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This article contains an overview of the year 1990 in athletics.
| 1990 in athletics | |
|---|---|
| Major world events | World Championships World Indoor Championships |
← 1989 1991 → | |
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Men
| EVENT | ATHLETE | MARK | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20,000 metres |  Dionísio Castro (POR) |
57:18.4 | 31 March | La Flèche, France |
| 4 × 100 m relay |  France (FRA)• Max Morinière • Daniel Sangouma • Jean-Charles Trouabal • Bruno Marie-Rose |
37.79 | 1 September | Split, Yugoslavia |
| Shot put |  Randy Barnes (USA) |
23.12m | 20 May | Westwood, United States |
| Javelin (new) |  Patrik Bodén (SWE) |
89.10m | 24 March | Austin, United States |
 Steve Backley (GBR) |
89.58m | 2 July | Stockholm, Sweden | |
| Half marathon |  Dionicio Cerón (MEX) |
1:00:46 | 16 September | Philadelphia, United States |
Women
| EVENT | ATHLETE | MARK | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 metres |  Christine Wachtel (GER) |
2:30.67 | 17 August | Berlin, Germany |
| Triple jump |  Li Huirong (CHN) |
14.54m | 25 August | Sapporo, Japan |
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100 metres
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Leroy Burrell (USA) |
9.96 |
| 2. | Linford Christie (GBR) |
10.02 |
| 3. | Calvin Smith (USA) |
10.04 |
| 4. |  Davidson Ezinwa (NGR) |
10.05 |
| Mark Witherspoon (USA) | ||
| Carl Lewis (USA) |
200 metres
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Michael Johnson (USA) |
19.85 |
| 2. | Danny Everett (USA) |
20.08 |
| 3. | John Regis (GBR) |
20.11 |
| 4. | Leroy Burrell (USA) |
20.14 |
| 5. |  Robson da Silva (BRA) |
20.23 |
400 metres
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Danny Everett (USA) |
44.06 |
| 2. |  Roberto Hernández (CUB) |
44.14 |
| 3. | Michael Johnson (USA) |
44.21 |
| 4. | Andrew Valmon (USA) |
44.35 |
| 5. |  Darren Clark (AUS) |
44.60 |
800 metres
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Peter Elliott (GBR) |
1:42.97 |
| 2. |  William Tanui (KEN) |
1:43.39 |
| 3. | Johnny Gray (USA) |
1:43.72 |
| 4. | Paul Ereng (KEN) |
1:43.78 |
| 5. | Robert Kibet (KEN) |
1:44.29 |
1,500 metres
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Noureddine Morceli (ALG) |
3:32.60 |
| 2. | Peter Elliott (GBR) |
3:32.69 |
| 3. |  Gennaro Di Napoli (ITA) |
3:32.78 |
| 4. | Wilfred Kirochi (KEN) |
3:32.90 |
| 5. | Steve Cram (GBR) |
3:33.03 |
Mile
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Joe Falcon (USA) |
3:49.31 |
| 2. | Peter Elliott (GBR) |
3:49.76 |
| 3. |  Jens-Peter Herold (GDR) |
3:50.59 |
| 4. | Tony Morrell (GBR) |
3:51.31 |
| 5. |  Abdi Bile (SOM) |
3:52.01 |
3,000 metres
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Khalid Skah (MAR) |
7:37.09 |
| 2. | Cyrille Laventure (FRA) |
7:37.74 |
| 3. | Yobes Ondieki (KEN) |
7:38.15 |
| 4. | Mohamed Issangar (MAR) |
7:39.40 |
| 5. | Brahim Boutayeb (MAR) |
7:40.79 |
5,000 metres
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Salvatore Antibo (ITA) |
13:05.59 |
| 2. | Yobes Ondieki (KEN) |
13:05.60 |
| 3. | Mohamed Issangar (MAR) |
13:08.51 |
| 4. | Arturo Barrios (MEX) |
13:08.52 |
