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IAAF Athletes of the Year |
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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.
EVENT | ATHLETE | MARK/DISTANCE | DATE | VENUE |
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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 |
EVENT | ATHLETE | MARK | DATE | VENUE |
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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 |
2007 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS | WINNER |
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IAAF World Athlete of the Year | Tyson Gay ( USA) |
Track & Field Athlete of the Year | Tyson Gay ( USA) |
European Athlete of the Year Award | Tero Pitkämäki ( FIN) |
Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award | Jeremy Wariner ( USA) |
2007 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS | WINNER |
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IAAF World Athlete of the Year | Meseret Defar ( ETH) |
Track & Field Athlete of the Year | Meseret Defar ( ETH) |
European Athlete of the Year Award | Blanka Vlašić ( CRO) |
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award | Not Rewarded |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Asafa Powell ( JAM) | 9.74 WR |
2. | Tyson Gay ( USA) | 9.84 |
3. | Derrick Atkins ( BAH) | 9.91 |
4. | Walter Dix ( USA) | 9.93 |
5. | Wallace Spearmon ( USA) | 9.96 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Tyson Gay ( USA) | 19.62 |
2. | Walter Dix ( USA) | 19.69 |
3. | Usain Bolt ( JAM) | 19.75 |
4. | Wallace Spearmon ( USA) | 19.82 |
5. | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure ( NOR) | 19.89 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Jeremy Wariner ( USA) | 43.45 |
2. | LaShawn Merritt ( USA) | 43.96 |
3. | Angelo Taylor ( USA) | 44.05 |
4. | Christopher Brown ( BAH) | 44.45 |
5. | Leslie Djhone ( FRA) | 44.46 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi ( RSA) | 1:43.74 |
2. | Alan Webb ( USA) | 1:43.84 |
3. | Yusuf Saad Kamel ( BHR) | 1:43.87 |
4. | Abubaker Kaki Khamis ( SUD) | 1:43.90 |
5. | Amine Laâlou ( MAR) | 1:43.94 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Alan Webb ( USA) | 3:30.54 |
2. | Tarek Boukensa ( ALG) | 3:30.92 |
3. | Mehdi Baala ( FRA) | 3:31.01 |
4. | Shedrack Kibet Korir ( KEN) | 3:31.18 |
5. | Belal Mansoor Ali ( BHR) | 3:31.49 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Kenenisa Bekele ( ETH) | 7:25.79 |
2. | Moses Kipsiro ( UGA) | 7:32.03 |
3. | Alistair Cragg ( IRL) | 7:32.49 |
4. | Thomas Longosiwa ( KEN) | 7:32.79 |
5. | Eliud Kipchoge ( KEN) | 7:33.06 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Kenenisa Bekele ( ETH) | 12:49.53 |
2. | Sileshi Sihine ( ETH) | 12:50.16 |
3. | Eliud Kipchoge ( KEN) | 12:50.38 |
4. | Moses Kipsiro ( UGA) | 12:50.72 |
5. | Joseph Ebuya ( KEN) | 12:51.00 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Kenenisa Bekele ( ETH) | 26:48.73 |
2. | Sileshi Sihine ( ETH) | 26:48.73 |
3. | Eliud Kipchoge ( KEN) | 26.49.02 |
4. | Moses Masai ( KEN) | 26:49.20 |
5. | Moses Mosop ( KEN) | 26:49.55 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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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 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Kerron Clement ( USA) | 47.61 |
2. | James Carter ( USA) | 47.72 |
3. | Félix Sánchez ( DOM) | 48.01 |
