1983 in the sport of athletics

This article contains an overview of the year 1983 in athletics.

International Events

• Asian Championships
• Balkan Games
• Central American and Caribbean Championships
• European Indoor Championships
• Mediterranean Games
• Pan American Games
• South American Championships
• World Championships
• World Cross Country Championships
• World Student Games

World records

Men

Women

Men's Best Year Performers

100 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 100 metres

200 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 200 metres

400 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 400 metres

800 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 800 metres

1,500 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 1,500 metres

Mile

3,000 metres

5,000 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 5,000 metres

10,000 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 10,000 metres

Half Marathon

Marathon

Main race this year: World Championships Marathon

110m Hurdles

Main race this year: World Championships 110m Hurdles

400m Hurdles

Main race this year: World Championships 400m Hurdles

3,000m Steeplechase

Main race this year: World Championships 3,000m Steeplechase

High Jump

Main competition this year: World Championships High Jump

Long Jump

Main competition this year: World Championships Long Jump

Triple Jump

Main competition this year: World Championships Triple Jump

Discus

Main competition this year: World Championships Discus Throw

Hammer

Shot Put

Main competition this year: World Championships Shot Put

Javelin (old design)

Main competition this year: World Championships Javelin Throw

Pole Vault

Main competition this year: World Championships Pole Vault

Decathlon

Main competition this year: World Championships Decathlon

Women's Best Year Performers

100 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 100 metres

200 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 200 metres

400 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 400 metres

800 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 800 metres

1,500 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 1,500 metres

3,000 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 3,000 metres

5,000 metres

10,000 metres

Half Marathon

Marathon

Main race this year: World Championships Marathon

100m Hurdles

Main race this year: World Championships 100m Hurdles

400m Hurdles

Main race this year: World Championships 400m Hurdles

High Jump

Main competition this year: World Championships High Jump

Long Jump

Main competition this year: World Championships Long Jump

Discus

Main competition this year: World Championships Discus Throw

Shot Put

Main competition this year: World Championships Shot Put

Javelin (old design)

Main competition this year: World Championships Javelin Throw

Heptathlon

Main competition this year: World Championships Heptathlon

Births

• January 4 — Laura Douglas, Welsh hammer thrower
• January 7 — Marc Burns, Trinidad and Tobago athlete
• January 7 — Stéphanie Falzon, French hammer thrower
• January 11 — Cui Zhide, Chinese race walker
• January 16 — Trevell Quinley, American long jumper
• January 26 — Arturo Casado, Spanish middle-distance runner
• January 28 — Chiara Rosa, Italian shot putter
• February 1 — Alice Timbilili, Kenyan distance runner
• February 2 — Athanasia Perra, Greek triple jumper
• March 10 — Yelena Bolsun, Russian sprinter
• March 14 — Jiang Qiuyan, Chinese race walker
• March 21 — Martina HraÅ¡nová, Slovak hammer thrower
• March 21 — Jussi Heikkilä, Finnish hurdler
• March 22 — André Pollmächer, German long-distance runner
• March 23 — Mo Farah, Somali-British distance runner
• March 28 — Jurica GrabuÅ¡ić, Croatian hurdler
• April 25 — Nick Willis, New Zealand middle-distance runner
• May 5 — Mabel Gay, Cuban triple jumper
• June 4 — Satoshi Osaki, Japanese long-distance runner
• July 12 — Yarelis Barrios, Cuban discus thrower
• July 18 — Mikk Pahapill, Estonian decathlete
• July 20 — Ignisious Gaisah, Ghanaian athlete
• August 2 — Zuzana Malíková, Slovak race walker
• August 4 — Fábio Gomes da Silva, Brazilian pole vaulter
• September 2 — Tatyana Kozlova, Russian race walker
• September 11 — Vivian Cheruiyot, Kenyan distance runner
• September 14 — Mestawet Tufa, Ethiopian distance runner
• October 2 — Michael Kipyego, Kenyan runner
• October 5 — Hamid Ezzine, Moroccan long-distance runner
• October 6 — Leonid Andreev, Uzbekistani decathlete and pole vaulter
• October 8 — Mihkel Kukk, Estonian javelin thrower
• October 10 — Dong Jimin, Chinese race walker
• October 22 — Mika Vasara, Finnish shot putter
• October 22 — Li Zhuhong, Chinese long-distance runner
• November 19 — Meseret Defar, Ethiopian distance runner
• December 2 — Yelena Priyma, Russian hammer thrower
• December 6 — Urszula Piwnicka, Polish javelin thrower
• December 8 — Aliaksandr Kazulka, Belarusian hammer thrower
• December 9 — Diana Pickler, American heptathlete
• December 13 — Janeth Jepkosgei, Kenyan middle-distance runner
• December 22 — Viola Kibiwot, Kenyan middle-distance runner
• December 27 — Tomo Morimoto, Japanese long-distance runner

Deaths

• January 21 — Antonio Siddi (59), Italian athlete (b. 1923)
• January 24 — Juan Carlos Zabala (71), Argentine athlete (b. 1911)
• February 14 — Lina Radke (79), German athlete (b. 1903)
• September 12 — Sabin Carr (79), American pole vaulter (b. 1904)

References

• Association of Road Racing Statisticians
• Year Rankings