1980 in the sport of athletics
Appearance
1980 in athletics | |
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Major world events | Olympic Games |
← 1979 1981 → |
This article contains an overview of the year 1980 in athletics. The major athletics event of the year was the 1980 Moscow Olympics. A boycott of this competition meant many of world's leading athletes did not face each other, with many of the boycotting athletes taking part in the rival Liberty Bell Classic competition.
A further global event, the
IAAF
approval.
Major events
World
Regional
World records
Men
Event | Athlete | Nation | Performance | Place | Date |
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1000 m | Sebastian Coe | ![]() |
2:13.40 | ![]() |
1 July |
1500 m | Steve Ovett | ![]() |
3:31.36 | ![]() |
17 August |
Mile | Steve Ovett | ![]() |
3:48.8 | ![]() |
1 July |
400 m hurdles | Edwin Moses | ![]() |
47.13 | ![]() |
3 July |
High jump | Jacek Wszoła | ![]() |
2.35 | ![]() |
25 May |
High jump | Dietmar Mögenburg | ![]() |
2.35 | ![]() |
26 May |
High jump | Gerd Wessig | ![]() |
2.36 | ![]() |
1 August |
Pole vault | Władysław Kozakiewicz | ![]() |
5.72 | ![]() |
11 May |
Pole vault | Thierry Vigneron | ![]() |
5.75 | ![]() |
1 June |
Pole vault | Thierry Vigneron | ![]() |
5.75 | ![]() |
29 June |
Pole vault | Philippe Houvion | ![]() |
5.77 | ![]() |
17 July |
Pole vault | Władysław Kozakiewicz | ![]() |
5.78 | ![]() |
30 July |
Hammer throw | Yuriy Sedykh | ![]() |
80.38 | ![]() |
16 May |
Hammer throw | Jüri Tamm | ![]() |
80.46 | ![]() |
16 May |
Hammer throw | Yuriy Sedykh | ![]() |
80.64 | ![]() |
16 May |
Hammer throw | Sergey Litvinov | ![]() |
81.66 | ![]() |
24 May |
Hammer throw | Yuriy Sedykh | ![]() |
81.80 | ![]() |
31 July |
Javelin throw | Ferenc Paragi | ![]() |
96.72 | ![]() |
23 April |
Decathlon | Daley Thompson | ![]() |
8622 | ![]() |
17-18 May |
Decathlon | Guido Kratschmer | ![]() |
8649 | Filderstadt-Bernhausen , West Germany
|
14-15 June |
Women
Season's bests
Marathon winners
Race | Men's winner | Women's winner |
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Amsterdam Marathon | ![]() |
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Avon International Marathon | – | ![]() |
Beppu-Ōita Marathon | ![]() |
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Berlin Marathon | ![]() |
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Boston Marathon | ![]() |
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Chicago Marathon | ![]() |
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Fukuoka Marathon | ![]() |
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Košice Marathon
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Lake Biwa Marathon | ![]() |
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New York Marathon
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Paris Marathon | ![]() |
![]() Gillian Adams (GBR)
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Tokyo Women's Marathon
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– | ![]() |
Awards
Award | Men's winner | Women's winner |
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Track & Field News Athlete of the Year | ![]() |
![]() Ilona Briesenick (GDR)
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Births
- January 1 – Masumi Aya, Japanese hammer thrower
- January 2 – Yusuke Yachi, Japanese race walker
- January 7 – Lívia Tóth, Hungarian distance runner
- January 8 – Mitsuhiro Sato, Japanese sprinter
- January 11 – Li Xiaoxue, Chinese hammer thrower
- January 19 – Matic Osovnikar, Slovenian sprinter
- January 21 – Elva Goulbourne, Jamaican long jumper
- January 25 – Christian Olsson, Swedish athlete
- January 27 – Naleya Downer, Jamaican sprinter
- January 31 – Joel Brown, American hurdler
- January 31 – Adriana Pirtea, Romanian long-distance runner
- February 3 – Markus Esser, German hammer thrower
- February 3 – Sini Pöyry, Finnish hammer thrower
