1989 in the sport of athletics

1989 in athletics
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This article contains an overview of the year 1989 in athletics.

International Events

World records

Men

EVENT ATHLETE MARK DATE VENUE
3,000 metres  Said Aouita (MAR) 7:29.45 20 August Köln, West Germany
10,000 metres  Arturo Barrios (MEX) 27:08.23 18 August Berlin, West Germany
110 m hurdles  Roger Kingdom (USA) 12.92 16 August Zürich, Switzerland
3,000 m steeplechase  Peter Koech (KEN) 8:05.35 3 July Stockholm, Sweden
4 × 200 metres relay Santa Monica TC  United States
• Danny Everett
• Leroy Burrell
• Floyd Heard
• Carl Lewis 		1:19.38 23 August Koblenz, West Germany
High Jump  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.44m 29 July San Juan, Puerto Rico

Women

EVENT ATHLETE MARK DATE VENUE
Mile  Paula Ivan (ROU) 4:15.61 10 July Nice, France
Half Marathon  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 1:08:31 16 September New Bedford, United States

Men's Best Year Performers

100 metres

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Leroy Burrell (USA) 9.94
2.  Raymond Stewart (JAM) 9.97
3.  Frank Fredericks (RSA) 10.02
4.  Dennis Mitchell (USA) 10.03
5.  Andre Cason (USA) 10.04

200 metres

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Robson da Silva (BRA) 19.96
2.  Dennis Mitchell (USA) 20.09
 Floyd Heard (USA)
4.  Mark Witherspoon (USA) 20.12
5.  Joe DeLoach (USA) 20.13

400 metres

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Antonio Pettigrew (USA) 44.27
2.  Butch Reynolds (USA) 44.30
3.  Danny Everett (USA) 44.36
4.  Steve Lewis (USA) 44.47
5.  Roberto Hernández (CUB) 44.58

800 metres

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Paul Ereng (KEN) 1:43.16
2.  Nixon Kiprotich (KEN) 1:43.38
—  Sebastian Coe (GBR) 1:43.38
4.  Johnny Gray (USA) 1:43.39
5.  Abdi Bile (SOM) 1:43.60

1,500 metres

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Abdi Bile (SOM) 3:30.55
2.  Saïd Aouita (MAR) 3:30.63
3.  Wilfred Kirochi (KEN) 3:32.57
4.  Gennaro di Napoli (ITA) 3:32.98
5.  José Luis González (ESP) 3:33.33

Mile

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Abdi Bile (SOM) 3:49.90
2.  Saïd Aouita (MAR) 3:50.09
3.  Wilfred Kirochi (KEN) 3:50.49
4.  Joe Falcon (USA) 3:51.07
5.  Dieter Baumann (FRG) 3:51.15

3,000 metres

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Saïd Aouita (MAR) 7:29.45
2.  Yobes Ondieki (KEN) 7:35.01
3.  Arturo Barrios (MEX) 7:35.71
4.  Dieter Baumann (FRG) 7:38.93
5.  Vincent Rousseau (BEL) 7:39.41

5,000 metres

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Yobes Ondieki (KEN) 13:04.24
2.  Saïd Aouita (MAR) 13:06.26
3.  Arturo Barrios (MEX) 13:07.79
4.  Brahim Boutayeb (MAR) 13:12.10
5.  Sydney Maree (USA) 13:13.84

10,000 metres

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Arturo Barrios (MEX) 27:08.23
2.  Salvatore Antibo (ITA) 27:16.50
3.  Addis Abebe (ETH) 27:17.82
4.  Francesco Panetta (ITA) 27:24.16
5.  John Ngugi (KEN) 27:28.07

Half Marathon

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Matthew Temane (RSA) 1:01:10

Marathon

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Juma Ikangaa (TAN) 2:08:01
2.  Belayneh Dinsamo (ETH) 2:08:40
3.  Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN) 2:09:03
4.  Abebe Mekonnen (ETH) 2:09:06
—  Steve Moneghetti (AUS) 2:09:06

