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This article contains an overview of the year 1984 in the sport of athletics.
Event | Athlete | Mark | Date | Venue |
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10,000 metres | Fernando Mamede ( POR) | 27:13.81 | 2 July | Stockholm, Sweden |
4 × 100 m Relay |
United States (USA) • Sam Graddy • Ron Brown • Calvin Smith • Carl Lewis |
37.83 | August 11 | Los Angeles |
High Jump | Zhu Jianhua ( CHN) | 2.39m | June 10 | Eberstadt, West Germany |
Pole Vault | Sergey Bubka ( URS) | 5.85m | 26 May | Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |
Sergey Bubka ( URS) | 5.88m | 2 June | Paris, France | |
Sergey Bubka ( URS) | 5.90m | 13 July | London | |
Thierry Vigneron ( FRA) | 5.91m | 31 August | Rome, Italy | |
Sergey Bubka ( URS) | 5.94m | 31 August | Rome, Italy | |
Hammer | Yuriy Syedikh ( URS) | 86.34m | 3 July | Cork, Ireland |
Javelin (old) | Uwe Hohn ( GDR) | 104.80m | 20 July | Berlin, East Germany |
Decathlon | Jürgen Hingsen ( FRG) | 8832 | 8-9 June | Mannheim, West Germany |
Daley Thompson ( GBR) | 8847 | 8-9 August | Los Angeles, United States | |
Marathon | Steve Jones ( GBR) | 2:08:05 | 21 October | Chicago, United States |
RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
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1. | Mel Lattany ( USA) | 9.96 | May 5 | Athens, United States |
2. | Carl Lewis ( USA) | 9.99 | May 6 | Houston, United States |
3. | Marian Woronin ( POL) | 10.00 | June 9 | Warsaw, Poland |
4. | Sam Graddy ( USA) | 10.09 | May 12 | Baton Rouge, United States |
— | Harvey Glance ( USA) | 10.09 | August 22 | Zürich, Switzerland |
RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
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1. | Carl Lewis ( USA) | 19.80 | August 8 | Los Angeles, United States |
2. | Kirk Baptiste ( USA) | 19.96 | August 8 | Los Angeles, United States |
3. | Albert Robinson ( USA) | 20.07 | May 5 | Indianapolis, United States |
4 | Pietro Mennea ( ITA) | 20.07 | October 3 | Brindisi, Italy |
5. | Thomas Jefferson ( USA) | 20.26 | August 8 | Los Angeles, United States |
RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
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1. | Alonzo Babers ( USA) | 44.27 | August 8 | Los Angeles, United States |
2. | Gabriel Tiacoh ( CIV) | 44.54 | August 8 | Los Angeles, United States |
3. | Antonio McKay ( USA) | 44.71 | June 21 | Los Angeles, United States |
4. | Darren Clark ( AUS) | 44.75 | August 8 | Los Angeles, United States |
— | Sunder Nix ( USA) | 44.75 | August 8 | Los Angeles, United States |
RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
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1. | Joaquim Cruz ( BRA) | 1:41.77 | August 26 | Köln, West Germany |
2. | Sammy Koskei ( KEN) | 1:42.28 | August 26 | Köln, West Germany |
3. | Johnny Gray ( USA) | 1:42.96 | August 29 | Koblenz, West Germany |
4. | Agberto Guimarães ( BRA) | 1:43.63 | August 29 | Koblenz, West Germany |
5. | Sebastian Coe ( GBR) | 1:43.64 | August 6 | Los Angeles, United States |
RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
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1. | Saïd Aouita ( MAR) | 3:31.54 | July 6 | Hengelo, Netherlands |
2. | Sebastian Coe ( GBR) | 3:32.39 | August 22 | Zürich, Switzerland |
3. | Steve Cram ( GBR) | 3:33.13 | August 20 | Budapest, Hungary |
4. | Steve Scott ( USA) | 3:33.46 | August 22 | Zürich, Switzerland |
