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1980 in the sport of athletics

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1980 in athletics
Major world eventsOlympic 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 1980 World Championships in Athletics, was held specifically for women athletes in the 400 metres hurdles and 3000 metres disciplines, as neither event featured on the Olympic programme in spite of IAAF approval.

Major events

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World

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Regional

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World records

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Men

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Event Athlete Nation Performance Place Date
1000 m Sebastian Coe  United Kingdom 2:13.40 Norway Oslo, Norway 1 July
1500 m Steve Ovett  United Kingdom 3:31.36 West Germany Koblenz, West Germany 17 August
Mile Steve Ovett  United Kingdom 3:48.8 Norway Oslo, Norway 1 July
400 m hurdles Edwin Moses  United States 47.13 Italy Milan, Italy 3 July
High jump Jacek Wszoła  Poland 2.35 West Germany Eberstadt, West Germany 25 May
High jump Dietmar Mögenburg  West Germany 2.35 West Germany Rehlingen, West Germany 26 May
High jump Gerd Wessig  East Germany 2.36 Soviet Union Moscow, Russia 1 August
Pole vault Władysław Kozakiewicz  Poland 5.72 Italy Milan, Italy 11 May
Pole vault Thierry Vigneron  France 5.75 France Colombes, France 1 June
Pole vault Thierry Vigneron  France 5.75 France Lille, France 29 June
Pole vault Philippe Houvion  France 5.77 France Paris, France 17 July
Pole vault Władysław Kozakiewicz  Poland 5.78 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union 30 July
Hammer throw Yuriy Sedykh  Soviet Union 80.38 Soviet Union Leselidze, Soviet Union 16 May
Hammer throw Jüri Tamm  Soviet Union 80.46 Soviet Union Leselidze, Soviet Union 16 May
Hammer throw Yuriy Sedykh  Soviet Union 80.64 Soviet Union Leselidze, Soviet Union 16 May
Hammer throw Sergey Litvinov  Soviet Union 81.66 Soviet Union Sochi, Soviet Union 24 May
Hammer throw Yuriy Sedykh  Soviet Union 81.80 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union 31 July
Javelin throw Ferenc Paragi  Hungary 96.72 Hungary Tata, Hungary 23 April
Decathlon Daley Thompson  United Kingdom 8622 Austria Götzis, Austria 17-18 May
Decathlon Guido Kratschmer  West Germany 8649 West Germany Filderstadt-Bernhausen, West Germany 14-15 June

Women

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Event Athlete Nation Performance Place Date
800 m Nadiya Olizarenko  Soviet Union 1:54.85 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union 12 June
800 m Nadiya Olizarenko  Soviet Union 1:53.43 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union 27 July
1500 m Tatyana Kazankina  Soviet Union 3:55.0 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union 6 July
1500 m Tatyana Kazankina  Soviet Union 3:52.47 Switzerland Zürich, Switzerland 13 August
Mile Mary Decker  United States 4:21.7 New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand 26 January
100 m hurdles Grażyna Rabsztyn  Poland 12.36 Poland Warsaw, Poland 13 June
400 m hurdles Karin Rossley  East Germany 54.28 East Germany Jena, East Germany 13 June
4 × 100 metres relay Romy Schneider
Bärbel Eckert
Ingrid Auerswald
Marlies Göhr
 East Germany 42.09 East Germany Berlin, East Germany 9 July
4 × 100 metres relay Romy Müller
Bärbel Wöckel
Ingrid Auerswald
Marlies Göhr
 East Germany 41.85 East Germany Potsdam, East Germany 13 July
4 × 100 metres relay Romy Müller
Bärbel Wöckel
Ingrid Auerswald
Marlies Göhr
 East Germany 41.60 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union 1 August
4 × 200 metres relay Marlies Göhr
Romy Müller
Bärbel Wöckel
Marita Koch
 East Germany 1:28.15 East Germany Jena, East Germany 9 August
Shot put Ilona Slupianek  East Germany 22.36 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Celje, Yugoslavia 2 May
Shot put Ilona Slupianek  East Germany 22.45 East Germany Potsdam, East Germany 10 May
Discus throw Faina Melnik  Soviet Union 71.50 Soviet Union Sochi, Soviet Union 10 May
Discus throw Mariya Petkova  Bulgaria 71.80 Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria 13 July
Javelin throw Ruth Fuchs  East Germany 69.96 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Split, Yugoslavia 29 April
Javelin throw Tatyana Biryulina  Soviet Union 70.08 Soviet Union Podolsk, Soviet Union 12 July
Pentathlon Olga Kuragina  Soviet Union 4856 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union 20 June
Pentathlon Nadiya Tkachenko  Soviet Union 5083 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union 24 July

