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1984 in the sport of athletics

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Field	Value
Title	1984 in athletics
Major world competitions	Olympic Games
Previous	1983
Next	1985

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This article contains an overview of the year 1984 in the sport of athletics.

International Events

African Championships in MAR Rabat, Morocco
Balkan Games in GRE Athens, Greece
European Indoor Championships in SWE Gothenburg, Sweden
World Cross Country Championships in USA New York, United States
Olympic Games in USA Los Angeles, United States

World records

Men

Event	Athlete	Mark	Date	Venue
10,000 metres	Fernando Mamede	27:13.81	2 July	Stockholm, Sweden
4 × 100 m Relay	USA
• Sam Graddy
• Ron Brown
• Calvin Smith
• Carl Lewis	37.83	August 11	Los Angeles
High Jump	Zhu Jianhua	2.39m	June 10	Eberstadt, West Germany
Pole Vault	Sergey Bubka	5.85m	26 May	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Sergey Bubka	5.88m	2 June	Paris, France
Sergey Bubka	5.90m	13 July	London
Thierry Vigneron	5.91m	31 August	Rome, Italy
Sergey Bubka	5.94m	31 August	Rome, Italy
Hammer	Yuriy Syedikh	86.34m	3 July	Cork, Ireland
Javelin (old)	Uwe Hohn	104.80m	20 July	Berlin, East Germany
Decathlon	Jürgen Hingsen	8832	8-9 June	Mannheim, West Germany
Daley Thompson	8847	8-9 August	Los Angeles, United States
Marathon	Steve Jones	2:08:05	21 October	Chicago, United States

Women

EVENT	ATHLETE	MARK	DATE	VENUE
100 metres	Evelyn Ashford	10.76	22 August	Zürich
Mile	Natalya Artyomova	4:15.8	5 August	Leningrad
2000 metres	Tatyana Kazankina	5:28.72	4 August	Moscow
3,000 metres	Tatyana Kazankina	8:22.62	26 August	Leningrad
5,000 metres	Zola Pieterse	15:01.83	5 January	Stellenbosch
Ingrid Kristiansen	14:58.89	28 June	Oslo
10,000 metres	Olga Bondarenko	31:13.78	24 June	Kiev
400m Hurdles	Margarita Ponomaryova	53.58	22 June	Kiev
4 × 400 m Relay	GDR
• Gesine Walther
• Sabine Busch
• Dagmar Neubauer
• Marita Koch	3:15.92	3 June	Erfurt
4 × 800 m Relay	URS
• Nadiya Olizarenko
• Lyubov Gurina
• Lyudmila Borisova
• Irina Podyalovskaya	7:50.17	5 August	Moscow
High Jump	Tamara Bykova	2.05m	22 June	Kiev
Lyudmila Andonova	2.07m	20 July	Berlin
Shot Put	Natalya Lisovskaya	22.53	27 May	Sochi
Discus Throw	Irina Meszynski	73.36	18 August	Prague
Zdenka Silhavá	74.56	26 August	Nitra
Heptathlon	Sabine John	6946	5-6 May	Potsdam
Half Marathon	Joan Benoit	1:08:34	16 September	Philadelphia

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	9.96	May 5	Athens, United States
2.	Carl Lewis	9.99	May 6	Houston, United States
3.	Marian Woronin	10.00	June 9	Warsaw, Poland
4.	Sam Graddy	10.09	May 12	Baton Rouge, United States
—	Harvey Glance	10.09	August 22	Zürich, Switzerland

[[200 metres]]

