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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.These are the current world records in various five-year-groups, maintained by WMA, the World Association of Masters Athletes, which is designated by the World Athletics (formerly IAAF) to conduct the worldwide sport of Masters ...
The world records for this age group are ratified by World Masters Athletics, the global sports body for masters track and field. [1] National bodies, such as the USA Masters division of USATF , may also retain national records for the best performances in athletics events recorded by athletes aged 100 and over. [ 2 ]
In the sport of athletics, centenarian competitors were recorded in the early 20th century, and have become increasingly common in the 21st century. This has occurred during a period of population ageing and increased longevity in wealthy countries, alongside a corresponding development of masters track and field competitions, such as the Senior Olympics and the World Masters Athletics ...
For record purposes, older athletes are not included in younger age groups, except in the case of relay team members. A relay team's age group is determined by the age of the youngest member. There are two categories of relay records, one for composite teams made up of four American runners usually National teams at major championships, and a ...
Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... IAAF Statistics Book 2009 – World record progressions (Men's from page 202–222, women's from page 292–309)
This category is for the sport of athletics, comprising track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking. It is not to be used for competitors in other sports or to categorize anyone who is physically fit , two other meanings associated with the word athletics .
In 2013, Rich Carnes was 66 and an avid runner with the Colonial Road Runners in Abington. But a meniscus (cartilage) tear repair on his knee sent him to surgery by a well-known doctor.
The M60 division consists of male athletes who have reached the age of 60 but have not yet reached the age of 65, so exactly from their 60th birthday to the day before their 65th birthday. Marathon running is not normally seeded into age divisions so all of these records were set in marathon race open to most other age groups. Key