Australia at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Australia at the
2009 World Championships in Athletics
Australia at the; 2009 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	AUS
in Berlin
Competitors	38 (26 men, 12 women)
Medals; Ranked 11th	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 4
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)
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Australia won a total of four medals at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics held in Berlin.^[1]

Medalists

The following Australian competitors won medals at the Championships:

Medal	Name	Event	Date	Ref
Gold	Steven Hooker	Pole Vault	22 August	^[2]
Gold	Dani Samuels	Discus Throw	21 August	^[3]
Bronze	Mitchell Watt	Long Jump	22 August	^[4]
Bronze	John Steffensen, Ben Offereins, Tristan Thomas, Sean Wroe	4 x 400 m relay	23 August	^[5]

Event	Athletes
Event	Men	Women
100 metres		Melissa Breen
400 metres	John Steffensen Sean Wroe Joel Milburn	Tamsyn Lewis
800 metres		Madeleine Pape
1500 metres	Ryan Gregson Jeffrey Riseley Jeremy Roff
5000 metres	Collis Birmingham
10000 metres	Collis Birmingham David McNeill
100 metre hurdles		Sally McLellan
400 metre hurdles	Tristan Thomas Brendan Cole	Tamsyn Lewis
3000 m steeplechase	Youcef Abdi	Donna MacFarlane
4 x 100 metres relay	TBA
4 x 400 metres relay	John Steffensen, Ben Offereins, Tristan Thomas, Sean Wroe Bronze	TBA
20 km race walk	Luke Adams Adam Rutter Jared Tallent	Jess Rothwell Cheryl Webb Claire Tallent
50 km race walk	Luke Adams Chris Erickson Jared Tallent
Marathon	Martin Dent Andrew Letherby Mark Tucker Scott Westcott	Lisa Jane Weightman

Event	Athletes
Event	Men	Women
High jump		Petrina Price
Triple jump	Alwyn Jones
Pole vault	Steven Hooker Gold
Long jump	Fabrice Lapierre Mitchell Watt Bronze
Javelin Throw		Kimberley Mickle
Shot Put	Justin Anlezark Scott Martin
Discus throw	Benn Harradine	Dani Samuels Gold

^ Entry list Archived August 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-08-14.
^ Men's Pole Vault Results. IAAF. Retrieved on 20 April 2015.
^ Women's Discus Throw Results. IAAF. Retrieved on 20 April 2015.
^ Men's Long Jump Results. IAAF. Retrieved on 20 April 2015.
^ Men's 4 x 400 metres relay results. IAAF. Retrieved on 20 April 2015.