1994 in athletics
Major world eventsWorld Championships
World Indoor Championships
IAAF Athletes of the YearNoureddine Morceli
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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1994 in sports

This article contains an overview of the year 1994 in athletics.

International events

World records

Men

EVENT ATHLETE MARK DATE VENUE
100 metres  Leroy Burrell (USA) 9.85 6 July Lausanne, Switzerland
3,000 metres  Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 7:25.11 2 August Monte Carlo
5,000 metres  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 12:56.96 4 June Hengelo, Netherlands
10,000 metres  William Sigei (KEN) 26:52.23 22 July Oslo, Norway
4 × 200 m Relay Santa Monica  United States (USA)
• Michael Marsh
• Leroy Burrell
• Floyd Heard
• Carl Lewis 		1:18.68 17 April Walnut, United States
Pole vault  Sergei Bubka (UKR) 6.14m 31 July Sestriere, Italy

Women

EVENT ATHLETE MARK DATE VENUE
2,000 metres  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) 5:25.36 8 July Edinburgh, Great Britain
Pole vault  Sun Caiyun (CHN) 4.12m 22 October Guangzhou, China
Hammer throw  Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) 66.84 23 February Adler, Russia

Awards

Men

1994 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS ATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year  Noureddine Morceli (ALG)
Track & Field Athlete of the Year  Noureddine Morceli (ALG)
European Athlete of the Year Award  Colin Jackson (GBR)
Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award  Michael Johnson (USA)

Women

1994 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS ATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)
Track & Field Athlete of the Year  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)
European Athlete of the Year Award  Irina Privalova (RUS)
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award  Gail Devers (USA)

Men's Best Year Performers

100 metres

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Leroy Burrell (USA) 9.85
2.  Linford Christie (GBR) 9.91
3.  Davidson Ezinwa (NGR) 9.94
 Dennis Mitchell (USA)
5.  Olapade Adeniken (NGR) 9.95

200 metres

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  John Regis (GBR) 19.87
2.  Michael Johnson (USA) 19.94
3.  Frank Fredericks (NAM) 19.97
4.  Daniel Effiong (NGR) 20.10
5.  Jeff Williams (USA) 20.19

400 metres

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Michael Johnson (USA) 43.90
2.  Samson Kitur (KEN) 44.32
3.  Antonio Pettigrew (USA) 44.43
4.  Derek Mills (USA) 44.59
5.  Steve Lewis (USA) 44.68

800 metres

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Benson Koech (KEN) 1:43.17
2.  Wilson Kipketer (KEN) 1:43.29
3.  Vebjørn Rodal (NOR) 1:43.50
4.  Johnny Gray (USA) 1:43.73
5.  David Singoei (KEN) 1:44.07

1,500 metres

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 3:30.61
2.  Vénuste Niyongabo (BDI) 3:30.66
3.  Azzedine Sediki (MAR) 3:32.71
4.  Mohamed Suleiman (QAT) 3:32.73
5.  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:33.61

Mile

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 3:48.67
2.  Vénuste Niyongabo (BDI) 3:48.94
3.  Abdi Bile (SOM) 3:50.67
4.  Steve Holman (USA) 3:50.91
5.  Mohamed Suleiman (QAT) 3:51.31

3,000 metres

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 7:25.11
2.  Paul Bitok (KEN) 7:34.36
3.  Dieter Baumann (GER) 7:34.69
4.  Aloys Nizigama (BDI) 7:35.08
5.  Moses Kiptanui (KEN) 7:35.23

5,000 metres

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 12:56.96
2.  Khalid Skah (MAR) 13:00.54
3.  Bob Kennedy (USA) 13:02.93
4.  Brahim Lahlafi (MAR) 13:03.36
5.  Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 13:03.85

10,000 metres

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  William Sigei (KEN) 26:52.23
2.  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 27:15.00
3.  William Kiptum Muigei (KEN) 27:17.20
4.  Armando Quintanilla (MEX) 27:18.59
5.  Aloys Nizigama (BDI) 27:20.51

Half Marathon

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Benson Masya (KEN) 1:00:02

Marathon

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Cosmas Ndeti (KEN) 2:07:15
2.  Andres Espinosa (MEX) 2:07:19
3.  Vincent Rousseau (BEL) 2:07:51
4.  Jackson Kipngok (KEN) 2:08:08
5.  Hwang Young-Cho (KOR) 2:08:09

