2007 World Championships in Athletics

The 2007 World Championships in Athletics will be held in Osaka, Japan from August 24 to September 2, 2007 at Nagai Stadium.

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Bidding Process

Osaka was announced the winning bidder by the IAAF on November 16, 2002 as the sole remaining candidate after Budapest (Hungary) and Berlin (Germany) had earlier withdrawn their bids.

Relay teams

National Teams qualified (standards 2006/07)

Men

4x100 m (qualifying time: 39.00):

12 qualified teams from 2006:

• Australia (38.57),
• Canada (38.86),
• France (38.85),
• Germany (38.94),
• Great Britain (38.45),
• Italy (38.84),
• Jamaica (38.36),
• Japan (38.51),
• Poland (38.89),
• Russia (38.78),
• South Africa (38.98),
• United States (37.59).

2 qualified teams from 2007:

• Brazil (38.77),
• Nigeria (38.91).

4x400 m (qualifying time: 3:03.30)

7 teams from 2006:

• Australia (3:00.93)
• Brazil (3:03.05)
• France (3:01.10)
• Great Britain (3:01.63)
• Nigeria (3:02.16)
• South Africa (3:01.84)
• Trinidad and Tobago (3:02.65)

10 teams from 2007:

• Bahamas (3:00.64)
• Botswana (3:03.16)
• Dominican Republic (3:02.48)
• Germany (3:01.77)
• Greece (3:02.21)
• Jamaica (3:00.44)
• Japan (3:02.44)
• Poland (3:01.70)
• Russia (3:02.13)
• United States (2:59.18)

Women

4x100 m (qualifying time: 43.90):

11 qualified teams from 2006:

• Belarus,
• Belgium,
• Cuba,
• France,
• Germany,
• Great Britain,
• Greece,
• Jamaica,
• Russia,
• Ukraine,
• United States.

3 qualified teams from 2007:

• Brazil,
• Australia,
• Japan as host country.

4x400 m (qualifying time: 3:31):

9 from 2007:

• Belarus (3:23.67)
• Brazil (3:28.89)
• Cuba (3:27.57)
• France (3:28.62)
• Greece (3:30.20)
• Japan (3:30.53)
• Mexico (3:27.75)
• Poland (3:26.36)
• Romania (3.30.22)

10 from 2006:

• Australia (3:28.66)
• Bulgaria (3.30.36)
• Germany (3:28.01)
• Great Britain (3:26.98)
• India (3:29.57)
• Jamaica (3:26.85)
• Nigeria (3.30.84)
• Russia (3:21.21)
• Ukraine (3:28.14)
• United States (3:20.69)

Participating Nations

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Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belarus Belgium Bermuda Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Canada China Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republic Estonia Ethiopia Finland France Georgia

Germany Gibraltar Great Britain and Northern Ireland Greece Hungary Iceland India Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Kenya Laos Latvia Lebanon Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg F.Y.R Macedonia Malta Mexico Moldova Monaco

Montenegro Netherlands Nigeria Norway Panama Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia San Marino Senegal Serbia Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Ukraine United States of America

Broadcasting

Broadcasters of the 2007 IAAF World Championships is as follows:

Japan

• Broadcaster - TBS
• Caster - Yuji Oda, and Miho Nakai
• Fieldcaster - Beni Arashiro
• Official song - All my treasures (Yuji Oda)

Worldwide

• Europe - Eurovision
• Australia - SBS TV
• Brazil - MultiTV
• Canada - CBC

Caribbean - CMC

• China - CCTV
• South Korea - KBS
• United Kingdom - BBC
• United States - NBC, Versus and WCSN

External links

• Results from IAAF.org
• 11th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Osaka Official Site