2016 World Masters Athletics Championships

31°56′58″S 115°46′55″E / 31.94950°S 115.78194°E / -31.94950; 115.78194 (Western Australian Athletics Stadium)

2016 World Masters Athletics Championships
Dates26 October - 6 November 2016
Host cityPerth, Australia
VenueWestern Australian Athletics Stadium
LevelMasters
TypeOutdoor
Participation4028 athletes from
90[1] nations
Official websiteArchived 2016-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
2015
2018
Ern Clark Athletic Track
Technical Information Centre
Swan River

2016 World Masters Athletics Championships is the 22nd in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place in Perth, Australia from 26 October to 6 November 2016.[2][3] Prior to this year, the championships in this biennial series were in odd-numbered years. Beginning in 2016, the championships were held in even-numbered years.[1] The change was made to avoid conflict with the quadrennial World Masters Games, which had been held in odd-numbered years since 2005.[4]

The main venue was Western Australian Athletics Stadium,[1][3][5] which had a nine-lane mondotrack laid in 2014.[6] Supplemental venues included Ern Clark Athletic Centre,[7] which also had a recently-upgraded eight-lane mondotrack.[8][9] Road walks and cross country were held at Alderbury and Perry Lakes Reserves in Floreat. Half marathon and marathon followed the banks of the Swan River, with start and finish at the WA Water Sports Club.[10][1][11][12][13] HBF Stadium served as the technical information centre.[14] Welcoming ceremony was held at Elizabeth Quay.[15]

This championship was organized by World Masters Athletics (WMA) in coordination with a local organising committee.[1]

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.[16] At the general assembly during this championship, a motion was passed to change two events after this edition of the series:[1][17]

In addition to a full range of track and field events,[18] non-stadia events included 8K cross country, 10K race walk, 20K race walk, half marathon,[19] and marathon.

Results

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Official results are archived at perth2016.[20] Past championships results are archived at WMA.[21] Additional archives are available from British Masters Athletic Federation [22] in HTML format,[23] from Český atletický as a searchable pdf,[24] from documents.pub as a searchable pdf,[25] and from Masters Athletics Western Australia as a pdf book.[26]

Masters world records set at this championships are listed below and are from the list of world records in the pdf book unless otherwise noted.[26]: 5  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
W70 400 metres Aletta Ungerer   RSA
W65 800 metres Sabra Harvey   USA
2:39.61
W65 5000 metres Kathryn Martin   USA
20:08.17
W70 80 metres hurdles Marianne Maier   AUT
15.72
W80 80 metres hurdles Irene Obera   USA
18.70
W65 2K steeplechase Kathryn Martin   USA
8:57.54
W75 2K steeplechase Xuhua Chen[27][28]   CHN
11:30.55
W80 2K steeplechase Anne Martin   GBR
13:38.80
W85 2K steeplechase Clasina Van der Veeken   NZL
18:30.80
W85 5K race walk Christiane Dauphinet   AUS
41:20.34
W90 5K race walk Elena Pagu   ROU
44:28.33
W90 10K race walk Elena Pagu   ROU
1:31:21
W70 20K race walk Elsa Meyer   RSA
2:10:58
W75 20K race walk Vey Hildegard   RSA
2:33:39
W65 4 × 400 metres relay Paula Moorhouse, Carol Davis, Kathryn Heagney, Lyn Peake[24][26]: 58    AUS
5:06.10
W65 4 × 400 metres relay Rosalind Tabor, Janette Stevenson, Hendricka White, Caroline Marler[24][26]: 58    GBR
5:12.77
W80 4 × 400 metres relay Mary Harada, Christel Donley, Irene Obera, Jean Daprano[26]: 59    USA
8:26.42
W75 high jump Kathy Bergen[24]   USA
1.22
W80 heptathlon Irene Obera[21]   USA
6071
W45 half marathon Carla Machado[24]   POR
1:22:07
W45 half marathon Hong Li[24][29]   CHN
1:23:12
W50 half marathon Sally Gibbs[24]   NZL
1:22:02
W50 half marathon Zohra Graziani[24]   FRA
1:28:14
W50 half marathon Soledad Castro Soliño[24]   ESP
1:28:28
W55 half marathon Robyn Basman[24]   AUS
1:30:45
W55 half marathon Janet Ferguson[24]   AUS
1:33:02
W60 half marathon Johanna Clarkson[24]   AUS
1:42:50
W60 half marathon Helen Stanley[24]   AUS
1:43:16
W60 half marathon Joy Radford[24]   GBR
1:45:05
W65 half marathon Kristiina Huttunen[24]   FIN
1:51:52
W70 half marathon Lavinia Petrie[24]   AUS
1:41:00
W80 half marathon Sally Gibbs[19]   NZL
1:22:02

World records are listed below.

Event Athlete(s) Nationality Performance
M85 4 × 400 metres relay Jinbiao Wang, Guiben Sun, Zhiyong Wang, Pengxue Su[26]: 59    CHN
8:35.23
M75 2K steeplechase Jean-Louis Esnault[24]   FRA
8:50.65
M50 half marathon Paul Thompson[24]   GBR
1:12:48
M50 half marathon Bruce Graham[24]   AUS
1:14:58
M50 half marathon John Meagher[24]   AUS
1:15:59
M55 half marathon David Sweeney[24]   AUS
1:13:42
M55 half marathon John Meagher[24]   KEN
1:15:15
M70 half marathon Jean Claude Demarque[24]   FRA
1:31:34
M70 half marathon Albert Anderegg[24]    SUI
1:32:20
M70 half marathon Martin Ford[24]   GBR
1:37:28
M70 half marathon Donald Mathewson[24]   AUS
1:37:33
M80 half marathon Roger Bardin[24]   FRA
2:12:53
M55 throws pentathlon Burton Haupt[24]   RSA
4800

References

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  2. ^ "Perth 2016". World Masters Athletics. 11 March 2018.
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  6. ^ "WORLD-CLASS TRACK LAID AT WA ATHLETICS STADIUM". Australasian Leisure Management. February 5, 2014.
  7. ^ "Ern Clark Athletics Centre - Athletics Track Directory". 8 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Venues - Stadia". Perth 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-11-13.
  9. ^ Torrey Enoksen. "Perth is ready for World Masters Athletics 2016". European Masters Athletics.
  10. ^ "WARWSA". WARWSA. 2017-06-13. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
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  12. ^ "Venues - Non-Stadia". Perth 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-11-14.
  13. ^ "PERTH WELCOMES THE WORLD MASTERS". Athletics Australia. 25 Oct 2016.
  14. ^ "Impact of Perth 2016 World Masters on HBF Stadium precinct". VenuesWest. Government of Western Australia. 22 October 2016.
  15. ^ "Ceremonies & Events". Perth 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-11-14.
  16. ^ "Competition Rules". World Masters Athletics. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
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  22. ^ "(WMACS) World Masters Athletics Championships Stadia". British Masters Athletic Federation. 30 May 2017.
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  27. ^ Zhao Ruixue (2017-04-13). "Keep on running even in old age". China Daily USA.
  28. ^ Ken Stone (May 17, 2017). "Chinese runner's goal: Guinness world record for most gold medals". Masterstrack.com.
  29. ^ Hong Li placed 2nd to Carla Machado in the W45 Half Marathon
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