Track and field at the 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

NameEventCountryRecordTypeSamuel Francis 100 metres 10.11 GRJohn Cheruiyot Korir 10,000 metres 28:13.52 GR? 4×100 metres relay 39.28 GRAndrey TereshinAleksander Waleriańczyk Viktor Shapoval High jump 2.26 GRMykola Savolaynen Triple jump 16.93 m GR=Piotr Małachowski Discus throw 65.97 m GRZhang Wenxiu Women' s hammer throw 72.25 m GRKey:WR — World record AR — Area record GR — Games record NR — National record

Medal summary Men 100 metres 10.10 GR 10.29 10.39200 metres 20.70 20.82 21.10400 metres 46.00 46.36 46.48800 metres 1:49.02 1:49.23 1:49.241500 metres 3:41.01 3:41.56 3:42.845000 metres 13:51.74 13:52.32 PB 13:53.7410,000 metres 28:13.52 GR 28:22.62 28:42.76110 metres hurdles 13.44 13.60 13.75400 metres hurdles 50.25 50.97 51.703000 metres steeplechase 8:37.80 8:41.83 8:45.1620,000 m track walk 1:23:43.0 1:25:23.7 1:25:42.74×100 metres relay Rosario La MastraSimone CollioJacques RiparelliAlessandro Cavallaro39.28 GR Zbigniew TulinMarcin JędrusińskiMarcin MarciniszynArtur KohutekŁukasz Chyła†39.52 Yahya HabeebYahya Al-GahesSalem Mubarak Al-YamiHussain Al-SabaHowsawi Mussa†Hussain Al-Zaki†39.734×400 metres relay Mohammed Al-SahiHamdan Al-BishiIsmail Al-SabaniHamed Hamdan Al-BishiYounes Ibrahim Al-HosahMohammed ShaweenEdrees Hawsawi3:05.10 Victor KibetDavid KiruiMark MutaiAmon ChepsongolJustus Koech†Stephen Kamolo†3:06.11 Nagmeldin Ali AbubakrAdam El-NourWilliam Rabih KoudiAbdelbashar El-FarzdagAbubakar Kaki Khamis†Hafedh Mohamed Hussein†3:08.70 High jump 2.26 m GR 2.26 m GR 2.26 m GR Pole vault 5.20 m 5.10 m 5.00 m Long jump 8.04 m 7.57 m 7.55 m Triple jump 16.93 m GR= 16.84 m 16.23 m Shot put 19.93 m 19.74 m 18.73 m Discus throw 65.87 m GR 64.38 m 60.03 m Hammer throw 75.98 m 74.96 m 72.38 m Javelin throw 77.16 m 76.77 m 73.23 m Decathlon 7712 pts 7396 pts 7173 pts † Ran in heats only

Women 100 metres 11.45 11.51 11.54200 metres 23.44 23.48 23.73400 metres 52.93 54.78 54.88800 metres 2:04.05 2:04.70 2:05.851500 metres 4:16.90 4:17.00 4:17.805000 metres 15:42.20 15:48.74 15:53.0710,000 metres 32:32.44 32:33.28 32:36.41100 metres hurdles 13.23 13.36 13.654×100 metres relay Anita PistoneMaria Aurora SalvagnoRita De CesarisMicol Cattaneo44.97 Anna PyatykhYekaterina GrigorievaYelena BolsunYelena Ildeykina46.22 Birgit RockmeierJudith RitzChristine SchulzKarin Ertl46.49 High jump 1.98 m 1.96 m 1.94 m Long jump 6.69 m 6.23 m 6.21 m Shot put 17.78 m 16.32 m 15.82 m Hammer throw 72.25 m GR 67.09 m 66.94 m Javelin throw 59.96 m 59.60 m 54.93 m

Medal table

References

Day reports Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2007-10-16). Osaka medallists star - Wenxiu’s 72m defies Khanafeyeva - World Military Games, Day 1. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-19. Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2007-10-17). Asian champ Francis wins 100m in 10.10sec - World Military Games, Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-19. Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2007-10-18). World 1500m bronze medallist Korir takes unexpected defeat – World Military Games, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-19. Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2007-10-19). Vita Palamar dethrones Anna Chicherova – World Military Games, final day. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-19. Results IV Military World Games. CISM. Archived from the original on 2014-11-30. Retrieved on 2014-11-21.

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