5. | Pierre Délèze ( SUI) | 3:33.64 | August 22 | Zürich, Switzerland |
RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
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1. | Saïd Aouita ( MAR) | 13:04.78 | June 13 | Florence, Italy |
2. | Markus Ryffel ( SUI) | 13:07.54 | August 11 | Los Angeles, United States |
3. | António Leitão ( POR) | 13:09.20 | August 11 | Los Angeles, United States |
4. | Wodajo Bulti ( ETH) | 13:10.08 | June 13 | Florence, Italy |
5. | Tim Hutchings ( GBR) | 13:11.50 | August 11 | Los Angeles, United States |
RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
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1. | Fernando Mamede ( POR) | 27:13.81 | July 2 | Stockholm, Sweden |
2. | Carlos Lopes ( POR) | 27:17.48 | July 2 | Stockholm, Sweden |
3. | Hansjörg Kunze ( GDR) | 27:33.10 | May 5 | Potsdam, East Germany |
4. | Mark Nenow ( USA) | 27:40.56 | July 2 | Stockholm, Sweden |
5. | Martti Vainio ( FIN) | 27:41.75 | June 13 | Florence, Italy |
RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
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1. | Alberto Cova ( ITA) | 1:01:52 | May 6 | Milan, Italy |
RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
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1. | Greg Foster ( USA) | 13.15 | August 22 | Zürich, Switzerland |
2. | Roger Kingdom ( USA) | 13.16 | August 22 | Zürich, Switzerland |
3. | Tony Campbell ( USA) | 13.23 | May 13 | Westwood, United States |
4. | Mark McKoy ( CAN) | 13.27 | July 25 | Walnut, United States |
5. | Arto Bryggare ( FIN) | 13.35 | August 5 | Los Angeles, United States |
RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
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1. | Edwin Moses ( USA) | 47.32 | August 29 | Koblenz, West Germany |
2. | Harald Schmid ( FRG) | 47.69 | July 10 | Lausanne, Switzerland |
3. | Danny Harris ( USA) | 48.02 | June 17 | Los Angeles, United States |
4. | Tony Rambo ( USA) | 48.16 | June 17 | Los Angeles, United States |
5. | Tranel Hawkins ( USA) | 48.28 | June 18 | Los Angeles, United States |
RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
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1. | Joseph Mahmoud ( FRA) | 8:07.62 | August 24 | Brussels, Belgium |
2. | Bogusław Mamiński ( POL) | 8:09.18 | August 24 | Brussels, Belgium |
3. | Julius Korir ( KEN) | 8:11.80 | August 10 | Los Angeles, United States |
4. | Brian Diemer ( USA) | 8:13.16 | August 29 | Koblenz, West Germany |
5. | Colin Reitz ( GBR) | 8:13.78 | July 21 | Oslo, Norway |
RANK | ATHLETE | HEIGHT | DATE | VENUE |
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1. | Zhu Jianhua ( CHN) | 2.39 | June 10 | Eberstadt, West Germany |
2. | Carlo Thränhardt ( FRG) | 2.37 | February 24 | West Berlin, West Germany |
Valeriy Sereda ( URS) | September 2 | Rieti, Italy | ||
4. | Igor Paklin ( URS) | 2.36 | February 1 | Milan, Italy |
Sergey Zasimovich ( URS) | May 5 | Tashkent, Soviet Union | ||
Dietmar Mögenburg ( FRG) | June 10 | Eberstadt, West Germany |
RANK | ATHLETE | DISTANCE | DATE | VENUE |
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1. | Carl Lewis ( USA) | 8.79 | January 27 | New York, United States |
2. | Larry Myricks ( USA) | 8.59 | September 5 | Rhede, United States |
3. | Lutz Dombrowski ( GDR) | 8.50 | July 27 | Dresden, East Germany |
4. | Konstantin Semykin ( URS) | 8.38 | August 17 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
5. | Jaime Jefferson ( CUB) | 8.37 | August 17 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
