1984 in the sport of athletics

none 1984 in athletics Olympic Games 1983 1985 1984 the sport of athletics This article contains an overview of the year 1984 in the sport of athletics. International Events African Championships in MAR Rabat, Morocco Balkan Games in GRE Athens, Greece European Indoor Championships in SWE Gothenburg, Sweden World Cross Country Championships in USA New York, United States Olympic Games in USA Los Angeles, United States World records Men EventAthleteMarkDateVenue10,000 metresFernando Mamede POR27:13.812 JulyStockholm, Sweden4 × 100 m RelayUSA• Sam Graddy• Ron Brown• Calvin Smith• Carl Lewis37.83August 11Los AngelesHigh JumpZhu Jianhua CHN2.39mJune 10Eberstadt, West GermanyPole vaultSergey Bubka URS5.85m26 MayBratislava, CzechoslovakiaSergey Bubka URS5.88m2 JuneParis, FranceSergey Bubka URS5.90m13 JulyLondonThierry Vigneron FRA5.91m31 AugustRome, ItalySergey Bubka URS5.94m31 AugustRome, ItalyHammerYuriy Syedikh URS86.34m3 JulyCork, IrelandJavelin (old)Uwe Hohn GDR104.80m20 JulyBerlin, East GermanyDecathlonJürgen Hingsen FRG88328-9 JuneMannheim, West GermanyDaley Thompson GBR88478-9 AugustLos Angeles, United StatesMarathonSteve Jones GBR2:08:0521 OctoberChicago, United States Women EVENTATHLETEMARKDATEVENUE100 metresEvelyn Ashford USA10.7622 AugustZürichMileNatalya Artyomova URS4:15.85 AugustLeningrad2000 metresTatyana Kazankina URS5:28.724 AugustMoscow3,000 metresTatyana Kazankina URS8:22.6226 AugustLeningrad5,000 metresZola Pieterse RSA 192815:01.835 JanuaryStellenboschIngrid Kristiansen NOR14:58.8928 JuneOslo10,000 metresOlga Bondarenko URS31:13.7824 JuneKiev400m HurdlesMargarita Ponomaryova URS53.5822 JuneKiev4 × 400 m RelayGDR• Gesine Walther• Sabine Busch• Dagmar Neubauer• Marita Koch3:15.923 JuneErfurt4 × 800 m RelayURS• Nadiya Olizarenko• Lyubov Gurina• Lyudmila Borisova• Irina Podyalovskaya7:50.175 AugustMoscowHigh JumpTamara Bykova URS2.05m22 JuneKievLyudmila Andonova BUL 19712.07m20 JulyBerlinShot PutNatalya Lisovskaya URS22.5327 MaySochiDiscus ThrowIrina Meszynski GDR73.3618 AugustPragueZdenka Silhavá TCH74.5626 AugustNitraHeptathlonSabine John GDR69465-6 MayPotsdamHalf MarathonJoan Benoit USA1:08:3416 SeptemberPhiladelphia Marita Koch (GDR) equals her own world record in the women's 200 metres held since 1979-06-10, clocking 21.71 seconds on 1984-07-21 at a meet in Potsdam. Men's Best Year Performers 100 metres Main race this year: Olympic Games 100 metres RANKATHLETETIMEDATEVENUE1.Mel Lattany USA9.96May 5Athens, United States2.Carl Lewis USA9.99May 6Houston, United States3.Marian Woronin POL10.00June 9Warsaw, Poland4.Sam Graddy USA10.09May 12Baton Rouge, United States—Harvey Glance USA10.09August 22Zürich, Switzerland 200 metres Main race this year: Olympic Games 200 metres RANKATHLETETIMEDATEVENUE1.Carl Lewis USA19.80August 8Los Angeles, United States2.Kirk Baptiste USA19.96August 8Los Angeles, United States3.Albert Robinson USA20.07May 5Indianapolis, United States4Pietro Mennea ITA20.07October 3Brindisi, Italy5.Thomas Jefferson USA20.26August 8Los Angeles, United States 400 metres Main race this year: Olympic Games 400 metres RANKATHLETETIMEDATEVENUE1.Alonzo Babers USA44.27August 8Los Angeles, United States2.Gabriel Tiacoh CIV44.54August 8Los Angeles, United States3.Antonio McKay USA44.71June 21Los Angeles, United States4.Darren Clark AUS44.75August 8Los Angeles, United States—Sunder Nix USA44.75August 8Los Angeles, United States 800 metres Main race this year: Olympic Games 800 metres RANKATHLETETIMEDATEVENUE1.Joaquim Cruz BRA1:41.77August 26Köln, West Germany2.Sammy Koskei KEN1:42.28August 26Köln, West Germany3.Johnny Gray USA1:42.96August 29Koblenz, West Germany4.Agberto Guimarães BRA1:43.63August 29Koblenz, West Germany5.Sebastian Coe GBR1:43.64August 6Los Angeles, United States 1,500 metres Main race this year: Olympic Games 1,500 metres RANKATHLETETIMEDATEVENUE1.Saïd Aouita MAR3:31.54July 6Hengelo, Netherlands2.Sebastian Coe GBR3:32.39August 22Zürich, Switzerland3.Steve Cram GBR3:33.13August 20Budapest, Hungary4.Steve Scott USA3:33.46August 22Zürich, Switzerland5.Pierre Délèze SUI3:33.64August 22Zürich, Switzerland 5,000 metres Main race this year: Olympic Games 5,000 metres RANKATHLETETIMEDATEVENUE1.Saïd Aouita MAR13:04.78June 13Florence, Italy2.Markus Ryffel SUI13:07.54August 11Los Angeles, United States3.António Leitão POR13:09.20August 11Los Angeles, United States4.Wodajo Bulti ETH 197513:10.08June 13Florence, Italy5.Tim Hutchings GBR13:11.50August 11Los Angeles, United States 10,000 metres Main race this year: Olympic Games 10,000 metres RANKATHLETETIMEDATEVENUE1.Fernando Mamede POR27:13.81July 2Stockholm, Sweden2.Carlos Lopes POR27:17.48July 2Stockholm, Sweden3.Hansjörg Kunze GDR27:33.10May 5Potsdam, East Germany4.Mark Nenow USA27:40.56July 2Stockholm, Sweden5.Martti Vainio FIN27:41.75June 13Florence, Italy Half Marathon RANKATHLETETIMEDATEVENUE1.Alberto Cova ITA1:01:52May 6Milan, Italy 110m Hurdles Main race this year: Olympic Games 110m Hurdles RANKATHLETETIMEDATEVENUE1.Greg Foster USA13.15August 22Zürich, Switzerland2.Roger Kingdom USA13.16August 22Zürich, Switzerland3.Tony Campbell USA13.23May 13Westwood, United States4.Mark McKoy CAN13.27July 25Walnut, United States5.Arto Bryggare FIN13.35August 5Los Angeles, United States 400m Hurdles Main race this year: Olympic Games 400m Hurdles RANKATHLETETIMEDATEVENUE1.Edwin Moses USA47.32August 29Koblenz, West Germany2.Harald Schmid FRG47.69July 10Lausanne, Switzerland3.Danny Harris USA48.02June 17Los Angeles, United States4.Tony Rambo USA48.16June 17Los Angeles, United States5.Tranel Hawkins USA48.28June 18Los Angeles, United States 3,000m Steeplechase Main race this year: Olympic Games 3,000m Steeplechase RANKATHLETETIMEDATEVENUE1.Joseph Mahmoud FRA8:07.62August 24Brussels, Belgium2.Bogusław Mamiński POL8:09.18August 24Brussels, Belgium3.Julius Korir KEN8:11.80August 10Los Angeles, United States4.Brian Diemer USA8:13.16August 29Koblenz, West Germany5.Colin Reitz GBR8:13.78July 21Oslo, Norway High Jump Main competition this year: Olympic Games High Jump RANKATHLETEHEIGHTDATEVENUE1.Zhu Jianhua CHN2.39June 10Eberstadt, West Germany2.Carlo Thränhardt FRG2.37February 24West Berlin, West GermanyValeriy Sereda URSSeptember 2Rieti, Italy4.Igor Paklin URS2.36February 1Milan, ItalySergey Zasimovich URSMay 5Tashkent, Soviet UnionDietmar Mögenburg FRGJune 10Eberstadt, West Germany Long Jump Main competition this year: Olympic Games Long Jump RANKATHLETEDISTANCEDATEVENUE1.Carl Lewis USA8.79January 27New York, United States2.Larry Myricks USA8.59September 5Rhede, United States3.Lutz Dombrowski GDR8.50July 27Dresden, East Germany4.Konstantin Semykin URS8.38August 17Moscow, Soviet Union5.Jaime Jefferson CUB8.37August 17Moscow, Soviet Union Triple Jump Main competition this year: Olympic Games Triple Jump RANKATHLETEDISTANCEDATEVENUE1.Oleg Protsenko URS17.52June 21Kiev, Soviet Union2.Aleksandr Yakovlyev URS17.50June 10Sochi, Soviet UnionMike Conley USAJune 17Los Angeles, United States4.Gennadiy Valyukevich URS17.47July 19Moscow, Soviet Union5.Lázaro Betancourt CUB17.45August 26Cologne, West Germany Discus Main competition this year: Olympic Games Discus Throw RANKATHLETEDISTANCEDATEVENUE1.John Powell USA71.26June 9San José, United StatesRicky Bruch SWENovember 15Malmö, Sweden3.Art Burns USA70.98July 21Eugene, United States4.Mac Wilkins USA70.44June 9San