1989 in athletics (track and field)

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This page contains an overview of the year 1989 in athletics (track and field).

[edit] International Events

• African Championships
• Asian Championships
• Balkan Games
• Central American and Caribbean Championships
• Bolivarian Games
• European Indoor Championships
• Jeux de la Francophonie
• South American Championships
• World Cross Country Championships
• World Indoor Championships
• World Student Games

[edit] World Records

[edit] Men

EVENT	ATHLETE	MARK	DATE	VENUE
High Jump	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.44m	July 29	San Juan, Puerto Rico

[edit] Women

EVENT	ATHLETE	MARK	DATE	VENUE
Mile	Paula Ivan (ROU)	4:15.61	July 10	Nice, France
Half Marathon	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	1:08:31	September 16	New Bedford, USA

[edit] Men's Best Year Performers

[edit] 100 metres

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Leroy Burrell (USA)	9.94
2.	Raymond Stewart (JAM)	9.97
3.	Frank Fredericks (RSA)	10.02
4.	Dennis Mitchell (USA)	10.03
5.	Andre Cason (USA)	10.04

[edit] 200 metres

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Robson da Silva (BRA)	19.96
2.	Dennis Mitchell (USA)	20.09
	Floyd Heard (USA)
4.	Mark Witherspoon (USA)	20.12
5.	Joe DeLoach (USA)	20.13

[edit] 400 metres

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Antonio Pettigrew (USA)	44.27
2.	Butch Reynolds (USA)	44.30
3.	Danny Everett (USA)	44.36
4.	Steve Lewis (USA)	44.47
5.	Roberto Hernández (CUB)	44.58

[edit] 800 metres

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Paul Ereng (KEN)	1:43.16
2.	Nixon Kiprotich (KEN)	1:43.38
—	Sebastian Coe (GBR)	1:43.38
4.	Johnny Gray (USA)	1:43.39
5.	Abdi Bile (SOM)	1:43.60

[edit] 1,500 metres

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Abdi Bile (SOM)	3:30.55
2.	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	3:30.63
3.	Wilfred Kirochi (KEN)	3:32.57
4.	Gennaro di Napoli (ITA)	3:32.98
5.	José Luis González (ESP)	3:33.33

[edit] Mile

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Abdi Bile (SOM)	3:49.90
2.	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	3:50.09
3.	Wilfred Kirochi (KEN)	3:50.49
4.	Joe Falcon (USA)	3:51.07
5.	Dieter Baumann (FRG)	3:51.15

[edit] 3,000 metres

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	7:29.45
2.	Yobes Ondieki (KEN)	7:35.01
3.	Arturo Barrios (MEX)	7:35.71
4.	Dieter Baumann (FRG)	7:38.93
5.	Vincent Rousseau (BEL)	7:39.41

[edit] 5,000 metres

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Yobes Ondieki (KEN)	13:04.24
2.	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	13:06.26
3.	Arturo Barrios (MEX)	13:07.79
4.	Brahim Boutayeb (MAR)	13:12.10
5.	Sydney Maree (USA)	13:13.84

[edit] 10,000 metres

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Arturo Barrios (MEX)	27:08.23
2.	Salvatore Antibo (ITA)	27:16.50
3.	Addis Abebe (ETH)	27:17.82
4.	Francesco Panetta (ITA)	27:24.16
5.	John Ngugi (KEN)	27:28.07

[edit] Half Marathon

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Matthew Temane (RSA)	1:01:10

[edit] Marathon

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Juma Ikangaa (TAN)	2:08:01
2.	Belayneh Dinsamo (ETH)	2:08:40
3.	Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN)	2:09:03
4.	Abebe Mekonnen (ETH)	2:09:06
—	Steve Moneghetti (AUS)	2:09:06

[edit] 110m Hurdles

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Roger Kingdom (USA)	12.92
2.	Colin Jackson (GBR)	13.11
3.	Greg Foster (USA)	13.19
4.	Renaldo Nehemiah (USA)	13.20
5.	Tony Campbell (USA)	13.22

