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1986 in the sport of athletics

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Field	Value
Title	1986 in athletics
Major world competitions	World Championships
World Indoor Championships
Previous	1985
Next	1987

World Indoor Championships |No. of world records =

This article contains an overview of the year 1986 in the sport of athletics.

International Events

World records

Men

EVENT	ATHLETE	MARK	DATE	VENUE
Pole vault	Sergei Bubka	6.01m	8 July	Moscow
Shot Put	Udo Beyer	22.64m	20 August	East Berlin, East Germany
Discus Throw	Jürgen Schult	74.08m	6 June	Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Hammer Throw	Yuriy Syedikh	86.66m	22 June	Tallinn, Soviet Union
Yuriy Syedikh	86.74m	30 August	Stuttgart, West Germany
Javelin (new)	Tom Petranoff	85.38m	7 July	Helsinki, Finland
Klaus Tafelmeier	85.74m	21 September	Como, Italy

Women

EVENT	ATHLETE	MARK	DATE	VENUE
2,000 metres	Maricica Puica	5:28.69	11 July	London
5,000 metres	Ingrid Kristiansen	14:37.33	August 5	Stockholm, Sweden
10,000 metres	Ingrid Kristiansen	30:13.74	July 5	Oslo, Norway
100m Hurdles	Yordanka Donkova	12.35	17 August	Köln, West Germany
Yordanka Donkova	12.29	17 August	Köln, West Germany
Yordanka Donkova	12.26	7 September	Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
400m Hurdles	Marina Styepanova	53.32	30 August	Stuttgart, West Germany
Marina Styepanova	52.94	17 September	Tashkent, Soviet Union
High Jump	Stefka Kostadinova	2.08m	1 June	Sofia, Bulgaria
Long jump	Heike Drechsler	7.45m	21 June	Tallinn, Estonia
Javelin throw	Fatima Whitbread	77.44m	28 August	Stuttgart, West Germany
Heptathlon	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	7148	6-7 July	Moscow, Soviet Union
Jackie Joyner-Kersee	7158	1-2 August	Houston, United States

Heike Drechsler (GDR) twice equals the world record in the women's 200 metres held by countrywoman Marita Koch since 1979-06-10, clocking 21.71 seconds on 1986-06-29 and 1986-08-29.

Men's Best Year Performers

[[100 metres]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Chidi Imoh	10.00
2.	Robson da Silva	10.02
3.	Linford Christie	10.04
4.	Carl Lewis	10.06
5.	Emmit King	10.07

[[200 metres]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Floyd Heard	20.12
2.	Roy Martin	20.16
3.	Lorenzo Daniel	20.17
4.	John Dinan	20.19
5.	Michael Timpson	20.23

[[400 metres]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Gabriel Tiacoh	44.30
2.	Darrell Robinson	44.45
3.	Roddie Haley	44.48
4.	Innocent Egbunike	44.50
5.	Roger Black	44.59

[[800 metres]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Steve Cram	1:43.19
2.	Johnny Gray	1:43.46
—	William Wuycke	1:43.54
4.	Earl Jones	1:43.62
5.	Peter Braun	1:44.03

[[1500 metres|1,500 metres]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Sebastian Coe	3:29.77
2.	Steve Cram	3:30.15
3.	José Manuel Abascal	3:31.13
4.	Sydney Maree	3:32.56
5.	José Luis González	3:32.90

[[Mile run world record progression|Mile]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Steve Cram	3:48.31
2.	Steve Scott	3:48.73
3.	Jim Spivey	3:49.80
4.	Saïd Aouita	3:50.33
5.	José Manuel Abascal	3:50.54

[[3000 metres|3,000 metres]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Saïd Aouita	7:32.23
2.	Sydney Maree	7:38.26
3.	Paul Kipkoech	7:39.38
4.	Jack Buckner	7:40.23
5.	Vincent Rousseau	7:42.15

[[5000 metres|5,000 metres]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Saïd Aouita	13:00.86
2.	Jack Buckner	13:10.15
3.	Stefano Mei	13:11.57
4.	Tim Hutchings	13:12.88
5.	Evgeni Ignatov	13:13.15

