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1992 in the sport of athletics

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1992 in athletics
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This article contains an overview of the year 1992 in athletics.

International events

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World records

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Men

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EVENT ATHLETE MARK DATE VENUE
1500 metres  Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 3:28.86 6 September Rieti, Italy
3,000 metres  Moses Kiptanui (KEN) 7:28.96 16 August Köln, Germany
400 m hurdles  Kevin Young (USA) 46.78 6 August Barcelona, Spain
3000 m steeplechase  Moses Kiptanui (KEN) 8:02.08 19 August Zürich, Switzerland
4 × 100 m Relay  United States (USA)
Michael Marsh
Leroy Burrell
Dennis Mitchell
Carl Lewis
37.40 8 August Barcelona
4 × 200 m Relay Santa Monica  United States (USA)
Michael Marsh
Leroy Burrell
Floyd Heard
Carl Lewis
1:19.11 25 April Philadelphia
4 × 400 m Relay  United States (USA)
Andrew Valmon
Quincy Watts
Michael Johnson
Steve Lewis
2:55.74 8 August Barcelona
Pole Vault  Sergey Bubka (UKR) 6.11m 13 June Dijon, France
 Sergey Bubka (UKR) 6.12m 30 August Padua, Italy
 Sergey Bubka (UKR) 6.13m 19 September Tokyo, Japan
Javelin (new)  Steve Backley (GBR) 91.46m 25 January North Shore, New Zealand
Decathlon  Dan O'Brien (USA) 8891 4-5 September Talence, France

Women

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EVENT ATHLETE MARK DATE VENUE
Pole Vault  Sun Caiyun (CHN) 4.05m 21 May Nanjing, China

