1994_in_athletics_(track_and_field)

1994 in athletics
1994 in athletics
Major world events	World Championships; World Indoor Championships
IAAF Athletes of the Year	Noureddine Morceli; Jackie Joyner-Kersee
	← 1993 1995 →

1994 in the sport of athletics

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EVENT	ATHLETE	MARK	DATE	VENUE
100 metres	Leroy Burrell (USA)	9.85	6 July	Lausanne, Switzerland
3,000 metres	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	7:25.11	2 August	Monte Carlo
5,000 metres	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	12:56.96	4 June	Hengelo, Netherlands
10,000 metres	William Sigei (KEN)	26:52.23	22 July	Oslo, Norway
4 × 200 m Relay	Santa Monica United States (USA) • Michael Marsh • Leroy Burrell • Floyd Heard • Carl Lewis	1:18.68	17 April	Walnut, United States
Pole vault	Sergei Bubka (UKR)	6.14m	31 July	Sestriere, Italy

EVENT	ATHLETE	MARK	DATE	VENUE
2,000 metres	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)	5:25.36	8 July	Edinburgh, Great Britain
Pole vault	Sun Caiyun (CHN)	4.12m	22 October	Guangzhou, China
Hammer throw	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	66.84	23 February	Adler, Russia

1994 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	ATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)
European Athlete of the Year Award	Colin Jackson (GBR)
Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award	Michael Johnson (USA)

1994 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	ATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)
European Athlete of the Year Award	Irina Privalova (RUS)
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award	Gail Devers (USA)

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Leroy Burrell (USA)	9.85
2.	Linford Christie (GBR)	9.91
3.	Davidson Ezinwa (NGR)	9.94
3.	Dennis Mitchell (USA)	9.94
5.	Olapade Adeniken (NGR)	9.95

1994 in athletics
Major world events	World Championships World Indoor Championships
IAAF Athletes of the Year	Noureddine Morceli Jackie Joyner-Kersee
← 1993 1995 →

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	John Regis (GBR)	19.87
2.	Michael Johnson (USA)	19.94
3.	Frank Fredericks (NAM)	19.97
4.	Daniel Effiong (NGR)	20.10
5.	Jeff Williams (USA)	20.19

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Michael Johnson (USA)	43.90
2.	Samson Kitur (KEN)	44.32
3.	Antonio Pettigrew (USA)	44.43
4.	Derek Mills (USA)	44.59
5.	Steve Lewis (USA)	44.68

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Benson Koech (KEN)	1:43.17
2.	Wilson Kipketer (KEN)	1:43.29
3.	Vebjørn Rodal (NOR)	1:43.50
4.	Johnny Gray (USA)	1:43.73
5.	David Singoei (KEN)	1:44.07

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	3:30.61
2.	Vénuste Niyongabo (BDI)	3:30.66
3.	Azzedine Sediki (MAR)	3:32.71
4.	Mohamed Suleiman (QAT)	3:32.73
5.	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:33.61

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	3:48.67
2.	Vénuste Niyongabo (BDI)	3:48.94
3.	Abdi Bile (SOM)	3:50.67
4.	Steve Holman (USA)	3:50.91
5.	Mohamed Suleiman (QAT)	3:51.31

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	7:25.11
2.	Paul Bitok (KEN)	7:34.36
3.	Dieter Baumann (GER)	7:34.69
4.	Aloys Nizigama (BDI)	7:35.08
5.	Moses Kiptanui (KEN)	7:35.23

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	12:56.96
2.	Khalid Skah (MAR)	13:00.54
3.	Bob Kennedy (USA)	13:02.93
4.	Brahim Lahlafi (MAR)	13:03.36
5.	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	13:03.85

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Cosmas Ndeti (KEN)	2:07:15
2.	Andres Espinosa (MEX)	2:07:19
3.	Vincent Rousseau (BEL)	2:07:51
4.	Jackson Kipngok (KEN)	2:08:08
5.	Hwang Young-Cho (KOR)	2:08:09

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Colin Jackson (GBR)	12.98
2.	Mark Crear (USA)	13.07
3.	Mark McKoy (AUT)	13.14
4.	Florian Schwarthoff (GER)	13.16
5.	Tony Jarrett (GBR)	13.22

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Derrick Adkins (USA)	47.70
2.	Samuel Matete (ZAM)	47.90
3.	Winthrop Graham (JAM)	48.05
4.	Oleg Tverdokhleb (UKR)	48.06
5.	Danny Harris (USA)	48.18

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.42
2.	Troy Kemp (BAH)	2.35
2.	Steinar Hoen (NOR)	2.35
4.	Dalton Grant (GBR)	2.34
5.	Tim Forsyth (AUS)	2.33
	Jean-Charles Gicquel (FRA)
	Artur Partyka (POL)
	Steve Smith (GBR)
	Gilmar Mayo (COL)

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Erick Walder (USA)	8.74
2.	Carl Lewis (USA)	8.66
3.	Kareem Streete-Thompson (USA)	8.63
4.	Mike Powell (USA)	8.58
5.	Roland McGhee (USA)	8.47

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Mike Conley (USA)	17.68
2.	Denis Kapustin (RUS)	17.62
3.	Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)	17.61
4.	Serge Hélan (FRA)	17.55
5.	Vasiliy Sokov (RUS)	17.43
5.	Kenny Harrison (USA)	17.43

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Moses Kiptanui (KEN)	8:08.80
2.	Richard Kosgei (KEN)	8:10.20
3.	Mark Croghan (USA)	8:10.56
4.	Eliud Barngetuny (KEN)	8:10.84
5.	Abdelaziz Sahere (MAR)	8:11.11

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Attila Horváth (HUN)	68.58
2.	Jürgen Schult (GER)	66.08
2.	Lars Riedel (GER)	66.08
4.	Nick Sweeney (IRL)	66.00
5.	Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR)	65.80

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Jim Doehring (USA)	21.09
2.	Kevin Toth (USA)	21.07
3.	Oleksandr Bagach (UKR)	21.05
4.	Cottrell John Hunter (USA)	20.94
4.	Yevgeniy Palchikov (RUS)	20.94

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB)	83.36
2.	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	83.14
3.	Lance Deal (USA)	82.50
4.	Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS)	82.02
5.	Andrey Skvaruk (UKR)	81.72

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Jan Železný (CZE)	91.82
2.	Raymond Hecht (GER)	90.06
3.	Andrey Moruyev (RUS)	87.34
4.	Patrik Bodén (SWE)	86.76
5.	Mick Hill (GBR)	86.36

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Sergei Bubka (UKR)	6.14
2.	Rodion Gataullin (RUS)	6.00
3.	Scott Huffman (USA)	5.97
4.	Jean Galfione (FRA)	5.94
5.	Dean Starkey (USA)	5.92

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR)	8735
2.	Dan O'Brien (USA)	8715
3.	Steve Fritz (USA)	8548
4.	Christian Plaziat (FRA)	8505
5.	Alain Blondel (FRA)	8453

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Irina Privalova (RUS)	6.93
2.	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	6.99
3.	Gail Devers (USA)	7.00
4.	Olga Bogoslovskaya (RUS)	7.06
5.	Gwen Torrence (USA)	7.10

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Irina Privalova (RUS)	10.77
2.	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	10.78
3.	Gwen Torrence (USA)	10.82
4.	Zhanna Block (UKR)	10.99
5.	Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)	11.01

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Gwen Torrence (USA)	21.85
2.	Irina Privalova (RUS)	22.02
3.	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	22.07
4.	Cathy Freeman (AUS)	22.25
5.	Galina Malchugina (RUS)	22.29
5.	Dannette Young (USA)	22.29

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RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Marie-José Pérec (FRA)	49.77
2.	Cathy Freeman (AUS)	50.04
3.	Maicel Malone (USA)	50.05
4.	Jearl Miles (USA)	50.11
5.	Renee Poetschka (AUS)	50.19

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ)	1:55.19
2.	Lyubov Gurina (RUS)	1:56.53
3.	Natalya Dukhnova (BLR)	1:57.87
4.	Patricia Djaté (FRA)	1:58.07
5.	Luciana Mendes (BRA)	1:58.27

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)	3:59.10
2.	Yekaterina Podkopayeva (RUS)	3:59.78
3.	Qu Yunxia (CHN)	4:00.34
4.	Lyubov Kremlyova (RUS)	4:01.05
4.	Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG)	4:01.05

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)	4:17.25
2.	Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG)	4:22.09
3.	Yvonne Murray (GBR)	4:22.64
4.	Lyudmila Rogachova (RUS)	4:23.88
5.	Yvonne Graham (JAM)	4:24.64

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)	8:21.64
2.	Yvonne Murray (GBR)	8:29.60
3.	Angela Chalmers (CAN)	8:32.17
4.	Gabriela Szabo (ROM)	8:40.08
5.	Olga Churbanova (RUS)	8:40.48

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Yelena Romanova (RUS)	15:05.94
2.	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)	15:06.18
3.	Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)	15:06.91
4.	Catherina McKiernan (IRL)	15:09.10
5.	Alison Wyeth (GBR)	15:10.38

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Wang Junxia (CHN)	30:50.34
2.	Elana Meyer (RSA)	30:52.51
3.	Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)	31:04.25
4.	Catherina McKiernan (IRL)	31:19.11
5.	Dong Li (CHN)	31:31.08

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Uta Pippig (GER)	2:21:45
2.	Valentina Yegorova (RUS)	2:23:33
3.	Elana Meyer (RSA)	2:25:15
3.	Katrin Dörre (GER)	2:25:15
5.	Alena Peterkova (CZE)	2:25:19

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Yordanka Donkova (BUL)	7.83
2.	Gail Devers (USA)	7.85
3.	Eva Sokolova (RUS)	7.89
4.	Michelle Freeman (JAM)	7.90
5.	Anne Piquereau (FRA)	7.91

RANK	1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Tatyana Reshetnikova (RUS)	12.53
1.	Svetla Dimitrova (BUL)	12.53
3.	Yordanka Donkova (BUL)	12.56
4.	Yuliya Graudyn (RUS)	12.62
5.	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	12.69