| 5. | Khalid Skah (MAR) |
13:09.55 |
10,000 metres
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Arturo Barrios (MEX) |
27:18.22 |
| 2. | John Ngugi (KEN) |
27:19.15 |
| 3. | Salvatore Antibo (ITA) |
27:25.16 |
| 4. | Hammou Boutayeb (MAR) |
27:25.48 |
| 5. | Khalid Skah (MAR) |
27:29.27 |
Half marathon
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Steve Moneghetti (AUS) |
1:00:34 |
Marathon
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Steve Moneghetti (AUS) |
2:08:16 |
| 2. | Gelindo Bordin (ITA) |
2:08:19 |
| 3. |  Gidamis Shahanga (TAN) |
2:08:32 |
| 4. | Jörg Peter (GDR) |
2:09:23 |
| 5. | Martín Pitayo (MEX) |
2:09:41 |
110m hurdles
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Colin Jackson (GBR) |
13.08 |
| 2. | Greg Foster (USA) |
13.15 |
| 3. | Roger Kingdom (USA) |
13.21 |
| Tony Jarrett (GBR) | ||
| 5. | Renaldo Nehemiah (USA) |
13.22 |
400m hurdles
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Danny Harris (USA) |
47.49 |
| 2. |  Samuel Matete (ZAM) |
47.91 |
| 3. | Kriss Akabusi (GBR) |
47.92 |
| 4. |  Winthrop Graham (JAM) |
48.03 |
| 5. | David Patrick (USA) |
48.22 |
3,000m steeplechase
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Peter Koech (KEN) |
8:10.95 |
| 2. | Francesco Panetta (ITA) |
8:12.66 |
| 3. | William Mutwol (KEN) |
8:12.75 |
| 4. | Mark Rowland (GBR) |
8:13.27 |
| 5. | Julius Kariuki (KEN) |
8:13.28 |
High jump
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Sorin Matei (ROU) |
2.40 |
| 2. | Hollis Conway (USA) |
2.38 |
| 3. |  Dragutin Topić (YUG) |
2.37 |
 Sergey Dymchenko (URS) | ||
| 4. |  Clarence Saunders (BER) |
2.36 |
| Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | ||
| Doug Nordquist (USA) | ||
 Georgi Dakov (BUL) |
Long jump
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mike Powell (USA) |
8.66 |
| 2. | Jaime Jefferson (CUB) |
8.53 |
| 3. | Carl Lewis (USA) |
8.51 |
| 4. | Robert Emmiyan (URS) |
8.32 |
| 5. | Sergey Podgainiy (URS) |
8.25 |
| Dietmar Haaf (FRG) |
Triple jump
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kenny Harrison (USA) |
17.93 |
| 2. | Volodymyr Inozemtsev (URS) |
17.90 |
| 3. | Oleg Protsenko (URS) |
17.75 |
| 4. | Leonid Voloshin (URS) |
17.74 |
| 5. | Mike Conley (USA) |
17.56 |
Discus
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Romas Ubartas (URS) |
68.94 |
| 2. | Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR) |
68.30 |
| 3. | Mike Buncic (USA) |
67.72 |
| 4. | Juan Martínez Brito (CUB) |
67.50 |
| 5. | Jürgen Schult (GDR) |
67.08 |
Shot put
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Randy Barnes (USA) |
23.12 WR |
| 2. | Ulf Timmermann (GER) |
21.64 |
| 3. |  Pétur Guðmundsson (ISL) |
21.26 |
| 4. | Jim Doehring (USA) |
21.20 |
| 5. | Oliver-Sven Buder (GER) |
21.06 |
Hammer
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Igor Nikulin (URS) |
84.48 |
| 2. | Igor Astapkovich (URS) |
84.14 |
| 3. | Andrey Abduvaliyev (URS) |
83.46 |
| 4. | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
82.80 |
| 5. | Sergey Litvinov (URS) |
81.74 |
Javelin (new design)
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Steve Backley (GBR) |
89.58 |
| 2. | Patrik Bodén (SWE) |
89.10 |
| 3. |  Seppo Räty (FIN) |
86.92 |
