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1992 in the sport of athletics

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Field	Value
Title	1992 in athletics
Major world competitions	Olympic Games
Previous	1991
Next	1993

|No. of world records =

This article contains an overview of the year 1992 in athletics.

International events

World records

Men

EVENT	ATHLETE	MARK	DATE	VENUE
1500 metres	Noureddine Morceli	3:28.86	6 September	Rieti, Italy
3,000 metres	Moses Kiptanui	7:28.96	16 August	Köln, Germany
400 m hurdles	Kevin Young	46.78	6 August	Barcelona, Spain
3000 m steeplechase	Moses Kiptanui	8:02.08	19 August	Zürich, Switzerland
4 × 100 m Relay	USA
• Michael Marsh
• Leroy Burrell
• Dennis Mitchell
• Carl Lewis	37.40	8 August	Barcelona
4 × 200 m Relay	Santa Monica USA
• Michael Marsh
• Leroy Burrell
• Floyd Heard
• Carl Lewis	1:19.11	25 April	Philadelphia
4 × 400 m Relay	USA
• Andrew Valmon
• Quincy Watts
• Michael Johnson
• Steve Lewis	2:55.74	8 August	Barcelona
Pole Vault	Sergey Bubka	6.11m	13 June	Dijon, France
Sergey Bubka	6.12m	30 August	Padua, Italy
Sergey Bubka	6.13m	19 September	Tokyo, Japan
Javelin (new)	Steve Backley	91.46m	25 January	North Shore, New Zealand
Decathlon	Dan O'Brien	8891	4-5 September	Talence, France

Women

EVENT	ATHLETE	MARK	DATE	VENUE
Pole Vault	Sun Caiyun	4.05m	21 May	Nanjing, China

Men's best year performers

[[100 metres]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Michael Marsh	9.93
2.	Davidson Ezinwa	9.96
Linford Christie
4.	Olapade Adeniken	9.97
Leroy Burrell

[[200 metres]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Michael Marsh	19.73
2.	Michael Johnson	19.79
3.	Frank Fredericks	19.97
4.	Mike Bates	20.01
5.	John Regis	20.09

[[400 metres]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Quincy Watts	43.50
2.	Danny Everett	43.81
3.	Michael Johnson	43.98
4.	Steve Lewis	44.08
5.	Samson Kitur	44.18

[[800 metres]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Johnny Gray	1:42.80
2.	Nixon Kiprotich	1:43.31
3.	William Tanui	1:43.37
4.	Mark Everett	1:43.40
5.	Andrea Benvenuti	1:43.92

[[1500 metres|1,500 metres]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Noureddine Morceli	3:28.86
2.	David Kibet	3:32.13
3.	William Kemei	3:32.41
4.	Wilfred Kirochi	3:33.49
5.	Fermín Cacho	3:32.69

[[Mile run world record progression|Mile]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	William Kemei	3:48.80
2.	Noureddine Morceli	3:49.79
3.	Dieter Baumann	3:51.12
4.	Gennaro di Napoli	3:51.96
5.	David Kibet	3:52.32

[[3000 metres|3,000 metres]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Moses Kiptanui	7:28.96
2.	Paul Bitok	7:33.28
3.	Yobes Ondieki	7:34.18
4.	Dieter Baumann	7:38.10
5.	William Sigei	7:39.51

[[5000 metres|5,000 metres]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Moses Kiptanui	13:00.93
2.	Yobes Ondieki	13:03.58
3.	Paul Bitok	13:08.89
4.	Dieter Baumann	13:09.03
5.	Khalid Skah	13:09.10

[[10000 metres|10,000 metres]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Fita Bayissa	27:14.26
2.	Richard Chelimo	27:15.53
3.	António Martins	27:22.78
4.	Arturo Barrios	27:34.60
5.	Joseph Keino	27:35.77

[[Half Marathon]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Benson Masya	1:00:24

[[Marathon (sport)|Marathon]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	David Tsebe	2:08:07
2.	Ibrahim Hussein	2:08:14
3.	Dionicio Cerón	2:08:36
4.	Manuel Matias	2:08:38
5.	Hwang Young-Cho	2:08:47

