2023 in the sport of athletics

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Years in the sport of athletics
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2023 in athletics is a year of track and field, highlighted by the main event of 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, 40 years after the very first edition in 1983.

World records[edit]

Indoor[edit]

Event Perf. N Athlete(s) Nat. Date Meeting Location Ctry. R V
Men's 3000 m
7:23.81
 Lamecha Girma  ETH
15 Feb 2023
 Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Liévin  FRA [1] [1]
Women's 400 m
49.26
 Femke Bol  NED
19 Feb 2023
 Dutch Indoor Championships Apeldoorn  NED [2]
Men's Pole vault
6.22 m
 Armand Duplantis  SWE
25 Feb 2023
 All Star Perche Clermont-Ferrand  FRA [2]
Women's Pentathlon
5014 pts
 [a] Adrianna Sulek  POL
3 Mar 2023
 European Athletics Indoor Championships Istanbul  TUR [3][4]
5055 pts
 [b] Nafi Thiam  BEL

Outdoor[edit]

Event Perf. W N Athlete(s) Nat. Date Meeting Location Ctry. R V
Men's 100 km (road)
6:05:35.00
 Aleksandr Sorokin  LTU
14 May 2023
 World's Fastest Run Vilnius  LTU [5]
Women's35 km walk (road)
2:37:15
 María Pérez  ESP
21 May 2023
 European Race Walking Team Championships Poděbrady  CZE [6] [3]
Men's Shot put
23.56 m
 Ryan Crouser  USA
27 May 2023
 USATF LA Grand Prix Los Angeles  USA [7]
Women's 1500 m
3:49.11
 Faith Kipyegon  KEN
2 Jun 2023
 Golden Gala Florence  ITA [8] [4]
Women's 5000 m
14:05.20
 Faith Kipyegon  KEN
9 Jun 2023
 Meeting de Paris Paris  FRA
Men's 3000 m steeplechase
7:52.11
 Lamecha Girma  ETH
9 Jun 2023
 Meeting de Paris Paris  FRA [9] [5]
Women's Mile
4:07.64
 Faith Kipyegon  KEN
21 Jul 2023
 Herculis Monaco  MON [10]
Mixed 4 × 400 m relay
3:08.80
 Justin Robinson 44.47

Rosey Effiong 50.38 Matthew Boling 45.13 Alexis Holmes 48.82

 USA
19 August 2023
 World Championships Budapest  HUN [11] [6]
Men's 2000 m
4:43.13
 Jakob Ingebrigtsen  NOR
8 Sep 2023
 Memorial van Damme Brussels  BEL [12]
Men's Pole vault
6.23 m
 Armand Duplantis  SWE
17 Sep 2023
 Prefontaine Classic Eugene  USA [13]
Women's 5000 m
14:00.21
 Gudaf Tsegay  ETH
17 Sep 2023
 Prefontaine Classic Eugene  USA [14]
Women's

Marathon

2:11.53
 Tigst Assefa  ETH
24 Sep 2023
 Berlin Marathon Berlin  GER [15][16]
Women's Mile (Road)
4:20.98
 Wo Diribe Welteji  ETH
1 Oct 2023
 World Road Running Championships Riga  LAT [17]
Men's Mile (Road)
3:56.13
 Hobbs Kessler  USA
1 Oct 2023
 World Road Running Championships Riga  LAT [18]
Men's Marathon
2:00.35
 Kelvin Kiptum  KEN
8 Oct 2023
 Chicago Marathon Chicago  USA [19]
Women's 10 km (road)
29:26.00
 Wo Agnes Ngetich  KEN
18 Nov 2023
 Urban Trail de Lille Lille  FRA [20]
Women's 5 km (road)
14:13.00
 Wo Beatrice Chebet  KEN
31 Dec 2023
 Cursa dels Nassos Barcelona  ESP [21]

Main events[edit]

World events[edit]

Continental events[edit]

International meetings[edit]

Other events[edit]

Age groups[edit]

Rankings[edit]

Deaths[edit]

