On February 27 he broke the 1500 m world record with a time of 3:53.4.

He is a former 100 m world record holder with a time of 9.79 seconds.

He also set the 60 m indoor world record twice.

He remains the last non-African to set a 5,000 m world record.

He would remain the 500 m world record holder for 8 years.

He followed these performances by taking close to ten seconds off his own 10,000 m world record, running 29:52.6 on 17 September.

In 1983, Kratochvílová broke the 800 m world record with a time of 1:53.28.

He holds the 800 m world record for T11 (totally blind) athletes.

The next season, he again tied the 200 m world record, 19.8.

In the next season, Salminen ran a new 10,000 m world record of 30:05.6.