[[10,000 metres]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Mark Nenow	27:20.56
2.	Saïd Aouita	27:26.11
3.	Hansjörg Kunze	27:34.68
4.	Salvatore Antibo	27:39.52
5.	Paul Kipkoech	27:43.31

[[Half Marathon]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Michael Musyoki	1:00:43

[[Hurdling|110m Hurdles]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Stéphane Caristan	13.20
2.	Greg Foster	13.25
3.	Andrey Prokofyev	13.28
4.	Keith Talley	13.31
5.	Mark McKoy	13.35

[[Hurdling|400m Hurdles]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Edwin Moses	47.38
2.	Andre Phillips	47.51
3.	Danny Harris	47.82
4.	Harald Schmid	47.89
5.	Amadou Dia Bâ	48.07

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

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	William Van Dijck	8:10.01
2.	Colin Reitz	8:12.11
3.	Julius Korir	8:12.74
4.	Henry Marsh	8:13.15
5.	Peter Koech	8:13.33

[[High jump]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Igor Paklin	2.38
2.	Jim Howard	2.36
—	Carlo Thränhardt	2.36
—	Javier Sotomayor	2.36
5.	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko	2.35

[[Long jump]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Robert Emmiyan	8.61
2.	Larry Myricks	8.50
3.	Jaime Jefferson	8.47
4.	Carl Lewis	8.35
5.	Mike Conley	8.33

[[Triple jump]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Khristo Markov	17.80
2.	Nikolay Musiyenko	17.78
—	Lázaro Betancourt	17.78
4.	Mike Conley	17.69
5.	Oleg Protsenko	17.59

[[Discus throw|Discus]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Jürgen Schult	74.08
2.	Art Burns	68.70
3.	Knut Hjeltnes	68.50
4.	Juan Martínez	68.40
5.	Luis Delís	68.00

[[Hammer throw|Hammer]]

Main article: 1986 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Yuriy Syedikh	86.74
2.	Sergey Litvinov	86.04
3.	Igor Nikulin	82.34
4.	Benjaminas Viluckis	82.24
5.	Günther Rodehau	81.70

[[Shot put]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Udo Beyer	22.64
2.	Ulf Timmermann	22.60
3.	Sergey Smirnov	22.24
4.	Werner Günthör	22.22
5.	Sergey Gavryushin	22.10

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

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Klaus Tafelmeier	95.74
2.	Tom Petranoff	92.38
3.	Viktor Yevsyukov	83.68
4.	Detlef Michel	83.52
5.	Heino Puuste	83.20

[[Pole vault]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Sergei Bubka	6.01
2.	Joe Dial	5.90
—	Thierry Vigneron	5.90
4.	Rodion Gataullin	5.85
—	Philippe Collet	5.85

[[Decathlon]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Daley Thompson	8811
2.	Jürgen Hingsen	8730
3.	Siegfried Wentz	8676
4.	Guido Kratschmer	8519
5.	Torsten Voss	8450

Women's Best Year Performers

[[100 metres]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Evelyn Ashford	10.88
2.	Heike Drechsler	10.91
—	Marlies Göhr	10.91
4.	Ewa Kasprzyk	10.93
5.	Silke Gladisch	10.96

[[200 metres]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Heike Drechsler	21.71
2.	Evelyn Ashford	21.97
—	Silke Gladisch	22.07
4.	Pam Marshall	22.12
5.	Ewa Kasprzyk	22.13

[[400 metres]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Marita Koch	48.22
2.	Olga Bryzgina	49.67
3.	Petra Müller	49.79
4.	Tatána Kocembová	49.83
5.	Pam Marshall	49.99

[[800 metres]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Doina Melinte	1:56.2
2.	Sigrun Wodars	1:57.05
3.	Nadiya Olizarenko	1:57.15
4.	Lyubov Kiryukhina	1:57.18
5.	Lyubov Gurina	1:57.52

[[1500 metres|1,500 metres]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Doina Melinte	3:56.7
2.	Tatyana Samolenko	3:59.45
3.	Maricica Puică	3:59.62
4.	Ravilya Agletdinova	3:59.84
5.	Lyubov Kremlyova	4:01.57

[[Mile run world record progression|Mile]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Maricica Puică	4:18.25
2.	Kirsty Wade	4:21.61
3.	Doina Melinte	4:21.88
4.	Elly van Hulst	4:22.40
5.	Ivana Walterová	4:22.82