Athlete Nation Discipline / Occupation Age Date
Jim Hines  United States 100m 76 3 June
Dick Fosbury  United States High Jump 76 12 March
Bob Richards  United States Pole Vault 97 26 February
Tom Courtney  United States 800m 90 22 August
Greg Foster  United States 55mH 64 19 February
Kéné Ndoye  Senegal Triple Jump 44 13 February
Dean Smith  United States Sprinter 91 24 June
Harvey Glance  United States 100m 66 12 June
Ralph Boston  United States Long Jump 83 30 April
Johnny Lujack  United States High jump, javelin throw 98 25 July
Remigijus Valiulis  Soviet Union 400m 64 19 July
Ellen Tittel  Germany Middle-distance runner 75 7 October
Ken Money  Canada High jumper 87 6 March
Simone Edwards  United States Sprinter 49 16 February
Lázár Lovász  Hungary Hammer thrower 80 17 April
Tim Lobinger  Germany Pole Vault 50 16 February
Șerban Ciochină  Romania Triple Jump 83-84 April
Klaus Beer  East Germany Long Jump 80 8 June
Ruth Fuchs  East Germany Javelin thrower 76 20 September
Sabir Ali  India Decathlete 67 22 January
Karoline Käfer  Austria 400m 68 11 March
Russ Francis  United States Javelin thrower 70 1 October
Andrea Barberi  Italy 400m 44 20 December
Marianne Werner  Germany Shot putter 99 22 July
Argentina Menis  Romania Discus Throw 74 3 March
Renate Boy  Germany Shot putter 83 5 January
Vera Krepkina  Soviet Union 100m 90 25 April
Annamária Tóth  Hungary 200m 77-78 16 July
Mariya Pisareva  Soviet Union High jumper 90 10 December
Graham Gipson  Australia 400m 90 17 May
Calvin Davis  United States 400mH 51 1 May
Joseph Chebet  Kenya Marathon 52 7 July
Gérard Fenouil  France 200m 78 8 October
David Jones  Great Britain Sprinter 83 1 June
Mike McFarlane  Great Britain 200m 62-63 6 June
Eddie Southern  United States 400 metres hurdles 85 17 May
Charles White  United States 300 metres hurdler 64 11 January
László Zarándi  Hungary Sprinter 94 14 August
Veniamin Soldatenko  Soviet Union 50km Walk 84 15 July
Helmar Müller  West Germany 400m 83 9 June
Odd Bergh  Norway Triple jumper 85 12 January
Viktor Olsen  Norway Marathoner 99 21 April
Zenon Andrusyshyn  United States Javelin thrower 76 7 August
Ron East  United States Javelin thrower 79-80 30 September
Aurèle Vandendriessche  Belgium Marathoner 91 17 October
Doug Kyle  Canada 5000m 91 28 August
Mike McRae  United States Long Jump 68 16 December
Brad Crawford  United States Long jumper 67-68 21 May
Dick Towers  United States 400 metres hurdles 92-93 23 April
Bertil Norman  Sweden Orienteer 93 24 March
Kjell Lauri  Sweden Orienteer 66-67 11 August
Gregg Tafralis  United States Shot Put 65 11 August
Vilém Mandlík  Czechoslovakia Sprinter 87 6 October
Walter Adams  Germany 800m 78 30 October
Ken Stephens  United States Hurdler 91-92 28 Aug
Pavel Kantorek  Czechoslovakia Marathoner 93 10 November
Emanuil Dyulgerov  Bulgaria Hammer Throw 68 26 June
Eugeniusz Bedeniczuk  Poland Triple Jump 61-62 2 May
Irina Kostyuchenkova  Soviet Union Javelin thrower 61 31 March
Gyula Németh  Hungary High jumper 63 12 March
Robert Holmes Bell  United States Track and field athlete 79 8 June
Jean Pellissier  Italy Sky runner 51 27 October
Niels Holst-Sørensen  Denmark 800m 100 24 October
Erkki Hautamäki  Finland Decathlete 93 5 September
Samuel Kiplimo Kosgei  Kenya Marathon 37 26 May
Heinrich Köberle  Germany Handcyclist 76-77 15 April
Olga Šikovec  Croatia 200m 89-90 4 April
Francis Agbo  France High Jump 65 11 November
Kevin Coombs  Australia Para-athlete 82 5 October
Lyn Coleman  Australia Para-athlete 58 22 May
Zanele Situ  South Africa Para-athlete 52 1 November
Terry Giddy  Australia Para-athlete 73 18 August
Benjamin Kiplagat  Uganda 3000mSC 34 31 December
Jim Savage  New Zealand Para-athlete 86 20 February
Tracey Freeman  Australia Para-athlete 75-76 4 October
Sergio Ottolina  Italy 200m 80 28 April
Jean-Claude Nallet  France Sprinter 76 20 August
Georgi Stoykovski  Bulgaria Triple Jump 81 4 May
Rupert Hoilette  Jamaica Sprinter 77 6 October
Gary Eddy  Australia Sprinter 78 16 April
Tomás Barris  Spain 1500m 93 29 October
Armando Sardi  Italy Sprinter 83 22 December
József Csík  Hungary Javelin thrower 77 4 October
Evelyn Lawler  United States Hurdler 93 4 January
Ernő Béres  Hungary Long-distance runner 94 21 April
Herb Douglas  United States Long jumper 101 22 April
James Parker  United States Hammer Throw 47 19 August
Borislav Dević  Yugoslavia 1500m 59 8 January
Svetlana Laukhova  Soviet Union 100mH 50 28 October
Tori Bowie  United States 200m 32 23 April
Beryl Randle  Great Britain Racewalker 94 28 November
Shaun Pickering  Great Britain Shot Put 61 11 May
Norm Green  United States Long-distance runner 90 16 May
