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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 ...
Starting at age 35, each age group starts on the athlete's birthday in years that are evenly divisible by 5 and extends until the next such occurrence. 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.
However, high altitude can significantly assist sprint performances. [13] One estimate suggests times in the 200 m sprint can be assisted by between 0.09s and 0.14s with the maximum allowable tailing wind of 2.0 m/s, and gain 0.3s at altitudes over 2000m. [ 14 ]
Age group In or Out Event Mark Wind Athlete Age Date Location Ref Unofficial (Senior Games) M 100 Outdoor 50 Meter 18.19 Frederick Winter 100 July 2015 Minneapolis, MN [19] [20] Former M 100 Outdoor 100 Meter 39.97 Waldo McBurney 100 5 July 2003 Carolina, Puerto Rico [21] [22] Former M 100 Outdoor 100 Meter 43.00 Everett Hosack 100 27 February 2002
Meet Gout Gout, the 16-year-old Australian sprinter who recorded the fourth-fastest time by an Australian in the 100-meter race on Friday, Dec. 6. Gout, largely touted as the next Usain Bolt ...
50 metres hurdles ; 60 metres hurdles ; 80 ... (Men's from page 202–222, women's from page 292–309) Progression of IAAF World Records
Just a day after running the fourth fastest under-18 100m time in history, 16-year-old sprint sensation Gout Gout has broken Australia’s longstanding men’s 200m record. Peter Norman’s 200m ...
A version of the 100 metres hurdles is also used for 50- to 59-year-old men in Masters athletics. They run the same spacing as women, which coordinates with existing markings on most tracks, but run over 36-inch (0.914 m) hurdles. In the 60-69 age range, the spacings are changed.