1994 in the sport of athletics

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1994 in athletics
Major world events World Championships
World Indoor Championships
IAAF Athletes of the Year Noureddine Morceli
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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This article contains an overview of the year 1994 in athletics.

Contents

International events

World records

Men

EVENTATHLETEMARKDATEVENUE
100 metres Flag of the United States.svg  Leroy Burrell  (USA)9.856 July Lausanne, Switzerland
3,000 metres Flag of Algeria.svg  Noureddine Morceli  (ALG)7:25.112 August Monte Carlo
5,000 metres Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Haile Gebrselassie  (ETH)12:56.964 June Hengelo, Netherlands
10,000 metres Flag of Kenya.svg  William Sigei  (KEN)26:52.2322 July Oslo, Norway
4 × 200 m Relay Santa Monica Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
• Michael Marsh
• Leroy Burrell
• Floyd Heard
• Carl Lewis 		1:18.6817 April Walnut, United States
Pole vault Flag of Ukraine.svg  Sergei Bubka  (UKR)6.14m31 July Sestriere, Italy

Women

EVENTATHLETEMARKDATEVENUE
2,000 metres Flag of Ireland.svg  Sonia O'Sullivan  (IRL)5:25.368 July Edinburgh, Great Britain
Pole vault Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sun Caiyun  (CHN)4.12m22 October Guangzhou, China
Hammer throw Flag of Russia.svg  Olga Kuzenkova  (RUS)66.8423 February Adler, Russia

Awards

Men

1994 TRACK & FIELD AWARDSATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year Flag of Algeria.svg  Noureddine Morceli  (ALG)
Track & Field Athlete of the Year Flag of Algeria.svg  Noureddine Morceli  (ALG)
European Athlete of the Year Award Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Colin Jackson  (GBR)
Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Johnson  (USA)

Women

1994 TRACK & FIELD AWARDSATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year Flag of the United States.svg  Jackie Joyner-Kersee  (USA)
Track & Field Athlete of the Year Flag of the United States.svg  Jackie Joyner-Kersee  (USA)
European Athlete of the Year Award Flag of Russia.svg  Irina Privalova  (RUS)
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award Flag of the United States.svg  Gail Devers  (USA)

Men's Best Year Performers

100 metres

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of the United States.svg  Leroy Burrell  (USA)9.85
2.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Linford Christie  (GBR)9.91
3.Flag of Nigeria.svg  Davidson Ezinwa  (NGR)9.94
Flag of the United States.svg  Dennis Mitchell  (USA)
5.Flag of Nigeria.svg  Olapade Adeniken  (NGR)9.95

200 metres

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  John Regis  (GBR)19.87
2.Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Johnson  (USA)19.94
3.Flag of Namibia.svg  Frank Fredericks  (NAM)19.97
4.Flag of Nigeria.svg  Daniel Effiong  (NGR)20.10
5.Flag of the United States.svg  Jeff Williams  (USA)20.19

400 metres

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Johnson  (USA)43.90
2.Flag of Kenya.svg  Samson Kitur  (KEN)44.32
3.Flag of the United States.svg  Antonio Pettigrew  (USA)44.43
4.Flag of the United States.svg  Derek Mills  (USA)44.59
5.Flag of the United States.svg  Steve Lewis  (USA)44.68

800 metres

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of Kenya.svg  Benson Koech  (KEN)1:43.17
2.Flag of Kenya.svg  Wilson Kipketer  (KEN)1:43.29
3.Flag of Norway.svg  Vebjørn Rodal  (NOR)1:43.50
4.Flag of the United States.svg  Johnny Gray  (USA)1:43.73
5.Flag of Kenya.svg  David Singoei  (KEN)1:44.07

1,500 metres

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of Algeria.svg  Noureddine Morceli  (ALG)3:30.61
2.Flag of Burundi.svg  Vénuste Niyongabo  (BDI)3:30.66
3.Flag of Morocco.svg  Azzedine Sediki  (MAR)3:32.71
4.Flag of Qatar.svg  Mohamed Suleiman  (QAT)3:32.73
5.Flag of Morocco.svg  Hicham El Guerrouj  (MAR)3:33.61

Mile

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of Algeria.svg  Noureddine Morceli  (ALG)3:48.67
2.Flag of Burundi.svg  Vénuste Niyongabo  (BDI)3:48.94
3.Flag of Somalia.svg  Abdi Bile  (SOM)3:50.67
4.Flag of the United States.svg  Steve Holman  (USA)3:50.91
5.Flag of Qatar.svg  Mohamed Suleiman  (QAT)3:51.31

