

Men

Event	Athlete	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
10,000 m	Surendra Kumar Singh	—				28:35.51 SB	19 (out of 31)
400 m hurdles	Joseph Abraham	DQ	Did not advance
20 km walk	Babubhai Panucha	—				1:23:06 NR	20 (out of 50)

Women

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Discus throw	Krishna Poonia	56.75	28	Did not Qualify
	Seema Antil	59.85	15	Did not Qualify
Heptathlon	Susmita Singha Roy			4,983	26 (out of 29)

References

1. Indian names 6 for Berlin World Champs. IAAF (2009-08-05). Retrieved on 2009-08-05.

External links

• Official competition website