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.
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the IAAF on November 16, 2002 as the sole remaining candidate after Budapest (Hungary) and Berlin (Germany) had earlier withdrawn their bids.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:
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:
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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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
- China - CCTV
- South Korea - KBS
- United Kingdom - BBC
- United States - NBC, Versus and WCSN