1986 in the sport of athletics
Appearance
This page contains an overview of the year 1986 in the sport of athletics.
International Events
- Asian Games
- Balkan Games
- European Championships
- European Indoor Championships
- Commonwealth Games
- Goodwill Games
- World Junior Championships
World records
Men
EVENT | ATHLETE | MARK | DATE | VENUE |
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Pole Vault | Sergey Bubka (URS) | 6.01m | 8 July | Moscow |
Shot Put | Udo Beyer (GDR) | 22.64m | 20 August | East Berlin, East Germany |
Discus | Jürgen Schult (GDR) | 74.08m | 6 June | Neubrandenburg, East Germany |
Hammer | Yuriy Syedikh (URS) | 86.66m | 22 June | Tallinn, Soviet Union |
Yuriy Syedikh (URS) | 86.74m | 30 August | Stuttgart, West Germany | |
Javelin (new) | Tom Petranoff (USA) | 85.38m | 7 July | Helsinki, Finland |
Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG) | 85.74m | 21 September | Como, Italy |
Women
EVENT | ATHLETE | MARK | DATE | VENUE |
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2,000 metres | Maricica Puica (ROM) | 5:28.69 | 11 July | London |
5,000 metres | Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) | 14:37.33 | August 5 | Stockholm, Sweden |
10,000 metres | Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) | 30:13.74 | July 5 | Oslo, Norway |
100m Hurdles | Yordanka Donkova (BUL) | 12.35 | 17 August | Köln, West Germany |
100m Hurdles | Yordanka Donkova (BUL) | 12.29 | 17 August | Köln, West Germany |
100m Hurdles | Yordanka Donkova (BUL) | 12.26 | 7 September | Ljubljana, Yugoslavia |
400m Hurdles | Marina Styepanova (URS) | 53.32 | 30 August | Stuttgart, West Germany |
Marina Styepanova (URS) | 52.94 | 17 September | Tashkent, Soviet Union | |
High Jump | Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 2.08m | 1 June | Sofia, Bulgaria |
Long Jump | [[Heike Drechsler]|GDR}} | 7.45m | 21 June | Tallinn, Estonia |
Javelin Throw | [[Fatima Whitbread]|GBR}} | 77.44m | 28 August | Stuttgart, West Germany |
Heptathlon | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7148 | 6-7 July | Moscow, Soviet Union |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7158 | 1-2 August | Houston, United States |
- Heike Drechsler (GDR) twice equals the world record in the women's 200 metres held by countrywoman Marita Koch since 1979-06-10, clocking 21.71 seconds on 1986-06-29 and 1986-08-29.
Men's Best Year Performers
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Chidi Imoh (NGR) | 10.00 |
2. | Robson da Silva (BRA) | 10.02 |
3. | Linford Christie (GBR) | 10.04 |
4. | Carl Lewis (USA) | 10.06 |
5. | Emmit King (USA) | 10.07 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Floyd Heard (USA) | 20.12 |
2. | Roy Martin (USA) | 20.16 |
3. | Lorenzo Daniel (USA) | 20.17 |
4. | John Dinan (AUS) | 20.19 |
5. | Michael Timpson (USA) | 20.23 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Gabriel Tiacoh (CIV) | 44.30 |
2. | Darrell Robinson (USA) | 44.45 |
3. | Roddie Haley (USA) | 44.48 |
4. | Innocent Egbunike (NGR) | 44.50 |
5. | Roger Black (GBR) | 44.59 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Steve Cram (GBR) | 1:43.19 |
2. | Johnny Gray (USA) | 1:43.46 |
— | William Wuycke (VEN) | 1:43.54 |
4. | Earl Jones (USA) | 1:43.62 |
5. | Peter Braun (GDR) | 1:44.03 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Sebastian Coe (GBR) | 3:29.77 |
2. | Steve Cram (GBR) | 3:30.15 |
3. | José Manuel Abascal (ESP) | 3:31.13 |
4. | Sydney Maree (USA) | 3:32.56 |
5. | José Luis González (ESP) | 3:32.90 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Steve Cram (GBR) | 3:48.31 |
2. | Steve Scott (USA) | 3:48.73 |
3. | Jim Spivey (USA) | 3:49.80 |
4. | Saïd Aouita (MAR) | 3:50.33 |
5. | José Manuel Abascal (ESP) | 3:50.54 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Saïd Aouita (MAR) | 7:32.23 |
2. | Sydney Maree (USA) | 7:38.26 |
3. | Paul Kipkoech (KEN) | 7:39.38 |
4. | Jack Buckner (GBR) | 7:40.23 |
