World Athletics Championships 2007

11th World Athletics Championships
Nagai Stadium (2004)
city	Osaka , Japan
Stadion	Nagai Stadium
participating countries	200
Participating athletes	1978
Competitions	47
opening	August 25, 2007
Final day	September 2, 2007
timeline
← Helsinki 2005	Berlin 2009 →

Medal table
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	United States	14th	5	7th	26th
2	Kenya	5	3	5	13
3	Russia	4th	7th	5	14th
4th	Ethiopia	3	1	-	4th
5	Germany	2	2	3	7th
6th	Czech Republic	2	1	-	3
7th	Australia	2	-	-	2
8th	Jamaica	1	6th	3	10
9	Bahamas	1	2	-	3
9	Cuba	1	2	-	3
Complete medal table

The 11th World Athletics Championships (officially: 11th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Osaka 2007 ) were held from August 25th to September 2nd, 2007 in the Japanese city ​​of Osaka . The competitions took place in the 50,000-seat Nagai Stadium , where two preliminary round matches and a quarter-final had been played during the 2002 World Cup . 1978 athletes from 200 countries took part.

Osaka was awarded the contract by the Council of the International Athletics Federation (IAAF) on November 15, 2002 after all other cities withdrew their applications.

The opening ceremony took place on August 25 at 5:00 p.m. and the closing ceremony on September 2 at 9:30 p.m. On September 1st, there were two invitation races for wheelchair users over 1500 meters.

doping

Like the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton in 2001 , in Paris in 2003 and in Helsinki in 2005 , these World Championships also suffered significantly from the doping problem due to subsequent examinations and findings. Immediately after the World Championships, there were press reports with reports that these were among other things. U. the first world championships in twenty years without doping findings. But there, too, the skepticism can be felt, which should be confirmed by subsequent results. Six athletes were affected this time, whose placements / medals had to be revoked due to violations of the doping regulations.

• Andrej Michnewitsch , Belarus - Shot put (initially 3rd)
• Jelena Sobolewa , Russia - 1500 meter run (initially 2nd)
• Julija Fomenko , Russia - 1500 meter run (initially 7th)
• Elvan Abeylegesse , Turkey - 5000 meter run (initially 5th) and 10,000 meter run (initially 2nd)
• Chrysopigi Devetzi , Greece - triple jump (initially 3rd)
• Darja Pishchalnikova , Belarus - Discus throw (initially 2nd)

In August 2017, a seventh female athlete joined these doping cases:

• Anna Pjatych , Russia - triple jump (initially 4th)

Successful athletes

There were several athletes who could look forward to multiple successes.

• Tyson Gay , USA - 100 yards , 200 yards and 4 x 100 yards
• Bernard Lagat , USA - 1500 and 5000 meters
• Jeremy Wariner , USA - 400 meters and 4 by 400 meters relay
• Allyson Felix , USA - 400 yards , 4 by 100 meter relay and 4 by 400 meter relay

Results men

100 m

´

The finalists shortly before the start

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Tyson Gay	United States	09.85
2	Derrick Atkins	BAH	09.91 NO
3	Asafa Powell	JAM	09.96
4th	Olusoji Fasuba	NGR	10.07
5	Churandy Martina	AHO	10.08
6th	Marlon Devonish	GBR	10.14
7th	Matic Osovnikar	SLO	10.23
8th	Marc Burns	TRI	10.29

Date: August 26, 2007, 10:20 p.m.

Wind: −0.5 m / s

The 100 meter final ended surprisingly: Despite Gay's good season results, Powell was the clear favorite. Even in the semifinals he was superior; he was clearly wasting time and still stayed at a time under 10 seconds, while Gay achieved a largely evenly running 10 seconds, but nevertheless showed great reserves. Not a few therefore expected a new world record for the final. While Gay only started moderately in the finals and only really came up at the end, Powell was slightly in the lead right from the start and was even able to extend this up to 60 meters. Unexpectedly, however, he lost two to three meters to the rest of the field in the last third of the race and ran upright across the line, clearly disappointed.

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Tyson Gay	United States	19.76 CR
2	Usain Bolt	JAM	19.91
3	Wallace Spearmon	United States	20.05
4th	Rodney Martin	United States	20.06 PB
5	Churandy Martina	AHO	20.28
6th	Marvin Anderson	JAM	20.28
7th	Christopher Williams	JAM	20.57
8th	Anastasios Gousis	GRE	20.75

Date: August 30, 2007, 10:20 pm

Wind: −0.8 m / s

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Jeremy Wariner	United States	43.45 WJB
2	LaShawn Merritt	United States	43.96 PB
3	Angelo Taylor	United States	44.32
4th	Chris Brown	BAH	44.45 NO
5	Leslie Djhone	FRA	44.59
6th	Tyler Christopher	CAN	44.71
7th	Johan Wissman	SWE	44.72
8th	Avard Moncur	BAH	45.40

Date: August 31, 2007, 10:05 p.m.

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Alfred Kirwa Yego	KEN	1: 47.09
2	Gary Reed	CAN	1: 47.10
3	Yuri Borsakovsky	RUS	1: 47.39
4th	Abraham Chepkirwok	UGA	1: 47.41
5	Wilfred Bungei	KEN	1: 47.42
6th	Amine Laalou	MAR	1: 47.45
7th	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	RSA	1: 47.52
8th	Mohammed Al Salhi	KSA	1: 47.58

Date: September 2, 2007, 7:55 pm

1500 m

Final run-in - Bernard Lagat (center) wins

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Bernard Lagat	United States	3: 34.77
2	Rashid Ramzi	BRN	3: 35.00
3	Shedrack Kibet Korir	KEN	3: 35.04
4th	Asbel Kiprop	KEN	3: 35.24
5	Tarek Boukensa	ALG	3: 35.26
6th	Antar Zerguelaine	ALG	3: 35.29
7th	Arturo Casado	ESP	3: 35.62
8th	Alan Webb	United States	3: 35.69

Date: August 29, 2007, 10:05 p.m.

