1982 in athletics (track and field)

This page contains an overview of the year 1982 in athletics (track and field).

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

=200 metres=

=1,500 metres=

=5,000 metres=

Marathon

=3,000m Steeplechase=

Triple Jump

Shot Put

Decathlon

=400 metres=

Mile

=10,000 metres=

=100m Hurdles=

Long Jump

=Javelin (old design)=

Heptathlon

Births

*January 2 — Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greek race walker
*January 5 — Vadims Vasiļevskis, Latvian athlete
*February 2 — Dorcus Inzikuru, Ugandan athlete
*February 9 — Zersenay Tadese, Eritrean athlete
*February 10 — Justin Gatlin, American athlete
*April 20 — Arnoud Okken, Dutch athlete
*April 25 — Victoria Mitchell, Australian long-distance runner
*May 15 — Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaican athlete
*May 25 — Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenyan athlete
*June 3 — Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter
*June 5 — Fabiano Peçanha, Brazilian middle-distance runner
*June 13 — Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopian distance runner
*August 31 — Lien Huyghebaert, Belgian athlete
*September 11 — Elvan Abeylegesse, Ethiopian-born Turkish track and field athlete
*November 11 — Asafa Powell, Jamaican athlete
*December 11 — Darren Gilford, Maltese athlete

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)

References

* [http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/yl/ Year Lists]
* [http://www.arrs.net/ATM_Mara1982.htm Association of Road Racing Statisticians]
* [http://digilander.libero.it/atletica2/Stagionali/WRL/1982/Index.htm Year Rankings]