2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

None 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 GoldGerd Kanter ESTSilverRobert Harting GERBronzeRutger Smith NED Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best Records World recordJürgen Schult GDR74.08Neubrandenburg, East Germany6 June 1986Championship recordVirgilijus Alekna LTU70.17Helsinki, Finland7 August 2005 Results Qualification Group A Place Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Mark Notes 1 Gerd Kanter EST 56.59 58.81 67.45 67.45 Q 2 Rutger Smith NED 64.06 66.60 66.60 Q PB 3 Zoltán Kővágó HUN 62.09 65.71 65.71 Q 4 Piotr Małachowski POL 63.00 62.45 63.20 63.20 q 5 Mario Pestano ESP 62.36 63.10 X 63.10 q 6 Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari QAT 62.68 X 61.47 62.68 q 7 Ian Waltz USA X 62.67 61.62 62.67 8 Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi KSA 59.14 X 61.23 61.23 9 Vikas Gowda IND 61.22 X X 61.22 10 Bogdan Pishchalnikov RUS X 59.32 61.13 61.13 11 Frantz Kruger FIN X X 60.72 60.72 12 Märt Israel EST 59.92 60.23 60.18 60.23 13 Sergiu Ursu ROM X X 59.22 59.22 14 Shigeo Hatakeyama JPN 52.51 55.71 54.23 55.71 15 Ercüment Olgundeniz TUR X 54.89 54.62 54.89 Group B Place Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Mark Notes 1 Virgilijus Alekna LTU X 63.70 66.54 66.54 Q 2 Robert Harting GER 66.26 66.26 Q 3 Gábor Máté HUN 65.13 65.13 Q 4 Aleksander Tammert EST 64.41 − − 64.41 q SB 5 Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly EGY X 63.56 X 63.56 q 6 Ehsan Haddadi IRI 62.75 61.44 62.00 62.75 q 7 Mikko Kyyrö FIN 62.11 61.75 X 62.11 8 Jarred Rome USA X X 61.87 61.87 9 Michael Robertson USA 60.15 X 60.39 60.39 10 Hannes Kirchler ITA 57.09 60.28 60.34 60.34 11 Erik Cadee NED 58.78 59.98 56.99 59.98 12 Stanislav Nesterovskyy UKR 56.00 59.81 57.56 59.81 13 Niklas Arrhenius SWE 54.98 55.18 58.76 58.76 14 Jason Morgan JAM 55.32 52.93 53.67 55.32 Final Place Athlete Nation 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 Official results, qualification - IAAF.org Official results, final - IAAF.org Discus throw Category:Discus throw at the World Athletics Championships