5000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Bernard Lagat	United States	13: 45.87
2	Eliud Kipchoge	KEN	13: 46.00
3	Moses Ndiema Kipsiro	UGA	13: 46.75
4th	Matthew Tegenkamp	United States	13: 46.87
5	Tariku Bekele	ETH	13: 47.33
6th	Mo Farah	GBR	13: 47.54
7th	Jesús España	ESP	13: 50.55
8th	Abreham Cherkos	ETH	13.51.01

Date: September 2, 2007, 7:30 p.m.

10,000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	27: 05.90
2	Sileshi Sihine	ETH	27: 09.03
3	Martin Irungu Mathathi	KEN	27: 12.17
4th	Zersenay Tadese	ERI	27: 21.37
5	Josphat Muchiri Ndambiri	KEN	27: 31.41
6th	Gebregziabher Gebremariam	ETH	27: 44.58
7th	Abdihakem Abdirahman	United States	27: 56.62
8th	Josphat Kiprono Menjo	KEN	28: 25.67

Date: August 27, 2007, 9:40 pm

marathon

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Luke Kibet Bowen	KEN	2:15:59
2	Mubarak Hassan Shami	QAT	2:17:18
3	Viktor Röthlin	SUI	2:17:25
4th	Yared Asmerom	ERI	2:17:41
5	Tsuyoshi Ogata	JPN	2:17:42
6th	Satoshi Ōsaki	JPN	2:18:06
7th	Toshinari Suwa	JPN	2:18:35
8th	William Kiplagat	KEN	2:19:21

Date: August 25, 2007, 7:00 a.m.

The run in Osaka, which was held at temperatures above 30 ° C and a humidity of about 80%, was the slowest world championship marathon ever. Of the 85 athletes who started, only 57 made it to the finish line. Luke Kibet pulled away from his first international championship at kilometer 31 and ran out over a minute before the finish. The Swiss Viktor Röthlin had divided the race well and worked his way up from sixth to bronze in the last two kilometers. Ulrich Steidl ( GER ) finished 37th in 2:30:03 h and suffered a circulatory collapse shortly after reaching the finish line. Marcel Tschopp ( LIE ) finished in 47th place in 2:33:42 h. Martin Beckmann ( GER ) had to retire after 30 kilometers.

110 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Liu Xiang	CHN	12.95
2	Terrence Trammell	United States	12.99
3	David Payne	United States	13.02 PB
4th	Dayron Robles	CUB	13.15
5	Shi Dongpeng	CHN	13.19 PB
6th	Serhiy Demydyuk	UKR	13.22 NO
7th	Jackson Quiñónez	ESP	13.33 NO
8th	Maurice Wignall	JAM	13.39

Date: August 31, 2007, 10:20 pm

Wind: +1.7 m / s

400 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Kerron Clement	United States	47.61 WJB
2	Félix Sánchez	DOM	48.01
3	Marek Plawgo	POLE	48.12 NO
4th	James Carter	United States	48.40
5	Danny McFarlane	JAM	48.59
6th	Periklis Iakovakis	GRE	49.25
7th	Derrick Williams	United States	52.97
	Adam Kunkel	CAN	DNF

Date: August 28, 2007, 10:20 p.m.

In the semifinals, defending champion Bershawn Jackson stumbled at the last hurdle and was eliminated. There was no clear favorite in the final; Clement ultimately won, who was the fastest of all finalists on the flat course. Sánchez, unbeaten from 2001 to 2004, made a big comeback and won silver ahead of Plawgo, who ran national records in the semifinals and in the final.

3000 m obstacle

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Brimin Kiprop Kipruto	KEN	8: 13.82
2	Ezekiel Kemboi	KEN	8: 16.94
3	Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong	KEN	8: 17.59
4th	Mustafa Mohamed	SWE	8: 19.82
5	Bouabdellah Tahri	FRA	8: 20.27
6th	Tareq Mubarak Taher	BRN	8: 22.51
7th	Eliseo Martín	ESP	8: 22.91
8th	Halil Akkas	DOOR	8: 22.95

Date: August 28, 2007, 8:55 pm

4 × 100 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Darvis Patton Wallace Spearmon Tyson Gay Leroy Dixon	37.78 WJB
2	Jamaica	Marvin Anderson Usain Bolt Nesta Carter Asafa Powell	37.89 NO
3	Great Britain	Christian Malcolm Craig Pickering Marlon Devonish Mark Lewis-Francis	37.90
4th	Brazil	Vicente de Lima Rafael Ribeiro Basílio de Moraes Sandro Viana	37.99
5	Japan	Naoki Tsukahara Shingo Suetsugu Shinji Takahira Nobuharu Asahara	38.03 AS
6th	Germany	Ronny Ostwald Tobias Unger Alexander Kosenkow Julian Reus	38.62
	Poland	Michał Bielczyk Łukasz Chyła Marcin Jędrusiński Dariusz Kuć	DNF
	Nigeria	Obinna Metu Chukwu Uche Isaac Chinedu Oriala Olusoji A. Fasuba	DNF

Date: September 1, 2007, 10:20 p.m.

