The IAAF recently announced that Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Carl Lewis, Edwin Moses, Al Oerter and Jesse Owens will be among the initial 12 members of the inaugural class for the IAAF Hall of Fame. IAAF President Lamine Diack made the announcement at a press conference held at the Turkish Olympic House in preparation for the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Track & Field Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.
The IAAF announced the initial 12 names for induction into the Hall of Fame Thursday while the remaining 12 names will be announced at some point before the official induction ceremony, which is scheduled for November 24, 2012, at the IAAF Centenary Gala in Barcelona.
A “Who’s Who in American track and field”, Owens, Lewis, Oerter, Moses and Joyner-Kersee
are all members of the USA Track & Field National Hall of Fame. Along with the announcement, the IAAF states the strict criteria for induction, which says athletes must have won at least two Olympic or World Championships gold medals and have set at least one world record. Athletes also need to be retired from the sport for 10 years.
JESSE OWENS
five U.S. atHleteS
UPCOMING IAAF EVENTS
The following events and dates were approved at the most recent IAAF Council meetings, held in Istanbul following the IAAF World Indoor Championships:
Sopot, Poland host of the 2014 World Indoor Championships
Copenhagen, Denmark host of 2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships on March 29, 2014
Taicang, China host of 2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup on May 3-4, 2014
Eugene, Ore.
host of 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships on July 22-27, 2014
The 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships return to Bydgoszcz, Poland on March 24, 2013
Timetable has been approved:
12:00 Junior Women 12:30 Junior Men 1:15 Senior Women 2:10 Senior Men