T&FN’s World Men’s Indoor Athletes Of The Year

Track & Field News has been formally choosing an Indoor Athlete Of The Year since 1964.

 Here are the all-time men’s No. 1s, with the event(s) in which they earned the honor:

2020s
2023 Mondo Duplantis (Sweden) pole vault
2022 Mondo Duplantis (Sweden) pole vault
2021 Ryan Crouser (USA) shot
2020 Mondo Duplantis (Sweden) pole vault
2010s
2019 Yomif Kejelcha (Ethiopia) mile
2018 Christian Coleman (USA) 60
2017 Christian Coleman (USA) 60
2016 Renaud Lavillenie (France) pole vault
2015 Renaud Lavillenie (France) pole vault
2014 Renaud Lavillenie (France) pole vault
2013 Renaud Lavillenie (France) pole vault
2012 Ashton Eaton (USA) heptathlon
2011 Teddy Tamgho (France) triple jump
2010 Dayron Robles (Cuba) hurdles
2000s
2009 Steve Hooker (Australia) pole vault
2008 Christian Cantwell (USA) shot
2007 Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) distances
2006 Reese Hoffa (USA) shot
2005 Wallace Spearmon (USA) 200
2004 Christian Olsson (Sweden) triple jump
2003 Christian Olsson (Sweden) triple jump
2002 Jeff Hartwig (USA) pole vault
2001 Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Russia) 800
2000 Wilson Kipketer (Denmark) 800
1990s
1999 Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) distance
1998 Daniel Komen (Kenya) distance
1997 Wilson Kipketer (Denmark) 800
1996 Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) distance
1995 Michael Johnson (USA) 400
1994 Colin Jackson GB) 60H
1993 Bruny Surin (Canada) 60
1992 Andre Cason (USA) 60
1991 Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) pole vault
1990 Peter Elliott (GB) 1500
1980s
1989 Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) high jump
1988 Ben Johnson (Canada) sprints
1987 Ben Johnson (Canada) sprints
1986 Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) pole vault
1985 Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) high jump
1984 Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) pole vault
1983 Billy Olson (USA) pole vault
1982 Billy Olson (USA) pole vault
1981 Thierry Vigneron (France) pole vault
1980 Larry Myricks (USA) long jump
1970s
1979 Renaldo Nehemiah (USA) hurdles
1978 Houston McTear (USA) sprints
1977 Steve Riddick (USA) sprints
1976 Dwight Stones (USA) high jump
1975 Dwight Stones (USA) high jump
1974 George Woods (USA) shot
1973 Emiel Puttemans (Belgium) distance
1972 Al Feuerbach (USA) shot
1971 Kerry O’Brien (Australia) distance
1960s
1970 Martin McGrady (USA) sprints
1969 George Young (USA) distance
1968 George Young (USA) distance
1967 Bob Seagren (USA) pole vault
1966 Art Walker (USA) triple jump
1965 Randy Matson (USA) shot
1964 Wendell Mottley (Trinidad) 400

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