1981 in the sport of athletics

none 1981 in athletics N/A 1980 1982 1981 the sport of athletics This article contains an overview of the year 1981 in athletics. International events Asian Championships Central American and Caribbean Championships European Indoor Championships South American Championships Universiade World Cross Country Championships Men's Best Year Performers 100 metres RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Carl Lewis USA10.002.Mel Lattany USA10.043.James Sanford USA10.054.Stanley Floyd USA10.105.Jeff Phillips USA10.11 200 metres RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.James Sanford USA20.202.Mel Lattany USA20.213.Allan Wells GBR20.264.Frank Emmelmann GDR20.335.Dwayne Evans USA20.34 400 metres RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Bert Cameron JAM44.582.Cliff Wiley USA44.703.Zeke Jefferson USA44.864.Leslie Kerr USA44.905.Howard Henley USA44.92 800 metres RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Sebastian Coe GBR1:41.732.Joaquim Cruz BRA1:44.33.Olaf Beyer GDR1:44.314.Mike Boit KEN1:44.495.James Robinson USA1:44.63 1,500 metres RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Steve Ovett GBR3:31.572.Sebastian Coe GBR3:31.953.Steve Scott USA3:31.964.Sydney Maree USA3:32.305.Thomas Wessinghage FRG3:33.49 Mile RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Sebastian Coe GBR3:47.332.Steve Ovett GBR3:48.403.Sydney Maree USA3:48.834.Mike Boit KEN3:49.455.José Luis González ESP3:49.67 3,000 metres RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Steve Scott USA7:36.692.Thomas Wessinghage FRG7:36.753.Henry Rono KEN7:41.414.Sydney Maree USA7:43.425.Eamonn Coghlan IRL7:44.99 5,000 metres RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Henry Rono KEN13:06.202.Hansjörg Kunze GDR13:10.403.Valeriy Abramov URS13:11.994.Thomas Wessinghage FRG13:13.475.Julian Goater GBR13:15.59 10,000 metres RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Fernando Mamede POR27:27.72.Werner Schildhauer GDR27:38.433.Mohamed Kedir ETH 197527:39.444.Alberto Salazar USA27:40.695.Henry Rono KEN27:40.78 Half Marathon RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Herb Lindsay USA1:01:47 Marathon 1981 Marathon Year Ranking 110m Hurdles RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Renaldo Nehemiah USA12.932.Greg Foster USA13.033.Alejandro Casañas CUB13.364.Sam Turner USA13.385.Dedy Cooper USA13.40 400m Hurdles RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Edwin Moses USA47.142.Andre Phillips USA48.103.David Lee USA48.534.Harald Schmid FRG48.645.Bart Williams USA48.81 3,000m Steeplechase RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Patriz Ilg FRG8:12.132.Mariano Scartezzini ITA8:13.323.Bogusław Mamiński POL8:16.664.Amos Korir KEN8:18.575.Henry Marsh USA8:18.58 High Jump RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT1.Jeff Woodard USA2.33Aleksey Demyanyuk URS3.Roland Dalhäuser SUI2.31Gerd Nagel FRGDwight Stones USA Long Jump RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Carl Lewis USA8.622.Larry Myricks USA8.453.Henry Lauterbach GDR8.354.Winfried Klepsch FRG8.215.Atanas Chochev BUL 19718.19 Triple Jump RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Willie Banks USA17.562.João Carlos de Oliveira BRA17.373.Zou Zhenxian CHN17.344.Keith Connor GBR17.315.Shamil Abbyasov URS17.30 Discus RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.John Powell USA69.982.Wolfgang Schmidt GDR69.603.Al Oerter USA68.764.Art Swarts USA68.325.Art Burns USA67.86 Hammer RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Klaus Ploghaus FRG80.562.Yuriy Syedikh URS80.183.Sergey Litvinov URS79.604.Roland Steuk GDR78.725.Karl-Hans Riehm FRG78.72 Shot Put RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Brian Oldfield USA22.022.Udo Beyer GDR21.693.Dave Laut USA21.604.Mike Carter USA21.205.Yevgeniy Mironov URS21.11 Pole Vault RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT1.Vladimir Polyakov URS5.81Thierry Vigneron FRA3.Konstantin Volkov URS5.754.Philippe Houvion FRA5.70Jean-Michel Bellot FRASergey Kulibaba URSAleksandr Krupskiy URS Javelin (old design) RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Detlef Michel GDR92.482.Pentti Sinersaari