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1986 in the sport of athletics

This article contains an overview of the year 1986 in the sport of athletics.

1986 in athletics
Major world eventsWorld Championships
World Indoor Championships
1985
1987

International Events edit

World records edit

Men edit

EVENT ATHLETE MARK DATE VENUE
Pole vault   Sergei Bubka (URS) 6.01m 8 July Moscow
Shot Put   Udo Beyer (GDR) 22.64m 20 August East Berlin, East Germany
Discus Throw   Jürgen Schult (GDR) 74.08m 6 June Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Hammer Throw   Yuriy Syedikh (URS) 86.66m 22 June Tallinn, Soviet Union
  Yuriy Syedikh (URS) 86.74m 30 August Stuttgart, West Germany
Javelin (new)   Tom Petranoff (USA) 85.38m 7 July Helsinki, Finland
  Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG) 85.74m 21 September Como, Italy

Women edit

EVENT ATHLETE MARK DATE VENUE
2,000 metres   Maricica Puica (ROM) 5:28.69 11 July London
5,000 metres   Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 14:37.33 August 5 Stockholm, Sweden
10,000 metres   Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 30:13.74 July 5 Oslo, Norway
100m Hurdles   Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 12.35 17 August Köln, West Germany
  Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 12.29 17 August Köln, West Germany
  Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 12.26 7 September Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
400m Hurdles   Marina Styepanova (URS) 53.32 30 August Stuttgart, West Germany
  Marina Styepanova (URS) 52.94 17 September Tashkent, Soviet Union
High Jump   Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 2.08m 1 June Sofia, Bulgaria
Long jump   Heike Drechsler (GDR) 7.45m 21 June Tallinn, Estonia
Javelin throw   Fatima Whitbread (GBR) 77.44m 28 August Stuttgart, West Germany
Heptathlon   Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7148 6-7 July Moscow, Soviet Union
  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7158 1-2 August Houston, United States
  • Heike Drechsler (GDR) twice equals the world record in the women's 200 metres held by countrywoman Marita Koch since 1979-06-10, clocking 21.71 seconds on 1986-06-29 and 1986-08-29.

Men's Best Year Performers edit

100 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Chidi Imoh (NGR) 10.00
2.   Robson da Silva (BRA) 10.02
3.   Linford Christie (GBR) 10.04
4.   Carl Lewis (USA) 10.06
5.   Emmit King (USA) 10.07

200 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Floyd Heard (USA) 20.12
2.   Roy Martin (USA) 20.16
3.   Lorenzo Daniel (USA) 20.17
4.   John Dinan (AUS) 20.19
5.   Michael Timpson (USA) 20.23

400 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Gabriel Tiacoh (CIV) 44.30
2.   Darrell Robinson (USA) 44.45
3.   Roddie Haley (USA) 44.48
4.   Innocent Egbunike (NGR) 44.50
5.   Roger Black (GBR) 44.59

800 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Steve Cram (GBR) 1:43.19
2.   Johnny Gray (USA) 1:43.46
  William Wuycke (VEN) 1:43.54
4.   Earl Jones (USA) 1:43.62
5.   Peter Braun (GDR) 1:44.03

1,500 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Sebastian Coe (GBR) 3:29.77
2.   Steve Cram (GBR) 3:30.15
3.   José Manuel Abascal (ESP) 3:31.13
4.   Sydney Maree (USA) 3:32.56
5.   José Luis González (ESP) 3:32.90

Mile edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Steve Cram (GBR) 3:48.31
2.   Steve Scott (USA) 3:48.73
3.   Jim Spivey (USA) 3:49.80
4.   Saïd Aouita (MAR) 3:50.33
5.   José Manuel Abascal (ESP) 3:50.54

3,000 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Saïd Aouita (MAR) 7:32.23
2.   Sydney Maree (USA) 7:38.26
3.   Paul Kipkoech (KEN) 7:39.38
4.   Jack Buckner (GBR) 7:40.23
5.   Vincent Rousseau (BEL) 7:42.15

5,000 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Saïd Aouita (MAR) 13:00.86
2.   Jack Buckner (GBR) 13:10.15
3.   Stefano Mei (ITA) 13:11.57
4.   Tim Hutchings (GBR) 13:12.88
5.   Evgeni Ignatov (BUL) 13:13.15

10,000 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Mark Nenow (USA) 27:20.56
2.   Saïd Aouita (MAR) 27:26.11
3.   Hansjörg Kunze (GDR) 27:34.68
4.   Salvatore Antibo (ITA) 27:39.52
5.   Paul Kipkoech (KEN) 27:43.31

Half Marathon edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Michael Musyoki (KEN) 1:00:43

110m Hurdles edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Stéphane Caristan (FRA) 13.20
2.   Greg Foster (USA) 13.25
3.   Andrey Prokofyev (URS) 13.28
4.   Keith Talley (USA) 13.31
5.   Mark McKoy (CAN) 13.35

400m Hurdles edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Edwin Moses (USA) 47.38
2.   Andre Phillips (USA) 47.51
3.   Danny Harris (USA) 47.82
4.   Harald Schmid (FRG) 47.89
5.   Amadou Dia Bâ (SEN) 48.07

3,000m Steeplechase edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   William Van Dijck (BEL) 8:10.01
2.   Colin Reitz (GBR) 8:12.11
3.   Julius Korir (KEN) 8:12.74
4.   Henry Marsh (USA) 8:13.15
5.   Peter Koech (KEN) 8:13.33

High jump edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1.   Igor Paklin (URS) 2.38
2.   Jim Howard (USA) 2.36
  Carlo Thränhardt (FRG) 2.36
  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.36
5.   Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS) 2.35

Long jump edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Robert Emmiyan (URS) 8.61
2.   Larry Myricks (USA) 8.50
3.   Jaime Jefferson (CUB) 8.47
4.   Carl Lewis (USA) 8.35
5.   Mike Conley (USA) 8.33

Triple jump edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Khristo Markov (BUL) 17.80
2.   Nikolay Musiyenko (URS) 17.78
  Lázaro Betancourt (CUB) 17.78
4.   Mike Conley (USA) 17.69
5.   Oleg Protsenko (URS) 17.59

Discus edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Jürgen Schult (GDR) 74.08
2.   Art Burns (USA) 68.70
3.   Knut Hjeltnes (NOR) 68.50
4.   Juan Martínez (CUB) 68.40
5.   Luis Delís (CUB) 68.00

