1985 World Masters Athletics Championships

1985 World Masters Athletics Championships Logo_for_WMAC_1985.png 240 Stadio Olimpico 240px Rome, Italy 22-30 June 1985 Masters Outdoor 4330 48https://world-masters-athletics.com/championships/outdoor/ Outdoor World Masters Athletics 1983 1987 41.933886 12.454786 title dim:900_type:landmark Stadio Olimpico 240px|thumb|right|Stadio dei Marmi 1985 World Masters Athletics Championships is the sixth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships (called World Veterans Games or World Masters Games at the time) that took place in Rome, Italy, from June 22 to 30, 1985. The main venue was Stadio Olimpico located within the Foro Italico sports complex. Stadio Olimpico had hosted the 1960 Summer Olympics. Supplemental venues included Stadio dei Marmi, also located within the complex, 18 Masters Track and Field: A History https://books.google.com/books?id=rW9yTCaG_-AC Olson Leonard T. Nov 29, 2000 McFarland 0786408898185 Stadio Acqua Acetosa and Stadio della Farnesina. 1 This edition of masters athletics Championships had a minimum age limit of 35 years for women and 40 years for men. 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 56 This Championships was organized by WAVA in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC) headed by Cesare Beccalli, who later was elected WAVA president on December 2, 1987 in Melbourne. 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 News1418 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 ResearchGate50 181 https://www.worldathletics.org/news/news/wma-president-cesare-beccalli-passes-away-u WMA President Cesare Beccalli passes away Dec 26, 2007 World Athletics 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 2022-01-20 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 8K Cross Country, 10K Race Walk (women), 20K Race Walk (men), and Marathon. The relays were resurrected as official events after being removed in the 1983 Championships, http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/NMN-February-1981s.pdf Special 4th World Veterans Games Issue February 1981 Museum of Masters Track & Field National Masters News11 http://www.mastershistory.org/newsletter/wava4.pdf The World Association of Veteran Athletes Newsletter 4 March 1981 Museum of Masters Track & Field World Association of Veteran Athletes 38 but teams were formed by region rather than by nation. 15 43 Relays will revert to national teams for 1987. 25 Controversy In 1976, the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) had expelled the Amateur Athletic Union of South Africa 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 though the WAVA constitution as written in 1977 specifically stated its independence from IAAF regarding this issue: 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. Nevertheless, participation of South African athletes had been an issue in this series. At this Championships, about 48 South Africans competed, though they signed up through another nation, 18 in a manner similar to the last 2 Championships in 1981 21 and 1983, http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/NMN-November-1983s.pdf World Games Draw 1,935 November 1983 Museum of Masters Track & Field National Masters News1821 However, many of these athletes were listed under their native RSA flag in the results. 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/1985-Results-Rome.pdf Risultati Ufficiali VI WORLD VETERANS GAMES ROMA 1985 Museum of Masters Track & Field as a searchable pdf, http://www.mastershistory.org/International-Results/rome1985.pdf RESULTS OF VI WORLD VETERANS GAMES Museum of Masters Track & Field and in pdf newsletters from National Masters News. http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/NMN-June-1985s.pdf 4500 ENTER VI WORLD VETERANS GAMES June 1985 Museum of Masters Track & Field National Masters News http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/NMN-August-1985s.pdf VI World Games Draw 4,330 August 1985 Museum of Masters Track & Field National Masters News The pdf book includes a rare photograph of the blind sprinter Fritz Assmy next to his son/guide. 8 The August newsletter shows a series of photographs of Assmy in action, guided by his son with a short wrist tether. Assmy won golds in M70 100m and 200m, and silver in 400m. 2022 He described his running technique in the June newsletter. 16 Several masters world records were set at this Championships. World records for 1985 are from the Museum of Masters Track & Field searchable pdf unless otherwise noted. Women EventAthlete(s)NationalityPerformanceW60 400 MetersPaula Schneiderhan21FRG1:12.24W70 400 MetersWinifred Reid24RSA1:19:74W45 800 MetersGodelieve Roggeman21BEL2:18.52W60 800 MetersErika Werner25FRG2:59.52W65 800 MetersLenore Marvin24CAN3:17.IBW70 800 MetersJohanna Luther21FRG3:19.03W35 1500 MetersJoyce SmithGBR4:12.0W45 1500 MetersGodelieve Roggeman21BEL4:43.84W40 5000 MetersGabriela Andersen-Schiess212225USA16:44.28W45 5000 MetersAnne Marie Grüner21FRG17:41.24W55 5000 MetersJean Albury21AUS19:20.60W65 5000 MetersLenore Marvin24CAN23:31.70W45 10000 MetersAnne Marie Grüner21FRG36:41.04W55 10000 MetersJean Albury21AUS40:29.8W55 High JumpChristiane Wippersteg25FRG1.30W60 High JumpKirsten Hveem2425NOR1.25W75 High JumpBertha HielscherFRG1.08W40 Long JumpCiska Jansen24NED5.90W65 Long JumpElizabeth Haule21FRG3.41W50 Shot PutOdette Domingos24BRA12.82W50 Discus ThrowOdette Domingos2438BRA43.64W60 Javelin ThrowAda Turci25ITA26.22W40 5K Race WalkLillian Millen2425GBR25:23.2W70 10K Race WalkThe 10K was incorrectly recorded as 20K in the results.Francine Bonnans25FRA1:11:59 Men EventAthlete(s)NationalityPerformanceM50 200 MetersRon Taylor21GBR23.15M45 400 MetersJames Burnett21USA50.46M50 400 MetersIngo Vierk22FRG52.24M60 400 MetersFrank Evans21NZL58.11M60 800 MetersFrank Evans21NZL2:14.02M65 1500 MetersJohn Gilmour22AUS4:49.16M65 5000 MetersJohn Gilmour22AUS17:25.3M70 80 Meters HurdlesTeófilo ColónPUR13.52M60 400 Meters HurdlesFrans Buys23NED1:05.36M50 5K Race WalkAbdon Pamich25ITA23:22.2M55 5K Race WalkLouis Marquisr23SUI24:25.2M50 20K Race WalkMaurice Hinton25NZL1:41.37M55 20K Race WalkLouis Marquisr23SUI1:44:44M65 High JumpHans Bitter23FRG1.55M70 High JumpIan Hume21CAN1.43M70 Triple JumpIan Hume21CAN10.17M75 Triple JumpGulab Singh24IND8.98M70 Shot PutVoitto Elo24FIN14.05M85 Hammer throwFriederich BenderFRG27.30M50 Javelin ThrowJosef Kopitar25YUG61.94M75 Pole VaultAhti PajunenFIN2.50 References World Masters Athletics Championships World Masters Athletics Championships Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Italy 1985 Category:Athletics in Rome Category:Sports competitions in Rome Category:1980s in Rome Category:1985 in international sports Category:June 1985 sports events in Europe