5. | Vincent Rousseau (BEL) | 7:42.15 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Saïd Aouita (MAR) | 13:00.86 |
2. | Jack Buckner (GBR) | 13:10.15 |
3. | Stefano Mei (ITA) | 13:11.57 |
4. | Tim Hutchings (GBR) | 13:12.88 |
5. | Evgeni Ignatov (BUL) | 13:13.15 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Mark Nenow (USA) | 27:20.56 |
2. | Saïd Aouita (MAR) | 27:26.11 |
3. | Hansjörg Kunze (GDR) | 27:34.68 |
4. | Salvatore Antibo (ITA) | 27:39.52 |
5. | Paul Kipkoech (KEN) | 27:43.31 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Michael Musyoki (KEN) | 1:00:43 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Stéphane Caristan (FRA) | 13.20 |
2. | Greg Foster (USA) | 13.25 |
3. | Andrey Prokofyev (URS) | 13.28 |
4. | Keith Talley (USA) | 13.31 |
5. | Mark McKoy (CAN) | 13.35 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Edwin Moses (USA) | 47.38 |
2. | Andre Phillips (USA) | 47.51 |
3. | Danny Harris (USA) | 47.82 |
4. | Harald Schmid (FRG) | 47.89 |
5. | Amadou Dia Bâ (SEN) | 48.07 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | William Van Dijck (BEL) | 8:10.01 |
2. | Colin Reitz (GBR) | 8:12.11 |
3. | Julius Korir (KEN) | 8:12.74 |
4. | Henry Marsh (USA) | 8:13.15 |
5. | Peter Koech (KEN) | 8:13.33 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
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1. | Igor Paklin (URS) | 2.38 |
2. | Jim Howard (USA) | 2.36 |
— | Carlo Thränhardt (FRG) | 2.36 |
— | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.36 |
5. | Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS) | 2.35 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | Robert Emmiyan (URS) | 8.61 |
2. | Larry Myricks (USA) | 8.50 |
3. | Jaime Jefferson (CUB) | 8.47 |
4. | Carl Lewis (USA) | 8.35 |
5. | Mike Conley (USA) | 8.33 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | Khristo Markov (BUL) | 17.80 |
2. | Nikolay Musiyenko (URS) | 17.78 |
— | Lázaro Betancourt (CUB) | 17.78 |
4. | Mike Conley (USA) | 17.69 |
5. | Oleg Protsenko (URS) | 17.59 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | Jürgen Schult (GDR) | 74.08 |
2. | Art Burns (USA) | 68.70 |
3. | Knut Hjeltnes (NOR) | 68.50 |
4. | Juan Martínez (CUB) | 68.40 |
5. | Luis Delís (CUB) | 68.00 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | Yuriy Syedikh (URS) | 86.74 |
2. | Sergey Litvinov (URS) | 86.04 |
3. | Igor Nikulin (URS) | 82.34 |
4. | Benjaminas Viluckis (URS) | 82.24 |
5. | Günther Rodehau (GDR) | 81.70 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | Udo Beyer (GDR) | 22.64 |
2. | Ulf Timmermann (GDR) | 22.60 |
3. | Sergey Smirnov (URS) | 22.24 |
4. | Werner Günthör (SUI) | 22.22 |
5. | Sergey Gavryushin (URS) | 22.10 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG) | 95.74 |
2. | Tom Petranoff (USA) | 92.38 |
3. | Viktor Yevsyukov (URS) | 83.68 |
4. | Detlef Michel (GDR) | 83.52 |
5. | Heino Puuste (URS) | 83.20 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
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1. | Sergey Bubka (URS) | 6.01 |
2. | Joe Dial (USA) | 5.90 |
— | Thierry Vigneron (FRA) | 5.90 |
4. | Rodion Gataullin (URS) | 5.85 |
— | Philippe Collet (FRA) | 5.85 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | POINTS |
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1. | Daley Thompson (GBR) | 8811 |
2. | Jürgen Hingsen (FRG) | 8730 |
3. | Siegfried Wentz (FRG) | 8676 |
4. | Guido Kratschmer (FRG) | 8519 |
5. | Torsten Voss (GDR) | 8450 |
Women's Best Year Performers
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Evelyn Ashford (USA) | 10.88 |
2. | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 10.91 |
— | Marlies Göhr (GDR) | 10.91 |
4. | Ewa Kasprzyk (POL) | 10.93 |
5. | Silke Gladisch (GDR) | 10.96 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 21.71 |
2. | Evelyn Ashford (USA) | 21.97 |
— | Silke Gladisch (GDR) | 22.07 |
4. | Pam Marshall (USA) | 22.12 |
5. | Ewa Kasprzyk (POL) | 22.13 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Marita Koch (GDR) | 48.22 |
2. | Olga Bryzgina (URS) | 49.67 |
