2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

Events at the
2007 World Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
 

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.

Contents

Medallists

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

Abbreviations

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 Mark Notes
1  Gerd Kanter (EST) 67.45 Q
2  Rutger Smith (NED) 66.60 Q PB
3  Zoltán Kővágó (HUN) 65.71 Q
4  Piotr Małachowski (POL) 63.20 q
5  Mario Pestano (ESP) 63.10 q
6  Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT) 62.68 q
7  Ian Waltz (USA) 62.67  
8  Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi (KSA) 61.23  
9  Vikas Gowda (IND) 61.22  
10  Bogdan Pishchalnikov (RUS) 61.13  
11  Frantz Kruger (FIN) 60.72  
12  Märt Israel (EST) 60.23  
13  Sergiu Ursu (ROM) 59.22  
14  Shigeo Hatakeyama (JPN) 55.71  
15  Ercüment Olgundeniz (TUR) 54.89  

Group B

Place Athlete Mark Notes
1  Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 66.54 Q SB
2  Robert Harting (GER) 66.26 Q
3  Gábor Máté (HUN) 65.13 Q
4  Aleksander Tammert (EST) 64.41 q SB
5  Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly (EGY) 63.56 q
6  Ehsan Haddadi (IRI) 62.75 q
7  Mikko Kyyrö (FIN) 62.11  
8  Jarred Rome (USA) 61.87  
9  Michael Robertson (USA) 60.39  
10  Hannes Kirchler (ITA) 60.34  
11  Erik Cadee (NED) 59.98  
12  Stanislav Nesterovskyy (UKR) 59.81  
13  Niklas Arrhenius (SWE) 58.76  
14  Jason Morgan (JAM) 55.32  

Final

Place Athlete Mark Notes
 Gerd Kanter (EST) 68.94  
 Robert Harting (GER) 66.68  
 Rutger Smith (NED) 66.42  
4  Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 65.24  
5  Gábor Máté (HUN) 64.71  
6  Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly (EGY) 64.58  
7  Ehsan Haddadi (IRI) 64.53  
8  Aleksander Tammert (EST) 64.33  
9  Zoltán Kővágó (HUN) 63.04  
10  Mario Pestano (ESP) 62.70  
11  Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT) 62.60  
12  Piotr Małachowski (POL) 60.77  

References