The men's

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

event at the

2007 World Championships in Athletics The 11th World Championships in Athletics, () under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007. 200 of the IAAF's 212 member federat ...

took place on August 26, 2007 (qualification) and August 28, 2007 (final) at the

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Medallists

Abbreviations

*''All results shown are in metres''

Records

Results

Qualification

Group A

Group B

Final

References

Official results, qualification
- IAAF.org

- IAAF.org {{DEFAULTSORT:2007 World Championships In Athletics - Men's Discus Throw

Discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

Discus throw at the World Athletics Championships