2007 IAAF Golden League

The 2007 Golden League was the tenth edition of the IAAF's annual series of six athletics meets, held across Europe, with athletes having the chance to win the Golden League Jackpot of $1 million.

Jackpot events

• Men
  • 100 m
  • 1500 m / Mile
  • 110 m hurdles
  • Triple Jump
  • Javelin throw
• Women
  • 100 m
  • 400 m
  • 100 m hurdles
  • High Jump
  • Pole Vault

The 2007 series included meets at

• Oslo, Norway (Bislett Games) on June 15.
• Paris, France (Meeting Gaz de France) on July 6.
• Rome, Italy (Golden Gala) on July 13.
• Zürich, Switzerland (Weltklasse Zürich) on September 7.
• Brussels, Belgium (Memorial Van Damme) on September 14.
• Berlin, Germany (ISTAF) on September 16.

Bislett Games

Held in Oslo, Norway on June 15, at the Bislett Stadium. Meseret Defar's Women's 5000 m World Record somewhat overshadowed the Jackpot events in Oslo, but some interesting Jackpot contenders emerged.

Men's 100 m

World Record-holder, Asafa Powell, took the event in 9.94.

Wind: +0.9 m/s

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1		Asafa Powell	9.94
2		Francis Obikwelu	10.06
3		Olusoji Fasuba	10.25
4	Template:GBR2	Mark Lewis-Francis	10.25
5		Marc Burns	10.26
6		Darrell Brown	10.61
DQ	Template:GBR2	Marlon Devonish	(10.08)

Men's 1500 m

(Held as Mile) Moroccan Adil Kaouch produced a personal best to win this event from Augustine Choge of Kenya and Andrew Baddeley of Great Britain. Australian Craig Mottram finished ninth.

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1		Adil Kaouch	3:51.14
2		Augustine Choge	3:51.62
3	Template:GBR2	Andrew Baddeley	3:51.95
4		Daniel Kipchirchir Komen	3:52.19
5		Arturo Casado	3:52.35
6		Sergio Gallardo	3:52.38
7		Isaac Kiprono Songok	3:52.85
8		Suleiman Simotwo	3:53.08
9		Craig Mottram	3:54.57
10		Alex Kipchirchir	3:55.96
11		Tarek Boukensa	3:56.37
12		Abdalaati Iguider	3:59.79
DNF		Philemon Kipkorir Kimutai	-
DNF		Gilbert Kipchoge	-

Men's 110 m Hurdles

USA's Anwar Moore took a narrow victory in the absence of World Record-holder Liu Xiang, Cuban Dayron Robles, and top Americans such as Terrence Trammell and Dominique Arnold.

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1		Anwar Moore	13.26
2		David Payne	13.27
3		Thomas Blaschek	13.46
4		Joel Brown	13.51
5	Template:GBR2	Andy Turner	13.56
6		Jackson Quiñónez	13.65
7		Gregory Sedoc	13.73
8		David Oliver	13.75

Men's Triple Jump

Great Britain's Phillips Idowu took a surprise victory from Olympic and European champion Christian Olsson and World Leader Jadel Gregório.

Position	Country	Athlete	Distance
1	Template:GBR2	Phillips Idowu	17.35
2		Christian Olsson	17.33
3		Aarik Wilson	17.26
4	Template:GBR2	Nathan Douglas	17.18
5		Jadel Gregório	17.12
6		Walter Davis	17.00
7		Nelson Évora	16.92
8		Lars Ytterhaugh	15.41

Men's Javelin

Finn Tero Pitkämäki out-threw Olympic champion and home crowd favorite Andreas Thorkildsen, and in-form American Breaux Greer.

Position	Country	Athlete	Distance
1		Tero Pitkämäki	88.78
2		Breaux Greer	88.73
3		Andreas Thorkildsen	87.79
4		Guillermo Martínez	85.30
5		Magnus Arvidsson	84.10
6		Sergey Makarov	83.88
7		Aleksandr Ivanov	81.95
8		Teemu Wirkkala	80.72
NM		Vadims Vasilevskis	-

Women's 100 m

American Stephanie Durst continued her good form to take victory ahead of Sheri-Ann Brooks.

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1		Stephanie Durst	11.22
2		Sheri-Ann Brooks	11.23
3		Cydonie Mothersille	11.25
4		Kim Gevaert	11.25
5		Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie	11.27
6		Ivet Lalova	11.32
7		Ezinne Okparaebo	11.56
8		Sherone Simpson	11.64

Women's 400 m

Sanya Richards took an expected victory from former World Champion Amy Mbacke Thiam of Senegal.

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1		Sanya Richards	50.26
2		Amy Mbacke Thiam	51.22
3		Shericka Williams	51.32
4		Tamsyn Lewis	51.86
5		Christine Amertil	52.02
6	Template:GBR2	Marilyn Okoro	52.80
7		Maris Mägi	54.36
DNS		Kaliese Spencer	-

Women's 100 m Hurdles

World Champion Michelle Perry extended her winning streak to 14 races, beating top European Susanna Kallur.

• Wind: -0.1m/s

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1		Michelle Perry	12.70
2		Susanna Kallur	12.76
3		Delloreen Ennis-London	12.78
4		Angela Whyte	12.87
5		Josephine Onyia	12.93
6		Kirsten Bolm	13.15
7		Derval O'Rourke	13.19
DNS		Brigitte Foster-Hylton	-

Women's High Jump

Olympic and World Indoor Champion, Yelena Slesarenko, beat a star-studded field which included the European Champion indoors and outdoors, Tia Hellebaut, World Champion outdoors and World Record-holder indoors, Kajsa Bergqvist, and four other jumpers who had been over 2 meters this year.