Hammer edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Yuriy Syedikh (URS) 86.74
2.   Sergey Litvinov (URS) 86.04
3.   Igor Nikulin (URS) 82.34
4.   Benjaminas Viluckis (URS) 82.24
5.   Günther Rodehau (GDR) 81.70

Shot put edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Udo Beyer (GDR) 22.64
2.   Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 22.60
3.   Sergey Smirnov (URS) 22.24
4.   Werner Günthör (SUI) 22.22
5.   Sergey Gavryushin (URS) 22.10

Javelin (old design) edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG) 95.74
2.   Tom Petranoff (USA) 92.38
3.   Viktor Yevsyukov (URS) 83.68
4.   Detlef Michel (GDR) 83.52
5.   Heino Puuste (URS) 83.20

Pole vault edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1.   Sergei Bubka (URS) 6.01
2.   Joe Dial (USA) 5.90
  Thierry Vigneron (FRA) 5.90
4.   Rodion Gataullin (URS) 5.85
  Philippe Collet (FRA) 5.85

Decathlon edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS POINTS
1.   Daley Thompson (GBR) 8811
2.   Jürgen Hingsen (FRG) 8730
3.   Siegfried Wentz (FRG) 8676
4.   Guido Kratschmer (FRG) 8519
5.   Torsten Voss (GDR) 8450

Women's Best Year Performers edit

100 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Evelyn Ashford (USA) 10.88
2.   Heike Drechsler (GDR) 10.91
  Marlies Göhr (GDR) 10.91
4.   Ewa Kasprzyk (POL) 10.93
5.   Silke Gladisch (GDR) 10.96

200 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Heike Drechsler (GDR) 21.71
2.   Evelyn Ashford (USA) 21.97
  Silke Gladisch (GDR) 22.07
4.   Pam Marshall (USA) 22.12
5.   Ewa Kasprzyk (POL) 22.13

400 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Marita Koch (GDR) 48.22
2.   Olga Bryzgina (URS) 49.67
3.   Petra Müller (GDR) 49.79
4.   Tatána Kocembová (TCH) 49.83
5.   Pam Marshall (USA) 49.99

800 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Doina Melinte (ROU) 1:56.2
2.   Sigrun Wodars (GDR) 1:57.05
3.   Nadiya Olizarenko (URS) 1:57.15
4.   Lyubov Kiryukhina (URS) 1:57.18
5.   Lyubov Gurina (URS) 1:57.52

1,500 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Doina Melinte (ROU) 3:56.7
2.   Tatyana Samolenko (URS) 3:59.45
3.   Maricica Puică (ROU) 3:59.62
4.   Ravilya Agletdinova (URS) 3:59.84
5.   Lyubov Kremlyova (URS) 4:01.57

Mile edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Maricica Puică (ROU) 4:18.25
2.   Kirsty Wade (GBR) 4:21.61
3.   Doina Melinte (ROU) 4:21.88
4.   Elly van Hulst (NED) 4:22.40
5.   Ivana Walterová (TCH) 4:22.82

3.000 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Olga Bondarenko (URS) 8:33.99
2.   Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 8:34.10
3.   Zola Budd (GBR) 8:34.43
4.   Maricica Puică (ROU) 8:35.92
5.   Tatyana Samolenko (URS) 8:36.00

5.000 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 14:37.33
2.   Svetlana Guskova (URS) 15:02.12
3.   Olga Bondarenko (URS) 15:03.51
4.   Svetlana Ulmasova (URS) 15:05.50
5.   Lynn Jennings (USA) 15:08.36

10,000 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 30:13.74
2.   Olga Bondarenko (URS) 30:57.21
3.   Ulrike Bruns (GDR) 31:19.76
4.   Aurora Cunha (POR) 31:29.41
5.   Liz Lynch (GBR) 31:41.42

Half Marathon edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 1:09:03

100m Hurdles edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 12.26
2.   Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) 12.39
3.   Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) 12.50
4.   Nataliya Grygoryeva (URS) 12.61
5.   Heike Theele (GDR) 12.63

400m Hurdles edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Marina Stepanova (URS) 52.94
2.   Sabine Busch (GDR) 53.60
3.   Myrtle Bothma (RSA) 53.74
4.   Debbie Flintoff (AUS) 53.76
5.   Cornelia Feuerbach (GDR) 54.13

High Jump edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1.   Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 2.08 m
2.   Olga Turchak (URS) 2.01 m
  Desiree du Plessis (RSA) 2.01 m
4.   Charmaine Weavers (RSA) 1.99 m
  Silvia Costa (CUB) 1.99 m

Long Jump edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Heike Drechsler (GDR) 7.45 m
2.   Galina Chistyakova (URS) 7.34 m
3.   Yelena Belevskaya (URS) 7.31 m
4.   Irena Ozhenko (URS) 7.20 m
5.   Larisa Berezhnaya (URS) 7.19 m

Shot Put edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 21.70 m
2.   Ines Müller (GDR) 21.45 m
3.   Natalya Akhrimenko (URS) 21.39 m
4.   Heidi Krieger (GDR) 21.10 m
5.   Claudia Losch (FRG) 20.92 m

Javelin (old design) edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Fatima Whitbread (GBR) 77.44
2.   petra Felke (GDR) 75.04
3.   Tiina Lillak (FIN) 72.42
4.   María Caridad Colón (CUB) 70.14
5.   Ivonne Leal (CUB) 69.82

Heptathlon edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS POINTS
1.   Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7158
2.   Anke Behmer (GDR) 6717
3.   Natalya Shubenkova (URS) 6645
4.   Sibylle Thiele (GDR) 6635
5.   Judy Simpson (GBR) 6623

Marathon edit

Year Rankings edit

Men edit

RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE EVENT
1.   Robert de Castella (AUS) 2:07.51 April 21 Boston, United States
2.   Zithulele Sinqe (RSA) 2:08.04 May 3 Port Elizabeth, South Africa
3.   Juma Ikangaa (TAN) 2:08.10 February 9 Tokyo, Japan
4.   Willie Mtolo (RSA) 2:08.15 May 3 Port Elizabeth, South Africa
5.   Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN) 2:08.21 October 5 Seoul, South Korea
6.   Toshihiko Seko (JPN) 2:08.27 October 26 Chicago, United States
7.   Belayneh Dinsamo (ETH) 2:08.29 February 9 Tokyo, Japan
8.   Abebe Mekonnen (ETH) 2:08.39 February 9 Tokyo, Japan
9.   Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN) 2:08.43 February 9 Tokyo, Japan
10.   Abebe Mekonnen (ETH) 2:09.08 April 19 Rotterdam, Netherlands

