1991 World Masters Athletics Championships

1991 World Masters Athletics Championships Logo_for_WMAC_1991.png 240 Paavo Nurmi Stadium 240px Turku, Finland 18 - 28 July 1991 Masters Outdoor 4802 56https://world-masters-athletics.com/championships/outdoor/ Outdoor World Masters Athletics 1989 1993 60.4425508 22.2587239 title dim:900_type:landmark Paavo Nurmi Stadium 1991 World Masters Athletics Championships is the ninth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships (called World Veterans Championships at the time) that took place in Turku, Finland from 18 to 28 July 1991. The main venue was Paavo Nurmi Stadium. 18 Masters Track and Field: A History https://books.google.com/books?id=rW9yTCaG_-AC Olson Leonard T. Nov 29, 2000 McFarland 0786408898191 Satellite tracks were located in nearby municipalities of Raisio and Kaarina. 19 16 This edition of masters athletics Championships had a minimum age limit of 35 years for women and 40 years for men. 1 The governing body of this series is World Association of Veteran Athletes (WAVA). WAVA was formed during meeting at the inaugural edition of this series at Toronto in 1975, then officially founded during the second edition in 1977, then renamed as World Masters Athletics (WMA) at the Brisbane Championships in 2001. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/wmcm.htm WORLD MASTERS (VETERANS) CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN) Athletics Weekly gbrathletics.com Kusy Krzysztof Zieliński Jacek Parzy Wiesława January 2006 83-88923-69-2 Masters athletics. Social, biological and practical aspects of veterans sport https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351065972 Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego w Poznaniu/Poznan University of Physical Education ResearchGate56 This Championships was organized by WAVA in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC) headed by Sten-Olof Hansen. 18 In addition to a full range of track and field events, http://www.mastersathletics.net/index.php?id=739 WMA World Masters Athletics RULES OF COMPETITION Martin Gasselsberger Masters Athletics 2022-01-29 2021-12-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20211227151147/http://www.mastersathletics.net/index.php?id=739 dead http://www.wellingtonmastersathletics.org.nz/wma/wma.html World Masters Athletic Championships Wellington Masters Athletics non-stadia events included 10K Cross Country, 10K Race Walk (women), 20K Race Walk (men), and Marathon. South Africa South Africa had been expelled by the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) in 1976 due to the apartheid policy of the South African government at that time. https://www.nytimes.com/1976/07/23/archives/south-africa-expelled-by-track-body-south-africa-is-expelled-by.html South Africa Expelled by Track Body Robert Trumbull July 23, 1976 The New York Times The participation of South African athletes in WAVA competitions had been at odds with the IAAF, specifically due to the 1977 WAVA constitution which had stated that 167 http://www.mastershistory.org/USMITT/1977-08-c-USMITT.pdf Proposed Constitution for the World Masters Track and Field Association August 1977 USMITT Museum of Masters Track & Field 9 no competitor be barred because of race, religion, ethnic background, or national origin. As a compromise, South Africans often competed at these Championships under the flag of other nations before 1987. During General Assembly at the 1987 Championships, WAVA delegates approved a motion to amend the WAVA constitution and exclude countries whose national federation is suspended by the IAAF. http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/01_1988.pdf Rain, Wind and Cold Fail to Dampen Spirit of VII World Veterans Games January 1988 Museum of Masters Track & Field National Masters News 14 50 181 Thus South African athletes were officially banned from these Championships, and would not be welcomed back until the 1993 edition in Miyazaki, 185 after the abolition of apartheid and the readmittance of South Africa into IAAF in 1992. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-30-sp-129-story.html South Africa Track Gets Approval for Games : Olympics: IAAF's backing leaves all the country's sports in good standing for Barcelona. May 30, 1992 Associated Press L.A. Times World Records Past Championships results are archived at WMA. https://world-masters-athletics.com/championships/results-championships-outdoor/ Championships Outdoor World Masters Athletics 2022-01-03 Additional archives are available from Museum of Masters Track & Field http://mastershistory.org/world-outdoor-championships-other-internationals/ Results: World Outdoor Championships, Other Internationals Museum of Masters Track & Field 2022-01-03 as a pdf book, http://www.mastershistory.org/International-Results/1991-07-Results-Finland.pdf Results IX World Veterans' Championships Museum of Masters Track & Field in pdf newsletters from National Masters News, http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/07_1991.pdf Record 5052 Athletes from 53 Nations Enter Veterans World Championships July 1991 Museum of Masters Track & Field National Masters News http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/09_1991.pdf 5000 Athletes Triumph in WAVA World Championships September 1991 Museum of Masters Track & Field National Masters News and as a searchable pdf extracted from the September 1991 newsletter. http://www.mastershistory.org/International-Results/turku1991.pdf IX WAVA World Veterans Championships Museum of Masters Track & Field Several masters world records were set at this Championships. World records for 1991 are from the lists of World Records in the Museum of Masters Track & Field pdf book, 9 supplemented by another list of World Records in the September 1991 newsletter. 11 The winners from each of the age-group 100m races were invited to participate in a "Special WAVA Age-Graded 100", 14 where runners were given distance handicaps based on WAVA age-graded tables. https://usatfmasters.org/age-grading/ Age Grading Aug 24, 2018 USATF Masters https://world-masters-athletics.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2022-Age-Factors-1.pdf WMA Proposed Age Grading Tables 2022-02-17 World Masters Athletics The winners were M55 Hugo Hartenstein (USA) in 10.55 and W40 Geraldine Otto (GER) in 11.22. 34 The blind sprinter Fritz Assmy, now in the M75 class and guided by his grandson, 52 set new WRs in the 100m and 200m sprints, 185 running in his assigned lane 8 to avoid getting in the way of other competitors. 10 http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/NMN-June-1985s.pdf How I Run Without Seeing June 1985 Museum of Masters Track & Field National Masters News Fritz Assmy 16 He had been guided by his son-in-law in 1977, 1979 and 1981, and by his son in 1983 and 1985. This was his last WAVA Championships; he would not compete in 1993 and would pass away in 2000. http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/12_1993.pdf 12,178 Athletes Take Part in 10th World Veterans Championships December 1993 Museum of Masters Track & Field National Masters News 29 Women EventAthlete(s)NationalityPerformanceW55 100 MetersCorrie Roovers-van den BoschNED13.30W50 400 MetersBrunhilde HoffmannGER1:02.89W55 400 MetersCarolyn Sue CappettaUSA 1:05.48W60 400 MetersAnn CooperAUS1:07.97W55 800 MetersEdeltraud Pohl36GER2:37.42W55 1500 MetersEdeltraud Pohl36GER5:12.43W75 1500 MetersJohanna LutherGER7:06.13W80 1500 MetersAnne ClarkeUSA8:36.90W45 5000 MetersElaine StathamGBR17:40.77W50 5000 MetersIda HellwagnerAUS18:05.33W70 5000 MetersLenore MarvinCAN24:24.32W45 10000 MetersElaine StathamGBR37:05.16W60 10000 MetersMarion IrvineUSA43:23.17W75 10000 MetersJohanna LutherGER53:13.63W35 2000 Meters SteeplechaseVictoria Adams38NZL7:48.32W45 2000 Meters SteeplechaseMargaret Orman38NZL7:38.08W55 2000 Meters SteeplechaseSally Strazdins38USA9:52.25W60 2000 Meters SteeplechaseRuth Carrier38CAN11:04.56W55 80 Meters HurdlesCorrie Roovers-van den BoschNED13.30W75 80 Meters HurdlesRosaline Sole37http://www.wellingtonmastersathletics.org.nz/wma/wma_sh.html World Masters Athletics Short Hurdles Wellington Masters Athletics NZL27.89W55 300 Meters HurdlesCorrie Roovers-van den Bosch37http://www.wellingtonmastersathletics.org.nz/wma/wma_lh.html World Masters Athletics Long Hurdles Wellington Masters Athletics NED52.11W60 300 Meters HurdlesBetty Vosburgh37191USA59.78W65 300 Meters HurdlesElse Laine3711FIN68.23W40 4 x 100 Meters RelayIngrid Meier, Geraldine Otto, Anita Bayha, Ellen Hees1137GER49.45W45 4 x 100 Meters RelayKarin Koschnitzke, Gerida Seibert, Doris Gallep, Anne-Kathrin Eriksen1137GER53.05W55 4 x 100 Meters RelayEdith Heise, Gertrude Muller, Rosemarie Chevalley, Lilo Rollfing1137GER61.72W60 4 x 100 Meters RelayRosemarie Kveiskott, Christa Kreuzwieser, Ruth Hunkel, Christel Franzen1138GER57.88W65 4 x 100 Meters RelayLiselotte Schule, Paula Schneiderhan, Johanna Gelbrich, Elizabeth Haule1137GER67.20W70 