Men's best year performers

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RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Michael Marsh (USA) 9.93
2.  Davidson Ezinwa (NGR) 9.96
 Linford Christie (GBR)
4.  Olapade Adeniken (NGR) 9.97
 Leroy Burrell (USA)
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Michael Marsh (USA) 19.73
2.  Michael Johnson (USA) 19.79
3.  Frank Fredericks (NAM) 19.97
4.  Mike Bates (USA) 20.01
5.  John Regis (GBR) 20.09
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Quincy Watts (USA) 43.50
2.  Danny Everett (USA) 43.81
3.  Michael Johnson (USA) 43.98
4.  Steve Lewis (USA) 44.08
5.  Samson Kitur (KEN) 44.18
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Johnny Gray (USA) 1:42.80
2.  Nixon Kiprotich (KEN) 1:43.31
3.  William Tanui (KEN) 1:43.37
4.  Mark Everett (USA) 1:43.40
5.  Andrea Benvenuti (ITA) 1:43.92
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 3:28.86
2.  David Kibet (KEN) 3:32.13
3.  William Kemei (KEN) 3:32.41
4.  Wilfred Kirochi (KEN) 3:33.49
5.  Fermín Cacho (ESP) 3:32.69
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  William Kemei (KEN) 3:48.80
2.  Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 3:49.79
3.  Dieter Baumann (GER) 3:51.12
4.  Gennaro di Napoli (ITA) 3:51.96
5.  David Kibet (KEN) 3:52.32
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Moses Kiptanui (KEN) 7:28.96
2.  Paul Bitok (KEN) 7:33.28
3.  Yobes Ondieki (KEN) 7:34.18
4.  Dieter Baumann (FRG) 7:38.10
5.  William Sigei (KEN) 7:39.51
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Moses Kiptanui (KEN) 13:00.93
2.  Yobes Ondieki (KEN) 13:03.58
3.  Paul Bitok (KEN) 13:08.89
4.  Dieter Baumann (FRG) 13:09.03
5.  Khalid Skah (MAR) 13:09.10
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Fita Bayissa (ETH) 27:14.26
2.  Richard Chelimo (KEN) 27:15.53
3.  António Martins (FRA) 27:22.78
4.  Arturo Barrios (MEX) 27:34.60
5.  Joseph Keino (KEN) 27:35.77
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Benson Masya (KEN) 1:00:24
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  David Tsebe (RSA) 2:08:07
2.  Ibrahim Hussein (KEN) 2:08:14
3.  Dionicio Cerón (MEX) 2:08:36
4.  Manuel Matias (POR) 2:08:38
5.  Hwang Young-Cho (KOR) 2:08:47
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Colin Jackson (GBR) 13.04
2.  Tony Dees (USA) 13.08
3.  Mark McKoy (CAN) 13.11
4.  Florian Schwarthoff (GER) 13.13
 Jack Pierce (USA)
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Kevin Young (USA) 46.78
2.  Winthrop Graham (JAM) 47.62
3.  Kriss Akabusi (GBR) 47.82
4.  Samuel Matete (ZAM) 47.91
5.  David Patrick (USA) 48.01
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Moses Kiptanui (KEN) 8:02.08
2.  Philip Barkutwo (KEN) 8:05.37
3.  Matthew Birir (KEN) 8:08.84
4.  Patrick Sang (KEN) 8:09.55
5.  William Mutwol (KEN) 8:10.74
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1.  Steve Smith (GBR) 2.37
2.  Lambros Papakostas (GRE) 2.36
 Javier Sotomayor (CUB)
4.  Hollis Conway (USA) 2.35
 Darrin Plab (USA)
 Dragutin Topić (YUG)
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Carl Lewis (USA) 8.68
2.  Mike Powell (USA) 8.64
3.  Iván Pedroso (CUB) 8.53
4.  Erick Walder (USA) 8.47
5.  Llewellyn Starks (USA) 8.40
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Mike Conley (USA) 17.72
2.  Charles Simpkins (USA) 17.60
3.  Denis Kapustin (RUS) 17.48
4.  Frank Rutherford (BAH) 17.41
5.  Leonid Voloshin (RUS) 17.36
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Jürgen Schult (GER) 69.04
2.  Lars Riedel (GER) 68.66
3.  Romas Ubartas (LTU) 68.18
4.  Anthony Washington (USA) 67.88
5.  Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS) 67.30
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Gregg Tafralis (USA) 21.98
2.  Werner Günthör (SUI) 21.91
3.  Mike Stulce (USA) 21.70
4.  Jim Doehring (USA) 21.60
5.  Aleksandr Bagach (UKR) 21.19
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Igor Astapkovich (BLR) 84.62
2.  Igor Nikulin (RUS) 83.44
3.  Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) 82.54
 Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB)
5.  Yuriy Syedikh (RUS) 82.18
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Steve Backley (GBR) 91.46
2.  Seppo Räty (FIN) 90.60
3.  Jan Železný (CZE) 90.18
4.  Juha Laukkanen (FIN) 88.22
5.  Tom Petranoff (USA) 87.26
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1.  Sergey Bubka (UKR) 6.13
2.  Rodion Gataullin (RUS) 5.95
3.  Igor Potapovich (KAZ) 5.92
4.  Dean Starkey (USA) 5.91
5.  Maksim Tarasov (RUS) 5.90
 Jean Galfione (FRA)
 Igor Trandenkov (RUS)
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS POINTS
1.  Dan O'Brien (USA) 8891
2.  Dave Johnson (USA) 8649
3.  Robert Změlík (TCH) 8627
4.  Antonio Peñalver (ESP) 8412
5.  Michael Smith (CAN) 8409

