Marita Koch (GDR) equals her own world record in the women's 200 metres held since 1979-06-10, clocking 21.71 seconds on 1984-07-21 at a meet in Potsdam.
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This article contains an overview of the year 1984 in the sport of athletics 1984 in athleticsMajor world eventsOlympic Games 19831985 Contents 1 International Events 2 World records 2 1 Men 2 2 Women 3 Men s Best Year Performers 3 1 100 metres 3 2 200 metres 3 3 400 metres 3 4 800 metres 3 5 1 500 metres 3 6 5 000 metres 3 7 10 000 metres 3 8 Half Marathon 3 9 110m Hurdles 3 10 400m Hurdles 3 11 3 000m Steeplechase 3 12 High Jump 3 13 Long Jump 3 14 Triple Jump 3 15 Discus 3 16 Hammer 3 17 Shot Put 3 18 Javelin 3 19 Pole Vault 3 20 Decathlon 4 Women s Best Year Performers 4 1 100 metres 4 2 200 metres 4 3 400 metres 4 4 800 metres 4 5 1 500 metres 4 6 Mile 4 7 3 000 metres 4 8 5 000 metres 4 9 10 000 metres 4 10 Half Marathon 4 11 100m Hurdles 4 12 400m Hurdles 4 13 High Jump 4 14 Long Jump 4 15 Discus 4 16 Shot Put 4 17 Javelin old design 4 18 Heptathlon 5 Marathon 5 1 Year Rankings 5 1 1 Men 5 1 2 Women 5 2 International Races 6 Births 6 1 January 6 2 February 6 3 March 6 4 April 6 5 May 6 6 June 6 7 July 6 8 August 6 9 September 6 10 October 6 11 November 6 12 December 7 Deaths 8 ReferencesInternational Events editAfrican Championships in nbsp Rabat Morocco Balkan Games in nbsp Athens Greece European Indoor Championships in nbsp Gothenburg Sweden World Cross Country Championships in nbsp New York United States Olympic Games in nbsp Los Angeles United StatesWorld records editMen edit Event Athlete Mark Date Venue 10 000 metres nbsp Fernando Mamede POR 27 13 81 2 July Stockholm Sweden 4 100 m Relay nbsp United States USA Sam Graddy Ron Brown Calvin Smith Carl Lewis 37 83 August 11 Los Angeles High Jump nbsp Zhu Jianhua CHN 2 39m June 10 Eberstadt West Germany Pole Vault nbsp Sergey Bubka URS 5 85m 26 May Bratislava Czechoslovakia nbsp Sergey Bubka URS 5 88m 2 June Paris France nbsp Sergey Bubka URS 5 90m 13 July London nbsp Thierry Vigneron FRA 5 91m 31 August Rome Italy nbsp Sergey Bubka URS 5 94m 31 August Rome Italy Hammer nbsp Yuriy Syedikh URS 86 34m 3 July Cork Ireland Javelin old nbsp Uwe Hohn GDR 104 80m 20 July Berlin East Germany Decathlon nbsp Jurgen Hingsen FRG 8832 8 9 June Mannheim West Germany nbsp Daley Thompson GBR 8847 8 9 August Los Angeles United States Marathon nbsp Steve Jones GBR 2 08 05 21 October Chicago United States Women edit EVENT ATHLETE MARK DATE VENUE 100 metres nbsp Evelyn Ashford USA 10 76 22 August Zurich Mile nbsp Natalya Artyomova URS 4 15 8 5 August Leningrad 2000 metres nbsp Tatyana Kazankina URS 5 28 72 4 August Moscow 3 000 metres nbsp Tatyana Kazankina URS 8 22 62 26 August Leningrad 5 000 metres nbsp Zola Pieterse RSA 15 01 83 5 January Stellenbosch nbsp Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 14 58 89 28 June Oslo 10 000 metres nbsp Olga Bondarenko URS 31 13 78 24 June Kiev 400m Hurdles nbsp Margarita Ponomaryova URS 53 58 22 June Kiev 4 400 m Relay nbsp East Germany GDR Gesine Walther Sabine Busch Dagmar Neubauer Marita Koch 3 15 92 3 June Erfurt 4 800 m Relay nbsp Soviet