| 4. |  Jan Železný (TCH) |
86.52 |
| 5. | Tom Petranoff (USA) |
86.46 |
Pole vault
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Radion Gataullin (URS) |
5.92 |
| 2. | Sergey Bubka (URS) |
5.90 |
| 3. | Grigoriy Yegorov (URS) |
5.87 |
| 4. | Maksim Tarasov (URS) |
5.85 |
| Igor Potapovich (URS) |
Decathlon
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | POINTS |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Christian Plaziat (FRA) |
8574 |
| 2. |  Michael Smith (CAN) |
8525 |
| 3. | Christian Schenk (GDR) |
8481 |
| 4. |  Dezső Szabó (HUN) |
8436 |
| 5. | Dave Johnson (USA) |
8403 |
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60 metres
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Merlene Ottey (JAM) |
7.08 |
| 2. | Ulrike Sarvari (FRG) |
7.10 |
| 3. | Irina Sergeyeva (URS) |
7.13 |
| Laurence Bily (FRA) | ||
| 5. |  Nelli Cooman (NLD) |
7.14 |
100 metres
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Merlene Ottey (JAM) |
10.78 |
| 2. | Katrin Krabbe (GDR) |
10.89 |
| 3. | Carlette Guidry (USA) |
11.03 |
| 4. | Sheila Echols (USA) |
11.05 |
| Michelle Finn (USA) |
200 metres
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Merlene Ottey (JAM) |
21.66 |
| 2. | Katrin Krabbe (GDR) |
21.95 |
| 3. | Heike Drechsler (GDR) |
22.19 |
| 4. | Galina Malchugina (URS) |
22.23 |
| 5. | Mary Onyali (NGR) |
22.31 |
400 metres
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Grit Breuer (GDR) |
49.50 |
| 2. | Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) |
50.03 |
| 3. |  Paulien Davis (BAH) |
50.05 |
| 4. | Petra Schersing (GDR) |
50.31 |
| 5. | Lyudmila Dzhigalova (URS) |
50.33 |
800 metres
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Sigrun Wodars (GDR) |
1:55.87 |
| 2. | Christine Wachtel (GDR) |
1:56.11 |
| 3. | Nadezhda Loboyko (URS) |
1:56.64 |
| 4. | Lyudmila Rogachova (URS) |
1:57.1 |
| 5. | Liliya Nurutdinova (URS) |
1:57.25 |
1,500 metres
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Doina Melinte (ROU) |
3:58.69 |
| 2. | Natalya Artyomova (URS) |
4:02.53 |
| 3. | Yvonne Mai (GDR) |
4:02.69 |
| 4. | Lyudmila Rogachova (URS) |
4:03.07 |
| 5. | Violeta Beclea (ROM) |
4:03.14 |
Mile
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Doina Melinte (ROU) |
4:18.13 |
| 2. | Natalya Artyomova (URS) |
4:22.20 |
| 3. | Yvonne Mai (GDR) |
4:22.97 |
| 4. | Lynn Jennings (USA) |
4:24.14 |
| 5. | Svetlana Kitova (URS) |
4:24.63 |
3,000 metres
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Angela Chalmers (CAN) |
8:38.38 |
| 2. | Yvonne Murray (GBR) |
8:39.46 |
| 3. | Liz McColgan (GBR) |
8:43.14 |
| 4. | Yelena Romanova (URS) |
8:43.68 |
| 5. | PattiSue Plumer (USA) |
8:44.07 |
5,000 metres
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Yelena Romanova (URS) |
15:02.23 |
| 2. | Lynn Jennings (USA) |
15:07.92 |
| 3. | PattiSue Plumer (USA) |
15:07.97 |
| 4. | Viorica Ghican (ROU) |
15:09.90 |
| 5. | Nadia Dandolo (ITA) |
15:11.64 |
10,000 metres
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Viorica Ghican (ROU) |
31:18.18 |
| 2. | Uta Pippig (GDR) |
31:40.92 |
| 3. | Maria Conceição Ferreira (POR) |
31:45.75 |
| 4. | Yelena Romanova (URS) |
31:46.83 |
| 5. | Kathrin Ullrich (GDR) |
31:47.70 |
Half marathon
