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1990 in the sport of athletics
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | 1990 in athletics |
| Major world competitions | World Championships |
| World Indoor Championships | |
| Previous | 1989 |
| Next | 1991 |
World Indoor Championships |No. of world records =
This article contains an overview of the year 1990 in athletics.
International Events
- African Championships
- Asian Games
- Balkan Games
- Central American and Caribbean Championships
- Commonwealth Games
- European Championships
- European Indoor Championships
- Goodwill Games
- World Cross Country Championships
- World Junior Championships
World records
Men
| EVENT | ATHLETE | MARK | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20,000 metres | Dionísio Castro | 57:18.4 | 31 March | La Flèche, France |
| 4 × 100 m relay | FRA | |||
| • Max Morinière | ||||
| • Daniel Sangouma | ||||
| • Jean-Charles Trouabal | ||||
| • Bruno Marie-Rose | 37.79 | 1 September | Split, Yugoslavia | |
| Shot put | Randy Barnes | 23.12m | 20 May | Westwood, United States |
| Javelin (new) | Patrik Bodén | 89.10m | 24 March | Austin, United States |
| Steve Backley | 89.58m | 2 July | Stockholm, Sweden | |
| Half marathon | Dionicio Cerón | 1:00:46 | 16 September | Philadelphia, United States |
Women
| EVENT | ATHLETE | MARK | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 metres | Christine Wachtel | 2:30.67 | 17 August | Berlin, Germany |
| Triple jump | Li Huirong | 14.54m | 25 August | Sapporo, Japan |
Men's Best Year Performers
[[100 metres]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Leroy Burrell | 9.96 |
| 2. | Linford Christie | 10.02 |
| 3. | Calvin Smith | 10.04 |
| 4. | Davidson Ezinwa | 10.05 |
| Mark Witherspoon | ||
| Carl Lewis |
[[200 metres]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Michael Johnson | 19.85 |
| 2. | Danny Everett | 20.08 |
| 3. | John Regis | 20.11 |
| 4. | Leroy Burrell | 20.14 |
| 5. | Robson da Silva | 20.23 |
[[400 metres]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Danny Everett | 44.06 |
| 2. | Roberto Hernández | 44.14 |
| 3. | Michael Johnson | 44.21 |
| 4. | Andrew Valmon | 44.35 |
| 5. | Darren Clark | 44.60 |
[[800 metres]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Peter Elliott | 1:42.97 |
| 2. | William Tanui | 1:43.39 |
| 3. | Johnny Gray | 1:43.72 |
| 4. | Paul Ereng | 1:43.78 |
| 5. | Robert Kibet | 1:44.29 |
[[1500 metres|1,500 metres]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Noureddine Morceli | 3:32.60 |
| 2. | Peter Elliott | 3:32.69 |
| 3. | Gennaro Di Napoli | 3:32.78 |
| 4. | Wilfred Kirochi | 3:32.90 |
| 5. | Steve Cram | 3:33.03 |
[[Mile run world record progression|Mile]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Joe Falcon | 3:49.31 |
| 2. | Peter Elliott | 3:49.76 |
| 3. | Jens-Peter Herold | 3:50.59 |
| 4. | Tony Morrell | 3:51.31 |
| 5. | Abdi Bile | 3:52.01 |
[[3000 metres|3,000 metres]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Khalid Skah | 7:37.09 |
| 2. | Cyrille Laventure | 7:37.74 |
| 3. | Yobes Ondieki | 7:38.15 |
| 4. | Mohamed Issangar | 7:39.40 |
| 5. | Brahim Boutayeb | 7:40.79 |
[[5000 metres|5,000 metres]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Salvatore Antibo | 13:05.59 |
| 2. | Yobes Ondieki | 13:05.60 |
| 3. | Mohamed Issangar | 13:08.51 |
| 4. | Arturo Barrios | 13:08.52 |
| 5. | Khalid Skah | 13:09.55 |
[[10,000 metres]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Arturo Barrios | 27:18.22 |
| 2. | John Ngugi | 27:19.15 |
| 3. | Salvatore Antibo | 27:25.16 |
| 4. | Hammou Boutayeb | 27:25.48 |
| 5. | Khalid Skah | 27:29.27 |
[[Half marathon]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Steve Moneghetti | 1:00:34 |
[[Marathon]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Steve Moneghetti | 2:08:16 |
| 2. | Gelindo Bordin | 2:08:19 |
| 3. | Gidamis Shahanga | 2:08:32 |
| 4. | Jörg Peter | 2:09:23 |
| 5. | Martín Pitayo | 2:09:41 |
