2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

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 (EST)
Silver Robert Harting (GER)
Bronze Rutger Smith (NED)

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason 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

PlaceAthleteMarkNotes
1 Gerd Kanter (EST)67.45Q
2 Rutger Smith (NED)66.60Q PB
3 Zoltán Kővágó (HUN)65.71Q
4 Piotr Małachowski (POL)63.20q
5 Mario Pestano (ESP)63.10q
6 Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT)62.68q
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

PlaceAthleteMarkNotes
1 Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)66.54Q SB
2 Robert Harting (GER)66.26Q
3 Gábor Máté (HUN)65.13Q
4 Aleksander Tammert (EST)64.41q SB
5 Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly (EGY)63.56q
6 Ehsan Haddadi (IRI)62.75q
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

PlaceAthleteMarkNotes
 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

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