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	LaShawn Merritt Angelo Taylor Darold Williamson Jeremy Wariner	2: 55.56 WJB
2	Bahamas	Avard Moncur Michael Mathieu Andrae Williams Chris Brown	2: 59.18
3	Poland	Marek Plawgo Daniel Dąbrowski Marcin Marciniszyn Kacper Kozłowski	3: 00.05
4th	Jamaica	Michael Blackwood Ricardo Chambers Leford Green Sanjay Ayre	3: 00.76
5	Russia	Maxim Dyldin Wladislaw Frolow Konstantin Swetschkar Denis Alexejew	3: 01.62
6th	Great Britain	Andrew Steele Robert Tobin Richard Buck Martyn Rooney	3: 02.94
7th	Dominican Republic	Félix Sánchez Yoel Tapia Carlos Santa Arismendy Peguero	3.03.56
8th	Germany	Ingo Schultz Simon Kirch Kamghe Gaba Bastian Swillims	3: 07.40

Date: September 2, 2007, 8:50 pm

20 km walking

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Jefferson Perez	ECU	1:22:20
2	Francisco Javier Fernández	ESP	1:22:40
3	Hatem Ghoula	TO DO	1:22:40
4th	Eder Sánchez	MEX	1:23:36
5	Giorgio Rubino	ITA	1:23:39
6th	Robert Heffernan	IRL	1:23:42
7th	Luke Adams	OUT	1:23:52
8th	Erik Tysse	NOR	1:24:10

Date: August 26, 2007, 8:00 a.m.

Despite the early start time, this competition suffered from extreme external conditions and organizational inadequacies (after about an hour there were no more wet sponges to cool off). Several tasks and breakdowns occurred. Of more than 50 participants who started, only 31 reached the finish. Dramatic scenes played out on the track and in the stadium: Several athletes had to be carried out due to dehydration , and the winner also collapsed with a cramp immediately after crossing the finish line.

The only German participant, André Höhne , suffered a serious collapse 200 meters from the finish in the stadium, lying in fourth position, and had to be taken to hospital. Previously, instead of entering the stadium, he had followed a lapped walker 50 meters without being notified of his mistake. As usual, there were numerous disqualifications due to unclean walking: the reigning Olympic champion was taken out of the race 5 kilometers from the finish. The circumstances surrounding the silver medal were also spectacular: Second-placed walker Francisco Javier Fernández, who clearly overtook his Tunisian opponent, who was clearly ahead of him, only shortly before the finish line, was initially disqualified, but received the silver medal back after a successful protest.

50 km of walking

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Nathan Deakes	OUT	3:43:53
2	Yohann Diniz	FRA	3:44:22
3	Alex Schwazer	ITA	3:44:38
4th	Denis Nischegorodov	RUS	3:46:57
5	Erik Tysse	NOR	3:51:52 PB
6th	Mikel Odriozola	ESP	3:55:19
7th	Sun Chao	CHN	3:55:43
8th	Trond Nymark	NOR	3:57:22

Date: September 1, 2007, 7:00 a.m.

Chinese Yu Chaohong dominated the first half of the competition after pulling away from the field with Spaniard Santiago Perez. Ultimately, around the middle of the race, Yu was overtaken by a group of three with Nathan Deakes, Wladimir Kanaikin and Yuki Yamazaki. Yohann Diniz had gone his own pace until then, when he overtook the leading group, Deakes went with him and shortly afterwards pulled away from Diniz.

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Donald Thomas	BAH	2.35 WJB
2	Yaroslav Rybakov	RUS	2.35 WJB
3	Kyriakos Ioannou	CYP	2.35 WJB
4th	Stefan Holm	SWE	2.33
5	Tomáš Janků	CZE	2.30
	Víctor Moya	CUB	2.30
7th	Eike Onnen	GER	2.26
8th	Jaroslav Bába	CZE	2.26

Date: August 29, 2007, 7:35 p.m.

Pole vault

List of finalists

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Brad Walker	United States	5.86
2	Romain Mesnil	FRA	5.86
3	Danny Ecker	GER	5.81
4th	Igor Pavlov	RUS	5.81 PB
5	Bjorn Otto	GER	5.81
6th	Yevgeny Lukyanenko	RUS	5.81 PB
7th	Alexander Awerbuch	ISR	5.81
8th	Tim Lobinger	GER	5.81

Date: September 1, 2007, 7:30 p.m.

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Irving Saladino	PAN	8.57 AM
2	Andrew Howe	ITA	8.47 NO
3	Dwight Phillips	United States	8.30
4th	Oleksiy Lukashevytsch	UKR	8.25
5	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena	RSA	8.19
6th	James Beckford	JAM	8.17
7th	Ndiss Kaba Badji	SEN	8.01
8th	Ahmed Faiz Bin Marzouq	KSA	7.98

Date: August 30, 2007, 8:40 pm

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Nelson Évora	POR	17.74 NO
2	Jadel Gregório	BRA	17.59
3	Walter Davis	United States	17.33
4th	Osniel Tosca	CUB	17.32
5	Aarik Wilson	United States	17.31
6th	Phillips Idowu	GBR	17.09
7th	Arnie David Giralt	CUB	16.91
8th	Alexander Martínez	SUI	16.85

Date: August 27, 2007, 8:30 p.m.

