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2007 in the sport of athletics

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Field	Value
Title	2007 in athletics
ImageSize	180
Major world competitions	World Championships
IAAF Athletes of the Year	Tyson Gay
Meseret Defar
Previous	2006
Next	2008

|No. of world records = |IAAF Athletes of the Year = Tyson Gay Meseret Defar

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

All-Africa Games
African Junior Championships
Asian Championships
Asian Cross Country Championships
Asian Indoor Games
Pan Arab Games
Southeast Asian Games
NACAC Athletics Championships
NACAC Cross Country Championships
Pan American Games
South American Athletics Championships
South American Cross Country Championships
European Cross Country Championships
European Cup
European Indoor Championships
European Junior Championships
European U23 Championships
European Youth Olympic Festival
European Mountain Running Championships

World records

Men

EVENT	ATHLETE	MARK/DISTANCE	DATE	VENUE
Half marathon	Samuel Kamau Wanjiru	58:53Not ratified due to inadequate drug testing	February 9	Ras al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
2000 metres (indoor)	Kenenisa Bekele	4:49.99	February 17	Birmingham, UK
20 kilometres (road)	Samuel Kamau Wanjiru	55:31Not submitted for ratification as no official time taken	March 17	The Hague, Netherlands
Half marathon	Samuel Kamau Wanjiru	58:33	March 17	The Hague, Netherlands
20,000 m	Haile Gebrselassie	56:26.0	June 27	Ostrava, Czech Republic
Hour run	Haile Gebrselassie	21.285 km	June 27	Ostrava, Czech Republic
100 metres	Asafa Powell	9.74	September 9	Rieti, Italy
20 kilometres walking (road)	Vladimir Kanaykin	1:17:16	September 29	Saransk, Russia
Marathon	Haile Gebrselassie	2:04:26	September 30	Berlin, Germany

Women

EVENT	ATHLETE	MARK	DATE	VENUE
5000 m (indoor)	Tirunesh Dibaba	14:27.42	January 27	Boston, Massachusetts, USA
3000 m (indoor)	Meseret Defar	8:23.72	February 3	Stuttgart, Germany
4 × 800 m relay (indoor)	Moscow Oblast
Anna Balakshina,
Natalya Panteleyeva,
Anna Yemashova,
Olesya Chumakova	8:18.54	February 11	Volgograd, Russia
Pole vault (indoor)	Yelena Isinbayeva	4.93 m	February 16	Donetsk, Ukraine
Two miles	Meseret Defar	9:10.47The 2 mile run is not an official event for record purposes, however, this is the best performance	May 20	Carson, California, USA
5000 m	Meseret Defar	14:16.63	June 15	Oslo, Norway
Two miles	Meseret Defar	8:58.58	September 14	Brussels, Belgium
20 kilometres (road)	Lornah Kiplagat	1:02:57	October 14	Udine, Italy
Half marathon	Lornah Kiplagat	1:06:25	October 14	Udine, Italy

Notes

Awards

Men

2007 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	WINNER
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Tyson Gay
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Tyson Gay
European Athlete of the Year Award	Tero Pitkämäki
Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award	Jeremy Wariner

Women

2007 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	WINNER
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Meseret Defar
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Meseret Defar
European Athlete of the Year Award	Blanka Vlašić
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award	Not Rewarded

Men's Best Year Performers

[[100 metres]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Asafa Powell	9.74 WR
2.	Tyson Gay	9.84
3.	Derrick Atkins	9.91
4.	Walter Dix	9.93
5.	Wallace Spearmon	9.96

[[200 metres]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Tyson Gay	19.62
2.	Walter Dix	19.69
3.	Usain Bolt	19.75
4.	Wallace Spearmon	19.82
5.	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	19.89

[[400 metres]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Jeremy Wariner	43.45
2.	LaShawn Merritt	43.96
3.	Angelo Taylor	44.05
4.	Christopher Brown	44.45
5.	Leslie Djhone	44.46

[[800 metres]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	1:43.74
2.	Alan Webb	1:43.84
3.	Yusuf Saad Kamel	1:43.87
4.	Abubaker Kaki Khamis	1:43.90
5.	Amine Laâlou	1:43.94