:Main race this year: Olympic Games 200 metres

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME	DATE	VENUE
1.	Carl Lewis	19.80	August 8	Los Angeles, United States
2.	Kirk Baptiste	19.96	August 8	Los Angeles, United States
3.	Albert Robinson	20.07	May 5	Indianapolis, United States
4	Pietro Mennea	20.07	October 3	Brindisi, Italy
5.	Thomas Jefferson	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	44.27	August 8	Los Angeles, United States
2.	Gabriel Tiacoh	44.54	August 8	Los Angeles, United States
3.	Antonio McKay	44.71	June 21	Los Angeles, United States
4.	Darren Clark	44.75	August 8	Los Angeles, United States
—	Sunder Nix	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	1:41.77	August 26	Köln, West Germany
2.	Sammy Koskei	1:42.28	August 26	Köln, West Germany
3.	Johnny Gray	1:42.96	August 29	Koblenz, West Germany
4.	Agberto Guimarães	1:43.63	August 29	Koblenz, West Germany
5.	Sebastian Coe	1:43.64	August 6	Los Angeles, United States

[[1500 metres|1,500 metres]]

:Main race this year: Olympic Games 1,500 metres

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME	DATE	VENUE
1.	Saïd Aouita	3:31.54	July 6	Hengelo, Netherlands
2.	Sebastian Coe	3:32.39	August 22	Zürich, Switzerland
3.	Steve Cram	3:33.13	August 20	Budapest, Hungary
4.	Steve Scott	3:33.46	August 22	Zürich, Switzerland
5.	Pierre Délèze	3:33.64	August 22	Zürich, Switzerland

[[5000 metres|5,000 metres]]

:Main race this year: Olympic Games 5,000 metres

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME	DATE	VENUE
1.	Saïd Aouita	13:04.78	June 13	Florence, Italy
2.	Markus Ryffel	13:07.54	August 11	Los Angeles, United States
3.	António Leitão	13:09.20	August 11	Los Angeles, United States
4.	Wodajo Bulti	13:10.08	June 13	Florence, Italy
5.	Tim Hutchings	13:11.50	August 11	Los Angeles, United States

[[10000 metres|10,000 metres]]

:Main race this year: Olympic Games 10,000 metres

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME	DATE	VENUE
1.	Fernando Mamede	27:13.81	July 2	Stockholm, Sweden
2.	Carlos Lopes	27:17.48	July 2	Stockholm, Sweden
3.	Hansjörg Kunze	27:33.10	May 5	Potsdam, East Germany
4.	Mark Nenow	27:40.56	July 2	Stockholm, Sweden
5.	Martti Vainio	27:41.75	June 13	Florence, Italy

[[Half Marathon]]

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME	DATE	VENUE
1.	Alberto Cova	1:01:52	May 6	Milan, Italy

[[Hurdling|110m Hurdles]]

:Main race this year: Olympic Games 110m Hurdles

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME	DATE	VENUE
1.	Greg Foster	13.15	August 22	Zürich, Switzerland
2.	Roger Kingdom	13.16	August 22	Zürich, Switzerland
3.	Tony Campbell	13.23	May 13	Westwood, United States
4.	Mark McKoy	13.27	July 25	Walnut, United States
5.	Arto Bryggare	13.35	August 5	Los Angeles, United States

[[Hurdling|400m Hurdles]]

:Main race this year: Olympic Games 400m Hurdles

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME	DATE	VENUE
1.	Edwin Moses	47.32	August 29	Koblenz, West Germany
2.	Harald Schmid	47.69	July 10	Lausanne, Switzerland
3.	Danny Harris	48.02	June 17	Los Angeles, United States
4.	Tony Rambo	48.16	June 17	Los Angeles, United States
5.	Tranel Hawkins	48.28	June 18	Los Angeles, United States

[[Steeplechase (athletics)|3,000m Steeplechase]]

:Main race this year: Olympic Games 3,000m Steeplechase

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME	DATE	VENUE
1.	Joseph Mahmoud	8:07.62	August 24	Brussels, Belgium
2.	Bogusław Mamiński	8:09.18	August 24	Brussels, Belgium
3.	Julius Korir	8:11.80	August 10	Los Angeles, United States
4.	Brian Diemer	8:13.16	August 29	Koblenz, West Germany
5.	Colin Reitz	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	2.39	June 10	Eberstadt, West Germany
2.	Carlo Thränhardt	2.37	February 24	West Berlin, West Germany
Valeriy Sereda	September 2	Rieti, Italy
4.	Igor Paklin	2.36	February 1	Milan, Italy
Sergey Zasimovich	May 5	Tashkent, Soviet Union
Dietmar Mögenburg	June 10	Eberstadt, West Germany