RANK | ATHLETE | DISTANCE | DATE | VENUE |
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1. | Oleg Protsenko ( URS) | 17.52 | June 21 | Kiev, Soviet Union |
2. | Aleksandr Yakovlyev ( URS) | 17.50 | June 10 | Sochi, Soviet Union |
Mike Conley ( USA) | June 17 | Los Angeles, United States | ||
4. | Gennadiy Valyukevich ( URS) | 17.47 | July 19 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
5. | Lázaro Betancourt ( CUB) | 17.45 | August 26 | Cologne, West Germany |
RANK | ATHLETE | DISTANCE | DATE | VENUE |
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1. | John Powell ( USA) | 71.26 | June 9 | San José, United States |
Ricky Bruch ( SWE) | November 15 | Malmö, Sweden | ||
3. | Art Burns ( USA) | 70.98 | July 21 | Eugene, United States |
4. | Mac Wilkins ( USA) | 70.44 | June 9 | San José, United States |
5. | Imrich Bugár ( TCH) | 70.26 | September 8 | Cagliari, Italy |
RANK | ATHLETE | DISTANCE | DATE | VENUE |
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1. | Yuriy Syedikh ( URS) | 86.34 | July 3 | Cork City, Ireland |
2. | Sergey Litvinov ( URS) | 85.20 | July 3 | Cork City, Ireland |
3. | Jüri Tamm ( URS) | 84.40 | September 9 | Banská Bystrica, Slovakia |
4. | Igor Nikulin ( URS) | 82.56 | August 17 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
5. | Juha Tiainen ( FIN) | 81.52 | June 11 | Tampere, Finland |
RANK | ATHLETE | DISTANCE | DATE | VENUE |
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1. | Brian Oldfield ( USA) | 22.19 | May 26 | San José, United States |
2. | Sergey Kasnauskas ( URS) | 22.09 | August 23 | Stayki, Soviet Union |
3. | Udo Beyer ( GDR) | 22.04 | June 11 | Rehlingen, United States |
4. | John Brenner ( USA) | 21.92 | June 2 | Eugene, United States |
5. | Michael Carter ( USA) | 21.76 | June 2 | Eugene, United States |
RANK | ATHLETE | DISTANCE | DATE | VENUE |
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1. | Uwe Hohn ( GDR) | 104.80 | July 20 | East Berlin, East Germany |
2. | Detlef Michel ( GDR) | 93.68 | June 2 | Erfurt, East Germany |
3. | Duncan Atwood ( USA) | 93.44 | June 18 | Los Angeles, United States |
4. | Raimo Manninen ( FIN) | 93.42 | July 1 | Pihtipudas, Finland |
5. | Einar Vilhjálmsson ( ISL) | 92.42 | April 6 | Austin, United States |
RANK | ATHLETE | HEIGHT | DATE | VENUE |
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1. | Sergey Bubka ( URS) | 5.94 | August 31 | Rome, Italy |
2. | Thierry Vigneron ( FRA) | 5.91 | August 31 | Rome, Italy |
3. | Konstantin Volkov ( URS) | 5.85 | June 22 | Kiev, Soviet Union |
4. | Mike Tully ( USA) | 5.82 | July 21 | Eugene, United States |
Aleksandr Krupskiy ( URS) | August 20 | Budapest, Hungary |
RANK | ATHLETE | POINTS | DATE | VENUE |
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1. | Jürgen Hingsen ( FRG) | 8798 | June 9 | Mannheim, West Germany |
Daley Thompson ( GBR) | August 9 | Los Angeles, United States | ||
3. | Uwe Freimuth ( GDR) | 8704 | July 21 | Potsdam, East Germany |
4. | Grigoriy Degtyaryev ( URS) | 8652 | June 22 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
5. | Aleksandr Apaychev ( URS) | 8642 | June 3 | Neubrandenburg, DDR |
RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Evelyn Ashford ( USA) | 10.76 |
2. | Marlies Göhr ( GDR) | 10.84 |
3. | Florence Griffith ( USA) | 10.99 |
4. | Merlene Ottey-Page ( JAM) | 11.01 |
5. | Lyudmila Kondratyeva ( URS) | 11.02 |
RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Marita Koch ( GDR) | 21.71 |
