1981_in_athletics_(track_and_field)
1981 in the sport of athletics
Overview of the events of 1981 in the sport of athletics
This article contains an overview of the year 1981 in athletics.
100 metres
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Carl Lewis (USA) | 10.00 |
2. | Mel Lattany (USA) | 10.04 |
3. | James Sanford (USA) | 10.05 |
4. | Stanley Floyd (USA) | 10.10 |
5. | Jeff Phillips (USA) | 10.11 |
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200 metres
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | James Sanford (USA) | 20.20 |
2. | Mel Lattany (USA) | 20.21 |
3. | Allan Wells (GBR) | 20.26 |
4. | Frank Emmelmann (GDR) | 20.33 |
5. | Dwayne Evans (USA) | 20.34 |
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400 metres
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Bert Cameron (JAM) | 44.58 |
2. | Cliff Wiley (USA) | 44.70 |
3. | Zeke Jefferson (USA) | 44.86 |
4. | Leslie Kerr (USA) | 44.90 |
5. | Howard Henley (USA) | 44.92 |
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800 metres
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Sebastian Coe (GBR) | 1:41.73 |
2. | Joaquim Cruz (BRA) | 1:44.3 |
3. | Olaf Beyer (GDR) | 1:44.31 |
4. | Mike Boit (KEN) | 1:44.49 |
5. | James Robinson (USA) | 1:44.63 |
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1,500 metres
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Steve Ovett (GBR) | 3:31.57 |
2. | Sebastian Coe (GBR) | 3:31.95 |
3. | Steve Scott (USA) | 3:31.96 |
4. | Sydney Maree (USA) | 3:32.30 |
5. | Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) | 3:33.49 |
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Mile
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Sebastian Coe (GBR) | 3:47.33 |
2. | Steve Ovett (GBR) | 3:48.40 |
3. | Sydney Maree (USA) | 3:48.83 |
4. | Mike Boit (KEN) | 3:49.45 |
5. | José Luis González (ESP) | 3:49.67 |
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3,000 metres
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Steve Scott (USA) | 7:36.69 |
2. | Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) | 7:36.75 |
3. | Henry Rono (KEN) | 7:41.41 |
4. | Sydney Maree (USA) | 7:43.42 |
5. | Eamonn Coghlan (IRL) | 7:44.99 |
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5,000 metres
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Henry Rono (KEN) | 13:06.20 |
2. | Hansjörg Kunze (GDR) | 13:10.40 |
3. | Valeriy Abramov (URS) | 13:11.99 |
4. | Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) | 13:13.47 |
5. | Julian Goater (GBR) | 13:15.59 |
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10,000 metres
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Fernando Mamede (POR) | 27:27.7 |
2. | Werner Schildhauer (GDR) | 27:38.43 |
3. | Mohamed Kedir (ETH) | 27:39.44 |
4. | Alberto Salazar (USA) | 27:40.69 |
5. | Henry Rono (KEN) | 27:40.78 |
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Half Marathon
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Herb Lindsay (USA) | 1:01:47 |
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Marathon
Main article: 1981 Marathon Year Ranking
110m Hurdles
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Renaldo Nehemiah (USA) | 12.93 |
2. | Greg Foster (USA) | 13.03 |
3. | Alejandro Casañas (CUB) | 13.36 |
4. | Sam Turner (USA) | 13.38 |
5. | Dedy Cooper (USA) | 13.40 |
Close
400m Hurdles
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Edwin Moses (USA) | 47.14 |
2. | Andre Phillips (USA) | 48.10 |
3. | David Lee (USA) | 48.53 |
4. | Harald Schmid (FRG) | 48.64 |
5. | Bart Williams (USA) | 48.81 |
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3,000m Steeplechase
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Patriz Ilg (FRG) | 8:12.13 |
2. | Mariano Scartezzini (ITA) | 8:13.32 |
3. | Bogusław Mamiński (POL) | 8:16.66 |
4. | Amos Korir (KEN) | 8:18.57 |
5. | Henry Marsh (USA) | 8:18.58 |
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High Jump
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
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1. | Jeff Woodard (USA) | 2.33 |
Aleksey Demyanyuk (URS) | ||
3. | Roland Dalhäuser (SUI) | 2.31 |
Gerd Nagel (FRG) | ||
Dwight Stones (USA) |
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Long Jump
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | Carl Lewis (USA) | 8.62 |
2. | Larry Myricks (USA) | 8.45 |
3. | Henry Lauterbach (GDR) | 8.35 |
4. | Winfried Klepsch (FRG) | 8.21 |
5. | Atanas Chochev (BUL) | 8.19 |
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Triple Jump
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | Willie Banks (USA) | 17.56 |
2. | João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) | 17.37 |
3. | Zou Zhenxian (CHN) | 17.34 |
4. | Keith Connor (GBR) | 17.31 |
5. | Shamil Abbyasov (URS) | 17.30 |
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Discus