110m [[Hurdling|hurdles]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Colin Jackson	13.04
2.	Tony Dees	13.08
3.	Mark McKoy	13.11
4.	Florian Schwarthoff	13.13
Jack Pierce

400m [[Hurdling|hurdles]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Kevin Young	46.78
2.	Winthrop Graham	47.62
3.	Kriss Akabusi	47.82
4.	Samuel Matete	47.91
5.	David Patrick	48.01

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

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Moses Kiptanui	8:02.08
2.	Philip Barkutwo	8:05.37
3.	Matthew Birir	8:08.84
4.	Patrick Sang	8:09.55
5.	William Mutwol	8:10.74

[[High jump]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Steve Smith	2.37
2.	Lambros Papakostas	2.36
Javier Sotomayor
4.	Hollis Conway	2.35
Darrin Plab
Dragutin Topić

[[Long jump]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Carl Lewis	8.68
2.	Mike Powell	8.64
3.	Iván Pedroso	8.53
4.	Erick Walder	8.47
5.	Llewellyn Starks	8.40

[[Triple jump]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Mike Conley	17.72
2.	Charles Simpkins	17.60
3.	Denis Kapustin	17.48
4.	Frank Rutherford	17.41
5.	Leonid Voloshin	17.36

[[Discus throw|Discus]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Jürgen Schult	69.04
2.	Lars Riedel	68.66
3.	Romas Ubartas	68.18
4.	Anthony Washington	67.88
5.	Dmitriy Shevchenko	67.30

[[Shot put]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Gregg Tafralis	21.98
2.	Werner Günthör	21.91
3.	Mike Stulce	21.70
4.	Jim Doehring	21.60
5.	Aleksandr Bagach	21.19

[[Hammer throw|Hammer]]

Main article: 1992 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Igor Astapkovich	84.62
2.	Igor Nikulin	83.44
3.	Vasiliy Sidorenko	82.54
Andrey Abduvaliyev
5.	Yuriy Syedikh	82.18

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

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Steve Backley	91.46
2.	Seppo Räty	90.60
3.	Jan Železný	90.18
4.	Juha Laukkanen	88.22
5.	Tom Petranoff	87.26

[[Pole vault]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Sergey Bubka	6.13
2.	Rodion Gataullin	5.95
3.	Igor Potapovich	5.92
4.	Dean Starkey	5.91
5.	Maksim Tarasov	5.90
Jean Galfione
Igor Trandenkov

[[Decathlon]]

Main article: 1992 Decathlon Year Ranking

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Dan O'Brien	8891
2.	Dave Johnson	8649
3.	Robert Změlík	8627
4.	Antonio Peñalver	8412
5.	Michael Smith	8409

Women's best year performers

[[60 metres]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Merlene Ottey	6.96
2.	Irina Privalova	6.97
3.	Michelle Finn	7.07
4.	Juliet Cuthbert	7.09
5.	Katrin Krabbe	7.10

[[100 metres]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Merlene Ottey	10.80
2.	Irina Privalova	10.82
Gail Devers
4.	Juliet Cuthbert	10.83
5.	Gwen Torrence	10.86

[[200 metres]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Gwen Torrence	21.72
2.	Juliet Cuthbert	21.75
3.	Irina Privalova	21.93
4.	Merlene Ottey	21.94
5.	Marie-José Pérec	22.20

[[400 metres]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Marie-José Pérec	48.83
2.	Olga Bryzgina	49.07
3.	Gwen Torrence	49.64
Ximena Restrepo
5.	Olga Nazarova	49.69

[[800 metres]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ellen van Langen	1:55.54
2.	Lilia Nurutdinova	1:55.99
3.	Ana Fidelia Quirot	1:56.80
4.	Ella Kovacs	1:57.19
5.	Inna Yevseyeva	1:57.20

[[1500 metres|1,500 metres]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Hassiba Boulmerka	3:55.30
2.	Lyudmila Rogachova	3:56.91
3.	Qu Yunxia	3:57.08
4.	Tatyana Dorovskikh	3:57.92
5.	Lyubov Kremlyova	3:58.71