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Reese Hoffa	United States	22.04
2	Adam Nelson	United States	21.61
3	Rutger Smith	NED	21.13
4th	Tomasz Majewski	POLE	20.87 PB
5	Miran Vodovnik	SLO	20.67
6th	Ralf Bartels	GER	20.45
7th	Jury Bjalou	BLR	20.34
8th	Dylan Armstrong	United States	20.23

Date: August 25, 2007, 8:40 pm

The Belarusian Andrei Michnewitsch , who came third with 21.27 m, was subsequently disqualified for doping offenses .

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Gerd Kanter	EST	68.94
2	Robert Harting	GER	66.68
3	Rutger Smith	NED	66.42
4th	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	65.24
5	Gábor Máté	HUN	64.71
6th	Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly	EGY	64.58
7th	Ehsan Hadadi	IRI	64.53
8th	Aleksander Tammert	EST	64.33

Date: August 28, 2007, 7:30 p.m.

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ivan Zichan	BLR	83.63 WJB
2	Primož Kozmus	SLO	82.29
3	Libor Good Friday	SVK	81.60
4th	Vadsim Dsevyatousky	BLR	81.57
5	Krisztián Pars	HUN	80.93
6th	Kōji Murofushi	JPN	80.46
7th	Szymon Ziółkowski	POLE	80.09
8th	Markus Esser	GER	79.66

Date: August 27, 2007, 7:30 p.m.

Iwan Zichan , the 2003 world champion, who was subsequently deprived of the 2005 world championship title, which was again awarded in 2005, because of doping, and who was also doped in 2006, was out of the medal ranks for a long time in the final. With his sixth and last attempt, he secured the gold medal and relegated his competitor Primož Kozmus to second place. Third place was no less contested: Libor Charfreitag won bronze after just surpassing the distance of the 2005 vice world champion, Wadsim Dzewjatouski, with his sixth litter.

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tero Pitkämäki	FIN	90.33
2	Andreas Thorkildsen	NOR	88.61
3	Breaux Greer	United States	86.21
4th	Vadim's Vasiļevskis	LAT	85.19
5	Alexander Ivanov	RUS	85.18
6th	John Robert Oosthuizen	RSA	84.52 PB
7th	Igor Janik	POLE	83.38 PB
8th	Tero Järvenpää	FIN	82.10

Date: September 2, 2007, 7:15 p.m.

Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Roman Šebrle	CZE	8676
2	Maurice Smith	JAM	8644
3	Dmitry Karpov	KAZ	8586
4th	Alexei Drozdov	RUS	8475
5	André Niklaus	GER	8371 PB
6th	Alexei Syssoyev	RUS	8357
7th	Romain Barras	FRA	8262
8th	Yordani García	CUB	8257

Date: August 31st and September 1st, 2007

Results women

100 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Veronica Campbell	JAM	11.01
2	Lauryn Williams	United States	11.01
3	Carmelita Jeter	United States	11.02 PB
4th	Torri Edwards	United States	11.05
5	Kim Gevaert	BEL	11.05
6th	Christine Arron	FRA	11.08
7th	Kerron Stewart	JAM	11.12
8th	Oludamola Osayomi	NGR	11.26

Date: August 27, 2007, 10:20 p.m.

Wind: −0.2 m / s

The finish was very close: three runners were almost tied. After the race, it took several minutes to determine the exact placement of the runners. First Williams, then Edwards and finally, after a detailed evaluation of the target photo, Veronica Campbell was declared the winner. For them it was the first world championship title after two Olympic gold medals in Athens in 2004 .

200 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Allyson Felix	United States	21.81 WJB
2	Veronica Campbell	JAM	22.34
3	Susanthika Jayasinghe	SRI	22.63
4th	Torri Edwards	United States	22.65
5	Sanya Richards	United States	22.70
6th	Aleen Bailey	JAM	22.72
7th	LaShauntea Moore	United States	22.97
8th	Cydonie Mothersill	CAY	23.08

Date: August 31, 2007, 9:15 pm

Wind: −1.7 m / s

400 m

Novlene Williams and Ana Guevara during the first heat

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Christine Ohuruogu	GBR	49.61 PB
2	Nicola Sanders	GBR	49.65 PB
3	Novlene Williams	JAM	49.66
4th	Ana Guevara	MEX	50.16
5	DeeDee Trotter	United States	50.17
6th	Natalja Antjuch	RUS	50.33
7th	Ilona Ussowitsch	BLR	50.54
8th	Mary Wineberg	United States	50.96

Date: August 29, 2007, 9:50 pm

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei	KEN	1: 56.04 WJB
2	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	1: 56.99
3	Mayte Martínez	ESP	1: 57.62 PB
4th	Olga Kotlyarova	RUS	1: 58.22
5	Brigita Langerholc	SLO	1: 58.52
6th	Svyatlana Usovich	BLR	1: 58.92
7th	Svetlana Kljuka	RUS	2: 00.90
	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	MOZ	DNF

Date: August 28, 2007, 9:20 pm

The Kenyan was leading from the start and started the race with a lap of 56.16 seconds. On the second lap, Mutola in particular tried to keep the gap small, but was attacked by Benhassi in the target corner. Mutola fell exhausted on the home stretch. Martínez and Benhassi didn't keep up with the pace on the first lap and in the end they sprinted over the entire field except for the Kenyan, who achieved an undisputed start-to-finish victory.

