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1994 in the sport of athletics

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Field	Value
Title	1994 in athletics
Major world competitions	World Championships
World Indoor Championships
IAAF Athletes of the Year	Noureddine Morceli
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Previous	1993
Next	1995

World Indoor Championships |No. of world records = |IAAF Athletes of the Year = Noureddine Morceli Jackie Joyner-Kersee

This article contains an overview of the year 1994 in athletics.

International events

Asian Games
Balkan Games
Commonwealth Games
European Championships
European Indoor Championships
Jeux de la Francophonie
Goodwill Games
World Cross Country Championships
World Junior Championships

World records

Men

EVENT	ATHLETE	MARK	DATE	VENUE
100 metres	Leroy Burrell	9.85	6 July	Lausanne, Switzerland
3,000 metres	Noureddine Morceli	7:25.11	2 August	Monte Carlo
5,000 metres	Haile Gebrselassie	12:56.96	4 June	Hengelo, Netherlands
10,000 metres	William Sigei	26:52.23	22 July	Oslo, Norway
4 × 200 m Relay	Santa Monica USA
• Michael Marsh
• Leroy Burrell
• Floyd Heard
• Carl Lewis	1:18.68	17 April	Walnut, United States
Pole vault	Sergei Bubka	6.14m	31 July	Sestriere, Italy

Women

EVENT	ATHLETE	MARK	DATE	VENUE
2,000 metres	Sonia O'Sullivan	5:25.36	8 July	Edinburgh, Great Britain
Pole vault	Sun Caiyun	4.12m	22 October	Guangzhou, China
Hammer throw	Olga Kuzenkova	66.84	23 February	Adler, Russia

Uta Pippig (GER) equals the world record in the women's Half Marathon held by South Africa's Elana Meyer since 1991-05-18, clocking 1:07:59 on 1994-03-20 in Kyoto, Japan.

Awards

Men

1994 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	ATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Noureddine Morceli
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Noureddine Morceli
European Athlete of the Year Award	Colin Jackson
Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award	Michael Johnson

Women

1994 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	ATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Jackie Joyner-Kersee
European Athlete of the Year Award	Irina Privalova
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award	Gail Devers

Men's Best Year Performers

[[100 metres]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Leroy Burrell	9.85
2.	Linford Christie	9.91
3.	Davidson Ezinwa	9.94
Dennis Mitchell
5.	Olapade Adeniken	9.95

[[200 metres]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	John Regis	19.87
2.	Michael Johnson	19.94
3.	Frank Fredericks	19.97
4.	Daniel Effiong	20.10
5.	Jeff Williams	20.19

[[400 metres]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Michael Johnson	43.90
2.	Samson Kitur	44.32
3.	Antonio Pettigrew	44.43
4.	Derek Mills	44.59
5.	Steve Lewis	44.68

[[800 metres]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Benson Koech	1:43.17
2.	Wilson Kipketer	1:43.29
3.	Vebjørn Rodal	1:43.50
4.	Johnny Gray	1:43.73
5.	David Singoei	1:44.07

[[1500 metres|1,500 metres]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Noureddine Morceli	3:30.61
2.	Vénuste Niyongabo	3:30.66
3.	Azzedine Sediki	3:32.71
4.	Mohamed Suleiman	3:32.73
5.	Hicham El Guerrouj	3:33.61

[[Mile run world record progression|Mile]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Noureddine Morceli	3:48.67
2.	Vénuste Niyongabo	3:48.94
3.	Abdi Bile	3:50.67
4.	Steve Holman	3:50.91
5.	Mohamed Suleiman	3:51.31

[[3000 metres|3,000 metres]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Noureddine Morceli	7:25.11
2.	Paul Bitok	7:34.36
3.	Dieter Baumann	7:34.69
4.	Aloys Nizigama	7:35.08
5.	Moses Kiptanui	7:35.23

[[5000 metres|5,000 metres]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Haile Gebrselassie	12:56.96
2.	Khalid Skah	13:00.54
3.	Bob Kennedy	13:02.93
4.	Brahim Lahlafi	13:03.36
5.	Noureddine Morceli	13:03.85

