United States at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics

United States at the
2007 World Championships in Athletics
United States at the; 2007 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	USA
National federation	USA Track & Field
Website	usatf.org
in Osaka
Medals; Ranked 1st	Gold 14 Silver 5 Bronze 7 Total 26
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)
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WA codeUSA

National federationUSA Track & Field

Websiteusatf.org

Medals
Ranked 1st

Gold: 14
Silver: 5
Bronze: 7
Total: 26

The United States competed at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics.

Event	Athletes	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Tyson Gay	10.19	2 Q	10.06	1 Q	10.00	1 Q	9.85
	Mark Jelks	13.64	8	Did not advance
	J-Mee Samuels	10.39	4 q	10.29	5	Did not advance
200 m	Tyson Gay	20.46	1 Q	20.08	1 Q	20.00	1 Q	19.76
	Rodney Martin	20.44	1 Q	20.25	1 Q	20.18 SB	3 Q	20.06	4
	Wallace Spearmon	20.45	3 Q	20.26	2 Q	20.05	2 Q	20.05
400 m	Lionel Larry	DNF		—		Did not advance
	LaShawn Merritt	45.78	1 Q			44.31	1 Q	43.96 PB
	Angelo Taylor	45.13	2 Q			44.45	1 Q	44.32
	Jeremy Wariner	45.10	1 Q			44.33	1 Q	43.45 WL
800 m	Khadevis Robinson	1:45.78	4 q	—		1:45.45	4	Did not advance
	Nicholas Symmonds	1:46.16	2 Q			1:46.41	6	Did not advance
	Duane Solomon	1:48.95	7			Did not advance
1500 m	Alan Webb	3:40.73	2 Q	—		3:41.08	5 Q	3:35.69	8
	Leonel Manzano	3:45.97	13			Did not advance
	Bernard Lagat	3:41.68	3 Q			3:42.39	1 Q	3:34.77
5000 m	Bernard Lagat	13:46.57	3 Q	—				13:45.87
	Matt Tegenkamp	13:35.05	2 Q					13:46.78	4
	Adam Goucher	13:41.65	8 q					13:53.17	11
10.000 m	Abdi Abdirahman	—						27:56.62	7
	Galen Rupp							28:41.71	11
	Dathan Ritzenhein							28:28.59	9
110 m hurdles	Terrence Trammell	13.40	1 Q	—		13.23	1 Q	12.99
	David Payne	13.27	2 Q			13.19	1 Q	13.02 PB
	David Oliver	13.66	5 q			13.42	4	Did not advance
400 m hurdles	Bershawn Jackson	48.87	2 Q	—		48.95	3	Did not advance
	James Carter	49.52	1 Q			48.30	2 Q	48.40	4
	Kerron Clement	49.07	1 Q			48.60	1 Q	47.71 WL
	Derrick Williams	49.65	1 Q			48.43	4 q	52.97	7
3000 m steeplechase	Joshua McAdams	8:32.46	5	—				Did not advance
	Aaron Aguayo	8:30.86	10					Did not advance
	Thomas Brooks	8:56.20	11					Did not advance
4 × 100 m relay	Tyson Gay Mark Jelks J-Mee Samuels LeRoy Dixon Darvis Patton Leonard Scott	38.10	2 Q	—				37.78
4 × 100 m relay	Jeremy Wariner Angelo Taylor LaShawn Merritt Lionel Larry Darold Williamson Jamaal Torrance	3:01.46	1 Q	—				2:55.56
Marathon	Mbarak Hussein	—						2:23:04 SB	21
	Simeon Sawe							DNS
	Fernando Cabada							2:35:48 SB	50
	Mike Morgan							2:23:28 SB	23
	Kyle O'Brien							2:28:28 SB	32
20 km walk	Kevin Eastler	—						1:28:29	28
20 km walk	Timothy Seaman							1:33:58	31
50 km walk	Kevin Eastler							4:31:52	31

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
High Jump	Jim Dilling	2.19	34	Did not advance
	Jamie Nieto	2.26	16	Did not advance
	Jesse Williams	2.23	26	Did not advance
Pole Vault	Brad Walker	5.70	7 q	5.86
	Jeff Hartwig	5.55	15	Did not advance
	Jacob Pauli	5.55	15	Did not advance
Long Jump	Dwight Phillips	8.22	2 Q	8.30
	Miguel Pate	8.10	q	7.94	10
	Trevell Quinley	7.99	q	NM
Triple Jump	Walter Davis	17.10	3	17.33
	Aarik Wilson	17.06	2	17.31	5
	Lawrence Willis	16.55	8	Did not advance
	Kenta Bell	16.22	15	Did not advance
Shot Put	Adam Nelson	20.81	3 Q	21.61 SB
	Reese Hoffa	20.89	2 Q	22.04
	Dan Taylor	18.45	?	Did not advance
	Noah Bryant	18.58	?	Did not advance
Discus throw	Michael Robertson	60.39	?	Did not advance
	Ian Waltz	62.67	?	Did not advance
	Jarred Rome	61.87	?	Did not advance
Hammer throw	A. G. Kruger	73.19	?	Did not advance
Hammer throw	Kidwe Johnson	NM		Did not advance
Javelin throw	Breaux Greer	86.78	1Q	86.21
Javelin throw	Eric Brown	73.07	30	Did not advance

