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1989 in the sport of athletics

This article contains an overview of the year 1989 in athletics.

1989 in athletics
Major world eventsWorld Indoor Championships
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International Events edit

World records edit

Men edit

EVENT ATHLETE MARK DATE VENUE
3,000 metres   Said Aouita (MAR) 7:29.45 20 August Köln, West Germany
10,000 metres   Arturo Barrios (MEX) 27:08.23 18 August Berlin, West Germany
110 m hurdles   Roger Kingdom (USA) 12.92 16 August Zürich, Switzerland
3,000 m steeplechase   Peter Koech (KEN) 8:05.35 3 July Stockholm, Sweden
4 × 200 metres relay Santa Monica TC   United States
• Danny Everett
• Leroy Burrell
• Floyd Heard
• Carl Lewis 		1:19.38 23 August Koblenz, West Germany
High Jump   Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.44m 29 July San Juan, Puerto Rico

Women edit

EVENT ATHLETE MARK DATE VENUE
Mile   Paula Ivan (ROU) 4:15.61 10 July Nice, France
Half Marathon   Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 1:08:31 16 September New Bedford, United States

Men's Best Year Performers edit

100 metres edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Leroy Burrell (USA) 9.94
2.   Raymond Stewart (JAM) 9.97
3.   Frank Fredericks (RSA) 10.02
4.   Dennis Mitchell (USA) 10.03
5.   Andre Cason (USA) 10.04

200 metres edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Robson da Silva (BRA) 19.96
2.   Dennis Mitchell (USA) 20.09
  Floyd Heard (USA)
4.   Mark Witherspoon (USA) 20.12
5.   Joe DeLoach (USA) 20.13

400 metres edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Antonio Pettigrew (USA) 44.27
2.   Butch Reynolds (USA) 44.30
3.   Danny Everett (USA) 44.36
4.   Steve Lewis (USA) 44.47
5.   Roberto Hernández (CUB) 44.58

800 metres edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Paul Ereng (KEN) 1:43.16
2.   Nixon Kiprotich (KEN) 1:43.38
—   Sebastian Coe (GBR) 1:43.38
4.   Johnny Gray (USA) 1:43.39
5.   Abdi Bile (SOM) 1:43.60

1,500 metres edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Abdi Bile (SOM) 3:30.55
2.   Saïd Aouita (MAR) 3:30.63
3.   Wilfred Kirochi (KEN) 3:32.57
4.   Gennaro di Napoli (ITA) 3:32.98
5.   José Luis González (ESP) 3:33.33

Mile edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Abdi Bile (SOM) 3:49.90
2.   Saïd Aouita (MAR) 3:50.09
3.   Wilfred Kirochi (KEN) 3:50.49
4.   Joe Falcon (USA) 3:51.07
5.   Dieter Baumann (FRG) 3:51.15

3,000 metres edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Saïd Aouita (MAR) 7:29.45
2.   Yobes Ondieki (KEN) 7:35.01
3.   Arturo Barrios (MEX) 7:35.71
4.   Dieter Baumann (FRG) 7:38.93
5.   Vincent Rousseau (BEL) 7:39.41

5,000 metres edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Yobes Ondieki (KEN) 13:04.24
2.   Saïd Aouita (MAR) 13:06.26
3.   Arturo Barrios (MEX) 13:07.79
4.   Brahim Boutayeb (MAR) 13:12.10
5.   Sydney Maree (USA) 13:13.84

10,000 metres edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Arturo Barrios (MEX) 27:08.23
2.   Salvatore Antibo (ITA) 27:16.50
3.   Addis Abebe (ETH) 27:17.82
4.   Francesco Panetta (ITA) 27:24.16
5.   John Ngugi (KEN) 27:28.07

Half Marathon edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Matthew Temane (RSA) 1:01:10

Marathon edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Juma Ikangaa (TAN) 2:08:01
2.   Belayneh Dinsamo (ETH) 2:08:40
3.   Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN) 2:09:03
4.   Abebe Mekonnen (ETH) 2:09:06
—   Steve Moneghetti (AUS) 2:09:06

