1994 in the sport of athletics

none 1994 in athletics World ChampionshipsWorld Indoor Championships Noureddine MorceliJackie Joyner-Kersee 1993 1995 1994 the sport of athletics This article contains an overview of the year 1994 in athletics. International events Asian Games Balkan Games Commonwealth Games European Championships European Indoor Championships Jeux de la Francophonie Goodwill Games World Cross Country Championships World Junior Championships World records Men EVENTATHLETEMARKDATEVENUE100 metresLeroy Burrell USA9.856 JulyLausanne, Switzerland3,000 metresNoureddine Morceli ALG7:25.112 AugustMonte Carlo5,000 metresHaile Gebrselassie ETH12:56.964 JuneHengelo, Netherlands10,000 metresWilliam Sigei KEN26:52.2322 JulyOslo, Norway4 × 200 m RelaySanta Monica USA• Michael Marsh• Leroy Burrell• Floyd Heard• Carl Lewis1:18.6817 AprilWalnut, United StatesPole vaultSergei Bubka UKR6.14m31 JulySestriere, Italy Women EVENTATHLETEMARKDATEVENUE2,000 metresSonia O'Sullivan IRL5:25.368 JulyEdinburgh, Great BritainPole vaultSun Caiyun CHN4.12m22 OctoberGuangzhou, ChinaHammer throwOlga Kuzenkova RUS66.8423 FebruaryAdler, Russia Uta Pippig (GER) equals the world record in the women's Half Marathon held by South Africa's Elana Meyer since 1991-05-18, clocking 1:07:59 on 1994-03-20 in Kyoto, Japan. Awards Men 1994 TRACK & FIELD AWARDSATHLETEIAAF World Athlete of the YearNoureddine Morceli ALGTrack & Field Athlete of the YearNoureddine Morceli ALGEuropean Athlete of the Year AwardColin Jackson GBRBest Male Track Athlete ESPY AwardMichael Johnson USA Women 1994 TRACK & FIELD AWARDSATHLETEIAAF World Athlete of the YearJackie Joyner-Kersee USATrack & Field Athlete of the YearJackie Joyner-Kersee USAEuropean Athlete of the Year AwardIrina Privalova RUSBest Female Track Athlete ESPY AwardGail Devers USA Men's Best Year Performers 100 metres RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Leroy Burrell USA9.852.Linford Christie GBR9.913.Davidson Ezinwa NGR9.94Dennis Mitchell USA5.Olapade Adeniken NGR9.95 200 metres RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.John Regis GBR19.872.Michael Johnson USA19.943.Frank Fredericks NAM19.974.Daniel Effiong NGR20.105.Jeff Williams USA20.19 400 metres RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Michael Johnson USA43.902.Samson Kitur KEN44.323.Antonio Pettigrew USA44.434.Derek Mills USA44.595.Steve Lewis USA44.68 800 metres RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Benson Koech KEN1:43.172.Wilson Kipketer KEN1:43.293.Vebjørn Rodal NOR1:43.504.Johnny Gray USA1:43.735.David Singoei KEN1:44.07 1,500 metres RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Noureddine Morceli ALG3:30.612.Vénuste Niyongabo BDI3:30.663.Azzedine Sediki MAR3:32.714.Mohamed Suleiman QAT3:32.735.Hicham El Guerrouj MAR3:33.61 Mile RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Noureddine Morceli ALG3:48.672.Vénuste Niyongabo BDI3:48.943.Abdi Bile SOM3:50.674.Steve Holman USA3:50.915.Mohamed Suleiman QAT3:51.31 3,000 metres RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Noureddine Morceli ALG7:25.112.Paul Bitok KEN7:34.363.Dieter Baumann GER7:34.694.Aloys Nizigama BDI7:35.085.Moses Kiptanui KEN7:35.23 5,000 metres RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Haile Gebrselassie ETH 199112:56.962.Khalid Skah MAR13:00.543.Bob Kennedy USA13:02.934.Brahim Lahlafi MAR13:03.365.Noureddine Morceli ALG13:03.85 10,000 metres RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.William Sigei KEN26:52.232.Haile Gebrselassie ETH 199127:15.003.William Kiptum Muigei