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The World Masters Athletics Championships are the biennial championships for masters athletics events held under the auspices of World Masters Athletics, formerly called the World Association of Veteran Athletes, for athletes 35 years of age or older. [1] [2]: 75 Masters athletes are divided into 5-year age groups. [3]: 35
Several world championship events are conducted by WMA. [8] Some competitions are held as part of larger events – for example, the World Masters Athletics 100 km Championships have been conducted as part of the IAU World 100 Kilometres Challenge, with the exception of the first edition in 1998 which was held as a distinct event.
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 Association of Veteran Athletes was founded August 9, 1977, at the second World Masters Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. World masters championships have been held outdoors every two years ever since, and a biennial World Masters Indoor Championships debuted in March 2004 in Sindelfingen, Germany.
The world governing body for masters athletics is World Masters Athletics (WMA). WMA conducts various world championships in what are called "non stadia" events, meaning races not held in the confines of a stadium. But with the exception of the marathon and three race walking events, WMA does not publish world records in other common road racing
0–9. 1975 World Association of Veteran Athletes Championships; 1977 World Masters Athletics Championships; 1979 World Masters Athletics Championships
This is the progression of world record improvements of the high jump of Masters athletics. Key Incomplete information Pending Indoor mark IAAF includes indoor marks in the record list since 2000, but WMA does not follow that practice.
Pages in category "World record holders in masters athletics" The following 139 pages are in this category, out of 139 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .