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  Logo Osaka2007gif
  Size 300
  Host City Osaka , Japan
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  Nations Participating 203
  Athletes Participating 1,981
  Events 47
  Opening Ceremony August 24 , 2007
  Closing Ceremony September 2 , 2007
  Stadium Nagai Stadium




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  Last Powell
  First David
  Title Gay - too tired even to celebrate
  Publisher IAAF
  Date 2007-08-31
  Url http://osaka2007iaaforg/news/kind=2/newsid=41191html


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  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/2003_World_Championships_in_Athletics#Track_2" class="copylinks">2003 2005 2007 2009 2011
  rowspan 2 200&nbspm
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Allyson_Felix" class="copylinks">Allyson Felix <br /> 2181<br>WL
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Veronica_Campbell" class="copylinks">Veronica Campbell <br /> 2234<br>SB
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Susanthika_Jayasinghe" class="copylinks">Susanthika Jayasinghe <br /> 2263
  colspan 6 Felix claimed a convincing victory with a personal best of 2181, the fastest World Championship time since Inger Miller's gold medal run in 1999 Jayasinghe edged Torri Edwards for third to claim her first World Championship medal in ten years
  rowspan 2400&nbspm
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Christine_Ohuruogu" class="copylinks">Christine Ohuruogu <br /> 4961<br />PB
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Nicola_Sanders" class="copylinks">Nicola Sanders <br /> 4965<br />PB
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Novlene_Williams" class="copylinks">Novlene Williams <br /> 4966<br />SB
  colspan 6 Williams led the field approaching the home straight with the Russian Natalya Antyukh and American athlete Dee Dee Trotter ahead of the two Britons at this point However, Ohuruogu and Sanders closed quickly on the other athletes Williams held the lead up until the final five metres, where she tied up quickly, allowing the two British athletes to take the first two medals on a dip Ohuruogu surprised the field to take the gold medal with a personal best, just 24 days after her 12 month suspension for missing three out-of-competition doping tests expired Ohuruogu hit with one year ban bbccouk
  rowspan 2800&nbspm
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Janeth_Jepkosgei" class="copylinks">Janeth Jepkosgei <br /> 1:5604<br />WL
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Hasna_Benhassi" class="copylinks">Hasna Benhassi <br /> 1:5699
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Mayte_Martínez" class="copylinks">Mayte Martínez <br /> 1:5762<br />PB
  colspan 6 Jepkosgei led from start to finish
  rowspan 21500&nbspm
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Maryam_Yusuf_Jamal" class="copylinks">Maryam Yusuf Jamal <br /> 3:5875<br />SB
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Yelena_Soboleva" class="copylinks">Yelena Soboleva <br /> 3:5899
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Iryna_Lishchynska" class="copylinks">Iryna Lishchynska <br /> 4:0069<br />SB
  colspan 6 World number one Soboleva led from the gun until passed by Jamal on the back straight of the last lap Jamal's sprint failed to break the field, but she just managed to hold off Soboleva for the win
  rowspan 25000&nbspm
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Meseret_Defar" class="copylinks">Meseret Defar <br /> 14:5791
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Vivian_Cheruiyot" class="copylinks">Vivian Cheruiyot <br /> 14:5850
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Priscah_Jepleting_Cherono" class="copylinks">Priscah Jepleting Cherono <br /> 14:5921
  colspan 6 Defar added the world title to her Olympic gold medal A personal best of 14:5926 by Kenyan Sylvia Kibet left her in fourth, just five hundredths of a second outside the medals
  rowspan 2 10,000&nbspm
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Tirunesh_Dibaba" class="copylinks">Tirunesh Dibaba <br /> 31:5541<br />SB
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Elvan_Abeylegesse" class="copylinks">Elvan Abeylegesse <br /> 31:5940
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Kara_Goucher" class="copylinks">Kara Goucher <br /> 32:0205<br />SB
  colspan 6 Dibaba fell behind the leaders half way through the race, with obvious stomach trouble, however she managed to pull back to the front and take historic back-to-back 10,000 m titles Abeylegesse, was one of two athletes, who lost her shoe, and then had to stop to put it back on her foot before rejoining the race Great Britain's Joanne Pavey went into third place in the penultimate lap, leading until the home straight, when Goucher went back to claim the medal
  rowspan 2 Marathon
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Catherine_Ndereba" class="copylinks">Catherine Ndereba <br /> 2:30:37
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Zhou_Chunxiu" class="copylinks">Zhou Chunxiu <br /> 2:30:45
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Reiko_Tosa" class="copylinks">Reiko Tosa <br /> 2:30:55
  colspan 6 Ndereba pulled clear over the final two kilometres to win her second world title Tosa delighted the home crowd by passing Zhu Xiaolin over the closing stages to claim the bronze
  rowspan 2100&nbspm&nbspH
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Michelle_Perry" class="copylinks">Michelle Perry <br /> 1246
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Perdita_Felicien" class="copylinks">Perdita Felicien <br /> 1249<br />SB
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Delloreen_Ennis-London" class="copylinks">Delloreen Ennis-London <br /> 1250<br />PB
  colspan 6 The initial celebrations of Ennis-London{{cite news
  Title Evergreen Perry secures back-to-back 100m hurdles titles
  Publisher Agence France-Presse
  Date 2007-08-29
  Url http://afpgooglecom/article/ALeqM5gGXApGcs6SnjHsOc8Ifh5pi7Fz6Q