[edit] 400m Hurdles

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Kevin Young (USA)	47.86
2.	Andre Phillips (USA)	47.94
3.	Winthrop Graham (JAM)	48.20
4.	Danny Harris (USA)	48.27
5.	David Patrick (USA)	48.33

[edit] 3,000m Steeplechase

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Peter Koech (KEN)	8:05.35
2.	Patrick Sang (KEN)	8:06.03
3.	Julius Kariuki (KEN)	8:12.18
4.	Joseph Mahmoud (FRA)	8:13.38
5.	Graeme Fell (CAN)	8:15.80

[edit] High Jump

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.44
2.	Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)	2.40
3.	Hollis Conway (USA)	2.39
4.	Gennadiy Avdeyenko (URS)	2.37
5.	Carlo Thränhardt (FRG)	2.34
	Rudolf Povarnitsyn (URS)
	Dalton Grant (GBR)

[edit] Long Jump

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Larry Myricks (USA)	8.70
2.	Carl Lewis (USA)	8.54
3.	Mike Powell (USA)	8.49
4.	Leroy Burrell (USA)	8.37
5.	Vladimir Ratushkov (URS)	8.33

[edit] Triple Jump

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Vladimir Inozemtsev (URS)	17.62
2.	Oleg Sakirkin (URS)	17.58
3.	Mike Conley (USA)	17.57
4.	Charles Simpkins (USA)	17.53
5.	Kenny Harrison (USA)	17.47

[edit] Discus

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR)	70.92
2.	Mike Buncic (USA)	68.88
3.	Luis Delís (CUB)	68.28
4.	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	68.12
5.	Vésteinn Hafsteinsson (ISL)	67.64

[edit] Shot Put

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Ulf Timmermann (GDR)	22.19
2.	Randy Barnes (USA)	22.18
	Werner Günthör (SUI)
4.	Jim Doehring (USA)	21.57
5.	Aleksandr Bagach (URS)	21.42

[edit] Hammer

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Heinz Weis (FRG)	82.84
2.	Igor Astapkovich (URS)	82.52
3.	Vasiliy Sidorenko (URS)	82.30
4.	Yuriy Syedikh (URS)	81.92
5.	Andrey Abduvaliyev (URS)	81.00

[edit] Javelin (new design)

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN)	87.60
2.	Steve Backley (GBR)	85.90
3.	Tom Petranoff (USA)	85.34
4.	Volker Hadwich (GDR)	84.84
5.	Peter Borglund (SWE)	84.76

[edit] Pole Vault

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Sergey Bubka (URS)	6.00
—	Rodion Gataullin (URS)	6.00
3.	Joe Dial (USA)	5.90
4.	Grigoriy Yegorov (URS)	5.81
	Tim Bright (USA)

[edit] Decathlon

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Dave Johnson (USA)	8549
2.	Christian Plaziat (FRA)	8485
3.	Richardas Malakhovskis (URS)	8437
4.	Christian Schenk (GDR)	8351
5.	Michael Smith (CAN)	8317

[edit] Women's Best Year Performers

[edit] 100 metres

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Dawn Sowell (USA)	10.78
2.	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	10.95
3.	Laurence Bily (FRA)	11.04
4.	Evelyn Ashford (USA)	11.05
5.	Sheila Echols (USA)	11.07

[edit] 200 metres

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Dawn Sowell (USA)	22.04
2.	Evette de Klerk (RSA)	22.06
3.	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	22.21
4.	Silke Möller (GDR)	22.23
5.	Dannette Young (USA)	22.29

[edit] 400 metres

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)	50.01
2.	Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH)	50.18
3.	Grit Breuer (GDR)	50.48

