This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1982 Marathon Robert de Castella broke the men's world record on December 6, 1981, at the Fukuoka Marathon , clocking a total time of 2:08:18.
1982 World Year Ranking [ edit ] Rank Time Athlete Pos Venue Date Note 1 2:08:52 Alberto Salazar (USA ) 1 Boston, United States 19-04-1982 2 2:08:54 Dick Beardsley (USA ) 2 Boston, United States 19-04-1982 3 2:09:18 Robert de Castella (AUS ) 1 Brisbane, Australia 08-10-1982 4 2:09:24 Hugh Jones (ENG ) 1 London, United Kingdom 09-05-1982 5 2:09:30 Juma Ikangaa (TAN ) 2 Brisbane, Australia 08-10-1982 6 2:09:33 Rodolfo Gómez (MEX ) 2 New York City, United States 24-10-1982 7 2:10:15 Paul Ballinger (NZL ) 1 Fukuoka, Japan 05-12-1982 8 2:10:33 Vadim Sidorov (URS ) 1 Tokyo, Japan 31-01-1982 9 2:11:00 Greg Meyer (USA ) 1 Chicago, United States 26-09-1982 10 2:11:08 Bill Rodgers (USA ) 1 Melbourne, Australia 17-10-1982 11 2:11:09 Hideki Kita (JPN ) 2 Fukuoka, Japan 05-12-1982 12 2:11:12 Benji Durden (USA ) 1 Houston, United States 24-01-1982 13 2:11:12 Bruno Lafranchi (SUI ) 3 Fukuoka, Japan 05-12-1982 14 2:11:21 Rod Dixon (NZL ) 1 Auckland, New Zealand 30-05-1982 15 2:11:22 Stefano Brunetti (ITA ) 3 Tokyo, Japan 31-01-1982 16 2:11:25 Giuseppe Gerbi (ITA ) 1 Ferrara, Italy 02-05-1982 17 2:11:27 Massimo Magnani (ITA ) 2 Ferrara, Italy 02-05-1982 18 2:11:40 Steve Kenyon (ENG ) 1 Gateshead, United Kingdom 13-06-1982 18 2:11:40 Joseph Nzau (KEN ) 2 Chicago, United States 26-09-1982 20 2:11:44 Gabashane Rakabaele (LES ) 1 Port Elizabeth, South Africa 01-05-1982 21 2:11:45 Kunimitsu Ito (JPN ) 4 Fukuoka, Japan 05-12-1982 22 2:11:46 John Halberstadt (RSA ) 3 Chicago, United States 26-09-1982 23 2:11:50 Allan Zachariasen (DEN ) 1 St Paul, United States 03-10-1982 24 2:11:53 Robert Hodge (USA ) 5 Fukuoka, Japan 05-12-1982 25 2:11:54 Dan Schlesinger (USA ) 3 New York City, United States 24-10-1982 26 2:12:02 John Lodwick (USA ) 3 Boston, United States 19-04-1982 27 2:12:06 Mike Gratton (ENG ) 3 Brisbane, Australia 08-10-1982 28 2:12:09 Valeriy Solovyev (URS ) 6 Fukuoka, Japan 05-12-1982 29 2:12:11 Takao Nakamura (JPN ) 4 Tokyo, Japan 31-01-1982 30 2:12:15 Jouni Kortelainen (FIN ) 5 Tokyo, Japan 31-01-1982 31 2:12:15 Cor Vriend (NED ) 1 Amsterdam, Netherlands 08-05-1982 32 2:12:16.8 David Brian Long (ENG ) 1 Miami, United States 16-01-1982 33 2:12:21 Øyvind Dahl (NOR ) 2 London, United Kingdom 09-05-1982 34 2:12:22 Bernard Rose (RSA ) 2 Port Elizabeth, South Africa 01-05-1982 35 2:12:25 David Edge (CAN ) 4 