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	BRN	3: 58.75
2	Iryna Lishchynska	UKR	4: 00.69
3	Daniela Jordanova	BUL	4: 00.82
4th	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	MAR	4: 01.52 PB
5	Viola Jelagat Kibiwot	KEN	4: 02.10 PB
6th	Agnes Samaria	NAM	4: 07.61 NO
7th	Natalia Panteleeva	RUS	4: 07.82
8th	Lidia Chojecka	POLE	4: 08.64

Date: September 2, 2007, 8:10 pm

The Russian women Jelena Sobolewa (originally in second place in 3: 58.99 min) and Julija Fomenko (originally in seventh place in 4: 02.46 min) were subsequently disqualified for manipulating doping samples .

5000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Meseret Defar	ETH	14: 57.91
2	Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot	KEN	14: 58.50
3	Priscah Jepleting Cherono	KEN	14: 59.21
4th	Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet	KEN	14: 59.26 PB
5	Meselech Melkamu	ETH	15: 01.42
6th	Jennifer Rhines	United States	15: 03.09
7th	Shalane Flanagan	United States	15: 03.86
8th	Joanne Pavey	GBR	15: 04.77

Date: September 1, 2007, 8:30 p.m.

The Turkish Elvan Abeylegesse , who was initially fifth , was subsequently convicted of doping and banned for two years. Her results at these world championships - apart from fifth place here over 5000 meters and silver over 10,000 meters - were canceled.

10,000 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 2007 / women 10,000m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Tirunesh Dibaba	ETH	31: 55.41
2	Kara Goucher	United States	32: 02.05
3	Joanne Pavey	GBR	32: 03.81
4th	Kimberley Smith	NZL	32: 06.89
5	Deena Kastor	United States	32: 24.58
6th	Ejegayehu Dibaba	ETH	32: 30.44
7th	Philes Moora Ongori	KEN	32: 30.74
8th	Emily Chebet Muge	KEN	32: 31.21

Date: August 25, 2007, 9:50 pm

This competition did not go as expected: Although Tirunesh Dibaba won a favorite, the triple success aimed at by the Ethiopians did not materialize. Dibaba's older sister Ejegayehu fell and therefore lost some places, her compatriot Mestawet Tufa got out with circulatory problems.

In this race, the Turkish Elvan Abeylegesse first won the silver medal, which, like her fifth place over 5000 meters, was deprived of her after she was subsequently convicted of doping and banned for two years.

marathon

→ Main article : 2007 World Athletics Championships / Women's marathon

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Catherine Ndereba	KEN	2:30:37
2	Zhou Chunxiu	CHN	2:30:45
3	Reiko Tosa	JPN	2:30:55
4th	Zhu Xiaolin	CHN	2:31:21
5	Lidia Șimon	ROU	2:31:26
6th	Kiyoko Shimahara	JPN	2:31:40
7th	Rita Jeptoo Sitienei	KEN	2:32:03
8th	Edith Masai	KEN	2:32:22

Date: September 2, 2007, 7:00 a.m.

Just like the men's competition, the women's competition took place under extreme weather conditions. With temperatures around 30 ° C, it took a long time before preliminary decisions were made. At kilometer 20, 28 runners were still tied at the top. Only at kilometer 35 did the eight participants who were also ahead at the end clear away. The decision about the medal ranks was made in the last two kilometers, when Catherine Ndereba pulled away and defended a narrow lead to the finish. Reiko Tosa, cheered on by the spectators, was able to intercept Zhu Xiaolin, who was in third place, one kilometer from the finish and almost worked his way up to second-placed Zhou Chunxiu.

Melanie Kraus ( GER ) divided the race well. Still in 35th place at kilometer 25, she finished 20th in the end. The second German runner Susanne Hahn , who came in 43rd , had more problems . Kerstin Metzler-Mennenga ( LIE ), who, as it later turned out, had qualified through sports fraud, came in 53rd place. Out of 66 runners who started, 57 reached the finish.

Kenya won the unofficial team classification in 7:35:02 h (Catherine Ndereba; Rita Jeptoo Sitienei; Edith Masai) ahead of China in 7:35:52 h (Zhou Chunxiu; Zhu Xiaolin; Zhang Shujing , 2:33:46 h) and Japan in 7:37:39 h (Reiko Tosa; Kiyoko Shimahara; Mari Ozaki , 2:35:04 h).

100 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Michelle Perry	United States	12.46
2	Perdita Felicien	CAN	12.49
3	Delloreen Ennis-London	JAM	12.50 PB
4th	Susanna Kallur	SWE	12.51 PB
5	Ginnie Powell	United States	12.55
6th	LoLo Jones	United States	12.62
7th	Vonette Dixon	JAM	12.64 PB
8th	Angela Whyte	CAN	12.66

Date: August 29, 2007, 9:05 p.m.

Wind: −0.1 m / s

Never before has there been only two tenths of a second between the first and eighth runner in hurdles sprints at world championships. The 2005 world champion won it ahead of the 2003 world champion. The European champion Kallur did not even have a personal best to win the bronze medal.

