This article 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 EVENTATHLETEMARKDATEVENUE5000m13:00:41July 7Oslo, NorwayHalf Marathon1:01:36September 19Philadelphia, United StatesHammer83.98mJune 4Moscow, Soviet UnionDecathlon8730May 23Götzis, Austria8741August 15Athens, Greece8774September 8Athens, Greece

Women EVENTATHLETEMARKDATEVENUE400 metres48.16September 8Athens, GreeceMile4:18.08July 9Paris, France4:17.44September 16Rieti, Italy3,000 metres8:26.78July 25Kiev, Soviet Union5,000 metres15:13.22March 17Auckland, New Zealand15:08.26June 5Eugene, Oregon, United States10,000 metres31:35.3July 16Eugene, Oregon, United States4 × 400 m Relay• Kirsten Emmelmann• Sabine Busch• Dagmar Neubauer• Marita Koch3:19.04September 11Athens, GreeceHalf Marathon1:09:57May 15Gothenburg, SwedenHigh jump2.02September 8Athens, GreeceLong jump7.15August 1Bucharest, RomaniaLong jump7.20August 1Bucharest, RomaniaJavelin throw72.40July 29Helsinki, FinlandJavelin throw74.20September 26Khania, GreeceHeptathlon6845June 20Halle, 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 RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.10.002.10.033.10.054.10.105.10.11

200 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.20.152.20.193.20.224.20.235=20.275=20.27

400 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.44.682.44.69—44.694.44.725.44.76

800 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.1:44.452.1:44.483.1:44.544.1:44.715.1:44.72

1,500 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.3:32.122.3:32.333.3:32.854.3:33.125.3:33.5

Mile RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.3:47.692.3:48.853.3:49.084.3:49.345.3:49.77

3,000 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.7:32.792.7:33.373.7:37.494.7:39.095.7:39.34

5,000 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.13:00.412.13:07.293.13:07.704.13:08.975.13:09.50

10,000 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.27:22.952.27:24.393.27:25.614.27:26.955.27:28.67

Half Marathon RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.1:01:36 WR

Marathon

110m Hurdles RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.13.222.13.263.13.314.13.365.13.37

400m Hurdles RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.47.482.48.44—48.444.48.455.48.46

3,000m Steeplechase RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.8:16.172.8:17.043.8:17.224.8:17.415.8:18.80

High Jump RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT1.2.332.2.32—2.32—2.325.2.31

Long Jump RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.8.762.8.563.8.304.8.215.8.20—8.20

Triple Jump RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.17.572.17.463.17.424.17.375.17.36

Discus RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.70.582.69.963.69.444.69.165.68.60

Hammer RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.83.982.83.543.81.664.80.725.79.48

Shot Put RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.22.022.21.943.21.744.21.315.21.27

Pole Vault RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT1.5.75—5.753.5.72—5.725.5.71

Javelin (old design) RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.95.802.94.523.91.344.90.965.90.72

Decathlon RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSPOINTS1.87742.87413.84854.84725.8397

Women's Best Year Performers

100 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.10.882.10.933.10.954.11.005.11.01

200 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.21.762.22.043.22.104.22.135.22.17

400 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.48.162.48.853.49.564.50.415.50.46

800 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.1:55.052.1:55.413.1:55.964.1:56.15.1:56.2

1,500 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.3:54.232.3:56.143.3:56.504.3:57.055.3:57.48

Mile RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.4:17.442.4:18.083.4:21.524.4:21.785.4:21.89

3,000 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.8:26.782.8:29.363.8:29.714.8:31.675.8:33.40

5,000 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.15:08.262.15:08.803.15:12.624.15:13.225.15:19.54

10,000 metres RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.31:35.32.31:48.233.31:55.024.31:57.05.32:04.88

Half Marathon RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.1:09:57

Marathon

100m Hurdles RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.12.442.12.453.12.544.12.555.12.62

400m Hurdles RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.54.572.54.893.54.934.54.96

High Jump RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT1.2.022.1.985.1.97

Long Jump RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.7.202.7.153.6.984.6.925.6.91

Discus RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.71.402.71.203.70.644.69.905.69.76

Shot Put RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.21.802.21.613.21.554.21.275.21.23

Javelin (old design) RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.74.402.74.203.70.024.69.285.68.38

Heptathlon RANK1982 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSPOINTS1.68452.66463.66294.65245.6523

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)

References Year Lists Association of Road Racing Statisticians Year Rankings