1984 in athletics (track and field)
This page contains an overview of the year 1984 in athletics (track and field).
International Events
- African Championships in
Rabat, Morocco - Balkan Games in
Athens, Greece - European Indoor Championships in
Gothenburg, Sweden - World Cross Country Championships in
New York, United States - Olympic Games in Los Angeles, United States
World records
Men
| Event | Athlete | Mark | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marathon |  Steve Jones (GBR) |
2:08:05 | October 21 | Chicago, USA |
| 4 × 100 m Relay | United States (USA) • Sam Graddy • Ron Brown • Calvin Smith • Carl Lewis |
37.83 | August 11 | Los Angeles |
| High Jump |  Zhu Jianhua (CHN) |
2.39m | June 10 | Eberstadt, West Germany |
| Hammer |  Yuriy Syedikh (URS) |
86.34m | July 3 | Cork, Ireland |
| Javelin (old) |  Uwe Hohn (GDR) |
104.80m | July 20 | Berlin, East Germany |
| Decathlon |  Jürgen Hingsen (FRG) |
8832 | June 9 | Mannheim, West Germany |
| Daley Thompson (GBR) |
8847 | August 9 | Los Angeles, USA |
Women
| EVENT | ATHLETE | MARK | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Evelyn Ashford (USA) |
10.76 | August 22 | Zürich |
| Mile | Natalya Artyomova (URS) |
4:15.8 | August 5 | Leningrad |
| 3,000 metres | Tatyana Kazankina (URS) |
8:22.62 | August 26 | Leningrad |
| 5,000 metres | .svg.png){kind=small} Zola Pieterse (RSA) |
15:01.83 | January 5 | Stellenbosch |
 Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) |
14:58.89 | June 28 | Oslo | |
| 10,000 metres | Olga Bondarenko (URS) |
31:13.78 | June 24 | Kiev |
| 4 × 400 m Relay | East Germany (GDR) • Gesine Walther • Sabine Busch • Dagmar Neubauer • Marita Koch |
3:15.92 | June 3 | Erfurt |
| 400m Hurdles | Margarita Ponomaryova (URS) |
53.58 | June 22 | Kiev |
| Half Marathon | Joan Benoit (USA) |
1:08:34 | September 16 | Philadelphia |
| High Jump | Tamara Bykova (URS) |
2.05m | June 22 | Kiev |
.svg.png){kind=small} Lyudmila Andonova (BUL) |
2.07m | July 20 | Berlin | |
| Shot Put | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) |
22.53 | May 27 | Sochi |
| Heptathlon | Sabine John (GDR) |
6946 | May 6 | Potsdam |
- Marita Koch (GDR) equals her own world record in the women's 200 metres held since 1979-06-10, clocking 21.71 seconds on 1984-07-21 at a meet in Potsdam.
Men's Best Year Performers
100 metres
- Main race this year: Olympic Games 100 metres
| RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mel Lattany (USA) |
9.96 | May 5 | Athens, United States |
| 2. | Carl Lewis (USA) |
9.99 | May 6 | Houston, United States |
| 3. |  Marian Woronin (POL) |
10.00 | June 9 | Warsaw, Poland |
| 4. | Sam Graddy (USA) |
10.09 | May 12 | Baton Rouge, United States |
| — | Harvey Glance (USA) |
10.09 | August 22 | Zürich, Switzerland |
200 metres
- Main race this year: Olympic Games 200 metres
| RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Carl Lewis (USA) |
19.80 | August 8 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 2. | Kirk Baptiste (USA) |
19.96 | August 8 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 3. | Albert Robinson (USA) |
20.07 | May 5 | Indianapolis, United States |
| 4 |  Pietro Mennea (ITA) |
20.07 | October 3 | Brindisi, Italy |
| 5. | Thomas Jefferson (USA) |
20.26 | August 8 | Los Angeles, United States |
400 metres
- Main race this year: Olympic Games 400 metres
| RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Alonzo Babers (USA) |
44.27 | August 8 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 2. |  Gabriel Tiacoh (CIV) |
44.54 | August 8 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 3. | Antonio McKay (USA) |
44.71 | June 21 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 4. |  Darren Clark (AUS) |
44.75 | August 8 | Los Angeles, United States |
| — | Sunder Nix (USA) |
44.75 | August 8 | Los Angeles, United States |
800 metres
- Main race this year: Olympic Games 800 metres
| RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Joaquim Cruz (BRA) |
1:41.77 | August 26 | Köln, West Germany |
| 2. |  Sammy Koskei (KEN) |
1:42.28 | August 26 | Köln, West Germany |
| 3. | Johnny Gray (USA) |
1:42.96 | August 29 | Koblenz, West Germany |
| 4. | Agberto Guimarães (BRA) |
1:43.63 | August 29 | Koblenz, West Germany |
| 5. | Sebastian Coe (GBR) |
1:43.64 | August 6 | Los Angeles, United States |
1,500 metres
- Main race this year: Olympic Games 1,500 metres
| RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Saïd Aouita (MAR) |
3:31.54 | July 6 | Hengelo, Netherlands |
| 2. | Sebastian Coe (GBR) |
3:32.39 | August 22 | Zürich, Switzerland |
| 3. | Steve Cram (GBR) |
3:33.13 | August 20 | Budapest, Hungary |
| 4. | Steve Scott (USA) |
3:33.46 | August 22 | Zürich, Switzerland |
| 5. |  Pierre Délèze (SUI) |
3:33.64 | August 22 | Zürich, Switzerland |
5,000 metres
- Main race this year: Olympic Games 5,000 metres
| RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Saïd Aouita (MAR) |
13:04.78 | June 13 | Florence, Italy |
| 2. | Markus Ryffel (SUI) |
13:07.54 | August 11 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 3. |  António Leitão (POR) |
13:09.20 | August 11 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 4. | .svg.png){kind=small} Wodajo Bulti (ETH) |
13:10.08 | June 13 | Florence, Italy |
| 5. | Tim Hutchings (GBR) |
13:11.50 | August 11 | Los Angeles, United States |
10,000 metres
- Main race this year: Olympic Games 10,000 metres
| RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Fernando Mamede (POR) |
27:13.81 | July 2 | Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2. | Carlos Lopes (POR) |
27:17.48 | July 2 | Stockholm, Sweden |
| 3. | Hansjörg Kunze (GDR) |
27:33.10 | May 5 | Potsdam, East Germany |
| 4. | Mark Nenow (USA) |
27:40.56 | July 2 | Stockholm, Sweden |
| 5. |  Martti Vainio (FIN) |
27:41.75 | June 13 | Florence, Italy |
Half Marathon
| RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Alberto Cova (ITA) |
1:01:52 | May 6 | Milan, Italy |
110m Hurdles
- Main race this year: Olympic Games 110m Hurdles
| RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Greg Foster (USA) |
13.15 | August 22 | Zürich, Switzerland |
| 2. | Roger Kingdom (USA) |
13.16 | August 22 | Zürich, Switzerland |
| 3. | Tony Campbell (USA) |
13.23 | May 13 | Westwood, United States |
| 4. |  Mark McKoy (CAN) |
13.27 | July 25 | Walnut, United States |
| 5. | Arto Bryggare (FIN) |
13.35 | August 5 | Los Angeles, United States |
400m Hurdles
- Main race this year: Olympic Games 400m Hurdles
| RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Edwin Moses (USA) |
47.32 | August 29 | Koblenz, West Germany |
| 2. | Harald Schmid (FRG) |
47.69 | July 10 | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 3. | Danny Harris (USA) |
48.02 | June 17 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 4. | Tony Rambo (USA) |
48.16 | June 17 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 5. | Tranel Hawkins (USA) |
48.28 | June 18 | Los Angeles, United States |
3,000m Steeplechase
- Main race this year: Olympic Games 3,000m Steeplechase
| RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Joseph Mahmoud (FRA) |
8:07.62 | August 24 | Brussels, Belgium |
| 2. | Bogusław Mamiński (POL) |
8:09.18 | August 24 | Brussels, Belgium |
| 3. | Julius Korir (KEN) |
8:11.80 | August 10 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 4. | Brian Diemer (USA) |
8:13.16 | August 29 | Koblenz, West Germany |
| 5. | Colin Reitz (GBR) |
8:13.78 | July 21 | Oslo, Norway |
High Jump
- Main competition this year: Olympic Games High Jump
| RANK | ATHLETE | HEIGHT | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Zhu Jianhua (CHN) |
2.39 | June 10 | Eberstadt, West Germany |
| 2. | Carlo Thränhardt (FRG) |
2.37 | February 24 | West Berlin, West Germany |
| Valeriy Sereda (URS) |
September 2 | Rieti, Italy | ||