KEN27:17.204.Armando Quintanilla MEX27:18.595.Aloys Nizigama BDI27:20.51 Half Marathon RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Benson Masya KEN1:00:02 Marathon RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Cosmas Ndeti KEN2:07:152.Andres Espinosa MEX2:07:193.Vincent Rousseau BEL2:07:514.Jackson Kipngok KEN2:08:085.Hwang Young-Cho KOR2:08:09 110 m Hurdles RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Colin Jackson GBR12.982.Mark Crear USA13.073.Mark McKoy AUT13.144.Florian Schwarthoff GER13.165.Tony Jarrett GBR13.22 400 m Hurdles RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Derrick Adkins USA47.702.Samuel Matete ZAM47.903.Winthrop Graham JAM48.054.Oleg Tverdokhleb UKR48.065.Danny Harris USA48.18 3000 m Steeplechase RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Moses Kiptanui KEN8:08.802.Richard Kosgei KEN8:10.203.Mark Croghan USA8:10.564.Eliud Barngetuny KEN8:10.845.Abdelaziz Sahere MAR8:11.11 High jump RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT1.Javier Sotomayor CUB2.422.Troy Kemp BAH2.35Steinar Hoen NOR4.Dalton Grant GBR2.345.Tim Forsyth AUS2.33Jean-Charles Gicquel FRAArtur Partyka POLSteve Smith GBRGilmar Mayo COL Long jump RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Erick Walder USA8.742.Carl Lewis USA8.663.Kareem Streete-Thompson USA8.634.Mike Powell USA8.585.Roland McGhee USA8.47 Triple jump RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Mike Conley USA17.682.Denis Kapustin RUS17.623.Yoelbi Quesada CUB17.614.Serge Hélan FRA17.555.Vasiliy Sokov RUS17.43Kenny Harrison USA Discus RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Attila Horváth HUN68.582.Jürgen Schult GER66.08Lars Riedel GER4.Nick Sweeney IRL66.005.Vladimir Dubrovshchik BLR 199165.80 Shot put RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Jim Doehring USA21.092.Kevin Toth USA21.073.Oleksandr Bagach UKR21.054.Cottrell John Hunter USA20.94Yevgeniy Palchikov RUS Hammer 1994 Hammer Throw Year Ranking RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Andrey Abduvaliyev UZB83.362.Igor Astapkovich BLR 199183.143.Lance Deal USA82.504.Vasiliy Sidorenko RUS82.025.Andrey Skvaruk UKR81.72 Javelin (new design) RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Jan Železný CZE91.822.Raymond Hecht GER90.063.Andrey Moruyev RUS87.344.Patrik Bodén SWE86.765.Mick Hill GBR86.36 Pole vault RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT1.Sergei Bubka UKR6.142.Rodion Gataullin RUS6.003.Scott Huffman USA5.974.Jean Galfione FRA5.945.Dean Starkey USA5.92 Decathlon 1994 Decathlon Year Ranking RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSPOINTS1.Eduard Hämäläinen BLR 199187352.Dan O'Brien USA87153.Steve Fritz USA85484.Christian Plaziat FRA85055.Alain Blondel FRA8453 Women's Best Year Performers 60 metres RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Irina Privalova RUS6.932.Merlene Ottey JAM6.993.Gail Devers USA7.004.Olga Bogoslovskaya RUS7.065.Gwen Torrence USA7.10 100 metres RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Irina Privalova RUS10.772.Merlene Ottey JAM10.783.Gwen Torrence USA10.824.Zhanna Block UKR10.995.Juliet Cuthbert JAM11.01 200 metres RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Gwen Torrence USA21.852.Irina Privalova RUS22.023.Merlene Ottey JAM22.074.Cathy Freeman AUS22.255.Galina Malchugina RUS22.29Dannette Young USA 400 metres RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Marie-José Pérec FRA49.772.Cathy Freeman AUS50.043.Maicel Malone USA50.054.Jearl Miles USA50.115.Renee Poetschka AUS50.19 800 metres RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Maria de Lurdes Mutola MOZ1:55.192.Lyubov Gurina RUS1:56.533.Natalya Dukhnova BLR 19911:57.874.Patricia Djaté FRA1:58.075.Luciana Mendes BRA1:58.27 1,500 metres RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Sonia O'Sullivan IRL3:59.102.Yekaterina Podkopayeva RUS3:59.783.Qu Yunxia CHN4:00.344.Lyubov Kremlyova RUS4:01.05Hassiba Boulmerka ALG Mile RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Sonia O'Sullivan IRL4:17.252.Hassiba Boulmerka ALG4:22.093.Yvonne Murray GBR4:22.644.Lyudmila Rogachova RUS4:23.885.Yvonne Graham JAM4:24.64 3,000 metres RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Sonia O'Sullivan IRL8:21.642.Yvonne Murray GBR8:29.603.Angela Chalmers CAN8:32.174.Gabriela Szabo ROM8:40.085.Olga Churbanova RUS8:40.48 5,000 metres RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Yelena Romanova RUS15:05.942.Sonia O'Sullivan IRL15:06.183.Fernanda Ribeiro POR15:06.914.Catherina McKiernan IRL15:09.105.Alison Wyeth GBR15:10.38 10,000 metres RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Wang Junxia CHN30:50.342.Elana Meyer RSA 192830:52.513.Fernanda Ribeiro POR31:04.254.Catherina McKiernan IRL31:19.115.Dong Li CHN31:31.08 Half Marathon RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Uta Pippig GER1:07:59 Marathon RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Uta Pippig GER2:21:452.Valentina Yegorova RUS2:23:333.Elana Meyer RSA 19282:25:15Katrin Dörre GER5.Alena Peterkova CZE2:25:19 60 metres hurdles RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Yordanka Donkova BUL7.832.Gail Devers USA7.853.Eva Sokolova RUS7.894.Michelle Freeman JAM7.905.Anne Piquereau FRA7.91 100 m Hurdles RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Tatyana Reshetnikova RUS12.53Svetla Dimitrova BUL3.Yordanka Donkova BUL12.564.Yuliya Graudyn RUS12.625.Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA12.69 400 m Hurdles RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Sally Gunnell GBR53.332.Kim Batten USA53.723.Anna Knoroz RUS54.114.Deon Hemmings JAM54.485.Heike Meißner GER54.52 High Jump RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT1.Silvia Costa CUB2.00 mInga Babakova UKRBritta Bilač SLO4.Yelena Gulyayeva RUS1.98 mYevgeniya Zhdanova RUSAlison Inverarity AUS Long Jump RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA7.49 m2.Heike Drechsler GER7.29 m3.Irina Mushailova RUS7.20 m4.Lyudmila Ninova AUT7.09 mInessa Kravets UKR Triple Jump RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Sofiya Bozhanova BUL14.98 m2.Inna Lasovskaya RUS14.94 m3.Inessa Kravets UKR14.91 m4.Anna Biryukova RUS14.89 m5.Niurka Montalvo CUB14.60 m Shot Put RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Sui Xinmei CHN20.74 m2.Valentina Fedyushina UKR20.56 m3.Zhang Liuhong CHN20.54 m4.Huang Zhihong CHN20.08 m5.Astrid Kumbernuss GER20.06 m Javelin (old design) RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Natalya Shikolenko BLR 199171.402.Trine Hattestad NOR71.323.Karen Forkel GER69.204.Claudia Isaila ROM 6.565.Felicia Tilea-Moldovan ROM66.40 Hammer throw 1994 Hammer Throw Year Ranking Heptathlon RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSPOINTS1.Heike Drechsler GER67412.Sabine Braun GER66653.Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA66064.Svetlana Moskalets RUS65985.Larisa Nikitina RUS6596 Deaths September 23 – Antanas Mikėnas (70), Soviet-Lithuanian racewalker (b. 1924) References Year Lists 1994 Year Rankings Association of Road Racing Statisticians Category:Sport of athletics by year