Events at the 2007 World Championships | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
5000 m | men | women |
10,000 m | men | women |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | women |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
20 km walk | men | women |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | women |
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | women |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
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Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan. It is the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and the largest component of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Japan and among the largest in the world with over 19 million inhabitants. Osaka will host Expo 2025. The current mayor of Osaka is Ichiro Matsui.
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Brimin Kipruto | Ezekiel Kemboi | Richard Mateelong |
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
World record | 7:53.63 | Brussels, Belgium | 3 September 2004 | |
Championship record | 8:04.16 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 11 August 1995 | |
World leading | 7:59.42 | Stockholm, Sweden | 7 August 2007 |
Date | Time | Round |
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August 26, 2007 | 10:00 | Heats |
August 28, 2007 | 20:55 | Final |
KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | WR | World record | AR | Area record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 6 fastest(q) advance to the semifinals.
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Brimin Kipruto | 8:13.82 | |||
Ezekiel Kemboi | 8:16.94 | |||
Richard Mateelong | 8:17.59 | |||
4 | Mustafa Mohamed | 8:19.82 | ||
5 | Bouabdellah Tahri | 8:20.27 | ||
6 | Halil Akkaş | 8:22.51 | ||
7 | Eliseo Martín | 8:22.91 | SB | |
8 | Tareq Mubarak Taher | 8:22.95 | ||
9 | Abdelkader Hachlaf | 8:24.18 | ||
10 | Gary Roba | 8:25.93 | ||
11 | Abubaker Ali Kamal | 8:26.90 | ||
12 | Nahom Mesfin Tariku | 8:28.86 | ||
Brahim Taleb | DSQ | |||
José Luis Blanco | DSQ | |||
Ali Ahmed Al-Amri | DNF |
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