1982 in the sport of athletics
This page contains an overview of the year 1982 in athletics.
International Events
- African Championships
- Asian Games
- Central American and Caribbean Championships
- Commonwealth Games
- European Championships
- European Indoor Championships
- World Cross Country Championships
World records
Men
EVENT | ATHLETE | MARK | DATE | VENUE |
---|---|---|---|---|
5000m | 13:00:41 | July 7 | Oslo, Norway | |
Half Marathon | 1:01:36 | September 19 | Philadelphia, United States | |
Hammer | 83.98m | June 4 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
Decathlon | 8730 | May 23 | Götzis, Austria | |
8741 | August 15 | Athens, Greece | ||
8774 | September 8 | Athens, Greece |
Women
EVENT | ATHLETE | MARK | DATE | VENUE |
---|---|---|---|---|
400 metres | 48.16 | September 8 | Athens, Greece | |
Mile | 4:18.08 | July 9 | Paris, France | |
4:17.44 | September 16 | Rieti, Italy | ||
3,000 metres | 8:26.78 | July 25 | Kiev, Soviet Union | |
5,000 metres | 15:13.22 | March 17 | Auckland, New Zealand | |
15:08.26 | June 5 | Eugene, Oregon, United States | ||
10,000 metres | 31:35.3 | July 16 | Eugene, Oregon, United States | |
4 × 400 m Relay | • Kirsten Emmelmann • Sabine Busch • Dagmar Neubauer • Marita Koch |
3:19.04 | September 11 | Athens, Greece |
Half Marathon | 1:09:57 | May 15 | Gothenburg, Sweden | |
High Jump | 2.02 | September 8 | Athens, Greece | |
Long Jump | 7.15 | August 1 | Bucharest, Romania | |
Long Jump | 7.20 | August 1 | Bucharest, Romania | |
Javelin Throw | 72.40 | July 29 | Helsinki, Finland | |
Javelin Throw | 74.20 | September 26 | Khania, Greece | |
Heptathlon | 6845 | June 20 | Halle, East Germany |
- Marlies Göhr (GDR) equals her own world record in the women's 100 metres, clocking 10.88 seconds on 1982-07-06 at a meet in Karl-Marx-Stadt.
Men's Best Year Performers
100 metres
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 10.00 | |
2. | 10.03 | |
3. | 10.05 | |
4. | 10.10 | |
5. | 10.11 |
200 metres
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 20.15 | |
2. | 20.19 | |
3. | 20.22 | |
4. | 20.23 | |
5= | 20.27 | |
5= | 20.27 |
400 metres
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 44.68 | |
2. | 44.69 | |
— | 44.69 | |
4. | 44.72 | |
5. | 44.76 |
800 metres
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 1:44.45 | |
2. | 1:44.48 | |
3. | 1:44.54 | |
4. | 1:44.71 | |
5. | 1:44.72 |
1,500 metres
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 3:32.12 | |
2. | 3:32.33 | |
3. | 3:32.85 | |
4. | 3:33.12 | |
5. | 3:33.5 |
Mile
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 3:47.69 | |
2. | 3:48.85 | |
3. | 3:49.08 | |
4. | 3:49.34 | |
5. | 3:49.77 |
3,000 metres
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 7:32.79 | |
2. | 7:33.37 | |
3. | 7:37.49 | |
4. | 7:39.09 | |
5. | 7:39.34 |
5,000 metres
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 13:00.41 | |
2. | 13:07.29 | |
3. | 13:07.70 | |
4. | 13:08.97 | |
5. | 13:09.50 |
10,000 metres
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 27:22.95 | |
2. | 27:24.39 | |
3. | 27:25.61 | |
4. | 27:26.95 | |
5. | 27:28.67 |
Half Marathon
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 1:01:36 WR |
Marathon
110m Hurdles
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 13.22 | |
2. | 13.26 | |
3. | 13.31 | |
4. | 13.36 | |
5. | 13.37 |
400m Hurdles
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 47.48 | |
2. | 48.44 | |
— | 48.44 | |
4. | 48.45 | |
5. | 48.46 |
3,000m Steeplechase
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 8:16.17 | |
2. | 8:17.04 | |
3. | 8:17.22 | |
4. | 8:17.41 | |
5. | 8:18.80 |
High Jump
