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

Group B

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

Final

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

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