3,000 metres

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of Algeria.svg  Noureddine Morceli  (ALG)7:25.11
2.Flag of Kenya.svg  Paul Bitok  (KEN)7:34.36
3.Flag of Germany.svg  Dieter Baumann  (GER)7:34.69
4.Flag of Burundi.svg  Aloys Nizigama  (BDI)7:35.08
5.Flag of Kenya.svg  Moses Kiptanui  (KEN)7:35.23

5,000 metres

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of Ethiopia (1991-1996).svg  Haile Gebrselassie  (ETH)12:56.96
2.Flag of Morocco.svg  Khalid Skah  (MAR)13:00.54
3.Flag of the United States.svg  Bob Kennedy  (USA)13:02.93
4.Flag of Morocco.svg  Brahim Lahlafi  (MAR)13:03.36
5.Flag of Algeria.svg  Noureddine Morceli  (ALG)13:03.85

10,000 metres

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of Kenya.svg  William Sigei  (KEN)26:52.23
2.Flag of Ethiopia (1991-1996).svg  Haile Gebrselassie  (ETH)27:15.00
3.Flag of Kenya.svg  William Kiptum Muigei  (KEN)27:17.20
4.Flag of Mexico.svg  Armando Quintanilla  (MEX)27:18.59
5.Flag of Burundi.svg  Aloys Nizigama  (BDI)27:20.51

Half Marathon

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of Kenya.svg  Benson Masya  (KEN)1:00:02

Marathon

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of Kenya.svg  Cosmas Ndeti  (KEN)2:07:15
2.Flag of Mexico.svg  Andres Espinosa  (MEX)2:07:19
3.Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Vincent Rousseau  (BEL)2:07:51
4.Flag of Kenya.svg  Jackson Kipngok  (KEN)2:08:08
5.Flag of South Korea.svg  Hwang Young-Cho  (KOR)2:08:09

110 m Hurdles

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Colin Jackson  (GBR)12.98
2.Flag of the United States.svg  Mark Crear  (USA)13.07
3.Flag of Austria.svg  Mark McKoy  (AUT)13.14
4.Flag of Germany.svg  Florian Schwarthoff  (GER)13.16
5.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Tony Jarrett  (GBR)13.22

400 m Hurdles

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of the United States.svg  Derrick Adkins  (USA)47.70
2.Flag of Zambia.svg  Samuel Matete  (ZAM)47.90
3.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Winthrop Graham  (JAM)48.05
4.Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleg Tverdokhleb  (UKR)48.06
5.Flag of the United States.svg  Danny Harris  (USA)48.18

3000 m Steeplechase

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of Kenya.svg  Moses Kiptanui  (KEN)8:08.80
2.Flag of Kenya.svg  Richard Kosgei  (KEN)8:10.20
3.Flag of the United States.svg  Mark Croghan  (USA)8:10.56
4.Flag of Kenya.svg  Eliud Barngetuny  (KEN)8:10.84
5.Flag of Morocco.svg  Abdelaziz Sahere  (MAR)8:11.11

High jump

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT
1.Flag of Cuba.svg  Javier Sotomayor  (CUB)2.42
2.Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Troy Kemp  (BAH)2.35
Flag of Norway.svg  Steinar Hoen  (NOR)
4.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Dalton Grant  (GBR)2.34
5.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Tim Forsyth  (AUS)2.33
Flag of France.svg  Jean-Charles Gicquel  (FRA)
Flag of Poland.svg  Artur Partyka  (POL)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Smith  (GBR)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Gilmar Mayo  (COL)

Long jump

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE
1.Flag of the United States.svg  Erick Walder  (USA)8.74
2.Flag of the United States.svg  Carl Lewis  (USA)8.66
3.Flag of the United States.svg  Kareem Streete-Thompson  (USA)8.63
4.Flag of the United States.svg  Mike Powell  (USA)8.58
5.Flag of the United States.svg  Roland McGhee  (USA)8.47

Triple jump

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE
1.Flag of the United States.svg  Mike Conley  (USA)17.68
2.Flag of Russia.svg  Denis Kapustin  (RUS)17.62
3.Flag of Cuba.svg  Yoelbi Quesada  (CUB)17.61
4.Flag of France.svg  Serge Hélan  (FRA)17.55
5.Flag of Russia.svg  Vasiliy Sokov  (RUS)17.43
Flag of the United States.svg  Kenny Harrison  (USA)

Discus

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE
1.Flag of Hungary.svg  Attila Horváth  (HUN)68.58
2.Flag of Germany.svg  Jürgen Schult  (GER)66.08
Flag of Germany.svg  Lars Riedel  (GER)
4.Flag of Ireland.svg  Nick Sweeney  (IRL)66.00
5.Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg  Vladimir Dubrovshchik  (BLR)65.80

