International athletics championship event
54°57′40″N 1°34′47″W / 54.961111°N 1.579722°W / 54.961111; -1.579722 (Gateshead International Stadium )
Riverside Stadium
Monkton Stadium
1999 World Masters Athletics Championships is the thirteenth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships (called World Veterans Championships or World Veterans Athletics Championships at the time) that took place in Gateshead , England from 29 July to 8 August 1999.[ 1]
An official website was established for the first time in this series: http://www.gatesheadmbc.gov [dead link ] [ 2] : 26
The main venue was Gateshead International Stadium ; some stadia events were held at Riverside Stadium and Monkton Stadium.[ 3] : 189
[ 2] : 24
[ 4] : 15
This edition of masters athletics Championships had a minimum age limit of 35 years for women and 40 years for men.[ 4] : 15
The governing body of this series is World Association of Veteran Athletes (WAVA). WAVA was formed at the inaugural edition of this series at Toronto in 1975, then officially founded during the second edition in 1977.
During General Assembly on 5 August at this Championships, a proposed amendment to change the name of the organization from WAVA to World Association of Masters Athletes (WAMA) was defeated,
[ 4] : 24
[ 5] : 55
though the name would eventually be changed to World Masters Athletics (WMA) at the Brisbane Championships in 2001 .[ 6]
[ 5] : 56
This Championships was organized by WAVA in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC) led by Mike Newton.[ 2] : 23 [ 4] : 15
In addition to a full range of track and field events,[ 7] [ 8]
non-stadia events included 10K Cross Country , 10K Race Walk (women), 20K Race Walk (men), and Marathon .
Results
Past Championships results are archived at WMA.[ 9]
Additional archives are available from British Masters Athletic Federation
[ 10]
as a pdf newsletter ,
[ 11]
from Museum of Masters Track & Field
[ 12]
as a searchable pdf
[ 13]
and as National Masters News pdf newsletters .[ 2]
[ 4]
Australian results are summarized in a Victorian Masters Athletics pdf newsletter retrospective.[ 14]
Several masters world records were set at this Championships. World records for 1997 are from the list of World Records in the National Masters News September newsletter[ 4] : 18 unless otherwise noted.
Key: Wind aided
Women
Event
Athlete(s)
Nationality
Performance
W65 100 Meters
Irene Obera
USA
14.29
W85 100 Meters
Nora Wedemo
SWE
21.98
W65 200 Meters
Irene Obera
USA
W85 200 Meters
Nora Wedemo
SWE
53.07
W75 400 Meters
Paula Schneiderhan
GER
W60 800 Meters
Gerda van Kooten
NED
W65 800 Meters
Jean Horne
CAN
W60 1500 Meters
Gerda van Kooten
NED
W45 2000 Meters Steeplechase
Victoria Adams
NZL
7:44.53
WSO 2000 Meters Steeplechase
Victoria Adams
NZL
8:13.92
W6O 2000 Meters Steeplechase
Sara Urrutia
PUR
9:59.23
W65 2000 Meters Steeplechase
Ana Tebes
ARG
10:30.07
W70 2000 Meters Steeplechase
Shirley Brasher
AUS
12:19.45
W40 80 Meters Hurdles
Jocelyn Harwood
GBR
W85 80 Meters Hurdles
Asta Larsson
SWE
16.11
W8O 5K Race Walk
Britta Tibbling
SWE
34:48.49
W85 5K Race Walk
Margit Lindgren[ 13] : 58
SWE
42:21.59
W40 4 x 100 Meters Relay
Gabi Horwedel, Susanne Fritsche, Silke Heitmann, Anke Moritz[ 13] : 21
GER
53.74
WSO 4 x 100 Meters Relay
Beatrix Blank, Ingrid Meier, Doris Gallep, Brigitte Schommler{[ 13] : 21
GER
5O.07
W6O 4 x 100 Meters Relay
Christiane Schmalbruch, Elfriede Hofman, Gerti Reichert, Erika Dreroll[ 13] : 21
GER
56.89
W35 4 x 400 Meters Relay
Virginia Mitchell, Jennie Mathews, Angela Beadnall, Linda Gabriel[ 13] : 21
GBR
3:50.80
W50 4 x 400 Meters Relay
Yvonne Priestman, Mary Waters, Lynda Robson, Sheila Carey[ 15] [ 4] : 18 [ 13] : 21 [ 11] : 22
GBR
4:28.52
W6O 4 x 400 Meters Relay
Dorothy Fraser, Pamela Jones, Jean Hulls, Elizabeth Holmes[ 13] : 21
GBR
5:06.40
W45 High Jump
Debbie Brill
CAN
W75 High Jump
Helgi Pedel[ 13] : 58
CAN
1.10
W80 High Jump
Olga Kotelko
CAN
0.92
W75 Long Jump
Paula Schneiderhan
GER
3.61
W6O Pole Vault
Becky Sisley
USA
2.30
W65 Shot Put
Rosemary Chrimes
GBR
11.04
W65 Discus Throw
Rosemary Chrimes
GBR
33.27
W40 Hammer Throw
Margrith Duss-Mueller[ 3] : 190
SUI
46.34
W75 Hammer Throw
Kaija Jortikka
FIN
23.92
W45 Javelin Throw
Jean Lintern
GBR
W55 Javelin Throw
Karin Illgen
GER
W70 Javelin Throw
Rachel Hanssens
BEL
26.07
W40 Weight Pentathlon
Carol Finsrud
USA
4120
W5O Weight Pentathlon
Margarethe Tomanek
BEL
4313
W75 Weight Pentathlon
Kaija Jortikka
FIN
4234
W8O Weight Pentathlon
Olga Kotelko
CAN
3557
Men
References
External links
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