[[Mile run world record progression|Mile]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Lyudmila Rogachova	4:21.30
2.	Doina Melinte	4:21.74
3.	Sonia O'Sullivan	4:24.27
4.	Lyubov Kremlyova	4:24.50
5.	Angela Chalmers	4:25.08

[[3000 metres|3,000 metres]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Yelena Romanova	8:33.72
2.	Yvonne Murray	8:36.63
3.	Sonia O'Sullivan	8:37.92
4.	Elana Meyer	8:38.45
5.	Margareta Keszeg	8:39.64

[[5000 metres|5,000 metres]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Elana Meyer	14:44.15
2.	Sonia O'Sullivan	14:59.11
3.	Liz McColgan	15:01.86
4.	Christien Toonstra	15:07.68
5.	Esther Kiplagat	15:07.87

[[10000 metres|10,000 metres]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Derartu Tulu	31:06.02
2.	Lisa Ondieki	31:11.72
3.	Elana Meyer	31:11.75
4.	Maria Conceição Ferreira	31:16.42
5.	Lynn Jennings	31:19.89

[[Half marathon]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Liz McColgan	1:08:42

[[Marathon (sport)|Marathon]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Olga Markova	2:23:43
2.	Lisa Ondieki	2:24:40
3.	Madina Biktagirova	2:26:23
4.	Yumi Kokamo	2:26:26
Yoshiko Yamamoto

60m [[Hurdling|hurdles]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ludmila Narozhilenko	7.76
2.	Gail Devers	7.93
3.	Lidiya Yurkova	7.94
4.	Julie Baumann	7.95
Monique Éwanjé-Épée
Nataliya Grygoryeva

100m [[Hurdling|hurdles]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ludmila Narozhilenko	12.26
2.	Gail Devers	12.55
3.	Nataliya Grygoryeva	12.60
4.	Paraskevi Patoulidou	12.64
5.	Yordanka Donkova	12.67

400m [[Hurdling|hurdles]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Sally Gunnell	53.23
2.	Tatyana Ledovskaya	53.55
3.	Sandra Farmer-Patrick	53.59
4.	Margarita Ponomaryova	53.66
5.	Janeene Vickers	54.31

[[High jump]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Stefka Kostadinova	2.05 m
2.	Heike Henkel	2.04 m
3.	Inga Babakova	2.00 m
Alina Astafei
5.	Ioamnet Quintero	1.98 m

[[Long jump]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Heike Drechsler	7.48 m
2.	Inessa Kravets	7.37 m
3.	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	7.17 m
4.	Mirela Dulgheru	7.14 m
5.	Chioma Ajunwa	7.06 m

[[Triple jump]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Galina Chistyakova	14.62 m
2.	Li Huirong	14.55 m
3.	Inessa Kravets	14.41 m

[[Shot put]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Svetlana Krivelyova	21.06 m
2.	Belsis Laza	20.96 m
3.	Krystyna Zabawska	19.42 m
4.	Zhou Shuqin	19.40 m
5.	Tatyana Khorkhulyova	19.28 m

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

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Natalya Shikolenko	70.36
2.	Karen Forkel	69.58
3.	Trine Hattestad	69.50
4.	Silke Renk	68.34
5.	Teresė Nekrošaitė	67.64

[[Heptathlon]]

RANK	1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	7044
2.	Sabine Braun	6985
3.	Irina Belova	6845
4.	Svetla Dimitrova	6658
5.	Liliana Nastase	6619

Births

June 1, Gianmarco Tamberi, Italian athlete
June 28, Elaine Thompson-Herah, Jamaican athlete
August 27 Daniel Ståhl Swedish athlete

Deaths

March 1 — Howard Payne (60), English hammer thrower (b. 1931)
July 7 — Josy Barthel (65), Luxembourgish runner (b. 1927)
August 19 — Karl Storch (77), German hammer thrower (b. 1913)
October 29 — Bill McChesney, Jr. (33), American long-distance runner (b. 1959)

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