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2007 in the sport of athletics
Overview of the events of 2007 in the sport of athletics
This article contains an overview of the sport of athletics, including track and field, cross country and road running, in the year 2007.
Quick Facts Major world events, IAAF Athletes of the Year ...
2007 in athletics | |
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Major world events | World Championships |
IAAF Athletes of the Year | Tyson Gay Meseret Defar |
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World
Regional
- All-Africa Games
- African Junior Championships
- Asian Championships
- Asian Cross Country Championships
- Asian Indoor Games
- Pan Arab Games
- Southeast Asian Games
- NACAC Athletics Championships
- NACAC Cross Country Championships
- Pan American Games
- South American Athletics Championships
- South American Cross Country Championships
- European Cross Country Championships
- European Cup
- European Indoor Championships
- European Junior Championships
- European U23 Championships
- European Youth Olympic Festival
- European Mountain Running Championships
Men
More information EVENT, ATHLETE ...
EVENT | ATHLETE | MARK/DISTANCE | DATE | VENUE |
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Half marathon | Samuel Kamau Wanjiru (KEN) | 58:53[Note 1] | February 9 | Ras al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates |
2000 metres (indoor) | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | 4:49.99 | February 17 | Birmingham, UK |
20 kilometres (road) | Samuel Kamau Wanjiru (KEN) | 55:31+[Note 2] | March 17 | The Hague, Netherlands |
Half marathon | Samuel Kamau Wanjiru (KEN) | 58:33 | March 17 | The Hague, Netherlands |
20,000 m | Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | 56:26.0+ | June 27 | Ostrava, Czech Republic |
Hour run | Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | 21.285 km | June 27 | Ostrava, Czech Republic |
100 metres | Asafa Powell (JAM) | 9.74 | September 9 | Rieti, Italy |
20 kilometres walking (road) | Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) | 1:17:16 | September 29 | Saransk, Russia |
Marathon | Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | 2:04:26 | September 30 | Berlin, Germany |
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Women
More information EVENT, ATHLETE ...
EVENT | ATHLETE | MARK | DATE | VENUE |
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5000 m (indoor) | Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) | 14:27.42 | January 27 | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
3000 m (indoor) | Meseret Defar (ETH) | 8:23.72 | February 3 | Stuttgart, Germany |
4 × 800 m relay (indoor) | Moscow Oblast (RUS) Anna Balakshina, Natalya Panteleyeva, Anna Yemashova, Olesya Chumakova |
8:18.54 | February 11 | Volgograd, Russia |
Pole vault (indoor) | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 4.93 m | February 16 | Donetsk, Ukraine |
Two miles | Meseret Defar (ETH) | 9:10.47[Note 3] | May 20 | Carson, California, USA |
5000 m | Meseret Defar (ETH) | 14:16.63 | June 15 | Oslo, Norway |
Two miles | Meseret Defar (ETH) | 8:58.58[Note 3] | September 14 | Brussels, Belgium |
20 kilometres (road) | Lornah Kiplagat (NED) | 1:02:57+ | October 14 | Udine, Italy |
Half marathon | Lornah Kiplagat (NED) | 1:06:25 | October 14 | Udine, Italy |
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Notes
Men
More information WINNER ...
2007 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS | WINNER |
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IAAF World Athlete of the Year | Tyson Gay (USA) |
Track & Field Athlete of the Year | Tyson Gay (USA) |
European Athlete of the Year Award | Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) |
Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award | Jeremy Wariner (USA) |
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Women
More information WINNER ...