Women edit

RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE EVENT
1.   Grete Waitz (NOR) 2:24:54 April 20 London, United Kingdom
2.   Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 2:24:55 April 21 Boston, United States
3.   Lisa Ondieki (AUS) 2:26:07 August 1 Edinburgh, Scotland
4.   Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 2:27:08 October 26 Chicago, United States
5.   Rosa Mota (POR) 2:27:15 November 16 Tokyo, Japan
6.   Carla Beurskens (NED) 2:27:35 April 21 Boston, United States
7.   Grete Waitz (NOR) 2:28:06 November 2 New York, United States
8.   Lorraine Moller (NZL) 2:28:17 August 1 Edinburgh, Scotland
9.   Rosa Mota (POR) 2:28:38 August 26 Stuttgart, West Germany
10.   Ágnes Sipka (HUN) 2:28:51 October 26 Budapest, Hungary

National Champions edit

NATION MEN'S WINNER TIME WOMEN'S WINNER TIME PLACE DATE
  Australia Stephen Austin 2:15:59 Margaret Reddan 2:48:28 Sydney June 8
  Canada Agustin Diaz Romero 2:20:36 Ellen Rochefort 2:35:51 Montreal September 28
  Toshihiro Shibutani 2:14:55 Ōtsu March 9
  Netherlands Adri Hartveld 2:15:32 Eefje van Wissen 2:40:07 Maassluis April 12
  Santiago de la Parte 2:16:37 Maercedes Calleja 2:40:24 Lorca May 24
  West Germany Wolfgang Krüger 2:15:20 Heidi Hutterer 2:36:44 Stuttgart April 20

International Races edit

DATE MARATHON NATION MEN'S WINNER TIME WOMEN'S WINNER TIME
January 11 Miami   United States   Bernard Bobes 2:21:26   Shirley Silsby 2:53:18
January 19 Hamilton   Bermuda   Jerrold Wynia 2:24:03   Sharon Crawford 2:58:17
January 19 Manila   Philippines   Eddy Hellebuyck 2:19:00   Tani Ruckle 2:46:58
January 26 Hong Kong   Hong Kong   Shu Chun Zhu 2:15:08   Yan Min Wen 2:36:55
January 26 Osaka     Lorraine Moller 2:30:24
February 1 Auckland   New Zealand   Allan Zachariasen 2:12:36   Kiersti Jakobsen 2:36:58
February 2 Beppu     Taisuke Kodama 2:10:34
February 2 Long Beach   United States   Ric Sayre 2:13:22   Mary Tracey 2:48:01
February 9 Tokyo     Juma Ikangaa 2:08:10
February 16 Valencia     Pawel Lorens 2:16:31   Malgorzata Szuminska 2:46:31
March 9 Arusha   Tanzania   Japhet Mashishanga 2:21:01   Leokadia Katona 4:03:30
March 9 Los Angeles   United States   Ric Sayre 2:12:59   Nancy Ditz 2:36:27
March 16 Barcelona     Frederick Vandervennet 2:15:45   Deborah Heath 2:48:22
April 13 Lyon   France   Alain Lazare 2:15:07   Marie-Jeanne Maury 2:54:48
April 13 Vienna   Austria   Gerhard Hartmann 2:12:22   Birgit Lennartz 2:38:31
April 19 Rotterdam   Netherlands   Abebe Mekonnen 2:09:09   Ellinor Ljungros 2:41:06
April 20 Budapest   Hungary   Sandor Szendrei 2:16:18   Agota Farkas 2:47:10
April 20 London   United Kingdom   Toshihiko Seko 2:10:02   Grete Waitz 2:24:54
April 21 Boston   United States   Robert de Castella 2:07:51   Ingrid Kristiansen 2:24:55
April 27 Bremen   West Germany   Jozef Machalek 2:15:58   Elke Kramer 2:48:38
April 27 Madrid     Ramiro Matamoros 2:17:04   Consuelo Alonso 2:43:21
May 1 Rome   Italy   Osvaldo Faustini 2:16:03   Katherine Gregory 3:23:43
May 4 Munich   West Germany   István Kerékjártó 2:17:46   Olivia Gruner 2:38:51
May 4 Paris   France   Hussein Ahmed Salah 2:12:44   Maria Rebelo-Lelut 2:32:18
May 4 Vancouver   Canada   Hiromi Nishi 2:21:14   Joi Belyk 2:45:37
May 5 Belfast   Northern Ireland   Martin Deane 2:16:05   Moira O'Neill 2:43:26
May 11 Amsterdam   Netherlands   William Vanhuylenbroek 2:14:46   Teresa Kidd 2:46:18
