1982 in marathon running

1981 . 1982 in marathon running . 1983

This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1982 in the Marathon for both men and women. Australia's Robert de Castella broke the men's world record on December 6, 1981, at the Fukuoka Marathon, clocking a total time of 2:08:18.

Men

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Records

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Standing records prior to the 1982 season in track and field
World Record  Robert de Castella (AUS) 2:08:18 December 6, 1981 Japan Fukuoka, Japan

1982 World Year Ranking

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Rank Time Athlete Pos Venue Date Note
1 2:08:52  Alberto Salazar (USA) 1 Boston, United States 19-04-1982
2 2:08:54  Dick Beardsley (USA) 2 Boston, United States 19-04-1982 Personal Best
3 2:09:18  Robert de Castella (AUS) 1 Brisbane, Australia 08-10-1982
4 2:09:24  Hugh Jones (ENG) 1 London, United Kingdom 09-05-1982 Personal Best
5 2:09:30  Juma Ikangaa (TAN) 2 Brisbane, Australia 08-10-1982
6 2:09:33  Rodolfo Gómez (MEX) 2 New York City, United States 24-10-1982
7 2:10:15  Paul Ballinger (NZL) 1 Fukuoka, Japan 05-12-1982 Personal Best
8 2:10:33  Vadim Sidorov (URS) 1 Tokyo, Japan 31-01-1982 Personal Best
9 2:11:00  Greg Meyer (USA) 1 Chicago, United States 26-09-1982
10 2:11:08  Bill Rodgers (USA) 1 Melbourne, Australia 17-10-1982
11 2:11:09  Hideki Kita (JPN) 2 Fukuoka, Japan 05-12-1982
12 2:11:12  Benji Durden (USA) 1 Houston, United States 24-01-1982
13 2:11:12  Bruno Lafranchi (SUI) 3 Fukuoka, Japan 05-12-1982 Personal Best
14 2:11:21  Rod Dixon (NZL) 1 Auckland, New Zealand 30-05-1982
15 2:11:22  Stefano Brunetti (ITA) 3 Tokyo, Japan 31-01-1982 Personal Best
16 2:11:25  Giuseppe Gerbi (ITA) 1 Ferrara, Italy 02-05-1982 Personal Best
17 2:11:27  Massimo Magnani (ITA) 2 Ferrara, Italy 02-05-1982
18 2:11:40  Steve Kenyon (ENG) 1 Gateshead, United Kingdom 13-06-1982 Personal Best
18 2:11:40  Joseph Nzau (KEN) 2 Chicago, United States 26-09-1982
20 2:11:44  Gabashane Rakabaele (LES) 1 Port Elizabeth, South Africa 01-05-1982
21 2:11:45  Kunimitsu Ito (JPN) 4 Fukuoka, Japan 05-12-1982
22 2:11:46  John Halberstadt (RSA) 3 Chicago, United States 26-09-1982 Personal Best
23 2:11:50  Allan Zachariasen (DEN) 1 St Paul, United States 03-10-1982
24 2:11:53  Robert Hodge (USA) 5 Fukuoka, Japan 05-12-1982
25 2:11:54  Dan Schlesinger (USA) 3 New York City, United States 24-10-1982
26 2:12:02  John Lodwick (USA) 3 Boston, United States 19-04-1982
27 2:12:06  Mike Gratton (ENG) 3 Brisbane, Australia 08-10-1982
28 2:12:09  Valeriy Solovyev (URS) 6 Fukuoka, Japan 05-12-1982 Personal Best
29 2:12:11  Takao Nakamura (JPN) 4 Tokyo, Japan 31-01-1982
30 2:12:15  Jouni Kortelainen (FIN) 5 Tokyo, Japan 31-01-1982
31 2:12:15  Cor Vriend (NED) 1 Amsterdam, Netherlands 08-05-1982
32 2:12:16.8  David Brian Long (ENG) 1 Miami, United States 16-01-1982 Personal Best
33 2:12:21  Øyvind Dahl (NOR) 2 London, United Kingdom 09-05-1982
34 2:12:22  Bernard Rose (RSA) 2 Port Elizabeth, South Africa 01-05-1982
35 2:12:25  David Edge (CAN) 4 Chicago, United States 26-09-1982
36 2:12:26  José Reveyn (BEL) 2 Amsterdam, Netherlands 08-05-1982 Personal Best
37 2:12:32  Tommy Persson (SWE) 2 Miami, United States 16-01-1982
38 2:12:33  Svend-Erik Kristensen (DEN) 6 Tokyo, Japan 31-01-1982
39 2:12:33  Randy Thomas (USA) 5 Chicago, United States 26-09-1982
40 2:12:36  Ferenc Szekeres (HUN) 7 Tokyo, Japan 31-01-1982
41 2:12:40  Kevin Ryan (NZL) 2 Auckland, New Zealand 30-05-1982
42 2:12:41  Hailu Ebba (ETH) 2 Eugene, United States 12-09-1982
43 2:12:42  Giampaolo Messina (ITA) 6 Chicago, United States 26-09-1982 Personal Best
44 2:12:44  Ryszard Marczak (POL) 4 New York City, United States 24-10-1982
45 2:12:47  Kjell-Erik Ståhl (SWE) 5 Boston, United States 19-04-1982
46 2:12:47  Ed Mendoza (USA) 7 Chicago, United States 26-09-1982
47 2:12:48  David Murphy (ENG) 5 New York City, United States 24-10-1982
48 2:12:49  David Cannon (ENG) 2 Gateshead, United Kingdom 13-06-1982
49 2:12:50  Grenville Wood (AUS) 2 Melbourne, Australia 17-10-1982 Personal Best
50 2:12:54  Delfim Moreira (POR) 1 Frankfurt, West Germany 23-05-1982