[[10,000 metres]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	William Sigei	26:52.23
2.	Haile Gebrselassie	27:15.00
3.	William Kiptum Muigei	27:17.20
4.	Armando Quintanilla	27:18.59
5.	Aloys Nizigama	27:20.51

[[Half Marathon]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Benson Masya	1:00:02

[[Marathon (sport)|Marathon]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Cosmas Ndeti	2:07:15
2.	Andres Espinosa	2:07:19
3.	Vincent Rousseau	2:07:51
4.	Jackson Kipngok	2:08:08
5.	Hwang Young-Cho	2:08:09

[[Hurdling|110 m Hurdles]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Colin Jackson	12.98
2.	Mark Crear	13.07
3.	Mark McKoy	13.14
4.	Florian Schwarthoff	13.16
5.	Tony Jarrett	13.22

[[Hurdling|400 m Hurdles]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Derrick Adkins	47.70
2.	Samuel Matete	47.90
3.	Winthrop Graham	48.05
4.	Oleg Tverdokhleb	48.06
5.	Danny Harris	48.18

[[Steeplechase (athletics)|3000 m Steeplechase]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Moses Kiptanui	8:08.80
2.	Richard Kosgei	8:10.20
3.	Mark Croghan	8:10.56
4.	Eliud Barngetuny	8:10.84
5.	Abdelaziz Sahere	8:11.11

[[High jump]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Javier Sotomayor	2.42
2.	Troy Kemp	2.35
Steinar Hoen
4.	Dalton Grant	2.34
5.	Tim Forsyth	2.33
Jean-Charles Gicquel
Artur Partyka
Steve Smith
Gilmar Mayo

[[Long jump]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Erick Walder	8.74
2.	Carl Lewis	8.66
3.	Kareem Streete-Thompson	8.63
4.	Mike Powell	8.58
5.	Roland McGhee	8.47

[[Triple jump]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Mike Conley	17.68
2.	Denis Kapustin	17.62
3.	Yoelbi Quesada	17.61
4.	Serge Hélan	17.55
5.	Vasiliy Sokov	17.43
Kenny Harrison

[[Discus throw|Discus]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Attila Horváth	68.58
2.	Jürgen Schult	66.08
Lars Riedel
4.	Nick Sweeney	66.00
5.	Vladimir Dubrovshchik	65.80

[[Shot put]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Jim Doehring	21.09
2.	Kevin Toth	21.07
3.	Oleksandr Bagach	21.05
4.	Cottrell John Hunter	20.94
Yevgeniy Palchikov

[[Hammer throw|Hammer]]

Main article: 1994 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Andrey Abduvaliyev	83.36
2.	Igor Astapkovich	83.14
3.	Lance Deal	82.50
4.	Vasiliy Sidorenko	82.02
5.	Andrey Skvaruk	81.72

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

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Jan Železný	91.82
2.	Raymond Hecht	90.06
3.	Andrey Moruyev	87.34
4.	Patrik Bodén	86.76
5.	Mick Hill	86.36

[[Pole vault]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Sergei Bubka	6.14
2.	Rodion Gataullin	6.00
3.	Scott Huffman	5.97
4.	Jean Galfione	5.94
5.	Dean Starkey	5.92

[[Decathlon]]

Main article: 1994 Decathlon Year Ranking

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Eduard Hämäläinen	8735
2.	Dan O'Brien	8715
3.	Steve Fritz	8548
4.	Christian Plaziat	8505
5.	Alain Blondel	8453

Women's Best Year Performers

[[60 metres]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Irina Privalova	6.93
2.	Merlene Ottey	6.99
3.	Gail Devers	7.00
4.	Olga Bogoslovskaya	7.06
5.	Gwen Torrence	7.10

[[100 metres]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Irina Privalova	10.77
2.	Merlene Ottey	10.78
3.	Gwen Torrence	10.82
4.	Zhanna Block	10.99
5.	Juliet Cuthbert	11.01

[[200 metres]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Gwen Torrence	21.85
2.	Irina Privalova	22.02
3.	Merlene Ottey	22.07
4.	Cathy Freeman	22.25
5.	Galina Malchugina	22.29
Dannette Young

[[400 metres]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Marie-José Pérec	49.77
2.	Cathy Freeman	50.04
3.	Maicel Malone	50.05
4.	Jearl Miles	50.11
5.	Renee Poetschka	50.19