Union URS Nadiya Olizarenko Lyubov Gurina Lyudmila Borisova Irina Podyalovskaya 7 50 17 5 August Moscow High Jump nbsp Tamara Bykova URS 2 05m 22 June Kiev nbsp Lyudmila Andonova BUL 2 07m 20 July Berlin Shot Put nbsp Natalya Lisovskaya URS 22 53 27 May Sochi Discus Throw nbsp Irina Meszynski GDR 73 36 18 August Prague nbsp Zdenka Silhava TCH 74 56 26 August Nitra Heptathlon nbsp Sabine John GDR 6946 5 6 May Potsdam Half Marathon nbsp Joan Benoit USA 1 08 34 16 September Philadelphia Marita Koch GDR equals her own world record in the women s 200 metres held since 1979 06 10 clocking 21 71 seconds on 1984 07 21 at a meet in Potsdam Men s Best Year Performers edit100 metres edit Main race this year Olympic Games 100 metres RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE VENUE 1 nbsp Mel Lattany USA 9 96 May 5 Athens United States 2 nbsp Carl Lewis USA 9 99 May 6 Houston United States 3 nbsp Marian Woronin POL 10 00 June 9 Warsaw Poland 4 nbsp Sam Graddy USA 10 09 May 12 Baton Rouge United States nbsp Harvey Glance USA 10 09 August 22 Zurich Switzerland 200 metres edit Main race this year Olympic Games 200 metres RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE VENUE 1 nbsp Carl Lewis USA 19 80 August 8 Los Angeles United States 2 nbsp Kirk Baptiste USA 19 96 August 8 Los Angeles United States 3 nbsp Albert Robinson USA 20 07 May 5 Indianapolis United States 4 nbsp Pietro Mennea ITA 20 07 October 3 Brindisi Italy 5 nbsp Thomas Jefferson USA 20 26 August 8 Los Angeles United States 400 metres edit Main race this year Olympic Games 400 metres RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE VENUE 1 nbsp Alonzo Babers USA 44 27 August 8 Los Angeles United States 2 nbsp Gabriel Tiacoh CIV 44 54 August 8 Los Angeles United States 3 nbsp Antonio McKay USA 44 71 June 21 Los Angeles United States 4 nbsp Darren Clark AUS 44 75 August 8 Los Angeles United States nbsp Sunder Nix USA 44 75 August 8 Los Angeles United States 800 metres edit Main race this year Olympic Games 800 metres RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE VENUE 1 nbsp Joaquim Cruz BRA 1 41 77 August 26 Koln West Germany 2 nbsp Sammy Koskei KEN 1 42 28 August 26 Koln West Germany 3 nbsp Johnny Gray USA 1 42 96 August 29 Koblenz West Germany 4 nbsp Agberto Guimaraes BRA 1 43 63 August 29 Koblenz West Germany 5 nbsp Sebastian Coe GBR 1 43 64 August 6 Los Angeles United States 1 500 metres edit Main race this year Olympic Games 1 500 metres RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE VENUE 1 nbsp Said Aouita MAR 3 31 54 July 6 Hengelo Netherlands 2 nbsp Sebastian Coe GBR 3 32 39 August 22 Zurich Switzerland 3 nbsp Steve Cram GBR 3 33 13 August 20 Budapest Hungary 4 nbsp Steve Scott USA 3 33 46 August 22 Zurich Switzerland 5 nbsp Pierre Deleze SUI 3 33 64 August 22 Zurich Switzerland 5 000 metres edit Main race this year Olympic Games 5 000 metres RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE VENUE 1 nbsp Said Aouita MAR 13 04 78 June 13 Florence Italy 2 nbsp Markus Ryffel SUI 13 07 54 August 11 Los Angeles United States 3 nbsp Antonio Leitao POR 13 09 20 August 11 Los Angeles United States 4 nbsp Wodajo Bulti ETH 13 10 08 