2023 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

Indoor

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

Outdoor

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

File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
19 August 2023
World Championships Budapest File:Flag of Hungary.svg HUN [11] [6]
Men's 2000 m
4:43.13
Jakob Ingebrigtsen File:Flag of Norway.svg NOR
8 Sep 2023
Memorial van Damme Brussels File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BEL [12]
Men's Pole vault
6.23 m
Armand Duplantis File:Flag of Sweden.svg SWE
17 Sep 2023
Prefontaine Classic Eugene File:Flag of the United States.svg USA [13]
Women's 5000 m
14:00.21
Gudaf Tsegay File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg ETH
17 Sep 2023
Prefontaine Classic Eugene File:Flag of the United States.svg USA [14]
Women's

Marathon

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

Main events

World events

Continental events

International meetings

Other events

Age groups

Rankings

Deaths

Athlete Nation Discipline / Occupation Age Date
Jim Hines File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 100m 76 3 June
Dick Fosbury File:Flag of the United States.svg United States High Jump 76 12 March
Bob Richards File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Pole Vault 97 26 February
Tom Courtney File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 800m 90 22 August
Greg Foster File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 55mH 64 19 February
Kéné Ndoye File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal Triple Jump 44 13 February
Dean Smith File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Sprinter 91 24 June
Harvey Glance File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 100m 66 12 June
Ralph Boston File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Long Jump 83 30 April
Johnny Lujack File:Flag of the United States.svg United States High jump, javelin throw 98 25 July
Remigijus Valiulis File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 400m 64 19 July
Ellen Tittel File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Middle-distance runner 75 7 October
Ken Money File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada High jumper 87 6 March
Simone Edwards File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Sprinter 49 16 February
Lázár Lovász File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Hammer thrower 80 17 April
Tim Lobinger File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Pole Vault 50 16 February
Șerban Ciochină File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania Triple Jump 83-84 April
Klaus Beer File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany Long Jump 80 8 June
Ruth Fuchs File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany Javelin thrower 76 20 September
Sabir Ali File:Flag of India.svg India Decathlete 67 22 January
Karoline Käfer File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 400m 68 11 March
Russ Francis File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Javelin thrower 70 1 October
Andrea Barberi File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 400m 44 20 December
Marianne Werner File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Shot putter 99 22 July
Argentina Menis File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania Discus Throw 74 3 March
Renate Boy File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Shot putter 83 5 January
Vera Krepkina File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 100m 90 25 April
Annamária Tóth File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 200m 77-78 16 July
Mariya Pisareva File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union High jumper 90 10 December
Graham Gipson File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 400m 90 17 May
Calvin Davis File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 400mH 51 1 May
Joseph Chebet File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Marathon 52 7 July
Gérard Fenouil File:Flag of France.svg France 200m 78 8 October
David Jones File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Sprinter 83 1 June
Mike McFarlane File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 200m 62-63 6 June
Eddie Southern File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 400 metres hurdles 85 17 May
Charles White File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 300 metres hurdler 64 11 January
László Zarándi File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Sprinter 94 14 August
Veniamin Soldatenko File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 50km Walk 84 15 July
Helmar Müller File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 400m 83 9 June
Odd Bergh File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway Triple jumper 85 12 January
Viktor Olsen File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway Marathoner 99 21 April
Zenon Andrusyshyn File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Javelin thrower 76 7 August
Ron East File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Javelin thrower 79-80 30 September
Aurèle Vandendriessche File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Marathoner 91 17 October
Doug Kyle File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 5000m 91 28 August
Mike McRae File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Long Jump 68 16 December
Brad Crawford File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Long jumper 67-68 21 May
Dick Towers File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 400 metres hurdles 92-93 23 April
Bertil Norman File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Orienteer 93 24 March
Kjell Lauri File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Orienteer 66-67 11 August
Gregg Tafralis File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Shot Put 65 11 August
Vilém Mandlík File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia Sprinter 87 6 October
Walter Adams File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 800m 78 30 October
Ken Stephens File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Hurdler 91-92 28 Aug
