Jim Heiring

Last updated March 21, 2025

James Anthony Heiring (born November 4, 1955) is a retired male race walker from the United States, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics during his career, starting in 1984.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event
Representing the United States
1983	World Race Walking Cup	Bergen, Norway	16th	20 km
	Pan American Games	Caracas, Venezuela	6th	20 km
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	19th	20 km
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	DNF	50 km
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, California, United States	23rd	20 km
1985	World Indoor Games	Paris, France	6th	5000 m
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	38th	20 km

References

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jim Heiring". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-02-28.

v t e 1984 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification	1984 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	Ray Armstead Alonzo Babers Kirk Baptiste Ron Brown Tonie Campbell Don Clary Paul Cummings Brian Diemer Marco Evoniuk Greg Foster Sam Graddy Johnny Gray John Gregorek Danny Harris Tranel Hawkins Jim Heiring Thomas Jefferson Earl Jones Roger Kingdom Steve Lacy Carl Lewis Henry Marsh John Marshall Antonio McKay Walter McCoy Edwin Moses Sunder Nix Daniel O'Connor Vince O'Sullivan Doug Padilla Pete Pfitzinger Pat Porter Alberto Salazar Carl Schueler Steve Scott Calvin Smith Willie Smith Jim Spivey John Tuttle Craig Virgin
Men's field athletes	Duncan Atwood Willie Banks Earl Bell Tim Bright Ed Burke Art Burns Michael Carter Mike Conley Sr. John Crist Milton Goode Bill Green Al Joyner Dave Laut Carl Lewis Jud Logan Doug Lytle Mike McRae Larry Myricks Doug Nordquist Tom Petranoff John Powell Steve Roller Dwight Stones Mike Tully Mac Wilkins Augie Wolf Jim Wooding
Women's track and road athletes	Evelyn Ashford Sharrieffa Barksdale Joan Benoit Jeanette Bolden Cindy Bremser Valerie Brisco-Hooks Alice Brown Judi Brown Julie Brown Robin Campbell Chandra Cheeseborough Mary Decker Diane Dixon Benita Fitzgerald-Brown Kim Gallagher Randy Givens Florence Griffith Joyner Joan Hansen Denean Howard Sherri Howard Julie Isphording Missy Kane Lillie Leatherwood Pam Page Diana Richburg Kim Turner Angela Wright-Scott Ruth Wysocki
Women's field athletes	Jodi Anderson Carol Cady Laura De Snoo Leslie Deniz Cindy Greiner Lorna Griffin Joni Huntley Jackie Joyner Carol Lewis Ramona Pagel Louise Ritter Karin Smith Pam Spencer Lynda Sutfin Cathy Sulinski Angela Thacker
Coaches	—

v t e 1988 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification	1988 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	Brian Abshire Jeff Atkinson Tracy Baskin Bruce Bickford Arthur Blake Terry Brahm Tonie Campbell Mark Conover Mark Deady Joe DeLoach Brian Diemer Danny Everett Mark Everett Marco Evoniuk Ed Eyestone Johnny Gray Jim Heiring Andy Kaestner Roger Kingdom Carl Lewis Steve Lewis Tim Lewis Sydney Maree Henry Marsh Roy Martin Antonio McKay (r) Lee McNeill (r) Dennis Mitchell Gary Morgan Edwin Moses Doug Padilla Pete Pfitzinger Andre Phillips Steve Plasencia Pat Porter Butch Reynolds Albert Robinson (r) Kevin Robinzine (r) Carl Schueler Steve Scott Calvin Smith Andrew Valmon (r) Kevin Young
Men's field athletes	Willie Banks Randy Barnes Earl Bell Tim Bright Mike Buncic Robert Cannon Hollis Conway Brian Crouser Lance Deal Jim Doehring Ken Flax Randy Heisler Jim Howard Dave Johnson Gary Kinder Carl Lewis Jud Logan Larry Myricks Billy Olson Tom Petranoff Mike Powell Charles Simpkins Brian Stanton Dave Stephens Gregg Tafralis Kory Tarpenning Mac Wilkins
Women's track and road athletes	Evelyn Ashford Valerie Brisco Alice Brown (r) Joetta Clark Gail Devers-Roberts Nancy Ditz Diane Dixon Sheila Echols (r) Kim Gallagher Margaret Groos Denean Howard-Hill Sherri Howard (r) Vicki Huber Jacqueline Humphrey Regina Jacobs Lynn Jennings Florence Griffith Joyner Francie Larrieu-Smith Lillie Leatherwood (r) Pam Marshall LaVonna Martin Leslie Maxie Lynn Nelson Cathy O'Brien PattiSue Plumer LaTanya Sheffield Mary Decker Slaney Gwen Torrence Delisa Walton-Floyd Schowonda Williams Dannette Young (r)
Women's field athletes	Wendy Brown Carol Cady Bonnie Dasse Sheila Echols Cindy Greiner Jackie Joyner-Kersee Trish King Carol Lewis Donna Mayhew Ramona Pagel Connie Price Louise Ritter Karin Smith Coleen Sommer Lynda Sutfin
Coaches	Stan Huntsman (men's head coach) Dean Hayes (men's assistant coach) Irving "Moon" Mondschein (men's assistant coach) Tom Pagani (men's assistant coach) Russ Rogers (men's assistant coach) Joe Vigil (men's assistant coach) Terry Crawford (women's head coach) Ken Foreman (women's assistant coach) Dave Rodda (women's assistant coach) Fred Thompson (women's assistant coach)

