1981 in the sport of athletics
Appearance
This page contains an overview of the year 1981 in athletics.
International events
- Asian Championships
- Central American and Caribbean Championships
- European Indoor Championships
- South American Championships
- Universiade
- World Cross Country Championships
Men's Best Year Performers
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | ![]() |
10.00 |
2. | ![]() |
10.04 |
3. | ![]() |
10.05 |
4. | ![]() |
10.10 |
5. | ![]() |
10.11 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | ![]() |
20.20 |
2. | ![]() |
20.21 |
3. | ![]() |
20.26 |
4. | ![]() |
20.33 |
5. | ![]() |
20.34 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | ![]() |
44.58 |
2. | ![]() |
44.70 |
3. | ![]() |
44.86 |
4. | ![]() |
44.90 |
5. | ![]() |
44.92 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | ![]() |
1:41.73 |
2. | ![]() |
1:44.3 |
3. | ![]() |
1:44.31 |
4. | ![]() |
1:44.49 |
5. | ![]() |
1:44.63 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | ![]() |
3:31.57 |
2. | ![]() |
3:31.95 |
3. | ![]() |
3:31.96 |
4. | ![]() |
3:32.30 |
5. | ![]() |
3:33.49 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | ![]() |
3:47.33 |
2. | ![]() |
3:48.40 |
3. | ![]() |
3:48.83 |
4. | ![]() |
3:49.45 |
5. | ![]() |
3:49.67 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | ![]() |
7:36.69 |
2. | ![]() |
7:36.75 |
3. | ![]() |
7:41.41 |
4. | ![]() |
7:43.42 |
5. | ![]() |
7:44.99 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | ![]() |
13:06.20 |
2. | ![]() |
13:10.40 |
3. | ![]() |
13:11.99 |
4. | ![]() |
13:13.47 |
5. | ![]() |
13:15.59 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | ![]() |
27:27.7 |
2. | ![]() |
27:38.43 |
3. | ![]() |
27:39.44 |
4. | ![]() |
27:40.69 |
5. | ![]() |
27:40.78 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | ![]() |
1:01:47 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | ![]() |
12.93 |
2. | ![]() |
13.03 |
3. | ![]() |
13.36 |
4. | ![]() |
13.38 |
5. | ![]() |
13.40 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | ![]() |
47.14 |
2. | ![]() |
48.10 |
3. | ![]() |
48.53 |
4. | ![]() |
48.64 |
5. | ![]() |
48.81 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | ![]() |
8:12.13 |
2. | ![]() |
8:13.32 |
3. | ![]() |
8:16.66 |
4. | ![]() |
8:18.57 |
5. | ![]() |
8:18.58 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
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1. | ![]() |
2.33 |
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3. | ![]() |
2.31 |
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | ![]() |
8.62 |
2. | ![]() |
8.45 |
3. | ![]() |
8.35 |
4. | ![]() |
8.21 |
5. | ![]() |
8.19 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | ![]() |
17.56 |
2. | ![]() |
17.37 |
3. | ![]() |
17.34 |
4. | ![]() |
17.31 |
5. | ![]() |
17.30 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | ![]() |
69.98 |
2. | ![]() |
69.60 |
3. | ![]() |
68.76 |
4. | ![]() |
68.32 |
5. | ![]() |
67.86 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | ![]() |
80.56 |
2. | ![]() |
80.18 |
3. | ![]() |
79.60 |
4. | ![]() |
78.72 |
5. | ![]() |
78.72 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | ![]() |
22.02 |
2. | ![]() |
21.69 |
3. | ![]() |
21.60 |
4. | ![]() |
21.20 |
5. | ![]() |
21.11 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
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1. | ![]() |
5.81 |
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3. | ![]() |
5.75 |
4. | ![]() |
5.70 |
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | ![]() |
92.48 |
2. | ![]() |
91.98 |
3. | ![]() |
91.04 |
4. | ![]() |
90.54 |
5. | ![]() |
90.38 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | POINTS |
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1. | ![]() |
8334 |
2. | ![]() |
8281 |
3. | ![]() |
8221 |
4. | ![]() |
8204 |
5. | ![]() |
8220 |
Women's Best Year Performers
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | ![]() |
10.90 |
2. | ![]() |
11.07 |
3. | ![]() |
11.09 |
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5. | ![]() |
11.12 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | ![]() |
21.84 |
2. | ![]() |
21.97 |
3. | ![]() |
22.07 |
4. | ![]() |
22.35 |
5. | ![]() |
22.42 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | ![]() |
48.61 |
2. | ![]() |
49.27 |
3. | ![]() |
50.50 |
4. | ![]() |
50.83 |
5. | ![]() |
50.98 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | ![]() |
1:56.98 |
2. | ![]() |
1:57.16 |
3. | ![]() |
1:57.42 |
4. | ![]() |
1:57.55 |
5. | ![]() |
1:57.56 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | ![]() |
3:57.78 |
2. | ![]() |
3:58.29 |
3. | ![]() |
3:58.70 |
4. | ![]() |
3:58.89 |
5. | ![]() |
3:59.67 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | ![]() |
4:20.89 |
2. | ![]() |