  rowspan 2400&nbspm&nbspH
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Jana_Rawlinson" class="copylinks">Jana Rawlinson <br /> 5331<br />SB
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Yuliya_Pechenkina" class="copylinks">Yuliya Pechenkina <br /> 5350<br />SB
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Anna_Jesień" class="copylinks">Anna Jesień <br /> 5392
  colspan 6 Rawlinson ran her fastest time of the season to hold off Pechenkina for the win
  rowspan 2 3000&nbspm&nbspSC
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Yekaterina_Volkova" class="copylinks">Yekaterina Volkova <br /> 9:0657<br />CR / PB
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Tatyana_Petrova" class="copylinks">Tatyana Petrova <br /> 9:0919<br />PB
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Eunice_Jepkorir" class="copylinks">Eunice Jepkorir <br /> 9:2009
  colspan 6 Volkova set the second fastest time in the event's relatively short history to win from compatriot Petrova
  rowspan 220&nbspkm&nbspWalk
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Olga_Kaniskina" class="copylinks">Olga Kaniskina <br /> 1:30:09
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Tatyana_Shemyakina" class="copylinks">Tatyana Shemyakina <br /> 1:30:42
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/María_Vasco" class="copylinks">María Vasco <br /> 1:30:47
  colspan 6 Both Kaniskina and Shemyakina held on to their final places since they left the stadium for the first time, with the winner performing a very strong and consistent race María Vasco raced from behind surpassing Tatyana Sibileva to prevent another Russia n clean sweep
  rowspan 24&nbsp&times&nbsp100&nbspm
  <br> "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Lauryn_Williams" class="copylinks">Lauryn Williams <br> Allyson Felix <br> Mikele Barber <br> Torri Edwards 4198<br>WL
  <br> "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Sheri-Ann_Brooks" class="copylinks">Sheri-Ann Brooks <br> Kerron Stewart <br> Simone Facey <br> Veronica Campbell 4201<br>SB
  <br> "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Olivia_Borlée" class="copylinks">Olivia Borlée <br> Hanna Mariën <br> Élodie Ouédraogo <br> Kim Gevaert 4275<br>NR
  colspan 6 Individual 100 m champion Campbell almost ran down Edwards' lead on the final leg, but the US sprinter hung on to ensure a successful title defence
  rowspan 24&nbsp&times&nbsp400&nbspm
  <br> "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/DeeDee_Trotter" class="copylinks">DeeDee Trotter <br> Allyson Felix <br> Mary Wineberg <br> Sanya Richards 3:18:55<br>WL
  <br> "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Shericka_Williams" class="copylinks">Shericka Williams <br> Shereefa Lloyd <br> Davita Prendagast <br> Novlene Williams 3:19:73 <br />NR
  <br> "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Christine_Ohuruogu" class="copylinks">Christine Ohuruogu <br> Marilyn Okoro <br> Lee McConnell <br> Nicola Sanders 3:20:04<br />NR
  colspan 6 Felix pulled past Lloyd on the second leg to put the United States into first place, where they remained The gold was Felix's third of the Championships Sanders ran down Russian Natalya Antyukh on the finishing straight to win bronze for Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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