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1986 in the sport of athletics

This article contains an overview of the year 1986 in the sport of athletics.

1986 in athletics
Major world eventsWorld Championships
World Indoor Championships
1985
1987

International Events

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World records

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EVENT ATHLETE MARK DATE VENUE
Pole vault   Sergei Bubka (URS) 6.01m 8 July Moscow
Shot Put   Udo Beyer (GDR) 22.64m 20 August East Berlin, East Germany
Discus Throw   Jürgen Schult (GDR) 74.08m 6 June Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Hammer Throw   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

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EVENT ATHLETE MARK DATE VENUE
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
  Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 12.29 17 August Köln, West Germany
  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

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RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1.   Michael Musyoki (KEN) 1:00:43
RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1.   Sergei 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
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

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RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
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
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
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
1.   Doina Melinte (ROU) 1:56.2
2.   Sigrun Wodars (GDR) 1:57.05
3.   Nadiya 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
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
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
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
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
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
1.   Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 1:09:03
RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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Year Rankings

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RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE EVENT
1. Australia  Robert de Castella (AUS) 2:07.51 April 21 Boston, United States
2. South Africa  Zithulele Sinqe (RSA) 2:08.04 May 3 Port Elizabeth, South Africa
3. Tanzania  Juma Ikangaa (TAN) 2:08.10 February 9 Tokyo, Japan
4. South Africa  Willie Mtolo (RSA) 2:08.15 May 3 Port Elizabeth, South Africa
5. Japan  Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN) 2:08.21 October 5 Seoul, South Korea
6. Japan  Toshihiko Seko (JPN) 2:08.27 October 26 Chicago, United States
7. Ethiopia  Belayneh Dinsamo (ETH) 2:08.29 February 9 Tokyo, Japan
8. Ethiopia  Abebe Mekonnen (ETH) 2:08.39 February 9 Tokyo, Japan
9. Japan  Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN) 2:08.43 February 9 Tokyo, Japan
10. Ethiopia  Abebe Mekonnen (ETH) 2:09.08 April 19 Rotterdam, Netherlands

Women

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RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE EVENT
1. Norway  Grete Waitz (NOR) 2:24:54 April 20 London, United Kingdom
2. Norway  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 2:24:55 April 21 Boston, United States
3. Australia  Lisa Ondieki (AUS) 2:26:07 August 1 Edinburgh, Scotland
4. Norway  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 2:27:08 October 26 Chicago, United States
5. Portugal  Rosa Mota (POR) 2:27:15 November 16 Tokyo, Japan
6. Netherlands  Carla Beurskens (NED) 2:27:35 April 21 Boston, United States
7. Norway  Grete Waitz (NOR) 2:28:06 November 2 New York, United States
8. New Zealand  Lorraine Moller (NZL) 2:28:17 August 1 Edinburgh, Scotland
9. Portugal  Rosa Mota (POR) 2:28:38 August 26 Stuttgart, West Germany
10. Hungary  Ágnes Sipka (HUN) 2:28:51 October 26 Budapest, Hungary

National Champions

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NATION MEN'S WINNER TIME WOMEN'S WINNER TIME PLACE DATE
Australia  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 Ōtsu March 9
Netherlands  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  West Germany Wolfgang Krüger 2:15:20 Heidi Hutterer 2:36:44 Stuttgart April 20

