Russia at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

Russia competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.

The All-Russia Athletic Federation has announced a squad of 83 athletes.

Among the team of 34 men and 49 women are defending World champions Yaroslav Rybakov (High Jump), Valeriy Borchin (20 km Race Walk), Sergey Kirdyapkin (50 km Race Walk), and Olga Kaniskina (20 km Race Walk).

[1] The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List,[2] but not on the Official Start List of the specific event,[3] resulting in a total number of 76 competitors: The following competitors from Russia won medals at the Championships

Decathlon Heptathlon

Olga Kaniskina defended her title in the 20km Race Walk event for the second time achieving a hat trick (foto archived from 2007)
Valeriy Borchin defended his title in the 20 km Race Walk event (foto archived from 2009)