India at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
Introduction '''India'''' participated in the '''2009 World Championships in Athletics''' held at Berlin from 15–23 August. Six Indian athletes had qualified for the Championships, but none of them won any medal. Only Babubhai Panucha, who competed in the 20 km walk category managed to establish a new National record clocking a time of 1:23:06 beating his own previous record time.Athletics Federation of India had sent a team of six athletes for the competition, which is ranked only next to the Olympics and the '''FIFA World Cup''' in terms of popularity as a major global sporting event. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards.
Results ===Men===EventAthleteHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRank10,000 mSurendra Kumar Singh28:35.51 '''SB''' 19 (out of 31)400 m hurdlesJoseph Abraham   '''DQ'''20 km walkBabubhai Panucha1:23:06 '''NR''' 20 (out of 50)===Women===EventAthletesQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankDiscus throwKrishna Poonia56.7528Did not QualifySeema Antil59.85 15Did not QualifyHeptathlonSusmita Singha Roy4,98326 (out of 29)
References
External links * Official competition website