1981 World Masters Athletics Championships

1981 World Masters Athletics Championships Logo_for_WMA_1981.png 240 Queen Elizabeth II Park 240px|Queen Elizabeth II Park in 2006 Christchurch, New Zealand 7-14 January 1981 Masters Outdoor 2400 44https://world-masters-athletics.com/championships/outdoor/ Outdoor World Masters Athletics 1979 1983 -43.491389 172.705278 title dim:900_type:landmark Queen Elizabeth II Park 240px|thumb|right|Centennial Lagoon 1981 World Masters Athletics Championships is the fourth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships (called World Veterans Championships, World Veterans Games, or World Veterans Track and Field Championships at the time) that took place in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 7 to 14 January 1981. The turnout was better than expected, despite the remote location, Masters Track and Field: A History https://books.google.com/books?id=rW9yTCaG_-AC Olson Leonard T. Nov 29, 2000 McFarland 0786408898177 though no Eastern European or third world nations were represented. 1 The main venue was Queen Elizabeth II Park, 2 which was later destroyed by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. A grass track outside the stadium was used to hold many running events. 9 20 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 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 ResearchGate 56 This Championships was organized by WAVA in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC) headed by John Macdonald. John Macdonald also ran in the competition and successfully defended his M45 10K title from 1979. 177 15 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 2022-01-14 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. Many distance runners also competed in 10K and 25K road races at the 14th Annual World Veterans Distance Running Championships held around Centennial Lagoon in Palmerston North on 3 - 4 January. 8-9 3-5 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 The Gleneagles Agreement further prohibited South African athletes from participating in sports at Commonwealth member states such as New Zealand, 21 so South Africans were banned from this Championships. http://www.kooriweb.org/foley/resources/pdfs/137.pdf The anti-apartheid movements in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand Peter Limb The Koori History Website936 About nine South Africans competed as representatives of HOL, BEL and USA; May 1981 Register of Sports Contacts with South Africa, 1 September 1980 - 31 March 1981 https://www.aluka.org/stable/10.5555/AL.SFF.DOCUMENT.nuun1981_17 Struggles for Freedom SOUTHERN AFRICA United Nations (New York) they are shown with their native RSA flag in the Results Nationality column below. 21 Demonstrations and violence occurred when the press reported the participation of South African athletes. 1 68 http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/NMN-November-1983s.pdf World Games Draw 1,935 November 1983 Museum of Masters Track & Field National Masters News21 At the Championships General Assembly, a motion to ban South African athletes from future WAVA activities was ruled "out of order" since the WAVA constitution states that membership is open to all men and women of eligible age. 21 268 WAVA did not expect such troubles at the next World Games scheduled for 1983 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 31 but Puerto Rican politics eventually would make South African participation an issue as well. After the end of the apartheid system, South Africa officially rejoined 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/1981-Results-New-Zealand.pdf 4th World Veteran Championships Museum of Masters Track & Field and in pdf newsletters from World Association of Veteran Athletes http://www.mastershistory.org/newsletter/wava4.pdf The Fourth World Association of Athletes Track & Field Championships March 1981 The World Association of Veteran Athletes Newsletter 4 World Association of Veteran Athletes and from National Masters News. http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/NMN-February-1981s.pdf Special 4th World Veterans Games Issue February 1981 Museum of Masters Track & Field National Masters News Several masters world records were set at this Championships. World records for 1981 are from the National Masters News newsletter17 (length measurements are converted from feet to meters) unless otherwise noted. Among the notable performances, John Gilmour broke his own M60 WR for the 4th time, and the blind sprinter Fritz Assmy won the M65 100m and 200m, again guided by his son-in-law Klaus Hinrichsen as he was in 1979. 5 1517 A photograph of Assmy running with his son-in-law is included in the pdf book.13 Women EventAthlete(s)NationalityPerformanceW60 100 MetersElizabeth HauleFRG16.01W70 100 MetersBess JamesUSA19.58W75 100 MetersIrja SarnamaFIN19.25W45 200 MetersIrene OberaUSA26.21W55 200 MetersKirsten HveemNOR30.59W60 200 MetersElizabeth HauleFRG33.62W70 200 MetersBess JamesUSA45.11W75 200 MetersIrja SarnamaFIN42.66W45 400 MetersColleen MillsNZL59.68W55 400 MetersAnne McKenziehttps://www.letsrun.com/news/2014/08/obituary-south-african-masters-legend-anne-mckenzie-died-88/ Obituary For South African Masters Legend Anne McKenzie Who Has Died At 88 Riël Hauman July 30, 2014 Race Results Weekly RSAAnne McKenzie was listed under BEL flag in the results.71.91W65 400 MetersWinifred ReidWinifred Reid was listed under HOL flag in the results.RSA79.66W70 400 MetersBess JamesUSA96.65W75 400 MetersRuth RothfarbUSA2:03.50W55 800 MetersAnne McKenzieRSA2:43.41W60 800 MetersBritta TibblingSWE3:00.95W65 800 MetersS.E. PearceNZL3:34.62W70 800 MetersBess JamesUSA3:53.34W75 800 MetersRuth RothfarbUSA4:30.08W70 1500 MetersBess JamesUSA7:93.42W75 1500 MetersRuth RothfarbUSA8:47.78W45 5000 MetersMaria Pia d'Orlando44ITA18:09.03W45 10000 MetersDorothy StockUSA38:49.15W60 10000 MetersE. FalkeFRG50:13.84W65 10000 MetersW. KretschmerFRG55:20.8W70 10000 MetersAilsa ForbesNZL59:20.6W75 10000 MetersRuth RothfarbUSA1:01:56W50 5K Race WalkM. OhlssonSWE28:46.06W55 5K Race WalkMarj ColthupAUS30:48.20W60 5K Race WalkBritta TibblingSWE28:39.80W65 High JumpAnnchen ReileFRG1.11W65 Long JumpRosaline Sole24NZL3.40W75 Shot PutIrja Sarnama26FIN6.90W45 Discus ThrowOdete Valentino Domingos27BRA48.24W65 Discus ThrowAnnchen Reile27FRG26.54W75 Discus ThrowIrja Sarnama27FIN15.26W45 Javelin ThrowA. Brommel28FRG43.16W50 Javelin ThrowS. White28AUS36.22W75 Javelin ThrowIrja SarnamaFIN18.27 Men EventAthlete(s)NationalityPerformanceM65 200 MetersFritz Assmy51117http://www.mastershistory.org/newsletter/wava5.pdf AGE GROUP BESTS BY FIVE YEAR CATEGORIES July 1981 The World Association of Veteran Athletes Newsletter 5 Museum of Masters Track & Field1718FRG26.32M55 800 MetersFrank EvansNZL2:08.66M60 800 MetersJohn Gilmour5AUS2:16.98M60 800 MetersGeorge McGrathGeorge McGrath placed 2nd to John Gilmour in M60 800m517AUS2:17.54M70 80 Meters HurdlesW. BigelowUSA84.09M70 3000 Meters SteeplechaseW. BigelowUSA14:34.54M75 Long JumpGulab Singh24IND4.27M65 Triple JumpIan Hume25CAN10.66M75 Triple JumpGulab Singh25IND8.72M50 High JumpJohn C. BrownUSA1.75M75 Discus ThrowV. Anderson27SWE35.58 References World Masters Athletics Championships World Masters Athletics Championships Category:International athletics competitions hosted by New Zealand 1981 Category:January 1981 sports events in Oceania Category:1980s in Christchurch Category:Sports competitions in Christchurch Category:1981 in international sports