2012 in the sport of athletics

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2012 in athletics
Olympic Stadium (London), 1 September 2012.jpg
The Olympic Stadium, which hosted the 2012 Olympic athletics
Major world events 2012 Olympic Games
World records set12
IAAF Athletes of the Year Usain Bolt
Allyson Felix
World Marathon Majors winners Geoffrey Mutai
Mary Jepkosgei Keitany
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2012 in sports

In 2012 the foremost competition in athletics was the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The International Association of Athletics Federations held four other global level competitions in 2012: the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships, 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics and the 2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. [1]

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For the first time since 1945, there was no global level championship for cross country running, as the IAAF World Cross Country Championships moved to a biennial format. [2] Three of the major continental championships were held a month prior to the London Olympics: the 2012 African Championships in Athletics, 2012 European Athletics Championships and 2012 Oceania Athletics Championships.

The Diamond League entered its third year as the foremost seasonal track and field series.

Major events

World

Regional

Marathons

World records

Men

EventAthleteNationPerformanceMeetingPlaceDateRef
400 m hurdles (indoor) Felix Sánchez Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 48.78 [Note 1] Meeting National Val-de-Reuil Flag of France.svg Val-de-Reuil, France18 February [3] [4]
Heptathlon (Indoor) Ashton Eaton Flag of the United States.svg United States6645 pts World Championships Flag of Turkey.svg Istanbul, Turkey9–10 March 2012 [5]
800 metres David Rudisha Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:40.91 Olympic Games Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London, Great Britain9 August 2012 [6]
25 km (road) Dennis Kipruto Kimetto Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:11:18 BIG 25 Flag of Germany.svg Berlin, Germany6 May 2012 [7] [8]
110 m hurdles Aries Merritt Flag of the United States.svg United States12.80 Memorial Van Damme Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brussels, Belgium7 September 2012 [9]
4 × 100 m relay Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt 		Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 36.84 Olympic Games Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London, Great Britain11 August 2012 [10]
Decathlon Ashton Eaton Flag of the United States.svg United States9039 pts United States Olympic Trials Flag of the United States.svg Eugene, United States22–23 June 2012 [11]

Women

EventAthleteNationPerformanceMeetingPlaceDateRef
2000 m steeplechase (Indoor) Yelena Orlova Flag of Russia.svg Russia6:06.11 [Note 2] Moscow City Championships Flag of Russia.svg Moscow, Russia12 February 2012 [12] [13]
Pole vault (Indoor) Yelena Isinbayeva Flag of Russia.svg Russia5.01 m XL Galan Flag of Sweden.svg Stockholm, Sweden23 February 2012 [14] [15]
Pentathlon (Indoor) Nataliya Dobrynska Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 5013 pts World Championships Flag of Turkey.svg Istanbul, Turkey9 March 2012 [16]
4 × 100 m relay Tianna Madison
Allyson Felix
Bianca Knight
Carmelita Jeter 		Flag of the United States.svg United States40.82 Olympic Games Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London, Great Britain10 August 2012 [17]
20 km walk (road) Elena Lashmanova Flag of Russia.svg Russia1:25:02 Olympic Games Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London, Great Britain11 August 2012 [18]

Notes

  1. ↑ The indoor 400 m hurdles is not a recognised event for record purposes, however, this represents the world's best performance
  2. ↑ The indoor 2000 m steeplechase is not a recognised event for record purposes, however, this represents the world's best performance