110m Hurdles edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Roger Kingdom (USA) 12.92
2.   Colin Jackson (GBR) 13.11
3.   Greg Foster (USA) 13.19
4.   Renaldo Nehemiah (USA) 13.20
5.   Tonie Campbell (USA) 13.22

400m Hurdles edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Kevin Young (USA) 47.86
2.   Andre Phillips (USA) 47.94
3.   Winthrop Graham (JAM) 48.20
4.   Danny Harris (USA) 48.27
5.   David Patrick (USA) 48.33

3,000m Steeplechase edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Peter Koech (KEN) 8:05.35
2.   Patrick Sang (KEN) 8:06.03
3.   Julius Kariuki (KEN) 8:12.18
4.   Joseph Mahmoud (FRA) 8:13.38
5.   Graeme Fell (CAN) 8:15.80

High Jump edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1.   Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.44
2.   Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) 2.40
3.   Hollis Conway (USA) 2.39
4.   Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS) 2.37
5.   Carlo Thränhardt (FRG) 2.34
  Rudolf Povarnitsyn (URS)
  Dalton Grant (GBR)

Long Jump edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Larry Myricks (USA) 8.70
2.   Carl Lewis (USA) 8.54
3.   Mike Powell (USA) 8.49
4.   Leroy Burrell (USA) 8.37
5.   Vladimir Ratushkov (URS) 8.33

Triple Jump edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Volodymyr Inozemtsev (URS) 17.62
2.   Oleg Sakirkin (URS) 17.58
3.   Mike Conley (USA) 17.57
4.   Charles Simpkins (USA) 17.53
5.   Kenny Harrison (USA) 17.47

Discus edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR) 70.92
2.   Mike Buncic (USA) 68.88
3.   Luis Delís (CUB) 68.28
4.   Jürgen Schult (GDR) 68.12
5.   Vésteinn Hafsteinsson (ISL) 67.64

Shot Put edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 22.19
2.   Randy Barnes (USA) 22.18
  Werner Günthör (SUI)
4.   Jim Doehring (USA) 21.57
5.   Aleksandr Bagach (URS) 21.42

Hammer edit

Main article: 1989 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Heinz Weis (FRG) 82.84
2.   Igor Astapkovich (URS) 82.52
3.   Vasiliy Sidorenko (URS) 82.30
4.   Yuriy Syedikh (URS) 81.92
5.   Andrey Abduvaliyev (URS) 81.00

Javelin (new design) edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN) 87.60
2.   Steve Backley (GBR) 85.90
3.   Tom Petranoff (USA) 85.34
4.   Volker Hadwich (GDR) 84.84
5.   Peter Borglund (SWE) 84.76

Pole Vault edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1.   Sergey Bubka (URS) 6.00
—   Rodion Gataullin (URS) 6.00
3.   Joe Dial (USA) 5.90
4.   Grigoriy Yegorov (URS) 5.81
  Tim Bright (USA)

Decathlon edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS POINTS
1.   Dave Johnson (USA) 8549
2.   Christian Plaziat (FRA) 8485
3.   Richardas Malakhovskis (URS) 8437
4.   Christian Schenk (GDR) 8351
5.   Michael Smith (CAN) 8317

Women's Best Year Performers edit

60 metres edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Nelli Cooman (NLD) 7.05
2.   Gwen Torrence (USA) 7.07
3.   Merlene Ottey (JAM) 7.10
4.   Alice Brown (USA) 7.11
5.   Olga Bogoslovskaya (URS) 7.12

100 metres edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Dawn Sowell (USA) 10.78
2.   Merlene Ottey (JAM) 10.95
3.   Laurence Bily (FRA) 11.04
4.   Evelyn Ashford (USA) 11.05
5.   Sheila Echols (USA) 11.07

200 metres edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Dawn Sowell (USA) 22.04
2.   Evette de Klerk (RSA) 22.06
3.   Merlene Ottey (JAM) 22.21
4.   Silke Möller (GDR) 22.23
5.   Dannette Young (USA) 22.29

400 metres edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) 50.01
2.   Pauline Davis (BAH) 50.18
3.   Grit Breuer (GDR) 50.48
4.   Grace Jackson (JAM) 50.63
5.   Tatyana Alekseyeva (URS) 50.74