[[800 metres]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	1:55.19
2.	Lyubov Gurina	1:56.53
3.	Natalya Dukhnova	1:57.87
4.	Patricia Djaté	1:58.07
5.	Luciana Mendes	1:58.27

[[1500 metres|1,500 metres]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Sonia O'Sullivan	3:59.10
2.	Yekaterina Podkopayeva	3:59.78
3.	Qu Yunxia	4:00.34
4.	Lyubov Kremlyova	4:01.05
Hassiba Boulmerka

[[Mile run world record progression|Mile]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Sonia O'Sullivan	4:17.25
2.	Hassiba Boulmerka	4:22.09
3.	Yvonne Murray	4:22.64
4.	Lyudmila Rogachova	4:23.88
5.	Yvonne Graham	4:24.64

[[3000 metres|3,000 metres]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Sonia O'Sullivan	8:21.64
2.	Yvonne Murray	8:29.60
3.	Angela Chalmers	8:32.17
4.	Gabriela Szabo	8:40.08
5.	Olga Churbanova	8:40.48

[[5000 metres|5,000 metres]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Yelena Romanova	15:05.94
2.	Sonia O'Sullivan	15:06.18
3.	Fernanda Ribeiro	15:06.91
4.	Catherina McKiernan	15:09.10
5.	Alison Wyeth	15:10.38

[[10,000 metres]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Wang Junxia	30:50.34
2.	Elana Meyer	30:52.51
3.	Fernanda Ribeiro	31:04.25
4.	Catherina McKiernan	31:19.11
5.	Dong Li	31:31.08

[[Half Marathon]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Uta Pippig	1:07:59

[[Marathon (sport)|Marathon]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Uta Pippig	2:21:45
2.	Valentina Yegorova	2:23:33
3.	Elana Meyer	2:25:15
Katrin Dörre
5.	Alena Peterkova	2:25:19

[[Hurdling|60 metres hurdles]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Yordanka Donkova	7.83
2.	Gail Devers	7.85
3.	Eva Sokolova	7.89
4.	Michelle Freeman	7.90
5.	Anne Piquereau	7.91

[[Hurdling|100 m Hurdles]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Tatyana Reshetnikova	12.53
Svetla Dimitrova
3.	Yordanka Donkova	12.56
4.	Yuliya Graudyn	12.62
5.	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	12.69

[[Hurdling|400 m Hurdles]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Sally Gunnell	53.33
2.	Kim Batten	53.72
3.	Anna Knoroz	54.11
4.	Deon Hemmings	54.48
5.	Heike Meißner	54.52

[[High jump|High Jump]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Silvia Costa	2.00 m
Inga Babakova
Britta Bilač
4.	Yelena Gulyayeva	1.98 m
Yevgeniya Zhdanova
Alison Inverarity

[[Long jump|Long Jump]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	7.49 m
2.	Heike Drechsler	7.29 m
3.	Irina Mushailova	7.20 m
4.	Lyudmila Ninova	7.09 m
Inessa Kravets

[[Triple jump|Triple Jump]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Sofiya Bozhanova	14.98 m
2.	Inna Lasovskaya	14.94 m
3.	Inessa Kravets	14.91 m
4.	Anna Biryukova	14.89 m
5.	Niurka Montalvo	14.60 m

[[Shot put|Shot Put]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Sui Xinmei	20.74 m
2.	Valentina Fedyushina	20.56 m
3.	Zhang Liuhong	20.54 m
4.	Huang Zhihong	20.08 m
5.	Astrid Kumbernuss	20.06 m

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

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Natalya Shikolenko	71.40
2.	Trine Hattestad	71.32
3.	Karen Forkel	69.20
4.	Claudia Isaila	6.56
5.	Felicia Tilea-Moldovan	66.40

[[Hammer throw]]

Main article: 1994 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

[[Heptathlon]]

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Heike Drechsler	6741
2.	Sabine Braun	6665
3.	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	6606
4.	Svetlana Moskalets	6598
5.	Larisa Nikitina	6596

Deaths

September 23 – Antanas Mikėnas (70), Soviet-Lithuanian racewalker (b. 1924)

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