Track and field at the 2007 Military World Games explained

Size:180
Colour:
  1. 46B22B
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.

Records

NameEventCountryRecordType
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

Medal summary

Men

100 metres10.10 GR10.2910.39
200 metres20.7020.8221.10
400 metres46.0046.3646.48
800 metres1:49.021:49.231:49.24
1500 metres3:41.013:41.563:42.84
5000 metres13:51.7413:52.32 PB13:53.74
10,000 metres28:13.52 GR28:22.6228:42.76
110 metres hurdles13.4413.6013.75
400 metres hurdles50.2550.9751.70
3000 metres steeplechase8:37.808:41.838:45.16
20,000 m track walk1:23:43.01:25:23.71:25:42.7
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 jump2.26 m GR2.26 m GR2.26 m GR
Pole vault5.20 m5.10 m5.00 m
Long jump8.04 m7.57 m7.55 m
Triple jump16.93 m GR=16.84 m16.23 m
Shot put19.93 m19.74 m18.73 m
Discus throw65.87 m GR64.38 m60.03 m
Hammer throw75.98 m74.96 m72.38 m
Javelin throw77.16 m76.77 m73.23 m
Decathlon7712 pts7396 pts7173 pts

Women

100 metres11.4511.5111.54
200 metres23.4423.4823.73
400 metres52.9354.7854.88
800 metres2:04.052:04.702:05.85
1500 metres4:16.904:17.004:17.80
5000 metres15:42.2015:48.7415:53.07
10,000 metres32:32.4432:33.2832:36.41
100 metres hurdles13.2313.3613.65
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 jump1.98 m1.96 m1.94 m
Long jump6.69 m6.23 m6.21 m
Shot put17.78 m16.32 m15.82 m
Hammer throw72.25 m GR67.09 m66.94 m
Javelin throw59.96 m59.60 m54.93 m

References

Day reports
Results

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