1981 in the sport of athletics
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Overview of the events of 1981 in the sport of athletics
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1981 in sports |
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This article 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 |
Marathon
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 |
3,000m Steeplechase
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 |
Marathon
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), French long-distance runner (b. 1902)
- August 2 – Delfo Cabrera (62), Argentine long-distance runner (b. 1919)
References
- Year Lists
- Association of Road Racing Statisticians
- Year Rankings
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- World Cup
- World Cross Country Championships
- World Race Walking Cup
- World Masters Championships
- Universiade
- World Military Cross Country Championships
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