[[3000 metres|3.000 metres]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Olga Bondarenko	8:33.99
2.	Ingrid Kristiansen	8:34.10
3.	Zola Budd	8:34.43
4.	Maricica Puică	8:35.92
5.	Tatyana Samolenko	8:36.00

[[5000 metres|5.000 metres]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ingrid Kristiansen	14:37.33
2.	Svetlana Guskova	15:02.12
3.	Olga Bondarenko	15:03.51
4.	Svetlana Ulmasova	15:05.50
5.	Lynn Jennings	15:08.36

[[10,000 metres]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ingrid Kristiansen	30:13.74
2.	Olga Bondarenko	30:57.21
3.	Ulrike Bruns	31:19.76
4.	Aurora Cunha	31:29.41
5.	Liz Lynch	31:41.42

[[Half Marathon]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ingrid Kristiansen	1:09:03

[[Hurdling|100m Hurdles]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Yordanka Donkova	12.26
2.	Ginka Zagorcheva	12.39
3.	Cornelia Oschkenat	12.50
4.	Nataliya Grygoryeva	12.61
5.	Heike Theele	12.63

[[Hurdling|400m Hurdles]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Marina Stepanova	52.94
2.	Sabine Busch	53.60
3.	Myrtle Bothma	53.74
4.	Debbie Flintoff	53.76
5.	Cornelia Feuerbach	54.13

[[High jump|High Jump]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Stefka Kostadinova	2.08 m
2.	Olga Turchak	2.01 m
—	Desiree du Plessis	2.01 m
4.	Charmaine Weavers	1.99 m
—	Silvia Costa	1.99 m

[[Long jump|Long Jump]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Heike Drechsler	7.45 m
2.	Galina Chistyakova	7.34 m
3.	Yelena Belevskaya	7.31 m
4.	Irena Ozhenko	7.20 m
5.	Larisa Berezhnaya	7.19 m

[[Shot put|Shot Put]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Natalya Lisovskaya	21.70 m
2.	Ines Müller	21.45 m
3.	Natalya Akhrimenko	21.39 m
4.	Heidi Krieger	21.10 m
5.	Claudia Losch	20.92 m

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

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Fatima Whitbread	77.44
2.	petra Felke	75.04
3.	Tiina Lillak	72.42
4.	María Caridad Colón	70.14
5.	Ivonne Leal	69.82

[[Heptathlon]]

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	7158
2.	Anke Behmer	6717
3.	Natalya Shubenkova	6645
4.	Sibylle Thiele	6635
5.	Judy Simpson	6623

Marathon

Year Rankings

Men

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME	DATE	EVENT
1.	AUS Robert de Castella (AUS)	2:07.51	April 21	Boston, United States
2.	South Africa Zithulele Sinqe (RSA)	2:08.04	May 3	Port Elizabeth, South Africa
3.	TAN Juma Ikangaa (TAN)	2:08.10	February 9	Tokyo, Japan
4.	South Africa Willie Mtolo (RSA)	2:08.15	May 3	Port Elizabeth, South Africa
5.	JPN Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN)	2:08.21	October 5	Seoul, South Korea
6.	JPN Toshihiko Seko (JPN)	2:08.27	October 26	Chicago, United States
7.	ETH Belayneh Dinsamo (ETH)	2:08.29	February 9	Tokyo, Japan
8.	ETH Abebe Mekonnen (ETH)	2:08.39	February 9	Tokyo, Japan
9.	JPN Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN)	2:08.43	February 9	Tokyo, Japan
10.	ETH Abebe Mekonnen (ETH)	2:09.08	April 19	Rotterdam, Netherlands

Women

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME	DATE	EVENT
1.	NOR Grete Waitz (NOR)	2:24:54	April 20	London, United Kingdom
2.	NOR Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	2:24:55	April 21	Boston, United States
3.	AUS Lisa Ondieki (AUS)	2:26:07	August 1	Edinburgh, Scotland
4.	NOR Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	2:27:08	October 26	Chicago, United States
5.	POR Rosa Mota (POR)	2:27:15	November 16	Tokyo, Japan
6.	NED Carla Beurskens (NED)	2:27:35	April 21	Boston, United States
7.	NOR Grete Waitz (NOR)	2:28:06	November 2	New York, United States
8.	NZL Lorraine Moller (NZL)	2:28:17	August 1	Edinburgh, Scotland
9.	POR Rosa Mota (POR)	2:28:38	August 26	Stuttgart, West Germany
10.	HUN Ágnes Sipka (HUN)	2:28:51	October 26	Budapest, Hungary

