1992 in the sport of athletics

none 1992 in athletics Olympic Games 1991 1993 1992 the sport of athletics This article contains an overview of the year 1992 in athletics. International events African Championships Balkan Games European Indoor Championships Olympic Games Pan Arab Games World Cross Country Championships World Junior Championships World records Men EVENTATHLETEMARKDATEVENUE1500 metresNoureddine Morceli ALG3:28.866 SeptemberRieti, Italy3,000 metresMoses Kiptanui KEN7:28.9616 AugustKöln, Germany400 m hurdlesKevin Young USA46.786 AugustBarcelona, Spain3000 m steeplechaseMoses Kiptanui KEN8:02.0819 AugustZürich, Switzerland4 × 100 m RelayUSA• Michael Marsh• Leroy Burrell• Dennis Mitchell• Carl Lewis37.408 AugustBarcelona4 × 200 m RelaySanta Monica USA• Michael Marsh• Leroy Burrell• Floyd Heard• Carl Lewis1:19.1125 AprilPhiladelphia4 × 400 m RelayUSA• Andrew Valmon• Quincy Watts• Michael Johnson• Steve Lewis2:55.748 AugustBarcelonaPole vaultSergey Bubka UKR6.11m13 JuneDijon, FranceSergey Bubka UKR6.12m30 AugustPadua, ItalySergey Bubka UKR6.13m19 SeptemberTokyo, JapanJavelin (new)Steve Backley GBR91.46m25 JanuaryNorth Shore, New ZealandDecathlonDan O'Brien USA88914-5 SeptemberTalence, France Women EVENTATHLETEMARKDATEVENUEPole vaultSun Caiyun CHN4.05m21 MayNanjing, China Men's best year performers 100 metres RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Michael Marsh USA9.932.Davidson Ezinwa NGR9.96Linford Christie GBR4.Olapade Adeniken NGR9.97Leroy Burrell USA 200 metres RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Michael Marsh USA19.732.Michael Johnson USA19.793.Frank Fredericks NAM19.974.Mike Bates USA20.015.John Regis GBR20.09 400 metres RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Quincy Watts USA43.502.Danny Everett USA43.813.Michael Johnson USA43.984.Steve Lewis USA44.085.Samson Kitur KEN44.18 800 metres RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Johnny Gray USA1:42.802.Nixon Kiprotich KEN1:43.313.William Tanui KEN1:43.374.Mark Everett USA1:43.405.Andrea Benvenuti ITA1:43.92 1,500 metres RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Noureddine Morceli ALG3:28.862.David Kibet KEN3:32.133.William Kemei KEN3:32.414.Wilfred Kirochi KEN3:33.495.Fermín Cacho ESP3:32.69 Mile RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.William Kemei KEN3:48.802.Noureddine Morceli ALG3:49.793.Dieter Baumann GER3:51.124.Gennaro di Napoli ITA3:51.965.David Kibet KEN3:52.32 3,000 metres RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Moses Kiptanui KEN7:28.962.Paul Bitok KEN7:33.283.Yobes Ondieki KEN7:34.184.Dieter Baumann FRG7:38.105.William Sigei KEN7:39.51 5,000 metres RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Moses Kiptanui KEN13:00.932.Yobes Ondieki KEN13:03.583.Paul Bitok KEN13:08.894.Dieter Baumann FRG13:09.035.Khalid Skah MAR13:09.10 10,000 metres RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Fita Bayissa ETH 199127:14.262.Richard Chelimo KEN27:15.533.António Martins FRA27:22.784.Arturo Barrios MEX27:34.605.Joseph Keino KEN27:35.77 Half Marathon RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Benson Masya KEN1:00:24 Marathon RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.David Tsebe RSA 19282:08:072.Ibrahim Hussein KEN2:08:143.Dionicio Cerón MEX2:08:364.Manuel Matias POR2:08:385.Hwang Young-Cho KOR2:08:47 110m hurdles RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Colin Jackson GBR13.042.Tony Dees USA13.083.Mark McKoy CAN13.114.Florian