This article contains an overview of the year 1982 in athletics.
International Events
African Championships
Asian Games
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Commonwealth Games
European Championships
European Indoor Championships
World Cross Country Championships
World records
Men
Women
Marlies Göhr (GDR) equals her own world record in the women's 100 metres, clocking 10.88 seconds on 1982-07-06 at a meet in Karl-Marx-Stadt.
Men's Best Year Performers
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
1,500 metres
Mile
3,000 metres
5,000 metres
10,000 metres
Half Marathon
Marathon
110m Hurdles
400m Hurdles
3,000m Steeplechase
High Jump
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Discus
Hammer
Shot Put
Pole Vault
Javelin (old design)
Decathlon
Women's Best Year Performers
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
1,500 metres
Mile
3,000 metres
5,000 metres
10,000 metres
Half Marathon
Marathon
100m Hurdles
400m Hurdles
High Jump
Long Jump
Discus
Shot Put
Javelin (old design)
Heptathlon
Births
January
January 2 – Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greek race walker
January 3 – Eşref Apak, Turkish hammer thrower
January 5 – Vadims Vasiļevskis, Latvian athlete
January 12 – Dimitrios Tsiamis, Greek triple jumper
January 24 – Hamdi Dhouibi, Tunisian decathlete
February
February 2 – Dorcus Inzikuru, Ugandan athlete
February 7 – Rumyana Karapetrova, Bulgarian javelin thrower
February 8 – Iryna Shtanhyeyeva, Ukrainian sprinter
February 9 – Zersenay Tadese, Eritrean athlete
February 10 – Justin Gatlin, American athlete
February 18 – Krisztián Pars, Hungarian hammer thrower
March
March 1 – Leryn Franco, Paraguayan javelin thrower
March 14 – Yuleidis Limonta, Cuban heptathlete
March 16 – Inga Kožarenoka, Latvian javelin thrower
March 25 – Kayoko Fukushi, Japanese long-distance runner
March 31 – Janice Josephs, South African heptathlete
April
April 15 – Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi, Italian race walker
April 20 – Arnoud Okken, Dutch middle-distance runner
April 20 – Dennis Leyckes, German decathlete
April 25 – Victoria Mitchell, Australian long-distance runner
May
May 6 – Dilshod Nazarov, Tajikistani hammer thrower
May 10 – Yochai Halevi, Israeli long jumper and triple jumper
May 12 – Marvin Anderson, Jamaican sprinter
May 15 – Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaican athlete
May 20 – Mihail Stamatoyiannis, Greek shot putter
May 25 – Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenyan athlete
May 30 – Phaustin Baha Sulle, Tanzanian long-distance runner
June
June 3 – Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter
June 5 – Fabiano Peçanha, Brazilian middle-distance runner
June 11 – Vanessa Boslak, French pole vaulter
June 13 – Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopian distance runner
June 25 – Esther Dankwah, Ghanaian sprinter
July
July 8 – Park Chil-Sung, South Korean race walker
July 14 – Vyacheslav Muravyev, Kazakhstani sprinter
July 23 – Thaimara Rivas, Venezuelan heptathlete
August
August 5 – Jo Ankier, British long-distance runner
August 9 – Robert Häggblom, Finnish shot putter
August 9 – Byron Piedra, Ecuadorian distance runner
August 31 – Lien Huyghebaert, Belgian athlete
September
September 11 – Elvan Abeylegesse, Ethiopian-born Turkish track and field athlete
September 15 – Matthew Boyles, American race walker
September 29 – Salome Chepchumba, Kenyan middle-distance runner
October
October 25 – Aarik Wilson, American long jumper and triple jumper
November
November 4 – Kamila Skolimowska, Polish hammer thrower (d. 2009) November 6 – Loree Smith, American hammer thrower November 9 – Eloise Wellings, Australian long-distance runner November 11 – Ivan Babaryka, Ukrainian long-distance runner November 11 – Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter November 29 – Andrei Chubsa, Belarusian high jumper