Season's bests

Best marks of the year
EventMenWomen
AthleteMarkNotesAthleteMarkNotes
60 metres Flag of the United States.svg  Trell Kimmons  (USA)6.45Flag of Jamaica.svg  Veronica Campbell-Brown  (JAM)7.01
100 metres Flag of Jamaica.svg  Usain Bolt  (JAM)9.63Flag of Jamaica.svg  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  (JAM)10.70
200 metres Flag of Jamaica.svg  Usain Bolt  (JAM)19.32Flag of the United States.svg  Allyson Felix  (USA)21.69
400 metres Flag of Grenada.svg  Kirani James  (GRN)43.94Flag of Russia.svg  Antonina Krivoshapka  (RUS)49.16
800 metres Flag of Kenya.svg  David Rudisha  (KEN)1:40.91WRFlag of Russia.svg  Mariya Savinova  (RUS)1:56.19
1500 metres Flag of Kenya.svg  Asbel Kiprop  (KEN)3:28.88Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Abeba Aregawi  (ETH)3:56.54
Mile run Flag of Kenya.svg  Asbel Kiprop  (KEN)3:49.22Flag of the United States.svg  Brenda Martinez  (USA)4:26.76
3000 metres Flag of Kenya.svg  Augustine Choge  (KEN)7:29.94Flag of Kenya.svg  Sally Jepkosgei Kipyego  (KEN)8:35.89
5000 metres Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Dejen Gebremeskel  (ETH)12:46.81Flag of Kenya.svg  Vivian Cheruiyot  (KEN)14:35.62
10,000 metres Flag of Kenya.svg  Emmanuel Bett  (KEN)26:51.16Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Tirunesh Dibaba  (ETH)30:20.75
60 metres hurdles Flag of the United States.svg  Dexter Faulk  (USA)7.40Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Sally Pearson  (AUS)7.73
100/110 metres hurdles Flag of the United States.svg  Aries Merritt  (USA)12.80WRFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Sally Pearson  (AUS)12.35
400 metres hurdles Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Félix Sánchez  (DOM)47.63Flag of Russia.svg  Natalya Antyukh  (RUS)52.70
3000 metres steeplechase Flag of Kenya.svg  Paul Koech  (KEN)7:54.31Flag of Russia.svg  Yuliya Zaripova  (RUS)9:07.03
10 kilometres Flag of Kenya.svg  Leonard Komon  (KEN)27:15Flag of Kenya.svg  Vivian Cheruiyot  (KEN)30:47
15 kilometres Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Atsedu Tsegay  (ETH)41:46Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Tirunesh Dibaba  (ETH)47:08
20 kilometres Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Atsedu Tsegay  (ETH)55:52Flag of Kenya.svg  Mary Jepkosgei Keitany  (KEN)1:03:12
Half marathon Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Atsedu Tsegay  (ETH)58:47Flag of Kenya.svg  Mary Keitany  (KEN)1:05:50
25 kilometres Flag of Kenya.svg  Dennis Kipruto Kimetto  (KEN)1:11:18Flag of Kenya.svg  Tiki Gelana  (KEN)1:22:33
30 kilometres Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Yemane Tsegay  (ETH)1:27:41Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Tiki Gelana  (ETH)1:39:07
Marathon Flag of Kenya.svg  Geoffrey Mutai  (KEN)2:04:15Flag of Kenya.svg  Mary Jepkosgei Keitany  (KEN)2:18:37
20 kilometres race walk Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Zhen  (CHN)1:17:36Flag of Russia.svg  Elena Lashmanova  (RUS)1:25:02
50 kilometres race walk Flag of Russia.svg  Sergey Bakulin  (RUS)3:35:59—
Pole vault Flag of Germany.svg  Björn Otto  (GER)6.01 mFlag of the United States.svg  Jennifer Suhr  (USA)4.83 m
High jump Flag of Qatar.svg  Mutaz Essa Barshim  (QAT)
Flag of Russia.svg  Ivan Ukhov  (RUS)		2.39 mFlag of Russia.svg  Anna Chicherova  (RUS)2.05 m
Long jump Flag of Russia.svg  Sergey Morgunov  (RUS)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Greg Rutherford  (GBR)		8.35 mFlag of the United States.svg  Brittney Reese  (USA)7.15 m
Triple jump Flag of the United States.svg  Christian Taylor  (USA)17.81 mFlag of Ukraine.svg  Olha Saladuha  (UKR)14.99 m
Shot put Flag of the United States.svg  Christian Cantwell  (USA)22.31 mFlag of New Zealand.svg  Valerie Adams  (NZL)21.11 m
Discus throw Flag of Germany.svg  Robert Harting  (GER)70.66 mFlag of Croatia.svg  Sandra Perković  (CRO)69.11 m†
Javelin throw Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Vítězslav Veselý  (CZE)88.34 mFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Barbora Špotáková  (CZE)69.55 m
Hammer throw Flag of Hungary.svg  Krisztián Pars  (HUN)81.89 mFlag of Belarus.svg  Aksana Miankova  (BLR)78.69 m
Pentathlon —Flag of Ukraine.svg  Natallia Dobrynska  (UKR)5013 pts
Heptathlon Flag of the United States.svg  Ashton Eaton  (USA)6645 ptsWRFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jessica Ennis  (GBR)6955 ptsNR
Decathlon Flag of the United States.svg  Ashton Eaton  (USA)9039 ptsWR—
4 × 100 metres relay Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt 		36.84WRFlag of the United States.svg United States
Tianna Madison
Allyson Felix
Bianca Knight
Carmelita Jeter 		40.82WR
4 × 400 metres relay Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
Chris Brown
Demetrius Pinder
Michael Mathieu
Ramon Miller 		2:56.72NRFlag of the United States.svg United States
DeeDee Trotter
Allyson Felix
Francena McCorory
Sanya Richards-Ross 		3:16.87