400 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Jana Pittman-Rawlinson	OUT	53.31
2	Julia Pechonkina	RUS	53.50
3	Anna Jesień	POLE	53.92
4th	Nickiesha Wilson	JAM	54.10
5	Huang Xiaoxiao	CHN	54.15
6th	Yevgenia Isakova	RUS	54.50
7th	Tiffany Williams	United States	54.63
8th	Tasha Danvers-Smith	GBR	54.94

Date: August 30, 2007, 8:25 pm

3000 m obstacle

Scene from the 3rd run of the 3000 m obstacle course

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ekaterina Volkova	RUS	9: 06.57 CR
2	Tatiana Petrova	RUS	9: 09.19 PB
3	Eunice Jepkorir	KEN	9: 20.09
4th	Ruth Bisibori Nyangau	KEN	9: 25.25
5	Sophie Duarte	FRA	9: 27.51 NO
6th	Cristina Casandra	ROU	9: 29.63
7th	Gulnara Galkina	RUS	9: 30.24
8th	Rosa Morató	ESP	9: 36.84

Date: August 27, 2007, 8:20 pm

4 × 100 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Lauryn Williams Allyson Felix Mikele Barber Torri Edwards	41.98 WJB
2	Jamaica	Sheri-Ann Brooks Kerron Stewart Simone Facey Veronica Campbell	42.01
3	Belgium	Olivia Borlée Hanna Mariën Elodie Ouédraogo Kim Gevaert	42.75 NO
4th	Great Britain	Laura Turner Montell Douglas Emily Freeman Joice Maduaka	42.87
5	Russia	Ekaterina Grigorjewa Natalja Russakowa Julija Guschtschina Jewgenija Polyakowa	42.97
6th	Belarus	Nastassja Schuljak Natallja Safronnikawa Alena Neumjarschyzkaja Aksana Drahun	43.37
7th	Germany	Katja Wakan Cathleen Tschirch Johanna Kedzierski Verena Sailer	43.51
8th	Poland	Marta Jeschke Daria Korczyńska Dorota Jędrusińska Ewelina Klocek	43.57

Date: September 1, 2007, 10:05 p.m.

It came to the expected victory of the favored US season. Nevertheless, it got tight again at the finish line, as Campell came up strongly and Edwards only ran the last few meters. The German season remained within its possibilities with good changes after it was temporarily disqualified due to an alleged change error in the run-up.

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	DeeDee Trotter Allyson Felix Mary Wineberg Sanya Richards	3: 18.55 WJB
2	Jamaica	Shericka Williams Shereefa Lloyd Davita Prendergast Novlene Williams	3: 19.73 NO
3	Great Britain	Christine Ohuruogu Marilyn Okoro Lee McConnell Nicola Sanders	3: 20.04 NO
4th	Russia	Lyudmila Litwinowa Natalja Nazarowa Tatiana Weschkurowa Natalja Antjuch	3: 20.25
5	Belarus	Juljana Yuschtschanka Iryna Chljustawa Ilona Ussowitsch Swjatlana Ussowitsch	3: 21.88 NO
6th	Poland	Zuzanna Radecka Grażyna Prokopek Ewelina Sętowska-Drick Anna Jesień	3: 26.49
7th	Cuba	Aymée Martínez Daimí Pernía Zulia Calatayud Indira Terrero	3: 27.05
8th	Mexico	Zudikey Rodriguez Gabriela Medina Nallely Vela Ana Guevara	3: 29.14

Date: September 2, 2007, 8:30 p.m.

20 km walking

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Olga Kaniskina	RUS	1:30:09
2	Tatiana Shemjakina	RUS	1:30:42
3	Maria Vasco	ESP	1:30:47
4th	Kjersti places	NOR	1:31:24
5	Susana Feitor	POR	1:32:01
6th	Claudia Ștef	ROU	1:32:47
7th	Inês Henriques	POR	1:33:06
8th	Sabine Zimmer	GER	1:33:32

Date: August 31, 2007, 8:00 a.m.

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Blanka Vlašić	CRO	2.05
2	Antonietta Di Martino	ITA	2.03 PB
2	Anna Chicherova	RUS	2.03
4th	Jelena Slessarenko	RUS	2.00
5	Ekaterina Savchenko	RUS	2.00 PB
6th	Ruth Beitia	ESP	1.97
7th	Kajsa Bergqvist	SWE	1.94
	Melanie Skotnik	FRA	1.94
	Wita Palamar	UKR	1.94
	Marina Aitowa	KAZ	1.94
	Emma Green	SWE	1.94

Date: September 2, 2007, 7:00 p.m.

Pole vault

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Elena Isinbayeva	RUS	4.80
2	Kateřina Baďurová	CZE	4.75 NO
3	Svetlana Feofanova	RUS	4.75
4th	Monika Pyrek	POLE	4.75
5	Vanessa Boslak	FRA	4.70 NO
6th	Fabiana Murer	BRA	4.65
	Yulia Golubchikova	RUS	4.65
8th	Anna Rogowska	POLE	4.60

Date: August 28, 2007, 7:30 p.m.

Isinbayeva jumped over 4.65 m on her first attempt, she overcame her second height of 4.80 m in the second attempt and was thus world champion. She then tried her hand at the world record height of 5.02 m three times, but could not master this height.

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tatiana Lebedeva	RUS	7.03
2	Lyudmila Kolchanova	RUS	6.92
3	Tatiana Kotova	RUS	6.90
4th	Naide Gomes	POR	6.87
5	Bianca Kappler	GER	6.81
6th	Maurren Higa Maggi	BRA	6.80
7th	Keila Costa	BRA	6.69
8th	Brittney Reese	United States	6.60

Date: August 28, 2007, 8:50 p.m.

Lebedewa jumped her winning distance on the second try and repeated the distance on the third try. Gomes was in second place until the last attempt, but was then surpassed by the other two Russians. Kotowa had won silver at the last three world championships and has now won bronze.

