1994 in the sport of athletics

This article contains an overview of the year 1994 in athletics.

International events

• Asian Games
• Balkan Games
• Commonwealth Games
• European Championships
• European Indoor Championships
• Jeux de la Francophonie
• Goodwill Games
• World Cross Country Championships
• World Junior Championships

World records

Men

Women

• Uta Pippig (GER) equals the world record in the women's Half Marathon held by South Africa's Elana Meyer since 1991-05-18, clocking 1:07:59 on 1994-03-20 in Kyoto, Japan.

Awards

Men

Women

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

110 m Hurdles

400 m Hurdles

3000 m Steeplechase

High jump

Long jump

Triple jump

Discus

Shot put

Hammer

Javelin (new design)

Pole vault

Decathlon

Women's Best Year Performers

60 metres

100 metres

200 metres

400 metres

800 metres

1,500 metres

Mile

3,000 metres

5,000 metres

10,000 metres

Half Marathon

Marathon

60 metres hurdles

100 m Hurdles

400 m Hurdles

High Jump

Long Jump

Triple Jump

Shot Put

Javelin (old design)

Hammer throw

Heptathlon

Deaths

• September 23 – Antanas Mikėnas (70), Soviet-Lithuanian racewalker (b. 1924)

References

• Year Lists
• 1994 Year Rankings
• Association of Road Racing Statisticians