110m Hurdles

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Roger Kingdom (USA) 12.92
2.  Colin Jackson (GBR) 13.11
3.  Greg Foster (USA) 13.19
4.  Renaldo Nehemiah (USA) 13.20
5.  Tonie Campbell (USA) 13.22

400m Hurdles

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Kevin Young (USA) 47.86
2.  Andre Phillips (USA) 47.94
3.  Winthrop Graham (JAM) 48.20
4.  Danny Harris (USA) 48.27
5.  David Patrick (USA) 48.33

3,000m Steeplechase

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Peter Koech (KEN) 8:05.35
2.  Patrick Sang (KEN) 8:06.03
3.  Julius Kariuki (KEN) 8:12.18
4.  Joseph Mahmoud (FRA) 8:13.38
5.  Graeme Fell (CAN) 8:15.80

High Jump

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1.  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.44
2.  Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) 2.40
3.  Hollis Conway (USA) 2.39
4.  Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS) 2.37
5.  Carlo Thränhardt (FRG) 2.34
 Rudolf Povarnitsyn (URS)
 Dalton Grant (GBR)

Long Jump

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Larry Myricks (USA) 8.70
2.  Carl Lewis (USA) 8.54
3.  Mike Powell (USA) 8.49
4.  Leroy Burrell (USA) 8.37
5.  Vladimir Ratushkov (URS) 8.33

Triple Jump

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Volodymyr Inozemtsev (URS) 17.62
2.  Oleg Sakirkin (URS) 17.58
3.  Mike Conley (USA) 17.57
4.  Charles Simpkins (USA) 17.53
5.  Kenny Harrison (USA) 17.47

Discus

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR) 70.92
2.  Mike Buncic (USA) 68.88
3.  Luis Delís (CUB) 68.28
4.  Jürgen Schult (GDR) 68.12
5.  Vésteinn Hafsteinsson (ISL) 67.64

Shot Put

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 22.19
2.  Randy Barnes (USA) 22.18
 Werner Günthör (SUI)
4.  Jim Doehring (USA) 21.57
5.  Aleksandr Bagach (URS) 21.42

Hammer

Main article: 1989 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Heinz Weis (FRG) 82.84
2.  Igor Astapkovich (URS) 82.52
3.  Vasiliy Sidorenko (URS) 82.30
4.  Yuriy Syedikh (URS) 81.92
5.  Andrey Abduvaliyev (URS) 81.00

Javelin (new design)

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN) 87.60
2.  Steve Backley (GBR) 85.90
3.  Tom Petranoff (USA) 85.34
4.  Volker Hadwich (GDR) 84.84
5.  Peter Borglund (SWE) 84.76

Pole Vault

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1.  Sergey Bubka (URS) 6.00
—  Rodion Gataullin (URS) 6.00
3.  Joe Dial (USA) 5.90
4.  Grigoriy Yegorov (URS) 5.81
 Tim Bright (USA)

Decathlon

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS POINTS
1.  Dave Johnson (USA) 8549
2.  Christian Plaziat (FRA) 8485
3.  Richardas Malakhovskis (URS) 8437
4.  Christian Schenk (GDR) 8351
5.  Michael Smith (CAN) 8317

Women's Best Year Performers

60 metres

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Nelli Cooman (NLD) 7.05
2.  Gwen Torrence (USA) 7.07
3.  Merlene Ottey (JAM) 7.10
4.  Alice Brown (USA) 7.11
5.  Olga Bogoslovskaya (URS) 7.12

100 metres

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Dawn Sowell (USA) 10.78
2.  Merlene Ottey (JAM) 10.95
3.  Laurence Bily (FRA) 11.04
4.  Evelyn Ashford (USA) 11.05
5.  Sheila Echols (USA) 11.07

200 metres

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Dawn Sowell (USA) 22.04
2.  Evette de Klerk (RSA) 22.06
3.  Merlene Ottey (JAM) 22.21
4.  Silke Möller (GDR) 22.23
5.  Dannette Young (USA) 22.29