FIN91.983.Arto Härkönen FIN91.044.Dainis Kula URS90.545.Seppo Hovinen FIN90.38 Decathlon RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSPOINTS1.Rainer Pottel GDR83342.Yuriy Kutsenko URS82813.Uwe Freimuth GDR82214.Dariusz Ludwig POL82045.Atanas Andonov BUL 19718220 Women's Best Year Performers 100 metres RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Evelyn Ashford USA10.902.Merlene Ottey JAM11.073.Jarmila Kratochvílová TCH11.09Marlies Göhr GDR5.Angella Taylor CAN11.12 200 metres RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Evelyn Ashford USA21.842.Jarmila Kratochvílová TCH21.973.Bärbel Wöckel GDR22.074.Merlene Ottey JAM22.355.Gesine Walther GDR22.42 400 metres RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Jarmila Kratochvílová TCH48.612.Marita Koch GDR49.273.Irina Nazarova RUS50.504.Gaby Bussmann FRG50.835.Dagmar Rübsam GDR50.98 800 metres RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Lyudmila Veselkova URS1:56.982.Martina Steuk GDR1:57.163.Fiţa Lovin ROU 19651:57.424.Tamara Sorokina URS1:57.555.Hildegard Körner GDR1:57.56 1,500 metres RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Olga Dvirna URS3:57.782.Maricica Puică ROU 19653:58.293.Zamira Zaytseva URS3:58.704.Tamara Sorokina URS3:58.895.Anna Bukis POL3:59.67 Mile RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Lyudmila Veselkova URS4:20.892.Maricica Puică ROU 19654:21.403.Fiţa Lovin ROU 19654:21.824.Zamira Zaytseva URS4:22.55.Svetlana Ulmasova URS4:23.8 3,000 metres RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Maricica Puică ROU 19658:34.302.Tatyana Pozdnyakova URS8:34.803.Alla Yushina URS8:38.344.Olga Dvirna URS8:44.65.Grete Waitz NOR8:44.64 5,000 metres RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Paula Fudge GBR15:14.512.Yelena Sipatova URS15:24.63.Ellen Tittel FRG15:34.76 10,000 metres RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Yelena Sipatova URS32:17.192.Yelena Tsukhlo URS32:20.403.Anna Oyun URS32:36.004.Maria Klyukina URS32:37.405.Marina Danilyuk URS32:46.56 Marathon 1981 Marathon Year Ranking 100m Hurdles RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Tatyana Anisimova URS12.682.Kerstin Knabe GDR12.853.Danuta Perka POL12.93http://www.gbrathletics.com/tp/worw GBR Athletics World Top Performers 14 April 2018 August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 4,Lucyna Kalek POL12.97 400m Hurdles RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Ellen Neumann GDR54.792.Natalya Tsyruk URS55.493.Ana Kasteckaja URS55.51http://www.gbrathletics.com/tp/worw.htm GBR Athletics World Top Performers 14 April 20184.Petra Pfaff GDR55.545.Genowefa Blaszak POL55.78 High Jump RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT1.Pam Spencer USA1.97 m2.Charmaine Gale RSA 19281.96 mKerstin Dedner GDRSara Simeoni ITAUlrike Meyfarth FRGTamara Bykova URS Long Jump RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Jodi Anderson USA6.96 m2.Anişoara Cuşmir ROU 19656.91 mHeike Daute GDR4.Ramona Neubert GDR6.90 m5.Sigrid Ulbricht GDR6.89 m Discus RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Evelin Jahl GDR71.46 m2.Mariya Petkova BUL 197171.30 m3.Valentina Kharchenko URS69.86 m4.Galina Savinkova URS69.70 m5.Florenţa Crăciunescu ROU 196568.98 m Shot Put RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Ilona Slupianek GDR21.61 m2.Helena Fibingerová TCH21.57 m3.Ines Müller GDR21.14 m4.Verzhinia Veselinova BUL 197121.09 m5.Margitta Droese GDR21.08 m Javelin (old design) RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Antoaneta Todorova BUL 197171.88 m2.Tessa Sanderson GBR68.86 m3.Ute Hommola GDR67.24 m4.Petra Felke GDR66.60 m5.Tiina Lillak FIN66.34 m Heptathlon RANK1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSPOINTS1.Ramona Neubert GDR67882.Sabine Everts FRG63653.Malgorzata Nowak POL63334.Yekaterina Gordiyenko URS62955.Jane Frederick USA6291 Births 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 Deaths April 25 – Paul Bontemps (76), French long-distance runner (b. 1902) August 2 – Delfo Cabrera (62), Argentine long-distance runner (b. 1919) References Year Lists Association of Road Racing Statisticians Year Rankings In Athletics (Track And Field), 1981 Category:Sport of athletics by year