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1986 in the sport of athletics

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This article contains an overview of the year 1986 in the sport of athletics.

1986 in athletics
Major world eventsWorld Championships
World Indoor Championships
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International Events edit

World records edit

Men edit

EVENT ATHLETE MARK DATE VENUE
Pole vault   Sergei Bubka (URS) 6.01m 8 July Moscow
Shot Put   Udo Beyer (GDR) 22.64m 20 August East Berlin, East Germany
Discus Throw   Jürgen Schult (GDR) 74.08m 6 June Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Hammer Throw   Yuriy Syedikh (URS) 86.66m 22 June Tallinn, Soviet Union
  Yuriy Syedikh (URS) 86.74m 30 August Stuttgart, West Germany
Javelin (new)   Tom Petranoff (USA) 85.38m 7 July Helsinki, Finland
  Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG) 85.74m 21 September Como, Italy

Women edit

EVENT ATHLETE MARK DATE VENUE
2,000 metres   Maricica Puica (ROM) 5:28.69 11 July London
5,000 metres   Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 14:37.33 August 5 Stockholm, Sweden
10,000 metres   Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 30:13.74 July 5 Oslo, Norway
100m Hurdles   Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 12.35 17 August Köln, West Germany
  Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 12.29 17 August Köln, West Germany
  Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 12.26 7 September Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
400m Hurdles   Marina Styepanova (URS) 53.32 30 August Stuttgart, West Germany
  Marina Styepanova (URS) 52.94 17 September Tashkent, Soviet Union
High Jump   Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 2.08m 1 June Sofia, Bulgaria
Long jump   Heike Drechsler (GDR) 7.45m 21 June Tallinn, Estonia
Javelin throw   Fatima Whitbread (GBR) 77.44m 28 August Stuttgart, West Germany
Heptathlon   Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7148 6-7 July Moscow, Soviet Union
  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7158 1-2 August Houston, United States
  • Heike Drechsler (GDR) twice equals the world record in the women's 200 metres held by countrywoman Marita Koch since 1979-06-10, clocking 21.71 seconds on 1986-06-29 and 1986-08-29.

Men's Best Year Performers edit

100 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Chidi Imoh (NGR) 10.00
2.   Robson da Silva (BRA) 10.02
3.   Linford Christie (GBR) 10.04
4.   Carl Lewis (USA) 10.06
5.   Emmit King (USA) 10.07

200 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Floyd Heard (USA) 20.12
2.   Roy Martin (USA) 20.16
3.   Lorenzo Daniel (USA) 20.17
4.   John Dinan (AUS) 20.19
5.   Michael Timpson (USA) 20.23

400 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Gabriel Tiacoh (CIV) 44.30
2.   Darrell Robinson (USA) 44.45
3.   Roddie Haley (USA) 44.48
4.   Innocent Egbunike (NGR) 44.50
5.   Roger Black (GBR) 44.59

800 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Steve Cram (GBR) 1:43.19
2.   Johnny Gray (USA) 1:43.46
—   William Wuycke (VEN) 1:43.54
4.   Earl Jones (USA) 1:43.62
5.   Peter Braun (GDR) 1:44.03

1,500 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Sebastian Coe (GBR) 3:29.77
2.   Steve Cram (GBR) 3:30.15
3.   José Manuel Abascal (ESP) 3:31.13
4.   Sydney Maree (USA) 3:32.56
5.   José Luis González (ESP) 3:32.90

Mile edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Steve Cram (GBR) 3:48.31
2.   Steve Scott (USA) 3:48.73
3.   Jim Spivey (USA) 3:49.80
4.   Saïd Aouita (MAR) 3:50.33
5.   José Manuel Abascal (ESP) 3:50.54

3,000 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Saïd Aouita (MAR) 7:32.23
2.   Sydney Maree (USA) 7:38.26
3.   Paul Kipkoech (KEN) 7:39.38
4.   Jack Buckner (GBR) 7:40.23
5.   Vincent Rousseau (BEL) 7:42.15

5,000 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Saïd Aouita (MAR) 13:00.86
2.   Jack Buckner (GBR) 13:10.15
3.   Stefano Mei (ITA) 13:11.57
4.   Tim Hutchings (GBR) 13:12.88
5.   Evgeni Ignatov (BUL) 13:13.15

10,000 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Mark Nenow (USA) 27:20.56
2.   Saïd Aouita (MAR) 27:26.11
3.   Hansjörg Kunze (GDR) 27:34.68
4.   Salvatore Antibo (ITA) 27:39.52
5.   Paul Kipkoech (KEN) 27:43.31

