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2005 in the sport of athletics

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Field	Value
Title	2005 in athletics
Major world competitions	2005 World Championships
IAAF Athletes of the Year	Kenenisa Bekele
Yelena Isinbayeva
Previous	2004
Next	2006

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This page shows the main events during the 2005 year in the sport of athletics throughout the world.

Major events

World

Regional

African Junior Championships
Bolivarian Games
Central American and Caribbean Championships
South American Championships
Jeux de la Francophonie
European Indoor Championships
European U23 Championships
European Junior Championships
European Cup
European Cross Country Championships
European Mountain Running Championships
European Race Walking Cup
Balkan Games
Mediterranean Games
Asian Championships
Asian Indoor Games
Central Asian Games
East Asian Games
Islamic Solidarity Games
Southeast Asian Games
West Asian Games

National

2005 Chinese National Games

World records

Men

Event	Athlete	Nation	Performance	Meeting	Place	Date
100 metres	Asafa Powell		9.77		GRE Athens, Greece	14 June
10,000 metres	Kenenisa Bekele		26:17.53		BEL Brussels, Belgium	26 August
20 km (road)	Samuel Kamau Wanjiru		59:16		NED Rotterdam, Netherlands	11 September
30 km (road)	Takayuki Matsumiya	Japan	1:28:00		JPN Kumamoto, Japan	27 February
Road relay	Josephat Ndambiri
Martin Mathathi
Daniel Muchunu Mwangi
Mekubo Mogusu
Onesmus Nyerre
John Kariuki		1:57:06		JPN Chiba, Japan	23 November

Women

Event	Athlete	Nation	Performance	Place	Date
25 km (road)	Mizuki Noguchi	Japan	1:22:13	GER Berlin, Germany	25 September
30 km (road)	Mizuki Noguchi	Japan	1:38:49	GER Berlin, Germany	25 September
Marathon
(women only)	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	2:17:42	GBR London, United Kingdom	17 April
Pole vault	Yelena Isinbaeva	Russia	4.93 m	SWI Lausanne, Switzerland	5 July
Pole vault	Yelena Isinbaeva	Russia	4.95 m	ESP Madrid, Spain	16 July
Pole vault	Yelena Isinbaeva	Russia	4.96 m	GBR London, United Kingdom	22 July
Pole vault	Yelena Isinbaeva	Russia	5.00 m	GBR London, United Kingdom	22 July
Pole vault	Yelena Isinbaeva	Russia	5.01 m	FIN Helsinki, Finland	12 August
Hammer throw	Tatyana Lysenko	Russia	77.06 m	RUS Moscow, Russia	15 July
Javelin Throw (new)	Osleidys Menéndez		71.70 m	FIN Helsinki, Finland	14 August
Decathlon	Austra Skujytė		8358 pts	USA Columbia, Missouri, USA	14-15 April

Awards

Men

2005 Award	Winner
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Kenenisa Bekele
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Kenenisa Bekele
European Athlete of the Year Award	Virgilijus Alekna
Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award	Not Awarded

Women

2005 Award	Winner
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Yelena Isinbayeva
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Yelena Isinbayeva
European Athlete of the Year Award	Yelena Isinbayeva
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award	Not Awarded

Season's best performances

Men

[[400 m hurdles]]

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Kerron Clement	47.24
2.	Bershawn Jackson	47.30
3.	James Carter	47.43
4.	Bennie Brazell	47.67
5.	Bayano Kamani	47.84

[[3000 m steeplechase]]

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Saif Saeed Shaheen	7:55.51
2.	Paul Kipsiele Koech	7:56.37
3.	Brimin Kipruto	8:04.22
4.	Brahim Boulami	8:04.92
5.	Simon Vroemen	8:04.95

[[Pole vault]]

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Paul Burgess	6.00 m
2.	Brad Walker	5.96 m
3.	Tim Lobinger	5.93 m
4.	Toby Stevenson	5.90 m
5.	Steven Hooker	5.87 m

[[Hammer throw]]

Main article: 2005 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

[[Decathlon]]

Main article: 2005 Decathlon Year Ranking

Women

[[100 metres]]

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Chandra Sturrup	10.84
2.	Veronica Campbell	10.85
3.	Lauryn Williams	10.88
4.	Christine Arron	10.93
5.	Sherone Simpson	10.97

[[200 metres]]

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Allyson Felix	22.13
2.	Rachelle Smith	22.22
3.	Lauryn Williams	22.27
4.	Christine Arron	22.31
5.	LaTasha Colander	22.34

[[400 metres]]

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Sanya Richards	48.92
2.	Tonique Williams-Darling	49.30
3.	Svetlana Pospelova	49.80
4.	Ana Guevara	49.81
5.	DeeDee Trotter	49.88

[[800 metres]]

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Tatyana Andrianova	1:56.07
2.	Svetlana Cherkasova	1:56.93
3.	Larisa Chzhao	1:57.33
4.	Svetlana Klyuka	1:57.35
5.	Olga Kotlyarova	1:57.55

[[1500 metres]]

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	3:56.79
2.	Natalya Yevkodimova	3:57.73
3.	Yuliya Fomenko	3:58.68
4.	Tatyana Tomashova	3:59.05
5.	Olga Yegorova	3:59.47

[[3000 metres]]

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	8:28.87
2.	Edith Masai	8:31.27
3.	Isabella Ochichi	8:31.42
4.	Berhane Adere	8:31.89
5.	Meseret Defar	8:33.57

[[5000 metres]]

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Meseret Defar	14:28.98
2.	Berhane Adere	14:31.09
3.	Tirunesh Dibaba	14:32.42
4.	Edith Masai	14:37.20
5.	Ejegayehu Dibaba	14:37.34

[[10,000 metres]]

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Tirunesh Dibaba	30:15.67
2.	Ejegayehu Dibaba	30:18.39
3.	Werknesh Kidane	30:19.39
4.	Berhane Adere	30:25.41
5.	Xing Huina	30:27.18

[[Half marathon]]

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Derartu Tulu	1:07:33

[[100 m hurdles]]

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Michelle Perry	12.43
2.	Joanna Hayes	12.47
3.	Brigitte Foster-Hylton	12.55
4.	Anjanette Kirkland	12.57
Delloreen Ennis-London

[[400 m hurdles]]

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Yuliya Pechonkina	52.90
2.	Lashinda Demus	53.27
3.	Sandra Glover	53.32
4.	Jana Rawlinson	53.44
5.	Anna Jesień	53.96

[[3000 m steeplechase]]

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Dorcus Inzikuru	9:15.04
2.	Yekaterina Volkova	9:20.49
3.	Wioletta Janowska	9:25.09
4.	Jeruto Kiptum	9:26.95
5.	Mardrea Hyman	9:27.21

[[High jump]]

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Kajsa Bergqvist	2.03 m
2.	Yelena Slesarenko	2.00 m
Chaunte Howard
4.	Anna Chicherova	1.99 m
5.	Tatyana Kivimyagi	1.98 m
Venelina Veneva

[[Pole vault]]

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Yelena Isinbayeva	5.01 m
2.	Anna Rogowska	4.83 m
3.	Monika Pyrek	4.70 m
4.	Tracy O'Hara	4.60 m
Vanessa Boslak
Mary Vincent
Stacy Dragila

[[Hammer throw]]

Main article: 2005 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

[[Heptathlon]]

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Eunice Barber	6889
2.	Carolina Klüft	6887
3.	Kelly Sotherton	6547
4.	Hyleas Fountain	6502
5.	Margaret Simpson	6423

Marathon

Men's competition

Best Year Performances

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME	EVENT
1.	Haile Gebrselassie	2:06:19	Amsterdam Marathon
2.	Felix Limo	2:07:02	Chicago Marathon
3.	Benjamin Maiyo	2:07:09	Chicago Marathon
4.	Daniel Njenga	2:07:14	Chicago Marathon
5.	Martin Lel	2:07:26	London Marathon
6.	Evans Rutto	2:07:28	Chicago Marathon
7.	Julio Rey	2:07:38	Hamburg Marathon
8.	Toshinari Takaoka	2:07:41	Tokyo Marathon
—	Philip Manyim	2:07:41	Berlin Marathon
10.	Patrick Ivuti	2:07:46	Chicago Marathon

Women's competition

Best Year Performances

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME	EVENT
1.	Paula Radcliffe	2:17:42	London Marathon
2.	Mizuki Noguchi	2:19:12	Berlin Marathon
3.	Paula Radcliffe	2:20:57	Helsinki Marathon
4.	Sun Yingjie	2:21:01	Beijing Marathon
5.	Zhou Chunxiu	2:21:11	Beijing Marathon
6.	Deena Kastor	2:21:25	Chicago Marathon
7.	Constantina Tomescu	2:21:30	Chicago Marathon
8.	Catherine Ndereba	2:22:01	Helsinki Marathon
9.	Constantina Tomescu	2:22:50	London Marathon
10.	Jeļena Prokopčuka	2:22:56	Osaka International Ladies Marathon

Saint Silvester Marathon

Deaths

May 27 — Piotr Gładki (33), Polish long-distance runner (b. 1972)

References

ARRS

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