[[1500 metres]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Alan Webb	3:30.54
2.	Tarek Boukensa	3:30.92
3.	Mehdi Baala	3:31.01
4.	Shedrack Kibet Korir	3:31.18
5.	Belal Mansoor Ali	3:31.49

[[3000 metres]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Kenenisa Bekele	7:25.79
2.	Moses Kipsiro	7:32.03
3.	Alistair Cragg	7:32.49
4.	Thomas Longosiwa	7:32.79
5.	Eliud Kipchoge	7:33.06

[[5000 metres]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Kenenisa Bekele	12:49.53
2.	Sileshi Sihine	12:50.16
3.	Eliud Kipchoge	12:50.38
4.	Moses Kipsiro	12:50.72
5.	Joseph Ebuya	12:51.00

[[10,000 metres]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Kenenisa Bekele	26:48.73
2.	Sileshi Sihine	26:48.73
3.	Eliud Kipchoge	26.49.02
4.	Moses Masai	26:49.20
5.	Moses Mosop	26:49.55

[[110 metres hurdles]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Liu Xiang	12.92
Dayron Robles	12.92
3.	Terrence Trammell	12.95
4.	Ryan Wilson	13.02
David Payne	13.02

[[400 metres hurdles]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Kerron Clement	47.61
2.	James Carter	47.72
3.	Félix Sánchez	48.01
4.	Michael Tinsley	48.02
5.	Marek Plawgo	48.12

[[3000 metres steeplechase]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Paul Kipsiele Koech	7:58.80
2.	Brimin Kipruto	8:02.89
3.	Ezekiel Kemboi	8:05.50
4.	Mustafa Mohamed	8:05.75
5.	Richard Mateelong	8:06.66

[[Half Marathon]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Samuel Wanjiru	58:35 WR
2.	Patrick Makau	58:56
3.	Zersenay Tadese	58:59
4.	Evans Cheruiyot	59:05
5.	Deribe Mergia	59:16

[[Marathon (sport)|Marathon]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Haile Gebrselassie	2:04:26 WR
2.	Emanuel Mutai	2:06:28
3.	Samuel Wanjiru	2:06:39
4.	Richard Limo	2:06:44
5.	Deribe Mergia	2:06:50

[[High jump]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Donald Thomas	2.35
Stefan Holm	2.35
Yaroslav Rybakov	2.35
Kyriacos Ioannou	2.35
5.	Eike Onnen	2.34
Andrey Tereshin	2.34

[[Pole vault|Pole Vault]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Brad Walker	5.95 m
2.	Steven Hooker	5.91 m
Paul Burgess	5.91 m
4.	Björn Otto	5.90 m
5.	Danny Ecker	5.87 m

[[Long jump]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	Distance/m
1.	Louis Tsatoumas	8.66
2.	Irving Saladino	8.57
3.	Andrew Howe	8.47
4.	James Beckford	8.37
5.	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena	8.34

[[Triple jump]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	Distance/m
1.	Jadel Gregório	17.90
2.	Nelson Évora	17.74
3.	Aarik Wilson	17.58
4.	Christian Olsson	17.56
5.	Osniel Tosca	17.52

[[Shot put]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	Distance/m
1.	Reese Hoffa	22.43
2.	Christian Cantwell	21.96
3.	Joachim Olsen	21.61
Adam Nelson	21.61
5.	Andrey Mikhnevich	21.27

[[Javelin throw]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	Distance/m
1.	Breaux Greer	91.29
2.	Tero Pitkämäki	91.23
3.	Vadims Vasilevskis	90.73
4.	Andreas Thorkildsen	89.51
5.	Sergey Makarov	87.46

[[Discus throw]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	Distance/m
1.	Gerd Kanter	72.02
2.	Virgilijus Alekna	71.56
3.	Frantz Kruger	69.97
4.	Jarred Rome	68.37
5.	Mario Pestano	68.26

[[Hammer throw]]

