Canada at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics

Canada competed at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics with 30 athletes. In order to qualify the athletes had met the world championship qualification standards. The qualification for the world Championship took place in early July at the Windsor Stadium in Windsor, Ontario. [1] The highlighted event at the trials was the Woman's 100m Hurdles featuring "2003 World outdoor and indoor champion Perdita Felicien, Angela Whyte, and Priscilla Lopes who finished 1-3 respectively during the 2006 national championships".[1]The Championships took place in Osaka, Japan in the Nagai Stadium and were the 11th World Championships held under the IAAF sanctions. The event lasted nine days spanning from August 25th to September 2nd. [2]

Canada at the
2007 World Championships in Athletics
IAAF codeCAN
National federationAthletics Canada
in Osaka
Competitors30
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
2
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)

Summary
Canadian 800 m field's tracker Gary Reed on August 31, 2007 at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan.

Three athletes brought home medals from the championships but only two were recognized under the IAAF. Gary Reeds was the favourite to watch going into the championships and brought home the silver medal in the Mens 800m. Reed held the Canadian record in the event with a time of 1:43.68 up until only recently in 2018 when it was broken by Brandon McBride.[3] Reeds impressive performance at the championships captivated the Canadian Athletics fans back home, making it an "exciting moment in Canadian track and field history"[3] The final in the 800m at the championship went out slow and Reed was leading at the bell with only 400m to go. The gold came down to the last two strides, Reed and Kirwa Yego fighting for the gold.[4] With one of the closest margins for victory in world championship history,Yego managed to just out run Reed taking gold.[5]

Competitors

Men Qualifiers


100 m: Anson Henry

4x100 m relay: Richard Adu-Bobie, Bryan Barnett, Jared Connaughton, Anson Henry, Shannon King, Neville Wright

110 m hurdles: Jared MacLoed

200 m: Bryan Barnett

400 m: Tyler Christopher

400 m hurdles: Adam Kunkel

800 m: Gary Reed, Achraf Tadili

1500 m: Kevin Sullivan

10 000 m: Simon Bairu

50 km race walk: Tim Berrett

Hammer throw: Jim Steacy

Javelin throw: Scott Russell

Shot put: Dylan Armstrong

Women Qualifiers


100 m hurdles: Perdita Felicien, Priscilla Lopes, Angela White

800 m: Diane Cummins

1500 m: Carmen Douma-Hussar, Malindi Elmore, Hilary Stellingwerff

Marathon: Lioudmila Kortchaguina

Heptathlon: Jessica Zelinka

High Jump: Nicole Forrester

1500m Wheelchair (exhibition): Chantal Petitclerc, Diane Roy

Final Results
Position
Athlete
Event
Result
React
Notes
1st Chantal Petitclerc[6] W 1500 m wheelchair 3.37.10 N/A SB
2nd Perdita Felicien[7] W 100 m hurdles 12.49 0.132 SB
2nd Gary Reed[8] M 800 m 1.47.10 N/A
6th Tyler Christopher M 400 m 44.71 0.169
6th Diane Roy W 1500 m wheelchair 3.40.38 N/A PB
8th Angela Whyte W 100 m hurdles 12.66 0.138
9th Dylan Armstrong M Shot Put 20.23 N/A


Results Legend

'Q': Automatic Qualifier, 'q': Fastest Loser Qualifier, '-': Did not qualify, 'DQ' - Disqualified, 'n/a' Not applicable, 'NMR': No Mark Recorded) SB: Season's Best, PB: Personal Best, 'EX': Exhibition event, does not count towards official medal count.

Medal Count

Canada received two medals at the World championships in Osaka both being silver. The gold medal won by Chantal Petitclerc in the Women's 1500m Wheelchair did not count in the total medal count. The event was not seen as an official event by the IAAF but as an exhibition event in the official rankings tables. Canada ranked 25th on the official medal table.[9] Both Gary Reed and Perdita Felicien brought home silver in their respected events.

Position Gold Silver Bronze 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th - + DNF/DNS/DQ Points Overall World Ranking
Numbers
0[10]
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
4
3
18
T23

See also

References
  1. "Women's 100m Hurdles the marquee event of Canadian Champs| News". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  2. "11th IAAF World Championships in Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  3. Athleticsillustrated (2011-08-04). "Gary Reed Interview". Athletics Illustrated. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  4. Athleticsillustrated (2011-08-04). "Gary Reed Interview". Athletics Illustrated. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  5. "2007 11th IAAF World Championships - Osaka - Men's 800m". www.sport-olympic.gr. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  6. "Canada's Petitclerc golden in 1,500-m wheelchair event", CBC, http://www.cbc.ca/sports/amateur/story/2007/09/01/canada-track-worlds.html
  7. "Canada's Felicien hurdles to silver", CBC, http://www.cbc.ca/sports/amateur/story/2007/08/29/felicien-track-worlds.html?ref=rss
  8. "Canadian Reed takes silver at track worlds", CBC, http://www.cbc.ca/sports/amateur/story/2007/09/02/reed-track-worlds.html
  9. "2007 World Championships in Athletics", Wikipedia, 2020-08-18, retrieved 2020-10-30
  10. The gold medal won by Chantal Petitclerc on the Women's 1500m Wheelchair event was not calculated as an official event by the IAAF but as an exhibition event in the Official Ranking Tables.
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