2005 in the sport of athletics explained

2005 in athletics
Iaaf Athletes Of The Year:	Kenenisa Bekele Yelena Isinbayeva
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This page shows the main events during the 2005 year in the sport of athletics throughout the world.

Major events

World

• World Championships
• World Athletics Final
• World Cross Country Championships
• World Half Marathon Championships
• World Youth Championships
• World Student Games
• Golden League

Regional

• African Junior Championships
• Bolivarian Games
• Central American and Caribbean Championships
• South American Championships
• Jeux de la Francophonie
• European Indoor Championships
• European U23 Championships
• European Junior Championships
• European Cup
• European Cross Country Championships
• European Mountain Running Championships
• European Race Walking Cup
• Balkan Games
• Mediterranean Games
• Asian Championships
• Asian Indoor Games
• Central Asian Games
• East Asian Games
• Islamic Solidarity Games
• Southeast Asian Games
• West Asian Games

National

• 2005 Chinese National Games

World records

Men

Event	Athlete	Nation	Performance	Meeting	Place	Date
100 metres	Asafa Powell		9.77		Athens, Greece	14 June
10,000 metres	Kenenisa Bekele		26:17.53		Brussels, Belgium	26 August
20 km (road)	Samuel Kamau Wanjiru		59:16		Rotterdam, Netherlands	11 September
30 km (road)	Takayuki Matsumiya		1:28:00		Kumamoto, Japan	27 February
Road relay	Josephat Ndambiri Martin Mathathi Daniel Muchunu Mwangi Mekubo Mogusu Onesmus Nyerre John Kariuki		1:57:06		Chiba, Japan	23 November

Women

Event	Athlete	Nation	Performance	Meeting	Place	Date
25 km (road)	Mizuki Noguchi		1:22:13		Berlin, Germany	25 September
30 km (road)	Mizuki Noguchi		1:38:49		Berlin, Germany	25 September
Marathon (women only)	Paula Radcliffe		2:17:42		London, United Kingdom	17 April
Pole vault	Yelena Isinbaeva		4.93 m		Lausanne, Switzerland	5 July
Pole vault	Yelena Isinbaeva		4.95 m		Madrid, Spain	16 July
Pole vault	Yelena Isinbaeva		4.96 m		London, United Kingdom	22 July
Pole vault	Yelena Isinbaeva		5.00 m		London, United Kingdom	22 July
Pole vault	Yelena Isinbaeva		5.01 m		Helsinki, Finland	12 August
Hammer throw	Tatyana Lysenko		77.06 m		Moscow, Russia	15 July
Javelin Throw (new)	Osleidys Menéndez		71.70 m		Helsinki, Finland	14 August
Decathlon	Austra Skujytė		8358 pts		Columbia, Missouri, USA	14-15 April

Awards

Men

2005 Award	Winner
IAAF World Athlete of the Year
Track & Field Athlete of the Year
European Athlete of the Year Award
Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award	Not Awarded

Women

2005 Award	Winner
IAAF World Athlete of the Year
Track & Field Athlete of the Year
European Athlete of the Year Award
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award	Not Awarded

Season's best performances

Men

400 m hurdles

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.		47.24
2.		47.30
3.		47.43
4.		47.67
5.		47.84

3000 m steeplechase

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.		7:55.51
2.		7:56.37
3.		8:04.22
4.		8:04.92
5.		8:04.95

Pole vault

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.		6.00 m
2.		5.96 m
3.		5.93 m
4.		5.90 m
5.		5.87 m

Hammer throw

See main article: 2005 Hammer Throw Year Ranking.

Decathlon

See main article: 2005 Decathlon Year Ranking.

Women

100 metres

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.		10.84
2.		10.85
3.		10.88
4.		10.93
5.		10.97

200 metres

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.		22.13
2.		22.22
3.		22.27
4.		22.31
5.		22.34

400 metres

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.		48.92
2.		49.30
3.		49.80
4.		49.81
5.		49.88

800 metres

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.		1:56.07
2.		1:56.93
3.		1:57.33
4.		1:57.35
5.		1:57.55

1500 metres

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.		3:56.79
2.		3:57.73
3.		3:58.68
4.		3:59.05
5.		3:59.47

3000 metres

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.		8:28.87
2.		8:31.27
3.		8:31.42
4.		8:31.89
5.		8:33.57

5000 metres

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.		14:28.98
2.		14:31.09
3.		14:32.42
4.		14:37.20
5.		14:37.34

10,000 metres

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.		30:15.67
2.		30:18.39
3.		30:19.39
4.		30:25.41
5.		30:27.18

100 m hurdles

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.		12.43
2.		12.47
3.		12.55
4.		12.57

400 m hurdles

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.		52.90
2.		53.27
3.		53.32
4.		53.44
5.		53.96

3000 m steeplechase

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.		9:15.04
2.		9:20.49
3.		9:25.09
4.		9:26.95
5.		9:27.21

High jump

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.		2.03 m
2.		2.00 m
4.		1.99 m
5.		1.98 m

Pole vault

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.		5.01 m
2.		4.83 m
3.		4.70 m
4.		4.60 m

Hammer throw

See main article: 2005 Hammer Throw Year Ranking.

Heptathlon

RANK	2005 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.		6889
2.		6887
3.		6547
4.		6502
5.		6423

Marathon

Men's competition

Best Year Performances

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME	EVENT
1.		2:06:19	Amsterdam Marathon
2.		2:07:02	Chicago Marathon
3.		2:07:09	Chicago Marathon
4.		2:07:14	Chicago Marathon
5.		2:07:26	London Marathon
6.		2:07:28	Chicago Marathon
7.		2:07:38	Hamburg Marathon
8.		2:07:41	Tokyo Marathon
-		2:07:41	Berlin Marathon
10.		2:07:46	Chicago Marathon

Women's competition

Best Year Performances

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME	EVENT
1.		2:17:42	London Marathon
2.		2:19:12	Berlin Marathon
3.		2:20:57	Helsinki Marathon
4.		2:21:01	Beijing Marathon
5.		2:21:11	Beijing Marathon
6.		2:21:25	Chicago Marathon
7.		2:21:30	Chicago Marathon
8.		2:22:01	Helsinki Marathon
9.		2:22:50	London Marathon
10.		2:22:56	Osaka International Ladies Marathon

• Saint Silvester Marathon

Deaths

• May 27 - Piotr Gładki (33), Polish long-distance runner (b. 1972)

References

• ARRS