2007 in athletics |
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IAAF Athletes of the Year | Tyson Gay Meseret Defar |
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Overview of the events of 2007 in the sport of athletics
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This article contains an overview of the sport of athletics, including track and field, cross country and road running, in the year 2007.
Major events
World
Regional
World records
Men
EVENT | ATHLETE | MARK/DISTANCE | DATE | VENUE |
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 |
Women
EVENT | ATHLETE | MARK | DATE | VENUE |
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 |
Notes
- ^ Not ratified due to inadequate drug testing
- ^ Not submitted for ratification as no official time taken
- ^ a b The 2 mile run is not an official event for record purposes, however, this is the best performance
Awards
Men
Women
Men's Best Year Performers
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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 |
Marathon
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
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 |
Women's Best Year Performers
Marathon
3,000m Steeplechase
Deaths
- 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)
References
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