4:21.40 |
3. | ![]() |
4:21.82 |
4. | ![]() |
4:22.5 |
5. | ![]() |
4:23.8 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | ![]() |
8:34.30 |
2. | ![]() |
8:34.80 |
3. | ![]() |
8:38.34 |
4. | ![]() |
8:44.6 |
5. | ![]() |
8:44.64 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | ![]() |
15:14.51 |
2. | ![]() |
15:24.6 |
3. | ![]() |
15:34.76 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | ![]() |
32:17.19 |
2. | ![]() |
32:20.40 |
3. | ![]() |
32:36.00 |
4. | ![]() |
32:37.40 |
5. | ![]() |
32:46.56 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | ![]() |
12.68 |
2. | ![]() |
12.85 |
3. | ![]() |
12.93[1] |
4, | ![]() |
12.97 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
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1. | ![]() |
54.79 |
2. | ![]() |
55.49 |
3. | ![]() |
55.51[2] |
4. | ![]() |
55.54 |
5. | ![]() |
55.78 |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
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1. | ![]() |
1.97 m |
2. | ![]() |
1.96 m |
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RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | ![]() |
6.96 m |
2. | ![]() |
6.91 m |
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4. | ![]() |
6.90 m |
5. | ![]() |
6.89 m |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | ![]() |
71.46 m |
2. | ![]() |
71.30 m |
3. | ![]() |
69.86 m |
4. | ![]() |
69.70 m |
5. | ![]() |
68.98 m |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | ![]() |
21.61 m |
2. | ![]() |
21.57 m |
3. | ![]() |
21.14 m |
4. | ![]() |
21.09 m |
5. | ![]() |
21.08 m |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
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1. | ![]() |
71.88 m |
2. | ![]() |
68.86 m |
3. | ![]() |
67.24 m |
4. | ![]() |
66.60 m |
5. | ![]() |
66.34 m |
RANK | 1981 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | POINTS |
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1. | ![]() |
6788 |
2. | ![]() |
6365 |
3. | ![]() |
6333 |
4. | ![]() |
6295 |
5. | ![]() |
6291 |
Births
January
- January 8 – Mesías Zapata, Ecuadorian race walker
- January 14 – Hyleas Fountain, American heptathlete
- January 18 – Naoyuki Daigo, Japanese high jumper
- January 24 – Jong Yong-Ok, North Korean long-distance runner
- January 27 – Fabrizio Schembri, Italian triple jumper
- January 29 – Rose Richmond, American long jumper
February
- February 12 – Amarilys Alméstica, Puerto Rican hammer thrower
- February 13 – Rosibel García, Colombian middle-distance runner
- February 15 – Rita Jeptoo, Kenyan marathon runner
- February 16 – Jessé de Lima, Brazilian high jumper
- February 17 – Shi Na, Chinese race walker
- February 19 – Shellene Williams, Jamaican sprinter
- February 25 – Marek Plawgo, Polish athlete
March
- March 11 – Yelena Konevtseva, Russian hammer thrower
- March 13 – Stefan Wenk, German javelin thrower
- March 22 – Aliaksandr Parkhomenka, Belarusian decathlete
- March 28 – Yuniel Hernández, Cuban hurdler
April
- April 13 – Moushaumi Robinson, American sprinter
- April 19 – Kazuhiro Maeda, Japanese long-distance runner
May
- May 6 – Rui Pedro Silva, Portuguese distance runner
- May 15 – Merja Korpela, Finnish hammer thrower
- May 20 – Jana Tucholke, German discus thrower
- May 21 – Anna Rogowska, Polish pole vaulter
- May 28 – Kamil Kalka, Polish race walker
- May 31 – Eileen O'Keefe, Irish hammer thrower
July
- July 9 – Rutger Smith, Dutch discus thrower and shot putter
- July 13 – Ineta Radēviča, Latvian long and triple jumper
- July 24 – Carys Parry, Welsh hammer thrower
- July 30 – Daria Onyśko, Polish sprinter
August
- August 15 – Yoshiko Fujinaga, Japanese long-distance runner
- August 30 – Aleksandr Vashchyla, Belarusian hammer thrower
September
- September 6 – Brandon Simpson, Jamaican athlete
- September 7 – Eyerusalem Kuma, Ethiopian distance runner
- September 12 – Greg Nixon, American sprinter
- September 15 – Tomas Intas, Lithuanian javelin thrower
October
- October 3 – Anna Omarova, Russian shot putter
- October 18 – Ji Young-Jun, South Korean long-distance runner
November
- November 8 – Jéssica Augusto, Portuguese long-distance runner
- November 18 – Kimberly Barrett, Jamaica-Puerto Rican shot putter
- November 21 – Werknesh Kidane, Ethiopian long-distance runner
December
- December 8 – Gabriel Ortiz, Mexican race walker
- December 22 – Marina Kuptsova, Russian high jumper
Deaths
- April 25 – Paul Bontemps (76), Franch long-distance runner (b. 1902)
- August 2 – Delfo Cabrera (62), Argentine long-distance runner (b. 1919)
References
- ^ "World Top Performers". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 14 April 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "World Top Performers". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 14 April 2018.