May 11 Geneva   Switzerland   Bernard Bobes 2:18:11   Nadezhda Gumerova 2:38:33
May 18 Pittsburgh   United States   Dean Matthews 2:18:17   Laura Fogli 2:37:04
May 18 Venice   Italy   Salvatore Bettiol 2:18:44   Paola Moro 2:38:10
May 25 Hamburg   West Germany   Karel Lismont 2:12:12   Magda Ilands 2:35:17
June 1 Christchurch   New Zealand   John Campbell 2:15:19   Sharon Higgins 2:45:44
June 7 Stockholm   Sweden   Kjell-Erik Ståhl 2:12:33   Evy Palm 2:34:42
June 8 Sydney   Australia   Eloi Schleder 2:12:54   Ngaire Drake 2:38:52
July 20 San Francisco   United States   Peter Pfitzinger 2:13:29   Maria Trujillo 2:37:57
August 1 CW Games   Edinburgh, Scotland   Robert de Castella 2:10:15   Lisa Ondieki 2:26:07
August 2 Helsinki   Finland   Tommy Persson 2:17:11   Sinikka Kiippa 2:49:29
August 17 Bolton   United Kingdom   Michael Neary 2:19:25
August 24 Reykjavik   Iceland   Mokfi Chaibi 2:20:30   Carol Macario 2:58:09
August 24 Rio de Janeiro   Brazil   Eloi Schleder 2:22:02   Elizabeth McElhinny 2:46:54
August 26 European Championships   Stuttgart, West Germany   Rosa Mota 2:28:38
August 30 European Championships   Stuttgart, West Germany   Gelindo Bordin 2:10:54
August 31 Adelaide   Australia   Peter Bourgaize 2:25:16   Desiree Letherby 2:59:20
September 6 Antwerp   Belgium   François Blommaerts 2:17:48   Denise Verhaert 2:42:44
September 13 Oslo   Norway   Kjell-Erik Ståhl 2:14:59   Sissel Grottenberg 2:40:01
September 21 Niagara   Canada   Kazuya Nishimoto 2:17:35   Mariagrazia Savasta 2:50:49
September 21 Glasgow   United Kingdom   Kenneth Stewart 2:14:04   Sandra Branney 2:37:29
September 28 Berlin   West Berlin   Boguslaw Psujek 2:11:03   Charlotte Teske 2:32:10
September 28 Brussels   Belgium   Dirk Vanderherten 2:15:32   Nelly Aerts 2:42:02
September 28 Ciudad Mexico   Mexico   Manuel Garcia Perez 2:20:03   Mericarmen Cardenas 2:42:25
September 28 Montreal   Canada   Abebe Mekonnen 2:10:31   Helene Rochefort 2:35:51
September 28 Perth   Australia   Futoshi Shinohara 2:18:17   Bernardine Portenski 2:53:54
September 28 Portland   United States   Leonard Hill 2:18:54   Kathleen Angel 2:47:02
October 1 Asian Games   Seoul, South Korea   Eriko Asai 2:41:03
October 5 Asian Games   Seoul, South Korea   Takeyuki Nakayama 2:08:21
October 12 Athens   Greece   Jos vander Water 2:27:22   Signe Ward 3:06:58
October 12 Buenos Aires   Argentina   Raimundo Manquel 2:21:10   Angélica de Almeida 2:54:47
October 12 Melbourne   Australia   Richard Umberg 2:17:21   Tani Ruckle 2:36:06
October 19 Beijing     Taisuke Kodama 2:07:35
October 26 Chicago   United States   Toshihiko Seko 2:08:27   Ingrid Kristiansen 2:27:08
October 26 Hamilton   New Zealand   Wojciech Ratkowski 2:18:13   Carol Raven 3:07:16
October 26 Lisbon   Portugal   Cidalio Caetano 2:16:49   Maria Lousada 3:20:26
October 26 Nuremberg   West Germany   Ryszard Przybyla 2:19:44
October 27 Dublin   Ireland   Dick Hooper 2:18:10   Maureen Hurst 2:46:29
November 2 Istanbul   Turkey   Hanefi Atmaca 2:23:20
November 2 New York City   United States   Piergiovanni Poli 2:11:06   Grete Waitz 2:28:06
November 16 Tokyo     Rosa Mota 2:27:15
December 7 Fukuoka     Juma Ikangaa 2:10:06
December 7 Kawaguchi     Tetsuji Iwase 2:19:54   Tomoko Suzuki 2:50:10
December 7 Honolulu   United States   Ibrahim Hussein 2:11:44   Carla Beurskens 2:31:02
December 17 Tiberias Marathon   Israel   Yair Karni 2:23:12   Kerstin Preßler 2:36:33

