2023 in the sport of athletics

2023 in athletics is a year of track and field, highlighted by the main event of 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, 40 years after the very first edition in 1983.

World records

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Indoor

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Event Perf. N Athlete(s) Nat. Date Meeting Location Ctry. R V
Men's 3000 m
7:23.81
Lamecha Girma   ETH
15 Feb 2023
Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Liévin   FRA [1] [1]
Women's 400 m
49.26
Femke Bol   NED
19 Feb 2023
Dutch Indoor Championships Apeldoorn   NED [2]
Men's Pole vault
6.22 m
Armand Duplantis   SWE
25 Feb 2023
All Star Perche Clermont-Ferrand   FRA [2]
Women's Pentathlon
5014 pts
[a] Adrianna Sulek   POL
3 Mar 2023
European Athletics Indoor Championships Istanbul   TUR [3][4]
5055 pts
[b] Nafi Thiam   BEL

Outdoor

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Event Perf. W N Athlete(s) Nat. Date Meeting Location Ctry. R V
Men's 100 km (road)
6:05:35.00
Aleksandr Sorokin   LTU
14 May 2023
World's Fastest Run Vilnius   LTU [5]
Women's35 km walk (road)
2:37:15
María Pérez   ESP
21 May 2023
European Race Walking Team Championships Poděbrady   CZE [6] [3]
Men's Shot put
23.56 m
Ryan Crouser   USA
27 May 2023
USATF LA Grand Prix Los Angeles   USA [7]
Women's 1500 m
3:49.11
Faith Kipyegon   KEN
2 Jun 2023
Golden Gala Florence   ITA [8] [4]
Women's 5000 m
14:05.20
Faith Kipyegon   KEN
9 Jun 2023
Meeting de Paris Paris   FRA
Men's 3000 m steeplechase
7:52.11
Lamecha Girma   ETH
9 Jun 2023
Meeting de Paris Paris   FRA [9] [5]
Women's Mile
4:07.64
Faith Kipyegon   KEN
21 Jul 2023
Herculis Monaco   MON [10]
Mixed 4 × 400 m relay
3:08.80
Justin Robinson 44.47

Rosey Effiong 50.38 Matthew Boling 45.13 Alexis Holmes 48.82

  USA
19 August 2023
World Championships Budapest   HUN [11] [6]
Men's 2000 m
4:43.13
Jakob Ingebrigtsen   NOR
8 Sep 2023
Memorial van Damme Brussels   BEL [12]
Men's Pole vault
6.23 m
Armand Duplantis   SWE
17 Sep 2023
Prefontaine Classic Eugene   USA [13]
Women's 5000 m
14:00.21
Gudaf Tsegay   ETH
17 Sep 2023
Prefontaine Classic Eugene   USA [14]
Women's

Marathon

2:11.53
Tigst Assefa   ETH
24 Sep 2023
Berlin Marathon Berlin   GER [15][16]
Women's Mile (Road)
4:20.98
Wo Diribe Welteji   ETH
1 Oct 2023
World Road Running Championships Riga   LAT [17]
Men's Mile (Road)
3:56.13
Hobbs Kessler   USA
1 Oct 2023
World Road Running Championships Riga   LAT [18]
Men's Marathon
2:00.35
Kelvin Kiptum   KEN
8 Oct 2023
Chicago Marathon Chicago   USA [19]
Women's 10 km (road)
29:26.00
Wo Agnes Ngetich   KEN
18 Nov 2023
Urban Trail de Lille Lille   FRA [20]
Women's 5 km (road)
14:13.00
Wo Beatrice Chebet   KEN
31 Dec 2023
Cursa dels Nassos Barcelona   ESP [21]