Position	Country	Athlete	Height
1		Yelena Slesarenko	2.02
2		Blanka Vlašić	1.98
3		Vita Palamar	1.96
4		Tia Hellebaut	1.96
5		Kajsa Bergqvist	1.93
6		Ruth Beitia	1.90
6		Antonietta Di Martino	1.90
8		Nicole Forrester	1.85
9		Anna Chicherova	1.85
9		Carolina Klüft	1.85

Women's Pole Vault

Olympic, World, and European Champion, Yelena Isinbayeva, who also holds both the indoor and outdoor World Records, took a highly anticipated victory ahead of Polish rival Monika Pyrek.

Position	Country	Athlete	Height
1		Yelena Isinbayeva	4.85
2		Monika Pyrek	4.60
3		Tatyana Polnova	4.55
4		Yuliya Golubchikova	4.55
5		Fabiana Murer	4.45
6		Kateřina Baďurová	4.30
7		Silke Spiegelburg	4.30
8		Cathrine Larsåsen	4.00

Jackpot Contenders

Men

100 m: Asafa Powell ()

1500 m: Adil Kaouch ()

110 m Hurdles: Anwar Moore ()

Triple Jump: Phillips Idowu (Template:GBR2)

Javelin: Tero Pitkämäki ()

Women

100 m: Stephanie Durst ()

400 m: Sanya Richards ()

100 m Hurdles: Michelle Perry ()

High Jump: Yelena Slesarenko ()

Pole Vault: Yelena Isinbayeva ()

Meeting Gaz de France

Held in Paris, France, at the nine-lane track of the Stade de France, on July 6.

Men's 100 m

Asafa Powell (winner in Oslo), battling with injury, did not run in Paris, and so was out of the Jackpot race before it had started. In his absence, Bahamian, Derrick Atkins, won in 10.00 seconds.

• Wind: -0.1 m/s

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1		Derrick Atkins	10.00
2		Mark Jelks	10.09
3		Shawn Crawford	10.13
4		Clement Campbell	10.13
5		Churandy Martina	10.13
6		Leonard Scott	10.14
7		Steve Mullings	10.16
8		David Alerte	10.26
9		Michael Frater	10.29

Men's 1500 m

Adil Kaouch, winner in Oslo, was also injured and out of the Jackpot race, but a thrilling race ensued, with Alan Webb's sprint for home beating the valiant efforts of home-crowd favorite Mehdi Baala.

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1		Alan Webb	3:30.54
2		Mehdi Baala	3:31.01
3		Tarek Boukensa	3:32.77
4		Shedrack Kibet Korir	3:32.81
5		Kevin Sullivan	3:34.16
6		Suleiman Kipses Simotowo	3:34.78
7		Bernard Lagat	3:35.09
8		Mounir Yemmouni	3:35.29
9		Antar Zerguelaine	3:36.51
10		Abdelslam Kennouche	3:38.29
11		Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono	3:38.90
DNF		Kamal Boulahfane	-
DNF		Philemon Kipkorir Kimutai	-

Men's 110 m Hurdles

Olympic Champion Liu Xiang and World Champion Ladji Doucouré were in Paris to outrun Oslo winner Anwar Moore, but it was only the young Cuban Dayron Robles who could out-dip the American this occasion, as the two were awarded the same time, 13.13.

• Wind: +0.5 m/s

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1		Dayron Robles	13.13
2		Anwar Moore	13.13
3		Liu Xiang	13.15
4		Ryan Wilson	13.17
5		David Oliver	13.27
6		Ladji Doucouré	13.27
7		Dominique Arnold	13.31
8		Aries Merritt	13.37
9		Shi Dongpeng	13.39

Men's Triple Jump

Again, the Oslo winner, Phillips Idowu, was injured and out of the Jackpot race, but Christian Olsson made up for his disappointment at the Bislett Games, by winning with 17.56.

Position	Country	Athlete	Distance
1		Christian Olsson	17.56
2		Nelson Évora	17.28
3		Aarik Wilson	16.96
4		Jadel Gregorio	16.90
5		Osniel Tosca	16.85
6		Aleksandr Petrenko	16.85
7		Yoandri Betanzos	16.54
8		Danil Burkenya	16.50
9		Julien Kapek	16.45
10		Walter Davis	16.44
11		Dimítrios Tsiámis	15.98

Men's Javelin

Tero Pitkämäki was the only male winner from Oslo to win in Paris, doing so in a European Lead of 89.70. Three of his five valid throws would have been enough to win as he produced a peerless series of throw, ahead of rival Andreas Thorkildsen.

Position	Country	Athlete	Distance
1		Tero Pitkämäki	89.70
2		Andreas Thorkildsen	86.28
3		Breaux Greer	85.64
4		Guillermo Martínez	83.94
5		Aleksandr Ivanov	80.72
6		John Robert Oosthuizen	80.58
7		Magnus Arvidsson	80.02
8		Vitoli Tipotio	79.81
NM		Scott Russell	-

Women's 100 m

Stephanie Durst did not venture to Paris and was out of the jackpot race. Torri Edwards won in a race with Americans occupying the top four places.

• Wind: +0.5 m/s

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1		Torri Edwards	11.17
2		Me'Lisa Barber	11.19
3		Lauryn Williams	11.25
4		Carmelita Jeter	11.26
5		Muriel Hurtis-Houari	11.31
6		Christine Arron	11.34
7		Allyson Felix	11.34
DNS		Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie	-
DNS		Kerron Stewart	-

Women's 400 m

Sanya Richards produced a World Lead to win, in a race which included all three women who out-did her for a place on the USA's World Championships team.

