Eliud Kipchoge, the first man to run a marathon in less than two hours, and 400 metres hurdles world champion Dalilah Muhammad won the World Athlete of the Year awards.
Kipchoge recently ran the marathon distance of 42.195 kilometres (26.219 miles) in 1hr 59min 40.2sec.
Dalilah Muhammad of USA set a world record of 52.20 seconds in 400 metres hurdles and broke the 2003 record.