Triple jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Yargelis Savigne	CUB	15.28 WJB
2	Tatiana Lebedeva	RUS	15.07
3	Marija Šestak	SLO	14.72
4th	Magdelín Martínez	ITA	14.71
5	Olha Saladucha	UKR	14.60
6th	Xie Limei	CHN	14.50
7th	Keila Costa	BRA	14.40
8th	Olesja Zabara	RUS	14.39

Date: August 31, 2007, 7:30 p.m.

There were two athletes who were subsequently disqualified for positive doping tests: the Greek Chrysopigi Devetzi , who came third with 15.04 m, and the Russian Anna Pjatych , initially fourth with 14.88 m.

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Valerie Vili	NZL	20.54 WJB
2	Nadsey Astaptchuk	BLR	20.48
3	Nadine Kleinert	GER	19.77
4th	Li Ling	CHN	19.38 PB
5	Petra Lammert	GER	19.33
6th	Li Meiju	CHN	18.83
7th	Gong Lijiao	CHN	18.66
8th	Chiara Rosa	ITA	18.39

Date: August 26, 2007, 7:45 p.m.

In the last attempt, Valerie Vili exceeded the previous best performance by Nadseja Astaptschuk (20.04 m), who narrowly missed the gold medal with her last shot with 20.48 m.

Discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Franka Dietzsch	GER	66.61
2	Yarelys Barrios	CUB	63.90 PB
3	Nicoleta Grasu	ROU	63.40
4th	Sun Taifeng	CHN	63.22
5	Olena Antonova	UKR	62.41
6th	Joanna Wiśniewska	POLE	61.35
7th	Natalia Fokina-Semenova	UKR	61.17
8th	Ma Xuejun	CHN	59.37

Date: August 29, 2007, 7:45 p.m.

Franka Dietzsch achieved her victory distance in the first litter. The Russian Darja Pishchalnikova , who came second with 65.78 m, was subsequently disqualified for manipulating doping tests.

Hammer throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Betty Heidler	GER	74.76
2	Yipsi Moreno	CUB	74.74
3	Zhang Wenxiu	CHN	74.39
4th	Kamila Skolimowska	POLE	73.25
5	Jelena Konewzewa	RUS	72.45
6th	Eileen O'Keeffe	IRL	70.39
7th	Clarissa Claretti	ITA	70.74
8th	Manuela Montebrun	FRA	70.36

Date: August 30, 2007, 7:30 p.m.

Betty Heidler took the lead in the second attempt. Wenxiu Zhang and Yipsi Moreno almost came close to Heidler's width, but in the end the German won. Moreno has already won her fourth world championship medal.

Javelin throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Barbora Špotáková	CZE	67.07 NO
2	Christina Obergföll	GER	66.46
3	Steffi Nerius	GER	64.42
4th	Nikola Brejchová	CZE	63.73
5	Savva Lika	GRE	63.13 PB
6th	Sonia Bisset	CUB	61.74
7th	Maria Abakumova	RUS	61.43
8th	Linda Stahl	GER	61.03

Date: August 31, 2007, 8:40 p.m.

Heptathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Carolina Klüft	SWE	7032 ER , WJB
2	Lyudmyla Blonska	UKR	6832 NO
3	Kelly Sotherton	GBR	6510
4th	Jessica Ennis	GBR	6469 PB
5	Lilli Schwarzkopf	GER	6439 PB
6th	Austra Skujytė	LTU	6380
7th	Jennifer Oeser	GER	6378 PB
8th	Natalia Dobrynska	UKR	6327

Date: August 25th and 26th, 2007

Carolina Klüft won the world title for the third time in a row, won her 18th competition in a row and set a European record.

German team

The German line-up comprised 60 athletes who competed in 20 disciplines:

• 100 m: Verena Sailer
• 200 m: Cathleen Tschirch
• 400 m: Bastian Swillims
• 5000 m: Jan Fitschen
• Marathon: Martin Beckmann , Ulrich Steidl , Luminita Zaituc , Susanne Hahn , Melanie Kraus
• 20 km walking: André Höhne , Sabine Zimmer , Melanie Seeger
• 110 m hurdles: Thomas Blaschek
• 400 m hurdles: Ulrike Urbansky , Tina Kron
• 3000 m obstacle: Filmon Ghirmai
• 4 × 100 m: Tobias Unger , Till Helmke , Alexander Kosenkow , Ronny Ostwald , Julian Reus , Marius Broening ; Verena Sailer, Cathleen Tschirch, Katja Wakan , Marion Wagner , Johanna Kedzierski
• 4 × 400 m: Bastian Swillims, Kamghe Gaba , Ingo Schultz , Jonas Plass , Simon Kirch
• High jump: Eike Onnen
• Pole vault: Tim Lobinger , Danny Ecker , Björn Otto , Silke Spiegelburg , Carolin Hingst , Julia Hütter
• Long jump: Christian Reif , Bianca Kappler
• Shot put: Ralf Bartels , Peter Sack , Petra Lammert , Nadine Kleinert
• Discus throw: Robert Harting , Michael Möllenbeck , Franka Dietzsch , Nadine Müller
• Hammer throw: Markus Esser , Betty Heidler , Kathrin Klaas , Susanne Keil
• Javelin throw: Stephan Steding , Peter Esenwein , Christina Obergföll , Steffi Nerius , Linda Stahl
• Heptathlon: Jennifer Oeser , Lilli Schwarzkopf , Sonja Kesselschläger
• Decathlon: Arthur Abele , Norman Müller , André Niklaus

Austrian team

The Austrian line-up consisted of three athletes who started in two disciplines:

• 400 m: Clemens Zeller
• 3000 m obstacle: Andrea Mayr , Günther Weidlinger

Swiss team

The Swiss line-up comprised twelve athletes who competed in eight disciplines. Marathon runner Viktor Röthlin won a bronze medal .