José, United States5.Imrich Bugár TCH70.26September 8Cagliari, Italy Hammer RANKATHLETEDISTANCEDATEVENUE1.Yuriy Syedikh URS86.34July 3Cork City, Ireland2.Sergey Litvinov URS85.20July 3Cork City, Ireland3.Jüri Tamm URS84.40September 9Banská Bystrica, Slovakia4.Igor Nikulin URS82.56August 17Moscow, Soviet Union5.Juha Tiainen FIN81.52June 11Tampere, Finland Shot Put Main competition this year: Olympic Games Shot Put RANKATHLETEDISTANCEDATEVENUE1.Brian Oldfield USA22.19May 26San José, United States2.Sergey Kasnauskas URS22.09August 23Stayki, Soviet Union3.Udo Beyer GDR22.04June 11Rehlingen, United States4.John Brenner USA21.92June 2Eugene, United States5.Michael Carter USA21.76June 2Eugene, United States Javelin Main competition this year: Olympic Games Javelin Throw RANKATHLETEDISTANCEDATEVENUE1.Uwe Hohn GDR104.80July 20East Berlin, East Germany2.Detlef Michel GDR93.68June 2Erfurt, East Germany3.Duncan Atwood USA93.44June 18Los Angeles, United States4.Raimo Manninen FIN93.42July 1Pihtipudas, Finland5.Einar Vilhjálmsson ISL92.42April 6Austin, United States Pole Vault Main competition this year: Olympic Games Pole Vault RANKATHLETEHEIGHTDATEVENUE1.Sergey Bubka URS5.94August 31Rome, Italy2.Thierry Vigneron FRA5.91August 31Rome, Italy3.Konstantin Volkov URS5.85June 22Kiev, Soviet Union4.Mike Tully USA5.82July 21Eugene, United StatesAleksandr Krupskiy URSAugust 20Budapest, Hungary Decathlon Main competition this year: Olympic Games Decathlon RANKATHLETEPOINTSDATEVENUE1.Jürgen Hingsen FRG8798June 9Mannheim, West GermanyDaley Thompson GBRAugust 9Los Angeles, United States3.Uwe Freimuth GDR8704July 21Potsdam, East Germany4.Grigoriy Degtyaryev URS8652June 22Moscow, Soviet Union5.Aleksandr Apaychev URS8642June 3Neubrandenburg, DDR Women's Best Year Performers 100 metres Main race this year: Olympic Games 100 metres RANK1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Evelyn Ashford USA10.762.Marlies Göhr GDR10.843.Florence Griffith USA10.994.Merlene Ottey-Page JAM11.015.Lyudmila Kondratyeva URS11.02 200 metres Main race this year: Olympic Games 200 metres RANK1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Marita Koch GDR21.712.Marlies Göhr GDR21.743.Valerie Brisco USA21.814.Bärbel Wöckel GDR21.855.Florence Griffith USA22.04 400 metres Main race this year: Olympic Games 400 metres RANK1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Marita Koch GDR48.162.Tatána Kocembová TCH48.733.Valerie Brisco USA48.834.Olga Vladykina URS48.985.Jarmila Kratochvílová TCH49.02 800 metres Main race this year: Olympic Games 800 metres RANK1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Irina Podyalovskaya URS1:55.692.Nadiya Olizarenko URS1:56.093.Lyubov Gurina URS1:56.264.Doina Melinte ROU 19651:56.535.Lyudmila Borisova URS1:56.78 1,500 metres Main race this year: Olympic Games 1,500 metres RANK1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Nadezhda Ralldugina URS3:56.632.Yekaterina Podkopayeva URS3:56.653.Maricica Puică ROU 19653:57.224.Tatyana Pozdnyakova URS3:57.705.Galina Zakharova URS3:57.72 Mile RANK1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Natalya Artyomova URS4:15.82.Ruth Wysocki USA4:21.783.Christina Boxer GBR4:22.644.Mary Decker USA4:22.925.Christine Benning GBR4:24.57 3,000 metres Main race this year: Olympic Games 3,000 metres RANK1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Tatyana Kazankina URS8:22.622.Svetlana Guskova URS8:29.593.Tatyana Pozdnyakova URS8:32.04.Maricica Puică ROU 19658:33.575.Mary Decker USA8:34.91 5,000 metres RANK1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Ingrid Kristiansen NOR14:58.892.Zola Budd RSA 192815:01.833.Aurora Cunha POR15:09.074.Angela Tooby GBR15:22.505.Brenda