June 13 Florence Italy 5 nbsp Tim Hutchings GBR 13 11 50 August 11 Los Angeles United States 10 000 metres edit Main race this year Olympic Games 10 000 metres RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE VENUE 1 nbsp Fernando Mamede POR 27 13 81 July 2 Stockholm Sweden 2 nbsp Carlos Lopes POR 27 17 48 July 2 Stockholm Sweden 3 nbsp Hansjorg Kunze GDR 27 33 10 May 5 Potsdam East Germany 4 nbsp Mark Nenow USA 27 40 56 July 2 Stockholm Sweden 5 nbsp Martti Vainio FIN 27 41 75 June 13 Florence Italy Half Marathon edit RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE VENUE 1 nbsp Alberto Cova ITA 1 01 52 May 6 Milan Italy 110m Hurdles edit Main race this year Olympic Games 110m Hurdles RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE VENUE 1 nbsp Greg Foster USA 13 15 August 22 Zurich Switzerland 2 nbsp Roger Kingdom USA 13 16 August 22 Zurich Switzerland 3 nbsp Tony Campbell USA 13 23 May 13 Westwood United States 4 nbsp Mark McKoy CAN 13 27 July 25 Walnut United States 5 nbsp Arto Bryggare FIN 13 35 August 5 Los Angeles United States 400m Hurdles edit Main race this year Olympic Games 400m Hurdles RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE VENUE 1 nbsp Edwin Moses USA 47 32 August 29 Koblenz West Germany 2 nbsp Harald Schmid FRG 47 69 July 10 Lausanne Switzerland 3 nbsp Danny Harris USA 48 02 June 17 Los Angeles United States 4 nbsp Tony Rambo USA 48 16 June 17 Los Angeles United States 5 nbsp Tranel Hawkins USA 48 28 June 18 Los Angeles United States 3 000m Steeplechase edit Main race this year Olympic Games 3 000m Steeplechase RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE VENUE 1 nbsp Joseph Mahmoud FRA 8 07 62 August 24 Brussels Belgium 2 nbsp Boguslaw Maminski POL 8 09 18 August 24 Brussels Belgium 3 nbsp Julius Korir KEN 8 11 80 August 10 Los Angeles United States 4 nbsp Brian Diemer USA 8 13 16 August 29 Koblenz West Germany 5 nbsp Colin Reitz GBR 8 13 78 July 21 Oslo Norway High Jump edit Main competition this year Olympic Games High Jump RANK ATHLETE HEIGHT DATE VENUE 1 nbsp Zhu Jianhua CHN 2 39 June 10 Eberstadt West Germany 2 nbsp Carlo Thranhardt FRG 2 37 February 24 West Berlin West Germany nbsp Valeriy Sereda URS September 2 Rieti Italy 4 nbsp Igor Paklin URS 2 36 February 1 Milan Italy nbsp Sergey Zasimovich URS May 5 Tashkent Soviet Union nbsp Dietmar Mogenburg FRG June 10 Eberstadt West Germany Long Jump edit Main competition this year Olympic Games Long Jump RANK ATHLETE DISTANCE DATE VENUE 1 nbsp Carl Lewis USA 8 79 January 27 New York United States 2 nbsp Larry Myricks USA 8 59 September 5 Rhede United States 3 nbsp Lutz Dombrowski GDR 8 50 July 27 Dresden East Germany 4 nbsp Konstantin Semykin URS 8 38 August 17 Moscow Soviet Union 5 nbsp Jaime Jefferson CUB 8 37 August 17 Moscow Soviet Union Triple Jump edit Main competition this year Olympic Games Triple Jump RANK ATHLETE DISTANCE DATE VENUE 1 nbsp Oleg Protsenko URS 17 52 June 21 Kiev Soviet Union 2 nbsp Aleksandr Yakovlyev URS 17 50 June 10 Sochi Soviet Union nbsp Mike Conley USA June 17 Los Angeles United States 4 nbsp Gennadiy Valyukevich URS 17 47 July 19 Moscow Soviet Union 5 nbsp Lazaro Betancourt CUB 17 45 