800 metres edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) 1:54.44
2.   Sigrun Wodars (GDR) 1:55.70
3.   Doina Melinte (ROU) 1:56.55
4.   Dalia Matuseviciene (URS) 1:57.27
5.   Olga Dogadina (URS) 1:58.0

1,500 metres edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Paula Ivan (ROU) 3:59.23*
2.   Doina Melinte (ROU) 4:00.89
3.   Svetlana Kitova (URS) 4:02.08
4.   Yvonne Murray (GBR) 4:03.13
5.   Yvonne Mai (GDR) 4:03.15
  • Ivan ran 3:59.23 for 1500m on her way to the mile world record of 4:15.61 in Nice.

Mile edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Paula Ivan (ROU) 4:15.61
2.   Doina Melinte (ROU) 4:20.39
3.   Svetlana Kitova (URS) 4:22.52
4.   Lynn Williams (CAN) 4:24.75
5.   Bev Nicholson (GBR) 4:27.19

3,000 metres edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Paula Ivan (ROU) 8:38.48
2.   Yvonne Murray (GBR) 8:38.51
3.   Marie-Pierre Duros (FRA) 8:38.97
4.   Elly van Hulst (NED) 8:40.85
5.   PattiSue Plumer (USA) 8:42.12

5,000 metres edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Kathrin Ulrich (GDR) 14:59.01
2.   PattiSue Plumer (USA) 15:00.00
3.   Lynn Williams (CAN) 15:01.30
4.   Liz McColgan (GBR) 15:14.54
5.   Päivi Tikkanen (FIN) 15:15.76

10,000 metres edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 30:48.51
2.   Kathrin Ulrich (GDR) 31:33.92
3.   Viorica Ghican (ROU) 31:46.43
4.   Iris Biba (GDR) 31:52.09
5.   Akemi Matsuno (JPN) 31:54.0

Half Marathon edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 1:08:31

Marathon edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 2:24:33
2.   Veronique Marot (GBR) 2:25:56
3.   Wanda Panfil (POL) 2:27:05
4.   Mun Gyong-Ae (PRK) 2:27:16
5.   Kim Jones (USA) 2:27:54

60m Hurdles edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) 7.73
2.   Ludmila Narozhilenko (URS) 7.77
3.   Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 7.78
4.   Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.81
5.   Yelizaveta Chernyshova (URS) 7.82

100m Hurdles edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) 12.60
2.   Monique Éwanjé-Épée (FRA) 12.65
3.   Yelizaveta Chernyshova (URS) 12.68
  Mihaela Pogăcean (ROU)
5.   Ludmila Narozhilenko (URS) 12.69

400m Hurdles edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.   Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA) 53.37
2.   Myrtle Bothma (RSA) 53.82
3.   Petra Krug (GDR) 54.35
4.   Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS) 54.42
5.   Sally Gunnell (GBR) 54.64

High Jump edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1.   Silvia Costa (CUB) 2.04 m
2.   Heike Balck (GDR) 2.01 m
3.   Jan Wohlschlag (USA) 2.00 m
  Alina Astafei (ROU)
  Heike Henkel (FRG)

Long Jump edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Galina Chistyakova (URS) 7.24 m
2.   Helga Radtke (GDR) 7.15 m
3.   Larisa Berezhnaya (URS) 7.12 m
4.   Marieta Ilcu (ROU) 7.08 m
5.   Nijolé Medvedeva (URS) 6.98 m

Shot Put edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Li Meisu (CHN) 20.82 m
2.   Heike Hartwig (GDR) 20.78 m
3.   Zhihong HuangCHN (25x17px) 20.73 m
4.   Astrid Kumbernuss (GDR) 20.54 m
5.   Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 20.50 m

Javelin (old design) edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.   Petra Felke (GDR) 76.88
2.   Trine Hattestad (NOR) 71.12
3.   Beate Koch (GDR) 70.76
4.   Karen Forkel (GDR) 70.12
5.   Natalya Shikolenko (URS) 69.38