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
---|---|---|
1. | 2.33 | |
2. | 2.32 | |
— | 2.32 | |
— | 2.32 | |
5. | 2.31 |
Long Jump
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
---|---|---|
1. | 8.76 | |
2. | 8.56 | |
3. | 8.30 | |
4. | 8.21 | |
5. | 8.20 | |
— | 8.20 |
Triple Jump
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
---|---|---|
1. | 17.57 | |
2. | 17.46 | |
3. | 17.42 | |
4. | 17.37 | |
5. | 17.36 |
Discus
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
---|---|---|
1. | 70.58 | |
2. | 69.96 | |
3. | 69.44 | |
4. | 69.16 | |
5. | 68.60 |
Hammer
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
---|---|---|
1. | 83.98 | |
2. | 83.54 | |
3. | 81.66 | |
4. | 80.72 | |
5. | 79.48 |
Shot Put
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
---|---|---|
1. | 22.02 | |
2. | 21.94 | |
3. | 21.74 | |
4. | 21.31 | |
5. | 21.27 |
Pole Vault
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
---|---|---|
1. | 5.75 | |
— | 5.75 | |
3. | 5.72 | |
— | 5.72 | |
5. | 5.71 |
Javelin (old design)
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
---|---|---|
1. | 95.80 | |
2. | 94.52 | |
3. | 91.34 | |
4. | 90.96 | |
5. | 90.72 |
Decathlon
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | POINTS |
---|---|---|
1. | 8774 | |
2. | 8741 | |
3. | 8485 | |
4. | 8472 | |
5. | 8397 |
Women's Best Year Performers
100 metres
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 10.88 | |
2. | 10.93 | |
3. | 10.95 | |
4. | 11.00 | |
5. | 11.01 |
200 metres
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 21.76 | |
2. | 22.04 | |
3. | 22.10 | |
4. | 22.13 | |
5. | 22.17 |
400 metres
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 48.16 | |
2. | 48.85 | |
3. | 49.56 | |
4. | 50.41 | |
5. | 50.46 |
800 metres
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 1:55.05 | |
2. | 1:55.41 | |
3. | 1:55.96 | |
4. | 1:56.1 | |
5. | 1:56.2 |
1,500 metres
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 3:54.23 | |
2. | 3:56.14 | |
3. | 3:56.50 | |
4. | 3:57.05 | |
5. | 3:57.48 |
Mile
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 4:17.44 | |
2. | 4:18.08 | |
3. | 4:21.52 | |
4. | 4:21.78 | |
5. | 4:21.89 |
3,000 metres
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 8:26.78 | |
2. | 8:29.36 | |
3. | 8:29.71 | |
4. | 8:31.67 | |
5. | 8:33.40 |
5,000 metres
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 15:08.26 | |
2. | 15:08.80 | |
3. | 15:12.62 | |
4. | 15:13.22 | |
5. | 15:19.54 |
10,000 metres
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 31:35.3 | |
2. | 31:48.23 | |
3. | 31:55.02 | |
4. | 31:57.0 | |
5. | 32:04.88 |
Half Marathon
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 1:09:57 |
Marathon
100m Hurdles
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 12.44 | |
2. | 12.45 | |
3. | 12.54 | |
4. | 12.55 | |
5. | 12.62 |
400m Hurdles
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | 54.57 | |
2. | 54.89 | |
3. | 54.93 | |
4. | 54.96 |
High Jump
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
---|---|---|
1. | 2.02 | |
2. | 1.98 | |
5. | 1.97 | |
Long Jump
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
---|---|---|
1. | 7.20 | |
2. | 7.15 | |
3. | 6.98 | |
4. | 6.92 | |
5. | 6.91 |
Discus
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
---|---|---|
1. | 71.40 | |
2. | 71.20 | |
3. | 70.64 | |
4. | 69.90 | |
5. | 69.76 |
Shot Put
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
---|---|---|
1. | 21.80 | |
2. | 21.61 | |
3. | 21.55 | |
4. | 21.27 | |
5. | 21.23 |
Javelin (old design)
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
---|---|---|
1. | 74.40 | |
2. | 74.20 | |
3. | 70.02 | |
4. | 69.28 | |
5. | 68.38 |
