Australia will send a team of 48 athletes to the 11th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Osaka, Japan (25 Aug to 2 Sep), its second largest World Champs team ever, with 2003 World 400m Hurdles champion Jana Rawlinson and 2005 World Championships 5000m bronze medallist Craig Mottram the headline stars.

MEN

100m  Patrick Johnson (AIS), Joshua Ross (NSW)
200m  Patrick Johnson (AIS), Joshua Ross (NSW)
400m  John Steffensen (WA), Sean Wroe (VIC)
800m Jeffrey Riseley (VIC)
1500m  Mark Fountain (VIC)
1500m wheelchair Kurt Fearnley (NSW)
5000m  Craig Mottram (VIC)
3000m steeplechase  Youcef Abdi (NSW)
Pole Vault  Paul Burgess (WA), Steven Hooker (WA)
Shot Put  Scott Martin (VIC)
Long Jump Chris Noffke (QLD)
Javelin  Jarrod Bannister (QLD), Joshua Robinson (QLD)
20km Race Walk  Luke Adams (AIS), Jared Tallent (AIS)
50km Race Walk  Nathan Deakes (AIS), Chris Erickson (VIC), Duane Cousins (VIC)
4x100m relay squad Adam Miller (AIS), Joshua Ross (NSW), Aaron Rouge-Serret (VIC), Matt Shirvington (NSW), Tim Williams (VIC)
4x400m relay squad  Dylan Grant (QLD), Kurt Mulcahy (NSW), Mark Ormrod (AIS), John Steffensen (WA), Sean Wroe (VIC), Clinton Hill (AIS)

WOMEN

100m  Sally McLellan (QLD)
800m Tamsyn Lewis (VIC)
1500m  Lisa Corrigan (ACT), Sarah Jamieson (VIC)
10000m  Benita Johnson (VIC)
100m Hurdles  Sally McLellan (QLD)
400m Hurdles  Jana Rawlinson (NSW)
3000m Steeplechase  Donna MacFarlane (TAS), Victoria Mitchell (VIC)
Pole Vault  Alana Boyd (QLD), Kym Howe (WA), Vicky Parnov (WA)
Long Jump  Bronwyn Thompson (QLD)
Discus Throw Dani Samuels (NSW)
Heptathlon  Kylie Wheeler (WA)
20km Race Walk  Jane Saville (NSW)
4x100m relay squad  Sally McLellan (QLD), Crystal Attenborough (NT), Fiona Cullen (QLD), Preya Carey (NSW), Melissa Kay (TAS), Melanie Kleeberg (QLD)

Athletics Australia