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1980 in the sport of athletics

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Title	1980 in athletics
Major world competitions	Olympic Games
Previous	1979
Next	1981

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This article contains an overview of the year 1980 in athletics. The major athletics event of the year was the 1980 Moscow Olympics. A boycott of this competition meant many of world's leading athletes did not face each other, with many of the boycotting athletes taking part in the rival Liberty Bell Classic competition.

A further global event, the 1980 World Championships in Athletics, was held specifically for women athletes in the 400 metres hurdles and 3000 metres disciplines, as neither event featured on the Olympic programme in spite of IAAF approval.

Major events

World

Olympic Games
Paralympic Games
World Cross Country Championships
World Championships in Athletics
Liberty Bell Classic (Olympic Boycott Games)
Gymnasiade

Regional

World records

Men

Event	Athlete	Nation	Performance	Place	Date
1000 m	Sebastian Coe	United Kingdom	2:13.40	NOR Oslo, Norway	1 July
1500 m	Steve Ovett	United Kingdom	3:31.36	FRG Koblenz, West Germany	17 August
Mile	Steve Ovett	United Kingdom	3:48.8	NOR Oslo, Norway	1 July
400 m hurdles	Edwin Moses	United States	47.13	ITA Milan, Italy	3 July
High jump	Jacek Wszoła	Poland	2.35	FRG Eberstadt, West Germany	25 May
High jump	Dietmar Mögenburg		2.35	FRG Rehlingen, West Germany	26 May
High jump	Gerd Wessig		2.36	URS Moscow, Russia	1 August
Pole vault	Władysław Kozakiewicz	Poland	5.72	ITA Milan, Italy	11 May
Pole vault	Thierry Vigneron	France	5.75	FRA Colombes, France	1 June
Pole vault	Thierry Vigneron	France	5.75	FRA Lille, France	29 June
Pole vault	Philippe Houvion	France	5.77	FRA Paris, France	17 July
Pole vault	Władysław Kozakiewicz	Poland	5.78	URS Moscow, Soviet Union	30 July
Hammer throw	Yuriy Sedykh		80.38	URS Leselidze, Soviet Union	16 May
Hammer throw	Jüri Tamm		80.46	URS Leselidze, Soviet Union	16 May
Hammer throw	Yuriy Sedykh		80.64	URS Leselidze, Soviet Union	16 May
Hammer throw	Sergey Litvinov		81.66	URS Sochi, Soviet Union	24 May
Hammer throw	Yuriy Sedykh		81.80	URS Moscow, Soviet Union	31 July
Javelin throw	Ferenc Paragi		96.72	HUN Tata, Hungary	23 April
Decathlon	Daley Thompson	United Kingdom	8622	AUT Götzis, Austria	17-18 May
Decathlon	Guido Kratschmer		8649	FRG Filderstadt-Bernhausen, West Germany	14-15 June

Women

Event	Athlete	Nation	Performance	Place	Date
800 m	Nadiya Olizarenko		1:54.85	URS Moscow, Soviet Union	12 June
800 m	Nadiya Olizarenko		1:53.43	URS Moscow, Soviet Union	27 July
1500 m	Tatyana Kazankina		3:55.0	URS Moscow, Soviet Union	6 July
1500 m	Tatyana Kazankina		3:52.47	SWI Zürich, Switzerland	13 August
Mile	Mary Decker	United States	4:21.7	NZ Auckland, New Zealand	26 January
100 m hurdles	Grażyna Rabsztyn	Poland	12.36	POL Warsaw, Poland	13 June
400 m hurdles	Karin Rossley		54.28	GDR Jena, East Germany	13 June
4 × 100 metres relay	Romy Schneider
Bärbel Eckert
Ingrid Auerswald
Marlies Göhr		42.09	GDR Berlin, East Germany	9 July
4 × 100 metres relay	Romy Müller
Bärbel Wöckel
Ingrid Auerswald
Marlies Göhr		41.85	GDR Potsdam, East Germany	13 July
4 × 100 metres relay	Romy Müller
Bärbel Wöckel
Ingrid Auerswald
Marlies Göhr		41.60	URS Moscow, Soviet Union	1 August
4 × 200 metres relay	Marlies Göhr
Romy Müller
Bärbel Wöckel
Marita Koch		1:28.15	GDR Jena, East Germany	9 August
Shot put	Ilona Slupianek		22.36	YUG Celje, Yugoslavia	2 May
Shot put	Ilona Slupianek		22.45	GDR Potsdam, East Germany	10 May
Discus throw	Faina Melnik		71.50	URS Sochi, Soviet Union	10 May
Discus throw	Mariya Petkova		71.80	BUL Sofia, Bulgaria	13 July
Javelin throw	Ruth Fuchs		69.96	YUG Split, Yugoslavia	29 April
Javelin throw	Tatyana Biryulina		70.08	URS Podolsk, Soviet Union	12 July
Pentathlon	Olga Kuragina		4856	URS Moscow, Soviet Union	20 June
Pentathlon	Nadiya Tkachenko		5083	URS Moscow, Soviet Union	24 July

Season's bests

Pentathlon
—	—		Nadiya Tkachenko	5083 pts

Marathon winners

Race	Men's winner	Women's winner
Amsterdam Marathon	Gerard Nijboer	Marja Wokke
Avon International Marathon	–	Lorraine Moller
Beppu-Ōita Marathon	Yutaka Taketomi	–
Berlin Marathon	Ingo Sensburg	Gerlinde Püttmann
Boston Marathon	Bill Rodgers	Jacqueline Gareau
Chicago Marathon	Frank Richardson	Sue Petersen
Fukuoka Marathon	Toshihiko Seko	–
Košice Marathon	Aleksey Lyagushev	Šárka Balcarová
Lake Biwa Marathon	Hiroshi Yuge	–
New York Marathon	Alberto Salazar	Grete Waitz
Paris Marathon	Sylvain Cacciatore	Gillian Adams
Tokyo Women's Marathon	–	Joyce Smith