Half Marathon edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Michael Musyoki (KEN) 1:00:43

110m Hurdles edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Stéphane Caristan (FRA) 13.20
2.   Greg Foster (USA) 13.25
3.   Andrey Prokofyev (URS) 13.28
4.   Keith Talley (USA) 13.31
5.   Mark McKoy (CAN) 13.35

400m Hurdles edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Edwin Moses (USA) 47.38
2.   Andre Phillips (USA) 47.51
3.   Danny Harris (USA) 47.82
4.   Harald Schmid (FRG) 47.89
5.   Amadou Dia Bâ (SEN) 48.07

3,000m Steeplechase edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   William Van Dijck (BEL) 8:10.01
2.   Colin Reitz (GBR) 8:12.11
3.   Julius Korir (KEN) 8:12.74
4.   Henry Marsh (USA) 8:13.15
5.   Peter Koech (KEN) 8:13.33

High jump edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1.   Igor Paklin (URS) 2.38
2.   Jim Howard (USA) 2.36
—   Carlo Thränhardt (FRG) 2.36
—   Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.36
5.   Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS) 2.35

Long jump edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Robert Emmiyan (URS) 8.61
2.   Larry Myricks (USA) 8.50
3.   Jaime Jefferson (CUB) 8.47
4.   Carl Lewis (USA) 8.35
5.   Mike Conley (USA) 8.33

Triple jump edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Khristo Markov (BUL) 17.80
2.   Nikolay Musiyenko (URS) 17.78
—   Lázaro Betancourt (CUB) 17.78
4.   Mike Conley (USA) 17.69
5.   Oleg Protsenko (URS) 17.59

Discus edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Jürgen Schult (GDR) 74.08
2.   Art Burns (USA) 68.70
3.   Knut Hjeltnes (NOR) 68.50
4.   Juan Martínez (CUB) 68.40
5.   Luis Delís (CUB) 68.00

Hammer edit

Main article: 1986 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Yuriy Syedikh (URS) 86.74
2.   Sergey Litvinov (URS) 86.04
3.   Igor Nikulin (URS) 82.34
4.   Benjaminas Viluckis (URS) 82.24
5.   Günther Rodehau (GDR) 81.70

Shot put edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Udo Beyer (GDR) 22.64
2.   Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 22.60
3.   Sergey Smirnov (URS) 22.24
4.   Werner Günthör (SUI) 22.22
5.   Sergey Gavryushin (URS) 22.10

Javelin (old design) edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG) 95.74
2.   Tom Petranoff (USA) 92.38
3.   Viktor Yevsyukov (URS) 83.68
4.   Detlef Michel (GDR) 83.52
5.   Heino Puuste (URS) 83.20

Pole vault edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1.   Sergei Bubka (URS) 6.01
2.   Joe Dial (USA) 5.90
—   Thierry Vigneron (FRA) 5.90
4.   Rodion Gataullin (URS) 5.85
—   Philippe Collet (FRA) 5.85

Decathlon edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS POINTS
1.   Daley Thompson (GBR) 8811
2.   Jürgen Hingsen (FRG) 8730
3.   Siegfried Wentz (FRG) 8676
4.   Guido Kratschmer (FRG) 8519
5.   Torsten Voss (GDR) 8450

Women's Best Year Performers edit

100 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Evelyn Ashford (USA) 10.88
2.   Heike Drechsler (GDR) 10.91
—   Marlies Göhr (GDR) 10.91
4.   Ewa Kasprzyk (POL) 10.93
5.   Silke Gladisch (GDR) 10.96

200 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Heike Drechsler (GDR) 21.71
2.   Evelyn Ashford (USA) 21.97
—   Silke Gladisch (GDR) 22.07
4.   Pam Marshall (USA) 22.12
5.   Ewa Kasprzyk (POL) 22.13

400 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Marita Koch (GDR) 48.22
2.   Olga Bryzgina (URS) 49.67
3.   Petra Müller (GDR) 49.79
4.   Tatána Kocembová (TCH) 49.83
5.   Pam Marshall (USA) 49.99

800 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Doina Melinte (ROU) 1:56.2
2.   Sigrun Wodars (GDR) 1:57.05
3.   Nadiya Olizarenko (URS) 1:57.15
4.   Lyubov Kiryukhina (URS) 1:57.18
5.   Lyubov Gurina (URS) 1:57.52

