1982 in the sport of athletics

none 1982 in athletics World Championship in Athletics 1981 1983 1982 the sport of athletics This article contains an overview of the year 1982 in athletics. International Events African Championships Asian Games Central American and Caribbean Championships Commonwealth Games European Championships European Indoor Championships World Cross Country Championships World records Men EVENTATHLETEMARKDATEVENUE5000mDavid Moorcroft GBR13:00:41July 7Oslo, NorwayHalf MarathonMichael Musyoki KEN1:01:36September 19Philadelphia, United StatesHammerSergey Litvinov URS83.98mJune 4Moscow, Soviet UnionDecathlonDaley Thompson GBR8730May 23Götzis, AustriaJürgen Hingsen FRG8741August 15Athens, GreeceDaley Thompson GBR8774September 8Athens, Greece Women EVENTATHLETEMARKDATEVENUE400 metresMarita Koch GDR48.16September 8Athens, GreeceMileMary Slaney USA4:18.08July 9Paris, FranceMaricica Puică ROU 19654:17.44September 16Rieti, Italy3,000 metresSvetlana Ulmasova URS8:26.78July 25Kiev, Soviet Union5,000 metresAnne Audain NZL15:13.22March 17Auckland, New ZealandMary Slaney USA15:08.26June 5Eugene, Oregon, United States10,000 metresMary Slaney USA31:35.3July 16Eugene, Oregon, United States4 × 400 m RelayGDR• Kirsten Emmelmann• Sabine Busch• Dagmar Neubauer• Marita Koch3:19.04September 11Athens, GreeceHalf MarathonGrete Waitz NOR1:09:57May 15Gothenburg, SwedenHigh jumpUlrike Meyfarth FRG2.02September 8Athens, GreeceLong jumpAnisoara Cusmir ROM7.15August 1Bucharest, RomaniaLong jumpValeria Ionescu ROM7.20August 1Bucharest, RomaniaJavelin throwTiina Lillak FIN72.40July 29Helsinki, FinlandJavelin throwSofia Sakorafa GRE74.20September 26Khania, GreeceHeptathlonRamona Neubert GDR6845June 20Halle, East Germany 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. Men's Best Year Performers 100 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Carl Lewis USA10.002.Stanley Floyd USA10.033.Calvin Smith USA10.054.Willie Gault USA10.105.Mike Miller USA10.11 200 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Mike Miller USA20.152.Phil Epps USA20.193.Tony Sharpe CAN20.224.James Butler USA20.235=Carl Lewis USA20.275=Jeff Phillips USA20.27 400 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Sunder Nix USA44.682.Darrell Robinson USA44.69—Bert Cameron JAM44.694.Hartmut Weber FRG44.725.Hassan El Kashief SUD44.76 800 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Steve Cram GBR1:44.452.Sebastian Coe GBR1:44.483.Rob Druppers NED1:44.544.Garry Cook GBR1:44.715.James Robinson USA1:44.72 1,500 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Sydney Maree USA3:32.122.Steve Scott USA3:32.333.Thomas Wessinghage FRG3:32.854.José Manuel Abascal ESP3:33.125.Ray Flynn IRL3:33.5 Mile RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Steve Scott USA3:47.692.Sydney Maree USA3:48.853.John Walker NZL3:49.084.David Moorcroft GBR3:49.345.Ray Flynn IRL3:49.77 3,000 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.David Moorcroft GBR7:32.792.Sydney Maree USA7:33.373.John Walker NZL7:37.494.Peter Koech KEN7:39.095.Thomas Wessinghage FRG7:39.34 5,000 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.David Moorcroft GBR13:00.412.Wodajo Bulti ETH 197513:07.293.António Leitão POR13:07.704.Henry Rono KEN13:08.975.Peter Koech KEN13:09.50 10,000 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Fernando Mamede POR27:22.952.Carlos Lopes POR27:24.393.Alberto Salazar USA27:25.614.Alex Hagelsteens BEL27:26.955.Henry Rono KEN27:28.67 Half Marathon RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Michael Musyoki KEN1:01:36 WR Marathon 1982 Marathon Year Ranking 110m Hurdles RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Greg Foster USA13.222.Willie Gault USA13.263.Sam Turner USA13.314.Alejandro Casañas CUB13.365.Mark McKoy CAN13.37 400m Hurdles RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Harald Schmid FRG47.482.David Patrick USA48.44—David Lee USA48.444.Andre Phillips USA48.455.Larry Cowling USA48.46 3,000m Steeplechase RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Henry Marsh USA8:16.172.Patriz Ilg FRG8:17.043.Wolfgang Konrad AUT8:17.224.Bogusław Mamiński POL8:17.415.Colin Reitz GBR8:18.80 High Jump RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT1.Zhu Jianhua CHN2.332.Gennadiy Byelkov URS2.32—Milton Ottey CAN2.32—Del Davis USA2.325.Steven Wray BAH2.31 Long Jump RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Carl Lewis USA8.762.Larry Myricks USA8.563.Lutz Dombrowski GDR8.304.Vance Johnson USA8.215.László Szalma HUN 19578.20—Viktor Belskiy URS8.20 Triple Jump RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Keith Connor GBR17.572.Ken Lorraway AUS17.463.Gennadiy Valyukevich URS17.424.Aleksandr Beskrovniy URS17.375.Willie Banks USA17.36 Discus RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Luis Delís CUB70.582.Art Burns USA69.963.Georgiy Kolnootchenko URS69.444.Yuriy Dumchev URS69.165.Imrich Bugár TCH68.60 Hammer RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Sergey Litvinov URS83.982.Igor Nikulin URS83.543.Yuriy Syedikh URS81.664.Yuriy Tarasyuk URS80.725.Karl-Hans Riehm FRG79.48 Shot Put RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Dave Laut USA22.022.Udo Beyer GDR21.943.Remigius Machura TCH21.744.Janis Bojars URS21.315.Kevin Akins USA21.27 Pole Vault RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT1.Dave Volz USA5.75—Jean-Michel Bellot FRA5.753.Billy Olson USA5.72—Dan Ripley USA5.725.Larry Jessee USA5.71 Javelin (old design) RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Bob Roggy USA95.802.Detlef Michel GDR94.523.Uwe Hohn GDR91.344.Dainis Kula URS90.965.Heino Puuste URS90.72 Decathlon RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSPOINTS1.Daley Thompson GBR87742.Jürgen Hingsen FRG87413.Konstantin Akhapkin URS84854.Siegfried Stark GDR84725.Torsten Voss FRG8397 Women's Best Year Performers 100 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Marlies Göhr GDR10.882.Evelyn Ashford USA10.933.Bärbel Wöckel GDR10.954.Angella Taylor CAN11.005.Marita Koch GDR11.01 200 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Marita Koch GDR21.762.Bärbel Wöckel GDR22.043.Evelyn Ashford USA22.104.Kathy Smallwood GBR22.135.Merlene Ottey JAM22.17 400 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Marita Koch GDR48.162.Jarmila Kratochvílová TCH48.853.Bärbel Wöckel GDR49.564.Tatána Kocembová TCH50.415.Kathy Smallwood GBR50.46 800 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Doina Melinte ROU 19651:55.052.Olga Mineyeva URS1:55.413.Lyudmila Veselkova URS1:55.964.Ravilya Agletdinova URS1:56.15.Tatyana Mishkel URS1:56.2 1,500 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Olga Dvirna URS3:54.232.Zamira Zaytseva URS3:56.143.Tatyana Pozdnyakova URS3:56.504.Svetlana Guskova URS3:57.055.Maricica Puică ROU 19653:57.48 Mile RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Maricica Puică ROU 19654:17.442.Mary Decker-Tabb USA4:18.083.Vesela Yatzinska BUL 19714:21.524.Vanya Stoyanova BUL 19714:21.785.Tamara Sorokina URS4:21.89 3,000 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Svetlana Ulmasova URS8:26.782.Svetlana Guskova URS8:29.363.Mary Decker-Tabb USA8:29.714.Maricica Puică ROU 19658:31.675.Galina Zakharova URS8:33.40 5,000 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Mary Decker-Tabb USA15:08.262.Grete Waitz NOR15:08.803.Irina Bondarchuk URS15:12.624.Anne Audain NZL15:13.225.Charlotte Teske FRG15:19.54 10,000 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Mary Decker-Tabb USA31:35.32.Anna Domoradskaya URS31:48.233.Raysa Sadreydinova URS31:55.024.Galina Zakharova URS31:57.05.Lyudmila Baranova URS32:04.88 Half Marathon RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Grete Waitz NOR1:09:57 Marathon 1982 Marathon Year Ranking 100m Hurdles RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Yordanka Donkova BUL 197112.442.Lucyna Kalek POL12.453.Kerstin Knabe GDR12.544.Bettine Jahn GDR12.555.Sabine Mobius GDR12.62 400m Hurdles RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Ann-Louise Skoglund SWE54.572.Petra Pfaff GDR54.893.Chantal Réga FRA54.934.Ellen Fiedler GDR54.96 High Jump RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT1.Ulrike Meyfarth FRG2.022.Coleen Sommer USA1.98Tamara Bykova URSSara Simeoni ITA5.Jutta Kirst GDR1.97Yelena Popkova URS Long Jump RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Valy Ionescu ROU 19657.202.Anişoara Cuşmir ROU 19657.153.Heike Daute GDR6.984.Tatyana Skachko URS6.925.Jodi Anderson USA6.91 Discus RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Irina Meszynski GDR71.402.Mariya Petkova BUL 197171.203.Tsvetanka Khristova BUL 197170.644.Galina Savinkova URS69.905.Gisela Beyer GDR69.76 Shot Put RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Ilona Slupianek GDR21.802.Verzhinia Veselinova BUL 197121.613.Helena Fibingerová TCH21.554.Liane Schmuhl GDR21.275.Nunu Abashidze URS21.23 Javelin (old design) RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Sofia Sakorafa GRE74.402.Tiina Lillak FIN74.203.Anna Verouli GRE70.024.Petra Rivers AUS69.285.Antje Zöllkau GDR68.38 Heptathlon RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSPOINTS1.Ramona Neubert GDR68452.Natalya Grachova URS66463.Sabine Mobius GDR66294.Natalya Shubenkova URS65245.Sabine Everts FRG6523 Births 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 7 – Josh Rohatinsky, American long-distance runner 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 Deaths 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) References Year Lists Association of Road Racing Statisticians Year Rankings Category:Sport of athletics by year