United States at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics explained

The United States competed at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics.

Events

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Tyson Gay	10.19	2 Q	10.06	1 Q	10.00	1 Q	9.85
	Mark Jelks	13.64	8	align=center colspan=6	Did not advance
	J-Mee Samuels	10.39	4 q	10.29	5	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
200 m	Tyson Gay	20.46	1 Q	20.08	1 Q	20.00	1 Q	19.76
	Rodney Martin	20.44	1 Q	20.25	1 Q	20.18	3 Q	20.06	4
	Wallace Spearmon	20.45	3 Q	20.26	2 Q	20.05	2 Q	20.05
400 m	Lionel Larry	align=center colspan=2	DNF	align=center colspan=2 rowspan=4	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
	LaShawn Merritt	45.78	1 Q	44.31	1 Q	43.96
	Angelo Taylor	45.13	2 Q	44.45	1 Q	44.32
	Jeremy Wariner	45.10	1 Q	44.33	1 Q	43.45
800 m	Khadevis Robinson	1:45.78	4 q	align=center colspan=2 rowspan=3	1:45.45	4	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	Nicholas Symmonds	1:46.16	2 Q	1:46.41	6	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	Duane Solomon	1:48.95	7	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
1500 m	Alan Webb	3:40.73	2 Q	align=center colspan=2 rowspan=3	3:41.08	5 Q	3:35.69	8
	Leonel Manzano	3:45.97	13	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
	Bernard Lagat	3:41.68	3 Q	3:42.39	1 Q	3:34.77
5000 m	Bernard Lagat	13:46.57	3 Q	align=center colspan=4 rowspan=3	13:45.87
	Matt Tegenkamp	13:35.05	2 Q	13:46.78	4
	Adam Goucher	13:41.65	8 q	13:53.17	11
10.000 m	Abdi Abdirahman	align=center colspan=6 rowspan=3	27:56.62	7
	Galen Rupp	28:41.71	11
	Dathan Ritzenhein	28:28.59	9
110 m hurdles	Terrence Trammell	13.40	1 Q	align=center colspan=2 rowspan=3	13.23	1 Q	12.99
	David Payne	13.27	2 Q	13.19	1 Q	13.02
	David Oliver	13.66	5 q	13.42	4	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
400 m hurdles	Bershawn Jackson	48.87	2 Q	align=center colspan=2 rowspan=4	48.95	3	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	James Carter	49.52	1 Q	48.30	2 Q	48.40	4
	Kerron Clement	49.07	1 Q	48.60	1 Q	47.71
	Derrick Williams	49.65	1 Q	48.43	4 q	52.97	7
3000 m steeplechase	Joshua McAdams	8:32.46	5	align=center colspan=4 rowspan=3	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	Aaron Aguayo	8:30.86	10	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	Thomas Brooks	8:56.20	11	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
4 × 100 m relay	Tyson Gay Mark Jelks J-Mee Samuels LeRoy Dixon Darvis Patton Leonard Scott	38.10	2 Q	align=center colspan=4 rowspan=1	37.78
4 × 100 m relay	Jeremy Wariner Angelo Taylor LaShawn Merritt Lionel Larry Darold Williamson Jamaal Torrance	3:01.46	1 Q	align=center colspan=4 rowspan=1	2:55.56
Marathon	Mbarak Hussein	align=center colspan=6 rowspan=5	2:23:04	21
	Simeon Sawe	DNS
	Fernando Cabada	2:35:48	50
	Mike Morgan	2:23:28	23
	Kyle O'Brien	2:28:28	32
20 km walk	Kevin Eastler	align=center colspan=6 rowspan=3	1:28:29	28
	Timothy Seaman	1:33:58	31
50 km walk	Kevin Eastler	4:31:52	31

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
High Jump	Jim Dilling	2.19	34	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	Jamie Nieto	2.26	16	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	Jesse Williams	2.23	26	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Pole Vault	Brad Walker	5.70	7 q	5.86
	Jeff Hartwig	5.55	15	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	Jacob Pauli	5.55	15	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	Dwight Phillips	8.22	2 Q	8.30
	Miguel Pate	8.10	q	7.94	10
	Trevell Quinley	7.99	q	align=center colspan=2
	Walter Davis	17.10	3	17.33
	Aarik Wilson	17.06	2	17.31	5
	Lawrence Willis	16.55	8	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	Kenta Bell	16.22	15	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	Adam Nelson	20.81	3 Q	21.61
	Reese Hoffa	20.89	2 Q	22.04
	Dan Taylor	18.45	?	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	Noah Bryant	18.58	?	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	Michael Robertson	60.39	?	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	Ian Waltz	62.67	?	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	Jarred Rome	61.87	?	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	A. G. Kruger	73.19	?	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	Kidwe Johnson	align=center colspan=2		align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	Breaux Greer	86.78	1Q	86.21
	Eric Brown	73.07	30	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance

Decathlon

Bryan Clay
		Event	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m	10.44	989	1
	Long jump	7.65	972	1
	Shot put	15.51	821	?
	High jump	1.97	776	?
	400 m	-	-	-
	110 m hurdles	-	-	-
	Discus throw	-	-	-
	Pole vault	-	-	-
	Javelin throw	-	-	-
		1500 m	-	-	-
Total			DNF

Tom Pappas
		Event	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m	10.96	870	?
	Long jump	7.44	920	?
	Shot put	16.31	870	?
	High jump	2.03	831	?
		400 m	49.22	851	?
	110 m hurdles	14.84	869	?
		Discus throw	-	-	-
	Pole vault	-	-	-
	Javelin throw	-	-	-
		1500 m	-	-	-
	Total			DNF