Heptathlon
RANK | 1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | POINTS |
---|---|---|
1. | 6845 | |
2. | 6646 | |
3. | 6629 | |
4. | 6524 | |
5. | 6523 |
Births
January
- January 2 – Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greek race walker
- January 3 – Eşref Apak, Turkish hammer thrower
- January 5 – Vadims Vasiļevskis, Latvian athlete
- January 12 – Dimitrios Tsiamis, Greek triple jumper
- January 24 – Hamdi Dhouibi, Tunisian decathlete
February
- February 2 – Dorcus Inzikuru, Ugandan athlete
- February 7 – Rumyana Karapetrova, Bulgarian javelin thrower
- February 8 – Iryna Shtanhyeyeva, Ukrainian sprinter
- February 9 – Zersenay Tadese, Eritrean athlete
- February 10 – Justin Gatlin, American athlete
- February 18 – Krisztián Pars, Hungarian hammer thrower
March
- March 1 – Leryn Franco, Paraguayan javelin thrower
- March 7 – Josh Rohatinsky, American long-distance runner
- March 14 – Yuleidis Limonta, Cuban heptathlete
- March 16 – Inga Kožarenoka, Latvian javelin thrower
- March 25 – Kayoko Fukushi, Japanese long-distance runner
- March 31 – Janice Josephs, South African heptathlete
April
- April 15 – Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi, Italian race walker
- April 20 – Arnoud Okken, Dutch middle-distance runner
- April 20 – Dennis Leyckes, German decathlete
- April 25 – Victoria Mitchell, Australian long-distance runner
May
- May 6 – Dilshod Nazarov, Tajikistani hammer thrower
- May 10 – Yochai Halevi, Israeli long jumper and triple jumper
- May 12 – Marvin Anderson, Jamaican sprinter
- May 15 – Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaican athlete
- May 20 – Mihail Stamatoyiannis, Greek shot putter
- May 25 – Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenyan athlete
- May 30 – Phaustin Baha Sulle, Tanzanian long-distance runner
June
- June 3 – Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter
- June 5 – Fabiano Peçanha, Brazilian middle-distance runner
- June 11 – Vanessa Boslak, French pole vaulter
- June 13 – Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopian distance runner
- June 25 – Esther Dankwah, Ghanaian sprinter
July
- July 8 – Park Chil-Sung, South Korean race walker
- July 14 – Vyacheslav Muravyev, Kazakhstani sprinter
- July 23 – Thaimara Rivas, Venezuelan heptathlete
August
- August 5 – Jo Ankier, British long-distance runner
- August 9 – Robert Häggblom, Finnish shot putter
- August 9 – Byron Piedra, Ecuadorian distance runner
- August 31 – Lien Huyghebaert, Belgian athlete
September
- September 11 – Elvan Abeylegesse, Ethiopian-born Turkish track and field athlete
- September 15 – Matthew Boyles, American race walker
- September 29 – Salome Chepchumba, Kenyan middle distance runner
October
- October 25 – Aarik Wilson, American long jumper and triple jumper
November
- November 4 – Kamila Skolimowska, Polish hammer thrower (d. 2009)
- November 6 – Loree Smith, American hammer thrower
- November 9 – Eloise Wellings, Australian long-distance runner
- November 11 – Ivan Babaryka, Ukrainian long-distance runner
- November 11 – Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter
- November 29 – Andrei Chubsa, Belarusian high jumper
December
- December 2 – Morten Jensen, Danish long jumper
- December 11 – Darren Gilford, Maltese athlete
- December 25 – Samson Ramadhani, Tanzanian long-distance runner
Deaths
- April 26 – Ville Ritola (86), Finnish Olympic gold medal runner (b. 1896)
- June 25 – Ed Hamm (76), American athlete (b. 1906)
- June 28 – Wiesław Maniak (41), Polish sprinter (b. 1938)
- August 4 – Henk van der Wal (95), Dutch track and field athlete (b. 1886)
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