title: Norway at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
text: # Norway at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
  
  Norway competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. A team of 14 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. Javelin thrower Andreas Thorkildsen is the defending olympic and European champion, and has won silver in the last two World Championships in Athletics.
  
  ## Team selection
  
  | Event | Athletes | Athletes |
  | - | - | - |
  | Event | Men | Women |
  | 100 metres | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Ezinne Okparaebo |
  | 100 metres hurdles | | Christina Vukicevic |
  | 3000 m steeplechase | Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen | Silje Fjørtoft Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal |
  | 20 kilometres walk | Erik Tysse | Kjersti Tysse Plätzer |
  | 50 kilometres walk | Erik Tysse Trond Nymark | — |
  | Event | Athletes | Athletes |
  | Event | Men | Women |
  | High jump | | Stine Kufaas |
  | Long jump | | Margrethe Renstrøm |
  | Discus throw | Gaute Myklebust | |
  | Javelin throw | Andreas Thorkildsen | |
  | Heptathlon | | Ida Marcussen |
  