[[Long Jump]]

:Main competition this year: Olympic Games Long Jump

RANK	ATHLETE	DISTANCE	DATE	VENUE
1.	Carl Lewis	8.79	January 27	New York, United States
2.	Larry Myricks	8.59	September 5	Rhede, United States
3.	Lutz Dombrowski	8.50	July 27	Dresden, East Germany
4.	Konstantin Semykin	8.38	August 17	Moscow, Soviet Union
5.	Jaime Jefferson	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	17.52	June 21	Kiev, Soviet Union
2.	Aleksandr Yakovlyev	17.50	June 10	Sochi, Soviet Union
Mike Conley	June 17	Los Angeles, United States
4.	Gennadiy Valyukevich	17.47	July 19	Moscow, Soviet Union
5.	Lázaro Betancourt	17.45	August 26	Cologne, West Germany

[[Discus throw|Discus]]

:Main competition this year: Olympic Games Discus Throw

RANK	ATHLETE	DISTANCE	DATE	VENUE
1.	John Powell	71.26	June 9	San José, United States
Ricky Bruch	November 15	Malmö, Sweden
3.	Art Burns	70.98	July 21	Eugene, United States
4.	Mac Wilkins	70.44	June 9	San José, United States
5.	Imrich Bugár	70.26	September 8	Cagliari, Italy

[[Hammer throw|Hammer]]

Main article: 1984 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

RANK	ATHLETE	DISTANCE	DATE	VENUE
1.	Yuriy Syedikh	86.34	July 3	Cork City, Ireland
2.	Sergey Litvinov	85.20	July 3	Cork City, Ireland
3.	Jüri Tamm	84.40	September 9	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
4.	Igor Nikulin	82.56	August 17	Moscow, Soviet Union
5.	Juha Tiainen	81.52	June 11	Tampere, Finland

[[Shot Put]]

:Main competition this year: Olympic Games Shot Put

RANK	ATHLETE	DISTANCE	DATE	VENUE
1.	Brian Oldfield	22.19	May 26	San José, United States
2.	Sergey Kasnauskas	22.09	August 23	Stayki, Soviet Union
3.	Udo Beyer	22.04	June 11	Rehlingen, United States
4.	John Brenner	21.92	June 2	Eugene, United States
5.	Michael Carter	21.76	June 2	Eugene, United States

[[Javelin throw|Javelin]]

:Main competition this year: Olympic Games Javelin Throw

RANK	ATHLETE	DISTANCE	DATE	VENUE
1.	Uwe Hohn	104.80	July 20	East Berlin, East Germany
2.	Detlef Michel	93.68	June 2	Erfurt, East Germany
3.	Duncan Atwood	93.44	June 18	Los Angeles, United States
4.	Raimo Manninen	93.42	July 1	Pihtipudas, Finland
5.	Einar Vilhjálmsson	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	5.94	August 31	Rome, Italy
2.	Thierry Vigneron	5.91	August 31	Rome, Italy
3.	Konstantin Volkov	5.85	June 22	Kiev, Soviet Union
4.	Mike Tully	5.82	July 21	Eugene, United States
Aleksandr Krupskiy	August 20	Budapest, Hungary

[[Decathlon]]

:Main competition this year: Olympic Games Decathlon

RANK	ATHLETE	POINTS	DATE	VENUE
1.	Jürgen Hingsen	8798	June 9	Mannheim, West Germany
Daley Thompson	August 9	Los Angeles, United States
3.	Uwe Freimuth	8704	July 21	Potsdam, East Germany
4.	Grigoriy Degtyaryev	8652	June 22	Moscow, Soviet Union
5.	Aleksandr Apaychev	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	10.76
2.	Marlies Göhr	10.84
3.	Florence Griffith	10.99
4.	Merlene Ottey-Page	11.01
5.	Lyudmila Kondratyeva	11.02