v t e USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in men's racewalking (1500 m walk, mile walk, 3000 m walk, 2 miles walk, 5000 m walk, 3 miles walk)
Mile walk (1500 m walk)	1907: Sam Liebgold 1908: Sam Liebgold 1909: Sam Liebgold 1920: Joseph Pearman 1921: Richard Remer 1922: William Plant 1923: William Plant 1924: William Plant 1925: Alexander Zellar 1926: Harry Hinkel 1927: William Plant 1928: Harry Hinkel 1929: Harry Hinkel 1930: Michael Pecora 1931: William Carlson 1932: Michael Pecora 1933: William Carlson 1934: Charles Eschenbach 1935: Henry Cieman (CAN), Charles Eschenbach (2nd) 1936: Charles Eschenbach 1937: Nat Jaeger 1938: Otto Kotraba 1939: Otto Kotraba 1940: Charles Eschenbach 1941: Nat Jaeger 1942: Al Cicerone 1943: Sune Carlsson (SWE), Joe Medgyesi (2nd) 1944: Joe Medgyesi 1945: Joe Medgyesi 1946: Joe Medgyesi 1947: Ernie Weber 1948: Henry Laskau 1949: Henry Laskau 1950: Henry Laskau 1951: Henry Laskau 1952: Henry Laskau 1953: Henry Laskau 1954: Henry Laskau 1955: Henry Laskau 1956: Henry Laskau 1957: Henry Laskau 1958: John Humcke 1959: John Humcke 1960: Frank Sipos (HUN), Jack Blackburn (2nd) 1961: Ronald Zinn 1962: Ronald Zinn 1963: Ronald Zinn 1964: Ron Laird 1965: Ronald Zinn 1966: Rudy Haluza 1967: Don DeNoon 1968: Ron Laird 1969: Dave Romansky 1970: Dave Romansky 1971: Ron Laird 1972: Dave Romansky 1973: Ron Daniel 2005: Tim Seaman 2006: Tim Seaman
3000 m walk (2 miles walk)	1913: Dick Gifford 1914: Richard Remer 1915: Edward Renz 1916: George Goulding (CAN), Edward Renz (2nd) 1917: Richard Remer 1918: Richard Remer 1919: Edward Renz 1974: Larry Walker 1975: Ron Daniel 1976: Ron Laird 1977: Todd Scully 1978: Todd Scully 1979: Todd Scully 1980: Todd Scully 1981: Ray Sharp 1982: Jim Heiring 1983: Ray Sharp 1984: Jim Heiring 1985: Jim Heiring 1986: Jim Heiring 2005: Tim Seaman 2006: Tim Seaman 2011: Patrick Stroupe 2012: Trevor Barron 2013: Tim Seaman 2015: Nick Christie 2016: John Nunn 2017: John Nunn 2018: Nick Christie 2019: Nick Christie 2020: Nick Christie 2023: Nick Christie 2024: Nick Christie
5000 m walk (3 miles walk)	1907: Sam Liebgold 1908: Sam Liebgold 1909: Sam Liebgold 1910: Sam Liebgold 1911: Frank Kaiser 1987: Tim Lewis 1988: Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN), Tim Lewis (2nd) 1989: Tim Lewis 1990: Tim Berrett (GBR), Doug Fournier (2nd) 1991: Doug Fournier 1992: Gary Morgan 1993: Allen James 1994: Jonathan Matthews 1995: Allen James 1996: Allen James 1997: Allen James 1998: Tim Seaman 1999: Tim Seaman 2000: Tim Seaman 2001: Tim Seaman 2002: Tim Seaman 2003: Tim Seaman 2004: Tim Seaman 2005: Tim Seaman 2006: Tim Seaman 2007: Tim Seaman 2008: Matthew Boyles 2009: Tim Seaman 2010: Tim Seaman
Notes	* From 1906 to 1979, events were conducted by the Amateur Athletic Union. Events from 1980 to 1992 were conducted under The Athletics Congress. Events thereafter were conducted by USA Track & Field. Distances have varied as follows: Mile walk all years except 1933-1939 when 1500 m walk was contested, 2 miles walk until 1986 (3000 m walk since except for odd years since 2015), 3 miles walk until 1911 (5000 m walk since).

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