Posted: September 2, 2007

Athletics: Team USA Performance Notes From Sunday

Notable accomplishments by Team USA athlete at the 2007 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Osaka: - With victories in the men's and women's 4x400m relays, the United States became the first country to sweep all four relays at a World Outdoor Championships. - Bernard Lagat became the first man to win the 1,500/5,000m double at Worlds, and the first American ever to medal in the 5,000. - Allyson Felix became the second woman in history to win three gold medals at a single World Championships, as the relay team of Dee Dee Trotter, Felix, Mary Wineberg and Sanya Richards ran the fastest time in 14 years. - The men's 4x400m relay of LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, Darold Williamson and Jeremy Wariner ran the third-fastest time in history. - Breaux Greer became the first American since the inaugural World Championships in 1983 to win a medal in the men's javelin. - At the close of competition, Team USA tied the all-time record for gold medals with 14, matching its feat from 2005, and tied the American all-time medal tally at the World Outdoor Championships with 26. Team USA led a medal table in which a record 46 countries won medals; Kenya had five gold and 13 overall, and Russia had four gold and 16 overall. The other occasion on which the United States won 26 medals, in 1991, just 29 countries were on the medal table. Team USA Superlatives 2007 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships - 1st medal in women's 10,000m - 1st gold medal in men's pole vault - 1st gold medal in men's 1,500m - 1st medal of any kind in men's 5,000m - Lagat is first man to win 1,500-5,000 double at World Championships - 1st time three Americans in men's 5,000m final - 1st time since 1987 Team USA won men's and women's 4x100m relay - 1st men's javelin medal since 1984 - 1st time one country has swept all four relays at World Championships - Allyson Felix largest margin of victory in W200m in World Championships history - Felix is second woman in history to win 3 gold medals at one World Championships Subscribe to the Runner's Web Weekly Digest