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1985 in the sport of athletics
Overview of the events of 1985 in the sport of athletics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article contains an overview of the year 1985 in the sport of athletics.
International Events
World records
Men
Women
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Men's Best Year Performers
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
1,500 metres
Mile
3,000 metres
5,000 metres
10,000 metres
Half Marathon
110m Hurdles
400m Hurdles
3,000m Steeplechase
High Jump
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Discus
Hammer
Shot Put
Javelin (old design)
Pole Vault
Decathlon
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Women's Best Year Performers
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
1,500 metres
Mile
3,000 metres
5,000 metres
10,000 metres
Half Marathon
100m Hurdles
400m Hurdles
High Jump
Long Jump
Shot Put
Discus
Javelin (old design)
Heptathlon
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Marathon
Year Rankings
Men
Women
National Champions
Road races
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Births
- January 4 — Antar Zerguelaïne, Algerian middle distance runner
- January 4 — Nataliya Zolotukhina, Ukrainian hammer thrower
- January 6 — Nick Owens, American hammer thrower
- February 10 — Mariya Smolyachkova, Belarusian hammer thrower
- March 2 — Patrick Makau Musyoki, Kenyan distance runner
- March 16 — Olexiy Sokyrskiyy, Ukrainian hammer thrower
- March 19 — Sean Wroe, Australian sprinter
- March 21 — Vladimir Kanaykin, Russian race walker
- March 25 — Wilfried Bingangoye, Gabonese sprinter
- April 6 — Anna Avdeyeva, Russian shot putter
- April 7 — James Rendón, Colombian race walker
- April 18 — Musa Amer Obaid, Kenyan-Qatari middle distance runner
- May 4 — Henry Sugut, Kenyan long-distance runner
- May 5 — Gu Junjie, Chinese triple jumper
- May 21 — Mohsen El Anany, Egyptian hammer thrower
- May 26 — Irina Petrova, Russian race walker
- May 27 — Karina Vnukova, Lithuanian high jumper
- May 31 — Kim Hyun-Sub, South Korean race walker
- June 1 — Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopian long-distance runner
- June 3 — Samwel Mwera, Tanzanian middle distance runner
- June 15 — Susan McKelvie, Scottish hammer thrower
- June 17 — Ozge Gurler, Turkish athlete
- June 21 — Ryoko Kizaki, Japanese long-distance runner
- July 29 — Anja Pollmächer, German sprinter
- July 31 — Brimin Kipruto, Kenyan middle distance runner
- August 26 — Oleksiy Kasyanov, Ukrainian decathlete
- September 17 — Tracy-Ann Rowe, Jamaican sprinter
- October 12 — Boniface Kiprop Toroitich, Ugandan athlete
- November 14 — Andrey Krivov, Russian race walker
- November 16 — Rogério Bispo, Brazilian long jumper
- November 18 — Allyson Felix, American sprinter
- December 1 — Andretti Bain, Bahamian sprinter
- December 8 — Kim Deok-Hyeon, South Korean triple jumper
- December 20 — Gilbert Kirwa, Kenyan marathon runner
- December 26 — Carol Rodríguez, Puerto Rican sprinter
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Deaths
- March 4 — Sverre Strandli (59), Norwegian hammer thrower (b. 1925)
- June 15 — Andy Stanfield (67), American athlete (b. 1927)
- October 30 — Edgar Bruun (80), Norwegian race walker (b. 1905)
References
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