1982 in the sport of athletics

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

Women

• 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

200 metres

400 metres

800 metres

1,500 metres

Mile

3,000 metres

5,000 metres

10,000 metres

Half Marathon

Marathon

110m Hurdles

400m Hurdles

3,000m Steeplechase

High Jump

Long Jump

Triple Jump

Discus

Hammer

Shot Put

Pole Vault

Javelin (old design)

Decathlon

Women's Best Year Performers

100 metres

200 metres

400 metres

800 metres

1,500 metres

Mile

3,000 metres

5,000 metres

10,000 metres

Half Marathon

Marathon

100m Hurdles

400m Hurdles

High Jump

Long Jump

Discus

Shot Put

Javelin (old design)

Heptathlon

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