1982_in_athletics_(track_and_field)
1982 in the sport of athletics
Overview of the events of 1982 in the sport of athletics
This article contains an overview of the year 1982 in athletics.
Quick Facts Major world events ...
| 1982 in athletics | |
|---|---|
| Major world events | World Championship in Athletics |
← 1981 1983 → | |
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Men
More information EVENT, ATHLETE ...
| EVENT | ATHLETE | MARK | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5000m |  David Moorcroft (GBR) |
13:00:41 | July 7 | Oslo, Norway |
| Half Marathon |  Michael Musyoki (KEN) |
1:01:36 | September 19 | Philadelphia, United States |
| Hammer |  Sergey Litvinov (URS) |
83.98m | June 4 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Decathlon | Daley Thompson (GBR) |
8730 | May 23 | Götzis, Austria |
 Jürgen Hingsen (FRG) |
8741 | August 15 | Athens, Greece | |
| Daley Thompson (GBR) |
8774 | September 8 | Athens, Greece |
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Women
More information EVENT, ATHLETE ...
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- Marlies Göhr (GDR) equals her own world record in the women's 100 metres, clocking 10.88 seconds on 1982-07-06 at a meet in Karl-Marx-Stadt.
100 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Carl Lewis (USA) |
10.00 |
| 2. | Stanley Floyd (USA) |
10.03 |
| 3. | Calvin Smith (USA) |
10.05 |
| 4. | Willie Gault (USA) |
10.10 |
| 5. | Mike Miller (USA) |
10.11 |
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200 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mike Miller (USA) |
20.15 |
| 2. | Phil Epps (USA) |
20.19 |
| 3. |  Tony Sharpe (CAN) |
20.22 |
| 4. | James Butler (USA) |
20.23 |
| 5= | Carl Lewis (USA) |
20.27 |
| 5= | Jeff Phillips (USA) |
20.27 |
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400 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Sunder Nix (USA) |
44.68 |
| 2. | Darrell Robinson (USA) |
44.69 |
| — |  Bert Cameron (JAM) |
44.69 |
| 4. | Hartmut Weber (FRG) |
44.72 |
| 5. |  Hassan El Kashief (SUD) |
44.76 |
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800 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Steve Cram (GBR) |
1:44.45 |
| 2. | Sebastian Coe (GBR) |
1:44.48 |
| 3. |  Rob Druppers (NED) |
1:44.54 |
| 4. | Garry Cook (GBR) |
1:44.71 |
| 5. | James Robinson (USA) |
1:44.72 |
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1,500 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Sydney Maree (USA) |
3:32.12 |
| 2. | Steve Scott (USA) |
3:32.33 |
| 3. | Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) |
3:32.85 |
| 4. |  José Manuel Abascal (ESP) |
3:33.12 |
| 5. |  Ray Flynn (IRL) |
3:33.5 |
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Mile
More information RANK, TIME ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Steve Scott (USA) |
3:47.69 |
| 2. | Sydney Maree (USA) |
3:48.85 |
| 3. |  John Walker (NZL) |
3:49.08 |
| 4. | David Moorcroft (GBR) |
3:49.34 |
| 5. | Ray Flynn (IRL) |
3:49.77 |
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3,000 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | David Moorcroft (GBR) |
7:32.79 |
| 2. | Sydney Maree (USA) |
7:33.37 |
| 3. | John Walker (NZL) |
7:37.49 |
| 4. | Peter Koech (KEN) |
7:39.09 |
| 5. | Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) |
7:39.34 |
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5,000 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | David Moorcroft (GBR) |
13:00.41 |
| 2. |  Wodajo Bulti (ETH) |
13:07.29 |
| 3. |  António Leitão (POR) |
13:07.70 |
| 4. | Henry Rono (KEN) |
13:08.97 |
| 5. | Peter Koech (KEN) |
13:09.50 |
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10,000 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Fernando Mamede (POR) |
27:22.95 |
| 2. | Carlos Lopes (POR) |
27:24.39 |
| 3. | Alberto Salazar (USA) |
27:25.61 |
| 4. |  Alex Hagelsteens (BEL) |
27:26.95 |
| 5. | Henry Rono (KEN) |
27:28.67 |
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Half Marathon
More information RANK, TIME ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Michael Musyoki (KEN) |
1:01:36 WR |
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Marathon
Main article: 1982 Marathon Year Ranking
110m Hurdles
More information RANK, TIME ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Greg Foster (USA) |
13.22 |
| 2. | Willie Gault (USA) |
13.26 |
| 3. | Sam Turner (USA) |
13.31 |
| 4. |  Alejandro Casañas (CUB) |
13.36 |
| 5. | Mark McKoy (CAN) |
13.37 |
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400m Hurdles