Main events

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World events

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Continental events

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International meetings

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Other events

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Age groups

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Rankings

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Deaths

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Athlete Nation Discipline / Occupation Age Date
Jim Hines   United States 100m 76 3 June
Dick Fosbury   United States High Jump 76 12 March
Bob Richards   United States Pole Vault 97 26 February
Tom Courtney   United States 800m 90 22 August
Greg Foster   United States 55mH 64 19 February
Kéné Ndoye   Senegal Triple Jump 44 13 February
Dean Smith   United States Sprinter 91 24 June
Harvey Glance   United States 100m 66 12 June
Ralph Boston   United States Long Jump 83 30 April
Johnny Lujack   United States High jump, javelin throw 98 25 July
Remigijus Valiulis   Soviet Union 400m 64 19 July
Ellen Tittel   Germany Middle-distance runner 75 7 October
Ken Money   Canada High jumper 87 6 March
Simone Edwards   United States Sprinter 49 16 February
Lázár Lovász   Hungary Hammer thrower 80 17 April
Tim Lobinger   Germany Pole Vault 50 16 February
Șerban Ciochină   Romania Triple Jump 83-84 April
Klaus Beer   East Germany Long Jump 80 8 June
Ruth Fuchs   East Germany Javelin thrower 76 20 September
Sabir Ali   India Decathlete 67 22 January
Karoline Käfer   Austria 400m 68 11 March
Russ Francis   United States Javelin thrower 70 1 October
Andrea Barberi   Italy 400m 44 20 December
Marianne Werner   Germany Shot putter 99 22 July
Argentina Menis   Romania Discus Throw 74 3 March
Renate Boy   Germany Shot putter 83 5 January
Vera Krepkina   Soviet Union 100m 90 25 April
Annamária Tóth   Hungary 200m 77-78 16 July
Mariya Pisareva   Soviet Union High jumper 90 10 December
Graham Gipson   Australia 400m 90 17 May
Calvin Davis   United States 400mH 51 1 May
Joseph Chebet   Kenya Marathon 52 7 July
Gérard Fenouil   France 200m 78 8 October
David Jones   Great Britain Sprinter 83 1 June
Mike McFarlane   Great Britain 200m 62-63 6 June
Eddie Southern   United States 400 metres hurdles 85 17 May
Charles White   United States 300 metres hurdler 64 11 January
László Zarándi   Hungary Sprinter 94 14 August
Veniamin Soldatenko   Soviet Union 50km Walk 84 15 July
Helmar Müller   West Germany 400m 83 9 June
Odd Bergh   Norway Triple jumper 85 12 January
Viktor Olsen   Norway Marathoner 99 21 April
Zenon Andrusyshyn   United States Javelin thrower 76 7 August
Ron East   United States Javelin thrower 79-80 30 September
Aurèle Vandendriessche   Belgium Marathoner 91 17 October
Doug Kyle   Canada 5000m 91 28 August
Mike McRae   United States Long Jump 68 16 December
Brad Crawford   United States Long jumper 67-68 21 May
Dick Towers   United States 400 metres hurdles 92-93 23 April
Bertil Norman   Sweden Orienteer 93 24 March
Kjell Lauri   Sweden Orienteer 66-67 11 August
Gregg Tafralis   United States Shot Put 65 11 August
Vilém Mandlík   Czechoslovakia Sprinter 87 6 October
Walter Adams   Germany 800m 78 30 October
Ken Stephens   United States Hurdler 91-92 28 Aug
Pavel Kantorek   Czechoslovakia Marathoner 93 10 November
Emanuil Dyulgerov   Bulgaria Hammer Throw 68 26 June
Eugeniusz Bedeniczuk   Poland Triple Jump 61-62 2 May
Irina Kostyuchenkova   Soviet Union Javelin thrower 61 31 March
Gyula Németh   Hungary High jumper 63 12 March
Robert Holmes Bell   United States Track and field athlete 79 8 June
Jean Pellissier   Italy Sky runner 51 27 October
Niels Holst-Sørensen   Denmark 800m 100 24 October
Erkki Hautamäki   Finland Decathlete 93 5 September
Samuel Kiplimo Kosgei   Kenya Marathon 37 26 May
Heinrich Köberle   Germany Handcyclist 76-77 15 April
Olga Šikovec   Croatia 200m 89-90 4 April
Francis Agbo   France High Jump 65 11 November
Kevin Coombs   Australia Para-athlete 82 5 October
Lyn Coleman   Australia Para-athlete 58 22 May
Zanele Situ   South Africa Para-athlete 52 1 November
Terry Giddy   Australia Para-athlete 73 18 August
Benjamin Kiplagat   Uganda 3000mSC 34 31 December
Jim Savage   New Zealand Para-athlete 86 20 February
Tracey Freeman   Australia Para-athlete 75-76 4 October
Sergio Ottolina   Italy 200m 80 28 April
Jean-Claude Nallet   France Sprinter 76 20 August
Georgi Stoykovski   Bulgaria Triple Jump 81 4 May
Rupert Hoilette   Jamaica Sprinter 77 6 October
Gary Eddy   Australia Sprinter 78 16 April
Tomás Barris   Spain 1500m 93 29 October
Armando Sardi   Italy Sprinter 83 22 December
József Csík   Hungary Javelin thrower 77 4 October
Evelyn Lawler   United States Hurdler 93 4 January
Ernő Béres   Hungary Long-distance runner 94 21 April
Herb Douglas   United States Long jumper 101 22 April
James Parker   United States Hammer Throw 47 19 August
Borislav Dević   Yugoslavia 1500m 59 8 January
