Deaths
- March 31 — Diego García (39), Spanish long-distance runner (b. 1961)
- August 15 — Richard Chelimo (29), Kenyan athlete (b. 1972)
- October 18 — Micheline Ostermeyer (78), French athlete (b. 1922)
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