Paul Terek
		Event	Results	Points	Rank
		100 m
		Long jump
		Shot put
		High jump
		400 m
		110 m hurdles
		Discus throw
		Pole vault
		Javelin throw
		1500 m
	Total

Jake Arnold
		Event	Results	Points	Rank
		100 m
		Long jump
		Shot put
		High jump
		400 m
		110 m hurdles
		Discus throw
		Pole vault
		Javelin throw
		1500 m
	Total

Women

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Lauryn Williams	11.41	2 Q	11.16	2 Q	11.09	2 Q	11.01
	Torri Edwards	11.14	1 Q	11.13	1 Q	11.02	1 Q	11.05	4
	Carmelita Jeter	11.07	1 Q	11.17	3 Q	11.08	4 Q	11.02
	Mechelle Lewis	11.16	1 Q	11.25	3 Q	11.16	5	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
200 m	Allyson Felix	22.50	1 Q	22.61	1 Q	22.21	1 Q	21.21
	Sanya Richards	22.74	1 Q	22.31	1 Q	22.50	1 Q	22.70	5
	Torri Edwards	22.90	2 Q	22.62	2 Q	22.51	3 Q	22.65	4
	LaShauntea Moore	22.93	1 Q	22.71	2 Q	22.73	4 Q	22.97	7
400 m	De'Hashia Trotter	51.27	1 Q	align=center colspan=2 rowspan=3	50.31	3 q	50.17	5
	Natasha Hastings	51.07	3 Q	51.45	7	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	Mary Wineberg	51.25	2 Q	50.27	2 Q	50.96	8
800 m	Alysia Johnson	2:02.11	4	align=center colspan=2 rowspan=3	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
	Hazel Clark	2:00.61	5 q	2:02.92	8	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	Alice Schmidt	2:02.49	5	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
1500 m	Treniere Clement	4:10.85	3 Q	align=center colspan=2 rowspan=3	4:08.32	9	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	Christin Wurth	4:20.21	11	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
	Erin Donohue	4:10.89	4 Q	4:16.41	8	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
5000 m	Shalane Flanagan	15:07.47	5 Q	align=center colspan=4 rowspan=3	15:03.86	8
	Jennifer Rhines	15:14.30	5 Q	15:03.09	7
	Michelle Sikes	15:54.06	9	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
10,000 m	Deena Kastor	align=center colspan=6 rowspan=3	32:24.58	6
	Kara Goucher	32:02.05
	Katie McGregor	32:44.76	13
100 m hurdles	Michelle Perry	12.72	1 Q	align=center colspan=2 rowspan=4	12.55	1 Q	12.46
	Virginia Powell	12.76	2 Q	12.67	4 Q	12.55	6
	Lolo Jones	12.86	1 Q	12.68	4 Q	12.62	6
	Nichole Denby	12.91	3 Q	12.80	5	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
400 m hurdles	Tiffany Williams	54.24	1 Q	align=center colspan=2 rowspan=3	54.15	3 q	54.63	7
	Sheena Johnson	56.30	3 Q	54.55	5	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	Nicole Leach	56.95	4 Q	56.10	6	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
3000 m steeplechase	Jennifer Simpson	9:51.04	7	align=center colspan=4 rowspan=3	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	Anna Willard	9:48.62	8	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	Lindsey Anderson	9:57.00	10	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
4 × 100 m relay	Torri Edwards Lauryn Williams Carmelita Jeter Allyson Felix Mechelle Lewis Mikele Barber	align=center	42.24	align=center	1 Q	align=center colspan=4 rowspan=2	align=center	41.98	align=center
4 × 100 m relay	De'Hashia Trotter Natasha Hastings Mary Wineberg Sanya Richards Monique Hennagan Me'Lisa Barber	align=center	3:23.37	align=center	1 Q	align=center	3:18.55	align=center
Marathon	Mary Akor	align=center colspan=6 rowspan=6	align=center	2:47:06	align=center	42
	Zoila Gomez	align=center	2:44:49	align=center	35
	Ann Alyanak	align=center	2:42:23	align=center	31
	Samia Akbar	align=center	2:56:27	align=center	49
	Dana Coons	align=center	2:46:12	align=center	38
20 km walk	Teresa Vaill	align=center colspan=2

High Jump

Competitor	Success
Amy Acuff	TBC
Erin Aldrich	TBC

Pole Value

Competitor	Success
Jennifer Stuczynski	TBC
Nikole McEwen	TBC
Jillian Schwartz	TBC

Long Jump

Competitor	Success
Tianna Madison	TBC
Grace Upshaw	TBC
Brittney Reese	TBC
Rose Richmond	TBC

Shot Put

Competitor	Success
Kristin Heaston	TBC
Jillian Camarena	TBC
Sarah Stevens	TBC

Discus

Competitor	Success
Suzy Powell	TBC
Rebecca Breisch	TBC
Cecilia Barnes	TBC

Hammer Throw

Competitor	Success
Brittany Riley	TBC
Kristal Yush	TBC
Jessica Cosby	TBC

Heptathlon

Hyleas Fountain	Heptathlon
		Event	Results	Points	Rank
		100 m hurdles
		High jump
		Shot put
		200 m
		Long jump
		Javelin throw
		800 m
	Total

Diana Pickler	Heptathlon
		Event	Results	Points	Rank
		100 m hurdles
		High jump
		Shot put
		200 m
		Long jump
		Javelin throw
		800 m
	Total

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Virginia Johnson	Heptathlon
		Event	Results	Points	Rank
		100 m hurdles
		High jump
		Shot put
		200 m
		Long jump
		Javelin throw
		800 m
	Total