International Races

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DATE MARATHON NATION MEN'S WINNER TIME WOMEN'S WINNER TIME
January 11 Miami   United States France  Bernard Bobes 2:21:26 United States  Shirley Silsby 2:53:18
January 19 Hamilton Bermuda  Bermuda United States  Jerrold Wynia 2:24:03 Canada  Sharon Crawford 2:58:17
January 19 Manila Philippines  Philippines Belgium  Eddy Hellebuyck 2:19:00 Canada  Tani Ruckle 2:46:58
January 26 Hong Kong Hong Kong  Hong Kong China  Shu Chun Zhu 2:15:08 China  Yan Min Wen 2:36:55
January 26 Osaka Japan  New Zealand  Lorraine Moller 2:30:24
February 1 Auckland New Zealand  New Zealand Denmark  Allan Zachariasen 2:12:36 Denmark  Kiersti Jakobsen 2:36:58
February 2 Beppu Japan  Japan  Taisuke Kodama 2:10:34
February 2 Long Beach   United States United States  Ric Sayre 2:13:22 United States  Mary Tracey 2:48:01
February 9 Tokyo Japan  Tanzania  Juma Ikangaa 2:08:10
February 16 Valencia Spain  Poland  Pawel Lorens 2:16:31 Poland  Malgorzata Szuminska 2:46:31
March 9 Arusha Tanzania  Tanzania Tanzania  Japhet Mashishanga 2:21:01 Tanzania  Leokadia Katona 4:03:30
March 9 Los Angeles   United States United States  Ric Sayre 2:12:59 United States  Nancy Ditz 2:36:27
March 16 Barcelona Spain  Belgium  Frederick Vandervennet 2:15:45 United Kingdom  Deborah Heath 2:48:22
April 13 Lyon   France France  Alain Lazare 2:15:07 France  Marie-Jeanne Maury 2:54:48
April 13 Vienna Austria  Austria Austria  Gerhard Hartmann 2:12:22 West Germany  Birgit Lennartz 2:38:31
April 19 Rotterdam Netherlands  Netherlands Ethiopia  Abebe Mekonnen 2:09:09 Sweden  Ellinor Ljungros 2:41:06
April 20 Budapest Hungary  Hungary Hungary  Sandor Szendrei 2:16:18 Hungary  Agota Farkas 2:47:10
April 20 London United Kingdom  United Kingdom Japan  Toshihiko Seko 2:10:02 Norway  Grete Waitz 2:24:54
April 21 Boston   United States Australia  Robert de Castella 2:07:51 Norway  Ingrid Kristiansen 2:24:55
April 27 Bremen West Germany  West Germany Sweden  Jozef Machalek 2:15:58 West Germany  Elke Kramer 2:48:38
April 27 Madrid Spain  Spain  Ramiro Matamoros 2:17:04 Spain  Consuelo Alonso 2:43:21
May 1 Rome Italy  Italy Italy  Osvaldo Faustini 2:16:03 United States  Katherine Gregory 3:23:43
May 4 Munich West Germany  West Germany Hungary  István Kerékjártó 2:17:46 West Germany  Olivia Gruner 2:38:51
May 4 Paris   France Djibouti  Hussein Ahmed Salah 2:12:44 France  Maria Rebelo-Lelut 2:32:18
May 4 Vancouver   Canada Japan  Hiromi Nishi 2:21:14 Canada  Joi Belyk 2:45:37
May 5 Belfast Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland Northern Ireland  Martin Deane 2:16:05 Northern Ireland  Moira O'Neill 2:43:26
May 11 Amsterdam Netherlands  Netherlands Belgium  William Vanhuylenbroek 2:14:46 Republic of Ireland  Teresa Kidd 2:46:18
May 11 Geneva Switzerland  Switzerland France  Bernard Bobes 2:18:11 Soviet Union  Nadezhda Gumerova 2:38:33
May 18 Pittsburgh   United States United States  Dean Matthews 2:18:17 Italy  Laura Fogli 2:37:04
May 18 Venice Italy  Italy Italy  Salvatore Bettiol 2:18:44 Italy  Paola Moro 2:38:10
May 25 Hamburg West Germany  West Germany Belgium  Karel Lismont 2:12:12 Belgium  Magda Ilands 2:35:17
June 1 Christchurch New Zealand  New Zealand New Zealand  John Campbell 2:15:19 New Zealand  Sharon Higgins 2:45:44
June 7 Stockholm Sweden  Sweden Sweden  Kjell-Erik Ståhl 2:12:33 Sweden  Evy Palm 2:34:42
June 8 Sydney Australia  Australia Brazil  Eloi Schleder 2:12:54 New Zealand  Ngaire Drake 2:38:52
July 20 San Francisco   United States United States  Peter Pfitzinger 2:13:29 Mexico  Maria Trujillo 2:37:57
August 1 CW Games Scotland  Edinburgh, Scotland Australia  Robert de Castella 2:10:15 Australia  Lisa Ondieki 2:26:07