August 26 Cologne West Germany Discus edit Main competition this year Olympic Games Discus Throw RANK ATHLETE DISTANCE DATE VENUE 1 nbsp John Powell USA 71 26 June 9 San Jose United States nbsp Ricky Bruch SWE November 15 Malmo Sweden 3 nbsp Art Burns USA 70 98 July 21 Eugene United States 4 nbsp Mac Wilkins USA 70 44 June 9 San Jose United States 5 nbsp Imrich Bugar TCH 70 26 September 8 Cagliari Italy Hammer edit Main article 1984 Hammer Throw Year Ranking RANK ATHLETE DISTANCE DATE VENUE 1 nbsp Yuriy Syedikh URS 86 34 July 3 Cork City Ireland 2 nbsp Sergey Litvinov URS 85 20 July 3 Cork City Ireland 3 nbsp Juri Tamm URS 84 40 September 9 Banska Bystrica Slovakia 4 nbsp Igor Nikulin URS 82 56 August 17 Moscow Soviet Union 5 nbsp Juha Tiainen FIN 81 52 June 11 Tampere Finland Shot Put edit Main competition this year Olympic Games Shot Put RANK ATHLETE DISTANCE DATE VENUE 1 nbsp Brian Oldfield USA 22 19 May 26 San Jose United States 2 nbsp Sergey Kasnauskas URS 22 09 August 23 Stayki Soviet Union 3 nbsp Udo Beyer GDR 22 04 June 11 Rehlingen United States 4 nbsp John Brenner USA 21 92 June 2 Eugene United States 5 nbsp Michael Carter USA 21 76 June 2 Eugene United States Javelin edit Main competition this year Olympic Games Javelin Throw RANK ATHLETE DISTANCE DATE VENUE 1 nbsp Uwe Hohn GDR 104 80 July 20 East Berlin East Germany 2 nbsp Detlef Michel GDR 93 68 June 2 Erfurt East Germany 3 nbsp Duncan Atwood USA 93 44 June 18 Los Angeles United States 4 nbsp Raimo Manninen FIN 93 42 July 1 Pihtipudas Finland 5 nbsp Einar Vilhjalmsson ISL 92 42 April 6 Austin United States Pole Vault edit Main competition this year Olympic Games Pole Vault RANK ATHLETE HEIGHT DATE VENUE 1 nbsp Sergey Bubka URS 5 94 August 31 Rome Italy 2 nbsp Thierry Vigneron FRA 5 91 August 31 Rome Italy 3 nbsp Konstantin Volkov URS 5 85 June 22 Kiev Soviet Union 4 nbsp Mike Tully USA 5 82 July 21 Eugene United States nbsp Aleksandr Krupskiy URS August 20 Budapest Hungary Decathlon edit Main competition this year Olympic Games Decathlon RANK ATHLETE POINTS DATE VENUE 1 nbsp Jurgen Hingsen FRG 8798 June 9 Mannheim West Germany nbsp Daley Thompson GBR August 9 Los Angeles United States 3 nbsp Uwe Freimuth GDR 8704 July 21 Potsdam East Germany 4 nbsp Grigoriy Degtyaryev URS 8652 June 22 Moscow Soviet Union 5 nbsp Aleksandr Apaychev URS 8642 June 3 Neubrandenburg DDRWomen s Best Year Performers edit100 metres edit Main race this year Olympic Games 100 metres RANK 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Evelyn Ashford USA 10 76 2 nbsp Marlies Gohr GDR 10 84 3 nbsp Florence Griffith USA 10 99 4 nbsp Merlene Ottey Page JAM 11 01 5 nbsp Lyudmila Kondratyeva URS 11 02 200 metres edit Main race this year Olympic Games 200 metres RANK 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Marita Koch GDR 21 71 2 nbsp Marlies Gohr GDR 21 74 3 nbsp Valerie Brisco USA 21 81 4 nbsp Barbel Wockel GDR 21 85 5 nbsp Florence Griffith USA 22 04 400 metres edit Main race this year Olympic Games 400 metres RANK 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Marita Koch GDR 48 16 2 nbsp Tatana Kocembova TCH 48 73 3 nbsp Valerie Brisco USA 48 83 4 nbsp Olga Vladykina URS 48 