1984 in athletics (track and field)

This page contains an overview of the year 1984 in athletics (track and field).

Contents 1 International Events 2 World records 2.1 Men 2.2 Women 3 Men's Best Year Performers 3.1 100 metres 3.2 200 metres 3.3 400 metres 3.4 800 metres 3.5 1,500 metres 3.6 5,000 metres 3.7 10,000 metres 3.8 Half Marathon 3.9 110m Hurdles 3.10 400m Hurdles 3.11 3,000m Steeplechase 3.12 High Jump 3.13 Long Jump 3.14 Triple Jump 3.15 Discus 3.16 Hammer 3.17 Shot Put 3.18 Javelin 3.19 Pole Vault 3.20 Decathlon 4 Women's Best Year Performers 4.1 100 metres 4.2 200 metres 4.3 400 metres 4.4 800 metres 4.5 1,500 metres 4.6 Mile 4.7 3,000 metres 4.8 5,000 metres 4.9 10,000 metres 4.10 Half Marathon 4.11 100m Hurdles 4.12 400m Hurdles 4.13 High Jump 4.14 Long Jump 4.15 Discus 4.16 Shot Put 4.17 Javelin (old design) 4.18 Heptathlon 5 Marathon 5.1 Year Rankings 5.1.1 Men 5.1.2 Women 5.2 International Races 6 Births 6.1 January 6.2 February 6.3 March 6.4 April 6.5 May 6.6 June 6.7 July 6.8 August 6.9 September 6.10 October 6.11 November 6.12 December 7 Deaths 8 References

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
4x100m 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	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
4x400m 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
	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.	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

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.	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

• Association of Road Racing Statisticians
• Year Rankings

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