110 m Hurdles

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Colin Jackson (GBR) 12.98
2.  Mark Crear (USA) 13.07
3.  Mark McKoy (AUT) 13.14
4.  Florian Schwarthoff (GER) 13.16
5.  Tony Jarrett (GBR) 13.22

400 m Hurdles

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Derrick Adkins (USA) 47.70
2.  Samuel Matete (ZAM) 47.90
3.  Winthrop Graham (JAM) 48.05
4.  Oleg Tverdokhleb (UKR) 48.06
5.  Danny Harris (USA) 48.18

3000 m Steeplechase

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Moses Kiptanui (KEN) 8:08.80
2.  Richard Kosgei (KEN) 8:10.20
3.  Mark Croghan (USA) 8:10.56
4.  Eliud Barngetuny (KEN) 8:10.84
5.  Abdelaziz Sahere (MAR) 8:11.11

High jump

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1.  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.42
2.  Troy Kemp (BAH) 2.35
 Steinar Hoen (NOR)
4.  Dalton Grant (GBR) 2.34
5.  Tim Forsyth (AUS) 2.33
 Jean-Charles Gicquel (FRA)
 Artur Partyka (POL)
 Steve Smith (GBR)
 Gilmar Mayo (COL)

Long jump

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Erick Walder (USA) 8.74
2.  Carl Lewis (USA) 8.66
3.  Kareem Streete-Thompson (USA) 8.63
4.  Mike Powell (USA) 8.58
5.  Roland McGhee (USA) 8.47

Triple jump

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Mike Conley (USA) 17.68
2.  Denis Kapustin (RUS) 17.62
3.  Yoelbi Quesada (CUB) 17.61
4.  Serge Hélan (FRA) 17.55
5.  Vasiliy Sokov (RUS) 17.43
 Kenny Harrison (USA)

Discus

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Attila Horváth (HUN) 68.58
2.  Jürgen Schult (GER) 66.08
 Lars Riedel (GER)
4.  Nick Sweeney (IRL) 66.00
5.  Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR) 65.80

Shot put

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Jim Doehring (USA) 21.09
2.  Kevin Toth (USA) 21.07
3.  Oleksandr Bagach (UKR) 21.05
4.  Cottrell John Hunter (USA) 20.94
 Yevgeniy Palchikov (RUS)

Hammer

Main article: 1994 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB) 83.36
2.  Igor Astapkovich (BLR) 83.14
3.  Lance Deal (USA) 82.50
4.  Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) 82.02
5.  Andrey Skvaruk (UKR) 81.72

Javelin (new design)

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Jan Železný (CZE) 91.82
2.  Raymond Hecht (GER) 90.06
3.  Andrey Moruyev (RUS) 87.34
4.  Patrik Bodén (SWE) 86.76
5.  Mick Hill (GBR) 86.36

Pole vault

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1.  Sergei Bubka (UKR) 6.14
2.  Rodion Gataullin (RUS) 6.00
3.  Scott Huffman (USA) 5.97
4.  Jean Galfione (FRA) 5.94
5.  Dean Starkey (USA) 5.92

Decathlon

Main article: 1994 Decathlon Year Ranking
RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS POINTS
1.  Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR) 8735
2.  Dan O'Brien (USA) 8715
3.  Steve Fritz (USA) 8548
4.  Christian Plaziat (FRA) 8505
5.  Alain Blondel (FRA) 8453

Women's Best Year Performers

60 metres

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Irina Privalova (RUS) 6.93
2.  Merlene Ottey (JAM) 6.99
3.  Gail Devers (USA) 7.00
4.  Olga Bogoslovskaya (RUS) 7.06
5.  Gwen Torrence (USA) 7.10

100 metres

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Irina Privalova (RUS) 10.77
2.  Merlene Ottey (JAM) 10.78
3.  Gwen Torrence (USA) 10.82
4.  Zhanna Block (UKR) 10.99
5.  Juliet Cuthbert (JAM) 11.01

200 metres

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Gwen Torrence (USA) 21.85
2.  Irina Privalova (RUS) 22.02
3.  Merlene Ottey (JAM) 22.07
4.  Cathy Freeman (AUS) 22.25
5.  Galina Malchugina (RUS) 22.29
 Dannette Young (USA)

400 metres

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Marie-José Pérec (FRA) 49.77
2.  Cathy Freeman (AUS) 50.04
3.  Maicel Malone (USA) 50.05
4.  Jearl Miles (USA) 50.11
5.  Renee Poetschka (AUS) 50.19