[[Hurdling|110m hurdles]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Colin Jackson | 13.08 |
| 2. | Greg Foster | 13.15 |
| 3. | Roger Kingdom | 13.21 |
| Tony Jarrett | ||
| 5. | Renaldo Nehemiah | 13.22 |
[[Hurdling|400m hurdles]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Danny Harris | 47.49 |
| 2. | Samuel Matete | 47.91 |
| 3. | Kriss Akabusi | 47.92 |
| 4. | Winthrop Graham | 48.03 |
| 5. | David Patrick | 48.22 |
[[Steeplechase (athletics)|3,000m steeplechase]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Peter Koech | 8:10.95 |
| 2. | Francesco Panetta | 8:12.66 |
| 3. | William Mutwol | 8:12.75 |
| 4. | Mark Rowland | 8:13.27 |
| 5. | Julius Kariuki | 8:13.28 |
[[High jump]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Sorin Matei | 2.40 |
| 2. | Hollis Conway | 2.38 |
| 3. | Dragutin Topić | 2.37 |
| Sergey Dymchenko | ||
| 4. | Clarence Saunders | 2.36 |
| Javier Sotomayor | ||
| Doug Nordquist | ||
| Georgi Dakov |
[[Long jump]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mike Powell | 8.66 |
| 2. | Jaime Jefferson | 8.53 |
| 3. | Carl Lewis | 8.51 |
| 4. | Robert Emmiyan | 8.32 |
| 5. | Sergey Podgainiy | 8.25 |
| Dietmar Haaf |
[[Triple jump]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kenny Harrison | 17.93 |
| 2. | Volodymyr Inozemtsev | 17.90 |
| 3. | Oleg Protsenko | 17.75 |
| 4. | Leonid Voloshin | 17.74 |
| 5. | Mike Conley | 17.56 |
[[Discus throw|Discus]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Romas Ubartas | 68.94 |
| 2. | Wolfgang Schmidt | 68.30 |
| 3. | Mike Buncic | 67.72 |
| 4. | Juan Martínez Brito | 67.50 |
| 5. | Jürgen Schult | 67.08 |
[[Shot put]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Randy Barnes | 23.12 WR |
| 2. | Ulf Timmermann | 21.64 |
| 3. | Pétur Guðmundsson | 21.26 |
| 4. | Jim Doehring | 21.20 |
| 5. | Oliver-Sven Buder | 21.06 |
[[Hammer throw|Hammer]]
Main article: 1990 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Igor Nikulin | 84.48 |
| 2. | Igor Astapkovich | 84.14 |
| 3. | Andrey Abduvaliyev | 83.46 |
| 4. | Yuriy Sedykh | 82.80 |
| 5. | Sergey Litvinov | 81.74 |
[[Javelin throw|Javelin (new design)]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Steve Backley | 89.58 |
| 2. | Patrik Bodén | 89.10 |
| 3. | Seppo Räty | 86.92 |
| 4. | Jan Železný | 86.52 |
| 5. | Tom Petranoff | 86.46 |
[[Pole vault]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Radion Gataullin | 5.92 |
| 2. | Sergey Bubka | 5.90 |
| 3. | Grigoriy Yegorov | 5.87 |
| 4. | Maksim Tarasov | 5.85 |
| Igor Potapovich |
[[Decathlon]]
Main article: 1990 Decathlon Year Ranking
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | POINTS |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Christian Plaziat | 8574 |
| 2. | Michael Smith | 8525 |
| 3. | Christian Schenk | 8481 |
| 4. | Dezső Szabó | 8436 |
| 5. | Dave Johnson | 8403 |
Women's Best Year Performers
[[60 metres]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Merlene Ottey | 7.08 |
| 2. | Ulrike Sarvari | 7.10 |
| 3. | Irina Sergeyeva | 7.13 |
| Laurence Bily | ||
| 5. | Nelli Cooman | 7.14 |
[[100 metres]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Merlene Ottey | 10.78 |
| 2. | Katrin Krabbe | 10.89 |
| 3. | Carlette Guidry | 11.03 |
| 4. | Sheila Echols | 11.05 |
| Michelle Finn |
[[200 metres]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Merlene Ottey | 21.66 |
| 2. | Katrin Krabbe | 21.95 |
| 3. | Heike Drechsler | 22.19 |
| 4. | Galina Malchugina | 22.23 |
| 5. | Mary Onyali | 22.31 |
[[400 metres]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Grit Breuer | 49.50 |
| 2. | Ana Fidelia Quirot | 50.03 |
| 3. | Paulien Davis | 50.05 |
| 4. | Petra Schersing | 50.31 |
| 5. | Lyudmila Dzhigalova | 50.33 |
[[800 metres]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Sigrun Wodars | 1:55.87 |
| 2. | Christine Wachtel | 1:56.11 |
| 3. | Nadezhda Loboyko | 1:56.64 |
| 4. | Lyudmila Rogachova | 1:57.1 |
| 5. | Liliya Nurutdinova | 1:57.25 |