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1		Sanya Richards	49.52
2		Novlene Williams	50.29
3		Natasha Hastings	50.45
4		Amy Mbacke Thiam	50.84
5		Mary Wineberg	50.91
6		DeeDee Trotter	51.12
7		Shericka Williams	51.63
8		Solen Désert	51.66

Women's 100 m hurdles

Michelle Perry was one of the lucky few to repeat her Oslo win, convincingly outrunning Susanna Kallur, again, remaining in the hunt for the Jackpot.

• Wind: -0.2 m/s

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1		Michelle Perry	12.56
2		Susanna Kallur	12.68
3		Lolo Jones	12.71
4		Adrianna Lamalle	12.75
5		Perdita Felicien	12.88
6		Vonette Dixon	12.91
7		Priscilla Lopes	13.10
8		Delloreen Ennis-London	13.32
DNF		Ginnie Powell	DNF

Women's High Jump

Oslo winner Yelena Slesarenko could only manage a second-place finish as Blanka Vlašić impressed with 2.02 meters, with both women jumping 2 or more meters.

Position	Country	Athlete	Height
1		Blanka Vlašić	2.02
2		Yelena Slesarenko	2.00
3		Tia Hellebaut	1.97
4		Ruth Beitia	1.94
5		Antonietta Di Martino	1.94
6		Amy Acuff	1.94
7		Vita Palamar	1.91
8		Marina Aitova	1.91
9		Nicole Forrester	1.88
10		Melanie Skotnik	1.88

Women's Pole Vault

Yelena Isinbayeva regained exciting form as she sailed over 4.91 m, which she followed with the attempts at a would-be World Record of 5.02. European Indoor Champion, Svetlana Feofanova returned to heights not seen, from her, this season, as she finished second with 4.71.

Position	Country	Athlete	Height
1		Yelena Isinbayeva	4.91
2		Svetlana Feofanova	4.71
3		Monika Pyrek	4.71
4		Katerina Badurová	4.61
5		Silke Spiegelburg	4.51
6		Yuliya Golubchikova	4.51
7		Tatyana Polnova	4.51
8		Vanessa Boslak	4.41
9		Carolin Hingst	4.41
10		Kym Howe	4.21
11		Niki McEwen	4.21
DNS		Alana Boyd	-

Jackpot Contenders

With three Oslo winners injured and two choosing not to compete in Paris, only six athletes were still in the Jackpot race before the Meeting Gaz de France had begun. Two of those six finished second in their respective events, and only four remain in contention after Paris.

Men

Javelin: Tero Pitkämäki ()

Women

400 m: Sanya Richards () 100 m Hurdles: Michelle Perry () Pole Vault: Yelena Isinbayeva ()

Golden Gala

The third stop of the Golden League took place at Rome's Stadio Olimpico, on June 13, 2007. This meet hit headlines, as French long jumper Salim Sdiri was hit by a rogue javelin, thrown by Finn Tero Pitkämäki, as he warmed up for his event. The injuries sustained, however, were not serious and Sdiri made a full recovery.

Men's 100 m

Asafa Powell took his second Golden League victory, beating Paris winner Derrick Atkins who took second.

• Wind: +0.5 m/s

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1.		Asafa Powell	9.90
2.		Derrick Atkins	10.02
3.		Churandy Martina	10.10
4.		Mark Jelks	10.17
5.		Nesta Carter	10.19
6.		Simone Collio	10.19
7.		Michael Frater	10.22
8.		Shawn Crawford	10.22
9.		Leonard Scott	10.23

Men's 1500 m

Adil Kaouch also took a second Golden League victory, in a Personal Best, with several other athletes recording the best results of their lives.

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1.		Adil Kaouch	3:30.77
2.		Tarek Boukensa	3:30.92
3.		Shedrack Kibet Korir	3:31.18
4.		Alex Kipchirchir	3:31.58
5.		Suleiman Kipses Simotwo	3:31.89
6.		Juan Carlos Higuero	3:32.18
7.		Daniel Kipchirchir Komen	3:32.55
8.		Abdalaati Iguider	3:32.75
9.		Sergio Gallardo	3:33.43
10.		Arturo Casado	3:34.09
11.		Ivan Heshko	3:35.03
12.		Antar Zerguelaine	3:35.18
13.		Christian Obrist	3:35.75
DNF.		Philemon Kipkorir Kimutai	-
DNF.		Timothy Kiptanui	-
DNF.		Samson Surum	-

Men's 110 m Hurdles

Oslo winner Anwar Moore won a close-run race from Paris winner Dayron Robles.

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1.		Anwar Moore	13.16
2.		Dayron Robles	13.17
3.		David Oliver	13.36
4.		Allen Johnson	13.50
5.		Ladji Doucouré	13.51
6.		Aries Merritt	13.56
7.		Anselmo da Silva	13.64
8.		Dominique Arnold	13.80
DNF		David Payne	-

Men's Triple Jump

Christian Olsson only took two attempts before retiring, a foul and a jump which turned out to be a winning mark.

Position	Country	Athlete	Distance
1.		Christian Olsson	17.19
2.		Osniel Tosca	17.10
3.		Danil Burkenya	17.02
4.		Aarik Wilson	16.98
5.		Jadel Gregório	16.92
6.		Marian Oprea	16.67
7.		Randy Lewis	16.58
8.		Nelson Évora	16.52
9.		Konstadinos Zalagitis	16.29
10.		Fabrizio Schembri	15.61

Men's Javelin

Tero Pitkämäki plummeted out of the jackpot race, as Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen took the win. However, this competition was more memorable for a freak accident concerning Pitkämäki and French long jumper Salim Sdiri. On the Finn's second throw, his javelin veered off to the left and into the long jump area, where Sdiri was warming up. The implement hit Sdiri in his side but no serious injuries were sustained. The incident clearly had an adverse effect on Pitkämäki, however, as he failed to match his first round effort of 86.09 m.

Position	Country	Athlete	Distance
1.		Andreas Thorkildsen	88.36
2.		Tero Pitkämäki	86.09
3.		Breaux Greer	84.53
4.		Magnus Arvidsson	84.44
5.		Gerhardus Pienaar	81.89
6.		John Robert Oosthuizen	81.22
7.		Aleksandr Ivanov	80.27
8.		Vadims Vasilevskis	79.47
9.		Sergey Makarov	79.28
10.		Teemu Wirkkala	78.41
11.		Guillermo Martínez	72.34

Women's 100 m

Torri Edwards continued her fine season with a win over compatriot Me'Lisa Barber and top European Tezzhan Naimova, as Allyson Felix finished fourth.

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1.		Torri Edwards	11.03
2.		Me'Lisa Barber	11.11
3.		Tezzhan Naimova	11.14
4.		Allyson Felix	11.18
5.		Marshevet Hooker	11.21
6.		Carmelita Jeter	11.22
7.		Rachelle Boone-Smith	11.23
8.		Cydonie Mothersille	11.25
9.		Anita Pistone	11.45

Women's 400 m

Sanya Richards remained in the jackpot hunt with a graceful performance ahead of 2001 World champion Amy Mbackie Thiam, who set her fastest time for four years.

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1.		Sanya Richards	49.77
2.		Amy Mbacke Thiam	50.15
3.		Natasha Hastings	50.34
4.		Novlene Williams	50.39
5.		DeeDee Trotter	51.05
6.		Shericka Williams	51.10
7.		Mary Wineberg	51.20
8.		Ilona Usovich	51.75
9.		Daniela Reina	53.12

Women's 100 m Hurdles

Michelle Perry set a world lead to win, as Susanna Kallur was disappointed to finish third.

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1.		Michelle Perry	12.44
2.		Josephine Onyia	12.67
3.		Susanna Kallur	12.72
4.		Lolo Jones	12.84
5.		Delloreen Ennis-London	12.85
6.		Danielle Carruthers	12.97
7.		Adrianna Lamalle	13.22
8.		Micol Cattaneo	13.27
DNF		Nichole Denby	-

Women's High Jump

Blanka Vlašić took her second Golden League win of the season, as two athletes went over 2 m. Antonietta Di Martino, who had hoped to perform well in front of her home crowd, disappointed, finishing fourth.

Position	Country	Athlete	Height
1.		Blanka Vlašić	2.02
2.		Kajsa Bergqvist	2.00
3.		Ruth Beitia	1.98
4.		Antonietta Di Martino	1.95
5.		Amy Acuff	1.95
6.		Emma Green	1.95
7.		Vita Palamar	1.90
8.		Vita Styopina	1.90
9.		Carolina Klüft	1.85
10.		Tia Hellebaut	1.85
11.		Xingjuan Zheng	1.85
NM		Elena Meuti	-

Women's Pole Vault

Yelena Isinbayeva took a clear victory to keep her hopes of a jackpot share alive. Isinbayeva missed her first attempt at 4.65 m, then passed to 4.70, which she cleared first time, then came a failure at 4.85, attempts were passed to 4.90, which was routinely cleared at the first attempt. None of the three world record attempts at 5.02 m were close.

Position	Country	Athlete	Height
1.		Yelena Isinbayeva	4.90
2.		Kateřina Baďurová	4.65
3.		Tatyana Polnova	4.65
4.		Yuliya Golubchikova	4.60
=.		Monika Pyrek	4.60
6.		Svetlana Feofanova	4.50
=.		Kym Howe	4.50
8.		Naroa Agirre	4.50
9.		April Steiner	4.30
10.		Arianna Farfaletti Casali	4.10
DNS		Jennifer Stuczynski	-

Jackpot contenders

Tero Pitkämäki was the only casualty of the meeting, as three women remained in the jackpot hunt.

Women

400 m: Sanya Richards (), 100 m Hurdles: Michelle Perry (), Pole Vault: Yelena Isinbayeva ()

Weltklasse Zürich

Held in Zürich, Switzerland, at the Letzigrund stadium, on September 7.

Men's 100 m

Wind: +0.1 m/s

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1.		Francis Obikwelu	10.17
2.		Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	10.20
3.	Template:GBR2	Marlon Devonish	10.20
4.		Olusoji Fasuba	10.20
5.		Leroy Dixon	10.23
6.		Marc Burns	10.36
7.		Matic Osovnikar	10.40
8.	Template:GBR2	Craig Pickering	10.58
9.	Template:GBR2	Mark Lewis-Francis	10.60

Men's 1500 m

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1.		Mehdi Baala	3:38.62
2.		Tarek Boukensa	3:38.84
3.		Daniel Kipchirchir Komen	3:38.96
4.		Antar Zerguelaine	3:39.18
5.		Asbel Kiprop	3:39.31
6.		Christian Obrist	3:39.50
7.		Alan Webb	3:39.69
8.		Alex Kipchirchir	3:39.84
9.		Belal Mansoor Ali	3:40.21
10.		Suleiman Simotwo	3:40.52
11.	Template:GBR2	Andrew Baddeley	3:40.75
12.		Arturo Casado	3:44.38

Men's 110 m Hurdles

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1.		Dayron Robles	13.15
2.		Terrence Trammell	13.22
3.		Allen Johnson	13.23
4.		Anwar Moore	13.24
5.		Ryan Wilson	13.33
6.		David Oliver	13.37
7.		David Payne	13.39
8.		Aries Merritt	13.42
9.		Andreas Kundert	13.61

Men's Triple Jump

Position	Country	Athlete	Distance
1.		Walter Davis	17.20
2.		Nelson Évora	17.18
3.		Aarik Wilson	17.11
4.		Jadel Gregório	16.86
5.		Aleksandr Petrenko	16.79
6.		Dmitrij Valukevic	16.60
7.		Alexander Martínez	16.59
8.		Mykola Savolaynen	16.40