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | John Powell (USA) | 69.98 |
2. | Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR) | 69.60 |
3. | Al Oerter (USA) | 68.76 |
4. | Art Swarts (USA) | 68.32 |
5. | Art Burns (USA) | 67.86 |
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Hammer
Main article: 1981 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) | 80.56 |
2. | Yuriy Syedikh (URS) | 80.18 |
3. | Sergey Litvinov (URS) | 79.60 |
4. | Roland Steuk (GDR) | 78.72 |
5. | Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG) | 78.72 |
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Shot Put
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | Brian Oldfield (USA) | 22.02 |
2. | Udo Beyer (GDR) | 21.69 |
3. | Dave Laut (USA) | 21.60 |
4. | Mike Carter (USA) | 21.20 |
5. | Yevgeniy Mironov (URS) | 21.11 |
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Pole Vault
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
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1. | Vladimir Polyakov (URS) | 5.81 |
Thierry Vigneron (FRA) | ||
3. | Konstantin Volkov (URS) | 5.75 |
4. | Philippe Houvion (FRA) | 5.70 |
Jean-Michel Bellot (FRA) | ||
Sergey Kulibaba (URS) | ||
Aleksandr Krupskiy (URS) |
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Javelin (old design)
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | Detlef Michel (GDR) | 92.48 |
2. | Pentti Sinersaari (FIN) | 91.98 |
3. | Arto Härkönen (FIN) | 91.04 |
4. | Dainis Kula (URS) | 90.54 |
5. | Seppo Hovinen (FIN) | 90.38 |
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Decathlon
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | POINTS |
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1. | Rainer Pottel (GDR) | 8334 |
2. | Yuriy Kutsenko (URS) | 8281 |
3. | Uwe Freimuth (GDR) | 8221 |
4. | Dariusz Ludwig (POL) | 8204 |
5. | Atanas Andonov (BUL) | 8220 |
Close
100 metres
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Evelyn Ashford (USA) | 10.90 |
2. | Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 11.07 |
3. | Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) | 11.09 |
Marlies Göhr (GDR) | ||
5. | Angella Taylor (CAN) | 11.12 |
Close
200 metres
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Evelyn Ashford (USA) | 21.84 |
2. | Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) | 21.97 |
3. | Bärbel Wöckel (GDR) | 22.07 |
4. | Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 22.35 |
5. | Gesine Walther (GDR) | 22.42 |
Close
400 metres
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) | 48.61 |
2. | Marita Koch (GDR) | 49.27 |
3. | Irina Nazarova (RUS) | 50.50 |
4. | Gaby Bussmann (FRG) | 50.83 |
5. | Dagmar Rübsam (GDR) | 50.98 |
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800 metres
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Lyudmila Veselkova (URS) | 1:56.98 |
2. | Martina Steuk (GDR) | 1:57.16 |
3. | Fiţa Lovin (ROU) | 1:57.42 |
4. | Tamara Sorokina (URS) | 1:57.55 |
5. | Hildegard Körner (GDR) | 1:57.56 |
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1,500 metres
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Olga Dvirna (URS) | 3:57.78 |
2. | Maricica Puică (ROU) | 3:58.29 |
3. | Zamira Zaytseva (URS) | 3:58.70 |
4. | Tamara Sorokina (URS) | 3:58.89 |
5. | Anna Bukis (POL) | 3:59.67 |
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Mile
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Lyudmila Veselkova (URS) | 4:20.89 |
2. | Maricica Puică (ROU) | 4:21.40 |
3. | Fiţa Lovin (ROU) | 4:21.82 |
4. | Zamira Zaytseva (URS) | 4:22.5 |
5. | Svetlana Ulmasova (URS) | 4:23.8 |
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3,000 metres
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Maricica Puică (ROU) | 8:34.30 |
2. | Tatyana Pozdnyakova (URS) | 8:34.80 |
3. | Alla Yushina (URS) | 8:38.34 |
4. | Olga Dvirna (URS) | 8:44.6 |
5. | Grete Waitz (NOR) | 8:44.64 |
Close
5,000 metres
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Paula Fudge (GBR) | 15:14.51 |
2. | Yelena Sipatova (URS) | 15:24.6 |
3. | Ellen Tittel (FRG) | 15:34.76 |
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10,000 metres
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Yelena Sipatova (URS) | 32:17.19 |
2. | Yelena Tsukhlo (URS) | 32:20.40 |
3. | Anna Oyun (URS) | 32:36.00 |
4. | Maria Klyukina (URS) | 32:37.40 |
5. | Marina Danilyuk (URS) | 32:46.56 |
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Marathon
Main article: 1981 Marathon Year Ranking
100m Hurdles
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Tatyana Anisimova (URS) | 12.68 |
2. | Kerstin Knabe (GDR) | 12.85 |
3. | Danuta Perka (POL) | 12.93[1] |
4, | Lucyna Kalek (POL) | 12.97 |
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400m Hurdles
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Ellen Neumann (GDR) | 54.79 |