Season's bests

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Best marks of the year
Event Men Women
Athlete Mark Notes Athlete Mark Notes
100 metres
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 James Sanford (USA) 10.02  Marlies Göhr (GER) 10.93
200 metres
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 Pietro Mennea (ITA) 19.96  Bärbel Wöckel (GER) 22.01
400 metres
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 Viktor Markin (URS) 44.60  Marita Koch (GER) 48.88
800 metres
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 Don Paige (USA) 1:44.53  Nadiya Olizarenko (URS) 1:53.43
1,500 metres
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 Steve Ovett (GBR) 3:31.36  Tatyana Kazankina (URS) 3:52.47
Mile run
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 Steve Ovett (GBR) 3:48.8  Mary Slaney (USA) 4:21.68
3000 metres
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 Eamonn Coghlan (IRL) 7:37.60  Yelena Sipatova (URS) 8:33.53
5000 metres
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 Miruts Yifter (ETH) 13:16.38  Jan Merrill (USA) 15:30.6
10,000 metres
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 Craig Virgin (USA) 27:29.16  Kathryn Binns (GBR) 32:57.17
Half marathon
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 Stan Mavis (USA) 1:02:16  Marja Wokke (NED) 1:13:59
Marathon
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 Gerard Nijboer (NED) 2:09:01  Joyce Smith (GBR) 2:30:27
110 m/100 m hurdles
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 Renaldo Nehemiah (USA) 13.21  Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL) 12.36
400 m hurdles
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 Edwin Moses (USA) 47.13  Karin Roßley (GDR) 54.28
3000 m steeplechase
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 Bronisław Malinowski (POL) 8:09.70
4 × 100 m relay
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 Soviet Union
Vladimir Muravyov
Nikolay Sidorov
Aleksandr Aksinin
Andrey Prokofyev
38.26  East Germany
Romy Müller
Bärbel Wöckel
Ingrid Auerswald
Marlies Göhr
41.60
4 × 400 m relay
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 Soviet Union
Remigijus Valiulis
Mikhail Linge
Nikolay Chernetskiy
Viktor Markin
3:01.08  Soviet Union
Tatyana Prorochenko
Tatyana Goyshchik
Nina Zyuskova
Irina Nazarova
3:20.12
High jump
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 Gerd Wessig (GDR) 2.36 m  Sara Simeoni (ITA) 1.98 m
Pole vault
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 Władysław Kozakiewicz (POL) 5.78 m
Long jump
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 Lutz Dombrowski (GDR) 8.54 m  Tatyana Kolpakova (URS) 7.06 m
Triple jump
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 Jaak Uudmäe (URS) 17.35 m
Shot put
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 Udo Beyer (GDR) 21.98 m  Ilona Slupianek (GDR) 22.45 m
Discus throw
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 Mac Wilkins (USA) 70.98 m  Mariya Petkova (BUL) 71.80 m
Hammer throw
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 Yuriy Syedikh (URS) 81.80 m
Javelin (old design)
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 Ferenc Paragi (HUN) 96.72 m  Tatyana Biryulina (URS) 70.08 m
Decathlon
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 Guido Kratschmer (FRG) 8667 pts
Pentathlon
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 Nadiya Tkachenko (URS) 5083 pts

Marathon winners

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Race Men's winner Women's winner
Amsterdam Marathon  Gerard Nijboer (NED)  Marja Wokke (NED)
Avon International Marathon  Lorraine Moller (NZL)
Beppu-Ōita Marathon  Yutaka Taketomi (JPN)
Berlin Marathon  Ingo Sensburg (FRG)  Gerlinde Püttmann (FRG)
Boston Marathon  Bill Rodgers (USA)  Jacqueline Gareau (CAN)
Chicago Marathon  Frank Richardson (USA)  Sue Petersen (USA)
Fukuoka Marathon  Toshihiko Seko (JPN)
Košice Marathon  Aleksey Lyagushev (URS)  Šárka Balcarová (TCH)
Lake Biwa Marathon  Hiroshi Yuge (JPN)
New York Marathon  Alberto Salazar (USA)  Grete Waitz (NOR)
Paris Marathon  Sylvain Cacciatore (FRA)  Gillian Adams (GBR)
Tokyo Women's Marathon  Joyce Smith (GBR)

Awards

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Award Men's winner Women's winner
Track & Field News Athlete of the Year  Edwin Moses (USA)  Ilona Briesenick (GDR)

Births

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Deaths

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  • 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)

References

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