National Champions

NATION	MEN'S WINNER	TIME	WOMEN'S WINNER	TIME	PLACE	DATE
AUS Australia	Stephen Austin	2:15:59	Margaret Reddan	2:48:28	Sydney	June 8
Canada	Agustin Diaz Romero	2:20:36	Ellen Rochefort	2:35:51	Montreal	September 28
Japan	Toshihiro Shibutani	2:14:55	—	—	Ōtsu	March 9
NED Netherlands	Adri Hartveld	2:15:32	Eefje van Wissen	2:40:07	Maassluis	April 12
Spain	Santiago de la Parte	2:16:37	Maercedes Calleja	2:40:24	Lorca	May 24
FRG West Germany	Wolfgang Krüger	2:15:20	Heidi Hutterer	2:36:44	Stuttgart	April 20

International Races

DATE	MARATHON	NATION	MEN'S WINNER	TIME	WOMEN'S WINNER	TIME
January 11	Miami	United States	FRA Bernard Bobes	2:21:26	USA Shirley Silsby	2:53:18
January 19	Hamilton	BER Bermuda	USA Jerrold Wynia	2:24:03	CAN Sharon Crawford	2:58:17
January 19	Manila	PHI Philippines	BEL Eddy Hellebuyck	2:19:00	CAN Tani Ruckle	2:46:58
January 26	Hong Kong	HKG Hong Kong	CHN Shu Chun Zhu	2:15:08	CHN Yan Min Wen	2:36:55
January 26	Osaka	Japan	—	—	NZL Lorraine Moller	2:30:24
February 1	Auckland	NZL New Zealand	DEN Allan Zachariasen	2:12:36	DEN Kiersti Jakobsen	2:36:58
February 2	Beppu	Japan	JPN Taisuke Kodama	2:10:34	—	—
February 2	Long Beach	United States	USA Ric Sayre	2:13:22	USA Mary Tracey	2:48:01
February 9	Tokyo	Japan	TAN Juma Ikangaa	2:08:10	—	—
February 16	Valencia	Spain	POL Pawel Lorens	2:16:31	POL Malgorzata Szuminska	2:46:31
March 9	Arusha	TAN Tanzania	TAN Japhet Mashishanga	2:21:01	TAN Leokadia Katona	4:03:30
March 9	Los Angeles	United States	USA Ric Sayre	2:12:59	USA Nancy Ditz	2:36:27
March 16	Barcelona	Spain	BEL Frederick Vandervennet	2:15:45	GBR Deborah Heath	2:48:22
April 13	Lyon	France	FRA Alain Lazare	2:15:07	FRA Marie-Jeanne Maury	2:54:48
April 13	Vienna	AUT Austria	AUT Gerhard Hartmann	2:12:22	FRG Birgit Lennartz	2:38:31
April 19	Rotterdam	NED Netherlands	ETH Abebe Mekonnen	2:09:09	SWE Ellinor Ljungros	2:41:06
April 20	Budapest	HUN Hungary	HUN Sandor Szendrei	2:16:18	HUN Agota Farkas	2:47:10
April 20	London	UK United Kingdom	JPN Toshihiko Seko	2:10:02	NOR Grete Waitz	2:24:54
April 21	Boston	United States	AUS Robert de Castella	2:07:51	NOR Ingrid Kristiansen	2:24:55
April 27	Bremen	FRG West Germany	SWE Jozef Machalek	2:15:58	FRG Elke Kramer	2:48:38
April 27	Madrid	Spain	ESP Ramiro Matamoros	2:17:04	ESP Consuelo Alonso	2:43:21
May 1	Rome	ITA Italy	ITA Osvaldo Faustini	2:16:03	USA Katherine Gregory	3:23:43
May 4	Munich	FRG West Germany	HUN István Kerékjártó	2:17:46	FRG Olivia Gruner	2:38:51
May 4	Paris	France	DJI Hussein Ahmed Salah	2:12:44	FRA Maria Rebelo-Lelut	2:32:18
May 4	Vancouver	Canada	JPN Hiromi Nishi	2:21:14	CAN Joi Belyk	2:45:37
May 5	Belfast	NIR Northern Ireland	NIR Martin Deane	2:16:05	NIR Moira O'Neill	2:43:26
May 11	Amsterdam	NED Netherlands	BEL William Vanhuylenbroek	2:14:46	IRL Teresa Kidd	2:46:18
May 11	Geneva	SUI Switzerland	FRA Bernard Bobes	2:18:11	URS Nadezhda Gumerova	2:38:33
May 18	Pittsburgh	United States	USA Dean Matthews	2:18:17	ITA Laura Fogli	2:37:04
May 18	Venice	ITA Italy	ITA Salvatore Bettiol	2:18:44	ITA Paola Moro	2:38:10
May 25	Hamburg	FRG West Germany	BEL Karel Lismont	2:12:12	BEL Magda Ilands	2:35:17
June 1	Christchurch	NZL New Zealand	NZL John Campbell	2:15:19	NZL Sharon Higgins	2:45:44