2. | Natalya Tsyruk (URS) | 55.49 |
3. | Ana Kasteckaja (URS) | 55.51[2] |
4. | Petra Pfaff (GDR) | 55.54 |
5. | Genowefa Blaszak (POL) | 55.78 |
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High Jump
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
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1. | Pam Spencer (USA) | 1.97 m |
2. | Charmaine Gale (RSA) | 1.96 m |
Kerstin Dedner (GDR) | ||
Sara Simeoni (ITA) | ||
Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) | ||
Tamara Bykova (URS) |
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Long Jump
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | Jodi Anderson (USA) | 6.96 m |
2. | Anişoara Cuşmir (ROU) | 6.91 m |
Heike Daute (GDR) | ||
4. | Ramona Neubert (GDR) | 6.90 m |
5. | Sigrid Ulbricht (GDR) | 6.89 m |
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Discus
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | Evelin Jahl (GDR) | 71.46 m |
2. | Mariya Petkova (BUL) | 71.30 m |
3. | Valentina Kharchenko (URS) | 69.86 m |
4. | Galina Savinkova (URS) | 69.70 m |
5. | Florenţa Crăciunescu (ROU) | 68.98 m |
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Shot Put
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | Ilona Slupianek (GDR) | 21.61 m |
2. | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) | 21.57 m |
3. | Ines Müller (GDR) | 21.14 m |
4. | Verzhinia Veselinova (BUL) | 21.09 m |
5. | Margitta Droese (GDR) | 21.08 m |
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Javelin (old design)
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | Antoaneta Todorova (BUL) | 71.88 m |
2. | Tessa Sanderson (GBR) | 68.86 m |
3. | Ute Hommola (GDR) | 67.24 m |
4. | Petra Felke (GDR) | 66.60 m |
5. | Tiina Lillak (FIN) | 66.34 m |
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Heptathlon
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | POINTS |
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1. | Ramona Neubert (GDR) | 6788 |
2. | Sabine Everts (FRG) | 6365 |
3. | Malgorzata Nowak (POL) | 6333 |
4. | Yekaterina Gordiyenko (URS) | 6295 |
5. | Jane Frederick (USA) | 6291 |
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January
- January 8 – Mesías Zapata, Ecuadorian race walker
- January 14 – Hyleas Fountain, American heptathlete
- January 18 – Naoyuki Daigo, Japanese high jumper
- January 24 – Jong Yong-Ok, North Korean long-distance runner
- January 27 – Fabrizio Schembri, Italian triple jumper
- January 29 – Rose Richmond, American long jumper
February
- February 12 – Amarilys Alméstica, Puerto Rican hammer thrower
- February 13 – Rosibel García, Colombian middle-distance runner
- February 15 – Rita Jeptoo, Kenyan marathon runner
- February 16 – Jessé de Lima, Brazilian high jumper
- February 17 – Shi Na, Chinese race walker
- February 19 – Shellene Williams, Jamaican sprinter
- February 25 – Marek Plawgo, Polish athlete
March
- March 11 – Yelena Konevtseva, Russian hammer thrower
- March 13 – Stefan Wenk, German javelin thrower
- March 22 – Aliaksandr Parkhomenka, Belarusian decathlete
- March 28 – Yuniel Hernández, Cuban hurdler
April
- April 13 – Moushaumi Robinson, American sprinter
- April 19 – Kazuhiro Maeda, Japanese long-distance runner
May
- May 6 – Rui Pedro Silva, Portuguese distance runner
- May 15 – Merja Korpela, Finnish hammer thrower
- May 20 – Jana Tucholke, German discus thrower
- May 21 – Anna Rogowska, Polish pole vaulter
- May 28 – Kamil Kalka, Polish race walker
- May 31 – Eileen O'Keefe, Irish hammer thrower
July
- July 9 – Rutger Smith, Dutch discus thrower and shot putter
- July 13 – Ineta Radēviča, Latvian long and triple jumper
- July 24 – Carys Parry, Welsh hammer thrower
- July 30 – Daria Onyśko, Polish sprinter
August
- August 15 – Yoshiko Fujinaga, Japanese long-distance runner
- August 30 – Aleksandr Vashchyla, Belarusian hammer thrower
September
- September 6 – Brandon Simpson, Jamaican athlete
- September 7 – Eyerusalem Kuma, Ethiopian distance runner
- September 12 – Greg Nixon, American sprinter
- September 15 – Tomas Intas, Lithuanian javelin thrower
October
- October 3 – Anna Omarova, Russian shot putter
- October 18 – Ji Young-Jun, South Korean long-distance runner
November
- November 8 – Jéssica Augusto, Portuguese long-distance runner
- November 18 – Kimberly Barrett, Jamaica-Puerto Rican shot putter
- November 21 – Werknesh Kidane, Ethiopian long-distance runner
December
- December 8 – Gabriel Ortiz, Mexican race walker
- December 22 – Marina Kuptsova, Russian high jumper
- April 25 – Paul Bontemps (76), French long-distance runner (b. 1902)
- August 2 – Delfo Cabrera (62), Argentine long-distance runner (b. 1919)
- "World Top Performers". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 14 April 2018.[permanent dead link]
- "World Top Performers". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 14 April 2018.