Chicago, United States 26-09-1982 36 2:12:26 José Reveyn (BEL ) 2 Amsterdam, Netherlands 08-05-1982 37 2:12:32 Tommy Persson (SWE ) 2 Miami, United States 16-01-1982 38 2:12:33 Svend-Erik Kristensen (DEN ) 6 Tokyo, Japan 31-01-1982 39 2:12:33 Randy Thomas (USA ) 5 Chicago, United States 26-09-1982 40 2:12:36 Ferenc Szekeres (HUN ) 7 Tokyo, Japan 31-01-1982 41 2:12:40 Kevin Ryan (NZL ) 2 Auckland, New Zealand 30-05-1982 42 2:12:41 Hailu Ebba (ETH ) 2 Eugene, United States 12-09-1982 43 2:12:42 Giampaolo Messina (ITA ) 6 Chicago, United States 26-09-1982 44 2:12:44 Ryszard Marczak (POL ) 4 New York City, United States 24-10-1982 45 2:12:47 Kjell-Erik Ståhl (SWE ) 5 Boston, United States 19-04-1982 46 2:12:47 Ed Mendoza (USA ) 7 Chicago, United States 26-09-1982 47 2:12:48 David Murphy (ENG ) 5 New York City, United States 24-10-1982 48 2:12:49 David Cannon (ENG ) 2 Gateshead, United Kingdom 13-06-1982 49 2:12:50 Grenville Wood (AUS ) 2 Melbourne, Australia 17-10-1982 50 2:12:54 Delfim Moreira (POR ) 1 Frankfurt, West Germany 23-05-1982
1982 World Year Ranking [ edit ] Rank Time Athlete Pos Venue Date Note 1 2:26:12 Joan Samuelson (USA ) 1 Eugene, United States 12-09-1982 2 2:27:14 Grete Waitz (NOR ) 1 New York City, United States 24-10-1982 3 2:28:33 Julie Brown (USA ) 2 New York City, United States 24-10-1982 4 2:29:01.6 Charlotte Teske (FRG ) 1 Miami, United States 16-01-1982 5 2:29:43 Joyce Smith (ENG ) 1 London, United Kingdom 09-05-1982 6 2:32:55 Rita Marchisio (ITA ) 1 Osaka, Japan 24-01-1982 7 2:32:56 Regina Joyce (IRL ) 1 Scottsdale, United States 04-12-1982 8 2:33:01 Laura Fogli (ITA ) 4 New York City, United States 24-10-1982 9 2:33:24 Nancy Conz (USA ) 1 Chicago, United States 26-09-1982 10 2:33:36 Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR ) 5 New York City, United States 24-10-1982 11 2:33:51 Laurie Binder (USA ) 2 Eugene, United States 12-09-1982 12 2:34:14 Carla Beurskens (NED ) 2 Osaka, Japan 24-01-1982 13 2:34:24 Julie Isphording (USA ) 6 New York City, United States 24-10-1982 14 2:34:26 Zoya Ivanova (URS ) 1 Tokyo, Japan 14-11-1982 15 2:34:28 Jan Yerkes (USA ) 1 Philadelphia, United States 28-11-1982 16 2:34:28.4 Midde Hamrin (SWE ) 1 The Woodlands, United States 27-02-1982 17 2:34:35 Alison Blake (ENG ) 1 Bedford, United Kingdom 14-10-1982 18 2:34:41 Karen Dunn (USA ) 2 Chicago, United States 26-09-1982 19 2:34:42 Christa Vahlensieck (FRG ) 3 Osaka, Japan 24-01-1982 20 2:34:59 Laura deWald (USA ) 4 Osaka, Japan 24-01-1982 21 2:34:59.3 Nanae Sasaki (JPN ) 1 Christchurch, New