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2007 in athletics (track and field)

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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.

Contents

Women

  • Records for 2 miles are not official world records, they are called world best times

    • Deaths

  • January 21 — Maria Cioncan (29), Romanian runner (b. 1977)
  • January 27 — Yang Chuan-kwang (73), Taiwanese decathlete (b. 1933)
  • January 27 — Yelena Romanova (43), Russian runner (b. 1963)
  • April 2 — Satymkul Dzhumanazarov (56), Kyrgyzstani long-distance runner (b. 1951)
  • August 1 — Veikko Karvonen (81), Finnish long-distance runner (b. 1926)
  • September 29 — Gyula Zsivótzky (70), Hungarian hammer thrower (b. 1937)
  • October 1 — Al Oerter (71), American discus thrower (b. 1936)
  • November 3 — Ryan Shay (28), American long-distances runner (b. 1979)
  • November 13 — Robert Taylor (59), American sprinter (b. 1948)
  • November 26 — Herb McKenley (85), Jamaican sprinter (b. 1922)

    • References

    2007 in athletics (track and field) Wikipedia
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