2018 World Masters Athletics Championships

36°40′52″N 4°27′28″W / 36.6812°N 4.4579°W / 36.6812; -4.4579 (Estadio Ciudad de Málaga)

2018 World Masters Athletics Championships
Dates4 - 16 September 2018
Host cityMálaga, Spain
VenueEstadio Ciudad de Málaga
LevelMasters
TypeOutdoor
Participation8,197 athletes from
101[1] nations
Official websitehttps://wmamalaga2018.com/[dead link]
2016
2022
Ciudad Deportiva de Carranque
Complejo Deportivo Universitario
Pista Atletismo Torremolinos

2018 World Masters Athletics Championships is the 23rd in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place along the Costa del Sol in Málaga and Torremolinos, Spain from 4 to 16 September 2018. [2] [3] This was the second even year of this biennial series as beginning in 2016 at Perth, Australia, the Championships moved to be held in even-numbered years to avoid conflict with the quadrennial World Masters Games, which had been held in odd-numbered years since 2005. [4]

The main venue was Estadio Ciudad de Málaga (MAL). [5] Supplemental venues included Ciudad Deportiva de Carranque (CAR), Complejo Deportivo Universitario (UNI), and Pista Atletismo Torremolinos in the Estadio Polideportivo Ciudad de Torremolinos complex (TOR). [6] [7] The three-letter codes for the venues are used in the results.[8][9]

This Championships was organized by World Masters Athletics (WMA) in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC) led by Francisco de la Torre, Mayor of Málaga. [7]

The WMA is the global governing body of the sport of athletics for athletes 35 years of age or older, setting rules for masters athletics competition. [10]

At the 2016 General Assembly, a motion was passed to change two events after the 2016 Championships: [11] [12]

Thus, in addition to a full range of track and field events, [13] non-stadia events in this Championships included 8K Cross Country, 10K Road Race, 10K Race Walk, 20K Race Walk and Half Marathon. [14]

Controversy

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The Spanish government requested, through Real Federación Española de Atletismo, that the country of Gibraltar not be permitted to participate in the Championships. [15] Athletes from Gibraltar could compete as "neutral" athletes and cannot wear their national uniform. [16] In protest, four out of the five athletes from Gibraltar decided to withdraw and boycott the Championships. [17]

Results

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Official daily results are listed at Malaga2018, [18] and archived at RFEA. [8] Past Championships results are archived at WMA; [19] the 2018 results are summarized in a Medals Table [20] and a Records Table. [21] Additional archives are available from British Masters Athletic Federation [22] as a searchable pdf, [23] and from Victorian Masters Athletics as a searchable pdf. [9]

Masters world records set at this Championships are listed below and are based on the WMA Records Table unless otherwise noted. [21] More complete lists of medalists are contained in separate articles for women and for men.

Women

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World records are listed below.

Event Athlete(s) Nationality Performance
W65 100 Meters Karla Del Grande   CAN
W65 200 Meters Karla Del Grande   CAN
28.83
W75 200 Meters Carol LaFayette-Boyd[24][9]: 578 [23]: 65    CAN
W80 800 Meters Yoko Nakano   JPN
W80 5000 Meters Yoko Nakano   JPN
25:40.14
W75 80 Meters Hurdles Marianne Maier   AUT
17.37
W45 2K Steeplechase Minori Hayakari   JPN
6:51.51
W60 10K Race Walk Lynette Ventris   AUS
53:26
W75 20K Race Walk Hannele Kivistö[19][9]: 973    FIN
2:30:30
W55 4 x 100 Meters Relay
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Sandy Triolo, Adriene Allen, Kathleen Shook, Joy Upshaw[23]: 298    USA
54.05
W60 4 x 400 Meters Relay Hilary West, Helen Godsell, Jane Horder, Caroline Powell[23]: 374    GBR
4:41.85
W80 4 x 400 Meters Relay Rose Green, Jean Daprano, Carolyn Langenwalter, Lynne Hurrell[23]: 316    USA
7:59.18
W75 High Jump Carol LaFayette-Boyd   CAN
W75 Shot Put Marianne Maier   AUT
W80 Shot Put Evaun Williams   GBR
10.07
W80 Hammer Throw Evaun Williams[9]: 833 [25]   GBR
37.85
W80 Hammer Throw Evaun Williams[23]: 232    GBR
35.16
W90 Hammer Throw Julia Huapaya   PER
18.62
W80 Weight Throw Evaun Williams   GBR
12.68
W65 Javelin Throw Linda Cohn[9]: 721    USA
34.81
W70 Javelin Throw Jarmila Klimesova   CZE
W80 Javelin Throw Evaun Williams   GBR
W80 Javelin Throw Evaun Williams[9]: 834 [26]   GBR
W80 Throws Pentathlon Evaun Williams   GBR
6080
W75 Heptathlon Marianne Maier   AUT
6658
W75 Half Marathon Josette Maillard[14][9]: 933    FRA
2:03:35
W80 Half Marathon Yoko Nakano[14][9]: 933    JPN
2:07:36

World records are listed below.