1,500 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Doina Melinte (ROU) 3:56.7
2.   Tatyana Samolenko (URS) 3:59.45
3.   Maricica Puică (ROU) 3:59.62
4.   Ravilya Agletdinova (URS) 3:59.84
5.   Lyubov Kremlyova (URS) 4:01.57

Mile edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Maricica Puică (ROU) 4:18.25
2.   Kirsty Wade (GBR) 4:21.61
3.   Doina Melinte (ROU) 4:21.88
4.   Elly van Hulst (NED) 4:22.40
5.   Ivana Walterová (TCH) 4:22.82

3.000 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Olga Bondarenko (URS) 8:33.99
2.   Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 8:34.10
3.   Zola Budd (GBR) 8:34.43
4.   Maricica Puică (ROU) 8:35.92
5.   Tatyana Samolenko (URS) 8:36.00

5.000 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 14:37.33
2.   Svetlana Guskova (URS) 15:02.12
3.   Olga Bondarenko (URS) 15:03.51
4.   Svetlana Ulmasova (URS) 15:05.50
5.   Lynn Jennings (USA) 15:08.36

10,000 metres edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 30:13.74
2.   Olga Bondarenko (URS) 30:57.21
3.   Ulrike Bruns (GDR) 31:19.76
4.   Aurora Cunha (POR) 31:29.41
5.   Liz Lynch (GBR) 31:41.42

Half Marathon edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 1:09:03

100m Hurdles edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 12.26
2.   Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) 12.39
3.   Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) 12.50
4.   Nataliya Grygoryeva (URS) 12.61
5.   Heike Theele (GDR) 12.63

400m Hurdles edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Marina Stepanova (URS) 52.94
2.   Sabine Busch (GDR) 53.60
3.   Myrtle Bothma (RSA) 53.74
4.   Debbie Flintoff (AUS) 53.76
5.   Cornelia Feuerbach (GDR) 54.13

High Jump edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1.   Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 2.08 m
2.   Olga Turchak (URS) 2.01 m
—   Desiree du Plessis (RSA) 2.01 m
4.   Charmaine Weavers (RSA) 1.99 m
—   Silvia Costa (CUB) 1.99 m

Long Jump edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Heike Drechsler (GDR) 7.45 m
2.   Galina Chistyakova (URS) 7.34 m
3.   Yelena Belevskaya (URS) 7.31 m
4.   Irena Ozhenko (URS) 7.20 m
5.   Larisa Berezhnaya (URS) 7.19 m

Shot Put edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 21.70 m
2.   Ines Müller (GDR) 21.45 m
3.   Natalya Akhrimenko (URS) 21.39 m
4.   Heidi Krieger (GDR) 21.10 m
5.   Claudia Losch (FRG) 20.92 m

Javelin (old design) edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Fatima Whitbread (GBR) 77.44
2.   petra Felke (GDR) 75.04
3.   Tiina Lillak (FIN) 72.42
4.   María Caridad Colón (CUB) 70.14
5.   Ivonne Leal (CUB) 69.82

Heptathlon edit

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS POINTS
1.   Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7158
2.   Anke Behmer (GDR) 6717
3.   Natalya Shubenkova (URS) 6645
4.   Sibylle Thiele (GDR) 6635
5.   Judy Simpson (GBR) 6623

Marathon edit

Year Rankings edit

Men edit

RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE EVENT
1.   Robert de Castella (AUS) 2:07.51 April 21 Boston, United States
2.   Zithulele Sinqe (RSA) 2:08.04 May 3 Port Elizabeth, South Africa
3.   Juma Ikangaa (TAN) 2:08.10 February 9 Tokyo, Japan
4.   Willie Mtolo (RSA) 2:08.15 May 3 Port Elizabeth, South Africa
5.   Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN) 2:08.21 October 5 Seoul, South Korea
6.   Toshihiko Seko (JPN) 2:08.27 October 26 Chicago, United States
7.   Belayneh Dinsamo (ETH) 2:08.29 February 9 Tokyo, Japan
8.   Abebe Mekonnen (ETH) 2:08.39 February 9 Tokyo, Japan
9.   Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN) 2:08.43 February 9 Tokyo, Japan
10.   Abebe Mekonnen (ETH) 2:09.08 April 19 Rotterdam, Netherlands