- February 4 – Yared Asmerom, Eritrean long-distance runner
- February 4 – Gary Kikaya, Congolese sprinter
- February 7 – Emma Ania, British sprinter
- February 11 – Karin Ruckstuhl, Dutch heptathlete
- February 13 – Tetyana Holovchenko, Ukrainian distance runner
- February 13 – Irina Naumenko, Kazakhstani heptathlete
- February 20 – Bram Som, Dutch track and field athlete
- February 21 – Takayuki Matsumiya, Japanese long-distance runner
- February 24 – Aki Heikkinen, Finnish decathlete
- February 25 – Marisa Barros, Portuguese long-distance runner
- February 26 – Irina Butor, Belarusian heptathlete
- March 3 – Nikolett Szabó, Hungarian javelin thrower
- March 7 – Olli-Pekka Karjalainen, Finnish hammer thrower
- March 12 – California Molefe, Botswanan athlete
- March 15 – Kim Il-Nam, North Korean long-distance runner
- March 19 – Justus Koech, Kenyan middle-distance runner
- March 23 – Teja Melink, Slovenian pole vaulter
- March 30 – Amélie Perrin, Franch hammer thrower
- April 6 – Tommi Evilä, Finnish long jumper
- April 13 – Boštjan Buč, Slovenian track and field athlete
- April 17 – Igors Kazakevičs, Latvian race walker
- April 18 – Wojciech Kondratowicz, Polish hammer thrower
- April 19 – Gudisa Shentema, Ethiopian long-distance runner
- May 1 – Inês Henriques, Portuguese race walker
- May 2 – Chris Boyles, American decathlete
- May 2 – Ronetta Smith, Jamaican sprinter
- May 10 – Mayumi Kawasaki, Japanese race walker
- May 14 – Eugène Martineau, Dutch decathlete
- May 17 – Tatyana Sibileva, Russian race walker
- May 20 – Chinatsu Mori, Japanese shot putter (d. 2006)
- May 23 – Ri Kum-Song, North Korean long-distance runner
- June 2 – Shingo Suetsugu, Japanese track and field athlete
- June 8 – Vânia Silva, Portuguese hammer thrower
- June 13 – Alistair Cragg, Irish distance runner
- June 17 – Shitaye Gemechu, Ethiopian long-distance runner
- June 19 – Sanjay Ayre, Jamaican athlete
- July 5 – Park Ju-Young, South Korean long-distance runner
- July 8 – Noraldo Palacios, Colombian javelin thrower
- July 9 – Brooke Krueger, Australian hammer thrower
- July 12 – Mikko Kyyrö, Finnish discus thrower
- July 17 – Rashid Ramzi, Moroccan athlete
- July 24 – Wilfred Bungei, Kenyan middle-distance runner
- July 27 – Alena Neumiarzhitskaya, Belarusian sprinter
- July 31 – Masato Naito, Japanese hurdler
- August 11 – Monika Pyrek, Polish pole vaulter
- August 23 – Bronwyn Eagles, Australian hammer thrower
- August 23 – Roisin McGettigan, Irish distance runner
- August 24 – Shani Marks, American triple jumper
- August 29 – Perdita Felicien, Canadian track and field athlete
- September 6 – Nailiya Yulamanova, Russian long-distance runner
- September 6 – Gulnara Vygovskaya, Russian long-distance runner
- September 8 – Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African middle-distance runner
- September 16 – Lukáš Melich, Czech hammer thrower
- September 25 – Jennifer Joyce, Canadian hammer thrower
- September 28 – Maurice Smith, Jamaican decathlete
- October 7 – Clarissa Claretti, Italian hammer thrower
- October 7 – Olesya Zykina, Russian track and field athlete
- October 16 – Maureen Griffin, American hammer thrower
- October 26 – Deriba Merga, Ethiopian long-distance runner
- November 9 – Tamicka Clarke, Bahamian sprinter
- November 14 – Naoko Sakamoto, Japanese long-distance runner
- November 19 – Yipsi Moreno, Cuban hammer thrower
- November 24 – Zoe Derham, English hammer thrower
- December 12 – Dejene Berhanu, Ethiopian runner
- December 13 – Venera Getova, Bulgarian discus thrower
- December 17 – Alexandra Papageorgiou, Greek hammer thrower
Deaths
- February 11 – Paavo Yrjölä (77), Finnish decathlete (b. 1902)
- February 21 – Mario Lanzi (63), Italian middle-distance runner (b. 1914)
- March 31 – Jesse Owens (66), American sprinter (b. 1913)
- May 9 – Rolf Hansen (73), Norwegian long-distance runner (b. 1906)
- December 24 – Heikki Liimatainen (86), Finnish long-distance runner (b. 1894)