Webb USA15:22.76 10,000 metres RANK1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Olga Bondarenko URS31:13.782.Galina Zakharova URS31:15.003.Zhanna Tursunova URS31:53.534.Lyubov Konyukhova URS31:56.015.Anna Domoradskaya URS31:56.02 Half Marathon RANK1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Joan Benoit USA1:08:34 100m Hurdles Main race this year: Olympic Games 100m Hurdles RANK1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Lucyna Kalek POL12.432.Vera Akimova URS12.50Yordanka Donkova BUL 19714.Bettine Jahn GDR12.535.Sabine Paetz GDR12.54 400m Hurdles Main race this year: Olympic Games 400m Hurdles RANK1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Margarita Ponomaryova URS53.582.Marina Styepanova URS53.673.Yekaterina Fesenko URS54.344.Tatyana Pavlova URS54.435.Yelena Filipishina URS54.56 High Jump Main competition this year: Olympic Games High Jump RANK1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT1.Lyudmila Andonova BUL 19712.072.Tamara Bykova URS2.053.Ulrike Meyfarth FRG2.024.Sara Simeoni ITA2.00Stefka Kostadinova BUL 1971 Long Jump Main competition this year: Olympic Games Long Jump RANK1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Heike Drechsler GDR7.402.Galina Chistyakova URS7.293.Anişoara Cuşmir ROU 19657.274.Helga Radtke GDR7.215.Sabine Paetz GDR7.12 Discus Main competition this year: Olympic Games Discus Throw RANK1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Zdeňka Šilhavá TCH74.562.Irina Meszynski GDR73.363.Galina Savinkova URS73.284.Gisela Beyer GDR73.105.Martina Hellmann GDR72.32 Shot Put Main competition this year: Olympic Games Shot Put RANK1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Natalya Lisovskaya URS22.532.Ilona Slupianek GDR21.853.Helena Fibingerová TCH21.604.Nunu Abashidze URS21.535.Ines Müller GDR21.32 Javelin (old design) Main competition this year: Olympic Games Javelin Throw RANK1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Petra Felke GDR74.722.Tiina Lillak FIN74.243.Anna Verouli GRE72.704.Antje Zöllkau GDR72.165.Fatima Whitbread GBR71.68 Heptathlon Main competition this year: Olympic Games Heptathlon RANK1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSPOINTS1.Sabine Paetz GDR69462.Natalya Shubenkova URS68593.Jane Frederick USA68034.Ramona Neubert GDR67895.Anke Vater GDR6775 Marathon Year Rankings Men RANKATHLETETIMEDATEVENUE1.Stephen Jones GBR2:08:05 WROctober 21Chicago, United States2.Carlos Lopes POR2:09:06October 21Chicago, United States3.Robert de Castella AUS2:09:09October 21Chicago, United States4.Jörg Peter GDR2:09:14July 21East Berlin, East Germany5.Carlos Lopes POR2:09:21August 12Los Angeles, United States6.Michael Heilmann GDR2:09:30July 21East Berlin, East Germany7.Ernest Seleke RSA 19282:09:41March 31Port Elizabeth, South Africa8.John Treacy IRL2:09:56August 12Los Angeles, United States9.Charlie Spedding GBR2:09:57May 13London, United Kingdom10.Charlie Spedding GBR2:09:58August 12Los Angeles, United States Women RANKATHLETETIMEDATEVENUE1.Ingrid Kristiansen NOR2:24:26 WRMay 13London, United Kingdom2.Joan Benoit USA2:24:52August 5Los Angeles, United States3.Rosa Mota POR2:26:01October 21Chicago, United States4.Grete Waitz NOR2:26:18August 5Los Angeles, United States5.Katrin Dörre GDR2:26:52July 21East Berlin, East Germany6.Rosa Mota POR2:26:57August 5Los Angeles, United States7.Ingrid Kristiansen NOR2:27:34August 5Los Angeles, United States8.Lisa Martin AUS2:27:40October 21Chicago, United States9.Ingrid Kristiansen NOR2:27:51January 15Houston, United States10.Lorraine Moller NZL2:28:34August 5Los Angeles, United States International Races DATEMARATHONNATIONMEN'S WINNERTIMEWOMEN'S WINNERTIMEFebruary 