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rosa Mota (POR) |
1:09:33 |
Marathon
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rosa Mota (POR) |
2:25:24 |
| 2. | Lisa Martin (AUS) |
2:25:28 |
| 3. |  Wanda Panfil (POL) |
2:26:31 |
| 4. |  Frith van der Merwe (RSA) |
2:27:36 |
| 5. | Francie Larrieu Smith (USA) |
2:28:01 |
60m hurdles
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ludmila Narozhilenko (URS) |
7.69 |
| 2. | Monique Éwanjé-Épée (FRA) |
7.84 |
| 3. | Nataliya Grygoryeva (URS) |
7.85 |
| 4. | Lidiya Yurkova (URS) |
7.86 |
| 5. | Anne Piquereau (FRA) |
7.88 |
100m hurdles
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nataliya Grygoryeva (URS) |
12.53 |
| 2. | Monique Éwanjé-Épée (FRA) |
12.56 |
| 3. | Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) |
12.61 |
| 4. | Mihaela Pogacian (ROU) |
12.62 |
| 5. | Ludmila Narozhilenko (URS) |
12.64 |
400m hurdles
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tatyana Ledovskaya (URS) |
53.62 |
| 2. | Myrtle Bothma (RSA) |
54.07 |
| 3. |  Anita Protti (SUI) |
54.36 |
| 4. | Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA) |
54.46 |
| 5. | Monica Westén (SWE) |
54.69 |
High Jump
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | HEIGHT |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Yelena Yelesina (URS) |
2.02 m |
| 2. | Yolanda Henry (USA) |
2.00 m |
| Biljana Petrović (YUG) | ||
| Heike Henkel (FRG) | ||
| 5. | Alina Astafei (ROU) |
1.98 m |
Long Jump
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Galina Chistyakova (URS) |
7.35 m |
| 2. | Heike Drechsler (GDR) |
7.30 m |
| 3. | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) |
7.12 m |
| 4. | Inessa Kravets (URS) |
7.10 m |
| Larisa Berezhnaya (URS) |
Triple Jump
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Li Huirong (CHN) |
14.54 m |
Shot put
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Sui Xinmei (CHN) |
21.66 m |
| 2. | Huang Zhihong (CHN) |
21.52 m |
| 3. | Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) |
20.77 m |
Javelin (old design)
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Petra Felke (GDR) |
73.08 |
| 2. | Zhang Li (CHN) |
70.42 |
| 3. | Karen Forkel (GER) |
69.38 |
| 4. | Xu Demei (CHN) |
68.30 |
| 5. | Natalya Cherniyenko (URS) |
67.88 |
Heptathlon
| RANK | 1990 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS | POINTS |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) |
6783 |
| 2. | Jane Flemming (AUS) |
6695 |
| 3. | Sabine Braun (GER) |
6688 |
| 4. | Heike Tischler (GER) |
6572 |
| 5. | Peggy Beer (GER) |
6531 |
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- February 1 — Feyisa Lilesa, Ethiopian long-distance runner
- August 29 — Marin Premeru, Croatian discus thrower and shot putter
- October 24 — Vicky Parnov, Australian pole vaulter
- November 23 — Stanislav Emelyanov, Russian race walker
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- March 27 — Percy Beard (82), American hurdler (b. 1908)
- April 10 — Fortune Gordien (67), American athlete (b. 1922)
- August 29 — Luigi Beccali (82), Italian athlete (b. 1907)
- December 31 — Robina Higgins (75), Canadian athlete (b.1915)
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