June 7	Stockholm	SWE Sweden	SWE Kjell-Erik Ståhl	2:12:33	SWE Evy Palm	2:34:42
June 8	Sydney	AUS Australia	BRA Eloi Schleder	2:12:54	NZL Ngaire Drake	2:38:52
July 20	San Francisco	United States	USA Peter Pfitzinger	2:13:29	MEX Maria Trujillo	2:37:57
August 1	CW Games	SCO Edinburgh, Scotland	AUS Robert de Castella	2:10:15	AUS Lisa Ondieki	2:26:07
August 2	Helsinki	FIN Finland	SWE Tommy Persson	2:17:11	FIN Sinikka Kiippa	2:49:29
August 17	Bolton	UK United Kingdom	GBR Michael Neary	2:19:25	—	—
August 24	Reykjavik	ISL Iceland	FRA Mokfi Chaibi	2:20:30	GBR Carol Macario	2:58:09
August 24	Rio de Janeiro	BRA Brazil	BRA Eloi Schleder	2:22:02	USA Elizabeth McElhinny	2:46:54
August 26	European Championships	FRG Stuttgart, West Germany	—	—	POR Rosa Mota	2:28:38
August 30	European Championships	FRG Stuttgart, West Germany	ITA Gelindo Bordin	2:10:54	—	—
August 31	Adelaide	AUS Australia	AUS Peter Bourgaize	2:25:16	AUS Desiree Letherby	2:59:20
September 6	Antwerp	BEL Belgium	BEL François Blommaerts	2:17:48	BEL Denise Verhaert	2:42:44
September 13	Oslo	NOR Norway	SWE Kjell-Erik Ståhl	2:14:59	NOR Sissel Grottenberg	2:40:01
September 21	Niagara	Canada	JPN Kazuya Nishimoto	2:17:35	ITA Mariagrazia Savasta	2:50:49
September 21	Glasgow	UK United Kingdom	GBR Kenneth Stewart	2:14:04	GBR Sandra Branney	2:37:29
September 28	Berlin	West Berlin	POL Boguslaw Psujek	2:11:03	FRG Charlotte Teske	2:32:10
September 28	Brussels	BEL Belgium	BEL Dirk Vanderherten	2:15:32	BEL Nelly Aerts	2:42:02
September 28	Ciudad Mexico	MEX Mexico	MEX Manuel Garcia Perez	2:20:03	MEX Mericarmen Cardenas	2:42:25
September 28	Montreal	Canada	ETH Abebe Mekonnen	2:10:31	CAN Helene Rochefort	2:35:51
September 28	Perth	AUS Australia	JPN Futoshi Shinohara	2:18:17	NZL Bernardine Portenski	2:53:54
September 28	Portland	United States	USA Leonard Hill	2:18:54	ITA Kathleen Angel	2:47:02
October 1	Asian Games	KOR Seoul, South Korea	—	—	JPN Eriko Asai	2:41:03
October 5	Asian Games	KOR Seoul, South Korea	JPN Takeyuki Nakayama	2:08:21	—	—
October 12	Athens	GRE Greece	BEL Jos vander Water	2:27:22	NOR Signe Ward	3:06:58
October 12	Buenos Aires	ARG Argentina	ARG Raimundo Manquel	2:21:10	BRA Angélica de Almeida	2:54:47
October 12	Melbourne	AUS Australia	SUI Richard Umberg	2:17:21	CAN Tani Ruckle	2:36:06
October 19	Beijing	China	JPN Taisuke Kodama	2:07:35	—	—
October 26	Chicago	United States	JPN Toshihiko Seko	2:08:27	NOR Ingrid Kristiansen	2:27:08
October 26	Hamilton	NZL New Zealand	POL Wojciech Ratkowski	2:18:13	NZL Carol Raven	3:07:16
October 26	Lisbon	POR Portugal	POR Cidalio Caetano	2:16:49	POR Maria Lousada	3:20:26
October 26	Nuremberg	FRG West Germany	POL Ryszard Przybyla	2:19:44	—	—
October 27	Dublin	IRE Ireland	IRE Dick Hooper	2:18:10	GBR Maureen Hurst	2:46:29
November 2	Istanbul	TUR Turkey	TUR Hanefi Atmaca	2:23:20	—	—
November 2	New York City	United States	ITA Piergiovanni Poli	2:11:06	NOR Grete Waitz	2:28:06
November 16	Tokyo	Japan	—	—	POR Rosa Mota	2:27:15
December 7	Fukuoka	Japan	TAN Juma Ikangaa	2:10:06	—	—
December 7	Kawaguchi	Japan	JPN Tetsuji Iwase	2:19:54	JPN Tomoko Suzuki	2:50:10
December 7	Honolulu	United States	KEN Ibrahim Hussein	2:11:44	NED Carla Beurskens	2:31:02
December 17	Tiberias Marathon	ISR Israel	ISR Yair Karni	2:23:12	FRG Kerstin Preßler	2:36:33