Mention of the placement if the final has been reached:

• Marco Cribari , 200 m
• Sylvie Dufour , 27th place in the heptathlon
• Andreas Kundert , 110 m hurdles
• Felix Loretz , javelin throw
• Alexander Martínez , 8th place in the triple jump
• Stefan Müller , javelin throw
• Simone Oberer , 22nd place in the heptathlon
• Marie Polli , 21st place in the 20 km walk
• Viktor Röthlin , 3rd place in the marathon
• Anna Katharina Schmid , pole vault
• Marc Schneeberger , 200 m
• Linda Züblin , 20th place in the heptathlon

Liechtenstein team

The Liechtenstein squad consisted of the two marathon runners Marcel Tschopp and Kerstin Mennenga-Metzler .

Web links

Commons : World Athletics Championships 2007  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Home to the world championship in 2007 in the pages of the IAAF (Engl.)
• Results page of the International Athletics Association IAAF (engl.)
• List of participants (PDF file, 448 kB )

• Results of all Athletics World Championships Osaka 2007 on sportschau.de, accessed on July 18, 2017
• Athletics. World Champion - Medal Winner on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on July 18, 2017
• Franka Dietzsch wins discus gold , Der Tagesspiegel August 29, 2007 at tagesspiegel.de, accessed on July 18, 2017
• Athletics World Cup. Against the Wall , Spiegel Online August 20, 2007, Der Spiegel 34/2007 at spiegel.de, accessed on July 18, 2017
• 28 athletes suspected of doping , Handelsblatt August 11, 2015 on handelsblatt.com, accessed on July 18, 2017

Videos

• Lagat pulls off rare double gold , video posted September 2, 2007 on youtube.com, accessed July 18, 2017
• WC Men's 10,000m: Bekele in Osaka 2007 , video posted April 30, 2012 on youtube.com, accessed July 18, 2017
• Deakes powers through heat for world title , video posted September 1, 2009 on youtube.com, accessed July 18, 2017
• Liu Xiang wins gold in Osaka at 12.95 , video posted November 16, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed July 18, 2017
• 2007 World Championships, Mens High Jump , Video posted March 14, 2009 on youtube.com, accessed July 18, 2017
• World Championships Osaka 2007_National Record- Nelson Évora , video posted September 6, 2007 on youtube.com, accessed July 18, 2017
• Gerd Kanter 68.94m 2007 , video published on July 27, 2016 on youtube.com, accessed on July 18, 2017
• Tero Pitkämäki last throw in Osaka 2007 (90.33 m) , video published on September 2, 2007 on youtube.com, accessed on July 18, 2017
• 2007 World Championships Women's 400m Final , video posted on youtube.com July 31, 2008, accessed July 18, 2017
• 2007 IAAF Track & Field World Championships recap , video posted on September 2, 2007 on youtube.com, accessed on July 18, 2017
• 2007 World Championships Women's 100m Hurdles Final , video posted on youtube.com July 31, 2008, accessed July 18, 2017
• Rawlinson takes 400-meter hurdles title , video posted August 30, 2007 on youtube.com, accessed July 18, 2017
• Volkova takes steeplechase gold , video published on August 27, 2007 on youtube.com, accessed on July 18, 2017
• Vlasic takes high jump title , video posted September 2, 2007 on youtube.com, accessed July 18, 2017
• 2007 5th IAAF World Athletics Final - Women Triple Jump , video posted on September 26, 2007 on youtube.com, accessed on July 18, 2017
• Discus gold for Dietsch yet again , video published on August 29, 2007 on youtube.com, accessed on July 18, 2017
• German upstart Heidler wins hammer throw , video published on August 30, 2007 on youtube.com, accessed on July 18, 2017
• Carolina Klüft Osaka 2007 European Record , video posted December 1, 2007 on youtube.com, accessed July 18, 2017

swell

1. ↑ President Diack proudly signs off Osaka 2007 ( Memento of the original from September 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Clean World Championships in Athletics? No doping case in Osaka , on n-tv.de, accessed on July 18, 2017
3. ↑ ^{a b} Michnewitsch blocked , on focus.de, accessed on July 18, 2017
4. ↑ ^{a b} Russian athletes blocked again , Der Tagesspiegel November 6, 2008 on tagesspiegel.de, accessed on July 18, 2017
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Long-distance runner Elvan Abeylegesse banned for two years. Olympic runner-up banned for doping . Sport1, March 31, 2016 at sport1.de, accessed on August 13, 2016
6. ↑ ^{a b} Doping: Proceedings against Devetzi Sport 1, November 25, 2015, accessed on August 19, 2017
7. ↑ ^{a b} whistleblower. "A big mess of characters" on deutschlandfunk.de, accessed on July 18, 2017
8. ↑ ^{a b} CAS blocks Russian triple jumper Pjatych Focus Online August 18, 2017, accessed on August 19, 2017
9. ↑ Revision of results following sanctions of Tsikhan and Ostapchuk , iaaf.org. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
10. ↑ Doping fraudster Tsikhan wins hammer silver . sport.de, August 20, 2016; Retrieved August 25, 2016
11. ↑ DLV with 60 athletes for the world championships ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
12. ↑ Profiles of the three ÖLV athletes  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
13. ^ Preview World Athletics Championships in Osaka
14. ↑ World championship deployment in Osaka