[[200 metres]]

:Main race this year: Olympic Games 200 metres

RANK	1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Marita Koch	21.71
2.	Marlies Göhr	21.74
3.	Valerie Brisco	21.81
4.	Bärbel Wöckel	21.85
5.	Florence Griffith	22.04

[[400 metres]]

:Main race this year: Olympic Games 400 metres

RANK	1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Marita Koch	48.16
2.	Tatána Kocembová	48.73
3.	Valerie Brisco	48.83
4.	Olga Vladykina	48.98
5.	Jarmila Kratochvílová	49.02

[[800 metres]]

:Main race this year: Olympic Games 800 metres

RANK	1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Irina Podyalovskaya	1:55.69
2.	Nadiya Olizarenko	1:56.09
3.	Lyubov Gurina	1:56.26
4.	Doina Melinte	1:56.53
5.	Lyudmila Borisova	1:56.78

[[1500 metres|1,500 metres]]

:Main race this year: Olympic Games 1,500 metres

RANK	1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Nadezhda Ralldugina	3:56.63
2.	Yekaterina Podkopayeva	3:56.65
3.	Maricica Puică	3:57.22
4.	Tatyana Pozdnyakova	3:57.70
5.	Galina Zakharova	3:57.72

[[Mile run world record progression|Mile]]

RANK	1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Natalya Artyomova	4:15.8
2.	Ruth Wysocki	4:21.78
3.	Christina Boxer	4:22.64
4.	Mary Decker	4:22.92
5.	Christine Benning	4:24.57

[[3000 metres|3,000 metres]]

:Main race this year: Olympic Games 3,000 metres

RANK	1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Tatyana Kazankina	8:22.62
2.	Svetlana Guskova	8:29.59
3.	Tatyana Pozdnyakova	8:32.0
4.	Maricica Puică	8:33.57
5.	Mary Decker	8:34.91

[[5000 metres|5,000 metres]]

RANK	1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ingrid Kristiansen	14:58.89
2.	Zola Budd	15:01.83
3.	Aurora Cunha	15:09.07
4.	Angela Tooby	15:22.50
5.	Brenda Webb	15:22.76

[[10000 metres|10,000 metres]]

RANK	1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Olga Bondarenko	31:13.78
2.	Galina Zakharova	31:15.00
3.	Zhanna Tursunova	31:53.53
4.	Lyubov Konyukhova	31:56.01
5.	Anna Domoradskaya	31:56.02

[[Half Marathon]]

RANK	1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Joan Benoit	1:08:34

[[Hurdling|100m Hurdles]]

:Main race this year: Olympic Games 100m Hurdles

RANK	1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Lucyna Kalek	12.43
2.	Vera Akimova	12.50
Yordanka Donkova
4.	Bettine Jahn	12.53
5.	Sabine Paetz	12.54

[[Hurdling|400m Hurdles]]

:Main race this year: Olympic Games 400m Hurdles

RANK	1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Margarita Ponomaryova	53.58
2.	Marina Styepanova	53.67
3.	Yekaterina Fesenko	54.34
4.	Tatyana Pavlova	54.43
5.	Yelena Filipishina	54.56

[[High Jump]]

:Main competition this year: Olympic Games High Jump

RANK	1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Lyudmila Andonova	2.07
2.	Tamara Bykova	2.05
3.	Ulrike Meyfarth	2.02
4.	Sara Simeoni	2.00
Stefka Kostadinova

[[Long Jump]]

:Main competition this year: Olympic Games Long Jump

RANK	1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Heike Drechsler	7.40
2.	Galina Chistyakova	7.29
3.	Anişoara Cuşmir	7.27
4.	Helga Radtke	7.21
5.	Sabine Paetz	7.12

[[Discus throw|Discus]]

:Main competition this year: Olympic Games Discus Throw

RANK	1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Zdeňka Šilhavá	74.56
2.	Irina Meszynski	73.36
3.	Galina Savinkova	73.28
4.	Gisela Beyer	73.10
5.	Martina Hellmann	72.32