98 5 nbsp Jarmila Kratochvilova TCH 49 02 800 metres edit Main race this year Olympic Games 800 metres RANK 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Irina Podyalovskaya URS 1 55 69 2 nbsp Nadiya Olizarenko URS 1 56 09 3 nbsp Lyubov Gurina URS 1 56 26 4 nbsp Doina Melinte ROU 1 56 53 5 nbsp Lyudmila Borisova URS 1 56 78 1 500 metres edit Main race this year Olympic Games 1 500 metres RANK 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Nadezhda Ralldugina URS 3 56 63 2 nbsp Yekaterina Podkopayeva URS 3 56 65 3 nbsp Maricica Puică ROU 3 57 22 4 nbsp Tatyana Pozdnyakova URS 3 57 70 5 nbsp Galina Zakharova URS 3 57 72 Mile edit RANK 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Natalya Artyomova URS 4 15 8 2 nbsp Ruth Wysocki USA 4 21 78 3 nbsp Christina Boxer GBR 4 22 64 4 nbsp Mary Decker USA 4 22 92 5 nbsp Christine Benning GBR 4 24 57 3 000 metres edit Main race this year Olympic Games 3 000 metres RANK 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Tatyana Kazankina URS 8 22 62 2 nbsp Svetlana Guskova URS 8 29 59 3 nbsp Tatyana Pozdnyakova URS 8 32 0 4 nbsp Maricica Puică ROU 8 33 57 5 nbsp Mary Decker USA 8 34 91 5 000 metres edit RANK 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 14 58 89 2 nbsp Zola Budd RSA 15 01 83 3 nbsp Aurora Cunha POR 15 09 07 4 nbsp Angela Tooby GBR 15 22 50 5 nbsp Brenda Webb USA 15 22 76 10 000 metres edit RANK 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Olga Bondarenko URS 31 13 78 2 nbsp Galina Zakharova URS 31 15 00 3 nbsp Zhanna Tursunova URS 31 53 53 4 nbsp Lyubov Konyukhova URS 31 56 01 5 nbsp Anna Domoradskaya URS 31 56 02 Half Marathon edit RANK 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Joan Benoit USA 1 08 34 100m Hurdles edit Main race this year Olympic Games 100m Hurdles RANK 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Lucyna Kalek POL 12 43 2 nbsp Vera Akimova URS 12 50 nbsp Yordanka Donkova BUL 4 nbsp Bettine Jahn GDR 12 53 5 nbsp Sabine Paetz GDR 12 54 400m Hurdles edit Main race this year Olympic Games 400m Hurdles RANK 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Margarita Ponomaryova URS 53 58 2 nbsp Marina Styepanova URS 53 67 3 nbsp Yekaterina Fesenko URS 54 34 4 nbsp Tatyana Pavlova URS 54 43 5 nbsp Yelena Filipishina URS 54 56 High Jump edit Main competition this year Olympic Games High Jump RANK 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT 1 nbsp Lyudmila Andonova BUL 2 07 2 nbsp Tamara Bykova URS 2 05 3 nbsp Ulrike Meyfarth FRG 2 02 4 nbsp Sara Simeoni ITA 2 00 nbsp Stefka Kostadinova BUL Long Jump edit Main competition this year Olympic Games Long Jump RANK 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE 1 nbsp Heike Drechsler GDR 7 40 2 nbsp Galina Chistyakova URS 7 29 3 nbsp Anisoara Cusmir ROU 7 27 4 nbsp Helga Radtke GDR 7 21 5 nbsp Sabine Paetz GDR 7 12 Discus edit Main competition this year Olympic Games Discus Throw RANK 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE 1 nbsp Zdenka Silhava TCH 74 56 2 nbsp Irina Meszynski GDR 73 36 3 nbsp Galina Savinkova URS 73 28 4 nbsp Gisela Beyer GDR 73 10 5 nbsp Martina Hellmann GDR 72 32 Shot Put edit Main competition this year Olympic