| 4. | Igor Paklin (URS) |
2.36 | February 1 | Milan, Italy |
| Sergey Zasimovich (URS) |
May 5 | Tashkent, Soviet Union | ||
| Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) |
June 10 | Eberstadt, West Germany |
Long Jump
- Main competition this year: Olympic Games Long Jump
| RANK | ATHLETE | DISTANCE | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Carl Lewis (USA) |
8.79 | January 27 | New York, United States |
| 2. | Larry Myricks (USA) |
8.59 | September 5 | Rhede, United States |
| 3. | Lutz Dombrowski (GDR) |
8.50 | July 27 | Dresden, East Germany |
| 4. | Konstantin Semykin (URS) |
8.38 | August 17 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 5. |  Jaime Jefferson (CUB) |
8.37 | August 17 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
Triple Jump
- Main competition this year: Olympic Games Triple Jump
| RANK | ATHLETE | DISTANCE | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Oleg Protsenko (URS) |
17.52 | June 21 | Kiev, Soviet Union |
| 2. | Aleksandr Yakovlyev (URS) |
17.50 | June 10 | Sochi, Soviet Union |
| Mike Conley (USA) |
June 17 | Los Angeles, United States | ||
| 4. | Gennadiy Valyukevich (URS) |
17.47 | July 19 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 5. | Lázaro Betancourt (CUB) |
17.45 | August 26 | Cologne, West Germany |
Discus
- Main competition this year: Olympic Games Discus Throw
| RANK | ATHLETE | DISTANCE | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | John Powell (USA) |
71.26 | June 9 | San José, United States |
| Ricky Bruch (SWE) |
November 15 | Malmö, Sweden | ||
| 3. | Art Burns (USA) |
70.98 | July 21 | Eugene, United States |
| 4. | Mac Wilkins (USA) |
70.44 | June 9 | San José, United States |
| 5. |  Imrich Bugár (TCH) |
70.26 | September 8 | Cagliari, Italy |
Hammer
Main article: 1984 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
| RANK | ATHLETE | DISTANCE | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Yuriy Syedikh (URS) |
86.34 | July 3 | Cork City, Ireland |
| 2. | Sergey Litvinov (URS) |
85.20 | July 3 | Cork City, Ireland |
| 3. | Jüri Tamm (URS) |
84.40 | September 9 | Banská Bystrica, Slovakia |
| 4. | Igor Nikulin (URS) |
82.56 | August 17 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 5. | Juha Tiainen (FIN) |
81.52 | June 11 | Tampere, Finland |
Shot Put
- Main competition this year: Olympic Games Shot Put
| RANK | ATHLETE | DISTANCE | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Brian Oldfield (USA) |
22.19 | May 26 | San José, United States |
| 2. | Sergey Kasnauskas (URS) |
22.09 | August 23 | Stayki, Soviet Union |
| 3. | Udo Beyer (GDR) |
22.04 | June 11 | Rehlingen, United States |
| 4. | John Brenner (USA) |
21.92 | June 2 | Eugene, United States |
| 5. | Michael Carter (USA) |
21.76 | June 2 | Eugene, United States |
Javelin
- Main competition this year: Olympic Games Javelin Throw
| RANK | ATHLETE | DISTANCE | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Uwe Hohn (GDR) |
104.80 | July 20 | East Berlin, East Germany |
| 2. | Detlef Michel (GDR) |
93.68 | June 2 | Erfurt, East Germany |
| 3. | Duncan Atwood (USA) |
93.44 | June 18 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 4. | Raimo Manninen (FIN) |
93.42 | July 1 | Pihtipudas, Finland |
| 5. |  Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL) |
92.42 | April 6 | Austin, United States |
Pole Vault
- Main competition this year: Olympic Games Pole Vault
| RANK | ATHLETE | HEIGHT | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Sergey Bubka (URS) |
5.94 | August 31 | Rome, Italy |
| 2. | Thierry Vigneron (FRA) |
5.91 | August 31 | Rome, Italy |
| 3. | Konstantin Volkov (URS) |
5.85 | June 22 | Kiev, Soviet Union |
| 4. | Mike Tully (USA) |
5.82 | July 21 | Eugene, United States |
| Aleksandr Krupskiy (URS) |
August 20 | Budapest, Hungary |
Decathlon
- Main competition this year: Olympic Games Decathlon