400 metres

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) 50.01
2.  Pauline Davis (BAH) 50.18
3.  Grit Breuer (GDR) 50.48
4.  Grace Jackson (JAM) 50.63
5.  Tatyana Alekseyeva (URS) 50.74

800 metres

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) 1:54.44
2.  Sigrun Wodars (GDR) 1:55.70
3.  Doina Melinte (ROU) 1:56.55
4.  Dalia Matuseviciene (URS) 1:57.27
5.  Olga Dogadina (URS) 1:58.0

1,500 metres

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Paula Ivan (ROU) 3:59.23*
2.  Doina Melinte (ROU) 4:00.89
3.  Svetlana Kitova (URS) 4:02.08
4.  Yvonne Murray (GBR) 4:03.13
5.  Yvonne Mai (GDR) 4:03.15
  • Ivan ran 3:59.23 for 1500m on her way to the mile world record of 4:15.61 in Nice.

Mile

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Paula Ivan (ROU) 4:15.61
2.  Doina Melinte (ROU) 4:20.39
3.  Svetlana Kitova (URS) 4:22.52
4.  Lynn Williams (CAN) 4:24.75
5.  Bev Nicholson (GBR) 4:27.19

3,000 metres

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Paula Ivan (ROU) 8:38.48
2.  Yvonne Murray (GBR) 8:38.51
3.  Marie-Pierre Duros (FRA) 8:38.97
4.  Elly van Hulst (NED) 8:40.85
5.  PattiSue Plumer (USA) 8:42.12

5,000 metres

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Kathrin Ulrich (GDR) 14:59.01
2.  PattiSue Plumer (USA) 15:00.00
3.  Lynn Williams (CAN) 15:01.30
4.  Liz McColgan (GBR) 15:14.54
5.  Päivi Tikkanen (FIN) 15:15.76

10,000 metres

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 30:48.51
2.  Kathrin Ulrich (GDR) 31:33.92
3.  Viorica Ghican (ROU) 31:46.43
4.  Iris Biba (GDR) 31:52.09
5.  Akemi Matsuno (JPN) 31:54.0

Half Marathon

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 1:08:31

Marathon

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 2:24:33
2.  Veronique Marot (GBR) 2:25:56
3.  Wanda Panfil (POL) 2:27:05
4.  Mun Gyong-Ae (PRK) 2:27:16
5.  Kim Jones (USA) 2:27:54

60m Hurdles

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) 7.73
2.  Ludmila Narozhilenko (URS) 7.77
3.  Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 7.78
4.  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.81
5.  Yelizaveta Chernyshova (URS) 7.82

100m Hurdles

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) 12.60
2.  Monique Éwanjé-Épée (FRA) 12.65
3.  Yelizaveta Chernyshova (URS) 12.68
 Mihaela Pogăcean (ROU)
5.  Ludmila Narozhilenko (URS) 12.69

400m Hurdles

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA) 53.37
2.  Myrtle Bothma (RSA) 53.82
3.  Petra Krug (GDR) 54.35
4.  Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS) 54.42
5.  Sally Gunnell (GBR) 54.64

High Jump

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1.  Silvia Costa (CUB) 2.04 m
2.  Heike Balck (GDR) 2.01 m
3.  Jan Wohlschlag (USA) 2.00 m
 Alina Astafei (ROU)
 Heike Henkel (FRG)

Long Jump

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Galina Chistyakova (URS) 7.24 m
2.  Helga Radtke (GDR) 7.15 m
3.  Larisa Berezhnaya (URS) 7.12 m
4.  Marieta Ilcu (ROU) 7.08 m
5.  Nijolé Medvedeva (URS) 6.98 m

Shot Put

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Li Meisu (CHN) 20.82 m
2.  Heike Hartwig (GDR) 20.78 m
3.  Zhihong HuangCHN (25x17px) 20.73 m
4.  Astrid Kumbernuss (GDR) 20.54 m
5.  Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 20.50 m

Javelin (old design)

