2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw explained

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

Gold
Silver
Bronze

Abbreviations

• 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

World record		74.08	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Championship record		70.17	Helsinki, Finland	7 August 2005

Results

Qualification

Group A

Place	Athlete	Nation	1	2	3	Mark	Notes
1			56.59	58.81	67.45	67.45	Q
2			64.06	66.60		66.60	Q
3			62.09	65.71		65.71	Q
4			63.00	62.45	63.20	63.20	q
5			62.36	63.10	X	63.10	q
6			62.68	X	61.47	62.68	q
7			X	62.67	61.62	62.67
8			59.14	X	61.23	61.23
9			61.22	X	X	61.22
10			X	59.32	61.13	61.13
11			X	X	60.72	60.72
12			59.92	60.23	60.18	60.23
13			X	X	59.22	59.22
14			52.51	55.71	54.23	55.71
15			X	54.89	54.62	54.89

Group B

Place	Athlete	Nation	1	2	3	Mark	Notes
1			X	63.70	66.54	66.54	Q
2			66.26			66.26	Q
3			65.13			65.13	Q
4			64.41	−	−	64.41	q
5			X	63.56	X	63.56	q
6			62.75	61.44	62.00	62.75	q
7			62.11	61.75	X	62.11
8			X	X	61.87	61.87
9			60.15	X	60.39	60.39
10			57.09	60.28	60.34	60.34
11			58.78	59.98	56.99	59.98
12			56.00	59.81	57.56	59.81
13			54.98	55.18	58.76	58.76
14			55.32	52.93	53.67	55.32

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Mark	Notes
			68.94
			66.68
			66.42
4			65.24
5			64.71
6			64.58
7			64.53
8			64.33
9			63.04
10			62.70
11			62.60
12			60.77

References

• Official results, qualification - IAAF.org
• Official results, final - IAAF.org