19Los Angeles MarathonUSA United StatesTAN Gidamis Shahanga2:10:19CAN Jacqueline Gareau2:31:57April 14Rotterdam MarathonNED NetherlandsTAN Gidamis Shahanga2:11:12NED Carla Beurskens2:34:56April 16Boston MarathonUSA United StatesENG Geoff Smith2:10:34NZL Lorraine Moller2:29:28May 12Amsterdam MarathonNED NetherlandsNED Gerard Nijboer2:14:28NED Eefje van Wissen2:43:51May 12Paris MarathonFRA FranceDJI Hussein Ahmed Salah2:11:58FRA Sylviane Geffray2:38:20May 13London MarathonUK United KingdomENG Charlie Spedding2:09:57NOR Ingrid Kristiansen2:24:26August 5Olympic MarathonUSA United States——USA Joan Benoit2:24:52August 12Olympic MarathonUSA United StatesPOR Carlos Lopes2:09:58——September 30Berlin MarathonFRG West GermanyDEN John Skovbjerg2:13:35HUN Agnes Jakab2:39:32October 21Chicago MarathonUSA United StatesWAL Stephen Jones2:08:05POR Rosa Mota2:26:01December 2Fukuoka MarathonJPN JapanJPN Takeyuki Nakayama2:10:00—— Births January January 9 — Firehiwot Dado, Ethiopian long-distance runner January 10 — Solomon Busendich, Kenyan long-distance runner January 14 — Teemu Wirkkala, Finnish javelin thrower January 16 — Yuki Yamazaki, Japanese race walker January 19 — Jarkko Kinnunen, Finnish race walker January 20 — Andriy Yurin, Ukrainian race walker February February 13 — Eric Matthias, British Virgin Islands discus thrower February 20 — Zhu Xiaolin, Chinese long-distance runner February 22 — Yuki Yamaguchi, Japanese sprinter February 25 — Xing Huina, Chinese athlete March March 24 — Lucy Kabuu, Kenyan long distance runner March 24 — Jacopo Marin, Italian sprinter March 27 — Roman Valiyev, Kazakhstani triple jumper March 31 — Anna Pierce, American middle distance runner April April 2 — Germán Lauro, Argentine shot putter April 17 — Pavel Kryvitski, Belarusian hammer thrower April 19 — Martin Marić, Croatian discus thrower April 26 — Petrina Price, Australian high jumper April 30 — Yevhen Vynohradov, Ukrainian hammer thrower May May 1 — Louis Tristán, Peruvian long jumper May 8 — Andreas Mokdasi, Swedish sprinter May 10 — Alana Boyd, Australian pole vaulter June June 17 — Michael Mathieu, Bahamian sprinter June 30 — Gretchen Quintana, Cuban heptathlete July July 7 — Inna Poluškina, Latvian long-distance runner July 8 — Mariem Alaoui Selsouli, Moroccan middle/long-distance runner July 9 — Olusoji Fasuba, Nigerian sprinter July 22 — He Dan, Chinese race walker July 25 — Javier Culson, Puerto Rican hurdler July 26 — Kyriakos Ioannou, Cypriot high jumper August August 4 — Xing Shucai, Chinese race walker September September 3 — David Fiegen, Luxembourgian middle distance runner September 9 — Andrey Silnov, Russian high jumper September 10 — Ismail Ahmed Ismail, Sudanese runner September 26 — Michael Letterlough, Caymanian hammer thrower October October 6 — Adina Anton, Romanian long jumper October 14 — Svetlana Bolshakova, Russian-born Belgian triple jumper October 24 — Christian Reif, German long jumper. October 24 — Sultana Frizell, Canadian hammer thrower October 28 — Anyika Onuora, British sprinter November November 10 — Andrej Poljanec, Slovenian pole vaulter November 12 — Siraj Gena, Ethiopian long-distance runner December December 15 — Véronique Mang, Cameroon-born French athlete December 26 — Alex Schwazer, Italian race walker December 28 — Kimberley Mickle, Australian javelin thrower December 31 — Mohamed Faraj Al-Kaabi, Qatari hammer thrower Deaths January 10 — Toivo Loukola (81), Finnish athlete (b. 1902) March 15 — Ken Carpenter (70), American discus thrower (b. 1913) June 1 — Sten Pettersson (81), Swedish hurdler (b. 1902) References Association of Road Racing Statisticians Year Rankings Category:Sport of athletics by year