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Petra Felke (GDR) 76.88
2.  Trine Hattestad (NOR) 71.12
3.  Beate Koch (GDR) 70.76
4.  Karen Forkel (GDR) 70.12
5.  Natalya Shikolenko (URS) 69.38

Heptathlon

RANK 1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS POINTS
1.  Larisa Nikitina (URS) 7007
2.  Anke Behmer (GDR) 6686
3.  Remigija Nazaroviené (URS) 6604
4.  Liliana Nastase (ROU) 6602
5.  Sabine Braun (GDR) 6575

Marathons

International Races

DATE MARATHON NATION MEN'S WINNER TIME WOMEN'S WINNER TIME
January 15 Hamilton Bermuda James Doig 2:26:46 Sally Zimmer 2:58:40
January 15 Marrakech Morocco Jean Weyts 2:15:49 Janis Klecker 2:39:19
January 29 Osaka Japan — — Lorraine Moller 2:30:21
February 5 Oita Japan Satoru Shimizu 2:12:26 — —
February 5 Valencia Spain Miroslaw Dzienisik 2:19:09 Elisenda Pucurull 2:46:19
February 12 Manila Philippines Osmiro Souza da Silva 2:24:35 Cesarina Taroni 2:55:00
February 26 Seville Spain Suleiman Nyambui 2:16:59 Consuelo Alonso 2:51:33
March 5 Los Angeles United States Arthur Boileau 2:13:01 Zoya Ivanova 2:34:42
March 12 Arusha Tanzania Simon Naali 2:14:40 Blanka James 3:23:03
March 12 Hong Kong Hong Kong Kevin Ball 2:38:44 Ko Funglong 3:41:59
March 19 Barcelona Spain Douglas Kurtis 2:16:37 Martine Vandegehuchte 2:37:41
March 19 Tokyo Japan Hiromi Taniguchi 2:09:34 — —
April 9 Bremem West Germany Heinz-Bernhardt Burger 2:16:42 Ewa Wrzosek 2:48:46
April 16 Rotterdam Netherlands Belayneh Dinsamo 2:08:39 Elena Murgoci 2:32:03
April 16 Vienna Austria Alfredo Shahanga 2:10:28 Christa Vahlensieck 2:34:46
April 17 Boston United States Abebe Mekonnen 2:09:06 Ingrid Kristiansen 2:24:33
April 23 Budapest Hungary Stefan Seidemann 2:19:52 Dana Hajna 2:45:50
April 23 London United Kingdom Douglas Wakiihuri 2:09:03 Veronique Marot 2:25:56
April 23 Lyon France Mohamed Youkmane 2:14:42 M Carrara 2:58:59
April 23 Munich West Germany Herbert Steffny 2:11:30 Janete Mayal 2:37:04
April 23 Rotorua New Zealand Paul Ballinger 2:18:21 Bernardine Portenski 2:46:02
April 30 Les Herbiers France Csaba Szűcs 2:14:29 Lydia Camberg 2:43:07
April 30 Madrid Spain Jose Cesar Sousa 2:15:16 Elena Cobos 2:41:14
April 30 Paris France Steve Brace 2:13:03 Kazue Kojima 2:29:23
May 1 Belfast Northern Ireland Ian Bloomfield 2:20:45 Rosaleen Hayden 2:58:31
May 1 Rome Italy Guido Genicco 2:20:43 Pascaline Wangui 2:46:28
May 7 Amsterdam Netherlands Gerard Genicco 2:13:52 Gabriela Gorzynska 2:47:16
May 7 Long Beach United States Rex Wilson 2:12:27 Wen Yanming 2:43:33
May 7 Pittsburgh United States Kenneth Martin 2:15:28 Margareth Groos 2:32:39
May 7 Vancouver Canada Shem-Tov Sabag 2:19:41 Anne Mangal 2:50:05
May 21 Hamburg West Germany Nivaldo Filho 2:13:21 Jolanda Homminga 2:40:28
June 3 Stockholm Sweden David Clarke 2:13:24 Evy Palm 2:33:26
June 4 Auckland New Zealand Murray Fleming 2:18:28 Helen Moros 2:46:35
