Participating Nations
On the entry lists prior to the competition, a total of 1943 athletes from 202 national teams were set to participate in the 2011 World Championships in Athletics. The number of accredited athletes that actually participated at the event was 1848, while the total of countries represented was 204.
- Afghanistan (1)
- Albania (1)
- Algeria (10)
- American Samoa (2)
- Angola (2)
- Anguilla (2)
- Antigua and Barbuda (2)
- Argentina (6)
- Armenia (2)
- Aruba (2)
- Australia (41)
- Austria (4)
- Azerbaijan (1)
- Bahamas (17)
- Bahrain (11)
- Bangladesh (1)
- Barbados (4)
- Belarus (22)
- Belgium (9)
- Belize (2)
- Benin (2)
- Bermuda (1)
- Bhutan (1)
- Bolivia (2)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
- Botswana (3)
- Brazil (26)
- British Virgin Islands (1)
- Brunei (1)
- Bulgaria (7)
- Burkina Faso (2)
- Burundi (2)
- Cambodia (1)
- Cameroon (2)
- Canada (28)
- Cape Verde (1)
- Cayman Islands (1)
- Central African Republic (1)
- Chad (2)
- Chile (3)
- China (54)
- Colombia (20)
- Comoros (2)
- Congo (1)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (2)
- Cook Islands (1)
- Costa Rica (2)
- Côte d'Ivoire (2)
- Croatia (6)
- Cuba (31)
- Cyprus (2)
- Czech Republic (21)
- Denmark (6)
- Djibouti (2)
- Dominica (1)
- Dominican Republic (4)
- Ecuador (5)
- Egypt (5)
- El Salvador (2)
- Equatorial Guinea (0)
- Eritrea (9)
- Estonia (9)
- Ethiopia (34)
- Federated States of Micronesia (2)
- Fiji (1)
- Finland (13)
- France (39)
- French Polynesia (1)
- Gabon (2)
- Gambia (2)
- Germany (65)
- Ghana (6)
- Gibraltar (1)
- Great Britain (59)
- Greece (12)
- Grenada (3)
- Guam (2)
- Guatemala (2)
- Guinea (2)
- Guinea-Bissau (2)
- Guyana (1)
- Haiti (3)
- Honduras (2)
- Hong Kong (2)
- Hungary (12)
- Iceland (2)
- India (8)
- Indonesia (2)
- Iran (7)
- Iraq (1)
- Ireland (16)
- Israel (4)
- Italy (30)
- Jamaica (45)
- Japan (48)
- Kazakhstan (14)
- Kenya (47)
- Kiribati (2)
- South Korea (53) (Hosts)
- Kuwait (2)
- Kyrgyzstan (2)
- Laos (2)
- Latvia (13)
- Lebanon (1)
- Lesotho (2)
- Liberia (2)
- Libya (1)
- Lithuania (15)
- Macau (1)
- Macedonia (1)
- Madagascar (1)
- Malawi (2)
- Malaysia (2)
- Maldives (2)
- Mali (2)
- Malta (2)
- Marshall Islands (0)
- Mauritania (2)
- Mauritius (2)
- Mexico (10)
- Moldova (3)
- Monaco (1)
- Mongolia (2)
- Montenegro (2)
- Morocco (19)
- Mozambique (2)
- Myanmar (1)
- Namibia (2)
- Nauru (2)
- Nepal (2)
- Netherlands (17)
- New Zealand (8)
- Nicaragua (2)
- Niger (2)
- Nigeria (15)
- Northern Mariana Islands (2)
- Norway (13)
- Oman (1)
- Pakistan (1)
- Palau (2)
- Palestine (1)
- Panama (2)
- Papua New Guinea (2)
- Paraguay (1)
- Peru (5)
- Philippines (2)
- Poland (37)
- Portugal (25)
- Puerto Rico (8)
- Qatar (4)
- Romania (8)
- Russia (76)
- Rwanda (2)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis (4)
- Saint Lucia (2)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
- Samoa (1)
- San Marino (2)
- São Tomé and Príncipe (2)
- Saudi Arabia (8)
- Senegal (2)
- Serbia (9)
- Seychelles (2)
- Sierra Leone (2)
- Singapore (2)
- Slovakia (8)
- Slovenia (9)
- Solomon Islands (2)
- Somalia (1)
- South Africa (32)
- Spain (43)
- Sri Lanka (2)
- Sudan (3)
- Suriname (2)
- Swaziland (2)
- Sweden (16)
- Switzerland (15)
- Syria (1)
- Chinese Taipei (7)
- Tajikistan (2)
- Tanzania (1)
- Thailand (6)
- Timor-Leste (1)
- Togo (1)
- Tonga (2)
- Trinidad and Tobago (16)
- Tunisia (5)
- Turkey (20)
- Turkmenistan (2)
- Turks and Caicos Islands (0)
- Tuvalu (2)
- Uganda (12)
- Ukraine (55)
- United Arab Emirates (2)
- United States (127)
- Uruguay (2)
- U.S. Virgin Islands (3)
- Uzbekistan (7)
- Vanuatu (2)
- Venezuela (3)
- Vietnam (1)
- Yemen (2)
- Zambia (3)
- Zimbabwe (4)
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