The men's discus throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 (qualification) and August 28, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.
Medallists GoldSilverBronze
Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best
Records World record74.08Neubrandenburg, East Germany6 June 1986Championship record70.17Helsinki, Finland7 August 2005
Results Qualification Group A Place Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Mark Notes 1 Gerd Kanter 56.59 58.81 67.45 67.45 Q 2 Rutger Smith 64.06 66.60 66.60 Q 3 Zoltán Kővágó 62.09 65.71 65.71 Q 4 Piotr Małachowski 63.00 62.45 63.20 63.20 q 5 Mario Pestano 62.36 63.10 X 63.10 q 6 Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari 62.68 X 61.47 62.68 q 7 Ian Waltz X 62.67 61.62 62.67 8 Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi 59.14 X 61.23 61.23 9 Vikas Gowda 61.22 X X 61.22 10 Bogdan Pishchalnikov X 59.32 61.13 61.13 11 Frantz Kruger X X 60.72 60.72 12 Märt Israel 59.92 60.23 60.18 60.23 13 Sergiu Ursu X X 59.22 59.22 14 Shigeo Hatakeyama 52.51 55.71 54.23 55.71 15 Ercüment Olgundeniz X 54.89 54.62 54.89
Group B Place Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Mark Notes 1 Virgilijus Alekna X 63.70 66.54 66.54 Q 2 Robert Harting 66.26 66.26 Q 3 Gábor Máté 65.13 65.13 Q 4 Aleksander Tammert 64.41 − − 64.41 q 5 Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly X 63.56 X 63.56 q 6 Ehsan Haddadi 62.75 61.44 62.00 62.75 q 7 Mikko Kyyrö 62.11 61.75 X 62.11 8 Jarred Rome X X 61.87 61.87 9 Michael Robertson 60.15 X 60.39 60.39 10 Hannes Kirchler 57.09 60.28 60.34 60.34 11 Erik Cadee 58.78 59.98 56.99 59.98 12 Stanislav Nesterovskyy 56.00 59.81 57.56 59.81 13 Niklas Arrhenius 54.98 55.18 58.76 58.76 14 Jason Morgan 55.32 52.93 53.67 55.32
Final Place Athlete Nation Mark Notes Gerd Kanter 68.94 Robert Harting 66.68 Rutger Smith 66.42 4 Virgilijus Alekna 65.24 5 Gábor Máté 64.71 6 Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly 64.58 7 Ehsan Haddadi 64.53 8 Aleksander Tammert 64.33 9 Zoltán Kővágó 63.04 10 Mario Pestano 62.70 11 Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari 62.60 12 Piotr Małachowski 60.77
References Official results, qualification - IAAF.org Official results, final - IAAF.org