IAAF Hall of Fame

Paavo Nurmi and Emil Zátopek, two Europeans in the Hall of Fame.

The IAAF Hall of Fame was established by the International Association of Athletics Federations (since 2019: World Athletics) in 2012. It is intended to honor individuals who have made valuable contributions in the sport of athletics both internationally and in their home countries that match certain criteria.

The inaugural class, composed of 24 individuals, was introduced in November 2012.

Criteria

The minimum criteria for an athlete to qualify for membership of the Hall of Fame are:

  1. Athletes must have won at least two gold medals at the Summer Olympics or World Championships in Athletics,
  2. Athletes must have set at least one World record,
  3. Athletes must have been retired for at least 10 years at the time of election to the IAAF Hall of Fame.

These criteria may be extended in 2013 to allow athletes whose achievements had an extraordinary impact on the sport to be considered as well.

Members

These are the 48 members as of 21 November 2014.

Athlete Nation Speciality Date of induction Notes
Iolanda Balaș  Romania High jump 13 November 2012
Abebe Bikila  Ethiopia Long-distance running 8 March 2012
Fanny Blankers-Koen  Netherlands Sprint 8 March 2012
Sergey Bubka  Soviet Union /  Ukraine Pole vault 25 June 2012
Sebastian Coe  United Kingdom Middle-distance running 25 June 2012
Betty Cuthbert  Australia Sprint 8 March 2012
Babe Didrikson Zaharias  United States Sprint, javelin, high jump 6 June 2012
Volodymyr Holubnychy  Soviet Union /  Ukraine Race walk 15 October 2012
Michael Johnson  United States Sprint 6 June 2012
Jackie Joyner-Kersee  United States Multi events 8 March 2012
Alberto Juantorena  Cuba 400 m, 800 m 11 June 2012
Wang Junxia  China Long-distance running 8 March 2012
Kipchoge Keino  Kenya Long-distance running 2 July 2012
Stefka Kostadinova  Bulgaria High jump 13 November 2012
Carl Lewis  United States Sprint, Long Jump 8 March 2012
Edwin Moses  United States 400 m hurdles 8 March 2012
Paavo Nurmi  Finland Long-distance running 8 March 2012
Dan O'Brien  United States Multi events 6 June 2012
Al Oerter  United States Discus throw 8 March 2012
Jesse Owens  United States Sprint, Long Jump 8 March 2012
Peter Snell  New Zealand Middle-distance running 3 September 2012
Adhemar da Silva  Brazil Triple jump 8 March 2012
Irena Szewińska  Poland Sprint 17 May 2012
Emil Zátopek  Czechoslovakia Long-distance running 8 March 2012
Harrison Dillard  United States 100 m, 110 m hurdles 16 November 2013
Marjorie Jackson  Australia Sprint 16 November 2013
Hannes Kolehmainen  Finland Long-distance running 16 November 2013
Natalya Lisovskaya  Soviet Union /  Russia Shot put 16 November 2013
Svetlana Masterkova  Russia Middle-distance running 16 November 2013
Noureddine Morceli  Algeria Middle-distance running 16 November 2013
Parry O'Brien  United States Shot put 16 November 2013
Marie-José Pérec  France Sprint 16 November 2013
Viktor Saneyev  Soviet Union /  Georgia Triple jump 16 November 2013
Yuriy Sedykh  Soviet Union /  Russia Hammer throw 16 November 2013
Daley Thompson  United Kingdom Décathlon 16 November 2013
Grete Waitz  Norway Marathon 16 November 2013
Valeriy Brumel  Soviet Union /  Russia High jump 21 November 2014
Glenn Davis  United States Sprint, 400m Hurdles 21 November 2014
Heike Drechsler  East Germany /  Germany Long jump, Sprint 21 November 2014
Hicham El Guerrouj  Morocco Middle-distance running 21 November 2014
Marita Koch  East Germany Sprint 21 November 2014
Robert Korzeniowski  Poland Race walk 21 November 2014
Jānis Lūsis  Soviet Union /  Latvia Javelin 21 November 2014
Bob Mathias  United States Decathlon 21 November 2014
Wilma Rudolph  United States Sprint 21 November 2014
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty  Australia Sprint, 80m hurdles 21 November 2014
Lasse Virén  Finland Middle and Long-distance running 21 November 2014
Cornelius Warmerdam  United States Pole vault 21 November 2014

See also


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