4. | Michael Tinsley ( USA) | 48.02 |
5. | Marek Plawgo ( POL) | 48.12 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Paul Kipsiele Koech ( KEN) | 7:58.80 |
2. | Brimin Kipruto ( KEN) | 8:02.89 |
3. | Ezekiel Kemboi ( KEN) | 8:05.50 |
4. | Mustafa Mohamed ( SWE) | 8:05.75 |
5. | Richard Mateelong ( KEN) | 8:06.66 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Samuel Wanjiru ( KEN) | 58:35 WR |
2. | Patrick Makau ( KEN) | 58:56 |
3. | Zersenay Tadese ( ERI) | 58:59 |
4. | Evans Cheruiyot ( KEN) | 59:05 |
5. | Deribe Mergia ( ETH) | 59:16 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Haile Gebrselassie ( ETH) | 2:04:26 WR |
2. | Emanuel Mutai ( KEN) | 2:06:28 |
3. | Samuel Wanjiru ( KEN) | 2:06:39 |
4. | Richard Limo ( KEN) | 2:06:44 |
5. | Deribe Mergia ( ETH) | 2:06:50 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Donald Thomas ( BAH) | 2.35 |
Stefan Holm ( SWE) | 2.35 | |
Yaroslav Rybakov ( RUS) | 2.35 | |
Kyriacos Ioannou ( CYP) | 2.35 | |
5. | Eike Onnen ( GER) | 2.34 |
Andrey Tereshin ( RUS) | 2.34 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
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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 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | Distance/m |
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1. | Louis Tsatoumas ( GRE) | 8.66 |
2. | Irving Saladino ( PAN) | 8.57 |
3. | Andrew Howe ( ITA) | 8.47 |
4. | James Beckford ( JAM) | 8.37 |
5. | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena ( RSA) | 8.34 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | Distance/m |
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1. | Jadel Gregório ( BRA) | 17.90 |
2. | Nelson Évora ( POR) | 17.74 |
3. | Aarik Wilson ( USA) | 17.58 |
4. | Christian Olsson ( SWE) | 17.56 |
5. | Osniel Tosca ( CUB) | 17.52 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | Distance/m |
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1. | Reese Hoffa ( USA) | 22.43 |
2. | Christian Cantwell ( USA) | 21.96 |
3. | Joachim Olsen ( DEN) | 21.61 |
Adam Nelson ( USA) | 21.61 | |
5. | Andrey Mikhnevich ( BLR) | 21.27 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | Distance/m |
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1. | Breaux Greer ( USA) | 91.29 |
2. | Tero Pitkämäki ( FIN) | 91.23 |
3. | Vadims Vasilevskis ( LAT) | 90.73 |
4. | Andreas Thorkildsen ( NOR) | 89.51 |
5. | Sergey Makarov ( RUS) | 87.46 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | Distance/m |
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1. | Gerd Kanter ( EST) | 72.02 |
2. | Virgilijus Alekna ( LTU) | 71.56 |
3. | Frantz Kruger ( FIN) | 69.97 |
4. | Jarred Rome ( USA) | 68.37 |
5. | Mario Pestano ( ESP) | 68.26 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | Distance/m |
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1. | Ivan Tikhon ( BLR) | 83.63 |
2. | Vadim Devyatovskiy ( BLR) | 82.94 |
3. | Koji Murofushi ( JPN) | 82.62 |
4. | Primož Kozmus ( SLO) | 82.30 |
5. | Libor Charfreitag ( SVK) | 81.60 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | POINTS |
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1. | Roman Šebrle ( CZE) | 8697 |
2. | Maurice Smith ( JAM) | 8644 |
3. | Andrei Krauchanka ( BLR) | 8617 |
4. | Dmitriy Karpov ( KAZ) | 8586 |
5. | Bryan Clay ( USA) | 8493 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Veronica Campbell ( JAM) | 10.89 |
2. | Torri Edwards ( USA) | 10.90 |
3. | Me'Lisa Barber ( USA) | 10.95 |
