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2003 World Masters Athletics Championships

18°23′13″N 65°57′24″W / 18.38698°N 65.95673°W / 18.38698; -65.95673 (Pista Atletica Basilio Rodriguez)

2003 World Masters Athletics Championships
Dates1 - 13 July 2003
Host cityCarolina, Puerto Rico
VenuePista Atletica Basilio Rodriguez
LevelMasters
TypeOutdoor
Participation2700 athletes from
79[1] nations
Official websiteArchived 2003-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
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Estadio Roberto Clemente
Estadio Sixto Escobar
Parque Julia de Burgos

2003 World Masters Athletics Championships is the fifteenth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place in Carolina, Puerto Rico, from 1 to 13 July 2003. [2] The low participation number [3]: 11  may be partly due to the fear of flying after the 2001 September 11 attacks and the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak. [4]: 57  This is the second time that the Championships is hosted in Puerto Rico; the fifth edition of 1983 was held in San Juan. [5]: 11  This is the first edition of the Championships conducted after the governing body of this series was formally renamed from World Association of Veteran Athletes (WAVA) to World Masters Athletics (WMA) at the previous (2001) edition held in Brisbane, Australia, [6] [1]

The main venue was Pista Atletica Basilio Rodriguez [7] located within the Complejo Deportivo Municipal Roberto Clemente. Other stadia included Estadio Roberto Clemente, Estadio Sixto Escobar that had hosted the 1983 Championships in San Juan, and University of Puerto Rico Sports Complex in Río Piedras. [3]: 1  Non-stadia venues included Central Park and Parque Julia de Burgos. [8] The competitions were briefly interrupted by showers from Tropical Storm Claudette. [3]: 1  [9]

This edition of masters athletics Championships had a minimum age limit of 35 years for women and 40 years for men. [5]: 1  During General Assembly on 10 July the starting age for men was reduced from 40 to 35 for subsequent editions. [3]: 18  Also, the inaugural 2004 Indoor Championships was approved to be held in Sindelfingen, Germany. [3]: 18  [1]

This Championships was organized by WMA in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC) led by William Aleman.[1]

In addition to a full range of track and field events, [10] [11] non-stadia events included 8K Cross Country, 10K Race Walk (women), 20K Race Walk (men), and Marathon.

Results edit

A new feature for this series was the use of internet technologies: [5]: 11  [3]: 10  in addition to the official website, 2 additional websites provided quick updates of competition results: flashresults [12] and cyberscoreboard. [13]

Official daily results are archived at puertorico2003. [14] Past Championships results are archived at WMA. [15] Additional archives are available from Masters Athletics, [16] from British Masters Athletic Federation [17] in html and from Museum of Masters Track & Field [18] in html, and as National Masters News pdf newsletters. [5] [3]

Several masters world records were set at this Championships. World records for 2003 are from the list of World Records in the National Masters News August newsletter[3]: 11  unless otherwise noted.

Key:   Wind aided

Women edit

Event Athlete(s) Nationality Performance
W90 100 Meters Rosario Iglesias Rocha   MEX
38.02
W55 200 Meters Ingrid Meier   GER
27.70
W90 200 Meters Rosario Iglesias Rocha   MEX
W45 400 Meters Marie Lande Mathieu   PUR
W50 800 Meters Maureen De St Croix   CAN
2:20.18
W65 80 Meters Hurdles Ingeborg Schott   GER
15.01
W70 80 Meters Hurdles Hideko Koshikawa   JPN
W70 80 Meters Hurdles Gerd Mjelde[19][15]: 78    NOR
18.39
W75 80 Meters Hurdles Isabel Hofmeyr   RSA
W75 80 Meters Hurdles Johnnye Valien   USA
23.87
W50 4 x 400 Meters Relay Marne McMillan, Karla Del Grande, Rhona Trott, Maureen de St. Croix[15]: 99    CAN
4:24.09
W55 High Jump Phil Raschker   USA
W60 High Jump Erika Springmann   GER
Edith Graff   BEL
W70 High Jump Rosemary Chrimes   GBR
W75 High Jump Leonore McDaniels[15]: 104    USA
W75 Triple Jump Leonore McDaniels   USA
6.37
W70 Shot Put Rosemary Chrimes   GBR
10.68
W70 Discus Throw Rosemary Chrimes   GBR
31.29
W40 Hammer Throw Oneithea Lewis   USA
55.04