3. | Petra Müller (GDR) | 49.79 |
4. | Tatána Kocembová (TCH) | 49.83 |
5. | Pam Marshall (USA) | 49.99 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Doina Melinte (ROU) | 1:56.2 |
2. | Sigrun Wodars (GDR) | 1:57.05 |
3. | Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) | 1:57.15 |
4. | Lyubov Kiryukhina (URS) | 1:57.18 |
5. | Lyubov Gurina (URS) | 1:57.52 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Doina Melinte (ROU) | 3:56.7 |
2. | Tatyana Samolenko (URS) | 3:59.45 |
3. | Maricica Puică (ROU) | 3:59.62 |
4. | Ravilya Agletdinova (URS) | 3:59.84 |
5. | Lyubov Kremlyova (URS) | 4:01.57 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Maricica Puică (ROU) | 4:18.25 |
2. | Kirsty Wade (GBR) | 4:21.61 |
3. | Doina Melinte (ROU) | 4:21.88 |
4. | Elly van Hulst (NED) | 4:22.40 |
5. | Ivana Walterová (TCH) | 4:22.82 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Olga Bondarenko (URS) | 8:33.99 |
2. | Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) | 8:34.10 |
3. | Zola Budd (GBR) | 8:34.43 |
4. | Maricica Puică (ROU) | 8:35.92 |
5. | Tatyana Samolenko (URS) | 8:36.00 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) | 14:37.33 |
2. | Svetlana Guskova (URS) | 15:02.12 |
3. | Olga Bondarenko (URS) | 15:03.51 |
4. | Svetlana Ulmasova (URS) | 15:05.50 |
5. | Lynn Jennings (USA) | 15:08.36 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) | 30:13.74 |
2. | Olga Bondarenko (URS) | 30:57.21 |
3. | Ulrike Bruns (GDR) | 31:19.76 |
4. | Aurora Cunha (POR) | 31:29.41 |
5. | Liz Lynch (GBR) | 31:41.42 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) | 1:09:03 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Yordanka Donkova (BUL) | 12.26 |
2. | Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) | 12.39 |
3. | Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) | 12.50 |
4. | Nataliya Grygoryeva (URS) | 12.61 |
5. | Heike Theele (GDR) | 12.63 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Marina Stepanova (URS) | 52.94 |
2. | Sabine Busch (GDR) | 53.60 |
3. | Myrtle Bothma (RSA) | 53.74 |
4. | Debbie Flintoff (AUS) | 53.76 |
5. | Cornelia Feuerbach (GDR) | 54.13 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
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1. | Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 2.08 m |
2. | Olga Turchak (URS) | 2.01 m |
— | Desiree du Plessis (RSA) | 2.01 m |
4. | Charmaine Weavers (RSA) | 1.99 m |
— | Silvia Costa (CUB) | 1.99 m |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 7.45 m |
2. | Galina Chistyakova (URS) | 7.34 m |
3. | Yelena Belevskaya (URS) | 7.31 m |
4. | Irena Ozhenko (URS) | 7.20 m |
5. | Larisa Berezhnaya (URS) | 7.19 m |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 21.70 m |
2. | Ines Müller (GDR) | 21.45 m |
3. | Natalya Akhrimenko (URS) | 21.39 m |
4. | Heidi Krieger (GDR) | 21.10 m |
5. | Claudia Losch (FRG) | 20.92 m |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | Fatima Whitbread (GBR) | 77.44 |
2. | petra Felke (GDR) | 75.04 |
3. | Tiina Lillak (FIN) | 72.42 |
4. | María Caridad Colón (CUB) | 70.14 |
5. | Ivonne Leal (CUB) | 69.82 |
RANK | 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | POINTS |
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1. | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7158 |
2. | Anke Behmer (GDR) | 6717 |
3. | Natalya Shubenkova (URS) | 6645 |
4. | Sibylle Thiele (GDR) | 6635 |
5. | Judy Simpson (GBR) | 6623 |
Marathon
Year Rankings
Men
RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | EVENT |
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1. | Robert de Castella (AUS) | 2:07.51 | April 21 | Boston, United States |
2. | Zithulele Sinqe (RSA) | 2:08.04 | May 3 | Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
3. | Juma Ikangaa (TAN) | 2:08.10 | February 9 | Tokyo, Japan |
4. | Willie Mtolo (RSA) | 2:08.15 | May 3 | Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
5. | Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN) | 2:08.21 | October 5 | Seoul, South Korea |
6. | Toshihiko Seko (JPN) | 2:08.27 | October 26 | Chicago, United States |
7. | Belayneh Dinsamo (ETH) | 2:08.29 | February 9 | Tokyo, Japan |
8. | Abebe Mekonnen (ETH) | 2:08.39 | February 9 | Tokyo, Japan |
9. | Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN) | 2:08.43 | February 9 | Tokyo, Japan |
10. | Abebe Mekonnen (ETH) | 2:09.08 | April 19 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Women
RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | EVENT |
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1. | Grete Waitz (NOR) | 2:24:54 | April 20 | London, United Kingdom |
2. | Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) | 2:24:55 | April 21 | Boston, United States |
3. | Lisa Ondieki (AUS) | 2:26:07 | August 1 | Edinburgh, Scotland |
4. | Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) | 2:27:08 | October 26 | Chicago, United States |
5. | Rosa Mota (POR) | 2:27:15 | November 16 | Tokyo, Japan |
6. | Carla Beurskens (NED) | 2:27:35 | April 21 | Boston, United States |
7. | Grete Waitz (NOR) | 2:28:06 | November 2 | New York, United States |
8. | Lorraine Moller (NZL) | 2:28:17 | August 1 | Edinburgh, Scotland |
9. | Rosa Mota (POR) | 2:28:38 | August 26 | Stuttgart, West Germany |
10. | Ágnes Sipka (HUN) | 2:28:51 | October 26 | Budapest, Hungary |
National Champions
NATION | MEN'S WINNER | TIME | WOMEN'S WINNER | TIME | PLACE | DATE |
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Australia | Stephen Austin | 2:15:59 | Margaret Reddan | 2:48:28 | Sydney | June 8 |
Canada | Agustin Diaz Romero | 2:20:36 | Ellen Rochefort | 2:35:51 | Montreal | September 28 |
Japan | Toshihiro Shibutani | 2:14:55 | — | — | Otsu | March 9 |
Netherlands | Adri Hartveld | 2:15:32 | Eefje van Wissen | 2:40:07 | Maassluis | April 12 |
Spain | Santiago de la Parte | 2:16:37 | Maercedes Calleja | 2:40:24 | Lorca | May 24 |
West Germany | Wolfgang Krüger | 2:15:20 | Heidi Hutterer | 2:36:44 | Stuttgart | April 20 |
International Races
Births
- January 5 — Roman Novotný, Czech long jumper
- January 11 — Claudio Licciardello, Italian sprinter
- January 15 — Mariya Abakumova, Russian javelin thrower
- January 17 — Sherry Fletcher, Grenadian sprinter
- January 23 — Gelete Burka, Ethiopian middle distance runner
- January 24 — Montell Douglas, British sprinter
- January 31 — Walter Dix, American sprinter
- February 11 — Bob Altena, Dutch decathlete
- April 1 — Yurika Nakamura, Japanese long-distance runner
- April 2 — Moses Aliwa, Ugandan long-distance runner
- April 4 — Evelyne Nganga, Kenyan long-distance runner
- April 29 — Ingus Janevics, Latvian race walker
- May 2 — Samuel Muturi Mugo, Kenyan long-distance runner
- May 16 — Eleni Artymata, Cypriot sprinter
- June 3 — Micah Kogo, Kenyan long-distance runner
- June 8 — Yadira Guamán, Ecuadorian race walker
- June 10 — Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud, Egyptian sprinter
- June 27 — LaShawn Merritt, American sprinter
- July 3 — Robina Muqimyar, Afghan sprinter
- July 17 — Viktor Kuznyetsov, Ukrainian long jumper and triple jumper
- July 19 — Philes Ongori, Kenyan long-distance runner
- July 26 — Mattias Claesson, Swedish middle distance runner
- July 26 — Angela Moroşanu, Romanian sprinter
- July 28 — Nancy Wambui, Kenyan long-distance runner
- July 28 — Nickiesha Wilson, Jamaican hurdler
- August 3 — Fartun Abukar Omar, Somali athlete
- August 21 — Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter
- August 29 — Yerefu Birhanu, Ethiopian long-distance runner
- September 9 — Daniel Bailey, Antigua and Barbuda sprinter
- November 1 — Ksenija Balta, Estonian long jumper, sprinter and heptathlete
- November 10 — Samuel Wanjiru, Kenyan long-distance runner
- November 13 — Sergey Bakulin, Russian race walker
- November 21 — Aleksandra Zelenina, Moldovan long and triple jumper
- December 7 — Olga Mikhaylova, Russian race walker
Deaths
- April 13 — Sulo Bärlund (75), Finnish shot putter (b. 1910)