Svetlana Laukhova   Soviet Union 100mH 50 28 October
Tori Bowie   United States 200m 32 23 April
Beryl Randle   Great Britain Racewalker 94 28 November
Shaun Pickering   Great Britain Shot Put 61 11 May
Norm Green   United States Long-distance runner 90 16 May
Birger Asplund   Sweden Hammer thrower 93 1 July
Donal Smith   New Zealand Middle-distance runner 89 27 September
Morville Chote   Great Britain Javelin thrower 98-99
Ronald Mehlich   Poland 110mH 54-55 December
Lennart Jonsson   Sweden Sprinter 89-90 1 September
Ulla-Britt Wieslander   Sweden 50mH 81 29 November
Kevin Cunningham   Australia Para-athlete 83-84 4 January
Yvette Monginou   France Sprinter 95 16 February
Noel Clough   Australia 800m 86 20 May
Cyprian Tseriwa   Rhodesia 10,000m 86 13 March
Ray Middleton   Great Britain 50km Walk 86 8 January
John Nuttall   Great Britain 3000m 56 9 November
David Carr   Australia Middle-distance runner 91 18 July
Bengt Nåjde   Sweden 5000m 81 17 September
Ilse Steinegger   Austria Long Jump 98 19 October
Guy Lagorce   France Sprinter 86 13 July
Gerhart Hecker   Hungary Marathoner 89 1 June
Mick Molloy   Ireland Marathoner 85 4 September
Paul Angenvoorth   Germany Marathoner 75 30 October
Mabel Walker   United States 100m 94 10 September
Vittoria Cesarini   Italy 100m 91 26 September
Lynn Eves   Canada 100m 81 2 October
Sitiveni Moceidreke   Fiji 200m 86-87 November
Eddy Monsels   Suriname 100m 75 1 November
Della Pascoe   Great Britain 100m 74 22 June
Benedict Majekodunmi   Nigeria Sprinter 82-83 January
Carolina Rieuwpassa   Indonesia Sprinter 74 16 March
Marvin Nash   Canada Sprinter 69 20 January
Valentyna Maslovska   Soviet Union 200m 86 21 May
Hadley Hinds   Barbados Sprinter 76-77 6 May
Jerzy Kowalski   Poland 400m 86 20 September
Tambusamy Krishnan   Malaysia Sprinter 79 20 December
Anne Michel   Belgium 400m 64 21 November
Karl Volkmer   Switzerland Middle-distance runner 101 19 December
Ismael Delgado   Puerto Rico Sprinter 93 9 October
Enzo Cavalli   Italy Triple Jump 86 20 September
Alfredo Rizzo   Italy Steeplechase runner 89 6 February
Edmond Roudnitska   France Hurdler 91 31 January
Constance Darnowski   United States Hurdler 88 2 August
Marcel Duriez   France 110mH 82 2 February
João Lima   Portugal 110mH 62 18 November
Lee Yoder   United States Hurdler 92 17 May
Julio Gómez   Spain 800m 91 10 February
Phyllis Perkins   Great Britain Middle-distance runner 88-89 22 February
András Zsinka   Hungary 800m 75 8 April
Gudrun Pflüger   Austria Mountain runner 50 17 August
Fritz Prossinagg   Austria 1500m 92 16 February
Bill McKim   Great Britain Middle-distance runner 81-82 June
Ulf Högberg   Sweden Middle-distance runner 77 16 May
José Molíns   Spain 5000m 90 2 March
Nikolay Sviridov   Soviet Union 10,000m 85 14 June
Noël Tijou   France 10,000m 81 23 September
Gail North-Saunders   Bahamas Sprinter 78-79 30 June
John Bicourt   Great Britain 3000mSC 77 16 January
Adolf Weinacker   United States Racewalker 94 11 September
Lorna Lee   Great Britain Long jumper 91 6 January
Marguerite Martel   France Athletics pentathlete 98 1 March
Dawn Josephs   Canada Long Jump 91 10 October
Kari Rahkamo   Finland Triple Jump 90 11 November
Yıldıray Pağda   Turkey Triple jumper 85-86 20 December
Theo Püll   Germany High Jump 87-88 December
Edward Czernik   Poland High jumper 82-83 31 May
Milena Usenik   Slovenia Shot putter 88 31 March
Anne-Chatrine Lafrenz   Germany Shot putter 86 24 July
Seiko Obonai   Japan Shot putter 83 6 March
Irene Schuch   Germany Discus Throw 87 6 September
Erika Raue   Germany Javelin thrower 85 6 May
Sándor Eckschmiedt   Hungary Hammer thrower 84 12 August
Oleg Ryakhovskiy   Soviet Union Triple jumper 90 16 December
Bev Watson   Australia Long jumper 86-87 22 March
Major Hazelton   United States Sprinter 79 3 December
Cliff Simpson   New Zealand Middle-distance runner 95 10 December
George Ellis   Great Britain 200m 90 17 January
Adrian Breacker   Great Britain Sprinter 88 23 February
Josephine Cook   Great Britain Shot putter 92 20 November
Mel Fitzgerald   Canada Wheelchair racer 70 2 October
Thomas J. Osler   United States Long-distance runner 82 26 March
Neil Wilson   New Zealand Middle-distance runner 93 14 August
Summa Navaratnam   Sri Lanka Sprinter 98 19 October
Heino Sisask   Estonia Racewalker 94 21 January
Edrissa Marong   Gambia 800m 22 23 January
Ivan Kováč   Czechoslovakia 1500m 74 11 February
Stanislav Štefkovič   Slovakia Decathlete 93 22 February
Doug Fisher   United States Discus thrower 75 12 February
Juhani Orrenmaa   Finland Hurdler 84 5 August
Georges Salmon   Belgium Long Jump 90 8 November
Charlie Allan   Great Britain Caber tosser 84-85 13 December
Raya Bronstein   Israel Sprinter, high jumper, shot putter, discus thrower, javelin thrower 93 4 May
Robert Hersh   United States Athletics official 82 19 January
Ron Roddan   Great Britain Athletics coach 91 11 February
Billy Emory Maxwell   United States Athletics coach 80 9 October