[[1500 metres|1,500 metres]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Doina Melinte | 3:58.69 |
| 2. | Natalya Artyomova | 4:02.53 |
| 3. | Yvonne Mai | 4:02.69 |
| 4. | Lyudmila Rogachova | 4:03.07 |
| 5. | Violeta Beclea | 4:03.14 |
[[Mile run world record progression|Mile]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Doina Melinte | 4:18.13 |
| 2. | Natalya Artyomova | 4:22.20 |
| 3. | Yvonne Mai | 4:22.97 |
| 4. | Lynn Jennings | 4:24.14 |
| 5. | Svetlana Kitova | 4:24.63 |
[[3000 metres|3,000 metres]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Angela Chalmers | 8:38.38 |
| 2. | Yvonne Murray | 8:39.46 |
| 3. | Liz McColgan | 8:43.14 |
| 4. | Yelena Romanova | 8:43.68 |
| 5. | PattiSue Plumer | 8:44.07 |
[[5000 metres|5,000 metres]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Yelena Romanova | 15:02.23 |
| 2. | Lynn Jennings | 15:07.92 |
| 3. | PattiSue Plumer | 15:07.97 |
| 4. | Viorica Ghican | 15:09.90 |
| 5. | Nadia Dandolo | 15:11.64 |
[[10,000 metres]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Viorica Ghican | 31:18.18 |
| 2. | Uta Pippig | 31:40.92 |
| 3. | Maria Conceição Ferreira | 31:45.75 |
| 4. | Yelena Romanova | 31:46.83 |
| 5. | Kathrin Ullrich | 31:47.70 |
[[Half marathon]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rosa Mota | 1:09:33 |
[[Marathon]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rosa Mota | 2:25:24 |
| 2. | Lisa Martin | 2:25:28 |
| 3. | Wanda Panfil | 2:26:31 |
| 4. | Frith van der Merwe | 2:27:36 |
| 5. | Francie Larrieu Smith | 2:28:01 |
[[Hurdling|60m hurdles]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ludmila Narozhilenko | 7.69 |
| 2. | Monique Éwanjé-Épée | 7.84 |
| 3. | Nataliya Grygoryeva | 7.85 |
| 4. | Lidiya Yurkova | 7.86 |
| 5. | Anne Piquereau | 7.88 |
[[Hurdling|100m hurdles]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nataliya Grygoryeva | 12.53 |
| 2. | Monique Éwanjé-Épée | 12.56 |
| 3. | Ginka Zagorcheva | 12.61 |
| 4. | Mihaela Pogacian | 12.62 |
| 5. | Ludmila Narozhilenko | 12.64 |
[[Hurdling|400m hurdles]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tatyana Ledovskaya | 53.62 |
| 2. | Myrtle Bothma | 54.07 |
| 3. | Anita Protti | 54.36 |
| 4. | Sandra Farmer-Patrick | 54.46 |
| 5. | Monica Westén | 54.69 |
[[High jump|High Jump]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Yelena Yelesina | 2.02 m |
| 2. | Yolanda Henry | 2.00 m |
| Biljana Petrović | ||
| Heike Henkel | ||
| 5. | Alina Astafei | 1.98 m |
[[Long jump|Long Jump]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Galina Chistyakova | 7.35 m |
| 2. | Heike Drechsler | 7.30 m |
| 3. | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | 7.12 m |
| 4. | Inessa Kravets | 7.10 m |
| Larisa Berezhnaya |
[[Triple jump|Triple Jump]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Li Huirong | 14.54 m |
[[Shot put]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Sui Xinmei | 21.66 m |
| 2. | Huang Zhihong | 21.52 m |
| 3. | Astrid Kumbernuss | 20.77 m |
[[Javelin throw|Javelin (old design)]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Petra Felke | 73.08 |
| 2. | Zhang Li | 70.42 |
| 3. | Karen Forkel | 69.38 |
| 4. | Xu Demei | 68.30 |
| 5. | Natalya Cherniyenko | 67.88 |
[[Heptathlon]]
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | POINTS |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | 6783 |
| 2. | Jane Flemming | 6695 |
| 3. | Sabine Braun | 6688 |
| 4. | Heike Tischler | 6572 |
| 5. | Peggy Beer | 6531 |
Births
- February 1 — Feyisa Lilesa, Ethiopian long-distance runner
- August 29 — Marin Premeru, Croatian discus thrower and shot putter
- October 24 — Vicky Parnov, Australian pole vaulter
- November 23 — Stanislav Emelyanov, Russian race walker
Deaths
- March 27 — Percy Beard (82), American hurdler (b. 1908)
- April 10 — Fortune Gordien (67), American athlete (b. 1922)
- August 29 — Luigi Beccali (82), Italian athlete (b. 1907)
- December 31 — Robina Higgins (75), Canadian athlete (b.1915)
References
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