Births edit

Deaths edit

References edit

  • 1986 Year Rankings
  • Association of Road Racing Statisticians

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This article contains an overview of the year 1986 in the sport of athletics 1986 in athleticsMajor world eventsWorld Championships World Indoor Championships 19851987 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 Mile 3 7 3 000 metres 3 8 5 000 metres 3 9 10 000 metres 3 10 Half Marathon 3 11 110m Hurdles 3 12 400m Hurdles 3 13 3 000m Steeplechase 3 14 High jump 3 15 Long jump 3 16 Triple jump 3 17 Discus 3 18 Hammer 3 19 Shot put 3 20 Javelin old design 3 21 Pole vault 3 22 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 Shot Put 4 16 Javelin old design 4 17 Heptathlon 5 Marathon 5 1 Year Rankings 5 1 1 Men 5 1 2 Women 5 2 National Champions 5 3 International Races 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 ReferencesInternational Events editAsian Games Balkan Games European Championships European Indoor Championships Commonwealth Games Goodwill Games World Junior ChampionshipsWorld records editMen edit EVENT ATHLETE MARK DATE VENUE Pole vault nbsp Sergei Bubka URS 6 01m 8 July Moscow Shot Put nbsp Udo Beyer GDR 22 64m 20 August East Berlin East Germany Discus Throw nbsp Jurgen Schult GDR 74 08m 6 June Neubrandenburg East Germany Hammer Throw nbsp Yuriy Syedikh URS 86 66m 22 June Tallinn Soviet Union nbsp Yuriy Syedikh URS 86 74m 30 August Stuttgart West Germany Javelin new nbsp Tom Petranoff USA 85 38m 7 July Helsinki Finland nbsp Klaus Tafelmeier FRG 85 74m 21 September Como Italy Women edit EVENT ATHLETE MARK DATE VENUE 2 000 metres nbsp Maricica Puica ROM 5 28 69 11 July London 5 000 metres nbsp Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 14 37 33 August 5 Stockholm Sweden 10 000 metres nbsp Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 30 13 74 July 5 Oslo Norway 100m Hurdles nbsp Yordanka Donkova BUL 12 35 17 August Koln West Germany nbsp Yordanka Donkova BUL 12 29 17 August Koln West Germany nbsp Yordanka Donkova BUL 12 26 7 September Ljubljana Yugoslavia 400m Hurdles nbsp Marina Styepanova URS 53 32 30 August Stuttgart West Germany nbsp Marina Styepanova URS 52 94 17 September Tashkent Soviet Union High Jump nbsp Stefka Kostadinova BUL 2 08m 1 June Sofia Bulgaria Long jump nbsp Heike Drechsler GDR 7 45m 21 June Tallinn Estonia Javelin throw nbsp Fatima Whitbread GBR 77 44m 28 August Stuttgart West Germany Heptathlon nbsp Jackie Joyner Kersee USA 7148 6 7 July Moscow Soviet Union nbsp Jackie Joyner Kersee USA 7158 1 2 August Houston United States Heike Drechsler GDR twice equals the world record in the women s 200 metres held by countrywoman Marita Koch since 1979 06 10 clocking 21 71 seconds on 1986 06 29 and 1986 08 29 Men s Best Year Performers edit100 metres edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Chidi Imoh NGR 10 00 2 nbsp Robson da Silva BRA 10 02 3 nbsp Linford Christie GBR 10 04 4 nbsp Carl Lewis USA 10 06 5 nbsp Emmit King USA 10 07 200 metres edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Floyd Heard USA 20 12 2 nbsp Roy Martin USA 20 16 3 nbsp Lorenzo Daniel USA 20 17 4 nbsp John Dinan AUS 20 19 5 nbsp Michael Timpson USA 20 23 400 metres edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Gabriel Tiacoh CIV 44 30 2 nbsp Darrell Robinson USA 44 45 3 nbsp Roddie Haley USA 44 48 4 nbsp Innocent Egbunike NGR 44 50 5 nbsp Roger Black GBR 44 59 800 metres edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Steve Cram GBR 1 43 19 2 nbsp Johnny Gray USA 1 43 46 nbsp William Wuycke VEN 1 43 54 4 nbsp Earl Jones USA 1 43 62 5 nbsp Peter Braun GDR 1 44 03 1 500 metres edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Sebastian Coe GBR 3 29 77 2 nbsp Steve Cram GBR 3 30 15 3 nbsp Jose Manuel Abascal ESP 3 31 13 4 nbsp Sydney Maree USA 3 32 56 5 nbsp Jose Luis Gonzalez ESP 3 32 90 Mile edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Steve Cram GBR 3 48 31 2 nbsp Steve Scott USA 3 48 73 3 nbsp Jim Spivey USA 3 49 80 4 nbsp Said Aouita MAR 3 50 33 5 nbsp Jose Manuel Abascal ESP 3 50 54 3 000 metres edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Said Aouita MAR 7 32 23 2 nbsp Sydney Maree USA 7 38 26 3 nbsp Paul Kipkoech KEN 7 39 38 4 nbsp Jack Buckner GBR 7 40 23 5 nbsp Vincent Rousseau BEL 7 42 15 5 000 metres edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Said Aouita MAR 13 00 86 2 nbsp Jack Buckner GBR 13 10 15 3 nbsp Stefano Mei ITA 13 11 57 4 nbsp Tim Hutchings GBR 13 12 88 5 nbsp Evgeni Ignatov BUL 13 13 15 10 000 metres edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Mark Nenow USA 27 20 56 2 nbsp Said Aouita MAR 27 26 11 3 nbsp Hansjorg Kunze GDR 27 34 68 4 nbsp Salvatore Antibo ITA 27 39 52 5 nbsp Paul Kipkoech KEN 27 43 31 Half Marathon edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Michael Musyoki KEN 1 00 43 110m Hurdles edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Stephane Caristan FRA 13 20 2 nbsp Greg Foster USA 13 25 3 nbsp Andrey Prokofyev URS 13 28 4 nbsp Keith Talley USA 13 31 5 nbsp Mark McKoy CAN 13 35 400m Hurdles edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Edwin Moses USA 47 38 2 nbsp Andre Phillips USA 47 51 3 nbsp Danny Harris USA 47 82 4 nbsp Harald Schmid FRG 47 89 5 nbsp Amadou Dia Ba SEN 48 07 3 000m Steeplechase edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp William Van Dijck BEL 8 10 01 2 nbsp Colin Reitz GBR 8 12 11 3 nbsp Julius Korir KEN 8 12 74 4 nbsp Henry Marsh USA 8 13 15 5 nbsp Peter Koech KEN 8 13 33 High jump edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT 1 nbsp Igor Paklin URS 2 38 2 nbsp Jim Howard USA 2 36 nbsp Carlo Thranhardt FRG 2 36 nbsp Javier Sotomayor CUB 2 36 5 nbsp Hennadiy Avdyeyenko URS 2 35 Long jump edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE 1 nbsp Robert Emmiyan URS 8 61 2 nbsp Larry Myricks USA 8 50 3 nbsp Jaime Jefferson CUB 8 47 4 nbsp Carl Lewis USA 8 35 5 nbsp Mike Conley USA 8 33 Triple jump edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE 1 nbsp Khristo Markov BUL 17 80 2 nbsp Nikolay Musiyenko URS 17 78 nbsp Lazaro Betancourt CUB 17 78 4 nbsp Mike Conley USA 17 69 5 nbsp Oleg Protsenko URS 17 59 Discus edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE 1 nbsp Jurgen Schult GDR 74 08 2 nbsp Art Burns USA 68 70 3 nbsp Knut Hjeltnes NOR 68 50 4 nbsp Juan Martinez CUB 68 40 5 nbsp Luis Delis CUB 68 00 Hammer edit Main article 1986 Hammer Throw Year Ranking RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE 1 nbsp Yuriy Syedikh URS 86 74 2 nbsp Sergey Litvinov URS 86 04 3 nbsp Igor Nikulin URS 82 34 4 nbsp Benjaminas Viluckis URS 82 24 5 nbsp Gunther Rodehau GDR 81 70 Shot put edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE 1 nbsp Udo Beyer GDR 22 64 2 nbsp Ulf Timmermann GDR 22 60 3 nbsp Sergey Smirnov URS 22 24 4 nbsp Werner Gunthor SUI 22 22 5 nbsp Sergey Gavryushin URS 22 10 Javelin old design edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE 1 nbsp Klaus Tafelmeier FRG 95 74 2 nbsp Tom Petranoff USA 92 38 3 nbsp Viktor Yevsyukov URS 83 68 4 nbsp Detlef Michel GDR 83 52 5 nbsp Heino Puuste URS 83 20 Pole vault edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT 1 nbsp Sergei Bubka URS 6 01 2 nbsp Joe Dial USA 5 90 nbsp Thierry Vigneron FRA 5 90 4 nbsp Rodion Gataullin URS 5 85 nbsp Philippe Collet FRA 5 85 Decathlon edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS POINTS 1 nbsp Daley Thompson GBR 8811 2 nbsp Jurgen Hingsen FRG 8730 3 nbsp Siegfried Wentz FRG 8676 4 nbsp Guido Kratschmer FRG 8519 5 nbsp Torsten Voss GDR 8450Women s Best Year Performers edit100 metres edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Evelyn Ashford USA 10 88 2 nbsp Heike Drechsler GDR 10 91 nbsp Marlies Gohr GDR 10 91 4 nbsp Ewa Kasprzyk POL 10 93 5 nbsp Silke Gladisch GDR 10 96 200 metres edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Heike Drechsler GDR 21 71 2 nbsp Evelyn Ashford USA 21 97 nbsp Silke Gladisch GDR 22 07 4 nbsp Pam Marshall USA 22 12 5 nbsp Ewa Kasprzyk POL 22 13 400 metres edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Marita Koch GDR 48 22 2 nbsp Olga Bryzgina URS 49 67 3 nbsp Petra Muller GDR 49 79 4 nbsp Tatana Kocembova TCH 49 83 5 nbsp Pam Marshall USA 49 99 800 metres edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Doina Melinte ROU 1 56 2 2 nbsp Sigrun Wodars GDR 1 57 05 3 nbsp Nadiya Olizarenko URS 1 57 15 4 nbsp Lyubov Kiryukhina URS 1 57 18 5 nbsp Lyubov Gurina URS 1 57 52 1 500 metres edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Doina Melinte ROU 3 56 7 2 nbsp Tatyana Samolenko URS 3 59 45 3 nbsp Maricica Puică ROU 3 59 62 4 nbsp Ravilya Agletdinova URS 3 59 84 5 nbsp Lyubov Kremlyova URS 4 01 57 Mile edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Maricica Puică ROU 4 18 25 2 nbsp Kirsty Wade GBR 4 21 61 3 nbsp Doina Melinte ROU 4 21 88 4 nbsp Elly van Hulst NED 4 22 40 5 nbsp Ivana Walterova TCH 4 22 82 3 000 metres edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Olga Bondarenko URS 8 33 99 2 nbsp Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 8 34 10 3 nbsp Zola Budd GBR 8 34 43 4 nbsp Maricica Puică ROU 8 35 92 5 nbsp Tatyana Samolenko URS 8 36 00 5 000 metres edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 14 37 33 2 nbsp Svetlana Guskova URS 15 02 12 3 nbsp Olga Bondarenko URS 15 03 51 4 nbsp Svetlana Ulmasova URS 15 05 50 5 nbsp Lynn Jennings USA 15 08 36 10 000 metres edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 30 13 74 2 nbsp Olga Bondarenko URS 30 57 21 3 nbsp Ulrike Bruns GDR 31 19 76 4 nbsp Aurora Cunha POR 31 29 41 5 nbsp Liz Lynch GBR 31 41 42 Half Marathon edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 1 09 03 100m Hurdles edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Yordanka Donkova BUL 12 26 2 nbsp Ginka Zagorcheva BUL 12 39 3 nbsp Cornelia Oschkenat GDR 12 50 4 nbsp Nataliya Grygoryeva URS 12 61 5 nbsp Heike Theele GDR 12 63 400m Hurdles edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME 1 nbsp Marina Stepanova URS 52 94 2 nbsp Sabine Busch GDR 53 60 3 nbsp Myrtle Bothma RSA 53 74 4 nbsp Debbie Flintoff AUS 53 76 5 nbsp Cornelia Feuerbach GDR 54 13 High Jump edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT 1 nbsp Stefka Kostadinova BUL 2 08 m 2 nbsp Olga Turchak URS 2 01 m nbsp Desiree du Plessis RSA 2 01 m 4 nbsp Charmaine Weavers RSA 1 99 m nbsp Silvia Costa CUB 1 99 m Long Jump edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE 1 nbsp Heike Drechsler GDR 7 45 m 2 nbsp Galina Chistyakova URS 7 34 m 3 nbsp Yelena Belevskaya URS 7 31 m 4 nbsp Irena Ozhenko URS 7 20 m 5 nbsp Larisa Berezhnaya URS 7 19 m Shot