2011 in the sport of athletics

Major events

World

• World Championships in Athletics
• World Cross Country Championships
• IAAF Diamond League
• World Youth Championships in Athletics
• IPC Athletics World Championships
• World Student Games
• Military World Games

Regional

• CAC Championships
• NACAC Cross Country Championships
• Pan American Games
• Pan American Junior Championships
• South American Championships
• South American Cross Country Championships
• European Indoor Championships
• European Cross Country Championships
• European Team Championships
• European U23 Championships
• European Junior Championships
• European Youth Olympic Festival
• Commonwealth Youth Games
• Asian Championships
• Pan Arab Games
• Southeast Asian Games
• All-Africa Games
• African Junior Championships
• African Cross Country Championships

National

World records

Men

Women

Season's bests

• † = Russia's Anastasiya Kapachinskaya ran 49.35 in July in at the Russian National Championships in Cheboksary, but this was annulled after she later failed a drug test.
• † = Russia's Mariya Abakumova threw 71.99, a championship record, at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, but this was annulled after she later failed a drug test.
• † = Croatia's Sandra Perković had a throw of 69.99 m in June in Varaždin, but this was annulled after she later failed a drug test.
• † = Russia's Tatyana Chernova accumulated 6880 points at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, but this was annulled after she later failed a drug test.

Awards

Men

Women

Deaths

• 3 January – Zbigniew Jaremski (61), 400 m relay silver medallist at the 1976 Olympics
• 16 January – Stefka Yordanova (64), 1973 European indoor champion over 800 m
• 3 February – Robert Young (95), 400 m relay silver medallist at the 1936 Olympics
• 5 February – Albert Yator (17), Kenyan world junior steeplechase medalist
• 13 February – Inese Jaunzeme (78), javelin thrower and Latvia's first Olympic champion
• 19 February – Ollie Matson (70), 400 m runner and 1952 Olympic medallist
• 25 February – Peter Hildreth (82), 1950 European Championships medallist in the hurdles
• 14 March – Eduard Gushchin (60), 1968 Olympic medallist in the shot put
• 19 April – Grete Waitz (57), distance runner and world champion and record holder in the marathon
• 16 May – Samuel Wanjiru (24), first Kenyan to win the Olympic marathon and a former half marathon world record holder
• 28 May – Romuald Klim (78), 1964 Olympic champion and former world record holder in the hammer throw
• 30 May – Ricky Bruch, (64) former world record holder in the discus throw
• 6 June – Benjamín González (53), World and European indoor medallist over 400 and 800 metres
• 10 June – Cosimo Caliandro (29), 3000 metres gold medallist at the 2007 European Indoors
• 10 July – Ragnar Lundberg (86), pole vaulter and 1950 European champion
• 12 July – Kurt Lundquist (85), 400 m runner and 1948 Olympic relay medallist
• 17 August – Pierre Quinon (49), 1984 Olympic pole vault champion
• 2 October – Vera Popkova (68), 1971 European indoor champion over 400 metres
• 13 October – Abdoulaye Seye (77), sprinter and 1960 Olympic medallist over 200 m
• 12 December – Sunday Bada (42), 1997 World indoor champion over 400 metres and Olympic relay gold medallist

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