Births

January 5 — Roman Novotný, Czech long jumper
January 11 — Claudio Licciardello, Italian sprinter
January 15 — Mariya Abakumova, Russian javelin thrower
January 17 — Sherry Fletcher, Grenadian sprinter
January 23 — Gelete Burka, Ethiopian middle-distance runner
January 24 — Montell Douglas, British sprinter
January 31 — Walter Dix, American sprinter
February 11 — Bob Altena, Dutch decathlete
April 1 — Yurika Nakamura, Japanese long-distance runner
April 2 — Moses Aliwa, Ugandan long-distance runner
April 4 — Evelyne Nganga, Kenyan long-distance runner
April 29 — Ingus Janevics, Latvian race walker
May 2 — Samuel Muturi Mugo, Kenyan long-distance runner
May 16 — Eleni Artymata, Cypriot sprinter
June 3 — Micah Kogo, Kenyan long-distance runner
June 8 — Yadira Guamán, Ecuadorian race walker
June 10 — Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud, Egyptian sprinter
June 27 — LaShawn Merritt, American sprinter
July 3 — Robina Muqimyar, Afghan sprinter
July 17 — Viktor Kuznyetsov, Ukrainian long jumper and triple jumper
July 19 — Philes Ongori, Kenyan long-distance runner
July 26 — Mattias Claesson, Swedish middle-distance runner
July 26 — Angela Moroșanu, Romanian sprinter
July 28 — Nancy Wambui, Kenyan long-distance runner
July 28 — Nickiesha Wilson, Jamaican hurdler
August 3 — Fartun Abukar Omar, Somali athlete
August 21 — Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter
August 29 — Yerefu Birhanu, Ethiopian long-distance runner
September 9 — Daniel Bailey, Antigua and Barbuda sprinter
November 1 — Ksenija Balta, Estonian long jumper, sprinter and heptathlete
November 10 — Samuel Wanjiru, Kenyan long-distance runner
November 13 — Sergey Bakulin, Russian race walker
November 21 — Aleksandra Zelenina, Moldovan long and triple jumper
December 7 — Olga Mikhaylova, Russian race walker

Deaths

April 13 — Sulo Bärlund (75), Finnish shot putter (b. 1910)

References

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