Women edit

RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE EVENT
1.   Grete Waitz (NOR) 2:24:54 April 20 London, United Kingdom
2.   Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 2:24:55 April 21 Boston, United States
3.   Lisa Ondieki (AUS) 2:26:07 August 1 Edinburgh, Scotland
4.   Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 2:27:08 October 26 Chicago, United States
5.   Rosa Mota (POR) 2:27:15 November 16 Tokyo, Japan
6.   Carla Beurskens (NED) 2:27:35 April 21 Boston, United States
7.   Grete Waitz (NOR) 2:28:06 November 2 New York, United States
8.   Lorraine Moller (NZL) 2:28:17 August 1 Edinburgh, Scotland
9.   Rosa Mota (POR) 2:28:38 August 26 Stuttgart, West Germany
10.   Ágnes Sipka (HUN) 2:28:51 October 26 Budapest, Hungary

National Champions edit

NATION MEN'S WINNER TIME WOMEN'S WINNER TIME PLACE DATE
  Australia Stephen Austin 2:15:59 Margaret Reddan 2:48:28 Sydney June 8
  Canada Agustin Diaz Romero 2:20:36 Ellen Rochefort 2:35:51 Montreal September 28
  Toshihiro Shibutani 2:14:55 — — Ōtsu March 9
  Netherlands Adri Hartveld 2:15:32 Eefje van Wissen 2:40:07 Maassluis April 12
  Santiago de la Parte 2:16:37 Maercedes Calleja 2:40:24 Lorca May 24
  West Germany Wolfgang Krüger 2:15:20 Heidi Hutterer 2:36:44 Stuttgart April 20

