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This is a list of world records for Masters age groups in the sport of road running.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.
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 ...
On 30 March 1991, Arturo Barrios ran a world record distance of 21.101 km in one hour, becoming the first man to run the half marathon distance in under one hour. [11] On 3 April 1993, Moses Tanui became the first man to run a half marathon race in under one hour, with a time of 59:47. [12]
[1] [2]: 75 Masters athletes are divided into 5-year age groups. [3]: 35 The outdoor championships began in Toronto, Canada on August 11, 1975 and have continued in odd numbered years. In July 2011, World Masters Athletics changed their constitution to hold Championships in even numbered years, starting in 2016.
Masters world records set at this Championships are listed below. New to the outdoor Championships series is the Half Marathon; [17] therefore all age-group winners set new world records for this event. [9]
The marathon would be replaced by a half marathon. The 10K road race would be replaced by the 10K race walk. 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.
The competition was launched as the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1992 and held annually until 2010. [1] It was renamed the IAAF World Road Running Championships in 2006 and reduced in distance to a 20K run, but reverted to the half marathon distance the following year and to the original competition name the year after that. The ...
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. [10] A full range of track and field events were held. [11] In addition, non-stadia events included 8K Cross Country, 10K Race Walk, 20K Race Walk and Half Marathon. [12]