Men edit

Event Athlete(s) Nationality Performance
M100 100 Meters Waldo McBurney   USA
39.97
M50 200 Meters Stephen Peters   GBR
M70 200 Meters Ralph Romain   TTO
M90 200 Meters Friedrich Mahlo   GER
42.14
M55 400 Meters Charles Allie[1]   USA
M70 400 Meters Ralph Romain   TTO
M75 400 Meters Wilhem Selzer   GER
1:05.51
M90 400 Meters Friedrich Mahlo   GER
1:42.30
M80 80 Meters Hurdles Juji Tanaka   JPN
16.05
M40 110 Meters Hurdles David Ashford[1]   USA
M70 2000 Meters Steeplechase Francisco Vicente   POR
8:00.83
M80 2000 Meters Steeplechase Soichi Tamoi   JPN
10:02.43
M50 4 x 100 Meters Relay Robert Bowen, Edward Gonera, Bill Collins, Jesse Norman[15]: 96    USA
44.99
M100 Shot Put Waldo McBurney   USA
4.12
M90 Discus Throw Mario Riboni   ITA
M90 Hammer Throw Mario Riboni[15]: 137    ITA
20.27
M90 Hammer Throw Pedro Villanueva[15]: 137 [20]   COL
19.95
M75 Javelin Throw Heiner Will   GER
42.50
M90 Javelin Throw Pedro Villanueva[15]: 142    COL
16.09
M85 Weight Pentathlon Heige Lonnroth   FIN
4275
M90 Weight Pentathlon Howard West   CAN
3859
M90 Weight Pentathlon Anton Polgar   GER
3442
M90 Weight Pentathlon Gilberto Gonzalez   PUR
3287
M65 Decathlon Knut Skramstad   NOR
7754

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Outdoor". World Masters Athletics.
  2. ^ "Puerto Rico 2003". World Masters Athletics.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "2700 Athletes From 79 Nations Take Part in 15th World Championships" (PDF). National Masters News. Museum of Masters Track & Field. August 2003.
  4. ^ Kusy, Krzysztof; Zieliński, Jacek (January 2006). Parzy, Wiesława (ed.). Masters athletics. Social, biological and practical aspects of veterans sport. Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego w Poznaniu/Poznan University of Physical Education. ISBN 83-88923-69-2. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  5. ^ a b c d "441 U.S. Athletes Enter World Championships in Puerto Rico" (PDF). National Masters News. Museum of Masters Track & Field. July 2003.
  6. ^ "ABOUT US". World Masters Athletics.
  7. ^ "we love competition". Sports Destination Management. Puerto Rico Convention Bureau. September 22, 2017.
  8. ^ "VENUES". Carolina Puerto Rico 2003. Archived from the original on 2003-07-12.
  9. ^ Ken Stone (September 22, 2017). "Puerto Rico catastrophe sparks memories of 1983, 2003 worlds". Masterstrack.com.
  10. ^ Martin Gasselsberger. "WMA World Masters Athletics RULES OF COMPETITION". Masters Athletics. Archived from the original on 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  11. ^ "World Masters Athletic Championships". Wellington Masters Athletics.
  12. ^ "XV World Masters Athletics Championships". flashresults.
  13. ^ "XV World Masters Athletics Championships". cyberscoreboard.[dead link]
  14. ^ "XV World Masters Athletics Championships". Carolina Puerto Rico 2003. Aug 1, 2003. Archived from the original on 1 August 2003.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h "Championships Outdoor". World Masters Athletics. February 3, 2020.
  16. ^ Martin Gasselsberger. "XV. World Masters Athletics Championships". Masters Athletics.
  17. ^ "(WMACS) World Masters Athletics Championships Stadia". British Masters Athletic Federation.
  18. ^ "Results: World Outdoor Championships, Other Internationals". Museum of Masters Track & Field.
  19. ^ Gerd Mjelde placed 2nd to Hideko Koshikawa in W70 80m Hurdles
  20. ^ Pedro Villanueva placed 2nd to Mario Riboni in M90 Hammer Throw

External links edit

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