Put edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE 1 nbsp Natalya Lisovskaya URS 21 70 m 2 nbsp Ines Muller GDR 21 45 m 3 nbsp Natalya Akhrimenko URS 21 39 m 4 nbsp Heidi Krieger GDR 21 10 m 5 nbsp Claudia Losch FRG 20 92 m Javelin old design edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE 1 nbsp Fatima Whitbread GBR 77 44 2 nbsp petra Felke GDR 75 04 3 nbsp Tiina Lillak FIN 72 42 4 nbsp Maria Caridad Colon CUB 70 14 5 nbsp Ivonne Leal CUB 69 82 Heptathlon edit RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS POINTS 1 nbsp Jackie Joyner Kersee USA 7158 2 nbsp Anke Behmer GDR 6717 3 nbsp Natalya Shubenkova URS 6645 4 nbsp Sibylle Thiele GDR 6635 5 nbsp Judy Simpson GBR 6623Marathon editYear Rankings edit Men edit RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE EVENT 1 nbsp Robert de Castella AUS 2 07 51 April 21 Boston United States 2 nbsp Zithulele Sinqe RSA 2 08 04 May 3 Port Elizabeth South Africa 3 nbsp Juma Ikangaa TAN 2 08 10 February 9 Tokyo Japan 4 nbsp Willie Mtolo RSA 2 08 15 May 3 Port Elizabeth South Africa 5 nbsp Takeyuki Nakayama JPN 2 08 21 October 5 Seoul South Korea 6 nbsp Toshihiko Seko JPN 2 08 27 October 26 Chicago United States 7 nbsp Belayneh Dinsamo ETH 2 08 29 February 9 Tokyo Japan 8 nbsp Abebe Mekonnen ETH 2 08 39 February 9 Tokyo Japan 9 nbsp Takeyuki Nakayama JPN 2 08 43 February 9 Tokyo Japan 10 nbsp Abebe Mekonnen ETH 2 09 08 April 19 Rotterdam Netherlands Women edit RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE EVENT 1 nbsp Grete Waitz NOR 2 24 54 April 20 London United Kingdom 2 nbsp Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 2 24 55 April 21 Boston United States 3 nbsp Lisa Ondieki AUS 2 26 07 August 1 Edinburgh Scotland 4 nbsp Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 2 27 08 October 26 Chicago United States 5 nbsp Rosa Mota POR 2 27 15 November 16 Tokyo Japan 6 nbsp Carla Beurskens NED 2 27 35 April 21 Boston United States 7 nbsp Grete Waitz NOR 2 28 06 November 2 New York United States 8 nbsp Lorraine Moller NZL 2 28 17 August 1 Edinburgh Scotland 9 nbsp Rosa Mota POR 2 28 38 August 26 Stuttgart West Germany 10 nbsp Agnes Sipka HUN 2 28 51 October 26 Budapest Hungary National Champions edit NATION MEN S WINNER TIME WOMEN S WINNER TIME PLACE DATE nbsp Australia Stephen Austin 2 15 59 Margaret Reddan 2 48 28 Sydney June 8 nbsp Canada Agustin Diaz Romero 2 20 36 Ellen Rochefort 2 35 51 Montreal September 28 nbsp Toshihiro Shibutani 2 14 55 Ōtsu March 9 nbsp Netherlands Adri Hartveld 2 15 32 Eefje van Wissen 2 40 07 Maassluis April 12 nbsp Santiago de la Parte 2 16 37 Maercedes Calleja 2 40 24 Lorca May 24 nbsp West Germany Wolfgang Kruger 2 15 20 Heidi Hutterer 2 36 44 Stuttgart April 20 International Races edit DATE MARATHON NATION MEN S WINNER TIME WOMEN S WINNER TIME January 11 Miami nbsp United States nbsp Bernard Bobes 2 21 26 nbsp Shirley Silsby 2 53 18 January 19 Hamilton nbsp Bermuda nbsp Jerrold Wynia 2 24 03 nbsp Sharon Crawford 2 58 17 January 19 Manila nbsp Philippines nbsp Eddy Hellebuyck 2 19 00 nbsp Tani Ruckle 2 46 58 January 26 Hong Kong nbsp Hong Kong nbsp Shu Chun Zhu 2 15 08 nbsp Yan Min Wen 2 36 55 January 26 Osaka nbsp nbsp Lorraine Moller 2 30 24 February 1 Auckland nbsp New Zealand nbsp Allan Zachariasen 2 12 36 nbsp Kiersti Jakobsen 2 36 58 February 2 Beppu nbsp nbsp Taisuke Kodama 2 10 34 February 2 Long Beach nbsp United States nbsp Ric Sayre 2 13 22 nbsp Mary Tracey 2 48 01 February 9 Tokyo nbsp nbsp Juma Ikangaa 2 08 10 February 16 Valencia nbsp nbsp Pawel Lorens 2 16 31 nbsp Malgorzata Szuminska 2 46 31 March 9 Arusha nbsp Tanzania nbsp Japhet Mashishanga 2 21 01 nbsp Leokadia Katona 4 03 30 March 9 Los Angeles nbsp United States nbsp Ric Sayre 2 12 59 nbsp Nancy Ditz 2 36 27 March 16 Barcelona nbsp nbsp Frederick Vandervennet 2 15 45 nbsp Deborah Heath 2 48 22 April 13 Lyon nbsp France nbsp Alain Lazare 2 15 07 nbsp Marie Jeanne Maury 2 54 48 April 13 Vienna nbsp Austria nbsp Gerhard Hartmann 2 12 22 nbsp Birgit Lennartz 2 38 31 April 19 Rotterdam nbsp Netherlands nbsp Abebe Mekonnen 2 09 09 nbsp Ellinor Ljungros 2 41 06 April 20 Budapest nbsp Hungary nbsp Sandor Szendrei 2 16 18 nbsp Agota Farkas 2 47 10 April 20 London nbsp United Kingdom nbsp Toshihiko Seko 2 10 02 nbsp Grete Waitz 2 24 54 April 21 Boston nbsp United States nbsp Robert de Castella 2 07 51 nbsp Ingrid Kristiansen 2 24 55 April 27 Bremen nbsp West Germany nbsp Jozef Machalek 2 15 58 nbsp Elke Kramer 2 48 38 April 27 Madrid nbsp nbsp Ramiro Matamoros 2 17 04 nbsp Consuelo Alonso 2 43 21 May 1 Rome nbsp Italy nbsp Osvaldo Faustini 2 16 03 nbsp Katherine Gregory 3 23 43 May 4 Munich nbsp West Germany nbsp Istvan Kerekjarto 2 17 46 nbsp Olivia Gruner 2 38 51 May 4 Paris nbsp France nbsp Hussein Ahmed Salah 2 12 44 nbsp Maria Rebelo Lelut 2 32 18 May 4 Vancouver nbsp Canada nbsp Hiromi Nishi 2 21 14 nbsp Joi Belyk 2 45 37 May 5 Belfast nbsp Northern Ireland nbsp Martin Deane 2 16 05 nbsp Moira O Neill 2 43 26 May 11 Amsterdam nbsp Netherlands nbsp William Vanhuylenbroek 2 14 46 nbsp Teresa Kidd 2 46 18 May 11 Geneva nbsp Switzerland nbsp Bernard Bobes 2 18 11 nbsp Nadezhda Gumerova 2 38 33 May 18 Pittsburgh nbsp United States nbsp Dean Matthews 2 18 17 nbsp Laura Fogli 2 37 04 May 18 Venice nbsp Italy nbsp Salvatore Bettiol 2 18 44 nbsp Paola Moro 2 38 10 May 25 