This article contains an overview of the year 1992 in athletics.
International events
African Championships
Balkan Games
European Indoor Championships
Olympic Games
Pan Arab Games
World Cross Country Championships
World Junior Championships
World records
Men
Women
Men's best year performers
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
1,500 metres
Mile
3,000 metres
5,000 metres
10,000 metres
Half Marathon
Marathon
110m hurdles
400m hurdles
3,000m steeplechase
High jump
Long jump
Triple jump
Discus
Shot put
Hammer
Javelin (new design)
Pole vault
Decathlon
Women's best year performers
60 metres
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
1,500 metres
Mile
3,000 metres
5,000 metres
10,000 metres
Half marathon
Marathon
60m hurdles
100m hurdles
400m hurdles
High jump
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Javelin (old design)
Heptathlon
Births
June 1, Gianmarco Tamberi, Italian athlete
June 28, Elaine Thompson-Herah, Jamaican athlete
August 27 Daniel Ståhl Swedish athlete
Deaths
March 1 — Howard Payne (60), English hammer thrower (b. 1931) July 7 — Josy Barthel (65), Luxembourgish runner (b. 1927) August 19 — Karl Storch (77), German hammer thrower (b. 1913) October 29 — Bill McChesney, Jr. (33), American long-distance runner (b. 1959)