1986 in the sport of athletics

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This page contains an overview of the year 1986 in athletics (track and field).

International Events


World Records

Men

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


Women

EVENT ATHLETE MARK DATE VENUE
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
400m Hurdles  Marina Styepanova (URS) 53.32 August 30 Stuttgart, West Germany
 Marina Styepanova (URS) 52.94 September 17 Tashkent, Soviet Union
High Jump  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 2.08m June 1 Sofia, Bulgaria
Heptathlon  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7148 July 7 Moscow, Soviet Union
 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7158 August 2 Houston, USA


Men's Beast Year Performers

100 metres

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.  Evgueni Ignatov (BUL) 13:13.15


10,000 metres

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

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

110m Hurdles

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

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

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

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.  Gennadiy Avdeyenko (URS) 2.35


Long Jump

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


Triple Jump

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Hristo 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

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

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

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)

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

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1.  Sergey 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

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

100 metres

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 Möller (GDR) 10.96


200 metres

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


400 metres

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


800 metres

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


1,500 metres

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


Mile

RANK 1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Maricica Puica (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 Kubesová (TCH) 4:22.82


3.000 metres

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 Dorovskikh (URS) 8:36.00


5.000 metres

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

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.  Elizabeth McColgan (GBR) 31:41.42


Half Marathon

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


100m Hurdles

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.  Natalya Grigoryeva (URS) 12.61
5.  Heike Theele (GDR) 12.63


400m Hurdles

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


High Jump

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

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

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)

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


Heptathlon

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

Year Rankings

Men

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

Women

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

National Champions

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

International Races

DATE MARATHON NATION MEN'S WINNER TIME WOMEN'S WINNER TIME
April 19 Rotterdam Netherlands Netherlands Ethiopia Abebe Mekonnen 2:09:09 Sweden Ellinor Ljungros 2:41:06
April 20 London United Kingdom United Kingdom Japan Toshihiko Seko 2:10:02 Norway Grete Waitz 2:24:54
April 21 Boston United States United States Australia Robert de Castella 2:07:51 Norway Ingrid Kristiansen 2:24:55
May 11 Amsterdam Netherlands Netherlands Belgium William Vanhuylenbroek 2:14:46 Republic of Ireland Teresa Kidd 2:46:18
August 1 CW Games Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland Australia Robert de Castella 2:10:15 Australia Lisa Ondieki 2:26:07
August 26 European Championships West Germany Stuttgart, West Germany — — Portugal Rosa Mota 2:28:38
August 30 European Championships West Germany Stuttgart, West Germany Italy Gelindo Bordin 2:10:54 — —
October 1 Asian Games South Korea Seoul, South Korea — — Japan Eriko Asai 2:41:03
October 5 Asian Games South Korea Seoul, South Korea Japan Takeyuki Nakayama 2:08:21 — —
October 26 Chicago United States United States Japan Toshihiko Seko 2:08:27 Norway Ingrid Kristiansen 2:27:08
December 7 Fukuoka Japan Japan Tanzania Juma Ikangaa 2:10:06 — —

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References

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