800 metres

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ) 1:55.19
2.  Lyubov Gurina (RUS) 1:56.53
3.  Natalya Dukhnova (BLR) 1:57.87
4.  Patricia Djaté (FRA) 1:58.07
5.  Luciana Mendes (BRA) 1:58.27

1,500 metres

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) 3:59.10
2.  Yekaterina Podkopayeva (RUS) 3:59.78
3.  Qu Yunxia (CHN) 4:00.34
4.  Lyubov Kremlyova (RUS) 4:01.05
 Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG)

Mile

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) 4:17.25
2.  Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) 4:22.09
3.  Yvonne Murray (GBR) 4:22.64
4.  Lyudmila Rogachova (RUS) 4:23.88
5.  Yvonne Graham (JAM) 4:24.64

3,000 metres

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) 8:21.64
2.  Yvonne Murray (GBR) 8:29.60
3.  Angela Chalmers (CAN) 8:32.17
4.  Gabriela Szabo (ROM) 8:40.08
5.  Olga Churbanova (RUS) 8:40.48

5,000 metres

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Yelena Romanova (RUS) 15:05.94
2.  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) 15:06.18
3.  Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) 15:06.91
4.  Catherina McKiernan (IRL) 15:09.10
5.  Alison Wyeth (GBR) 15:10.38

10,000 metres

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Wang Junxia (CHN) 30:50.34
2.  Elana Meyer (RSA) 30:52.51
3.  Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) 31:04.25
4.  Catherina McKiernan (IRL) 31:19.11
5.  Dong Li (CHN) 31:31.08

Half Marathon

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Uta Pippig (GER) 1:07:59

Marathon

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Uta Pippig (GER) 2:21:45
2.  Valentina Yegorova (RUS) 2:23:33
3.  Elana Meyer (RSA) 2:25:15
 Katrin Dörre (GER)
5.  Alena Peterkova (CZE) 2:25:19

60 metres hurdles

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 7.83
2.  Gail Devers (USA) 7.85
3.  Eva Sokolova (RUS) 7.89
4.  Michelle Freeman (JAM) 7.90
5.  Anne Piquereau (FRA) 7.91

100 m Hurdles

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Tatyana Reshetnikova (RUS) 12.53
 Svetla Dimitrova (BUL)
3.  Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 12.56
4.  Yuliya Graudyn (RUS) 12.62
5.  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 12.69

400 m Hurdles

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Sally Gunnell (GBR) 53.33
2.  Kim Batten (USA) 53.72
3.  Anna Knoroz (RUS) 54.11
4.  Deon Hemmings (JAM) 54.48
5.  Heike Meißner (GER) 54.52

High Jump

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1.  Silvia Costa (CUB) 2.00 m
 Inga Babakova (UKR)
 Britta Bilač (SLO)
4.  Yelena Gulyayeva (RUS) 1.98 m
 Yevgeniya Zhdanova (RUS)
 Alison Inverarity (AUS)

Long Jump

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.49 m
2.  Heike Drechsler (GER) 7.29 m
3.  Irina Mushailova (RUS) 7.20 m
4.  Lyudmila Ninova (AUT) 7.09 m
 Inessa Kravets (UKR)

Triple Jump

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Sofiya Bozhanova (BUL) 14.98 m
2.  Inna Lasovskaya (RUS) 14.94 m
3.  Inessa Kravets (UKR) 14.91 m
4.  Anna Biryukova (RUS) 14.89 m
5.  Niurka Montalvo (CUB) 14.60 m

Shot Put

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Sui Xinmei (CHN) 20.74 m
2.  Valentina Fedyushina (UKR) 20.56 m
3.  Zhang Liuhong (CHN) 20.54 m
4.  Huang Zhihong (CHN) 20.08 m
5.  Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) 20.06 m

Javelin (old design)

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Natalya Shikolenko (BLR) 71.40
2.  Trine Hattestad (NOR) 71.32
3.  Karen Forkel (GER) 69.20
4.  Claudia Isaila (ROM) 6.56
5.  Felicia Tilea-Moldovan (ROM) 66.40

Hammer throw

Main article: 1994 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

Heptathlon

RANK 1994 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS POINTS
1.  Heike Drechsler (GER) 6741
2.  Sabine Braun (GER) 6665
3.  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 6606
4.  Svetlana Moskalets (RUS) 6598
5.  Larisa Nikitina (RUS) 6596

Deaths

References

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