Games Shot Put RANK 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE 1 nbsp Natalya Lisovskaya URS 22 53 2 nbsp Ilona Slupianek GDR 21 85 3 nbsp Helena Fibingerova TCH 21 60 4 nbsp Nunu Abashidze URS 21 53 5 nbsp Ines Muller GDR 21 32 Javelin old design edit Main competition this year Olympic Games Javelin Throw RANK 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE 1 nbsp Petra Felke GDR 74 72 2 nbsp Tiina Lillak FIN 74 24 3 nbsp Anna Verouli GRE 72 70 4 nbsp Antje Zollkau GDR 72 16 5 nbsp Fatima Whitbread GBR 71 68 Heptathlon edit Main competition this year Olympic Games Heptathlon RANK 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS POINTS 1 nbsp Sabine Paetz GDR 6946 2 nbsp Natalya Shubenkova URS 6859 3 nbsp Jane Frederick USA 6803 4 nbsp Ramona Neubert GDR 6789 5 nbsp Anke Vater GDR 6775Marathon editYear Rankings edit Men edit RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE VENUE 1 nbsp Stephen Jones GBR 2 08 05 WR October 21 Chicago United States 2 nbsp Carlos Lopes POR 2 09 06 October 21 Chicago United States 3 nbsp Robert de Castella AUS 2 09 09 October 21 Chicago United States 4 nbsp Jorg Peter GDR 2 09 14 July 21 East Berlin East Germany 5 nbsp Carlos Lopes POR 2 09 21 August 12 Los Angeles United States 6 nbsp Michael Heilmann GDR 2 09 30 July 21 East Berlin East Germany 7 nbsp Ernest Seleke RSA 2 09 41 March 31 Port Elizabeth South Africa 8 nbsp John Treacy IRL 2 09 56 August 12 Los Angeles United States 9 nbsp Charlie Spedding GBR 2 09 57 May 13 London United Kingdom 10 nbsp Charlie Spedding GBR 2 09 58 August 12 Los Angeles United States Women edit RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE VENUE 1 nbsp Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 2 24 26 WR May 13 London United Kingdom 2 nbsp Joan Benoit USA 2 24 52 August 5 Los Angeles United States 3 nbsp Rosa Mota POR 2 26 01 October 21 Chicago United States 4 nbsp Grete Waitz NOR 2 26 18 August 5 Los Angeles United States 5 nbsp Katrin Dorre GDR 2 26 52 July 21 East Berlin East Germany 6 nbsp Rosa Mota POR 2 26 57 August 5 Los Angeles United States 7 nbsp Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 2 27 34 August 5 Los Angeles United States 8 nbsp Lisa Martin AUS 2 27 40 October 21 Chicago United States 9 nbsp Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 2 27 51 January 15 Houston United States 10 nbsp Lorraine Moller NZL 2 28 34 August 5 Los Angeles United States International Races edit DATE MARATHON NATION MEN S WINNER TIME WOMEN S WINNER TIME February 19 Los Angeles Marathon nbsp United States nbsp Gidamis Shahanga 2 10 19 nbsp Jacqueline Gareau 2 31 57 April 14 Rotterdam Marathon nbsp Netherlands nbsp Gidamis Shahanga 2 11 12 nbsp Carla Beurskens 2 34 56 April 16 Boston Marathon nbsp United States nbsp Geoff Smith 2 10 34 nbsp Lorraine Moller 2 29 28 May 12 Amsterdam Marathon nbsp Netherlands nbsp Gerard Nijboer 2 14 28 nbsp Eefje van Wissen 2 43 51 May 12 Paris Marathon nbsp France nbsp Hussein Ahmed Salah 2 11 58 nbsp Sylviane Geffray 2 38 20 May 13 London Marathon nbsp United Kingdom nbsp Charlie Spedding 2 09 57 nbsp Ingrid Kristiansen 2 24 26 August 5 Olympic Marathon nbsp United States