Main article: 2007 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	Distance/m
1.	Ivan Tikhon	83.63
2.	Vadim Devyatovskiy	82.94
3.	Koji Murofushi	82.62
4.	Primož Kozmus	82.30
5.	Libor Charfreitag	81.60

[[Decathlon]]

Main article: 2007 Decathlon Year Ranking

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Roman Šebrle	8697
2.	Maurice Smith	8644
3.	Andrei Krauchanka	8617
4.	Dmitriy Karpov	8586
5.	Bryan Clay	8493

Women's Best Year Performers

[[100 metres]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Veronica Campbell	10.89
2.	Torri Edwards	10.90
3.	Me'Lisa Barber	10.95
4.	Sanya Richards	10.97
5.	Allyson Felix	11.01
Lauryn Williams	11.01

[[200 metres]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Allyson Felix	21.81
2.	Rachelle Smith	22.31
Sanya Richards	22.31
4.	Ebonie Floyd	22.32
5.	Veronica Campbell	22.34

[[400 metres]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Sanya Richards	49.27
2.	Christine Ohuruogu	49.61
3.	DeeDee Trotter	49.64
4.	Nicola Sanders	49.65
5.	Novlene Williams	49.66

[[800 metres]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Janeth Jepkosgei	1:56.04
2.	Hasna Benhassi	1:56.84
3.	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	1:56.98
4.	Mayte Martínez	1:57.62
5.	Yuliya Krevsun	1:57.63

[[1500 metres|1,500 metres]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Yelena Soboleva	3:57.30
2.	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	3:58.75
3.	Gelete Burka	4:00.48
4.	Irina Lishchinskaya	4:00.69
5.	Yuliya Fomenko	4:00.7

[[Mile run world record progression|Mile]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Yelena Soboleva	4:15.63
2.	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	4:17.75
3.	Olga Yegorova	4:20.10
4.	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina	4:20.23
5.	Anna Alminova	4:20.86

[[Half Marathon]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Lornah Kiplagat	1:06:25 WR
2.	Mary Keitany	1:06:48
3.	Kara Goucher	1:06:57
4.	Rita Cheptoo	1:07:05
5.	Paula Radcliffe	1:07:53

[[Marathon (sport)|Marathon]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Zhou Chunxiu	2:20:38
2.	Mizuki Noguchi	2:21:37
3.	Getenesh Wami	2:21:45
4.	Paula Radcliffe	2:23:09
5.	Wei Yanan	2:23:12

[[Hurdling|100m Hurdles]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Michelle Perry	12.44
2.	Ginnie Powell	12.45
3.	Perdita Felicien	12.49
Susanna Kallur	12.49
5.	Delloreen Ennis-London	12.50

[[Hurdling|400m Hurdles]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Tiffany Williams	53.28
2.	Sheena Johnson	53.29
3.	Jana Rawlinson	53.31
4.	Yuliya Pechonkina	53.50
5.	Anna Jesień	53.86

[[Steeplechase (athletics)|3,000m Steeplechase]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Yekaterina Volkova	9:06.57
2.	Tatyana Petrova	9:09.19
3.	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina	9:11.68
4.	Eunice Jepkorir	9:14.52
5.	Ruth Bisibori	9:24.51

[[High jump|High Jump]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Blanka Vlašić	2.07 m
2.	Antonietta Di Martino	2.03 m
Anna Chicherova	2.03 m
4.	Kajsa Bergqvist	2.02 m
Yelena Slesarenko	2.02 m
Ruth Beitia	2.02 m

[[Pole vault|Pole Vault]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Yelena Isinbayeva	4.91 m
2.	Jennifer Stuczynski	4.88 m
3.	Monika Pyrek	4.82 m
Svetlana Feofanova	4.82 m
5.	Katerina Badurová	4.75 m

[[Hammer throw]]

Main article: 2007 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

[[Heptathlon]]

RANK	2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Carolina Klüft	7032
2.	Lyudmila Blonska	6832
3.	Kelly Sotherton	6510
4.	Jessica Ennis	6469
5.	Lilli Schwarzkopf	6439

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

Year Lists

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