June 11 Redcliffe Australia Lawrence Adams 2:22:51 Jan Fedrick 2:51:09
June 25 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Joao de Souza 2:16:07 Evany Souza 2:53:47
July 9 San Francisco United States Ernest Tjela 2:15:01 Stephanie Robertson 3:09:08
July 15 Nuremberg West Germany Andreas Achleitner 2:32:03 Ulrike Pietzsch 3:03:07
July 23 Brisbane Australia Bradley Camp 2:10:11 Jan Fedrick 2:51:30
July 30 Blumenau Brazil Valmir de Carvalho 2:17:52 Nercy Freitas de Costa 2:47:47
August 12 Helsinki Finland Jouni Kortelainen 2:18:58 Ritva Lemettinen 2:40:30
August 13 Adelaide Australia John Duck 2:25:50 Leslie Watson 2:49:49
August 20 Reykjavik Iceland Robin Nash 2:25:49 Wilma Rusman 2:47:25
August 26 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Jose Carlos Santana 2:18:19 Marinete Quintanilha 2:56:44
September 9 Oslo Norway Ronald Boreham 2:19:05 Olga Durynina 2:38:15
September 17 Buenos Aires Argentina Juan Pablo Juarez 2:16:03 Ana Maria Nielsen 2:43:58
September 24 Brussels Belgium Pavel Klimes 2:16:46 Nelly Aerts 2:36:49
September 24 Ciudad Mexico Mexico Tesfaye Tafa 2:17:54 Maria Flora Morena 2:44:34
September 24 Montreal Canada Peter Maher 2:20:07 Helene Rochefort 2:39:46
September 24 Portland United States Tsugumichi Sadakata 2:18:45 Debra Myra 2:44:09
October 1 Berlin — Alfredo Shahanga 2:10:11 Päivi Tikkanen 2:28:45
October 8 Melbourne Australia Takeshi Soh 2:18:13 Colleen Stephens '2:49:18
October 8 Penang Malaysia Amaran Raman 2:35:09 Sunita Anand Godara 3:03:02
October 8 Venice Italy Marco Milani 2:16:08 Emma Scaunich 2:36:02
October 15 Beijing China Peter Dall 2:12:47 Mun Gyong-Ae 2:27:16
October 15 Istanbul Turkey Aydin Ceken 2:27:41 — —
October 22 Athens Greece Jan van Rijthoven 2:23:19 Leslie Lewis 2:37:42
October 22 Frankfurt West Germany Herbert Steffny 2:13:51 Iris Biba 2:33:14
October 22 Hamilton New Zealand Robert Schuddeboom 2:25:23 Irene Wilson 3:23:45
October 22 Split Croatia Michel de Maat 2:26:16 Tatyana Ulyanova 3:10:18
October 29 Chicago United States Paul Davies-Hale 2:11:25 Lisa Weidenbach 2:28:15
October 30 Dublin Ireland John Griffin 2:16:45 Pauline Nolen 2:44:32
November 5 New York City United States Juma Ikangaa 2:08:01 Ingrid Kristiansen 2:25:30
November 6 Lisbon Portugal Joaquim Silva 2:16:56 Evany Souza 2:47:27
November 12 Iraklion Greece Christopher Prior 2:19:05 Glynis Penny 2:45:27
November 19 Rome Italy Mohamed Salmi 2:13:17 Pascaline Wangui 2:39:10
November 19 Tokyo Japan — — Lyubov Klochko 2:31:33
November 26 Bangkok Thailand Douglas Kurtis 2:20:15 Cesarina Taroni 2:47:53
November 26 Kawaguchiko Japan Wieslaw Perszke 2:18:10 Reiko Hirosawa 2:53:55
December 3 Fukuoka Japan Manuel Matias 2:12:54 — —
December 10 Honolulu United States Simon Naali 2:11:47 Carla Beurskens 2:31:50

Births

Deaths

  • June 22 — Lee Calhoun (56), American athlete (b. 1933)

References

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