Birger Asplund  Sweden Hammer thrower 93 1 July
Donal Smith  New Zealand Middle-distance runner 89 27 September
Morville Chote  Great Britain Javelin thrower 98-99
Ronald Mehlich  Poland 110mH 54-55 December
Lennart Jonsson  Sweden Sprinter 89-90 1 September
Ulla-Britt Wieslander  Sweden 50mH 81 29 November
Kevin Cunningham  Australia Para-athlete 83-84 4 January
Yvette Monginou  France Sprinter 95 16 February
Noel Clough  Australia 800m 86 20 May
Cyprian Tseriwa  Rhodesia 10,000m 86 13 March
Ray Middleton  Great Britain 50km Walk 86 8 January
John Nuttall  Great Britain 3000m 56 9 November
David Carr  Australia Middle-distance runner 91 18 July
Bengt Nåjde  Sweden 5000m 81 17 September
Ilse Steinegger  Austria Long Jump 98 19 October
Guy Lagorce  France Sprinter 86 13 July
Gerhart Hecker  Hungary Marathoner 89 1 June
Mick Molloy  Ireland Marathoner 85 4 September
Paul Angenvoorth  Germany Marathoner 75 30 October
Mabel Walker  United States 100m 94 10 September
Vittoria Cesarini  Italy 100m 91 26 September
Lynn Eves  Canada 100m 81 2 October
Sitiveni Moceidreke  Fiji 200m 86-87 November
Eddy Monsels  Suriname 100m 75 1 November
Della Pascoe  Great Britain 100m 74 22 June
Benedict Majekodunmi  Nigeria Sprinter 82-83 January
Carolina Rieuwpassa  Indonesia Sprinter 74 16 March
Marvin Nash  Canada Sprinter 69 20 January
Valentyna Maslovska  Soviet Union 200m 86 21 May
Hadley Hinds  Barbados Sprinter 76-77 6 May
Jerzy Kowalski  Poland 400m 86 20 September
Tambusamy Krishnan  Malaysia Sprinter 79 20 December
Anne Michel  Belgium 400m 64 21 November
Karl Volkmer  Switzerland Middle-distance runner 101 19 December
Ismael Delgado  Puerto Rico Sprinter 93 9 October
Enzo Cavalli  Italy Triple Jump 86 20 September
Alfredo Rizzo  Italy Steeplechase runner 89 6 February
Edmond Roudnitska  France Hurdler 91 31 January
Constance Darnowski  United States Hurdler 88 2 August
Marcel Duriez  France 110mH 82 2 February
João Lima  Portugal 110mH 62 18 November
Lee Yoder  United States Hurdler 92 17 May
Julio Gómez  Spain 800m 91 10 February
Phyllis Perkins  Great Britain Middle-distance runner 88-89 22 February
András Zsinka  Hungary 800m 75 8 April
Gudrun Pflüger  Austria Mountain runner 50 17 August
Fritz Prossinagg  Austria 1500m 92 16 February
Bill McKim  Great Britain Middle-distance runner 81-82 June
Ulf Högberg  Sweden Middle-distance runner 77 16 May
José Molíns  Spain 5000m 90 2 March
Nikolay Sviridov  Soviet Union 10,000m 85 14 June
Noël Tijou  France 10,000m 81 23 September
Gail North-Saunders  Bahamas Sprinter 78-79 30 June
John Bicourt  Great Britain 3000mSC 77 16 January
Adolf Weinacker  United States Racewalker 94 11 September
Lorna Lee  Great Britain Long jumper 91 6 January
Marguerite Martel  France Athletics pentathlete 98 1 March
Dawn Josephs  Canada Long Jump 91 10 October
Kari Rahkamo  Finland Triple Jump 90 11 November
Yıldıray Pağda  Turkey Triple jumper 85-86 20 December
Theo Püll  Germany High Jump 87-88 December
Edward Czernik  Poland High jumper 82-83 31 May
Milena Usenik  Slovenia Shot putter 88 31 March
Anne-Chatrine Lafrenz  Germany Shot putter 86 24 July
Seiko Obonai  Japan Shot putter 83 6 March
Irene Schuch  Germany Discus Throw 87 6 September
Erika Raue  Germany Javelin thrower 85 6 May
Sándor Eckschmiedt  Hungary Hammer thrower 84 12 August
Oleg Ryakhovskiy  Soviet Union Triple jumper 90 16 December
Bev Watson  Australia Long jumper 86-87 22 March
Major Hazelton  United States Sprinter 79 3 December
Cliff Simpson  New Zealand Middle-distance runner 95 10 December
George Ellis  Great Britain 200m 90 17 January
Adrian Breacker  Great Britain Sprinter 88 23 February
Josephine Cook  Great Britain Shot putter 92 20 November
Mel Fitzgerald  Canada Wheelchair racer 70 2 October
Thomas J. Osler  United States Long-distance runner 82 26 March
Neil Wilson  New Zealand Middle-distance runner 93 14 August
Summa Navaratnam  Sri Lanka Sprinter 98 19 October
Heino Sisask  Estonia Racewalker 94 21 January
Edrissa Marong  Gambia 800m 22 23 January
Ivan Kováč  Czechoslovakia 1500m 74 11 February
Stanislav Štefkovič  Slovakia Decathlete 93 22 February
Doug Fisher  United States Discus thrower 75 12 February
Juhani Orrenmaa  Finland Hurdler 84 5 August
Georges Salmon  Belgium Long Jump 90 8 November
Charlie Allan  Great Britain Caber tosser 84-85 13 December
Raya Bronstein  Israel Sprinter, high jumper, shot putter, discus thrower, javelin thrower 93 4 May
Robert Hersh  United States Athletics official 82 19 January
Ron Roddan  Great Britain Athletics coach 91 11 February
Billy Emory Maxwell  United States Athletics coach 80 9 October