Schwarthoff GER13.13Jack Pierce USA 400m hurdles RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Kevin Young USA46.782.Winthrop Graham JAM47.623.Kriss Akabusi GBR47.824.Samuel Matete ZAM47.915.David Patrick USA48.01 3,000m steeplechase RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Moses Kiptanui KEN8:02.082.Philip Barkutwo KEN8:05.373.Matthew Birir KEN8:08.844.Patrick Sang KEN8:09.555.William Mutwol KEN8:10.74 High jump RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT1.Steve Smith GBR2.372.Lambros Papakostas GRE2.36Javier Sotomayor CUB4.Hollis Conway USA2.35Darrin Plab USADragutin Topić YUG Long jump RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Carl Lewis USA8.682.Mike Powell USA8.643.Iván Pedroso CUB8.534.Erick Walder USA8.475.Llewellyn Starks USA8.40 Triple jump RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Mike Conley USA17.722.Charles Simpkins USA17.603.Denis Kapustin RUS17.484.Frank Rutherford BAH17.415.Leonid Voloshin RUS17.36 Discus RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Jürgen Schult GER69.042.Lars Riedel GER68.663.Romas Ubartas LTU68.184.Anthony Washington USA67.885.Dmitriy Shevchenko RUS67.30 Shot put RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Gregg Tafralis USA21.982.Werner Günthör SUI21.913.Mike Stulce USA21.704.Jim Doehring USA21.605.Aleksandr Bagach UKR21.19 Hammer 1992 Hammer Throw Year Ranking RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Igor Astapkovich BLR 199184.622.Igor Nikulin RUS83.443.Vasiliy Sidorenko RUS82.54Andrey Abduvaliyev UZB5.Yuriy Syedikh RUS82.18 Javelin (new design) RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Steve Backley GBR91.462.Seppo Räty FIN90.603.Jan Železný CZE90.184.Juha Laukkanen FIN88.225.Tom Petranoff USA87.26 Pole vault RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT1.Sergey Bubka UKR6.132.Rodion Gataullin RUS5.953.Igor Potapovich KAZ5.924.Dean Starkey USA5.915.Maksim Tarasov RUS5.90Jean Galfione FRAIgor Trandenkov RUS Decathlon 1992 Decathlon Year Ranking RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSPOINTS1.Dan O'Brien USA88912.Dave Johnson USA86493.Robert Změlík TCH86274.Antonio Peñalver ESP84125.Michael Smith CAN8409 Women's best year performers 60 metres RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Merlene Ottey JAM6.962.Irina Privalova RUS6.973.Michelle Finn USA7.074.Juliet Cuthbert JAM7.095.Katrin Krabbe GER7.10 100 metres RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Merlene Ottey JAM10.802.Irina Privalova RUS10.82Gail Devers USA4.Juliet Cuthbert JAM10.835.Gwen Torrence USA10.86 200 metres RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Gwen Torrence USA21.722.Juliet Cuthbert JAM21.753.Irina Privalova RUS21.934.Merlene Ottey JAM21.945.Marie-José Pérec FRA22.20 400 metres RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Marie-José Pérec FRA48.832.Olga Bryzgina UKR49.073.Gwen Torrence USA49.64Ximena Restrepo COL5.Olga Nazarova RUS49.69 800 metres RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Ellen van Langen NED1:55.542.Lilia Nurutdinova RUS1:55.993.Ana Fidelia Quirot CUB1:56.804.Ella Kovacs ROM1:57.195.Inna Yevseyeva UKR1:57.20 1,500 metres RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Hassiba Boulmerka ALG3:55.302.Lyudmila Rogachova RUS3:56.913.Qu Yunxia CHN3:57.084.Tatyana Dorovskikh UKR3:57.925.Lyubov Kremlyova RUS3:58.71 Mile RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Lyudmila Rogachova RUS4:21.302.Doina Melinte