Canada at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics

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Canada at the
2007 World Championships in Athletics
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WA codeCAN
National federation Athletics Canada
in Osaka
Competitors30
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
2
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)
2005
2009

Canada competed at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics with 30 athletes. In order to qualify the athletes had met the world championship qualification standards. The qualification for the world Championship took place in early July at the Windsor Stadium in Windsor, Ontario. [1] The highlighted event at the trials was the Woman's 100m Hurdles featuring "2003 World outdoor and indoor champion Perdita Felicien, Angela Whyte, and Priscilla Lopes who finished 1-3 respectively during the 2006 national championships". [1] The Championships took place in Osaka, Japan in the Nagai Stadium and were the 11th World Championships held under the IAAF sanctions. The event lasted nine days spanning from August 25 to September 2. [2]

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Summary

Canadian 800 m field's tracker Gary Reed on August 31, 2007 at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan. Osaka07 D7A Gary Reed.jpg
Canadian 800 m field's tracker Gary Reed on August 31, 2007 at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan.

Three athletes brought home medals from the championships but only two were recognized under the IAAF. Gary Reeds was the favourite to watch going into the championships and brought home the silver medal in the Men's 800m. Reed held the Canadian record in the event with a time of 1:43.68 up until only recently in 2018 when it was broken by Brandon McBride. [3] Reeds impressive performance at the championships captivated the Canadian Athletics fans back home, making it an "exciting moment in Canadian track and field history" [3] The final in the 800m at the championship went out slow and Reed was leading at the bell with only 400m to go. The gold came down to the last two strides, Reed and Kirwa Yego fighting for the gold. [4] With one of the closest margins for victory in world championship history, Yego managed to just out run Reed taking gold. [5]

Competitors

Men Qualifiers

100 m: Anson Henry

4x100 m relay: Richard Adu-Bobie, Bryan Barnett, Jared Connaughton, Anson Henry, Shannon King, Neville Wright

110 m hurdles: Jared MacLoed

200 m: Bryan Barnett

400 m: Tyler Christopher

400 m hurdles: Adam Kunkel

800 m: Gary Reed, Achraf Tadili

1500 m: Kevin Sullivan

10 000 m: Simon Bairu

50 km race walk: Tim Berrett

Hammer throw: Jim Steacy

Javelin throw: Scott Russell

Shot put: Dylan Armstrong

Women Qualifiers

100 m hurdles: Perdita Felicien, Priscilla Lopes, Angela White

800 m: Diane Cummins

1500 m: Carmen Douma-Hussar, Malindi Elmore, Hilary Stellingwerff

Marathon: Lioudmila Kortchaguina

Heptathlon: Jessica Zelinka

High Jump: Nicole Forrester

1500m Wheelchair (exhibition): Chantal Petitclerc, Diane Roy

Final results

PositionAthleteEventResultReactNotes
1st Chantal Petitclerc [6] W 1500 m wheelchair3.37.10N/ASB
2nd Perdita Felicien [7] W 100 m hurdles12.490.132SB
2nd Gary Reed [8] M 800 m1.47.10N/A
6th Tyler Christopher M 400 m44.710.169
6thDiane RoyW 1500 m wheelchair3.40.38N/APB
8thAngela WhyteW 100 m hurdles12.660.138
9th Dylan Armstrong M Shot Put20.23N/A

Results Legend

'Q': Automatic Qualifier, 'q': Fastest Loser Qualifier, '-': Did not qualify, 'DQ' - Disqualified, 'n/a' Not applicable, 'NMR': No Mark Recorded) SB: Season's Best, PB: Personal Best, 'EX': Exhibition event, does not count towards official medal count.

Medal Count

Canada received two medals at the World championships in Osaka both being silver. The gold medal won by Chantal Petitclerc in the Women's 1500m Wheelchair did not count in the total medal count. The event was not seen as an official event by the IAAF but as an exhibition event in the official rankings tables. Canada ranked 25th on the official medal table. [9] Both Gary Reed and Perdita Felicien brought home silver in their respected events.

PositionGoldSilverBronze4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th - +DNF/DNS/DQPointsOverall World Ranking
Numbers
0 [10]
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
4
3
18
T23

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