Eritrea at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
# Eritrea at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

Eritrea competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.

## Team selection

A team of 9 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event. The team will be led by Zersenay Tadese, a 2009 World Championships 10,000m silver medallist, and Olympic bronze medalist.

The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List, but not on the Official Start List of the specific event:

| KEY: | Did not participate | Competed in another event |
| - | - | - |
| | Event | Athlete |
| Men | 5000 metres | Zersenay Tadese |
| Men | 5000 metres | Teklemariam Medhin |

## 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 |
| Amanuel Mesel | 5000 metres | | | 13:39.97 | 14 q | | | 13:33.99 | 11 |
| Goitom Kifle | 5000 metres | | | 14:06.42 | 31 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zersenay Tadese | 10,000 metres | | | | | | | 27:22.57 | 4 |
| Teklemariam Medhin | 10,000 metres | | | | | | | DNS | |
| Beraki Beyene Zerea | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:16:03 SB | 17 |
| Samuel Goitom | Marathon | | | | | | | 2:25:42 SB | 43 |
| Yared Asmerom | Marathon | | | | | | | DNF | |
| Yonas Kifle | Marathon | | | | | | | DNF | |
| Michael Tesfay | Marathon | | | | | | | DNF | |