ROM4:21.743.Sonia O'Sullivan IRL4:24.274.Lyubov Kremlyova RUS4:24.505.Angela Chalmers CAN4:25.08 3,000 metres RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Yelena Romanova RUS8:33.722.Yvonne Murray GBR8:36.633.Sonia O'Sullivan IRL8:37.924.Elana Meyer RSA 19288:38.455.Margareta Keszeg ROM8:39.64 5,000 metres RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Elana Meyer RSA 192814:44.152.Sonia O'Sullivan IRL14:59.113.Liz McColgan GBR15:01.864.Christien Toonstra NED15:07.685.Esther Kiplagat KEN15:07.87 10,000 metres RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Derartu Tulu ETH 199131:06.022.Lisa Ondieki AUS31:11.723.Elana Meyer RSA 192831:11.754.Maria Conceição Ferreira POR31:16.425.Lynn Jennings USA31:19.89 Half marathon RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Liz McColgan GBR1:08:42 Marathon RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Olga Markova RUS2:23:432.Lisa Ondieki AUS2:24:403.Madina Biktagirova BLR 19912:26:234.Yumi Kokamo JPN2:26:26Yoshiko Yamamoto JPN 60m hurdles RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Ludmila Narozhilenko RUS7.762.Gail Devers USA7.933.Lidiya Yurkova BLR 19917.944.Julie Baumann SWI7.95Monique Éwanjé-Épée FRANataliya Grygoryeva UKR 100m hurdles RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Ludmila Narozhilenko RUS12.262.Gail Devers USA12.553.Nataliya Grygoryeva UKR12.604.Paraskevi Patoulidou GRE12.645.Yordanka Donkova BUL12.67 400m hurdles RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Sally Gunnell GBR53.232.Tatyana Ledovskaya BLR 199153.553.Sandra Farmer-Patrick USA53.594.Margarita Ponomaryova RUS53.665.Janeene Vickers USA54.31 High jump RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT1.Stefka Kostadinova BUL2.05 m2.Heike Henkel GER2.04 m3.Inga Babakova UKR2.00 mAlina Astafei ROM5.Ioamnet Quintero CUB1.98 m Long jump RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Heike Drechsler GER7.48 m2.Inessa Kravets UKR7.37 m3.Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA7.17 m4.Mirela Dulgheru ROM7.14 m5.Chioma Ajunwa NGR7.06 m Triple jump RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Galina Chistyakova RUS14.62 m2.Li Huirong CHN14.55 m3.Inessa Kravets UKR14.41 m Shot put RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Svetlana Krivelyova RUS21.06 m2.Belsis Laza CUB20.96 m3.Krystyna Zabawska POL19.42 m4.Zhou Shuqin CHN19.40 m5.Tatyana Khorkhulyova BLR 199119.28 m Javelin (old design) RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Natalya Shikolenko BLR 199170.362.Karen Forkel GER69.583.Trine Hattestad NOR69.504.Silke Renk GER68.345.Teresė Nekrošaitė LTU67.64 Heptathlon RANK1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSPOINTS1.Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA70442.Sabine Braun GER69853.Irina Belova RUS68454.Svetla Dimitrova BUL66585.Liliana Nastase ROM6619 Births June 1, Gianmarco Tamberi, Italian athlete June 28, Elaine Thompson-Herah, Jamaican athlete August 27 Daniel Ståhl Swedish athlete Deaths March 1 — Howard Payne (60), English hammer thrower (b. 1931) July 7 — Josy Barthel (65), Luxembourgish runner (b. 1927) August 19 — Karl Storch (77), German hammer thrower (b. 1913) October 29 — Bill McChesney, Jr. (33), American long-distance runner (b. 1959) References Year Lists 1992 Year Rankings Association of Road Racing Statisticians https://web.archive.org/web/20240608111638/https://www.arrs.run/MaraRank/ATM_Mara1992.htm 2024-06-08 Category:Sport of athletics by year