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| 2007 IFSC Climbing World Championships | |
|---|---|
| Location |  Aviles, Spain |
| Date | 17–23 September 2007 |
| Competitors | 302 from 50 nations |
The 2007 IFSC Climbing World Championships , the 9th edition, were held in Aviles, Spain from 17 to 23 September 2007. It was the first Climbing World Championships organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC).
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Lead | Ramón Julián Puigblanqué | Patxi Usobiaga Lakunza |  Cédric Lachat  Tomáš Mrázek  Jorg Verhoeven |
| Men's Bouldering |  Dmitrii Sharafutdinov | Martin Stráník | Cédric Lachat |
| Men's Speed |  QiXin Zhong |  Manuel Escobar | Sergei Sinitcyn |
| Women's Lead |  Angela Eiter |  Muriel Sarkany |  Maja Vidmar |
| Women's Bouldering | Anna Stöhr |  Akiyo Noguchi | Olga Bibik |
| Women's Speed | Tatiana Ruyga |  Edyta Ropek | Valentina Yurina |
115 athletes attended the men's lead competition. [1]
| Rank | Name | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramón Julián Puigblanqué | 8300 |
| 2 | Patxi Usobiaga Lakunza | 6640 |
| 3 | Cédric Lachat | 5395 |
| 3 | Tomáš Mrázek | 5395 |
| 3 | Jorg Verhoeven | 5395 |
| 6 |  Flavio Crespi | 3901 |
| 7 | Eric Lopez Mateos | 3569 |
| 8 |  Magnus Midtboe | 3320 |
68 athletes attended the women's lead competition. [2] Angela Eiter and Muriel Sarkany topped all the routes in the qualification, semifinal, and final rounds which made them tied. So, they climbed one more time in the superfinal round where Angela Eiter took the win.
| Rank | Name | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angela Eiter | Top |
| 2 | Muriel Sarkany | Top |
| 3 | Maja Vidmar | Top |
| 4 | Yuka Kobayashi | 57- |
| 5 | Irati Anda Villanueva | 48- |
| 6 | Katharina Saurwein | 48- |
| 7 | Natalija Gros | 45+ |
| 8 |  Jain Kim | 40 |
131 athletes attended the men's bouldering competition. [3]
| Rank | Name | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dmitrii Sharafutdinov | 4t12 4b12 |
| 2 | Martin Stráník | 4t13 4b11 |
| 3 | Cédric Lachat | 3t6 3b5 |
| 4 |  Stephane Julien | 2t4 3b5 |
| 5 | Sangwon Son | 2t4 2b2 |
| 6 | Daniel DU LAC | 0t 3b3 |
77 athletes attended the women's bouldering competition. [4] Anna Stöhr flashed all boulders in the final round to take the win.
| Rank | Name | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Stöhr | 4t4 4b4 |
| 2 | Akiyo Noguchi | 4t8 4b7 |
| 3 | Olga Bibik | 3t5 4b5 |
| 4 | Yulia Abramchuk | 2t4 3b11 |
| 5 | Juliette Danion | 1t1 4b5 |
| 6 |  Svitlana Tuzhylina | 1t1 3b3 |
70 athletes competed in the men's speed climbing event. [5]
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Evgenii Vaitsekhovskii | 23.540 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Anatoly Skripov | fall | 1 | Evgenii Vaitsekhovskii | 20.780 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Libor Hroza | 26.890 | 8 | Libor Hroza | fall | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Olexiy Shulga | fall | 1 | Evgenii Vaitsekhovskii | fall | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Maksym Styenkovyy | 22.700 | 5 | Manuel Escobar | 18.850 | ||||||||||||||
| 13 | Alexander Peshekhonov | 24.630 | 4 | Maksym Styenkovyy | 22.230 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Manuel Escobar | 29.060 | 5 | Manuel Escobar | 19.950 | ||||||||||||||
| 12 |  Chi-Wai Lai | fall | 5 | Manuel Escobar | 18.310 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | QiXin Zhong | 21.890 | 2 | QiXin Zhong | 17.960 | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | Leonel De Las Salas | 24.120 | 2 | QiXin Zhong | 19.900 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Lucas Preti | 23.070 | 7 | Lucas Preti | 21.870 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Dmitrii Sharafutdinov | 26.030 | 2 | QiXin Zhong | 18.890 | Small final | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Alexander Kosterin | 25.190 | 6 | Sergei Sinitcyn | 21.010 | ||||||||||||||
| 14 | Tomasz Oleksy | fall | 3 | Alexander Kosterin | 21.950 | 1 | Evgenii Vaitsekhovskii | fall | |||||||||||
| 6 | Sergei Sinitcyn | 24.810 | 6 | Sergei Sinitcyn | 20.940 | 6 | Sergei Sinitcyn | 39.490 | |||||||||||
| 11 | Lukasz Swirk | 28.480 | |||||||||||||||||
39 athletes competed in the women's speed climbing event. [6]
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Cuifang He | fall | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Jenny Lavarda | 53.670 | 16 | Jenny Lavarda | 45.400 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Olena Ryepko | fall | 9 | Valentina Yurina | 37.660 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Valentina Yurina | 35.300 | 9 | Valentina Yurina | 37.290 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Svitlana Tuzhylina | 42.800 | 5 | Edyta Ropek | 33.380 | ||||||||||||||
| 13 | Olga Bezhko | fall | 4 | Svitlana Tuzhylina | 37.160 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Edyta Ropek | 36.760 | 5 | Edyta Ropek | 33.010 | ||||||||||||||
| 12 |  Tamara Ulzhabayeva | 41.830 | 5 | Edyta Ropek | 32.900 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Chunhua Li | 38.560 | 7 | Tatiana Ruyga | 32.750 | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | Yana Malkova | 42.790 | 2 | Chunhua Li | 32.170 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Tatiana Ruyga | 36.140 | 7 | Tatiana Ruyga | 31.990 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Ganna Savchenko | fall | 7 | Tatiana Ruyga | 34.490 | Small final | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Anna Stenkovaya | fall | 6 | Lai-Sho Cheng | 43.120 | ||||||||||||||
| 14 | Lucelia Blanco | 45.930 | 14 | Lucelia Blanco | fall | 9 | Valentina Yurina | 34.710 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Lai-Sho Cheng | 40.270 | 6 | Lai-Sho Cheng | 41.580 | 6 | Lai-Sho Cheng | 41.870 | |||||||||||
| 11 | Francis Rodriguez | 41.340 | |||||||||||||||||
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