Awards

Award	Men's winner	Women's winner
Track & Field News Athlete of the Year	Edwin Moses	Ilona Briesenick

Births

January 1 – Masumi Aya, Japanese hammer thrower
January 2 – Yusuke Yachi, Japanese race walker
January 7 – Lívia Tóth, Hungarian distance runner
January 8 – Mitsuhiro Sato, Japanese sprinter
January 11 – Li Xiaoxue, Chinese hammer thrower
January 19 – Matic Osovnikar, Slovenian sprinter
January 21 – Elva Goulbourne, Jamaican long jumper
January 25 – Christian Olsson, Swedish athlete
January 27 – Naleya Downer, Jamaican sprinter
January 31 – Joel Brown, American hurdler
January 31 – Adriana Pirtea, Romanian long-distance runner
February 3 – Markus Esser, German hammer thrower
February 3 – Sini Pöyry, Finnish hammer thrower
February 4 – Yared Asmerom, Eritrean long-distance runner
February 4 – Gary Kikaya, Congolese sprinter
February 7 – Emma Ania, British sprinter
February 11 – Karin Ruckstuhl, Dutch heptathlete
February 13 – Tetyana Holovchenko, Ukrainian distance runner
February 13 – Irina Naumenko, Kazakhstani heptathlete
February 20 – Bram Som, Dutch track and field athlete
February 21 – Takayuki Matsumiya, Japanese long-distance runner
February 24 – Aki Heikkinen, Finnish decathlete
February 25 – Marisa Barros, Portuguese long-distance runner
February 26 – Irina Butor, Belarusian heptathlete
March 3 – Nikolett Szabó, Hungarian javelin thrower
March 7 – Olli-Pekka Karjalainen, Finnish hammer thrower
March 12 – California Molefe, Botswanan athlete
March 15 – Kim Il-Nam, North Korean long-distance runner
March 19 – Justus Koech, Kenyan middle-distance runner
March 23 – Teja Melink, Slovenian pole vaulter
March 30 – Amélie Perrin, Franch hammer thrower
April 6 – Tommi Evilä, Finnish long jumper
April 13 – Boštjan Buč, Slovenian track and field athlete
April 17 – Igors Kazakevičs, Latvian race walker
April 18 – Wojciech Kondratowicz, Polish hammer thrower
April 19 – Gudisa Shentema, Ethiopian long-distance runner
May 1 – Inês Henriques, Portuguese race walker
May 2 – Chris Boyles, American decathlete
May 2 – Ronetta Smith, Jamaican sprinter
May 10 – Mayumi Kawasaki, Japanese race walker
May 14 – Eugène Martineau, Dutch decathlete
May 17 – Tatyana Sibileva, Russian race walker
May 20 – Chinatsu Mori, Japanese shot putter (d. 2006)
May 23 – Ri Kum-Song, North Korean long-distance runner
June 2 – Shingo Suetsugu, Japanese track and field athlete
June 8 – Vânia Silva, Portuguese hammer thrower
June 13 – Alistair Cragg, Irish distance runner
June 17 – Shitaye Gemechu, Ethiopian long-distance runner
June 19 – Sanjay Ayre, Jamaican athlete
July 5 – Park Ju-Young, South Korean long-distance runner
July 8 – Noraldo Palacios, Colombian javelin thrower
July 9 – Brooke Krueger, Australian hammer thrower
July 12 – Mikko Kyyrö, Finnish discus thrower
July 17 – Rashid Ramzi, Moroccan athlete
July 24 – Wilfred Bungei, Kenyan middle-distance runner
July 27 – Alena Neumiarzhitskaya, Belarusian sprinter
July 31 – Masato Naito, Japanese hurdler
August 11 – Monika Pyrek, Polish pole vaulter
August 23 – Bronwyn Eagles, Australian hammer thrower
August 23 – Roisin McGettigan, Irish distance runner
August 24 – Shani Marks, American triple jumper
August 29 – Perdita Felicien, Canadian track and field athlete
September 6 – Nailiya Yulamanova, Russian long-distance runner
September 6 – Gulnara Vygovskaya, Russian long-distance runner
September 8 – Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African middle-distance runner
September 16 – Lukáš Melich, Czech hammer thrower
September 25 – Jennifer Joyce, Canadian hammer thrower
September 28 – Maurice Smith, Jamaican decathlete
October 7 – Clarissa Claretti, Italian hammer thrower
October 7 – Olesya Zykina, Russian track and field athlete
October 16 – Maureen Griffin, American hammer thrower
October 26 – Deriba Merga, Ethiopian long-distance runner
November 9 – Tamicka Clarke, Bahamian sprinter
November 14 – Naoko Sakamoto, Japanese long-distance runner
November 19 – Yipsi Moreno, Cuban hammer thrower
November 24 – Zoe Derham, English hammer thrower
December 12 – Dejene Berhanu, Ethiopian runner
December 13 – Venera Getova, Bulgarian discus thrower
December 17 – Alexandra Papageorgiou, Greek hammer thrower

Deaths

February 11 – Paavo Yrjölä (77), Finnish decathlete (b. 1902)
February 21 – Mario Lanzi (63), Italian middle-distance runner (b. 1914)
March 31 – Jesse Owens (66), American sprinter (b. 1913)
May 9 – Rolf Hansen (73), Norwegian long-distance runner (b. 1906)
December 24 – Heikki Liimatainen (86), Finnish long-distance runner (b. 1894)

References

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