Canada at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics

Canada at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	CAN
National federation	Athletics Canada
Website	www.athletics.ca
in Beijing
Competitors	44
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 3 Total 8
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)
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Canada competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, from 22–30 August 2015.

Medallists

The following competitors from Canada won medals at the Championships

Medal	Athlete	Event	Date
Gold	Shawnacy Barber	Pole vault	24 August
Gold	Derek Drouin	High jump	30 August
Silver	Brianne Theisen-Eaton	Heptathlon	23 August
Silver	Damian Warner	Decathlon	29 August
Silver	Melissa Bishop	800 metres	29 August
Bronze	Benjamin Thorne	20 kilometres walk	23 August
Bronze	Andre De Grasse	100 metres	23 August
Bronze	Aaron Brown Andre De Grasse Brendon Rodney Justyn Warner	4 × 100 metres relay	29 August

Results

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andre De Grasse	100 metres	9.99	2 Q	9.96	2 Q	9.92 PB
Justyn Warner		10.20	5	did not advance
Aaron Brown	100 metres	10.03	2 Q	10.15	7	did not advance
	200 metres	20.43	4	did not advance
Brendon Rodney	200 metres	20.18 PB	3 Q	20.46	8	did not advance
Charles Philibert-Thiboutot	1500 metres	3.39.72	7 q	3.39.62	10	did not advance
Mohammed Ahmed	5000 metres	13.19.58 SB	3 Q	—		14.00.38	12
Cameron Levins	5000 metres	13.48.72	9	—		did not advance
	10,000 metres	—				28.15.19	14
Johnathan Cabral	110 metres hurdles	13.55	4 Q	13.37 PB	4	did not advance
Sekou Kaba		13.46	4 Q	13.58	7	did not advance
Alex Genest	3000 metres steeplechase	8:52.49	10	—		did not advance
Matthew Hughes		8.41.52	3 Q	—		8.18.63 SB	8
Taylor Milne		8:43.47	8	—		did not advance
Aaron Brown Andre De Grasse Brendon Rodney Justyn Warner	4 × 100 metres relay	38.03 SB	5 q	—		38.13
Inaki Gomez	20 kilometres walk	—				1.21.55 SB	15
Benjamin Thorne		—				1.19.57 NR
Evan Dunfee		—				1.21.48 SB	13
	50 kilometres walk	—				3.49.56 PB	12
Mathieu Bilodeau		—				4.01.35 SB	31

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Derek Drouin	High jump	2.31	1 Q	2.34
Michael Mason		2.26	9	did not advance
Shawnacy Barber	Pole vault	5.70	7 Q	5.90
Tim Nedow	Shot put	19.63	9	did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Damian Warner	Result	10.31	7.65 PB	14.44 PB	2.04 SB	47.30	13.63	44.99	4.80 PB	63.50 SB	4.31.51	8695 NR
	Points	1020	972	755	840	943	1023	767	849	791	735

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Crystal Emmanuel	100 metres	11.33	5	did not advance
	200 metres	23.22	4	did not advance
Khamica Bingham	100 metres	11.30	5	did not advance
	200 metres	22.90	3 Q	23.02	6	did not advance
Kimberly Hyacinthe	100 metres	11.54	6	did not advance
	200 metres	23.03	3 Q	23.07	7	did not advance
Audrey Jean-Baptiste	400 metres	53.18	8	did not advance
Carline Muir		51.70 SB	5 q	52.31	8	did not advance
Fiona Benson	800 metres	2:00.53	2 Q	1.59.59 PB	5	did not advance
Melissa Bishop		2:00.23	1 Q	1.57.52 NR	1 Q	1.58.12
Nicole Sifuentes	1500 metres	4:12.82	8	did not advance
	5000 metres	15:50.99	11	—		did not advance
Lanni Marchant	10,000 metres	—				32.22.50	18
Natasha Wodak		—				32.59.20	23
Phylicia George	100 metres hurdles	13.03	5 q	12.87	5	did not advance
Nikkita Holder		12.86	2 Q	13.00	6	did not advance
Sage Watson	400 metres hurdles	56.08	5 q	56.38	7	did not advance
Geneviève Lalonde	3000 metres steeplechase	9:36.83	6	—		did not advance
Erin Teschuk		9:40.07 PB	10	—		did not advance
Khamica Bingham Crystal Emmanuel Isatu Fofanah Kimberly Hyacinthe	4 × 100 metres relay	42.60 NR	3 Q	—		43.05	6
Audrey Jean-Baptiste Carline Muir Aiyanna Stiverne Sage Watson Nicole Sassine*	4 × 400 metres relay	3.26.14 SB	4 Q	—		3.27.69	8
Rachel Seaman	20 kilometres walk	—				1:31.39	13

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Christabel Nettey	Long jump	6.79	4 Q	6.95	4
Sultana Frizell	Hammer throw	69.66	13	did not advance
Elizabeth Gleadle	Javelin throw	64.02	6 Q	59.82	11

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Brianne Theisen-Eaton	Result	12.98 PB	1.80	13.70	23.94	6.55	42.94	2:11.52	6554
	Points	1127	978	774	986	1023	724	942

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• PB = Personal best
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Sources

• Provisional Canadian team named July 20
• Athletics Canada official roster for the games.