Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running. Competitors are bracketed into five-year age groups. For international events the first age group is 35 to 39. Men as old as 105 and women in their 100s have competed in running, jumping and throwing events. Masters athletes are sometimes known as "veterans" and the European Masters Championships, for instance, is known as "Eurovets." This and other high level events including biennial World Championships cater largely to elite-level athletes, but many masters athletes are novices to athletics and enjoy the camaraderie offered by masters competition at the local, National and International level. Most National governing bodies for track and field hold annual Masters championships. Prestigious National meets such as the Penn Relays and the United States Olympic Trials put on exhibition events for top masters athletes. Masters athletics is growing Internationally with over 6000 athletes competing at recent World Championships. World; National and Regional records are maintained for each age group.
1975 World Association of Veteran Athletes Championships is the first in a series of World Outdoor Championships.
This is the progression of world record improvements of the 80 metres hurdles W75 division of Masters athletics.
This is the progression of world record improvements of the pole vault M80 division of Masters athletics.
This is the progression of world record improvements of the triple jump W40 division of Masters athletics.
Hubert Indra is an Italian male decathlete, who has continued his career into masters athletics.
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. The low participation number may be partly due to the fear of flying after the 2001 September 11 attacks and the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak. This is the second time that the Championships is hosted in Puerto Rico; the fifth edition of 1983 was held in San Juan. 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,
2001 World Masters Athletics Championships is the fourteenth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place in Brisbane, Australia, from 1 to 14 July 2001.
1999 World Masters Athletics Championships is the thirteenth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place in Gateshead, England from 29 July to 8 August 1999. An official website was established for the first time in this series: http://www.gatesheadmbc.gov%5B%5D
1997 World Masters Athletics Championships is the twelfth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place in Durban, South Africa from 17 to 27 July 1997.
1995 World Masters Athletics Championships is the eleventh in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place in Buffalo, New York, USA from 13 to 23 July 1995.
1993 World Masters Athletics Championships is the tenth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place in Miyazaki, Japan from 7 to 17 October 1993.
1991 World Masters Athletics Championships is the ninth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place in Turku, Finland from 18 to 28 July 1991.
1989 World Masters Athletics Championships is the eighth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place from 27 July to 6 August 1989 in Eugene, Oregon, known as the "Track Capital of the World" and as TrackTown USA. Athletes from the Soviet Union participated for the first time in this series.
1987 World Masters Athletics Championships is the seventh in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place in Melbourne, Australia, from 28 November to 6 December 1987. The 4,000+ participating athletes made this the largest track and field meet in the world.
1985 World Masters Athletics Championships is the sixth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place in Rome, Italy, from June 22 to 30, 1985.
1983 World Masters Athletics Championships is the fifth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from 23 to 30 September 1983.
1981 World Masters Athletics Championships is the fourth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 7 to 14 January 1981. The turnout was better than expected, despite the remote location, though no Eastern European or third world nations were represented.
1979 World Masters Athletics Championships is the third in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place in Hannover, Germany, from 27 July to 2 August 1979.
1977 World Masters Athletics Championships is the second in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 8 to 13 August 1977.
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