Awards

Men

AwardWinner
IAAF World Athlete of the Year Flag of Jamaica.svg  Usain Bolt  (JAM)
Track & Field Athlete of the Year Flag of Kenya.svg  David Rudisha  (KEN)
European Athlete of the Year Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mo Farah  (GBR)
European Athletics Rising Star Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Pavel Maslák  (CZE)

Women

AwardWinner
IAAF World Athlete of the Year Flag of the United States.svg  Allyson Felix  (USA)
Track & Field Athlete of the Year Flag of New Zealand.svg  Valerie Adams  (NZL)
European Athlete of the Year Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jessica Ennis  (GBR)
European Athletics Rising Star Flag of Sweden.svg  Angelica Bengtsson  (SWE)

References

  1. ↑ 2012 World Athletics Series Archived 2012-02-11 at the Wayback Machine . IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-02-19.
  2. ↑ 47th IAAF Congress – Day 1 Archived 2012-02-25 at the Wayback Machine . IAAF (2009-08-12). Retrieved on 2012-02-19.
  3. ↑ "Meeting National Val-de-Reuil 2012 Complete Results". www.bases.athle.com. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "Félix Sánchez corre los 400 metros vallas en 48.78" (in Spanish). www.listindiario.com.do. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "Heptathlon Results" (PDF). IAAF. 10 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  6. ↑ "800 Metres Results". IAAF. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "Dennis Kipruto Kimetto Big 25 Result". www.berlin25km.r.mikatiming.de. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  8. ↑ "Kimetto breaks 25km World record in Berlin". IAAF. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  9. ↑ "110 Metres Hurdles Results". IAAF. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  10. ↑ "4x100 Metres Relay Results". IAAF. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  11. ↑ "Decathlon Results". USATF. 23 June 2012. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  12. ↑ "Indoor round up, 800m world lead for Kofanova in Moscow". EAA. 13 February 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-02-15. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  13. ↑ "Moscow City Championships 2012 Complete Results" (PDF). www.mosathletics.ru. 12 February 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  14. ↑ "XL Galan 2012 Complete Results". 23 February 2012. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  15. ↑ "Isinbayeva clears 5.01m World record in Stockholm!". IAAF. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  16. ↑ "Pentathlon Results". IAAF. 9 March 2012. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  17. ↑ "4 × 100m Relay Results". IAAF. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  18. ↑ "20km Race Walk Results". IAAF. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  19. ↑ "Russian suspended over drugs test". BBC Sport.
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