1994 in the sport of athletics

This article contains an overview of the year 1994 in athletics.

International events

 * Asian Games
 * Balkan Games
 * Commonwealth Games
 * European Championships
 * European Indoor Championships
 * Jeux de la Francophonie
 * Goodwill Games
 * World Cross Country Championships
 * World Junior Championships

Women

 * Uta Pippig (GER) equals the world record in the women's Half Marathon held by South Africa's Elana Meyer since 1991-05-18, clocking 1:07:59 on 1994-03-20 in Kyoto, Japan.

Deaths

 * September 23 – Antanas Mikėnas (70), Soviet-Lithuanian racewalker (b. 1924)