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.
Medallists
edit| Gold | Gerd Kanter Estonia (EST)
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| Silver | Robert Harting Germany (GER)
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| Bronze | Rutger Smith Netherlands (NED)
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Abbreviations
edit- All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
edit| World record |  Jürgen Schult (GDR)
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74.08 | Neubrandenburg, East Germany | 6 June 1986 |
| Championship record |  Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)
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70.17 | Helsinki, Finland | 7 August 2005 |
Results
editQualification
editGroup A
edit| Place | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerd Kanter | Estonia (EST) |
56.59 | 58.81 | 67.45 | 67.45 | Q |
| 2 | Rutger Smith | Netherlands (NED) |
64.06 | 66.60 | 66.60 | Q PB | |
| 3 | Zoltán Kővágó |  Hungary (HUN) |
62.09 | 65.71 | 65.71 | Q | |
| 4 | Piotr Małachowski |  Poland (POL) |
63.00 | 62.45 | 63.20 | 63.20 | q |
| 5 | Mario Pestano |  Spain (ESP) |
62.36 | 63.10 | X | 63.10 | q |
| 6 | Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari |  Qatar (QAT) |
62.68 | X | 61.47 | 62.68 | q |
| 7 | Ian Waltz |  United States (USA) |
X | 62.67 | 61.62 | 62.67 | |
| 8 | Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi |  Saudi Arabia (KSA) |
59.14 | X | 61.23 | 61.23 | |
| 9 | Vikas Gowda |  India (IND) |
61.22 | X | X | 61.22 | |
| 10 | Bogdan Pishchalnikov |  Russia (RUS) |
X | 59.32 | 61.13 | 61.13 | |
| 11 | Frantz Kruger |  Finland (FIN) |
X | X | 60.72 | 60.72 | |
| 12 | Märt Israel | Estonia (EST) |
59.92 | 60.23 | 60.18 | 60.23 | |
| 13 | Sergiu Ursu |  Romania (ROM) |
X | X | 59.22 | 59.22 | |
| 14 | Shigeo Hatakeyama |  Japan (JPN) |
52.51 | 55.71 | 54.23 | 55.71 | |
| 15 | Ercüment Olgundeniz |  Turkey (TUR) |
X | 54.89 | 54.62 | 54.89 |
Group B
edit| Place | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virgilijus Alekna |  Lithuania (LTU) |
X | 63.70 | 66.54 | 66.54 | Q |
| 2 | Robert Harting | Germany (GER) |
66.26 | 66.26 | Q | ||
| 3 | Gábor Máté | Hungary (HUN) |
65.13 | 65.13 | Q | ||
| 4 | Aleksander Tammert | Estonia (EST) |
64.41 | − | − | 64.41 | q SB |
| 5 | Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly |  Egypt (EGY) |
X | 63.56 | X | 63.56 | q |
| 6 | Ehsan Haddadi |  Iran (IRI) |
62.75 | 61.44 | 62.00 | 62.75 | q |
| 7 | Mikko Kyyrö | Finland (FIN) |
62.11 | 61.75 | X | 62.11 | |
| 8 | Jarred Rome | United States (USA) |
X | X | 61.87 | 61.87 | |
| 9 | Michael Robertson | United States (USA) |
60.15 | X | 60.39 | 60.39 | |
| 10 | Hannes Kirchler |  Italy (ITA) |
57.09 | 60.28 | 60.34 | 60.34 | |
| 11 | Erik Cadee | Netherlands (NED) |
58.78 | 59.98 | 56.99 | 59.98 | |
| 12 | Stanislav Nesterovskyy |  Ukraine (UKR) |
56.00 | 59.81 | 57.56 | 59.81 | |
| 13 | Niklas Arrhenius |  Sweden (SWE) |
54.98 | 55.18 | 58.76 | 58.76 | |
| 14 | Jason Morgan |  Jamaica (JAM) |
55.32 | 52.93 | 53.67 | 55.32 |
Final
edit| Place | Athlete | Nation | Mark | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Gerd Kanter | Estonia (EST) |
68.94 | |
 |
Robert Harting | Germany (GER) |
66.68 | |
 |
Rutger Smith | Netherlands (NED) |
66.42 | |
| 4 | Virgilijus Alekna | Lithuania (LTU) |
65.24 | |
| 5 | Gábor Máté | Hungary (HUN) |
64.71 | |
| 6 | Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly | Egypt (EGY) |
64.58 | |
| 7 | Ehsan Haddadi | Iran (IRI) |
64.53 | |
| 8 | Aleksander Tammert | Estonia (EST) |
64.33 | |
| 9 | Zoltán Kővágó | Hungary (HUN) |
63.04 | |
| 10 | Mario Pestano | Spain (ESP) |
62.70 | |
| 11 | Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari | Qatar (QAT) |
62.60 | |
| 12 | Piotr Małachowski | Poland (POL) |
60.77 |
References
edit- Official results, qualification - IAAF.org
- Official results, final - IAAF.org