4. | Sanya Richards ( USA) | 10.97 |
5. | Allyson Felix ( USA) | 11.01 |
Lauryn Williams ( USA) | 11.01 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Allyson Felix ( USA) | 21.81 |
2. | Rachelle Smith ( USA) | 22.31 |
Sanya Richards ( USA) | 22.31 | |
4. | Ebonie Floyd ( USA) | 22.32 |
5. | Veronica Campbell ( JAM) | 22.34 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Sanya Richards ( USA) | 49.27 |
2. | Christine Ohuruogu ( GBR) | 49.61 |
3. | DeeDee Trotter ( USA) | 49.64 |
4. | Nicola Sanders ( GBR) | 49.65 |
5. | Novlene Williams ( JAM) | 49.66 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Janeth Jepkosgei ( KEN) | 1:56.04 |
2. | Hasna Benhassi ( MAR) | 1:56.84 |
3. | Maria de Lurdes Mutola ( MOZ) | 1:56.98 |
4. | Mayte Martínez ( ESP) | 1:57.62 |
5. | Yuliya Krevsun ( UKR) | 1:57.63 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Yelena Soboleva ( RUS) | 3:57.30 |
2. | Maryam Yusuf Jamal ( BHR) | 3:58.75 |
3. | Gelete Burka ( ETH) | 4:00.48 |
4. | Irina Lishchinskaya ( UKR) | 4:00.69 |
5. | Yuliya Fomenko ( RUS) | 4:00.7 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Yelena Soboleva ( RUS) | 4:15.63 |
2. | Maryam Yusuf Jamal ( BHR) | 4:17.75 |
3. | Olga Yegorova ( RUS) | 4:20.10 |
4. | Gulnara Samitova-Galkina ( RUS) | 4:20.23 |
5. | Anna Alminova ( RUS) | 4:20.86 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Lornah Kiplagat ( NED) | 1:06:25 WR |
2. | Mary Keitany ( KEN) | 1:06:48 |
3. | Kara Goucher ( USA) | 1:06:57 |
4. | Rita Cheptoo ( KEN) | 1:07:05 |
5. | Paula Radcliffe ( GBR) | 1:07:53 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Zhou Chunxiu ( CHN) | 2:20:38 |
2. | Mizuki Noguchi ( JPN) | 2:21:37 |
3. | Getenesh Wami ( ETH) | 2:21:45 |
4. | Paula Radcliffe ( GBR) | 2:23:09 |
5. | Wei Yanan ( CHN) | 2:23:12 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Michelle Perry ( USA) | 12.44 |
2. | Ginnie Powell ( USA) | 12.45 |
3. | Perdita Felicien ( CAN) | 12.49 |
Susanna Kallur ( SWE) | 12.49 | |
5. | Delloreen Ennis-London ( JAM) | 12.50 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Tiffany Williams ( USA) | 53.28 |
2. | Sheena Johnson ( USA) | 53.29 |
3. | Jana Rawlinson ( AUS) | 53.31 |
4. | Yuliya Pechonkina ( RUS) | 53.50 |
5. | Anna Jesień ( POL) | 53.86 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Yekaterina Volkova ( RUS) | 9:06.57 |
2. | Tatyana Petrova ( RUS) | 9:09.19 |
3. | Gulnara Samitova-Galkina ( RUS) | 9:11.68 |
4. | Eunice Jepkorir ( KEN) | 9:14.52 |
5. | Ruth Bisibori ( KEN) | 9:24.51 |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
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1. | Blanka Vlašić ( CRO) | 2.07 m |
2. | Antonietta Di Martino ( ITA) | 2.03 m |
Anna Chicherova ( RUS) | 2.03 m | |
4. | Kajsa Bergqvist ( SWE) | 2.02 m |
Yelena Slesarenko ( RUS) | 2.02 m | |
Ruth Beitia ( ESP) | 2.02 m |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
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1. | Yelena Isinbayeva ( RUS) | 4.91 m |
2. | Jennifer Stuczynski ( USA) | 4.88 m |
3. | Monika Pyrek ( POL) | 4.82 m |
Svetlana Feofanova ( RUS) | 4.82 m | |
5. | Katerina Badurová ( CZE) | 4.75 m |
RANK | 2007 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | POINTS |
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1. | Carolina Klüft ( SWE) | 7032 |
2. | Lyudmila Blonska ( UKR) | 6832 |
3. | Kelly Sotherton ( GBR) | 6510 |
4. | Jessica Ennis ( GBR) | 6469 |
5. | Lilli Schwarzkopf ( GER) | 6439 |