2. | Marlies Göhr ( GDR) | 21.74 |
3. | Valerie Brisco ( USA) | 21.81 |
4. | Bärbel Wöckel ( GDR) | 21.85 |
5. | Florence Griffith ( USA) | 22.04 |
RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Marita Koch ( GDR) | 48.16 |
2. | Tatána Kocembová ( TCH) | 48.73 |
3. | Valerie Brisco ( USA) | 48.83 |
4. | Olga Vladykina ( URS) | 48.98 |
5. | Jarmila Kratochvílová ( TCH) | 49.02 |
RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Irina Podyalovskaya ( URS) | 1:55.69 |
2. | Nadiya Olizarenko ( URS) | 1:56.09 |
3. | Lyubov Gurina ( URS) | 1:56.26 |
4. | Doina Melinte ( ROU) | 1:56.53 |
5. | Lyudmila Borisova ( URS) | 1:56.78 |
RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Nadezhda Ralldugina ( URS) | 3:56.63 |
2. | Yekaterina Podkopayeva ( URS) | 3:56.65 |
3. | Maricica Puică ( ROU) | 3:57.22 |
4. | Tatyana Pozdnyakova ( URS) | 3:57.70 |
5. | Galina Zakharova ( URS) | 3:57.72 |
RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Natalya Artyomova ( URS) | 4:15.8 |
2. | Ruth Wysocki ( USA) | 4:21.78 |
3. | Christina Boxer ( GBR) | 4:22.64 |
4. | Mary Decker ( USA) | 4:22.92 |
5. | Christine Benning ( GBR) | 4:24.57 |
RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Tatyana Kazankina ( URS) | 8:22.62 |
2. | Svetlana Guskova ( URS) | 8:29.59 |
3. | Tatyana Pozdnyakova ( URS) | 8:32.0 |
4. | Maricica Puică ( ROU) | 8:33.57 |
5. | Mary Decker ( USA) | 8:34.91 |
RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Ingrid Kristiansen ( NOR) | 14:58.89 |
2. | Zola Budd ( RSA) | 15:01.83 |
3. | Aurora Cunha ( POR) | 15:09.07 |
4. | Angela Tooby ( GBR) | 15:22.50 |
5. | Brenda Webb ( USA) | 15:22.76 |
RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Olga Bondarenko ( URS) | 31:13.78 |
2. | Galina Zakharova ( URS) | 31:15.00 |
3. | Zhanna Tursunova ( URS) | 31:53.53 |
4. | Lyubov Konyukhova ( URS) | 31:56.01 |
5. | Anna Domoradskaya ( URS) | 31:56.02 |
RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Joan Benoit ( USA) | 1:08:34 |
RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Lucyna Kalek ( POL) | 12.43 |
2. | Vera Akimova ( URS) | 12.50 |
Yordanka Donkova ( BUL) | ||
4. | Bettine Jahn ( GDR) | 12.53 |
5. | Sabine Paetz ( GDR) | 12.54 |
RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | Margarita Ponomaryova ( URS) | 53.58 |
2. | Marina Styepanova ( URS) | 53.67 |
3. | Yekaterina Fesenko ( URS) | 54.34 |
4. | Tatyana Pavlova ( URS) | 54.43 |
5. | Yelena Filipishina ( URS) | 54.56 |
RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
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1. | Lyudmila Andonova ( BUL) | 2.07 |
2. | Tamara Bykova ( URS) | 2.05 |
3. | Ulrike Meyfarth ( FRG) | 2.02 |
4. | Sara Simeoni ( ITA) | 2.00 |
Stefka Kostadinova ( BUL) |
RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | Heike Drechsler ( GDR) | 7.40 |
2. | Galina Chistyakova ( URS) | 7.29 |
3. | Anişoara Cuşmir ( ROU) | 7.27 |
4. | Helga Radtke ( GDR) | 7.21 |
5. | Sabine Paetz ( GDR) | 7.12 |
RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | Zdeňka Šilhavá ( TCH) | 74.56 |
2. | Irina Meszynski ( GDR) | 73.36 |
3. | Galina Savinkova ( URS) | 73.28 |
4. | Gisela Beyer ( GDR) | 73.10 |
5. | Martina Hellmann ( GDR) | 72.32 |
RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | Natalya Lisovskaya ( URS) | 22.53 |
2. | Ilona Slupianek ( GDR) | 21.85 |
3. | Helena Fibingerová ( TCH) | 21.60 |
4. | Nunu Abashidze ( URS) | 21.53 |
5. | Ines Müller ( GDR) | 21.32 |
RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | Petra Felke ( GDR) | 74.72 |
2. | Tiina Lillak ( FIN) | 74.24 |
3. | Anna Verouli ( GRE) | 72.70 |
4. | Antje Zöllkau ( GDR) | 72.16 |
5. | Fatima Whitbread ( GBR) | 71.68 |
RANK | 1984 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | POINTS |
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1. | Sabine Paetz ( GDR) | 6946 |
2. | Natalya Shubenkova ( URS) | 6859 |
3. | Jane Frederick ( USA) | 6803 |
4. | Ramona Neubert ( GDR) | 6789 |
5. | Anke Vater ( GDR) | 6775 |
RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
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1. | Stephen Jones ( GBR) | 2:08:05 WR | October 21 | Chicago, United States |
2. | Carlos Lopes ( POR) | 2:09:06 | October 21 | Chicago, United States |
3. | Robert de Castella ( AUS) | 2:09:09 | October 21 | Chicago, United States |
4. | Jörg Peter ( GDR) | 2:09:14 | July 21 | East Berlin, East Germany |
5. | Carlos Lopes ( POR) | 2:09:21 | August 12 | Los Angeles, United States |
6. | Michael Heilmann ( GDR) | 2:09:30 | July 21 | East Berlin, East Germany |
7. | Ernest Seleke ( RSA) | 2:09:41 | March 31 | Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
8. | John Treacy ( IRL) | 2:09:56 | August 12 | Los Angeles, United States |
9. | Charlie Spedding ( GBR) | 2:09:57 | May 13 | London, United Kingdom |
10. | Charlie Spedding ( GBR) | 2:09:58 | August 12 | Los Angeles, United States |
RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | DATE | VENUE |
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1. | Ingrid Kristiansen ( NOR) | 2:24:26 WR | May 13 | London, United Kingdom |
2. | Joan Benoit ( USA) | 2:24:52 | August 5 | Los Angeles, United States |
3. | Rosa Mota ( POR) | 2:26:01 | October 21 | Chicago, United States |
4. | Grete Waitz ( NOR) | 2:26:18 | August 5 | Los Angeles, United States |
5. | Katrin Dörre ( GDR) | 2:26:52 | July 21 | East Berlin, East Germany |
6. | Rosa Mota ( POR) | 2:26:57 | August 5 | Los Angeles, United States |
7. | Ingrid Kristiansen ( NOR) | 2:27:34 | August 5 | Los Angeles, United States |
8. | Lisa Martin ( AUS) | 2:27:40 | October 21 | Chicago, United States |
9. | Ingrid Kristiansen ( NOR) | 2:27:51 | January 15 | Houston, United States |
10. | Lorraine Moller ( NZL) | 2:28:34 | August 5 | Los Angeles, United States |
DATE | MARATHON | NATION | MEN'S WINNER | TIME | WOMEN'S WINNER | TIME |
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February 19 | Los Angeles Marathon | United States | Gidamis Shahanga | 2:10:19 | Jacqueline Gareau | 2:31:57 |
April 14 | Rotterdam Marathon | Netherlands | Gidamis Shahanga | 2:11:12 | Carla Beurskens | 2:34:56 |
April 16 | Boston Marathon | United States | Geoff Smith | 2:10:34 | Lorraine Moller | 2:29:28 |
May 12 | Amsterdam Marathon | Netherlands | Gerard Nijboer | 2:14:28 | Eefje van Wissen | 2:43:51 |
May 12 | Paris Marathon | France | Hussein Ahmed Salah | 2:11:58 | Sylviane Geffray | 2:38:20 |
May 13 | London Marathon | United Kingdom | Charlie Spedding | 2:09:57 | Ingrid Kristiansen | 2:24:26 |
August 5 | Olympic Marathon | United States | — | — | Joan Benoit | 2:24:52 |
August 12 | Olympic Marathon | United States | Carlos Lopes | 2:09:58 | — | — |
September 30 | Berlin Marathon | West Germany | John Skovbjerg | 2:13:35 | Agnes Jakab | 2:39:32 |
October 21 | Chicago Marathon | United States | Stephen Jones | 2:08:05 | Rosa Mota | 2:26:01 |
December 2 | Fukuoka Marathon | Japan | Takeyuki Nakayama | 2:10:00 | — | — |