Men's Javelin

Position	Country	Athlete	Distance
1.		Andreas Thorkildsen	89.51
2.		Tero Pitkämäki	87.44
3.		Breaux Greer	83.15
4.		Magnus Arvidsson	82.47
5.		Alexandr Ivanov	81.00
6.		Igor Janik	80.09
7.		Vadims Vasiļevskis	78.20
8.		Felix Loretz	75.62
9.		Stefan Müller	70.52

Women's 100 m

Wind: -0.1 m/s

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1.		Christine Arron	11.17
2.		Torri Edwards	11.22
3.		Carmelita Jeter	11.24
4.		Kim Gevaert	11.26
5.		Tezdzhan Naimova	11.30
6.		Me'Lisa Barber	11.32
7.		Lauryn Williams	11.34
8.	Template:GBR2	Laura Turner	11.59
9.		Yevgeniya Polyakova	11.64

Women's 400 m

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1.		Sanya Richards	49.77
2.		Novlene Williams	50.15
3.		Amy Mbacke Thiam	50.34
4.	Template:GBR2	Christine Ohuruogu	50.39
5.		Ilona Usovich	51.05
6.		Mary Wineberg	51.10
7.		Natalya Antyukh	51.20
8.		Joanne Cuddihy	51.75

Women's 100 m Hurdles

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1.		Susanna Kallur	12.66
2.		Delloreen Ennis-London	12.68
3.		Michelle Perry	12.68
4.		Perdita Felicien	12.71
5.		Lolo Jones	12.81
6.		Sally McLellan	12.86
7.		Angela Whyte	12.89
8.		Josephine Onyia	12.96
9.		Vonette Dixon	12.98

Women's High Jump

Position	Country	Athlete	Height
1.		Blanka Vlašić	2.04
2.		Yelena Slesarenko	2.01
3.		Yekaterina Savchenko	1.98
4.		Ruth Beitia	1.90
4.		Kajsa Bergqvist	1.90
4.		Anna Chicherova	1.90
4.		Antonietta Di Martino	1.90
4.		Vita Palamar	1.90
9.		Emma Green	1.90

Women's Pole Vault

Position	Country	Athlete	Height
1		Yelena Isinbayeva	4.80
2		Svetlana Feofanova	4.75
3		Yuliya Golubchikova	4.65
3		Monika Pyrek	4.65
5		Tatyana Polnova	4.65
6		Kateřina Baďurová	4.55
7		Fabiana Murer	4.55
8		Vanessa Boslak	4.40

Jackpot Contenders

Women

400 m: Sanya Richards (), Pole Vault: Yelena Isinbayeva ()

Memorial Van Damme

The 31st edition of the Memorial Van Damme took place at the King Baudouin Stadium, in Brussels, Belgium, on 14 September 2007.

The Golden League events were somewhat overshadowed in Brussels, as Meseret Defar succeeded in her world record attempt in the two miles event and Kenenisa Bekele failed in his attempt over 10,000 m.

Men's 100 m

Wind: -0.3

Position	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Asafa Powell		9.84
2	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure		10.11
3	Michael Frater		10.12
4	Marlon Devonish		10.16
5	Marc Burns		10.18
6	Francis Obikwelu		10.25
7	Olusoji Fasuba		10.29
8	Darvis Patton		10.30
9	LeRoy Dixon		10.32

Men's 200 m

Wind: +0.7

Position	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Wallace Spearmon		19.88
2	Xavier Carter		20.04
3	Usain Bolt		20.14
4	Rodney Martin		20.39
5	Johan Wissman		20.49
6	Joshua J. Johnson		20.54
7	Paul Hession		20.79
8	Guus Hoogmoed		20.85
9	Kristof Beyens		20.94

Men's 800 m

Position	Athlete	Country	Time
1	David Rudisha		1:44.15
2	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi		1:44.40
3	Yusuf Saad Kamel		1:44.43
4	Belal Mansoor Ali		1:44.89
5	Mohammed Al-Salhi		1:45.30
6	Yuriy Borzakovskiy		1:45.46
7	Alfred Kirwa Yego		1:45.83
8	Thomas Matthys		1:47.30
9	Arnoud Okken		1:47.77

Men's 1500 m

Position	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Daniel Kipchirchir Komen		3:32.67
2	Mohamed Moustaoui		3:34.38
3	Juan Carlos Higuero		3:34.72
4	Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono		3:35.72
5	Andrew Baddeley		3:35.94
6	Rashid Ramzi		3:36.20
7	Shedrack Kibet Korir		3:36.45
8	Arturo Casado		3:36.68
9	Elkanah Onkware Angwenyi		3:37.23
10	Jon Rankin		3:37.68
11	Suleiman Kipses Simotwo		3:38.20
12	Hassan Mourhit		3:43.28
13	Asbel Kiprop		3:43.98
14	Nicholas Kemboi		3:44.17
15	Joeri Jansen		3:47.39
-	Timothy Kiptanui		DNF
-	John Litei		DNF
-	Samson Surum		DNF

Men's 5,000 m

Position	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Sileshi Sihine	Ethiopia	12:50.16
2	Eliud Kipchoge		12:50.38
3	Moses Ndiema Kipsiro		12:50.72
4	Joseph Ebuya		12:51.00
5	Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa		12:51.95
6	Yusuf Kibet Biwott		12:58.49
7	Abraham Chebii		12:59.63
8	Tariku Bekele	Ethiopia	13:01.60
9	Sahle Warga	Ethiopia	13:06.51
10	Mo Farah		13:07.00
11	Matthew Tegenkamp		13:07.41
12	Leonard Patrick Komon		13:08.87
13	Markos Geneti	Ethiopia	13:13.50
14	Kidane Tadese		13:31.69
-	Jonas Cheruiyot		DNF
-	Shadrack Kosgei		DNF
-	Collins Kosgei		DNF
-	Monder Rizki		DNF

Men's 10,000 m

Kenenisa Bekele, the current world record holder, won but failed to make a new world record in this event.

