In 2012 the foremost competition in athletics was the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The International Association of Athletics Federations held four other global level competitions in 2012: the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships, 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics and the 2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.[1]
| 2012 in athletics | |
|---|---|
 The Olympic Stadium, which hosted the 2012 Olympic athletics | |
| Major world events | 2012 Olympic Games |
| World records set | 12 |
| IAAF Athletes of the Year | Usain Bolt Allyson Felix |
| World Marathon Majors winners | Geoffrey Mutai Mary Jepkosgei Keitany |
← 2011 2013 → | |
For the first time since 1945, there was no global level championship for cross country running, as the IAAF World Cross Country Championships moved to a biennial format.[2] Three of the major continental championships were held a month prior to the London Olympics: the 2012 African Championships in Athletics, 2012 European Athletics Championships and 2012 Oceania Athletics Championships.
The Diamond League entered its third year as the foremost seasonal track and field series.
Major events
editWorld
edit- Olympic Games
- World Indoor Championships
- World Race Walking Cup
- World Half Marathon Championships
- Diamond League
- Paralympic Games
- World Junior Championships
- World Mountain Running Championships
- WMA World Masters Indoor Championships
- FISU Cross Country Championships
- IAU 24 Hour World Championships
- IAU 100 km World Championships
Regional
edit- African Championships
- African Cross Country Championships
- Asian Indoor Championships
- Asian Junior Championships
- Asian Cross Country Championships
- Asian Race Walking Championships
- Oceania Athletics Championships
- European Athletics Championships
- European Cross Country Championships
- European Cup Winter Throwing
- European Mountain Running Championships
- Ibero-American Championships
- NACAC Cross Country Championships
- NACAC Under-23 Championships
- CAC Junior Championships
- CARIFTA Games
- South American U23 Championships
- South American Youth Championships
- South American Cross Country Championships
Marathons
editWorld records
editMen
edit| Event | Athlete | Nation | Performance | Meeting | Place | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400 m hurdles (indoor) | Felix Sánchez |  Dominican Republic
|
48.78[Note 1] | Meeting National Val-de-Reuil |  Val-de-Reuil, France
|
18 February | [3][4] |
| Heptathlon (Indoor) | Ashton Eaton |  United States
|
6645 pts | World Championships |  Istanbul, Turkey
|
9–10 March 2012 | [5] |
| 800 metres | David Rudisha |  Kenya
|
1:40.91 | Olympic Games |  London, Great Britain
|
9 August 2012 | [6] |
| 25 km (road) | Dennis Kipruto Kimetto | Kenya
|
1:11:18 | BIG 25 |  Berlin, Germany
|
6 May 2012 | [7][8] |
| 110 m hurdles | Aries Merritt | United States
|
12.80 | Memorial Van Damme |  Brussels, Belgium
|
7 September 2012 | [9] |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt |
 Jamaica
|
36.84 | Olympic Games | London, Great Britain
|
11 August 2012 | [10] |
| Decathlon | Ashton Eaton | United States
|
9039 pts | United States Olympic Trials | Eugene, United States
|
22–23 June 2012 | [11] |
Women
edit| Event | Athlete | Nation | Performance | Meeting | Place | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 m steeplechase (Indoor) | Yelena Orlova |  Russia
|
6:06.11[Note 2] | Moscow City Championships | Moscow, Russia
|
12 February 2012 | [12][13] |
| Pole vault (Indoor) | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia
|
5.01 m | XL Galan |  Stockholm, Sweden
|
23 February 2012 | [14][15] |
| Pentathlon (Indoor) | Nataliya Dobrynska |  Ukraine
|
5013 pts | World Championships | Istanbul, Turkey
|
9 March 2012 | [16] |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Tianna Madison Allyson Felix Bianca Knight Carmelita Jeter |
United States
|
40.82 | Olympic Games | London, Great Britain
|
10 August 2012 | [17] |
| 20 km walk (road) | Elena Lashmanova | Russia
|
1:25:02 | Olympic Games | London, Great Britain
|
11 August 2012 | [18] |
Notes
editSeason's bests
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- † = Russia's Darya Pishchalnikova had a throw of 70.69 m, but was annulled after she later failed a drug test.[19]
Awards
editMen
edit| Award | Winner |
|---|---|
| IAAF World Athlete of the Year | Usain Bolt (JAM)
|
| Track & Field Athlete of the Year | David Rudisha (KEN)
|
| European Athlete of the Year | Mo Farah (GBR)
|
| European Athletics Rising Star |  Pavel Maslák (CZE)
|
Women
editReferences
edit- ^ 2012 World Athletics Series Archived 2012-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-02-19.
- ^ 47th IAAF Congress – Day 1 Archived 2012-02-25 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF (2009-08-12). Retrieved on 2012-02-19.
- ^ "Meeting National Val-de-Reuil 2012 Complete Results". www.bases.athle.com. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ "Félix Sánchez corre los 400 metros vallas en 48.78" (in Spanish). www.listindiario.com.do. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ "Heptathlon Results" (PDF). IAAF. 10 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ "800 Metres Results". IAAF. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ "Dennis Kipruto Kimetto Big 25 Result". www.berlin25km.r.mikatiming.de. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ "Kimetto breaks 25km World record in Berlin". IAAF. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ "110 Metres Hurdles Results". IAAF. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ "4x100 Metres Relay Results". IAAF. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "Decathlon Results". USATF. 23 June 2012. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ^ "Indoor round up, 800m world lead for Kofanova in Moscow". EAA. 13 February 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-02-15. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
- ^ "Moscow City Championships 2012 Complete Results" (PDF). www.mosathletics.ru. 12 February 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ "XL Galan 2012 Complete Results". 23 February 2012. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ^ "Isinbayeva clears 5.01m World record in Stockholm!". IAAF. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ^ "Pentathlon Results". IAAF. 9 March 2012. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ "4 × 100m Relay Results". IAAF. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ^ "20km Race Walk Results". IAAF. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "Russian suspended over drugs test". BBC Sport.