Deaths
- January 5 — Jarmila Nygrýnová (45), Czech long jumper (b. 1953)
- January 9 — James Peters (80), English long-distance runner (b. 1918)
- January 28 — Josef Doležal (78), Czechoslovak race walker (b. 1920)
- February 3 — Mikko Hietanen (87),Finnish long-distance runner (b. 1911)
- May 17 — João Carlos de Oliveira (44), Brazilian athlete (b. 1954)
- May 18 — Betty Robinson (87), American athlete (b. 1911)
- June 30 — Bob Backus (72), American hammer thrower (b. 1926)
- August 26 — Elena Murgoci (39), Romanian long-distance runner (b. 1960)
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