This article contains an overview of the year 1992 in athletics. International events African Championships Balkan Games European Indoor Championships Olympic Games Pan Arab Games World Cross Country Championships World Junior Championships World records Men Women 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 Shot put Hammer Javelin (new design) Pole vault Decathlon Women's best year performers 60 metres 100 metres 200 metres 400 metres 800 metres 1,500 metres Mile 3,000 metres 5,000 metres 10,000 metres Half marathon Marathon 60m hurdles 100m hurdles 400m hurdles High jump Long jump Triple jump Shot put Javelin (old design) Heptathlon Births June 1, Gianmarco Tamberi, Italian athlete June 28, Elaine Thompson-Herah, Jamaican athlete August 27 Daniel Ståhl Swedish athlete Deaths March 1 — Howard Payne (60), English hammer thrower (b. 1931) July 7 — Josy Barthel (65), Luxembourgish runner (b. 1927) August 19 — Karl Storch (77), German hammer thrower (b. 1913) October 29 — Bill McChesney, Jr. (33), American long-distance runner (b. 1959) References Year Lists 1992 Year Rankings Association of Road Racing Statisticians Athletics (track and field) by year