4 x 100 Meters RelayDiane Friedman, Carol Peebles, Pearl Mehl, Marie Stafford1138USA80.77W45 4 x 400 Meters RelayErika Sauer, Doris Gallep, Gerida Seibert, Karin Koschnitzke1137GER4:29.58W50 4 x 400 Meters RelayBrunhilde Hoffmann, Ingrid Holzknecht, Gisela Blank, Friderun Kümmerle-Valk1137GER4:35.77W55 4 x 400 Meters RelayKathy McIntyre, Christel Miller, Lucy Ann Brobst, Betty Vosburgh1139USA5:07.58W40 5K Race WalkViisha Sedlak11USA24:17.2W50 5K Race WalkVeino Heikkila11FIN25:54.7W80 5K Race WalkMargit Lindgren42SWE38:02.2W50 Long JumpChristiane SchmalbruchGER5.02W70 Long JumpMary Wixey39GBR3.40W35 Triple JumpArja Jussila40FIN11.57W40 Triple JumpAnna Włodarczyk40POL12.07W50 Triple JumpHelen Ray Searle40AUS9.77W70 Triple JumpMary Wixey40GBR6.72W80 Triple JumpRuth Frith40AUS5.22W55 High JumpTaisija TchentchikURS1.43W60 High JumpElsa EnarssonSWE1.27W80 High JumpMargareta Thesleff Sarvana39FIN0.88W55 Shot PutSigrun KofinkGER14.47W60 Shot PutMarianne HammGER11.23W65 Shot PutTotti KasekampURS10.06W70 Shot PutKaterine Smildzina40URS8.12W85 Shot PutIrja Sarnama40FIN5.48W50 Discus ThrowLjudmila HmelevskajaURS44.48W75 Discus ThrowAnnchen Reile40GER20.84M40 Hammer throwInge Faldager41DEN42.12W50 Hammer throwHelen Ray Searle41AUS41.86W55 Hammer throwAntonina Ivanova41URS40.82W70 Hammer throwIlse Bellin41GER29.40W50 Javelin ThrowElvīra Ozoliņa41URS44.90W60 Javelin ThrowJanina Paksyte41URS32.24W65 Javelin ThrowTotti Kasekamp41URS26.54W75 Javelin ThrowJohanna Gelbrich41Johanna Gelbrich was spelled Hanna Gelbrich in the resultsGER22.70W85 Javelin ThrowIrja Sarnama41FIN13.74W50 HeptathlonFriderun Kümmerle-Valk43GER5729W55 HeptathlonCorrie Roovers-van den BoschNED6171 Men EventAthlete(s)NationalityPerformanceM75 100 MetersFritz Assmy19110GER14.06M95 100 MetersJoginder Singh34IND20.82M75 200 MetersFritz Assmy19110Fritz Assmy had run a M75 200 Meters faster than this 29.07 a year earlier - 28.60 at the 1990 European Masters Athletics Championships in BudapestGER29.07M90 200 MetersMurthy NarayanaIND44.77M95 200 MetersJoginder Singh35IND48.42M60 400 MetersWilhelm SelzerGER57.36M65 400 MetersJack Greenwood191USA1:00.23M90 400 MetersMurthy NarayanaIND1:59.76M70 800 MetersJames LytjenUSA2:27.57M95 800 MetersHerbert S. KirkUSA6:02.94M50 5000 MetersAntonio VillanuevaMEX14:55.60M70 5000 MetersWarren Utes191919Warren Utes achieved M70 5000m World Record of 18:43.61 in Heat 1USA18:43.61M95 5000 MetersHerbert S. KirkUSA50:23.53M50 10000 MetersRon RobertsonNZL31:01.90M60 10000 MetersLuciano AcquaroneITA34:14.88M70 10000 MetersWarren Utes191USA38:23.69M50 3000 Meters SteeplechaseRon Robertson38NZL9:43.97M70 80 Meters HurdlesHans Gilli37SUI14.42M75 80 Meters HurdlesHerbert Miller37USA15.37M50 100 Meters HurdlesCharley Miller37USA15.02M55 100 Meters HurdlesLars Lindhe37SWE15.98M65 100 Meters HurdlesJack Greenwood191USA16.30M65 300 Meters HurdlesJack Greenwood191USA45.20M75 300 Meters HurdlesReino TaskinenFIN59.89M80 300 Meters HurdlesErkki Haapalainen3711FIN75.99M45 4 x 100 Meters RelayJosef Bolsinger, Walter Gossmann, Manfred Bellmann, Walter Toscher1138GER44.74M55 4 x 100 Meters RelayJohn Darrell, Matthew Brown, Milton Newton, Hugo Bartenstein1136USA47.94M65 4 x 100 Meters RelayRobert Watanabe, Melvin Larsen, Jim Law, Jack Greenwood81137USA50.21M65 4 x 400 Meters RelayRudolph Valentine, Oscar Harris, Jim Law, Jack Greenwood81137USA4:19.18M75 4 x 100 Meters RelayPentti Vuorela, Yrjö Hupponen, Reino Taskinen, Ahti Pajunen1137 FIN63.57M45 5K Race WalkEero Heman42FIN21:45.6M55 5K Race WalkVladimir Golubnichiy42URS22:44.5M60 MarathonLuciano AcquaroneITA2:38:15M70 Long JumpGudmund SkrivervikNOR4.98M95 Long JumpJoginder SinghIND21.5M60 Triple JumpHermann StraussGER12.33M65 Triple JumpMatti JärvinenFIN11.11M70 Triple JumpGudmund SkrivervikNOR10.17M45 High JumpMark Gelnov39URS1.92M55 High JumpHorst Mandl39AUT1.77M80 Pole VaultAhti PajunenFIN2.32M50 Shot PutKlaus Liedtke191GER18.45M80 Shot PutOsmo RenvallFIN11.00M95 Shot PutJoginder SinghIND6.37M70 Discus ThrowKauko Jouppila191FIN47.76M80 Discus ThrowOsmo RenvallFIN37.86M95 Discus ThrowJoginder SinghIND16.12M65 Hammer throwPentti SaarikoskiFIN51.76M85 Javelin ThrowMasami Okazaki41JPN22.94M95 Javelin ThrowJoginder SinghIND21.16 References World Masters Athletics Championships World Masters Athletics Championships Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Finland 1991 Category:Sports competitions in Turku Category:1990s in Turku Category:July 1991 sports events in Europe Category:1991 in international sports