Position	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	26:46.19
2	Moses Ndiema Masai		26:49.20
3	Micah Kogo		26:58.42
4	Bernard Kiprop Kipyego		26:59.61
5	Robert Sigei Kipngetich		27:16.48
6	Dieudonné Disi		27:22.28
7	John Cheruiyot Korir		27:26.31
8	Gebregziabher Gebremariam	Ethiopia	27:39.61
9	Habtamu Fikadu	Ethiopia	27:40.64
10	Mebrahtom Keflezighi		27:41.26
11	Reid Coolsaet		28:14.29
12	Joseph Kiptoo Birech		28:28.09
13	Stanley Muiriri Nganga		28:37.32
-	Abreham Cherkos	Ethiopia	DNF
-	Bekana Daba	Ethiopia	DNF
-	Hailu Dinku	Ethiopia	DNF
-	Benson Marrianyi Esho		DNF
-	Joseph Kosgei		DNF
-	Ahmed Baday		DNS
-	Leonard Mucheru Maina		DNS
-	Cuthbert Nyasango		DNS

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

Koech won with a new world lead for this year, and an improvement of 0.62 seconds to the previous lead, that marked in Stockholm in August.

Position	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Paul Kipsiele Koech		7:58.80
2	Brimin Kiprop Kipruto		8:02.89
3	Willy Rutto Komen		8:11.18
4	Bouabdellah Tahri		8:11.77
5	Steve Slattery		8:15.69
6	James Kosgei Cheptuiyon		8:19.14
7	Julius Nyamu		8:23.59
8	Günther Weidlinger		8:25.87
9	Roba Gary	Ethiopia	8:27.68
10	Brahim Taleb		8:28.88
11	Hamid Ezzine		8:34.47
12	Ezekiel Kemboi		8:36.11
-	Boštjan Buc		DNF
-	Pieter Desmet		DNF
-	Simon Vroemen		DNF
-	Tareq Mubarak Taher		DNS

Men's 110 m Hurdles

Wind: -0.5

Position	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Dayron Robles		13.21
2	Anwar Moore		13.25
3	Allen Johnson		13.27
4	Ryan Wilson		13.32
5	Ladji Doucouré		13.42
6	David Payne		13.42
7	Andrew Turner		13.55
8	Jackson Quiñónez		13.59
9	Maurice Wignall		13.63

Men's Triple Jump

Position	Athlete	Country	Distance
1	Walter Davis		17.27
2	Aarik Wilson		17.20
3	Nelson Évora		17.14
4	Jadel Gregório		16.82
5	Aleksandr Petrenko		16.59
6	Dmitrij Valukevic		16.53
7	Fabrizio Donato		16.51
8	Alexander Martínez		16.28
9	Julien Kapek		16.27
-	Leevan Sands		NM

Men's Javelin Throw

Position	Athlete	Country	Distance
1	Tero Pitkämäki		87.30
2	Andreas Thorkildsen		86.14
3	Magnus Arvidsson		83.09
4	Tero Järvenpää		80.82
5	Aleksandr Ivanov		79.49
6	Guillermo Martínez		78.96
7	Igor Janik		78.93
8	Ēriks Rags		73.99
9	Tom Goyvaerts		72.15

Women's 100 m

Wind: ±0.0

Position	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Veronica Campbell		11.11
2	Christine Arron		11.22
3	Torri Edwards		11.22
4	Carmelita Jeter		11.27
5	Aleen Bailey		11.30
6	Mikele Barber		11.30
7	Lauryn Williams		11.34
8	Tezzhan Naimova		11.37
9	Sheri-Ann Brooks		11.45

Women's 200 m

Wind: +0.5

Position	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Kim Gevaert		22.75
2	Torri Edwards		22.81
3	Sherry Fletcher		23.08
4	LaShauntea Moore		23.13
5	Muriel Hurtis-Houairi		23.29
6	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie		23.34
7	Hanna Mariën		23.56
8	Cydonie Mothersille		23.57
9	Olivia Borlée		24.01

Women's 400 m

Position	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Sanya Richards		49.29
2	Nicola Sanders		50.34
3	Novlene Williams		50.66
4	Mary Wineberg		50.76
5	Shericka Williams		51.06
6	Amy Mbacke Thiam		51.21
7	Ilona Usovich		51.23
8	Shereefa Lloyd		51.85
9	Natalya Antyukh		52.70

Women's One Mile

Position	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Maryam Yusuf Jamal		4:17.75
2	Yelena Soboleva		4:21.16
3	Olga Yegorova		4:24.24
4	Yuliya Fomenko		4:24.79
5	Agnes Samaria		4:25.01
6	Btissam Lakhouad		4:25.35
7	Sarah Jamieson		4:25.95
8	Carmen Douma-Hussar		4:26.76
9	Erin Donohue		4:27.35
10	Charlene Thomas		4:27.95
11	Stephanie Twell		4:28.16
12	Hilary Stellingwerff		4:28.62
-	Natalya Panteleyeva		DNF

Women's 3,000 m

Position	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	8:24.51
2	Priscah Jepleting Cherono		8:37.92
3	Viola Kibiwot		8:43.05
4	Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet		8:43.09
5	Jessica Augusto		8:44.68
6	Helen Clitheroe		9:02.14
7	Veerle Dejaeghere		9:09.58
8	Mimi Belete	Ethiopia	9:24.53
9	Bizunesh Urgesa	Ethiopia	9:26.50
10	Mahlet Melese	Ethiopia	9:33.55
-	Olga Komyagina		DNF

Women's Two Miles

After her 5,000 m event gold medal at the world champs this year, Defar successes to make a new world record in this event - with an improvement of 11.89 seconds to the previous record.