Notes

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  1. ^ 60mH: 8.23, HJ: 1.92m, SP: 15.54m, LJ: 6.59m, 800m: 2:13.60
  2. ^ 60mH: 8.23, HJ: 1.92m, SP: 15.54m, LJ: 6.59m, 800m: 2:13.60

References

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  1. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (15 February 2023). "Girma breaks world indoor 3000m record with 7:23.81 in Liévin". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  2. ^ "All-time Personal Top 10". World Athletics. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  3. ^ FLASH: Thiam and Sulek both surpass previous world indoor pentathlon record in Istanbul World Athletics
  4. ^ European Athletics Indoor Championships Results 3 March 2023 - Ataköy Arena, Istanbul (TUR) 02–05 MAR 2023 World Athletics
  5. ^ "Sorokin breaks world 100km record". World Athletics. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Perez breaks 35km race walk world record in Podebrady". World Athletics. 21 May 2023.
  7. ^ "FLASH: Crouser breaks world shot put record with 23.56m in Los Angeles | REPORT | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  8. ^ Evelyn Watta (27 February 2022). "Ethiopia's Yalamzef Yehualaw breaks women's 10km road world record". olympics.com. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  9. ^ "3000m Steeplechase Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Mile Run Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Mixed 4 x 400 Metres Relay Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  12. ^ "2000m Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  13. ^ Wanda Diamond League Final 2023 Hayward Field - Eugene, OR (USA) 17th September 2023 Results Pole Vault Men 2023 Diamond League
  14. ^ "5000m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  15. ^ "Tigst Assefa shatters marathon world record in Berlin". NBC Sports. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  16. ^ Assefa smashes world marathon record in Berlin with 2:11:53, Kipchoge achieves record fifth win World Athletics
  17. ^ "Ratified: road mile world records for Kessler and Welteji". worldathletics.org. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  18. ^ "Ratified: road mile world records for Kessler and Welteji". worldathletics.org. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  19. ^ Kelvin Kiptum smashes men’s marathon world record in Chicago CNN
  20. ^ "Women's 10km Road Race Results". World Athletics. 18 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  21. ^ "Chebet breaks world 5km record with 14:13 in Barcelona". World Athletics. 31 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.