Shot put

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE
1.Flag of the United States.svg  Jim Doehring  (USA)21.09
2.Flag of the United States.svg  Kevin Toth  (USA)21.07
3.Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksandr Bagach  (UKR)21.05
4.Flag of the United States.svg  Cottrell John Hunter  (USA)20.94
Flag of Russia.svg  Yevgeniy Palchikov  (RUS)

Hammer

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE
1.Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Andrey Abduvaliyev  (UZB)83.36
2.Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg  Igor Astapkovich  (BLR)83.14
3.Flag of the United States.svg  Lance Deal  (USA)82.50
4.Flag of Russia.svg  Vasiliy Sidorenko  (RUS)82.02
5.Flag of Ukraine.svg  Andrey Skvaruk  (UKR)81.72

Javelin (new design)

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE
1.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)91.82
2.Flag of Germany.svg  Raymond Hecht  (GER)90.06
3.Flag of Russia.svg  Andrey Moruyev  (RUS)87.34
4.Flag of Sweden.svg  Patrik Bodén  (SWE)86.76
5.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mick Hill  (GBR)86.36

Pole vault

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT
1.Flag of Ukraine.svg  Sergei Bubka  (UKR)6.14
2.Flag of Russia.svg  Rodion Gataullin  (RUS)6.00
3.Flag of the United States.svg  Scott Huffman  (USA)5.97
4.Flag of France.svg  Jean Galfione  (FRA)5.94
5.Flag of the United States.svg  Dean Starkey  (USA)5.92

Decathlon

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSPOINTS
1.Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg  Eduard Hämäläinen  (BLR)8735
2.Flag of the United States.svg  Dan O'Brien  (USA)8715
3.Flag of the United States.svg  Steve Fritz  (USA)8548
4.Flag of France.svg  Christian Plaziat  (FRA)8505
5.Flag of France.svg  Alain Blondel  (FRA)8453

Women's Best Year Performers

60 metres

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of Russia.svg  Irina Privalova  (RUS)6.93
2.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Merlene Ottey  (JAM)6.99
3.Flag of the United States.svg  Gail Devers  (USA)7.00
4.Flag of Russia.svg  Olga Bogoslovskaya  (RUS)7.06
5.Flag of the United States.svg  Gwen Torrence  (USA)7.10

100 metres

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of Russia.svg  Irina Privalova  (RUS)10.77
2.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Merlene Ottey  (JAM)10.78
3.Flag of the United States.svg  Gwen Torrence  (USA)10.82
4.Flag of Ukraine.svg  Zhanna Block  (UKR)10.99
5.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Juliet Cuthbert  (JAM)11.01

200 metres

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of the United States.svg  Gwen Torrence  (USA)21.85
2.Flag of Russia.svg  Irina Privalova  (RUS)22.02
3.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Merlene Ottey  (JAM)22.07
4.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Cathy Freeman  (AUS)22.25
5.Flag of Russia.svg  Galina Malchugina  (RUS)22.29
Flag of the United States.svg  Dannette Young  (USA)

400 metres

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of France.svg  Marie-José Pérec  (FRA)49.77
2.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Cathy Freeman  (AUS)50.04
3.Flag of the United States.svg  Maicel Malone  (USA)50.05
4.Flag of the United States.svg  Jearl Miles  (USA)50.11
5.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Renee Poetschka  (AUS)50.19

800 metres

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of Mozambique.svg  Maria de Lurdes Mutola  (MOZ)1:55.19
2.Flag of Russia.svg  Lyubov Gurina  (RUS)1:56.53
3.Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg  Natalya Dukhnova  (BLR)1:57.87
4.Flag of France.svg  Patricia Djaté  (FRA)1:58.07
5.Flag of Brazil.svg  Luciana Mendes  (BRA)1:58.27

1,500 metres

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of Ireland.svg  Sonia O'Sullivan  (IRL)3:59.10
2.Flag of Russia.svg  Yekaterina Podkopayeva  (RUS)3:59.78
3.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Qu Yunxia  (CHN)4:00.34
4.Flag of Russia.svg  Lyubov Kremlyova  (RUS)4:01.05
Flag of Algeria.svg  Hassiba Boulmerka  (ALG)

Mile

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of Ireland.svg  Sonia O'Sullivan  (IRL)4:17.25
2.Flag of Algeria.svg  Hassiba Boulmerka  (ALG)4:22.09
3.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Yvonne Murray  (GBR)4:22.64
4.Flag of Russia.svg  Lyudmila Rogachova  (RUS)4:23.88
5.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Yvonne Graham  (JAM)4:24.64

3,000 metres

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of Ireland.svg  Sonia O'Sullivan  (IRL)8:21.64
2.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Yvonne Murray  (GBR)8:29.60
3.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Angela Chalmers  (CAN)8:32.17
4.Flag of Romania.svg  Gabriela Szabo  (ROM)8:40.08
5.Flag of Russia.svg  Olga Churbanova  (RUS)8:40.48