Position	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	8:58.58 WR
2	Priscah Jepleting Cherono		9:14.09
3	Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet		9:16.62
4	Viola Kibiwot		9:18.26
5	Jessica Augusto		9:22.89
6	Helen Clitheroe		9:38.39
7	Veerle Dejaeghere		9:49.93
8	Mimi Belete	Ethiopia	10:06.60
9	Bizunesh Urgesa	Ethiopia	10:08.10
10	Mahlet Melese	Ethiopia	10:15.25
-	Olga Komyagina		DNF

Women's 100 m Hurdles

Wind: +0.5

Position	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Susanna Kallur		12.52
2	Delloreen Ennis-London		12.61
3	Michelle Perry		12.61
4	Angela Whyte		12.69
5	LoLo Jones		12.70
6	Sally McLellan		13.00
7	Josephine Onyia		13.08
8	Eline Berings		13.25
9	Perdita Felicien		13.43

Women's High Jump

Position	Athlete	Country	Mark
1	Blanka Vlašić		2.03
2	Yelena Slesarenko		2.01
3	Vita Palamar		1.99
4	Yekaterina Savchenko		1.99
5	Ruth Beitia		1.93
6	Anna Chicherova		1.90
7	Amy Acuff		1.90
8	Melanie Skotnik		1.85
9	Emma Green		1.85

Women's Pole Vault

Position	Athlete	Country	Mark
1	Yelena Isinbaeva		4.80
2	Svetlana Feofanova		4.80
3	Kateřina Baďurová		4.65
4	Monika Pyrek		4.55
4	Silke Spiegelburg		4.55
6	Fabiana Murer		4.40
6	Tatyana Polnova		4.40
8	Yuliya Golubchikova		4.40

Jackpot Contenders

Women

400 m: Sanya Richards (), Pole Vault: Yelena Isinbayeva ()

ISTAF

The 15th edition of the Internationales Stadionfest (ISTAF) took place at the Berlin Olympiastadion, in Berlin, Germany, on 16 September 2007.

The sixth Golden League meet ended with two jackpot winners: Sanya Richards from , in the women's 400m event, and Yelena Isinbayeva from , in the women's Pole Vault event.

Men's 100 m

Wind: -0.5

Position	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure		10.14
2	Marlon Devonish		10.15
3	Rikki Fifton		10.17
4	Michael Frater		10.23
5	Francis Obikwelu		10.25
6	Marc Burns		10.25
7	Joshua J. Johnson		10.37
8	Leroy Dixon		10.37
9	Mark Lewis-Francis		10.45

Men's 200 m

Wind: -0.8

Position	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Wallace Spearmon		20.22
2	Rodney Martin		20.54
3	Marvin Anderson		20.61
4	Daniel Schnelting		20.78
5	Paul Hession		20.79
6	Guus Hoogmoed		20.94
7	Till Helmke		21.08
8	Alexander Kosenkow		21.23

Men's 400 m

Position	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Jeremy Wariner		44.05
2	Tyler Christopher		45.10
3	Angelo Taylor		45.21
4	Darold Williamson		45.38
5	Johan Wissman		45.41
6	Leslie Djhone		45.56
7	Bastian Swillims		46.54
8	Ingo Schultz		46.58

Men's 1500 m

Position	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Daniel Kipchirchir Komen		3:34.09
2	Bernard Lagat		3:34.79
3	Shedrack Kibet Korir		3:35.55
4	Suleiman Kipses Simotwo		3:35.73
5	Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono		3:37.12
6	Nicholas Kemboi		3:37.80
7	Wolfram Müller		3:37.91
8	Bernard Kiptanui Kiptum		3:38.31
9	Carsten Schlangen		3:38.34
10	Yusuf Kibet Biwott		3:38.38
11	Kevin Sullivan		3:38.75
12	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi		3:40.82
13	Craig Mottram		3:40.93
14	Diego Ruiz		3:41.19
-	Youcef Abdi		DNF
-	Youssef Baba		DNF
-	Christopher Lukezic		DNF
-	Samson Surum		DNF

Men's 110 m Hurdles

Wind: -0.5

Position	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Allen Johnson		13.33
2	Sergiy Demidyuk		13.38
3	Ryan Wilson		13.40
4	Anwar Moore		13.46
5	David Payne		13.49
6	Maurice Wignall		13.55
7	Jackson Quiñónez		13.60
8	Joel Brown		13.62
9	Thomas Blaschek		13.64

Men's 400 m Hurdles

Position	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Marek Plawgo		49.01
2	James Carter		49.02
3	Kenneth Ferguson		49.05
4	Félix Sánchez		49.93
5	L.J. van Zyl		50.24
6	Ibrahim Maïga		51.36
7	Michael Tinsley		52.35
-	Gianni Carabelli		DNF

Men's Pole Vault

Position	Athlete	Country	Mark
1	Danny Ecker		5.86
2	Björn Otto		5.81
3	Brad Walker		5.81
4	Alexander Straub		5.71
5	Jeff Hartwig		5.61
6	Yevgeniy Lukyanenko		5.51
6	Igor Pavlov		5.51
8	Fábio Gomes da Silva		5.51
9	Tim Lobinger		5.51
-	Steven Hooker		NM

