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.

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Medallists

Gold Gerd Kanter
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)
Silver Robert Harting
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Bronze Rutger Smith
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)

Abbreviations

Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

World recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Jürgen Schult  (GDR)74.08 Neubrandenburg, East Germany 6 June 1986
Championship recordFlag of Lithuania.svg  Virgilijus Alekna  (LTU)70.17 Helsinki, Finland 7 August 2005

Results

Qualification

Group A

PlaceAthleteNation123MarkNotes
1 Gerd Kanter Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)56.5958.8167.4567.45Q
2 Rutger Smith Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)64.0666.6066.60Q PB
3 Zoltán Kővágó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)62.0965.7165.71Q
4 Piotr Małachowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)63.0062.4563.2063.20q
5 Mario Pestano Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)62.3663.10X63.10q
6 Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar  (QAT)62.68X61.4762.68q
7 Ian Waltz Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)X62.6761.6262.67
8 Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia  (KSA)59.14X61.2361.23
9 Vikas Gowda Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)61.22XX61.22
10 Bogdan Pishchalnikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)X59.3261.1361.13
11 Frantz Kruger Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)XX60.7260.72
12 Märt Israel Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)59.9260.2360.1860.23
13 Sergiu Ursu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)XX59.2259.22
14 Shigeo Hatakeyama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)52.5155.7154.2355.71
15 Ercüment Olgundeniz Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)X54.8954.6254.89

Group B

PlaceAthleteNation123MarkNotes
1 Virgilijus Alekna Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)X63.7066.5466.54Q
2 Robert Harting Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)66.2666.26Q
3 Gábor Máté Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)65.1365.13Q
4 Aleksander Tammert Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)64.4164.41q SB
5 Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)X63.56X63.56q
6 Ehsan Haddadi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI)62.7561.4462.0062.75q
7 Mikko Kyyrö Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)62.1161.75X62.11
8 Jarred Rome Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)XX61.8761.87
9 Michael Robertson Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)60.15X60.3960.39
10 Hannes Kirchler Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)57.0960.2860.3460.34
11 Erik Cadee Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)58.7859.9856.9959.98
12 Stanislav Nesterovskyy Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)56.0059.8157.5659.81
13 Niklas Arrhenius Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)54.9855.1858.7658.76
14 Jason Morgan Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)55.3252.9353.6755.32

Final

PlaceAthleteNationMarkNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Gerd Kanter Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)68.94
Silver medal icon.svg Robert Harting Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)66.68
Bronze medal icon.svg Rutger Smith Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)66.42
4 Virgilijus Alekna Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)65.24
5 Gábor Máté Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)64.71
6 Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)64.58
7 Ehsan Haddadi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI)64.53
8 Aleksander Tammert Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)64.33
9 Zoltán Kővágó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)63.04
10 Mario Pestano Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)62.70
11 Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar  (QAT)62.60
12 Piotr Małachowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)60.77

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