Heptathlon edit

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS POINTS
1.   Larisa Nikitina (URS) 7007
2.   Anke Behmer (GDR) 6686
3.   Remigija Nazaroviené (URS) 6604
4.   Liliana Nastase (ROU) 6602
5.   Sabine Braun (GDR) 6575

Marathons edit

International Races edit

DATE MARATHON NATION MEN'S WINNER TIME WOMEN'S WINNER TIME
January 15 Hamilton   Bermuda   James Doig 2:26:46   Sally Zimmer 2:58:40
January 15 Marrakech   Morocco   Jean Weyts 2:15:49   Janis Klecker 2:39:19
January 29 Osaka   Japan — —   Lorraine Moller 2:30:21
February 5 Oita   Japan   Satoru Shimizu 2:12:26 — —
February 5 Valencia   Spain   Miroslaw Dzienisik 2:19:09   Elisenda Pucurull 2:46:19
February 12 Manila   Philippines   Osmiro Souza da Silva 2:24:35   Cesarina Taroni 2:55:00
February 26 Seville   Spain   Suleiman Nyambui 2:16:59   Consuelo Alonso 2:51:33
March 5 Los Angeles   United States   Arthur Boileau 2:13:01   Zoya Ivanova 2:34:42
March 12 Arusha   Tanzania   Simon Naali 2:14:40   Blanka James 3:23:03
March 12 Hong Kong   Hong Kong   Kevin Ball 2:38:44   Ko Funglong 3:41:59
March 19 Barcelona   Spain   Douglas Kurtis 2:16:37   Martine Vandegehuchte 2:37:41
March 19 Tokyo   Japan   Hiromi Taniguchi 2:09:34 — —
April 9 Bremem   West Germany   Heinz-Bernhardt Burger 2:16:42   Ewa Wrzosek 2:48:46
April 16 Rotterdam   Netherlands   Belayneh Dinsamo 2:08:39   Elena Murgoci 2:32:03
April 16 Vienna   Austria   Alfredo Shahanga 2:10:28   Christa Vahlensieck 2:34:46
April 17 Boston   United States   Abebe Mekonnen 2:09:06   Ingrid Kristiansen 2:24:33
April 23 Budapest   Hungary   Stefan Seidemann 2:19:52   Dana Hajna 2:45:50
April 23 London   United Kingdom   Douglas Wakiihuri 2:09:03   Veronique Marot 2:25:56
April 23 Lyon   France   Mohamed Youkmane 2:14:42   M Carrara 2:58:59
April 23 Munich   West Germany   Herbert Steffny 2:11:30   Janete Mayal 2:37:04
April 23 Rotorua   New Zealand   Paul Ballinger 2:18:21   Bernardine Portenski 2:46:02
April 30 Les Herbiers   France   Csaba Szűcs 2:14:29   Lydia Camberg 2:43:07
April 30 Madrid   Spain   Jose Cesar Sousa 2:15:16   Elena Cobos 2:41:14
April 30 Paris   France   Steve Brace 2:13:03   Kazue Kojima 2:29:23
May 1 Belfast   Northern Ireland   Ian Bloomfield 2:20:45   Rosaleen Hayden 2:58:31
May 1 Rome   Italy   Guido Genicco 2:20:43   Pascaline Wangui 2:46:28
May 7 Amsterdam   Netherlands   Gerard Genicco 2:13:52   Gabriela Gorzynska 2:47:16
May 7 Long Beach   United States   Rex Wilson 2:12:27   Wen Yanming 2:43:33
May 7 Pittsburgh   United States   Kenneth Martin 2:15:28   Margareth Groos 2:32:39
May 7 Vancouver   Canada   Shem-Tov Sabag 2:19:41   Anne Mangal 2:50:05
May 21 Hamburg   West Germany   Nivaldo Filho 2:13:21   Jolanda Homminga 2:40:28
June 3 Stockholm   Sweden   David Clarke 2:13:24   Evy Palm 2:33:26
June 4 Auckland   New Zealand   Murray Fleming 2:18:28   Helen Moros 2:46:35
June 11 Redcliffe   Australia   Lawrence Adams 2:22:51   Jan Fedrick 2:51:09