nbsp Joan Benoit 2 24 52 August 12 Olympic Marathon nbsp United States nbsp Carlos Lopes 2 09 58 September 30 Berlin Marathon nbsp West Germany nbsp John Skovbjerg 2 13 35 nbsp Agnes Jakab 2 39 32 October 21 Chicago Marathon nbsp United States nbsp Stephen Jones 2 08 05 nbsp Rosa Mota 2 26 01 December 2 Fukuoka Marathon nbsp Japan nbsp Takeyuki Nakayama 2 10 00 Births editJanuary edit January 9 Firehiwot Dado Ethiopian long distance runner January 10 Solomon Busendich Kenyan long distance runner January 14 Teemu Wirkkala Finnish javelin thrower January 16 Yuki Yamazaki Japanese race walker January 19 Jarkko Kinnunen Finnish race walker January 20 Andriy Yurin Ukrainian race walker February edit February 13 Eric Matthias British Virgin Islands discus thrower February 20 Zhu Xiaolin Chinese long distance runner February 22 Yuki Yamaguchi Japanese sprinter February 25 Xing Huina Chinese athlete March edit March 24 Lucy Kabuu Kenyan long distance runner March 24 Jacopo Marin Italian sprinter March 27 Roman Valiyev Kazakhstani triple jumper March 31 Anna Pierce American middle distance runner April edit April 2 German Lauro Argentine shot putter April 17 Pavel Kryvitski Belarusian hammer thrower April 19 Martin Maric Croatian discus thrower April 26 Petrina Price Australian high jumper April 30 Yevhen Vynohradov Ukrainian hammer thrower May edit May 1 Louis Tristan Peruvian long jumper May 8 Andreas Mokdasi Swedish sprinter May 10 Alana Boyd Australian pole vaulter June edit June 17 Michael Mathieu Bahamian sprinter June 30 Gretchen Quintana Cuban heptathlete July edit July 7 Inna Poluskina Latvian long distance runner July 8 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli Moroccan middle long distance runner July 9 Olusoji Fasuba Nigerian sprinter July 22 He Dan Chinese race walker July 25 Javier Culson Puerto Rican hurdler July 26 Kyriakos Ioannou Cypriot high jumper August edit August 4 Xing Shucai Chinese race walker September edit September 3 David Fiegen Luxembourgian middle distance runner September 9 Andrey Silnov Russian high jumper September 10 Ismail Ahmed Ismail Sudanese runner September 26 Michael Letterlough Caymanian hammer thrower October edit October 6 Adina Anton Romanian long jumper October 14 Svetlana Bolshakova Russian born Belgian triple jumper October 24 Christian Reif German long jumper October 24 Sultana Frizell Canadian hammer thrower October 28 Anyika Onuora British sprinter November edit November 10 Andrej Poljanec Slovenian pole vaulter November 12 Siraj Gena Ethiopian long distance runner December edit December 15 Veronique Mang Cameroon born French athlete December 26 Alex Schwazer Italian race walker December 28 Kimberley Mickle Australian javelin thrower December 31 Mohamed Faraj Al Kaabi Qatari hammer throwerDeaths editJanuary 10 Toivo Loukola 81 Finnish athlete b 1902 March 15 Ken Carpenter 70 American discus thrower b 1913 June 1 Sten Pettersson 81 Swedish hurdler b 1902 References editAssociation of Road Racing Statisticians Year Rankings Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1984 in the sport of athletics amp oldid 1218253410, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