| RANK | ATHLETE | POINTS | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jürgen Hingsen (FRG) |
8798 | June 9 | Mannheim, West Germany |
| Daley Thompson (GBR) |
August 9 | Los Angeles, United States | ||
| 3. | Uwe Freimuth (GDR) |
8704 | July 21 | Potsdam, East Germany |
| 4. | Grigoriy Degtyaryev (URS) |
8652 | June 22 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 5. | Aleksandr Apaychev (URS) |
8642 | June 3 | Neubrandenburg, DDR |
Women's Best Year Performers
100 metres
- Main race this year: Olympic Games 100 metres
| RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Evelyn Ashford (USA) |
10.76 |
| 2. | Marlies Göhr (GDR) |
10.84 |
| 3. | Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) |
10.99 |
| 4. |  Merlene Ottey (JAM) |
11.01 |
| 5. | Lyudmila Kondratyeva (URS) |
11.02 |
200 metres
- Main race this year: Olympic Games 200 metres
| RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Marita Koch (GDR) |
21.71 |
| 2. | Marlies Göhr (GDR) |
21.74 |
| 3. | Valerie Brisco (USA) |
21.81 |
| 4. | Bärbel Wöckel (GDR) |
21.85 |
| 5. | Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) |
22.04 |
400 metres
- Main race this year: Olympic Games 400 metres
| RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Marita Koch (GDR) |
48.16 |
| 2. | Tatána Kocembová (TCH) |
48.73 |
| 3. | Valerie Brisco (USA) |
48.83 |
| 4. | Olga Bryzgina (URS) |
48.98 |
| 5. | Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) |
49.02 |
800 metres
- Main race this year: Olympic Games 800 metres
| RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Irina Podyalovskaya (URS) |
1:55.69 |
| 2. | Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) |
1:56.09 |
| 3. | Lyubov Gurina (URS) |
1:56.26 |
| 4. | .svg.png){kind=small} Doina Melinte (ROU) |
1:56.53 |
| 5. | Lyudmila Borisova (URS) |
1:56.78 |
1,500 metres
- Main race this year: Olympic Games 1,500 metres
| RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nadezhda Ralldugina (URS) |
3:56.63 |
| 2. | Yekaterina Podkopayeva (URS) |
3:56.65 |
| 3. | Maricica Puică (ROU) |
3:57.22 |
| 4. | Tatyana Pozdnyakova (URS) |
3:57.70 |
| 5. | Galina Zakharova (URS) |
3:57.72 |
Mile
| RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Natalya Artyomova (URS) |
4:15.8 |
| 2. | Ruth Wysocki (USA) |
4:21.78 |
| 3. | Christina Cahill (GBR) |
4:22.64 |
| 4. | Mary Slaney (USA) |
4:22.92 |
| 5. | Christine Benning (GBR) |
4:24.57 |
3,000 metres
- Main race this year: Olympic Games 3,000 metres
| RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tatyana Kazankina (URS) |
8:22.62 |
| 2. | Svetlana Guskova (URS) |
8:29.59 |
| 3. | Tatyana Pozdnyakova (URS) |
8:32.0 |
| 4. | Maricica Puică (ROU) |
8:33.57 |
| 5. | Mary Slaney (USA) |
8:34.91 |
5,000 metres
| RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) |
14:58.89 |
| 2. | Zola Pieterse (RSA) |
15:01.83 |
| 3. | Aurora Cunha (POR) |
15:09.07 |
| 4. | Angela Tooby (GBR) |
15:22.50 |
| 5. | Brenda Webb (USA) |
15:22.76 |
10,000 metres
| RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Olga Bondarenko (URS) |
31:13.78 |
| 2. | Galina Zakharova (URS) |
31:15.00 |
| 3. | Zhanna Tursunova (URS) |
31:53.53 |
| 4. | Lyubov Konyukhova (URS) |
31:56.01 |
| 5. | Anna Domoradskaya (URS) |
31:56.02 |
Half Marathon
| RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Joan Benoit (USA) |
1:08:34 |
100m Hurdles
- Main race this year: Olympic Games 100m Hurdles
| RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lucyna Kalek (POL) |
12.43 |
| 2. | Vera Akimova (URS) |
12.50 |
| Yordanka Donkova (BUL) | ||
| 4. | Bettine Jahn (GDR) |
12.53 |
| 5. | Sabine John (GDR) |
12.54 |
400m Hurdles
- Main race this year: Olympic Games 400m Hurdles
| RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Margarita Ponomaryova (URS) |
53.58 |
| 2. | Marina Styepanova (URS) |
53.67 |
| 3. | Yekaterina Grun (URS) |
54.34 |
| 4. | Tatyana Pavlova (URS) |
54.43 |
| 5. | Yelena Filipishina (URS) |
54.56 |