Event Athlete(s) Nationality Performance
M90 200 Meters Yoshiyuki Shimizu   BRA
M70 400 Meters Charles Allie[9]: 100 [27]   USA
M90 400 Meters Yoshiyuki Shimizu   BRA
M85 4 x 400 Meters Relay Bingxiang Fei, Fucheng Qiu, Guiben Sun, Yide Shi[23]: 309    CHN
7:50.66
M55 Long Jump Gianni Becatti   ITA
6.50
M100 Triple Jump Giuseppe Ottaviani   ITA
2.23
M70 Weight Throw Arild Busterud   NOR
23.15
M70 Javelin Throw Esa Kiuru   FIN
M55 Throws Pentathlon Norbert Demmel   GER
5103
M70 Throws Pentathlon Arild Busterud   NOR
5067
M50 Decathlon Thomas Stewens   GER
8068
M85 Decathlon Ted Rowan   CAN
7110
M40 Half Marathon Silas Sang[14][9]: 896    KEN
1:07:22

References

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  1. ^ Rob Jerome (September 16, 2018). "Amazing WMA Championships". MastersRankings.
  2. ^ "Malaga 2018". World Masters Athletics. 4 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Malaga, Spain – (WMA) World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships". USATF Masters. Sep 3, 2018.
  4. ^ Ken Stone (July 14, 2011). "Masters outdoor world meets shifting to even-number years". Masterstrack.com.
  5. ^ "World Masters Athletics Championships 2018". Sprint Force.
  6. ^ "World Masters Athletics Championships". Turismo y Planificación Costa del Sol. 2 June 2023.
  7. ^ a b "ENTRY INFORMATION BULLETIN 2018" (PDF). 中華民國常青田徑協會.
  8. ^ a b "TIMETABLE". RFEA.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "XXIII WORLD MASTERS ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS" (PDF). Victorian Masters Athletics.
  10. ^ "Competition Rules". World Masters Athletics. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  11. ^ "Outdoor". World Masters Athletics. 15 January 2018.
  12. ^ "World Masters Athletic Championships". Wellington Masters Athletics.
  13. ^ Martin Gasselsberger. "WMA World Masters Athletics RULES OF COMPETITION". Masters Athletics. Archived from the original on 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  14. ^ a b c d "WMA Championships Half Marathon Bests" (PDF). World Masters Athletics. April 2019. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  15. ^ "PARTICIPATION OF GIBRALTAR IN 23RD. WORLD MASTERS ATHLETICS TRACK and FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS, MALAGA, SPAIN". World Masters Athletics. 6 September 2018.
  16. ^ "Outrage as Spain 'forbids' local athletes from representing Gibraltar in Malaga international event". master-athlete.com. 5 September 2018.
  17. ^ HARVEY GAVIN (Sep 9, 2018). "Gibraltar athlete DEFIES petty Spain ban on displaying own flag". Daily Express.
  18. ^ "Schedule, Start Lists, and Results". Malaga2018. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018.
  19. ^ a b "Championships Outdoor". World Masters Athletics. February 3, 2020.
  20. ^ "Full Malaga Results and Medals Table". World Masters Athletics. 19 November 2018.
  21. ^ a b "Records broken in Malaga!". World Masters Athletics. 24 September 2018.
  22. ^ "(WMACS) World Masters Athletics Championships Stadia". British Masters Athletic Federation.
  23. ^ a b c d e f g "XXIII WORLD MASTERS ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS" (PDF). British Masters Athletic Federation.
  24. ^ Carol LaFayette-Boyd's heat time 31.86 (-1.7) was also a World Record
  25. ^ Evaun Williams achieved W80 Hammer Throw World Record of 37.85 during Throws Pentathlon
  26. ^ Evaun Williams achieved W80 Javelin Throw World Record of 24.65 during Throws Pentathlon
  27. ^ Charles Allie achieved M70 400m World Record of 57.26 in Heat 5
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