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2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

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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

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

Abbreviations

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  • 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

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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

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Qualification

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Group A

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

Group B

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

Final

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

References

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