International Races edit

DATE MARATHON NATION MEN'S WINNER TIME WOMEN'S WINNER TIME
January 11 Miami   United States   Bernard Bobes 2:21:26   Shirley Silsby 2:53:18
January 19 Hamilton   Bermuda   Jerrold Wynia 2:24:03   Sharon Crawford 2:58:17
January 19 Manila   Philippines   Eddy Hellebuyck 2:19:00   Tani Ruckle 2:46:58
January 26 Hong Kong   Hong Kong   Shu Chun Zhu 2:15:08   Yan Min Wen 2:36:55
January 26 Osaka   — —   Lorraine Moller 2:30:24
February 1 Auckland   New Zealand   Allan Zachariasen 2:12:36   Kiersti Jakobsen 2:36:58
February 2 Beppu     Taisuke Kodama 2:10:34 — —
February 2 Long Beach   United States   Ric Sayre 2:13:22   Mary Tracey 2:48:01
February 9 Tokyo     Juma Ikangaa 2:08:10 — —
February 16 Valencia     Pawel Lorens 2:16:31   Malgorzata Szuminska 2:46:31
March 9 Arusha   Tanzania   Japhet Mashishanga 2:21:01   Leokadia Katona 4:03:30
March 9 Los Angeles   United States   Ric Sayre 2:12:59   Nancy Ditz 2:36:27
March 16 Barcelona     Frederick Vandervennet 2:15:45   Deborah Heath 2:48:22
April 13 Lyon   France   Alain Lazare 2:15:07   Marie-Jeanne Maury 2:54:48
April 13 Vienna   Austria   Gerhard Hartmann 2:12:22   Birgit Lennartz 2:38:31
April 19 Rotterdam   Netherlands   Abebe Mekonnen 2:09:09   Ellinor Ljungros 2:41:06
April 20 Budapest   Hungary   Sandor Szendrei 2:16:18   Agota Farkas 2:47:10
April 20 London   United Kingdom   Toshihiko Seko 2:10:02   Grete Waitz 2:24:54
April 21 Boston   United States   Robert de Castella 2:07:51   Ingrid Kristiansen 2:24:55
April 27 Bremen   West Germany   Jozef Machalek 2:15:58   Elke Kramer 2:48:38
April 27 Madrid     Ramiro Matamoros 2:17:04   Consuelo Alonso 2:43:21
May 1 Rome   Italy   Osvaldo Faustini 2:16:03   Katherine Gregory 3:23:43
May 4 Munich   West Germany   István Kerékjártó 2:17:46   Olivia Gruner 2:38:51
May 4 Paris   France   Hussein Ahmed Salah 2:12:44   Maria Rebelo-Lelut 2:32:18
May 4 Vancouver   Canada   Hiromi Nishi 2:21:14   Joi Belyk 2:45:37
May 5 Belfast   Northern Ireland   Martin Deane 2:16:05   Moira O'Neill 2:43:26
May 11 Amsterdam   Netherlands   William Vanhuylenbroek 2:14:46   Teresa Kidd 2:46:18
May 11 Geneva   Switzerland   Bernard Bobes 2:18:11   Nadezhda Gumerova 2:38:33
May 18 Pittsburgh   United States   Dean Matthews 2:18:17   Laura Fogli 2:37:04
May 18 Venice   Italy   Salvatore Bettiol 2:18:44   Paola Moro 2:38:10
May 25 Hamburg   West Germany   Karel Lismont 2:12:12   Magda Ilands 2:35:17
June 1 Christchurch   New Zealand   John Campbell 2:15:19   Sharon Higgins 2:45:44
June 7 Stockholm   Sweden   Kjell-Erik Ståhl 2:12:33   Evy Palm 2:34:42
June 8 Sydney   Australia   Eloi Schleder 2:12:54   Ngaire Drake 2:38:52
July 20 San Francisco   United States   Peter Pfitzinger 2:13:29   Maria Trujillo 2:37:57
August 1 CW Games   Edinburgh, Scotland   Robert de Castella 2:10:15   Lisa Ondieki 2:26:07
August 2 Helsinki   Finland   Tommy Persson 2:17:11   Sinikka Kiippa 2:49:29
August 17 Bolton   United Kingdom   Michael Neary 2:19:25 — —
August 24 Reykjavik   Iceland   Mokfi Chaibi 2:20:30   Carol Macario 2:58:09
August 24 Rio de Janeiro   Brazil   Eloi Schleder 2:22:02   Elizabeth McElhinny 2:46:54
August 26 European Championships   Stuttgart, West Germany — —   Rosa Mota 2:28:38
August 30 European Championships   Stuttgart, West Germany   Gelindo Bordin 2:10:54 — —
August 31 Adelaide   Australia   Peter Bourgaize 2:25:16   Desiree Letherby 2:59:20
September 6 Antwerp   Belgium   François Blommaerts 2:17:48   Denise Verhaert 2:42:44
September 13 Oslo   Norway   Kjell-Erik Ståhl 2:14:59   Sissel Grottenberg 2:40:01
September 21 Niagara   Canada   Kazuya Nishimoto 2:17:35   Mariagrazia Savasta 2:50:49
September 21 Glasgow   United Kingdom   Kenneth Stewart 2:14:04   Sandra Branney 2:37:29
September 28 Berlin   West Berlin   Boguslaw Psujek 2:11:03   Charlotte Teske 2:32:10
September 28 Brussels   Belgium   Dirk Vanderherten 2:15:32   Nelly Aerts 2:42:02
September 28 Ciudad Mexico   Mexico   Manuel Garcia Perez 2:20:03   Mericarmen Cardenas 2:42:25
September 28 Montreal   Canada   Abebe Mekonnen 2:10:31   Helene Rochefort 2:35:51
September 28 Perth   Australia   Futoshi Shinohara 2:18:17   Bernardine Portenski 2:53:54
September 28 Portland   United States   Leonard Hill 2:18:54   Kathleen Angel 2:47:02
October 1 Asian Games   Seoul, South Korea — —   Eriko Asai 2:41:03
October 5 Asian Games   Seoul, South Korea   Takeyuki Nakayama 2:08:21 — —
October 12 Athens   Greece   Jos vander Water 2:27:22   Signe Ward 3:06:58
October 12 Buenos Aires   Argentina   Raimundo Manquel 2:21:10   Angélica de Almeida 2:54:47
October 12 Melbourne   Australia   Richard Umberg 2:17:21   Tani Ruckle 2:36:06
October 19 Beijing     Taisuke Kodama 2:07:35 — —
October 26 Chicago   United States   Toshihiko Seko 2:08:27   Ingrid Kristiansen 2:27:08
October 26 Hamilton   New Zealand   Wojciech Ratkowski 2:18:13   Carol Raven 3:07:16
October 26 Lisbon   Portugal   Cidalio Caetano 2:16:49   Maria Lousada 3:20:26
October 26 Nuremberg   West Germany   Ryszard Przybyla 2:19:44 — —
October 27 Dublin   Ireland   Dick Hooper 2:18:10   Maureen Hurst 2:46:29
November 2 Istanbul   Turkey   Hanefi Atmaca 2:23:20 — —
November 2 New York City   United States   Piergiovanni Poli 2:11:06   Grete Waitz 2:28:06
November 16 Tokyo   — —   Rosa Mota 2:27:15
December 7 Fukuoka     Juma Ikangaa 2:10:06 — —
December 7 Kawaguchi     Tetsuji Iwase 2:19:54   Tomoko Suzuki 2:50:10
December 7 Honolulu   United States   Ibrahim Hussein 2:11:44   Carla Beurskens 2:31:02
December 17 Tiberias Marathon   Israel   Yair Karni 2:23:12   Kerstin Preßler 2:36:33

Births edit

Deaths edit

References edit

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