[[Shot Put]]

:Main competition this year: Olympic Games Shot Put

RANK	1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Natalya Lisovskaya	22.53
2.	Ilona Slupianek	21.85
3.	Helena Fibingerová	21.60
4.	Nunu Abashidze	21.53
5.	Ines Müller	21.32

[[Javelin throw|Javelin (old design)]]

:Main competition this year: Olympic Games Javelin Throw

RANK	1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Petra Felke	74.72
2.	Tiina Lillak	74.24
3.	Anna Verouli	72.70
4.	Antje Zöllkau	72.16
5.	Fatima Whitbread	71.68

[[Heptathlon]]

:Main competition this year: Olympic Games Heptathlon

RANK	1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Sabine Paetz	6946
2.	Natalya Shubenkova	6859
3.	Jane Frederick	6803
4.	Ramona Neubert	6789
5.	Anke Vater	6775

Marathon

Year Rankings

Men

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME	DATE	VENUE
1.	Stephen Jones	2:08:05 WR	October 21	Chicago, United States
2.	Carlos Lopes	2:09:06	October 21	Chicago, United States
3.	Robert de Castella	2:09:09	October 21	Chicago, United States
4.	Jörg Peter	2:09:14	July 21	East Berlin, East Germany
5.	Carlos Lopes	2:09:21	August 12	Los Angeles, United States
6.	Michael Heilmann	2:09:30	July 21	East Berlin, East Germany
7.	Ernest Seleke	2:09:41	March 31	Port Elizabeth, South Africa
8.	John Treacy	2:09:56	August 12	Los Angeles, United States
9.	Charlie Spedding	2:09:57	May 13	London, United Kingdom
10.	Charlie Spedding	2:09:58	August 12	Los Angeles, United States

Women

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME	DATE	VENUE
1.	Ingrid Kristiansen	2:24:26 WR	May 13	London, United Kingdom
2.	Joan Benoit	2:24:52	August 5	Los Angeles, United States
3.	Rosa Mota	2:26:01	October 21	Chicago, United States
4.	Grete Waitz	2:26:18	August 5	Los Angeles, United States
5.	Katrin Dörre	2:26:52	July 21	East Berlin, East Germany
6.	Rosa Mota	2:26:57	August 5	Los Angeles, United States
7.	Ingrid Kristiansen	2:27:34	August 5	Los Angeles, United States
8.	Lisa Martin	2:27:40	October 21	Chicago, United States
9.	Ingrid Kristiansen	2:27:51	January 15	Houston, United States
10.	Lorraine Moller	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	USA United States	TAN Gidamis Shahanga	2:10:19	CAN Jacqueline Gareau	2:31:57
April 14	Rotterdam Marathon	NED Netherlands	TAN Gidamis Shahanga	2:11:12	NED Carla Beurskens	2:34:56
April 16	Boston Marathon	USA United States	ENG Geoff Smith	2:10:34	NZL Lorraine Moller	2:29:28
May 12	Amsterdam Marathon	NED Netherlands	NED Gerard Nijboer	2:14:28	NED Eefje van Wissen	2:43:51
May 12	Paris Marathon	FRA France	DJI Hussein Ahmed Salah	2:11:58	FRA Sylviane Geffray	2:38:20
May 13	London Marathon	UK United Kingdom	ENG Charlie Spedding	2:09:57	NOR Ingrid Kristiansen	2:24:26
August 5	Olympic Marathon	USA United States	—	—	USA Joan Benoit	2:24:52
August 12	Olympic Marathon	USA United States	POR Carlos Lopes	2:09:58	—	—
September 30	Berlin Marathon	FRG West Germany	DEN John Skovbjerg	2:13:35	HUN Agnes Jakab	2:39:32
October 21	Chicago Marathon	USA United States	WAL Stephen Jones	2:08:05	POR Rosa Mota	2:26:01
December 2	Fukuoka Marathon	JPN Japan	JPN 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)

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