New Zealand Athletes at the 2019 World Athletics Championships

With the World Athletics Championships about to begin in Doha in a few days’ time, it is opportune to look at both the New Zealand teams and the individual athletes’ prospects. First, a bit of history. This is how New Zealand has performed in past World Championships.

New Zealand at World Athletics Championships 1987 – 2017

Number Total Team Year of Gold Silver Bronze 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Points Position Athletes 1983 Helsinki FIN 17 0 >39th 1987 Rome ITA 8 1 3 39th 1991 Tokyo JPN 16 1 1 8 29th 1993 Stuttgart GER 13 0 >54th 1995 Gothenburg SWE 15 0 >56th 1997 Athens GRE 18 1 1 11 34th 1999 Seville ESP 7 1 1 6 43rd 2001 Edmonton CAN 6 0 >62nd 2003 Paris FRA 9 1 4 52nd 2005 Helsinki FIN 14 1 1 12 33rd 2007 Osaka JPN 10 1 1 12 30th 2009 Berlin GER 11 1 1 9 30th 2011 Daegu KOR 7 1 8 34th 2013 Moscow RUS 9 1 8 30th 2015 Beijing CHN 14 1 1 1 9 37th 2017 London GBR 12 1 1 9 38th

Second, here is the team that will compete in Doha:

New Zealand Team – World Athletics Championships – Doha 2019

Athlete Event Personal Best 2019 Best Current Ranking in the Event (3 per Country)

Alana BARBER 20km Race Walk 1:31:32 1:33:01 33rd Portia BING 400m hurdles 55.86 55.86 31st Camille BUSCOMB 5000m 15:19.81 15:24.12 34th Camille BUSCOMB 10000m 31:33.04 31:33.04 16th Jacko GILL Shot Put 21.47m 21.47m 16th Malcolm HICKS Marathon 2:13:51 2:13:51 41st Zoe HOBBS 100m 11.37 11.37 44th Zoe HOBBS 200m 23.19 23.19 46th Hamish KERR High Jump 2.30m 2.30m 19th Edward OSEI-NKETIA 100m 10.19 10.19 45th Julia Ratcliffe Hammer Throw 71.39m 71.39m 23rd Quentin REW 20km Race Walk 1:21:12 1:23:42 54th Quentin REW 50km Race Walk 3:46:29 3:49:48 19th Caden SHIELDS Marathon 2:15:36 2:15:36 61st Tom WALSH Shot Put 22.67m 22.44m 3rd Maddison-Lee WESCHE Shot Put 18.32m 18.32m 18th

- So how many will finish in the top16 of their event?

Finally, some New Zealand Superlatives

(Courtesy of the IAAF’s World Championships Statistics Handbook)

IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS Women Shot Put 21.24 Natalya Lisovskaya URS Roma 5 Sep 87 21.24 Valerie Adams NZL Daegu 29 Aug 11

MULTIPLE MEDALLISTS G S B T Valerie Vili/Adams NZL 4 1 0 5

MOST APPEARANCES Here is a list of those New Zealand athletes who have competed at six or more editions of the IAAF World Championships Craig Barrett NZL 95 97 99 01 03 05 50Km Walk Nick Willis NZL 05 07 11 13 15 17 1500m Beatrice Faumuina NZL 95 97 99 03 05 07 Discus Throw Valerie Vili/Adams NZL 03 05 07 09 11 13 Shot Put