June 25 Rio de Janeiro   Brazil   Joao de Souza 2:16:07   Evany Souza 2:53:47
July 9 San Francisco   United States   Ernest Tjela 2:15:01   Stephanie Robertson 3:09:08
July 15 Nuremberg   West Germany   Andreas Achleitner 2:32:03   Ulrike Pietzsch 3:03:07
July 23 Brisbane   Australia   Bradley Camp 2:10:11   Jan Fedrick 2:51:30
July 30 Blumenau   Brazil   Valmir de Carvalho 2:17:52   Nercy Freitas de Costa 2:47:47
August 12 Helsinki   Finland   Jouni Kortelainen 2:18:58   Ritva Lemettinen 2:40:30
August 13 Adelaide   Australia   John Duck 2:25:50   Leslie Watson 2:49:49
August 20 Reykjavik   Iceland   Robin Nash 2:25:49   Wilma Rusman 2:47:25
August 26 Rio de Janeiro   Brazil   Jose Carlos Santana 2:18:19   Marinete Quintanilha 2:56:44
September 9 Oslo   Norway   Ronald Boreham 2:19:05   Olga Durynina 2:38:15
September 17 Buenos Aires   Argentina   Juan Pablo Juarez 2:16:03   Ana Maria Nielsen 2:43:58
September 24 Brussels   Belgium   Pavel Klimes 2:16:46   Nelly Aerts 2:36:49
September 24 Ciudad Mexico   Mexico   Tesfaye Tafa 2:17:54   Maria Flora Morena 2:44:34
September 24 Montreal   Canada   Peter Maher 2:20:07   Helene Rochefort 2:39:46
September 24 Portland   United States   Tsugumichi Sadakata 2:18:45   Debra Myra 2:44:09
October 1 Berlin —   Alfredo Shahanga 2:10:11   Päivi Tikkanen 2:28:45
October 8 Melbourne   Australia   Takeshi Soh 2:18:13   Colleen Stephens '2:49:18
October 8 Penang   Malaysia   Amaran Raman 2:35:09   Sunita Anand Godara 3:03:02
October 8 Venice   Italy   Marco Milani 2:16:08   Emma Scaunich 2:36:02
October 15 Beijing   China   Peter Dall 2:12:47   Mun Gyong-Ae 2:27:16
October 15 Istanbul   Turkey   Aydin Ceken 2:27:41 — —
October 22 Athens   Greece   Jan van Rijthoven 2:23:19   Leslie Lewis 2:37:42
October 22 Frankfurt   West Germany   Herbert Steffny 2:13:51   Iris Biba 2:33:14
October 22 Hamilton   New Zealand   Robert Schuddeboom 2:25:23   Irene Wilson 3:23:45
October 22 Split   Croatia   Michel de Maat 2:26:16   Tatyana Ulyanova 3:10:18
October 29 Chicago   United States   Paul Davies-Hale 2:11:25   Lisa Weidenbach 2:28:15
October 30 Dublin   Ireland   John Griffin 2:16:45   Pauline Nolen 2:44:32
November 5 New York City   United States   Juma Ikangaa 2:08:01   Ingrid Kristiansen 2:25:30
November 6 Lisbon   Portugal   Joaquim Silva 2:16:56   Evany Souza 2:47:27
November 12 Iraklion   Greece   Christopher Prior 2:19:05   Glynis Penny 2:45:27
November 19 Rome   Italy   Mohamed Salmi 2:13:17   Pascaline Wangui 2:39:10
November 19 Tokyo   Japan — —   Lyubov Klochko 2:31:33
November 26 Bangkok   Thailand   Douglas Kurtis 2:20:15   Cesarina Taroni 2:47:53
November 26 Kawaguchiko   Japan   Wieslaw Perszke 2:18:10   Reiko Hirosawa 2:53:55
December 3 Fukuoka   Japan   Manuel Matias 2:12:54 — —
December 10 Honolulu   United States   Simon Naali 2:11:47   Carla Beurskens 2:31:50

Births edit

Deaths edit

  • June 22 — Lee Calhoun (56), American athlete (b. 1933)

References edit

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