Hamburg nbsp West Germany nbsp Karel Lismont 2 12 12 nbsp Magda Ilands 2 35 17 June 1 Christchurch nbsp New Zealand nbsp John Campbell 2 15 19 nbsp Sharon Higgins 2 45 44 June 7 Stockholm nbsp Sweden nbsp Kjell Erik Stahl 2 12 33 nbsp Evy Palm 2 34 42 June 8 Sydney nbsp Australia nbsp Eloi Schleder 2 12 54 nbsp Ngaire Drake 2 38 52 July 20 San Francisco nbsp United States nbsp Peter Pfitzinger 2 13 29 nbsp Maria Trujillo 2 37 57 August 1 CW Games nbsp Edinburgh Scotland nbsp Robert de Castella 2 10 15 nbsp Lisa Ondieki 2 26 07 August 2 Helsinki nbsp Finland nbsp Tommy Persson 2 17 11 nbsp Sinikka Kiippa 2 49 29 August 17 Bolton nbsp United Kingdom nbsp Michael Neary 2 19 25 August 24 Reykjavik nbsp Iceland nbsp Mokfi Chaibi 2 20 30 nbsp Carol Macario 2 58 09 August 24 Rio de Janeiro nbsp Brazil nbsp Eloi Schleder 2 22 02 nbsp Elizabeth McElhinny 2 46 54 August 26 European Championships nbsp Stuttgart West Germany nbsp Rosa Mota 2 28 38 August 30 European Championships nbsp Stuttgart West Germany nbsp Gelindo Bordin 2 10 54 August 31 Adelaide nbsp Australia nbsp Peter Bourgaize 2 25 16 nbsp Desiree Letherby 2 59 20 September 6 Antwerp nbsp Belgium nbsp Francois Blommaerts 2 17 48 nbsp Denise Verhaert 2 42 44 September 13 Oslo nbsp Norway nbsp Kjell Erik Stahl 2 14 59 nbsp Sissel Grottenberg 2 40 01 September 21 Niagara nbsp Canada nbsp Kazuya Nishimoto 2 17 35 nbsp Mariagrazia Savasta 2 50 49 September 21 Glasgow nbsp United Kingdom nbsp Kenneth Stewart 2 14 04 nbsp Sandra Branney 2 37 29 September 28 Berlin nbsp West Berlin nbsp Boguslaw Psujek 2 11 03 nbsp Charlotte Teske 2 32 10 September 28 Brussels nbsp Belgium nbsp Dirk Vanderherten 2 15 32 nbsp Nelly Aerts 2 42 02 September 28 Ciudad Mexico nbsp Mexico nbsp Manuel Garcia Perez 2 20 03 nbsp Mericarmen Cardenas 2 42 25 September 28 Montreal nbsp Canada nbsp Abebe Mekonnen 2 10 31 nbsp Helene Rochefort 2 35 51 September 28 Perth nbsp Australia nbsp Futoshi Shinohara 2 18 17 nbsp Bernardine Portenski 2 53 54 September 28 Portland nbsp United States nbsp Leonard Hill 2 18 54 nbsp Kathleen Angel 2 47 02 October 1 Asian Games nbsp Seoul South Korea nbsp Eriko Asai 2 41 03 October 5 Asian Games nbsp Seoul South Korea nbsp Takeyuki Nakayama 2 08 21 October 12 Athens nbsp Greece nbsp Jos vander Water 2 27 22 nbsp Signe Ward 3 06 58 October 12 Buenos Aires nbsp Argentina nbsp Raimundo Manquel 2 21 10 nbsp Angelica de Almeida 2 54 47 October 12 Melbourne nbsp Australia nbsp Richard Umberg 2 17 21 nbsp Tani Ruckle 2 36 06 October 19 Beijing nbsp nbsp Taisuke Kodama 2 07 35 October 26 Chicago nbsp United States nbsp Toshihiko Seko 2 08 27 nbsp Ingrid Kristiansen 2 27 08 October 26 Hamilton nbsp New Zealand nbsp Wojciech Ratkowski 2 18 13 nbsp Carol Raven 3 07 16 October 26 Lisbon nbsp Portugal nbsp Cidalio Caetano 2 16 49 nbsp Maria Lousada 3 20 26 October 26 Nuremberg nbsp West Germany nbsp Ryszard Przybyla 2 19 44 October 27 Dublin nbsp Ireland nbsp Dick Hooper 2 18 10 nbsp Maureen Hurst 2 46 29 November 2 Istanbul nbsp Turkey nbsp Hanefi Atmaca 2 23 20 November 2 New York City nbsp United States nbsp Piergiovanni Poli 2 11 06 nbsp Grete Waitz 2 28 06 November 16 Tokyo nbsp nbsp Rosa Mota 2 27 15 December 7 Fukuoka nbsp nbsp Juma Ikangaa 2 10 06 December 7 Kawaguchi nbsp nbsp Tetsuji Iwase 2 19 54 nbsp Tomoko Suzuki 2 50 10 December 7 Honolulu nbsp United States nbsp Ibrahim Hussein 2 11 44 nbsp Carla Beurskens 2 31 02 December 17 Tiberias Marathon nbsp Israel nbsp Yair Karni 2 23 12 nbsp Kerstin Pressler 2 36 33Births editJanuary 5 Roman Novotny Czech long jumper January 11 Claudio Licciardello Italian sprinter January 15 Mariya Abakumova Russian javelin thrower January 17 Sherry Fletcher Grenadian sprinter January 23 Gelete Burka Ethiopian middle distance runner January 24 Montell Douglas British sprinter January 31 Walter Dix American sprinter February 11 Bob Altena Dutch decathlete April 1 Yurika Nakamura Japanese long distance runner April 2 Moses Aliwa Ugandan long distance runner April 4 Evelyne Nganga Kenyan long distance runner April 29 Ingus Janevics Latvian race walker May 2 Samuel Muturi Mugo Kenyan long distance runner May 16 Eleni Artymata Cypriot sprinter June 3 Micah Kogo Kenyan long distance runner June 8 Yadira Guaman Ecuadorian race walker June 10 Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud Egyptian sprinter June 27 LaShawn Merritt American sprinter July 3 Robina Muqimyar Afghan sprinter July 17 Viktor Kuznyetsov Ukrainian long jumper and triple jumper July 19 Philes Ongori Kenyan long distance runner July 26 Mattias Claesson Swedish middle distance runner July 26 Angela Moroșanu Romanian sprinter July 28 Nancy Wambui Kenyan long distance runner July 28 Nickiesha Wilson Jamaican hurdler August 3 Fartun Abukar Omar Somali athlete August 21 Usain Bolt Jamaican sprinter August 29 Yerefu Birhanu Ethiopian long distance runner September 9 Daniel Bailey Antigua and Barbuda sprinter November 1 Ksenija Balta Estonian long jumper sprinter and heptathlete November 10 Samuel Wanjiru Kenyan long distance runner November 13 Sergey Bakulin Russian race walker November 21 Aleksandra Zelenina Moldovan long and triple jumper December 7 Olga Mikhaylova Russian race walkerDeaths editApril 13 Sulo Barlund 75 Finnish shot putter b 1910 References 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