Pavel Kantorek File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia Marathoner 93 10 November
Emanuil Dyulgerov File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Hammer Throw 68 26 June
Eugeniusz Bedeniczuk File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland Triple Jump 61-62 2 May
Irina Kostyuchenkova File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Javelin thrower 61 31 March
Gyula Németh File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary High jumper 63 12 March
Robert Holmes Bell File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Track and field athlete 79 8 June
Jean Pellissier File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Sky runner 51 27 October
Niels Holst-Sørensen File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 800m 100 24 October
Erkki Hautamäki File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Decathlete 93 5 September
Samuel Kiplimo Kosgei File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Marathon 37 26 May
Heinrich Köberle File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Handcyclist 76-77 15 April
Olga Šikovec File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 200m 89-90 4 April
Francis Agbo File:Flag of France.svg France High Jump 65 11 November
Kevin Coombs File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Para-athlete 82 5 October
Lyn Coleman File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Para-athlete 58 22 May
Zanele Situ File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Para-athlete 52 1 November
Terry Giddy File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Para-athlete 73 18 August
Benjamin Kiplagat File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 3000mSC 34 31 December
Jim Savage File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Para-athlete 86 20 February
Tracey Freeman File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Para-athlete 75-76 4 October
Sergio Ottolina File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 200m 80 28 April
Jean-Claude Nallet File:Flag of France.svg France Sprinter 76 20 August
Georgi Stoykovski File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Triple Jump 81 4 May
Rupert Hoilette File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Sprinter 77 6 October
Gary Eddy File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Sprinter 78 16 April
Tomás Barris File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 1500m 93 29 October
Armando Sardi File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Sprinter 83 22 December
József Csík File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Javelin thrower 77 4 October
Evelyn Lawler File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Hurdler 93 4 January
Ernő Béres File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Long-distance runner 94 21 April
Herb Douglas File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Long jumper 101 22 April
James Parker File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Hammer Throw 47 19 August
Borislav Dević File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia 1500m 59 8 January
Svetlana Laukhova File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 100mH 50 28 October
Tori Bowie File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 200m 32 23 April
Beryl Randle File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Racewalker 94 28 November
Shaun Pickering File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Shot Put 61 11 May
Norm Green File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Long-distance runner 90 16 May
Birger Asplund File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Hammer thrower 93 1 July
Donal Smith File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Middle-distance runner 89 27 September
Morville Chote File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Javelin thrower 98-99 17 March
Ronald Mehlich File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 110mH 54-55 December
Lennart Jonsson File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Sprinter 89-90 1 September
Ulla-Britt Wieslander File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 50mH 81 29 November
Kevin Cunningham File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Para-athlete 83-84 4 January
Yvette Monginou File:Flag of France.svg France Sprinter 95 16 February
Noel Clough File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 800m 86 20 May
Cyprian Tseriwa File:Flag of Rhodesia (1968–1979).svg Rhodesia 10,000m 86 13 March
Ray Middleton File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 50km Walk 86 8 January
John Nuttall File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 3000m 56 9 November
David Carr File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Middle-distance runner 91 18 July
Bengt Nåjde File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 5000m 81 17 September
Ilse Steinegger File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria Long Jump 98 19 October
Guy Lagorce File:Flag of France.svg France Sprinter 86 13 July
Gerhart Hecker File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Marathoner 89 1 June
Mick Molloy File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Marathoner 85 4 September
Paul Angenvoorth File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Marathoner 75 30 October
Mabel Walker File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 100m 94 10 September
Vittoria Cesarini File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 100m 91 26 September
Lynn Eves File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 100m 81 2 October
Sitiveni Moceidreke File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 200m 86-87 November
Eddy Monsels File:Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname 100m 75 1 November
Della Pascoe File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 100m 74 22 June
Benedict Majekodunmi File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Sprinter 82-83 January
Carolina Rieuwpassa File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Sprinter 74 16 March
Marvin Nash File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Sprinter 69 20 January