More information RANK, TIME ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Harald Schmid (FRG) |
47.48 |
| 2. | David Patrick (USA) |
48.44 |
| — | David Lee (USA) |
48.44 |
| 4. | Andre Phillips (USA) |
48.45 |
| 5. | Larry Cowling (USA) |
48.46 |
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3,000m Steeplechase
More information RANK, TIME ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Henry Marsh (USA) |
8:16.17 |
| 2. | Patriz Ilg (FRG) |
8:17.04 |
| 3. |  Wolfgang Konrad (AUT) |
8:17.22 |
| 4. |  Bogusław Mamiński (POL) |
8:17.41 |
| 5. | Colin Reitz (GBR) |
8:18.80 |
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High Jump
More information RANK, HEIGHT ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Zhu Jianhua (CHN) |
2.33 |
| 2. | Gennadiy Byelkov (URS) |
2.32 |
| — | Milton Ottey (CAN) |
2.32 |
| — | Del Davis (USA) |
2.32 |
| 5. |  Steven Wray (BAH) |
2.31 |
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Long Jump
More information RANK, DISTANCE ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Carl Lewis (USA) |
8.76 |
| 2. | Larry Myricks (USA) |
8.56 |
| 3. |  Lutz Dombrowski (GDR) |
8.30 |
| 4. | Vance Johnson (USA) |
8.21 |
| 5. |  László Szalma (HUN) |
8.20 |
| — | Viktor Belskiy (URS) |
8.20 |
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Triple Jump
More information RANK, DISTANCE ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Keith Connor (GBR) |
17.57 |
| 2. |  Ken Lorraway (AUS) |
17.46 |
| 3. | Gennadiy Valyukevich (URS) |
17.42 |
| 4. | Aleksandr Beskrovniy (URS) |
17.37 |
| 5. | Willie Banks (USA) |
17.36 |
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Discus
More information RANK, DISTANCE ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Luis Delís (CUB) |
70.58 |
| 2. | Art Burns (USA) |
69.96 |
| 3. | Georgiy Kolnootchenko (URS) |
69.44 |
| 4. | Yuriy Dumchev (URS) |
69.16 |
| 5. |  Imrich Bugár (TCH) |
68.60 |
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Hammer
Main article: 1982 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
More information RANK, DISTANCE ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Sergey Litvinov (URS) |
83.98 |
| 2. | Igor Nikulin (URS) |
83.54 |
| 3. | Yuriy Syedikh (URS) |
81.66 |
| 4. | Yuriy Tarasyuk (URS) |
80.72 |
| 5. | Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG) |
79.48 |
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Shot Put
More information RANK, DISTANCE ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dave Laut (USA) |
22.02 |
| 2. | Udo Beyer (GDR) |
21.94 |
| 3. | Remigius Machura (TCH) |
21.74 |
| 4. | Janis Bojars (URS) |
21.31 |
| 5. | Kevin Akins (USA) |
21.27 |
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Pole Vault
More information RANK, HEIGHT ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dave Volz (USA) |
5.75 |
| — |  Jean-Michel Bellot (FRA) |
5.75 |
| 3. | Billy Olson (USA) |
5.72 |
| — | Dan Ripley (USA) |
5.72 |
| 5. | Larry Jessee (USA) |
5.71 |
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Javelin (old design)
More information RANK, DISTANCE ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bob Roggy (USA) |
95.80 |
| 2. | Detlef Michel (GDR) |
94.52 |
| 3. | Uwe Hohn (GDR) |
91.34 |
| 4. | Dainis Kula (URS) |
90.96 |
| 5. | Heino Puuste (URS) |
90.72 |
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Decathlon
More information RANK, POINTS ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | POINTS |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Daley Thompson (GBR) |
8774 |
| 2. | Jürgen Hingsen (FRG) |
8741 |
| 3. | Konstantin Akhapkin (URS) |
8485 |
| 4. | Siegfried Stark (GDR) |
8472 |
| 5. | Torsten Voss (FRG) |
8397 |
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100 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Marlies Göhr (GDR) |
10.88 |
| 2. | Evelyn Ashford (USA) |
10.93 |
| 3. | Bärbel Wöckel (GDR) |
10.95 |
| 4. | Angella Taylor (CAN) |
11.00 |
| 5. | Marita Koch (GDR) |
11.01 |
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200 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Marita Koch (GDR) |
21.76 |
| 2. | Bärbel Wöckel (GDR) |
22.04 |
| 3. | Evelyn Ashford (USA) |
22.10 |
| 4. | Kathy Smallwood (GBR) |
22.13 |
| 5. | Merlene Ottey (JAM) |
22.17 |
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400 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Marita Koch (GDR) |
48.16 |
| 2. | Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) |
48.85 |
| 3. | Bärbel Wöckel (GDR) |
49.56 |
| 4. | Tatána Kocembová (TCH) |
50.41 |