Event	Athletes	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Lauryn Williams	11.41	2 Q	11.16	2 Q	11.09 SB	2 Q	11.01
	Torri Edwards	11.14	1 Q	11.13	1 Q	11.02	1 Q	11.05	4
	Carmelita Jeter	11.07	1 Q	11.17	3 Q	11.08	4 Q	11.02
	Mechelle Lewis	11.16	1 Q	11.25	3 Q	11.16	5	Did not advance
200 m	Allyson Felix	22.50	1 Q	22.61	1 Q	22.21	1 Q	21.21 WL
	Sanya Richards	22.74	1 Q	22.31	1 Q	22.50	1 Q	22.70	5
	Torri Edwards	22.90	2 Q	22.62	2 Q	22.51 SB	3 Q	22.65	4
	LaShauntea Moore	22.93	1 Q	22.71	2 Q	22.73	4 Q	22.97	7
400 m	De'Hashia Trotter	51.27	1 Q	—		50.31	3 q	50.17	5
	Natasha Hastings	51.07	3 Q			51.45	7	Did not advance
	Mary Wineberg	51.25	2 Q			50.27	2 Q	50.96	8
800 m	Alysia Johnson	2:02.11	4	—		Did not advance
	Hazel Clark	2:00.61	5 q			2:02.92	8	Did not advance
	Alice Schmidt	2:02.49	5			Did not advance
1500 m	Treniere Clement	4:10.85	3 Q	—		4:08.32	9	Did not advance
	Christin Wurth	4:20.21	11			Did not advance
	Erin Donohue	4:10.89	4 Q			4:16.41	8	Did not advance
5000 m	Shalane Flanagan	15:07.47	5 Q	—				15:03.86	8
	Jennifer Rhines	15:14.30	5 Q					15:03.09	7
	Michelle Sikes	15:54.06	9					Did not advance
10,000 m	Deena Kastor	—						32:24.58	6
	Kara Goucher							32:02.05
	Katie McGregor							32:44.76	13
100 m hurdles	Michelle Perry	12.72	1 Q	—		12.55	1 Q	12.46
	Virginia Powell	12.76	2 Q			12.67	4 Q	12.55	6
	Lolo Jones	12.86	1 Q			12.68	4 Q	12.62	6
	Nichole Denby	12.91	3 Q			12.80 SB	5	Did not advance
400 m hurdles	Tiffany Williams	54.24	1 Q	—		54.15	3 q	54.63	7
	Sheena Johnson	56.30	3 Q			54.55	5	Did not advance
	Nicole Leach	56.95	4 Q			56.10	6	Did not advance
3000 m steeplechase	Jennifer Simpson	9:51.04	7	—				Did not advance
	Anna Willard	9:48.62	8					Did not advance
	Lindsey Anderson	9:57.00	10					Did not advance
4 × 100 m relay	Torri Edwards Lauryn Williams Carmelita Jeter* Allyson Felix Mechelle Lewis* Mikele Barber	42.24 WL	1 Q	—				41.98 WL
4 × 100 m relay	De'Hashia Trotter Natasha Hastings* Mary Wineberg Sanya Richards Monique Hennagan* Me'Lisa Barber	3:23.37 WL	1 Q	—				3:18.55 WL
Marathon	Mary Akor	—						2:47:06	42
	Zoila Gomez							2:44:49	35
	Ann Alyanak							2:42:23	31
	Samia Akbar							2:56:27 SB	49
	Dana Coons							2:46:12 SB	38
20 km walk	Teresa Vaill							DQ

Competitor	Success
Amy Acuff	TBC
Erin Aldrich	TBC

Competitor	Success
Jennifer Stuczynski	TBC
Nikole McEwen	TBC
Jillian Schwartz	TBC

United States at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics

Men

Track and road events

Field events

Decathlon

Women

Track and road events

Field events

High Jump

Pole Value

Long Jump

Triple Jump

Shot Put

Discus

Hammer Throw

Javelin

Heptathlon

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