1999 World Masters Athletics Championships

54°57′40″N 1°34′47″W / 54.961111°N 1.579722°W / 54.961111; -1.579722 (Gateshead International Stadium)

1999 World Masters Athletics Championships
Dates29 July - 8 August 1999
Host cityGateshead, England
VenueGateshead International Stadium
LevelMasters
TypeOutdoor
Participation5843 athletes from
74[1] nations
Official websitehttp://www.gatesheadmbc.gov[dead link]
1997
2001
Riverside Stadium
Monkton Stadium

1999 World Masters Athletics Championships is the thirteenth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships (called World Veterans Championships or World Veterans Athletics Championships at the time) that took place in Gateshead, England from 29 July to 8 August 1999.[1] An official website was established for the first time in this series: http://www.gatesheadmbc.gov[dead link][2]: 26 

The main venue was Gateshead International Stadium; some stadia events were held at Riverside Stadium and Monkton Stadium.[3]: 189  [2]: 24  [4]: 15 

This edition of masters athletics Championships had a minimum age limit of 35 years for women and 40 years for men.[4]: 15 

The governing body of this series is World Association of Veteran Athletes (WAVA). WAVA was formed at the inaugural edition of this series at Toronto in 1975, then officially founded during the second edition in 1977. During General Assembly on 5 August at this Championships, a proposed amendment to change the name of the organization from WAVA to World Association of Masters Athletes (WAMA) was defeated, [4]: 24  [5]: 55  though the name would eventually be changed to World Masters Athletics (WMA) at the Brisbane Championships in 2001.[6] [5]: 56 

This Championships was organized by WAVA in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC) led by Mike Newton.[2]: 23 [4]: 15 

In addition to a full range of track and field events,[7][8] non-stadia events included 10K Cross Country, 10K Race Walk (women), 20K Race Walk (men), and Marathon.

Results

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Past Championships results are archived at WMA.[9] Additional archives are available from British Masters Athletic Federation [10] as a pdf newsletter, [11] from Museum of Masters Track & Field [12] as a searchable pdf [13] and as National Masters News pdf newsletters.[2] [4] Australian results are summarized in a Victorian Masters Athletics pdf newsletter retrospective.[14]

Several masters world records were set at this Championships. World records for 1997 are from the list of World Records in the National Masters News September newsletter[4]: 18  unless otherwise noted.

