IAAF Hall of Fame#Criteria
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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/HOF/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=63839|title=IAAF Hall of Fame created – First 12 Members announced|publisher=IAAF|date=March 8, 2012|access-date=18 May 2012}}{{cite web |title=FROM THE EDITOR — WA’s Hall Of Fame Still Stuck In Neutral |url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/article/from-the-editor-was-hall-of-fame-still-stuck-in-neutral-06-21/ |website=Track & Field News |access-date=12 August 2024}}{{cite web |title=Owens, Nurmi among first in IAAF Hall of Fame |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE8270KM/ |website=Reuters |access-date=12 August 2024}}
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:
- Athletes must have won at least two gold medals at the Summer Olympics or World Championships in Athletics,
- Athletes must have set at least one World record,
- 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.{{cite news|title=IAAF Hall of Fame Minimum Criteria of Membership|url=http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/06/38/23/63823_PDF_English.pdf|publisher=IAAF|year=2012|access-date=12 August 2012}}
Members
These are the 48 members as of 21 November 2014.
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Athlete ! Nation ! Speciality ! Date of induction ! Notes |
| {{sortname|Iolanda|Balaș}}
| {{ROU}} | High jump | 13 November 2012 |
| {{sortname|Abebe|Bikila}}
| {{ETH}} | Long-distance running | 8 March 2012 |
| {{sortname|Fanny|Blankers-Koen}}
| {{NED}} | Sprint | 8 March 2012 |
| {{sortname|Sergey|Bubka}}
| {{URS}} / {{UKR}} | Pole vault | 25 June 2012 |
| {{sortname|Sebastian|Coe}}
| {{GBR}} | Middle-distance running | 25 June 2012 |
| {{sortname|Betty|Cuthbert}}
| {{AUS}} | Sprint | 8 March 2012 |
| {{sortname|Babe|Didrikson Zaharias}}
| {{USA}} | Sprint, javelin, high jump | 6 June 2012 |
| {{sortname|Volodymyr|Holubnychy}}
| {{URS}} / {{UKR}} | Race walk | 15 October 2012 |
| {{sortname|Michael|Johnson|Michael Johnson (sprinter)}}
| {{USA}} | Sprint | 6 June 2012 |
| {{sortname|Jackie|Joyner-Kersee}}
| {{USA}} | Multi events | 8 March 2012 |
| {{sortname|Alberto|Juantorena}}
| {{CUB}} | 400 m, 800 m | 11 June 2012 |
| {{sortname|Wang|Junxia}}
| {{CHN}} | Long-distance running | 8 March 2012 |
| {{sortname|Kipchoge|Keino}}
| {{KEN}} | Long-distance running | 2 July 2012 |
| {{sortname|Stefka|Kostadinova}}
| {{BUL}} | High jump | 13 November 2012 |
| {{sortname|Carl|Lewis}}
| {{USA}} | Sprint, Long Jump | 8 March 2012 |
| {{sortname|Edwin|Moses}}
| {{USA}} | 400 m hurdles | 8 March 2012 |
| {{sortname|Paavo|Nurmi}}
| {{FIN}} | Long-distance running | 8 March 2012 |
| {{sortname|Dan|O'Brien}}
| {{USA}} | Multi events | 6 June 2012 |
| {{sortname|Al|Oerter}}
| {{USA}} | Discus throw | 8 March 2012 |
| {{sortname|Jesse|Owens}}
| {{USA}} | Sprint, Long Jump | 8 March 2012 |
| {{sortname|Peter|Snell}}
| {{NZL}} | Middle-distance running | 3 September 2012 |
| {{sortname|Adhemar|da Silva}}
| {{BRA}} | Triple jump | 8 March 2012 |
| {{sortname|Irena|Szewińska}}
| {{POL}} | Sprint | 17 May 2012 |
| {{sortname|Emil|Zátopek}}
| {{TCH}} | Long-distance running | 8 March 2012 |
| {{sortname|Harrison|Dillard}}
| {{USA}} | 100 m, 110 m hurdles | 16 November 2013 |
| {{sortname|Marjorie|Jackson}}
| {{AUS}} | Sprint | 16 November 2013 |
| {{sortname|Hannes|Kolehmainen}}
| {{FIN}} | Long-distance running | 16 November 2013 |
| {{sortname|Natalya|Lisovskaya}}
| {{URS}} / {{RUS}} | Shot put | 16 November 2013 |
| {{sortname|Svetlana|Masterkova}}
| {{RUS}} | Middle-distance running | 16 November 2013 |
| {{sortname|Noureddine|Morceli}}
| {{ALG}} | Middle-distance running | 16 November 2013 |
| {{sortname|Parry|O'Brien}}
| {{USA}} | Shot put | 16 November 2013 |
| {{sortname|Marie-José|Pérec}}
| {{FRA}} | Sprint | 16 November 2013 |
| {{sortname|Viktor|Saneyev}}
| {{URS}} / {{GEO}} | Triple jump | 16 November 2013 |
| {{sortname|Yuriy|Sedykh}}
| {{URS}} / {{RUS}} | Hammer throw | 16 November 2013 |
| {{sortname|Daley|Thompson}}
| {{GBR}} | Décathlon | 16 November 2013 |
| {{sortname|Grete|Waitz}}
| {{NOR}} | Marathon | 16 November 2013 |
| {{sortname|Valeriy|Brumel}}
| {{URS}} / {{RUS}} | High jump | 21 November 2014 |{{cite news|title=Twelve athletics legends inducted into IAAF Hall of Fame|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/iaaf-news/hall-of-fame-2014-inductees|publisher=IAAF|date=11 November 2014|access-date=11 November 2014}} |
| Glenn Davis
| {{USA}} | Sprint, 400m Hurdles | 21 November 2014 |
| {{sortname|Heike|Drechsler}}
| {{GDR}} / {{GER}} | Long jump, Sprint | 21 November 2014 |
| {{sortname|Hicham|El Guerrouj}}
| {{MAR}} | Middle-distance running | 21 November 2014 |
| {{sortname|Marita|Koch}}
| {{GDR}} | Sprint | 21 November 2014 |
| {{sortname|Robert|Korzeniowski}}
| {{POL}} | Race walk | 21 November 2014 |
| {{sortname|Jānis|Lūsis}}
| {{URS}} / {{LAT}} | Javelin | 21 November 2014 |
| {{sortname|Bob|Mathias}}
| {{USA}} | Decathlon | 21 November 2014 |
| {{sortname|Wilma|Rudolph}}
| {{USA}} | Sprint | 21 November 2014 |
| {{sortname|Shirley|Strickland de la Hunty}}
| {{AUS}} | Sprint, 80m hurdles | 21 November 2014 |
| {{sortname|Lasse|Virén}}
| {{FIN}} | Middle and Long-distance running | 21 November 2014 |
| {{sortname|Cornelius|Warmerdam}}
| {{USA}} | Pole vault | 21 November 2014 |
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/hall-of-fame IAAF Hall of Fame]
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