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| Host City: | Hyderabad, India |
| Dates: | 15 – 18 October 2007 |
| Stadium: | G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium |
| Events: | 36 |
| Records Set: | 7 Games records |
| Level: | Military personnel |
| Previous: | 2003 Catania |
| Next: | 2011 Rio de Janeiro |
| Games: | 2007 Military World Games |
At the 2007 Military World Games, the track and field events were held at the G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium in Hyderabad, India from 15 – 18 October 2007. A total of 36 events were contested, of which 22 by male and 14 by female athletes. Kenya topped the medal table with five gold medals and a total of 12 – the track and field competition accounted for all of the African nation's medals at the games, which brought them sixth place on the overall games medal count. Russia took second with four golds and eight silvers, having the joint greatest medal total. Poland, the People's Republic of China, and Saudi Arabia also achieved four gold medals. Athletes from thirty three of the participating countries reached the podium at the four-day competition organised by the Conseil International du Sport Militaire, which had no obvious dominant nation.
The competition featured a number of athletes who had been successful at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics: Hrysopiyi Devetzi—the world triple jump bronze medallist—won her event, as did hammer throwers Zhang Wenxiu and Primož Kozmus. Some World Championships medallists found themselves in the silver medal spot on the military stage, including Daniela Yordanova (1500 m), Anna Chicherova (high jump), and Shadrack Korir (1500 m).
Samuel Francis set a new Games record in the 100 metres, but his attempt to double his medals in the 200 metres was thwarted by a false start elimination. John Cheruiyot Korir retained his title in the 10,000 metres in a Games record time. The men's high jump competition was unusual in that all the medalists achieved the same height (2.26 m) which made them all Games record holders, although the medals were decided on count-back. A total of seven Games records were broken or equalled at the 2007 edition of the Games.
| Name | Event | Country | Record | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.11 | GR | ||||
| 28:13.52 | GR | ||||
| ? | 39.28 | GR | |||
| 2.26 | GR | ||||
| 16.93 m | GR= | ||||
| 65.97 m | GR | ||||
| 72.25 m | GR | ||||
| Key:WR — World record AR — Area record GR — Games record NR — National record | |||||
| 100 metres | 10.10 GR | 10.29 | 10.39 | ||||
| 200 metres | 20.70 | 20.82 | 21.10 | ||||
| 400 metres | 46.00 | 46.36 | 46.48 | ||||
| 800 metres | 1:49.02 | 1:49.23 | 1:49.24 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 3:41.01 | 3:41.56 | 3:42.84 | ||||
| 5000 metres | 13:51.74 | 13:52.32 PB | 13:53.74 | ||||
| 10,000 metres | 28:13.52 GR | 28:22.62 | 28:42.76 | ||||
| 110 metres hurdles | 13.44 | 13.60 | 13.75 | ||||
| 400 metres hurdles | 50.25 | 50.97 | 51.70 | ||||
| 3000 metres steeplechase | 8:37.80 | 8:41.83 | 8:45.16 | ||||
| 20,000 m track walk | 1:23:43.0 | 1:25:23.7 | 1:25:42.7 | ||||
| 4×100 metres relay | Rosario La Mastra Simone Collio Jacques Riparelli Alessandro Cavallaro | 39.28 GR | Zbigniew Tulin Marcin Jędrusiński Marcin Marciniszyn Artur Kohutek Łukasz Chyła† | 39.52 | Yahya Habeeb Yahya Al-Gahes Salem Mubarak Al-Yami Hussain Al-Saba Howsawi Mussa† Hussain Al-Zaki† | 39.73 | |
| 4×400 metres relay | Mohammed Al-Sahi Hamdan Al-Bishi Ismail Al-Sabani Hamed Hamdan Al-Bishi Younes Ibrahim Al-Hosah Mohammed Shaween Edrees Hawsawi | 3:05.10 | Victor Kibet David Kirui Mark Mutai Amon Chepsongol Justus Koech† Stephen Kamolo† | 3:06.11 | Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr Adam El-Nour William Rabih Koudi Abdelbashar El-Farzdag Abubakar Kaki Khamis† Hafedh Mohamed Hussein† | 3:08.70 | |
| High jump | 2.26 m GR | 2.26 m GR | 2.26 m GR | ||||
| Pole vault | 5.20 m | 5.10 m | 5.00 m | ||||
| Long jump | 8.04 m | 7.57 m | 7.55 m | ||||
| Triple jump | 16.93 m GR= | 16.84 m | 16.23 m | ||||
| Shot put | 19.93 m | 19.74 m | 18.73 m | ||||
| Discus throw | 65.87 m GR | 64.38 m | 60.03 m | ||||
| Hammer throw | 75.98 m | 74.96 m | 72.38 m | ||||
| Javelin throw | 77.16 m | 76.77 m | 73.23 m | ||||
| Decathlon | 7712 pts | 7396 pts | 7173 pts |
| 100 metres | 11.45 | 11.51 | 11.54 | ||||
| 200 metres | 23.44 | 23.48 | 23.73 | ||||
| 400 metres | 52.93 | 54.78 | 54.88 | ||||
| 800 metres | 2:04.05 | 2:04.70 | 2:05.85 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 4:16.90 | 4:17.00 | 4:17.80 | ||||
| 5000 metres | 15:42.20 | 15:48.74 | 15:53.07 | ||||
| 10,000 metres | 32:32.44 | 32:33.28 | 32:36.41 | ||||
| 100 metres hurdles | 13.23 | 13.36 | 13.65 | ||||
| 4×100 metres relay | Anita Pistone Maria Aurora Salvagno Rita De Cesaris Micol Cattaneo | 44.97 | Anna Pyatykh Yekaterina Grigorieva Yelena Bolsun Yelena Ildeykina | 46.22 | Birgit Rockmeier Judith Ritz Christine Schulz Karin Ertl | 46.49 | |
| High jump | 1.98 m | 1.96 m | 1.94 m | ||||
| Long jump | 6.69 m | 6.23 m | 6.21 m | ||||
| Shot put | 17.78 m | 16.32 m | 15.82 m | ||||
| Hammer throw | 72.25 m GR | 67.09 m | 66.94 m | ||||
| Javelin throw | 59.96 m | 59.60 m | 54.93 m |