5,000 metres

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of Russia.svg  Yelena Romanova  (RUS)15:05.94
2.Flag of Ireland.svg  Sonia O'Sullivan  (IRL)15:06.18
3.Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Fernanda Ribeiro  (POR)15:06.91
4.Flag of Ireland.svg  Catherina McKiernan  (IRL)15:09.10
5.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Alison Wyeth  (GBR)15:10.38

10,000 metres

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Junxia  (CHN)30:50.34
2.Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  Elana Meyer  (RSA)30:52.51
3.Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Fernanda Ribeiro  (POR)31:04.25
4.Flag of Ireland.svg  Catherina McKiernan  (IRL)31:19.11
5.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Dong Li  (CHN)31:31.08

Half Marathon

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of Germany.svg  Uta Pippig  (GER)1:07:59

Marathon

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of Germany.svg  Uta Pippig  (GER)2:21:45
2.Flag of Russia.svg  Valentina Yegorova  (RUS)2:23:33
3.Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  Elana Meyer  (RSA)2:25:15
Flag of Germany.svg  Katrin Dörre  (GER)
5.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Alena Peterkova  (CZE)2:25:19

60 metres hurdles

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Yordanka Donkova  (BUL)7.83
2.Flag of the United States.svg  Gail Devers  (USA)7.85
3.Flag of Russia.svg  Eva Sokolova  (RUS)7.89
4.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Michelle Freeman  (JAM)7.90
5.Flag of France.svg  Anne Piquereau  (FRA)7.91

100 m Hurdles

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of Russia.svg  Tatyana Reshetnikova  (RUS)12.53
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Svetla Dimitrova  (BUL)
3.Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Yordanka Donkova  (BUL)12.56
4.Flag of Russia.svg  Yuliya Graudyn  (RUS)12.62
5.Flag of the United States.svg  Jackie Joyner-Kersee  (USA)12.69

400 m Hurdles

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME
1.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Sally Gunnell  (GBR)53.33
2.Flag of the United States.svg  Kim Batten  (USA)53.72
3.Flag of Russia.svg  Anna Knoroz  (RUS)54.11
4.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Deon Hemmings  (JAM)54.48
5.Flag of Germany.svg  Heike Meißner  (GER)54.52

High Jump

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT
1.Flag of Cuba.svg  Silvia Costa  (CUB)2.00 m
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Inga Babakova  (UKR)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Britta Bilač  (SLO)
4.Flag of Russia.svg  Yelena Gulyayeva  (RUS)1.98 m
Flag of Russia.svg  Yevgeniya Zhdanova  (RUS)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Alison Inverarity  (AUS)

Long Jump

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE
1.Flag of the United States.svg  Jackie Joyner-Kersee  (USA)7.49 m
2.Flag of Germany.svg  Heike Drechsler  (GER)7.29 m
3.Flag of Russia.svg  Irina Mushailova  (RUS)7.20 m
4.Flag of Austria.svg  Lyudmila Ninova  (AUT)7.09 m
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Inessa Kravets  (UKR)

Triple Jump

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE
1.Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Sofiya Bozhanova  (BUL)14.98 m
2.Flag of Russia.svg  Inna Lasovskaya  (RUS)14.94 m
3.Flag of Ukraine.svg  Inessa Kravets  (UKR)14.91 m
4.Flag of Russia.svg  Anna Biryukova  (RUS)14.89 m
5.Flag of Cuba.svg  Niurka Montalvo  (CUB)14.60 m

Shot Put

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE
1.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sui Xinmei  (CHN)20.74 m
2.Flag of Ukraine.svg  Valentina Fedyushina  (UKR)20.56 m
3.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Liuhong  (CHN)20.54 m
4.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Huang Zhihong  (CHN)20.08 m
5.Flag of Germany.svg  Astrid Kumbernuss  (GER)20.06 m

Javelin (old design)

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE
1.Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg  Natalya Shikolenko  (BLR)71.40
2.Flag of Norway.svg  Trine Hattestad  (NOR)71.32
3.Flag of Germany.svg  Karen Forkel  (GER)69.20
4.Flag of Romania.svg  Claudia Isaila  (ROM)6.56
5.Flag of Romania.svg  Felicia Tilea-Moldovan  (ROM)66.40

Hammer throw

Heptathlon

RANK1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSPOINTS
1.Flag of Germany.svg  Heike Drechsler  (GER)6741
2.Flag of Germany.svg  Sabine Braun  (GER)6665
3.Flag of the United States.svg  Jackie Joyner-Kersee  (USA)6606
4.Flag of Russia.svg  Svetlana Moskalets  (RUS)6598
5.Flag of Russia.svg  Larisa Nikitina  (RUS)6596

Deaths

References

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