Men's Triple Jump

Position	Athlete	Country	Distance
1	Aarik Wilson		17.07
2	Nelson Évora		17.07
3	Jadel Gregório		16.99
4	Walter Davis		16.84
5	Leevan Sands		16.82
6	Randy Lewis		16.77
7	Aleksandr Petrenko		16.45
8	Dmitrij Valukevic		15.91
9	Alexander Martínez		15.86
10	Fabrizio Donato		15.69
11	Anton Andersson		15.48
12	Olaf Pusch		14.93

Men's Javelin Throw

Position	Athlete	Country	Distance
1	Tero Pitkämäki		88.58
2	Magnus Arvidsson		84.50
3	Teemu Wirkkala		82.54
4	Andreas Thorkildsen		80.71
5	Igor Janik		79.17
6	Tero Järvenpää		78.15
7	Peter Esenwein		76.85
8	Aleksandr Ivanov		75.93
9	Guillermo Martínez		74.34

Women's 100 m

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1		Carmelita Jeter	11.15
2		Lauryn Williams	11.24
3		Christine Arron	11.24
4		Mikele Barber	11.30
5		Sheri-Ann Brooks	11.33
6		Chandra Sturrup	11.40
7		Tezzhan Naimova	11.43
8		Montell Douglas	11.45
9		Verena Sailer	11.52

Women's 200 m

The American female sprinter Lauryn Williams won this event with a time of 22.95.

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1		Lauryn Williams	22.95
2		Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie	23.07
3		Aleen Bailey	23.08
4		LaShauntea Moore	23.10
5		Cydonie Mothersille	23.10
6		Muriel Hurtis-Houairi	23.13
7		Stephanie Durst	23.15
8		Cathleen Tschirch	23.45

Women's 400 m

Position	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Sanya Richards		49.27
2	Christine Ohuruogu		50.40
3	Nicola Sanders		50.70
4	Amy Mbacke Thiam		50.75
5	Novlene Williams		51.36
6	Ilona Usovich		51.63
7	Natalya Antyukh		51.71
8	Jana Rawlinson		52.49

Women's 800 m

Position	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Janeth Jepkosgei		1:58.62
2	Mayte Martínez		1:59.83
3	Yelena Soboleva		2:00.20
4	Sviatlana Usovich		2:00.28
5	Brigita Langerholc		2:01.01
6	Svetlana Cherkasova		2:01.34
7	Svetlana Klyuka		2:02.25
8	Natallia Kareiva		2:02.42
-	Elisa Cusma Piccione		DNF
-	Faith Macharia		DNF

Women's 5,000 m

Position	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Vivian Cheruiyot		14:50.78
2	Meselech Melkamu	Ethiopia	14:53.89
3	Kara Goucher		14:55.02
4	Kimberley Smith		14:58.90
5	Linet Chepkwemoi Masai		15:00.67
6	Silvia Weissteiner		15:02.65
7	Jennifer Rhines		15:16.43
8	Beylanesh Fekadu	Ethiopia	15:18.36
9	Irene Kwambai Kipchumba		15:18.70
10	Veronica Nyaruai Wanjiru		15:23.37
11	Ruth Bisibori Nyangau		15:26.65
12	Kseniya Agafonova		15:44.25
13	Zakia Mrisho Mohamed		16:17.32
-	Olga Komyagina		DNF
-	Regina Rakhimkulova		DNF

Women's 100 m Hurdles

The Sweden female athlete Susanna Kallur beat the American world champion Michelle Perry with a time of 12.49, very close to Perry's world lead for this year, 12.44.

• Wind: +0.9m/s

Position	Country	Athlete	Time
1		Susanna Kallur	12.49
2		Michelle Perry	12.67
3		Delloreen Ennis-London	12.69
4		Sally McLellan	12.74
5		Angela Whyte	12.75
6		Josephine Onyia	12.76
7		LoLo Jones	12.78
8		Vonette Dixon	12.85
9		Perdita Felicien	12.89

Women's High Jump

Blanka Vlašić, the Croatian world champion for this event this year, won the event with a good high of 2.00 m.

Position	Country	Athlete	Height
1		Blanka Vlašić	2.00
2		Yekaterina Savchenko	1.97
2		Yelena Slesarenko	1.97
4		Ruth Beitia	1.94
5		Anna Chicherova	1.94
5		Vita Palamar	1.94
7		Ariane Friedrich	1.90
8		Marina Aitova	1.85
8		Emma Green	1.85
10		Amy Acuff	1.85
-		Nicole Forrester	NM

Women's Pole Vault

Olympic, World, and European Champion, Yelena Isinbayeva, completed her 6 wins in 2007 Golden League in this meet.

Position	Country	Athlete	Height
1		Yelena Isinbayeva	4.82
2		Monika Pyrek	4.72
3		Svetlana Feofanova	4.72
4		Vanessa Boslak	4.62
5		Kateřina Baďurová	4.52
6		Silke Spiegelburg	4.52
7		Yuliya Golubchikova	4.42
7		Fabiana Murer	4.42

Women's Javelin Throw

Position	Athlete	Country	Distance
1	Christina Obergföll		64.58
2	Barbora Špotáková		64.51
3	Steffi Nerius		64.49
4	Mariya Abakumova		60.40
5	Sávva Líka		60.40
6	Sonia Bisset		60.03
7	Barbara Madejczyk		59.36
8	Nikola Brejchová		59.17
9	Linda Stahl		57.72
10	Lada Chernova		56.06

Jackpot Winners

Yelena Isinbaeva from Russia, in the women's Pole Vault event; and Sanya Richards from United States, in the women's 400 m event. Each of them got a prize of $500,000.

External links

• IAAF report of 'Bislett Games'
• IAAF report of 'Meeting Gaz de France'
• IAAF report of 'Golden Gala'
• IAAF report of 'Weltklasse Zürich'
• IAAF report of 'Memorial van Damme'
• IAAF report of 'ISTAF'