[edit] 800 metres

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)	1:54.44
2.	Sigrun Wodars (GDR)	1:55.70
3.	Doina Melinte (ROU)	1:56.55
4.	Dalia Matuseviciene (URS)	1:57.27
5.	Olga Dogadina (URS)	1:58.0

[edit] 1,500 metres

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Paula Ivan (ROU)	3:59.23
2.	Doina Melinte (ROU)	4:00.89
3.	Svetlana Kitova (URS)	4:02.69

[edit] Mile

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Paula Ivan (ROU)	4:15.61
2.	Doina Melinte (ROU)	4:20.39
3.	Svetlana Kitova (URS)	4:22.52
4.	Lynn Williams (CAN)	4:24.75

[edit] 3,000 metres

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Paula Ivan (ROU)	8:38.48
2.	Yvonne Murray (GBR)	8:38.51
3.	Marie-Pierre Duros (FRA)	8:38.97
4.	Elly van Hulst (NED)	8:40.85
5.	PattiSue Plumer (USA)	8:42.12

[edit] 5,000 metres

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Kathrin Weßel (GDR)	14:59.01
2.	PattiSue Plumer (USA)	15:00.00
3.	Lynn Williams (CAN)	15:01.30
4.	Elizabeth McColgan (GBR)	15:14.54
5.	Päivi Tikkanen (FIN)	15:15.76

[edit] 10,000 metres

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	30:48.51
2.	Kathrin Weßel (GDR)	31:33.92
3.	Viorica Ghican (ROU)	31:46.43
4.	Iris Biba (GDR)	31:52.09
5.	Akemi Matsuno (JPN)	31:54.0

[edit] Half Marathon

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	1:08:31

[edit] Marathon

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	2:24:33
2.	Veronique Marot (GBR)	2:25:56
3.	Wanda Panfil (POL)	2:27:05
4.	Mun Gyong-Ae (PRK)	2:27:16
5.	Kim Jones (USA)	2:27:54

[edit] 100m Hurdles

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR)	12.60
2.	Monique Tourret (FRA)	12.65
3.	Yelizaveta Chernyshova (URS)	12.68
	Mihaela Pogacian (ROU)
5.	Ludmila Engquist (URS)	12.69

[edit] 400m Hurdles

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA)	53.37
2.	Myrtle Bothma (RSA)	53.82
3.	Petra Krug (GDR)	54.35
4.	Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS)	54.42
5.	Sally Gunnell (GBR)	54.64

[edit] High Jump

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Silvia Costa (CUB)	2.04 m
2.	Heike Balck (GDR)	2.01 m
3.	Jan Wohlschlag (USA)	2.00 m
	Alina Astafei (ROU)
	Heike Henkel (FRG)

[edit] Long Jump

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Galina Chistyakova (URS)	7.24 m
2.	Helga Radtke (GDR)	7.15 m
3.	Larisa Berezhnaya (URS)	7.12 m
4.	Marieta Ilcu (ROU)	7.08 m
5.	Niole Medvedyeva (URS)	6.98 m

[edit] Shot Put

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Li Meisu (CHN)	20.82 m
2.	Heike Hartwig (GDR)	20.78 m
3.	Christa Wiese (GDR)	20.00 m
4.	Asta Hovi (FIN)	18.57 m
5.	Monika Andris (URS)	18.43 m

[edit] Javelin (old design)

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Petra Meier (GDR)	76.88
2.	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	71.12
3.	Beate Koch (GDR)	70.76
4.	Karen Forkel (GDR)	70.12
5.	Natalya Shikolenko (URS)	69.38

[edit] Heptathlon

RANK	1989 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Larisa Nikitina (URS)	7007
2.	Anke Behmer (GDR)	6686
3.	Remigia Nazaroviené (URS)	6604
4.	Liliana Nastase (ROU)	6602
5.	Sabine Braun (GDR)	6575

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• June 22 — Lee Calhoun (56), American athlete (b. 1933)

[edit] References

• Year Lists
• 1989 Year Rankings
• Association of Road Racing Statisticians

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