Zealand 06-06-1982 22 2:35:18 Ellen Hart Peña (USA ) 3 Eugene, United States 12-09-1982 23 2:35:37 Nadezhda Gumerova (URS ) 8 New York City, United States 24-10-1982 24 2:36:04 Rosa Mota (POR ) 1 Athens, Greece 12-09-1982 25 2:36:05.5 Annick Loir (FRA ) 1 Montréal, Canada 30-05-1982 26 2:36:10 Jacqueline Gareau (CAN ) 2 Boston, United States 19-04-1982 27 2:36:12 Kathryn Binns (ENG ) 1 Windsor, United Kingdom 12-06-1982 28 2:36:13 Lorraine Moller (NZL ) 1 San Francisco, United States 06-06-1982 29 2:36:14 Debbie Eide (USA ) 4 Eugene, United States 12-09-1982 30 2:36:34 Akemi Masuda (JPN ) 1 Chiba, Japan 21-02-1982 31 2:36:38 Heidi Hutterer (FRG ) 1 Frankfurt, West Germany 23-05-1982 32 2:36:50 Glenys Quick (NZL ) 3 Chicago, United States 26-09-1982 33 2:37:04 Raisa Smekhnova (URS ) 2 Moscow, Soviet Union 27-06-1982 34 2:37:08 Christine Seeman (FRA ) 2 Frankfurt, West Germany 23-05-1982 35 2:37:14 Lutsia Belyayeva (URS ) 1 Uzhgorod, Soviet Union 10-10-1982 36 2:37:16 Eileen Claugus (USA ) 4 Chicago, United States 26-09-1982 37 2:37:28 Annie van Stiphout (NED ) 1 Amsterdam, Netherlands 08-05-1982 38 2:37:38 Irina Bondarchuk (URS ) 4 Moscow, Soviet Union 27-06-1982 39 2:37:52 Tuija Toivonen (FIN ) 1 Seinajoki, Finland 23-05-1982 40 2:37:53 Carol Gould (ENG ) 2 Windsor, United Kingdom 12-06-1982 41 2:37:57 Susan King (USA ) 1 Melbourne, Australia 17-10-1982 42 2:38:03 Karolina Szabó (HUN ) 1 Papa, Hungary 27-06-1982 43 2:38:08 Raisa Sadreydinova (URS ) 6 Moscow, Soviet Union 27-06-1982 44 2:38:08 Nancy Ditz (USA ) 10 New York City, United States 24-10-1982 45 2:38:12 Cynthia Hamilton (CAN ) 11 New York City, United States 24-10-1982 46 2:38:17 Elena Tsukhlo (URS ) 2 Tokyo, Japan 14-11-1982 47 2:38:20 Monika Lövenich (FRG ) 7 Osaka, Japan 24-01-1982 48 2:38:24 Jane Buch (USA ) 1 Huntsville, United States 11-12-1982 49 2:38:29 Antonia Ladanyi (HUN ) 1 Budapest, Hungary 31-10-1982 50 2:38:31.7 Carey May (IRL ) 2 San Francisco, United States 06-06-1982
Robert de Castella (AUS)
Fukuoka, Japan 
Alberto Salazar (USA)
Hugh Jones (ENG)
Juma Ikangaa (TAN)
Rodolfo Gómez (MEX)
Paul Ballinger (NZL)
Vadim Sidorov (URS)
Bruno Lafranchi (SUI)
Stefano Brunetti (ITA)
Joseph Nzau (KEN)
Gabashane Rakabaele (LES)
John Halberstadt (RSA)
Allan Zachariasen (DEN)
Jouni Kortelainen (FIN)
Cor Vriend (NED)
Øyvind Dahl (NOR)
David Edge (CAN)
José Reveyn (BEL)
Tommy Persson (SWE)
Ferenc Szekeres (HUN)
Hailu Ebba (ETH)
Ryszard Marczak (POL)
Delfim Moreira (POR)
Christa Vahlensieck (FRG)
Regina Joyce (IRL)
Annick Loir (FRA)