2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

Events at the
2007 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmenwomen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The men's discus throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 (qualification) and August 28, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.

Medallists

Gold Gerd Kanter
 Estonia (EST)
Silver Robert Harting
 Germany (GER)
Bronze Rutger Smith
 Netherlands (NED)

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

World record  Jürgen Schult (GDR) 74.08 Neubrandenburg, East Germany 6 June 1986
Championship record  Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 70.17 Helsinki, Finland 7 August 2005

Results

Qualification

Group A

Place Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Mark Notes
1 Gerd Kanter  Estonia 56.59 58.81 67.45 67.45 Q
2 Rutger Smith  Netherlands 64.06 66.60 66.60 Q PB
3 Zoltán Kővágó  Hungary 62.09 65.71 65.71 Q
4 Piotr Małachowski  Poland 63.00 62.45 63.20 63.20 q
5 Mario Pestano  Spain 62.36 63.10 X 63.10 q
6 Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari  Qatar 62.68 X 61.47 62.68 q
7 Ian Waltz  United States X 62.67 61.62 62.67
8 Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi  Saudi Arabia 59.14 X 61.23 61.23
9 Vikas Gowda  India 61.22 X X 61.22
10 Bogdan Pishchalnikov  Russia X 59.32 61.13 61.13
11 Frantz Kruger  Finland X X 60.72 60.72
12 Märt Israel  Estonia 59.92 60.23 60.18 60.23
13 Sergiu Ursu  Romania X X 59.22 59.22
14 Shigeo Hatakeyama  Japan 52.51 55.71 54.23 55.71
15 Ercüment Olgundeniz  Turkey X 54.89 54.62 54.89

Group B

Place Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Mark Notes
1 Virgilijus Alekna  Lithuania X 63.70 66.54 66.54 Q
2 Robert Harting  Germany 66.26 66.26 Q
3 Gábor Máté  Hungary 65.13 65.13 Q
4 Aleksander Tammert  Estonia 64.41 − − 64.41 q SB
5 Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly  Egypt X 63.56 X 63.56 q
6 Ehsan Haddadi  Iran 62.75 61.44 62.00 62.75 q
7 Mikko Kyyrö  Finland 62.11 61.75 X 62.11
8 Jarred Rome  United States X X 61.87 61.87
9 Michael Robertson  United States 60.15 X 60.39 60.39
10 Hannes Kirchler  Italy 57.09 60.28 60.34 60.34
11 Erik Cadee  Netherlands 58.78 59.98 56.99 59.98
12 Stanislav Nesterovskyy  Ukraine 56.00 59.81 57.56 59.81
13 Niklas Arrhenius  Sweden 54.98 55.18 58.76 58.76
14 Jason Morgan  Jamaica 55.32 52.93 53.67 55.32

Final

Place Athlete Nation Mark Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gerd Kanter  Estonia 68.94
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Robert Harting  Germany 66.68
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rutger Smith  Netherlands 66.42
4 Virgilijus Alekna  Lithuania 65.24
5 Gábor Máté  Hungary 64.71
6 Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly  Egypt 64.58
7 Ehsan Haddadi  Iran 64.53
8 Aleksander Tammert  Estonia 64.33
9 Zoltán Kővágó  Hungary 63.04
10 Mario Pestano  Spain 62.70
11 Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari  Qatar 62.60
12 Piotr Małachowski  Poland 60.77

References

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