Women

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Records

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Standing records prior to the 1982 season in track and field
World Record  Christa Vahlensieck (FRG) 2:34:47.5 September 10, 1977 West Germany Berlin, West Germany

1982 World Year Ranking

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Rank Time Athlete Pos Venue Date Note
1 2:26:12  Joan Samuelson (USA) 1 Eugene, United States 12-09-1982
2 2:27:14  Grete Waitz (NOR) 1 New York City, United States 24-10-1982
3 2:28:33  Julie Brown (USA) 2 New York City, United States 24-10-1982
4 2:29:01.6  Charlotte Teske (FRG) 1 Miami, United States 16-01-1982
5 2:29:43  Joyce Smith (ENG) 1 London, United Kingdom 09-05-1982
6 2:32:55  Rita Marchisio (ITA) 1 Osaka, Japan 24-01-1982
7 2:32:56  Regina Joyce (IRL) 1 Scottsdale, United States 04-12-1982
8 2:33:01  Laura Fogli (ITA) 4 New York City, United States 24-10-1982
9 2:33:24  Nancy Conz (USA) 1 Chicago, United States 26-09-1982
10 2:33:36  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 5 New York City, United States 24-10-1982
11 2:33:51  Laurie Binder (USA) 2 Eugene, United States 12-09-1982
12 2:34:14  Carla Beurskens (NED) 2 Osaka, Japan 24-01-1982
13 2:34:24  Julie Isphording (USA) 6 New York City, United States 24-10-1982
14 2:34:26  Zoya Ivanova (URS) 1 Tokyo, Japan 14-11-1982
15 2:34:28  Jan Yerkes (USA) 1 Philadelphia, United States 28-11-1982
16 2:34:28.4  Midde Hamrin (SWE) 1 The Woodlands, United States 27-02-1982
17 2:34:35  Alison Blake (ENG) 1 Bedford, United Kingdom 14-10-1982
18 2:34:41  Karen Dunn (USA) 2 Chicago, United States 26-09-1982
19 2:34:42  Christa Vahlensieck (FRG) 3 Osaka, Japan 24-01-1982
20 2:34:59  Laura deWald (USA) 4 Osaka, Japan 24-01-1982
21 2:34:59.3  Nanae Sasaki (JPN) 1 Christchurch, New Zealand 06-06-1982
22 2:35:18  Ellen Hart Peña (USA) 3 Eugene, United States 12-09-1982
23 2:35:37  Nadezhda Gumerova (URS) 8 New York City, United States 24-10-1982
24 2:36:04  Rosa Mota (POR) 1 Athens, Greece 12-09-1982
25 2:36:05.5  Annick Loir (FRA) 1 Montréal, Canada 30-05-1982
26 2:36:10  Jacqueline Gareau (CAN) 2 Boston, United States 19-04-1982
27 2:36:12  Kathryn Binns (ENG) 1 Windsor, United Kingdom 12-06-1982 Personal Best
28 2:36:13  Lorraine Moller (NZL) 1 San Francisco, United States 06-06-1982
29 2:36:14  Debbie Eide (USA) 4 Eugene, United States 12-09-1982
30 2:36:34  Akemi Masuda (JPN) 1 Chiba, Japan 21-02-1982
31 2:36:38  Heidi Hutterer (FRG) 1 Frankfurt, West Germany 23-05-1982
32 2:36:50  Glenys Quick (NZL) 3 Chicago, United States 26-09-1982
33 2:37:04  Raisa Smekhnova (URS) 2 Moscow, Soviet Union 27-06-1982
34 2:37:08  Christine Seeman (FRA) 2 Frankfurt, West Germany 23-05-1982
35 2:37:14  Lutsia Belyayeva (URS) 1 Uzhgorod, Soviet Union 10-10-1982
36 2:37:16  Eileen Claugus (USA) 4 Chicago, United States 26-09-1982
37 2:37:28  Annie van Stiphout (NED) 1 Amsterdam, Netherlands 08-05-1982
38 2:37:38  Irina Bondarchuk (URS) 4 Moscow, Soviet Union 27-06-1982
39 2:37:52  Tuija Toivonen (FIN) 1 Seinajoki, Finland 23-05-1982
40 2:37:53  Carol Gould (ENG) 2 Windsor, United Kingdom 12-06-1982
41 2:37:57  Susan King (USA) 1 Melbourne, Australia 17-10-1982
42 2:38:03  Karolina Szabó (HUN) 1 Papa, Hungary 27-06-1982
43 2:38:08  Raisa Sadreydinova (URS) 6 Moscow, Soviet Union 27-06-1982
44 2:38:08  Nancy Ditz (USA) 10 New York City, United States 24-10-1982
45 2:38:12  Cynthia Hamilton (CAN) 11 New York City, United States 24-10-1982
46 2:38:17  Elena Tsukhlo (URS) 2 Tokyo, Japan 14-11-1982
47 2:38:20  Monika Lövenich (FRG) 7 Osaka, Japan 24-01-1982
48 2:38:24  Jane Buch (USA) 1 Huntsville, United States 11-12-1982
49 2:38:29  Antonia Ladanyi (HUN) 1 Budapest, Hungary 31-10-1982
50 2:38:31.7  Carey May (IRL) 2 San Francisco, United States 06-06-1982

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