2007 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS | WINNER |
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IAAF World Athlete of the Year | Meseret Defar (ETH) |
Track & Field Athlete of the Year | Meseret Defar (ETH) |
European Athlete of the Year Award | Blanka Vlašić (CRO) |
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award | Not Rewarded |
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100 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Asafa Powell (JAM) | 9.74 WR |
2. | Tyson Gay (USA) | 9.84 |
3. | Derrick Atkins (BAH) | 9.91 |
4. | Walter Dix (USA) | 9.93 |
5. | Wallace Spearmon (USA) | 9.96 |
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200 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Tyson Gay (USA) | 19.62 |
2. | Walter Dix (USA) | 19.69 |
3. | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 19.75 |
4. | Wallace Spearmon (USA) | 19.82 |
5. | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (NOR) | 19.89 |
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400 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Jeremy Wariner (USA) | 43.45 |
2. | LaShawn Merritt (USA) | 43.96 |
3. | Angelo Taylor (USA) | 44.05 |
4. | Christopher Brown (BAH) | 44.45 |
5. | Leslie Djhone (FRA) | 44.46 |
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800 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA) | 1:43.74 |
2. | Alan Webb (USA) | 1:43.84 |
3. | Yusuf Saad Kamel (BHR) | 1:43.87 |
4. | Abubaker Kaki Khamis (SUD) | 1:43.90 |
5. | Amine Laâlou (MAR) | 1:43.94 |
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1500 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Alan Webb (USA) | 3:30.54 |
2. | Tarek Boukensa (ALG) | 3:30.92 |
3. | Mehdi Baala (FRA) | 3:31.01 |
4. | Shedrack Kibet Korir (KEN) | 3:31.18 |
5. | Belal Mansoor Ali (BHR) | 3:31.49 |
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3000 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | 7:25.79 |
2. | Moses Kipsiro (UGA) | 7:32.03 |
3. | Alistair Cragg (IRL) | 7:32.49 |
4. | Thomas Longosiwa (KEN) | 7:32.79 |
5. | Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) | 7:33.06 |
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5000 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | 12:49.53 |
2. | Sileshi Sihine (ETH) | 12:50.16 |
3. | Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) | 12:50.38 |
4. | Moses Kipsiro (UGA) | 12:50.72 |
5. | Joseph Ebuya (KEN) | 12:51.00 |
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10,000 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | 26:48.73 |
2. | Sileshi Sihine (ETH) | 26:48.73 |
3. | Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) | 26.49.02 |
4. | Moses Masai (KEN) | 26:49.20 |
5. | Moses Mosop (KEN) | 26:49.55 |
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110 metres hurdles
More information RANK, TIME ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Liu Xiang (CHN) | 12.92 |
Dayron Robles (CUB) | 12.92 | |
3. | Terrence Trammell (USA) | 12.95 |
4. | Ryan Wilson (USA) | 13.02 |
David Payne (USA) | 13.02 |
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400 metres hurdles
More information RANK, TIME ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Kerron Clement (USA) | 47.61 |
2. | James Carter (USA) | 47.72 |
3. | Félix Sánchez (DOM) | 48.01 |
4. | Michael Tinsley (USA) | 48.02 |
5. | Marek Plawgo (POL) | 48.12 |
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3000 metres steeplechase
More information RANK, TIME ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN) | 7:58.80 |
2. | Brimin Kipruto (KEN) | 8:02.89 |
3. | Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) | 8:05.50 |
4. | Mustafa Mohamed (SWE) | 8:05.75 |
5. | Richard Mateelong (KEN) | 8:06.66 |
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Half Marathon
More information RANK, TIME ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) | 58:35 WR |
2. | Patrick Makau (KEN) | 58:56 |
3. | Zersenay Tadese (ERI) | 58:59 |
4. | Evans Cheruiyot (KEN) | 59:05 |
5. | Deribe Mergia (ETH) | 59:16 |
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Marathon
More information RANK, TIME ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | 2:04:26 WR |
2. | Emanuel Mutai (KEN) | 2:06:28 |
3. | Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) | 2:06:39 |
4. | Richard Limo (KEN) | 2:06:44 |
5. | Deribe Mergia (ETH) | 2:06:50 |
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High jump
More information RANK, TIME ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Donald Thomas (BAH) | 2.35 |
Stefan Holm (SWE) | 2.35 | |
Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS) | 2.35 | |
Kyriacos Ioannou (CYP) | 2.35 | |
5. | Eike Onnen (GER) | 2.34 |
Andrey Tereshin (RUS) | 2.34 |
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Pole Vault
More information RANK, HEIGHT ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
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1. | Brad Walker (USA) | 5.95 m |
2. | Steven Hooker (AUS) | 5.91 m |
Paul Burgess (AUS) | 5.91 m | |
4. | Björn Otto (GER) | 5.90 m |
5. | Danny Ecker (GER) | 5.87 m |
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Long jump
More information RANK, Distance/m ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | Distance/m |
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1. | Louis Tsatoumas (GRE) | 8.66 |
2. | Irving Saladino (PAN) | 8.57 |
3. | Andrew Howe (ITA) | 8.47 |
4. | James Beckford (JAM) | 8.37 |
5. | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA) | 8.34 |
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Triple jump
More information RANK, Distance/m ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | Distance/m |
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1. | Jadel Gregório (BRA) | 17.90 |
2. | Nelson Évora (POR) | 17.74 |
3. | Aarik Wilson (USA) | 17.58 |
4. | Christian Olsson (SWE) | 17.56 |
5. | Osniel Tosca (CUB) | 17.52 |
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Shot put
More information RANK, Distance/m ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | Distance/m |
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1. | Reese Hoffa (USA) | 22.43 |
2. | Christian Cantwell (USA) | 21.96 |
3. | Joachim Olsen (DEN) | 21.61 |
Adam Nelson (USA) | 21.61 | |
5. | Andrey Mikhnevich (BLR) | 21.27 |
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Javelin throw
More information RANK, Distance/m ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | Distance/m |
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1. | Breaux Greer (USA) | 91.29 |
2. | Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) | 91.23 |
3. | Vadims Vasilevskis (LAT) | 90.73 |
4. | Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) | 89.51 |
5. | Sergey Makarov (RUS) | 87.46 |
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Discus throw
More information RANK, Distance/m ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | Distance/m |
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1. | Gerd Kanter (EST) | 72.02 |
2. | Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) | 71.56 |
3. | Frantz Kruger (FIN) | 69.97 |
4. | Jarred Rome (USA) | 68.37 |
5. | Mario Pestano (ESP) | 68.26 |
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Hammer throw
Main article: 2007 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
More information RANK, Distance/m ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | Distance/m |
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1. | Ivan Tikhon (BLR) | 83.63 |
2. | Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR) | 82.94 |
3. | Koji Murofushi (JPN) | 82.62 |
4. | Primož Kozmus (SLO) | 82.30 |
5. | Libor Charfreitag (SVK) | 81.60 |
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Decathlon
Main article: 2007 Decathlon Year Ranking
More information RANK, POINTS ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | POINTS |
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1. | Roman Šebrle (CZE) | 8697 |
2. | Maurice Smith (JAM) | 8644 |
3. | Andrei Krauchanka (BLR) | 8617 |
4. | Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ) | 8586 |
5. | Bryan Clay (USA) | 8493 |
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100 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Veronica Campbell (JAM) | 10.89 |
2. | Torri Edwards (USA) | 10.90 |
3. | Me'Lisa Barber (USA) | 10.95 |
4. | Sanya Richards (USA) | 10.97 |
5. | Allyson Felix (USA) | 11.01 |
Lauryn Williams (USA) | 11.01 |
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200 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Allyson Felix (USA) | 21.81 |
2. | Rachelle Smith (USA) | 22.31 |
Sanya Richards (USA) | 22.31 | |
4. | Ebonie Floyd (USA) | 22.32 |
5. | Veronica Campbell (JAM) | 22.34 |
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400 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Sanya Richards (USA) | 49.27 |
2. | Christine Ohuruogu (GBR) | 49.61 |
3. | DeeDee Trotter (USA) | 49.64 |
4. | Nicola Sanders (GBR) | 49.65 |
5. | Novlene Williams (JAM) | 49.66 |
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800 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN) | 1:56.04 |
2. | Hasna Benhassi (MAR) | 1:56.84 |
3. | Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ) | 1:56.98 |
4. | Mayte Martínez (ESP) | 1:57.62 |
5. | Yuliya Krevsun (UKR) | 1:57.63 |
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1,500 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Yelena Soboleva (RUS) | 3:57.30 |
2. | Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR) | 3:58.75 |
3. | Gelete Burka (ETH) | 4:00.48 |
4. | Irina Lishchinskaya (UKR) | 4:00.69 |
5. | Yuliya Fomenko (RUS) | 4:00.7 |
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Mile
More information RANK, TIME ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Yelena Soboleva (RUS) | 4:15.63 |
2. | Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR) | 4:17.75 |
3. | Olga Yegorova (RUS) | 4:20.10 |
4. | Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (RUS) | 4:20.23 |
5. | Anna Alminova (RUS) | 4:20.86 |
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Half Marathon
More information RANK, TIME ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Lornah Kiplagat (NED) | 1:06:25 WR |
2. | Mary Keitany (KEN) | 1:06:48 |
3. | Kara Goucher (USA) | 1:06:57 |
4. | Rita Cheptoo (KEN) | 1:07:05 |
5. | Paula Radcliffe (GBR) | 1:07:53 |
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Marathon
More information RANK, TIME ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Zhou Chunxiu (CHN) | 2:20:38 |
2. | Mizuki Noguchi (JPN) | 2:21:37 |
3. | Getenesh Wami (ETH) | 2:21:45 |
4. | Paula Radcliffe (GBR) | 2:23:09 |
5. | Wei Yanan (CHN) | 2:23:12 |
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100m Hurdles
More information RANK, TIME ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Michelle Perry (USA) | 12.44 |
2. | Ginnie Powell (USA) | 12.45 |
3. | Perdita Felicien (CAN) | 12.49 |
Susanna Kallur (SWE) | 12.49 | |
5. | Delloreen Ennis-London (JAM) | 12.50 |
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400m Hurdles
More information RANK, TIME ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Tiffany Williams (USA) | 53.28 |
2. | Sheena Johnson (USA) | 53.29 |
3. | Jana Rawlinson (AUS) | 53.31 |
4. | Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS) | 53.50 |
5. | Anna Jesień (POL) | 53.86 |
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3,000m Steeplechase
More information RANK, TIME ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Yekaterina Volkova (RUS) | 9:06.57 |
2. | Tatyana Petrova (RUS) | 9:09.19 |
3. | Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (RUS) | 9:11.68 |
4. | Eunice Jepkorir (KEN) | 9:14.52 |
5. | Ruth Bisibori (KEN) | 9:24.51 |
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High Jump
More information RANK, HEIGHT ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
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1. | Blanka Vlašić (CRO) | 2.07 m |
2. | Antonietta Di Martino (ITA) | 2.03 m |
Anna Chicherova (RUS) | 2.03 m | |
4. | Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) | 2.02 m |
Yelena Slesarenko (RUS) | 2.02 m | |
Ruth Beitia (ESP) | 2.02 m |
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Pole Vault
More information RANK, HEIGHT ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
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1. | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 4.91 m |
2. | Jennifer Stuczynski (USA) | 4.88 m |
3. | Monika Pyrek (POL) | 4.82 m |
Svetlana Feofanova (RUS) | 4.82 m | |
5. | Katerina Badurová (CZE) | 4.75 m |
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Hammer throw
Main article: 2007 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
Heptathlon
More information RANK, POINTS ...
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | POINTS |
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1. | Carolina Klüft (SWE) | 7032 |
2. | Lyudmila Blonska (UKR) | 6832 |
3. | Kelly Sotherton (GBR) | 6510 |
4. | Jessica Ennis (GBR) | 6469 |
5. | Lilli Schwarzkopf (GER) | 6439 |
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- January 21 — Maria Cioncan (29), Romanian runner (b. 1977)
- January 27 — Yang Chuan-kwang (73), Taiwanese decathlete (b. 1933)
- January 27 — Yelena Romanova (43), Russian runner (b. 1963)
- April 2 — Satymkul Dzhumanazarov (56), Kyrgyzstani long-distance runner (b. 1951)
- August 1 — Veikko Karvonen (81), Finnish long-distance runner (b. 1926)
- September 29 — Gyula Zsivótzky (70), Hungarian hammer thrower (b. 1937)
- October 1 — Al Oerter (71), American discus thrower (b. 1936)
- November 3 — Ryan Shay (28), American long-distances runner (b. 1979)
- November 13 — Robert Taylor (59), American sprinter (b. 1948)
- November 26 — Herb McKenley (85), Jamaican sprinter (b. 1922)