High Jump
- Main competition this year: Olympic Games High Jump
| RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lyudmila Andonova (BUL) |
2.07 |
| 2. | Tamara Bykova (URS) |
2.05 |
| 3. | Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) |
2.02 |
| 4. | Sara Simeoni (ITA) |
2.00 |
| Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) |
Long Jump
- Main competition this year: Olympic Games Long Jump
| RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Heike Drechsler (GDR) |
7.40 |
| 2. | Galina Chistyakova (URS) |
7.29 |
| 3. | Anişoara Cuşmir (ROU) |
7.27 |
| 4. | Helga Radtke (GDR) |
7.21 |
| 5. | Sabine John (GDR) |
7.12 |
Discus
- Main competition this year: Olympic Games Discus Throw
| RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Zdeňka Šilhavá (TCH) |
74.56 |
| 2. | Irina Meszynski (GDR) |
73.36 |
| 3. | Galina Savinkova (URS) |
73.28 |
| 4. | Gisela Beyer (GDR) |
73.10 |
| 5. | Martina Hellmann (GDR) |
72.32 |
Shot Put
- Main competition this year: Olympic Games Shot Put
| RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) |
22.53 |
| 2. | Ilona Slupianek (GDR) |
21.85 |
| 3. | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) |
21.60 |
| 4. | Nunu Abashidze (URS) |
21.53 |
| 5. | Ines Müller (GDR) |
21.32 |
Javelin (old design)
- Main competition this year: Olympic Games Javelin Throw
| RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Petra Meier (GDR) |
74.72 |
| 2. | Tiina Lillak (FIN) |
74.24 |
| 3. | Anna Verouli (GRE) |
72.70 |
| 4. | Antje Zöllkau (GDR) |
72.16 |
| 5. | Fatima Whitbread (GBR) |
71.68 |
Heptathlon
- Main competition this year: Olympic Games Heptathlon
| RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | POINTS |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Sabine John (GDR) |
6946 |
| 2. | Natalya Shubenkova (URS) |
6859 |
| 3. | Jane Frederick (USA) |
6803 |
| 4. | Ramona Neubert (GDR) |
6789 |
| 5. | Anke Behmer (GDR) |
6775 |
Marathon
Year Rankings
Men
| RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Stephen Jones (WAL) |
2:08:05 WR | October 21 | Chicago, United States |
| 2. | Carlos Lopes (POR) |
2:09:06 | October 21 | Chicago, United States |
| 3. | Robert de Castella (AUS) |
2:09:09 | October 21 | Chicago, United States |
| 4. | Jörg Peter (GDR) |
2:09:14 | July 21 | East Berlin, East Germany |
| 5. | Carlos Lopes (POR) |
2:09:21 | August 12 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 6. | Michael Heilmann (GDR) |
2:09:30 | July 21 | East Berlin, East Germany |
| 7. | Ernest Seleke (RSA) |
2:09:41 | March 31 | Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
| 8. |  John Treacy (IRL) |
2:09:56 | August 12 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 9. | Charlie Spedding (GBR) |
2:09:57 | May 13 | London, United Kingdom |
| 10. | Charlie Spedding (GBR) |
2:09:58 | August 12 | Los Angeles, United States |
Women
| RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) |
2:24:26 WR | May 13 | London, United Kingdom |
| 2. | Joan Benoit (USA) |
2:24:52 | August 5 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 3. | Rosa Mota (POR) |
2:26:01 | October 21 | Chicago, United States |
| 4. | Grete Waitz (NOR) |
2:26:18 | August 5 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 5. | Katrin Dörre (GDR) |
2:26:52 | July 21 | East Berlin, East Germany |
| 6. | Rosa Mota (POR) |
2:26:57 | August 5 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 7. | Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) |
2:27:34 | August 5 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 8. | Lisa Martin (AUS) |
2:27:40 | October 21 | Chicago, United States |
| 9. | Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) |
2:27:51 | January 15 | Houston, United States |
| 10. |  Lorraine Moller (NZL) |
2:28:34 | August 5 | Los Angeles, United States |
International Races