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ 60mH: 8.23, HJ: 1.92m, SP: 15.54m, LJ: 6.59m, 800m: 2:13.60
  2. ^ 60mH: 8.23, HJ: 1.92m, SP: 15.54m, LJ: 6.59m, 800m: 2:13.60

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (15 February 2023). "Girma breaks world indoor 3000m record with 7:23.81 in Liévin". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  2. ^ "All-time Personal Top 10". World Athletics. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  3. ^ FLASH: Thiam and Sulek both surpass previous world indoor pentathlon record in Istanbul World Athletics
  4. ^ European Athletics Indoor Championships Results 3 March 2023 - Ataköy Arena, Istanbul (TUR) 02–05 MAR 2023 World Athletics
  5. ^ "Sorokin breaks world 100km record". World Athletics. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Perez breaks 35km race walk world record in Podebrady". World Athletics. 21 May 2023.
  7. ^ "FLASH: Crouser breaks world shot put record with 23.56m in Los Angeles | REPORT | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  8. ^ Evelyn Watta (27 February 2022). "Ethiopia's Yalamzef Yehualaw breaks women's 10km road world record". olympics.com. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  9. ^ "3000m Steeplechase Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Mile Run Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Mixed 4 x 400 Metres Relay Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  12. ^ "2000m Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  13. ^ Wanda Diamond League Final 2023 Hayward Field - Eugene, OR (USA) 17th September 2023 Results Pole Vault Men 2023 Diamond League
  14. ^ "5000m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  15. ^ "Tigst Assefa shatters marathon world record in Berlin". NBC Sports. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  16. ^ Assefa smashes world marathon record in Berlin with 2:11:53, Kipchoge achieves record fifth win World Athletics
  17. ^ "Ratified: road mile world records for Kessler and Welteji". worldathletics.org. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  18. ^ "Ratified: road mile world records for Kessler and Welteji". worldathletics.org. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  19. ^ Kelvin Kiptum smashes men’s marathon world record in Chicago CNN
  20. ^ "Women's 10km Road Race Results". World Athletics. 18 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  21. ^ "Chebet breaks world 5km record with 14:13 in Barcelona". World Athletics. 31 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
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