| 5. | Kathy Smallwood (GBR) |
50.46 |
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800 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Doina Melinte (ROU) |
1:55.05 |
| 2. | Olga Mineyeva (URS) |
1:55.41 |
| 3. | Lyudmila Veselkova (URS) |
1:55.96 |
| 4. | Ravilya Agletdinova (URS) |
1:56.1 |
| 5. | Tatyana Mishkel (URS) |
1:56.2 |
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1,500 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Olga Dvirna (URS) |
3:54.23 |
| 2. | Zamira Zaytseva (URS) |
3:56.14 |
| 3. | Tatyana Pozdnyakova (URS) |
3:56.50 |
| 4. | Svetlana Guskova (URS) |
3:57.05 |
| 5. | Maricica Puică (ROU) |
3:57.48 |
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Mile
More information RANK, TIME ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Maricica Puică (ROU) |
4:17.44 |
| 2. | Mary Decker-Tabb (USA) |
4:18.08 |
| 3. |  Vesela Yatzinska (BUL) |
4:21.52 |
| 4. | Vanya Stoyanova (BUL) |
4:21.78 |
| 5. | Tamara Sorokina (URS) |
4:21.89 |
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3,000 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Svetlana Ulmasova (URS) |
8:26.78 |
| 2. | Svetlana Guskova (URS) |
8:29.36 |
| 3. | Mary Decker-Tabb (USA) |
8:29.71 |
| 4. | Maricica Puică (ROU) |
8:31.67 |
| 5. | Galina Zakharova (URS) |
8:33.40 |
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5,000 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mary Decker-Tabb (USA) |
15:08.26 |
| 2. |  Grete Waitz (NOR) |
15:08.80 |
| 3. | Irina Bondarchuk (URS) |
15:12.62 |
| 4. | Anne Audain (NZL) |
15:13.22 |
| 5. | Charlotte Teske (FRG) |
15:19.54 |
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10,000 metres
More information RANK, TIME ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mary Decker-Tabb (USA) |
31:35.3 |
| 2. | Anna Domoradskaya (URS) |
31:48.23 |
| 3. | Raysa Sadreydinova (URS) |
31:55.02 |
| 4. | Galina Zakharova (URS) |
31:57.0 |
| 5. | Lyudmila Baranova (URS) |
32:04.88 |
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Half Marathon
More information RANK, TIME ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Grete Waitz (NOR) |
1:09:57 |
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Marathon
Main article: 1982 Marathon Year Ranking
100m Hurdles
More information RANK, TIME ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Yordanka Donkova (BUL) |
12.44 |
| 2. | Lucyna Kalek (POL) |
12.45 |
| 3. | Kerstin Knabe (GDR) |
12.54 |
| 4. | Bettine Jahn (GDR) |
12.55 |
| 5. | Sabine Mobius (GDR) |
12.62 |
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400m Hurdles
More information RANK, TIME ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Ann-Louise Skoglund (SWE) |
54.57 |
| 2. | Petra Pfaff (GDR) |
54.89 |
| 3. | Chantal Réga (FRA) |
54.93 |
| 4. | Ellen Fiedler (GDR) |
54.96 |
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High Jump
More information RANK, HEIGHT ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) |
2.02 |
| 2. | Coleen Sommer (USA) |
1.98 |
| Tamara Bykova (URS) | ||
 Sara Simeoni (ITA) | ||
| 5. | Jutta Kirst (GDR) |
1.97 |
| Yelena Popkova (URS) |
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Long Jump
More information RANK, DISTANCE ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Valy Ionescu (ROU) |
7.20 |
| 2. | Anişoara Cuşmir (ROU) |
7.15 |
| 3. | Heike Daute (GDR) |
6.98 |
| 4. | Tatyana Skachko (URS) |
6.92 |
| 5. | Jodi Anderson (USA) |
6.91 |
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Discus
More information RANK, DISTANCE ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Irina Meszynski (GDR) |
71.40 |
| 2. | Mariya Petkova (BUL) |
71.20 |
| 3. | Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) |
70.64 |
| 4. | Galina Savinkova (URS) |
69.90 |
| 5. | Gisela Beyer (GDR) |
69.76 |
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Shot Put
More information RANK, DISTANCE ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ilona Slupianek (GDR) |
21.80 |
| 2. | Verzhinia Veselinova (BUL) |
21.61 |
| 3. | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) |
21.55 |
| 4. | Liane Schmuhl (GDR) |
21.27 |
| 5. | Nunu Abashidze (URS) |
21.23 |
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Javelin (old design)
More information RANK, DISTANCE ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Sofia Sakorafa (GRE) |
74.40 |
| 2. |  Tiina Lillak (FIN) |
74.20 |
| 3. | Anna Verouli (GRE) |
70.02 |
| 4. | Petra Rivers (AUS) |
69.28 |
| 5. | Antje Zöllkau (GDR) |
68.38 |
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Heptathlon
More information RANK, POINTS ...
| RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | POINTS |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ramona Neubert (GDR) |
6845 |
| 2. | Natalya Grachova (URS) |
6646 |
| 3. | Sabine Mobius (GDR) |
6629 |
| 4. | Natalya Shubenkova (URS) |
6524 |
| 5. | Sabine Everts (FRG) |
6523 |
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January
- January 2 – Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greek race walker
- January 3 – Eşref Apak, Turkish hammer thrower
- January 5 – Vadims Vasiļevskis, Latvian athlete
- January 12 – Dimitrios Tsiamis, Greek triple jumper
- January 24 – Hamdi Dhouibi, Tunisian decathlete
February
- February 2 – Dorcus Inzikuru, Ugandan athlete
- February 7 – Rumyana Karapetrova, Bulgarian javelin thrower
- February 8 – Iryna Shtanhyeyeva, Ukrainian sprinter
- February 9 – Zersenay Tadese, Eritrean athlete
- February 10 – Justin Gatlin, American athlete
- February 18 – Krisztián Pars, Hungarian hammer thrower
March
- March 1 – Leryn Franco, Paraguayan javelin thrower
- March 14 – Yuleidis Limonta, Cuban heptathlete
- March 16 – Inga Kožarenoka, Latvian javelin thrower
- March 25 – Kayoko Fukushi, Japanese long-distance runner
- March 31 – Janice Josephs, South African heptathlete
April
- April 15 – Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi, Italian race walker
- April 20 – Arnoud Okken, Dutch middle-distance runner
- April 20 – Dennis Leyckes, German decathlete
- April 25 – Victoria Mitchell, Australian long-distance runner
May
- May 6 – Dilshod Nazarov, Tajikistani hammer thrower
- May 10 – Yochai Halevi, Israeli long jumper and triple jumper
- May 12 – Marvin Anderson, Jamaican sprinter
- May 15 – Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaican athlete
- May 20 – Mihail Stamatoyiannis, Greek shot putter
- May 25 – Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenyan athlete
- May 30 – Phaustin Baha Sulle, Tanzanian long-distance runner
June
- June 3 – Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter
- June 5 – Fabiano Peçanha, Brazilian middle-distance runner
- June 11 – Vanessa Boslak, French pole vaulter
- June 13 – Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopian distance runner
- June 25 – Esther Dankwah, Ghanaian sprinter
July
- July 8 – Park Chil-Sung, South Korean race walker
- July 14 – Vyacheslav Muravyev, Kazakhstani sprinter
- July 23 – Thaimara Rivas, Venezuelan heptathlete
August
- August 5 – Jo Ankier, British long-distance runner
- August 9 – Robert Häggblom, Finnish shot putter
- August 9 – Byron Piedra, Ecuadorian distance runner
- August 31 – Lien Huyghebaert, Belgian athlete
September
- September 11 – Elvan Abeylegesse, Ethiopian-born Turkish track and field athlete
- September 15 – Matthew Boyles, American race walker
- September 29 – Salome Chepchumba, Kenyan middle-distance runner
October
- October 25 – Aarik Wilson, American long jumper and triple jumper
November
- November 4 – Kamila Skolimowska, Polish hammer thrower (d. 2009)
- November 6 – Loree Smith, American hammer thrower
- November 9 – Eloise Wellings, Australian long-distance runner
- November 11 – Ivan Babaryka, Ukrainian long-distance runner
- November 11 – Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter
- November 29 – Andrei Chubsa, Belarusian high jumper
December
- December 2 – Morten Jensen, Danish long jumper
- December 11 – Darren Gilford, Maltese athlete
- December 25 – Samson Ramadhani, Tanzanian long-distance runner
- April 26 – Ville Ritola (86), Finnish Olympic gold medal runner (b. 1896)
- June 25 – Ed Hamm (76), American athlete (b. 1906)
- June 28 – Wiesław Maniak (41), Polish sprinter (b. 1938)
- August 4 – Henk van der Wal (95), Dutch track and field athlete (b. 1886)