Valentyna Maslovska File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 200m 86 21 May
Hadley Hinds File:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados Sprinter 76-77 6 May
Jerzy Kowalski File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 400m 86 20 September
Tambusamy Krishnan File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Sprinter 79 20 December
Anne Michel File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 400m 64 21 November
Karl Volkmer File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland Middle-distance runner 101 19 December
Ismael Delgado File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico Sprinter 93 9 October
Enzo Cavalli File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Triple Jump 86 20 September
Alfredo Rizzo File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Steeplechase runner 89 6 February
Edmond Roudnitska File:Flag of France.svg France Hurdler 91 31 January
Constance Darnowski File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Hurdler 88 2 August
Marcel Duriez File:Flag of France.svg France 110mH 82 2 February
João Lima File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 110mH 62 18 November
Lee Yoder File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Hurdler 92 17 May
Julio Gómez File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 800m 91 10 February
Phyllis Perkins File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Middle-distance runner 88-89 22 February
András Zsinka File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 800m 75 8 April
Gudrun Pflüger File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria Mountain runner 50 17 August
Fritz Prossinagg File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 1500m 92 16 February
Bill McKim File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Middle-distance runner 81-82 June
Ulf Högberg File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Middle-distance runner 77 16 May
José Molíns File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 5000m 90 2 March
Nikolay Sviridov File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 10,000m 85 14 June
Noël Tijou File:Flag of France.svg France 10,000m 81 23 September
Gail North-Saunders File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas Sprinter 78-79 30 June
John Bicourt File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 3000mSC 77 16 January
Adolf Weinacker File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Racewalker 94 11 September
Lorna Lee File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Long jumper 91 6 January
Marguerite Martel File:Flag of France.svg France Athletics pentathlete 98 1 March
Dawn Josephs File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Long Jump 91 10 October
Kari Rahkamo File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Triple Jump 90 11 November
Yıldıray Pağda File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Triple jumper 85-86 20 December
Theo Püll File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany High Jump 87-88 December
Edward Czernik File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland High jumper 82-83 31 May
Milena Usenik File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Shot putter 88 31 March
Anne-Chatrine Lafrenz File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Shot putter 86 24 July
Seiko Obonai File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Shot putter 83 6 March
Irene Schuch File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Discus Throw 87 6 September
Erika Raue File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Javelin thrower 85 6 May
Sándor Eckschmiedt File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Hammer thrower 84 12 August
Oleg Ryakhovskiy File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Triple jumper 90 16 December
Bev Watson File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Long jumper 86-87 22 March
Major Hazelton File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Sprinter 79 3 December
Cliff Simpson File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Middle-distance runner 95 10 December
George Ellis File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 200m 90 17 January
Adrian Breacker File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Sprinter 88 23 February
Josephine Cook File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Shot putter 92 20 November
Mel Fitzgerald File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Wheelchair racer 70 2 October
Thomas J. Osler File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Long-distance runner 82 26 March
Neil Wilson File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Middle-distance runner 93 14 August
Summa Navaratnam File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka Sprinter 98 19 October
Heino Sisask File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Racewalker 94 21 January
Edrissa Marong File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia 800m 22 23 January
Ivan Kováč File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 1500m 74 11 February
Stanislav Štefkovič File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Decathlete 93 22 February
Doug Fisher File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Discus thrower 75 12 February
Juhani Orrenmaa File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Hurdler 84 5 August
Georges Salmon File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Long Jump 90 8 November
Charlie Allan File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Caber tosser 84-85 13 December
Raya Bronstein File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel Sprinter, high jumper, shot putter, discus thrower, javelin thrower 93 4 May
Robert Hersh File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Athletics official 82 19 January
Ron Roddan File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Athletics coach 91 11 February
Billy Emory Maxwell File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Athletics coach 80 9 October

Notes

  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

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