Key:   Wind aided

Women

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Event Athlete(s) Nationality Performance
W65 100 Meters Irene Obera   USA
14.29
W85 100 Meters Nora Wedemo   SWE
21.98
W65 200 Meters Irene Obera   USA
W85 200 Meters Nora Wedemo   SWE
53.07
W75 400 Meters Paula Schneiderhan   GER
W60 800 Meters Gerda van Kooten   NED
W65 800 Meters Jean Horne   CAN
W60 1500 Meters Gerda van Kooten   NED
W45 2000 Meters Steeplechase Victoria Adams   NZL
7:44.53
WSO 2000 Meters Steeplechase Victoria Adams   NZL
8:13.92
W6O 2000 Meters Steeplechase Sara Urrutia   PUR
9:59.23
W65 2000 Meters Steeplechase Ana Tebes   ARG
10:30.07
W70 2000 Meters Steeplechase Shirley Brasher   AUS
12:19.45
W40 80 Meters Hurdles Jocelyn Harwood   GBR
W85 80 Meters Hurdles Asta Larsson   SWE
16.11
W8O 5K Race Walk Britta Tibbling   SWE
34:48.49
W85 5K Race Walk Margit Lindgren[13]: 58    SWE
42:21.59
W40 4 x 100 Meters Relay Gabi Horwedel, Susanne Fritsche, Silke Heitmann, Anke Moritz[13]: 21    GER
53.74
WSO 4 x 100 Meters Relay Beatrix Blank, Ingrid Meier, Doris Gallep, Brigitte Schommler{[13]: 21    GER
5O.07
W6O 4 x 100 Meters Relay Christiane Schmalbruch, Elfriede Hofman, Gerti Reichert, Erika Dreroll[13]: 21    GER
56.89
W35 4 x 400 Meters Relay Virginia Mitchell, Jennie Mathews, Angela Beadnall, Linda Gabriel[13]: 21    GBR
3:50.80
W50 4 x 400 Meters Relay Yvonne Priestman, Mary Waters, Lynda Robson, Sheila Carey[15][4]: 18 [13]: 21 [11]: 22    GBR
4:28.52
W6O 4 x 400 Meters Relay Dorothy Fraser, Pamela Jones, Jean Hulls, Elizabeth Holmes[13]: 21    GBR
5:06.40
W45 High Jump Debbie Brill   CAN
W75 High Jump Helgi Pedel[13]: 58    CAN
1.10
W80 High Jump Olga Kotelko   CAN
0.92
W75 Long Jump Paula Schneiderhan   GER
3.61
W6O Pole Vault Becky Sisley   USA
2.30
W65 Shot Put Rosemary Chrimes   GBR
11.04
W65 Discus Throw Rosemary Chrimes   GBR
33.27
W40 Hammer Throw Margrith Duss-Mueller[3]: 190     SUI
46.34
W75 Hammer Throw Kaija Jortikka   FIN
23.92
W45 Javelin Throw Jean Lintern   GBR
W55 Javelin Throw Karin Illgen   GER
W70 Javelin Throw Rachel Hanssens   BEL
26.07
W40 Weight Pentathlon Carol Finsrud   USA
4120
W5O Weight Pentathlon Margarethe Tomanek   BEL
4313
W75 Weight Pentathlon Kaija Jortikka   FIN
4234
W8O Weight Pentathlon Olga Kotelko   CAN
3557
Event Athlete(s) Nationality Performance
M85 100 Meters Vittorio Colo   ITA
17.57
M45 200 Meters Stephen Peters[13]: 25 [16]   GBR
M95 200 Meters Waldo McBurney   USA
63.08
M45 400 Meters Stephen Peters   GBR
M75 400 Meters Lucas Nel   RSA
M60 800 Meters Alan Bradford   AUS
M70 800 Meters Earl Fee   CAN
2:21.95
M70 1500 Meters Simon Herlaar   NED
5:02.78
M90 1500 Meters John Farrell   GBR
M60 2000 Meters Steeplechase Alan Bradford   AUS
6:54.31
M65 2000 Meters Steeplechase Francisco Vicente   POR
7:32.65
M75 2000 Meters Steeplechase Soichl Tamoi[13]: 40    JPN
9:17.38
M80 2000 Meters Steeplechase Dan Bulkley   USA
11:48.10
M75 80 Meters Hurdles Melvin Larsen   USA
14.20
M60 300 Meters Hurdles Guido Müller[17][13]: 59 [4]: 18 [3]: 190 [18]   GER
M80 300 Meters Hurdles Dan Bulkley   USA
62.61
M65 5K Race Walk Gerhard Weidner   GER
25:05.02
M95 5K Race Walk Waldo McBurney   USA
57:06.80
M85 20K Race Walk James Grimwade[13]: 59    GBR
2:24:00
M60 4 x 100 Meters Relay Jürgen Radke, Rolf Temme, Hans Jürgen Gasper, Karl-Heinz Buss[13]: 56    GER
4B.17
M60 4 x 400 Meters Relay Paul Johnson, Lawrence Colbert, Martyn Adamson, Mack Stewart[13]: 57    USA
3:53.87
M80 4 x 400 Meters Relay Otto Ludzuweit, Eric Janicaud, Eugen Eble, Friedrich Mahlo[13]: 57    GER
6:35.98
M65 Long Jump Lawrence Richards   USA
5.32
M60 Shot Put Franz Ratzer   AUT
16.69
M85 Shot Put Kasimir Gassmann    SUI
9.47
M85 Discus Throw Ross Carter   USA
30.23
M95 Discus Throw Waldo McBurney   USA
13.56
M60 Javelin Throw Wladyslaw Kowalczyk   GER
M60 Javelin Throw Alexsander Sakow   POL
M60 Javelin Throw Berthold Maier   GER
M65 Javelin Throw Olavi Rantanen   FIN
M70 Javelin Throw Härje Noreborn   SWE
M40 Weight Pentathlon Kenneth Jansson   USA
3937
M45 Weight Pentathlon Vasilis Manganas[13]: 59    GRE
4267
M55 Decathlon Rolf Geese   GER
8726
M75 Decathlon Pekka Penttilä   FIN
7825
MBO Decathlon Takuru Miura   JPN
46BO

References

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  1. ^ a b "Outdoor". World Masters Athletics.
  2. ^ a b c d "5804 Athletes from 66 Nations Enter World Championships in England" (PDF). National Masters News. Museum of Masters Track & Field. July 1999.
  3. ^ a b c Olson, Leonard T. (29 November 2000). Masters Track and Field: A History. McFarland. ISBN 0786408898.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "5949 Athletes Take Part in 13th World Veterans Championships" (PDF). National Masters News. Museum of Masters Track & Field. September 1999.
  5. ^ a b 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)
  6. ^ "WORLD MASTERS (VETERANS) CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)". gbrathletics.com. Athletics Weekly.
  7. ^ Martin Gasselsberger. "WMA World Masters Athletics RULES OF COMPETITION". Masters Athletics.
  8. ^ "World Masters Athletic Championships". Wellington Masters Athletics.
  9. ^ "Championships Outdoor". World Masters Athletics. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  10. ^ "(WMACS) World Masters Athletics Championships Stadia". British Masters Athletic Federation.
  11. ^ a b "The World comes to Gateshead" (PDF). Veteran Athletics. British Masters Athletic Federation. 1999.
  12. ^ "Results: World Outdoor Championships, Other Internationals". Museum of Masters Track & Field. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "COMPLETE RESULTS - ALL ROUNDS" (PDF). Museum of Masters Track & Field.
  14. ^ "Xlll World Veterans Athletics Championships Gateshead U.K. July 29 – August 8, 1999" (PDF). Footprints. Victorian Masters Athletics. December 2012. p. 19. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  15. ^ The National Masters News September newsletter reported a German team time of 4:28.51
  16. ^ Stephen Peters achieved M45 200m World Record of 22.19 in semi-finals
  17. ^ Guido Müller was spelled Guido Müeller in the results
  18. ^ "Guido Muller WINNER OF THE 2014 MASTERS' MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR". World Athletics. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
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