| DATE | MARATHON | NATION | MEN'S WINNER | TIME | WOMEN'S WINNER | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 19 | Los Angeles Marathon | United States |
 Gidamis Shahanga |
2:10:19 | Jacqueline Gareau |
2:31:57 |
| April 14 | Rotterdam Marathon |  Netherlands |
Gidamis Shahanga |
2:11:12 | Carla Beurskens |
2:34:56 |
| April 16 | Boston Marathon | United States |
 Geoff Smith |
2:10:34 | Lorraine Moller |
2:29:28 |
| May 12 | Amsterdam Marathon | Netherlands |
Gerard Nijboer |
2:14:28 | Eefje van Wissen |
2:43:51 |
| May 12 | Paris Marathon | France |
 Hussein Ahmed Salah |
2:11:58 | Sylviane Geffray |
2:38:20 |
| May 13 | London Marathon | United Kingdom |
Charlie Spedding |
2:09:57 | Ingrid Kristiansen |
2:24:26 |
| August 5 | Olympic Marathon | United States |
— | — | Joan Benoit |
2:24:52 |
| August 12 | Olympic Marathon | United States |
Carlos Lopes |
2:09:58 | — | — |
| September 30 | Berlin Marathon | West Germany |
 John Skovbjerg |
2:13:35 |  Agnes Jakab |
2:39:32 |
| October 21 | Chicago Marathon | United States |
Stephen Jones |
2:08:05 | Rosa Mota |
2:26:01 |
| December 2 | Fukuoka Marathon |  Japan |
Takeyuki Nakayama |
2:10:00 | — | — |
Births
January
- January 9 — Firehiwot Dado, Ethiopian long-distance runner
- January 10 — Solomon Busendich, Kenyan long-distance runner
- January 14 — Teemu Wirkkala, Finnish javelin thrower
- January 16 — Yuki Yamazaki, Japanese race walker
- January 19 — Jarkko Kinnunen, Finnish race walker
- January 20 — Andriy Yurin, Ukrainian race walker
February
- February 13 — Eric Matthias, British Virgin Islands discus thrower
- February 20 — Zhu Xiaolin, Chinese long-distance runner
- February 22 — Yuki Yamaguchi, Japanese sprinter
- February 25 — Xing Huina, Chinese athlete
March
- March 24 — Lucy Kabuu, Kenyan long distance runner
- March 24 — Jacopo Marin, Italian sprinter
- March 27 — Roman Valiyev, Kazakhstani triple jumper
- March 31 — Anna Pierce, American middle distance runner
April
- April 2 — Germán Lauro, Argentine shot putter
- April 17 — Pavel Kryvitski, Belarusian hammer thrower
- April 19 — Martin Marić, Croatian discus thrower
- April 26 — Petrina Price, Australian high jumper
- April 30 — Yevhen Vynohradov, Ukrainian hammer thrower
May
- May 1 — Louis Tristán, Peruvian long jumper
- May 8 — Andreas Mokdasi, Swedish sprinter
- May 10 — Alana Boyd, Australian pole vaulter
June
- June 17 — Michael Mathieu, Bahamian sprinter
- June 30 — Gretchen Quintana, Cuban heptathlete
July
- July 7 — Inna Poluškina, Latvian long-distance runner
- July 8 — Mariem Alaoui Selsouli, Moroccan middle/long-distance runner
- July 9 — Olusoji Fasuba, Nigerian sprinter
- July 22 — He Dan, Chinese race walker
- July 25 — Javier Culson, Puerto Rican hurdler
- July 26 — Kyriakos Ioannou, Cypriot high jumper
August
- August 4 — Xing Shucai, Chinese race walker
September
- September 3 — David Fiegen, Luxembourgian middle distance runner
- September 9 — Andrey Silnov, Russian high jumper
- September 10 — Ismail Ahmed Ismail, Sudanese runner
- September 26 — Michael Letterlough, Caymanian hammer thrower
October
- October 6 — Adina Anton, Romanian long jumper
- October 14 — Svetlana Bolshakova, Russian-born Belgian triple jumper
- October 24 — Christian Reif, German long jumper.
- October 24 — Sultana Frizell, Canadian hammer thrower
- October 28 — Anyika Onuora, British sprinter
November
- November 10 — Andrej Poljanec, Slovenian pole vaulter
- November 12 — Siraj Gena, Ethiopian long-distance runner
December
- December 15 — Véronique Mang, Cameroon-born French athlete
- December 26 — Alex Schwazer, Italian race walker
- December 28 — Kimberley Mickle, Australian javelin thrower
- December 31 — Mohamed Faraj Al-Kaabi, Qatari hammer thrower
Deaths
- January 10 — Toivo Loukola (81), Finnish athlete (b. 1902)
- March 15 — Ken Carpenter (70), American discus thrower (b. 1913)
- June 1 — Sten Pettersson (81), Swedish hurdler (b. 1902)
References
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