title: Switzerland at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
text: # Switzerland at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
  
  Switzerland competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.
  
  ## Team selection
  
  A team of 18 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event. For the first time in history, Switzerland will send two 4 × 100 m relay teams to world championships. The team includes one athlete invited by the IPC for exhibition events: Manuela Schaer, 800m T53 (wheelchair) women.
  
  The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List, but not on the Official Start List of the specific event, resulting in a total number of 15 competitors:
  
  | KEY: | Did not participate | Competed in another event |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Event | Athlete |
  | Men | 4 x 100 metres relay | Aron Beyene |
  | Women | 4 x 100 metres relay | Mujinga Kambundji |
  | Women | 4 x 100 metres relay | Marisa Lavanchy |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank |
  | Reto Amaru Schenkel | 100 metres | | | 10.44 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Reto Amaru Schenkel | 200 metres | | | 20.77 | 20 Q | 21.18 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Marc Schneeberger | 200 metres | | | 20.81 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Alex Wilson | 200 metres | | | 21.25 | 45 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Andreas Kundert | 110 m hurdles | | | 13.87 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Pascal Mancini Reto Amaru Schenkel Alex Wilson Marc Schneeberger | 4 x 100 metres relay | | | DNF | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank |
  | Sabine Fischer | 5000 metres | | | DNS | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Lisa Urech | 100 m hurdles | | | 13.16 | 22 Q | 12.86 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Clélia Reuse Jacqueline Gasser Ellen Sprunger Léa Sprunger | 4 x 100 metres relay | | | 44.04 | 14 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Marie Polli | 20 kilometres walk | | | | | | | 1:40:28 | 35 |
  | Irène Pusterla | Long jump | 6.34 | 19 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Nicole Büchler | Pole vault | 4.50 NR | 16 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Anna Katharina Schmid | Pole vault | 4.40 | 17 | | | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  