Women's best year performers

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RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Merlene Ottey (JAM) 6.96
2.  Irina Privalova (RUS) 6.97
3.  Michelle Finn (USA) 7.07
4.  Juliet Cuthbert (JAM) 7.09
5.  Katrin Krabbe (GER) 7.10
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Merlene Ottey (JAM) 10.80
2.  Irina Privalova (RUS) 10.82
 Gail Devers (USA)
4.  Juliet Cuthbert (JAM) 10.83
5.  Gwen Torrence (USA) 10.86
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Gwen Torrence (USA) 21.72
2.  Juliet Cuthbert (JAM) 21.75
3.  Irina Privalova (RUS) 21.93
4.  Merlene Ottey (JAM) 21.94
5.  Marie-José Pérec (FRA) 22.20
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Marie-José Pérec (FRA) 48.83
2.  Olga Bryzgina (UKR) 49.07
3.  Gwen Torrence (USA) 49.64
 Ximena Restrepo (COL)
5.  Olga Nazarova (RUS) 49.69
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Ellen van Langen (NED) 1:55.54
2.  Lilia Nurutdinova (RUS) 1:55.99
3.  Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) 1:56.80
4.  Ella Kovacs (ROM) 1:57.19
5.  Inna Yevseyeva (UKR) 1:57.20
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) 3:55.30
2.  Lyudmila Rogachova (RUS) 3:56.91
3.  Qu Yunxia (CHN) 3:57.08
4.  Tatyana Dorovskikh (UKR) 3:57.92
5.  Lyubov Kremlyova (RUS) 3:58.71
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Lyudmila Rogachova (RUS) 4:21.30
2.  Doina Melinte (ROM) 4:21.74
3.  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) 4:24.27
4.  Lyubov Kremlyova (RUS) 4:24.50
5.  Angela Chalmers (CAN) 4:25.08
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Yelena Romanova (RUS) 8:33.72
2.  Yvonne Murray (GBR) 8:36.63
3.  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) 8:37.92
4.  Elana Meyer (RSA) 8:38.45
5.  Margareta Keszeg (ROM) 8:39.64
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Elana Meyer (RSA) 14:44.15
2.  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) 14:59.11
3.  Liz McColgan (GBR) 15:01.86
4.  Christien Toonstra (NED) 15:07.68
5.  Esther Kiplagat (KEN) 15:07.87
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Derartu Tulu (ETH) 31:06.02
2.  Lisa Ondieki (AUS) 31:11.72
3.  Elana Meyer (RSA) 31:11.75
4.  Maria Conceição Ferreira (POR) 31:16.42
5.  Lynn Jennings (USA) 31:19.89
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Liz McColgan (GBR) 1:08:42
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Olga Markova (RUS) 2:23:43
2.  Lisa Ondieki (AUS) 2:24:40
3.  Madina Biktagirova (BLR) 2:26:23
4.  Yumi Kokamo (JPN) 2:26:26
 Yoshiko Yamamoto (JPN)
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Ludmila Narozhilenko (RUS) 7.76
2.  Gail Devers (USA) 7.93
3.  Lidiya Yurkova (BLR) 7.94
4.  Julie Baumann (SWI) 7.95
 Monique Éwanjé-Épée (FRA)
 Nataliya Grygoryeva (UKR)
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Ludmila Narozhilenko (RUS) 12.26
2.  Gail Devers (USA) 12.55
3.  Nataliya Grygoryeva (UKR) 12.60
4.  Paraskevi Patoulidou (GRE) 12.64
5.  Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 12.67
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Sally Gunnell (GBR) 53.23
2.  Tatyana Ledovskaya (BLR) 53.55
3.  Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA) 53.59
4.  Margarita Ponomaryova (RUS) 53.66
5.  Janeene Vickers (USA) 54.31
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1.  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 2.05 m
2.  Heike Henkel (GER) 2.04 m
3.  Inga Babakova (UKR) 2.00 m
 Alina Astafei (ROM)
5.  Ioamnet Quintero (CUB) 1.98 m
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Heike Drechsler (GER) 7.48 m
2.  Inessa Kravets (UKR) 7.37 m
3.  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.17 m
4.  Mirela Dulgheru (ROM) 7.14 m
5.  Chioma Ajunwa (NGR) 7.06 m
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Galina Chistyakova (RUS) 14.62 m
2.  Li Huirong (CHN) 14.55 m
3.  Inessa Kravets (UKR) 14.41 m
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS) 21.06 m
2.  Belsis Laza (CUB) 20.96 m
3.  Krystyna Zabawska (POL) 19.42 m
4.  Zhou Shuqin (CHN) 19.40 m
5.  Tatyana Khorkhulyova (BLR) 19.28 m
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Natalya Shikolenko (BLR) 70.36
2.  Karen Forkel (GER) 69.58
3.  Trine Hattestad (NOR) 69.50
4.  Silke Renk (GER) 68.34
5.  Teresė Nekrošaitė (LTU) 67.64
RANK 1992 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS POINTS
1.  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7044
2.  Sabine Braun (GER) 6985
3.  Irina Belova (RUS) 6845
4.  Svetla Dimitrova (BUL) 6658
5.  Liliana Nastase (ROM) 6619

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Deaths

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References

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