August 2 Helsinki Finland  Finland Sweden  Tommy Persson 2:17:11 Finland  Sinikka Kiippa 2:49:29
August 17 Bolton United Kingdom  United Kingdom United Kingdom  Michael Neary 2:19:25
August 24 Reykjavik Iceland  Iceland France  Mokfi Chaibi 2:20:30 United Kingdom  Carol Macario 2:58:09
August 24 Rio de Janeiro Brazil  Brazil Brazil  Eloi Schleder 2:22:02 United States  Elizabeth McElhinny 2:46:54
August 26 European Championships West Germany  Stuttgart, West Germany Portugal  Rosa Mota 2:28:38
August 30 European Championships West Germany  Stuttgart, West Germany Italy  Gelindo Bordin 2:10:54
August 31 Adelaide Australia  Australia Australia  Peter Bourgaize 2:25:16 Australia  Desiree Letherby 2:59:20
September 6 Antwerp Belgium  Belgium Belgium  François Blommaerts 2:17:48 Belgium  Denise Verhaert 2:42:44
September 13 Oslo Norway  Norway Sweden  Kjell-Erik Ståhl 2:14:59 Norway  Sissel Grottenberg 2:40:01
September 21 Niagara   Canada Japan  Kazuya Nishimoto 2:17:35 Italy  Mariagrazia Savasta 2:50:49
September 21 Glasgow United Kingdom  United Kingdom United Kingdom  Kenneth Stewart 2:14:04 United Kingdom  Sandra Branney 2:37:29
September 28 Berlin   West Berlin Poland  Boguslaw Psujek 2:11:03 West Germany  Charlotte Teske 2:32:10
September 28 Brussels Belgium  Belgium Belgium  Dirk Vanderherten 2:15:32 Belgium  Nelly Aerts 2:42:02
September 28 Ciudad Mexico Mexico  Mexico Mexico  Manuel Garcia Perez 2:20:03 Mexico  Mericarmen Cardenas 2:42:25
September 28 Montreal   Canada Ethiopia  Abebe Mekonnen 2:10:31 Canada  Helene Rochefort 2:35:51
September 28 Perth Australia  Australia Japan  Futoshi Shinohara 2:18:17 New Zealand  Bernardine Portenski 2:53:54
September 28 Portland   United States United States  Leonard Hill 2:18:54 Italy  Kathleen Angel 2:47:02
October 1 Asian Games South Korea  Seoul, South Korea Japan  Eriko Asai 2:41:03
October 5 Asian Games South Korea  Seoul, South Korea Japan  Takeyuki Nakayama 2:08:21
October 12 Athens Greece  Greece Belgium  Jos vander Water 2:27:22 Norway  Signe Ward 3:06:58
October 12 Buenos Aires Argentina  Argentina Argentina  Raimundo Manquel 2:21:10 Brazil  Angélica de Almeida 2:54:47
October 12 Melbourne Australia  Australia Switzerland  Richard Umberg 2:17:21 Canada  Tani Ruckle 2:36:06
October 19 Beijing China  Japan  Taisuke Kodama 2:07:35
October 26 Chicago   United States Japan  Toshihiko Seko 2:08:27 Norway  Ingrid Kristiansen 2:27:08
October 26 Hamilton New Zealand  New Zealand Poland  Wojciech Ratkowski 2:18:13 New Zealand  Carol Raven 3:07:16
October 26 Lisbon Portugal  Portugal Portugal  Cidalio Caetano 2:16:49 Portugal  Maria Lousada 3:20:26
October 26 Nuremberg West Germany  West Germany Poland  Ryszard Przybyla 2:19:44
October 27 Dublin Republic of Ireland  Ireland Republic of Ireland  Dick Hooper 2:18:10 United Kingdom  Maureen Hurst 2:46:29
November 2 Istanbul Turkey  Turkey Turkey  Hanefi Atmaca 2:23:20
November 2 New York City   United States Italy  Piergiovanni Poli 2:11:06 Norway  Grete Waitz 2:28:06
November 16 Tokyo Japan  Portugal  Rosa Mota 2:27:15
December 7 Fukuoka Japan  Tanzania  Juma Ikangaa 2:10:06
December 7 Kawaguchi Japan  Japan  Tetsuji Iwase 2:19:54 Japan  Tomoko Suzuki 2:50:10
December 7 Honolulu   United States Kenya  Ibrahim Hussein 2:11:44 Netherlands  Carla Beurskens 2:31:02
December 17 Tiberias Marathon Israel  Israel Israel  Yair Karni 2:23:12 West Germany  Kerstin Preßler 2:36:33

Births

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Deaths

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References

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