| 1987 World Masters Athletics Championships | |
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| Dates | 28 November - 6 December 1987 |
| Host city | Melbourne, Australia |
| Venue | Olympic Park Stadium |
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| Level | Masters |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Participation | 4,817 athletes from 52[1] nations |
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37°49′29″S144°58′53″E / 37.824722°S 144.981389°E /-37.824722; 144.981389 (Olympic Park Stadium)
1987 World Masters Athletics Championships is the seventh in a series ofWorld Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships (called World Veterans Games or World Masters Games at the time) that took place inMelbourne, Australia, from 28 November to 6 December 1987.[1] The 4,000+ participating athletes made this the largesttrack and field meet in the world.[2]: 2
The main venue wasOlympic Park Stadium, which had hosted the1956 Summer Olympics. A World Games Promotional Track and Field Meet was held at Olympic Park Stadium on 7 December, 1986 as a warm-up publicity showcase.[3][4]: 2 The stadium was later demolished in 2011 and replaced byOlympic Park Oval. Throwing events were held in Gosch's Paddock next to the tracks.[5]: 8 Cross Country was held atRoyal Park. The marathon course includedPort Melbourne,South Melbourne,St Kilda andElwood, with start and finish at Olympic Park Stadium.[2]: 4
The three-timeOlympianRaelene Boyle carried a friendship torch into the stadium to light anOlympic-style flame during opening ceremonies on Sunday, 29 November.
This edition ofmasters 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 theinaugural edition of this series atToronto in 1975, then officially founded during thesecond edition in 1977, then renamed asWorld Masters Athletics (WMA) at theBrisbaneChampionships in 2001.[6][7]: 56
This Championships was organized by WAVA in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC) of Peg Smith, Ray Callaghan.[1]
In addition to a full range of track and field events,[8][9]non-stadia events included10K Cross Country,10K Race Walk (women),20K Race Walk (men), andMarathon.After an experimental suspension of the relays in1983[10][11]and forming regional relay teams in1985,[12][13]relays reverted to national teams for this Championships.[14]
After 1976, when theInternational Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF)expelled theAmateur Athletic Union of South Africa over theapartheid policy of theSouth African government,[15]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[16]: 167 [17]
no competitor be barred because of race, religion, ethnic background, or national origin.
As a compromise, South Africans often competed under the flag of other nations in previous editions of these Championships.
During General Assembly at this Championships, WAVA delegates approved a motion to amend the WAVA constitution and exclude countries whose national federation is suspended by the IAAF.[5]: 14 [7]: 50 [16]: 181 Thus South African athletes were now officially banned from these Championships, and would not be welcomed back until the1993 edition inMiyazaki,[16]: 185 after the abolition of apartheid and the readmittance of South Africa into IAAF in 1992.[18]
Past Championships results are archived at WMA.[19]Additional archives are available from Museum of Masters Track & Field[20]as apdf book,[2]as asearchable pdf,[21]and in apdf newsletter.[5]
Severalmasters world records were set at this Championships. World records for 1987 are from the list of World Records in the Museum of Masters Track & Field searchable pdf[21]: 10 unless otherwise noted.
After the relays on the last day of competition (Sunday, 6 December), the 3 medalists from each of the 1500m races were invited to participate in a special "Masters Mile", where 4 world records were broken.[5]: 9
Key: Wind aided
| Event | Athlete(s) | Nationality | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| W65100 Meters | Paula Schneiderhan[5]: 13 |  FRG | 15.04 |
| W65200 Meters | Aileen Hogan: 13 |  AUS | |
| W65400 Meters | Paula Schneiderhan[5]: 13 | FRG | |
| W601500 Meters | Shirley Brasher[16]: 186 | AUS | |
| W605000 Meters | Shirley Brasher[5]: 13 [16]: 186 | AUS | 21:14.53 |
| W50Mile | Jeanne Hoagland[5]: 9 : 13 |  USA | 5:29.39 |
| W6010000 Meters | Shirley Brasher[5]: 13 [16]: 186 | AUS | 44:32.50 |
| W6010000 Meters | Lenore Marvin[5]: 13 |  CAN | 48:50.40 |
| W4080 Meters Hurdles | Phil Raschker[5]: 13 [16]: 186 | USA | 11.92 |
| W5080 Meters Hurdles | Corrie Roovers-van den Bosch |  NED | |
| W5080 Meters Hurdles | Corrie Roovers-van den Bosch[21]: 10 | NED | |
| W7080 Meters Hurdles | Rosaline Sole |  NZL | |
| W50300 Meters Hurdles | Brenda Parkinson[5]: 13 | AUS | |
| W50300 Meters Hurdles | Pirkko Martin |  FIN | |
| W55300 Meters Hurdles | Asta Larssen[5]: 13 |  SWE | 56.92 |
| W40400 Meters Hurdles | Jan Hynes[5]: 13 | AUS | |
| W45400 Meters Hurdles | Annelise Damm Olesen[5]: 13 |  DEN | |
| W405K Race Walk | Jane Jackson[5]: 13 | AUS | 24:50.85 |
| W505K Race Walk | Joan Hooper[5]: 13 | AUS | 26:35.39 |
| W555K Race Walk | Jean Albury[5]: 13 [16]: 186 | AUS | 26:46.92 |
| W605K Race Walk | Marj Colthup[5]: 13 | AUS | 30:10.92 |
| W655K Race Walk | Britta Tibbling[5]: 13 | SWE | 29:32.85 |
| W755K Race Walk | Ailsa Forbes[5]: 13 | NZL | 36:22.59 |
| W805K Race Walk | Marilla Salisbury[5]: 13 | USA | 43:08.68 |
| W65Long Jump | Paula Schneiderhan | FRG | |
| W55High Jump | Daphne Pirie[5]: 13 | AUS | |
| W60High Jump | Kirsten Hveem[5]: 13 [16]: 186 |  NOR | 1.22 |
| W65High Jump | Gwen Davidson[5]: 13 | AUS | |
| W70High Jump | Mary Bowermaster[5]: 13 [16]: 186 | USA | |
| W35Triple Jump | Eileen Hindle[5]: 13 | AUS | 11.30 |
| W40Triple Jump | Phil Raschker[5]: 13 | USA | 11.16 |
| W50Triple Jump | Dorothy Wittam[5]: 13 | AUS | 9.28 |
| W55Triple Jump | Patricia Carr[5]: 13 | AUS | 8.75 |
| W60Triple Jump | Kirsten Hveem<[5]: 13 [16]: 186 | NOR | 8.78 |
| W65Triple Jump | Gwen Davidson[5]: 13 | AUS | 7.22 |
| W50Shot Put | Valerie Young[5]: 13 | NZL | |
| W50Discus Throw | Valerie Young[5]: 13 | NZL | 43.54 |
| W70Discus Throw | Annchen Reile[5]: 13 | FRG | 22.58 |
| W35Hammer Throw | Christine Schultz[5]: 13 }[22] | AUS | 40.36 |
| W40Hammer Throw | Christine Battersby[5]: 13 | AUS | 31.28 |
| Bev Savage[5]: 13 | NZL | ||
| W45Hammer Throw | Irene Mitchell[5]: 13 | AUS | 34.10 |
| W50Hammer Throw | Annemarie Scholten[5]: 13 | FRG | 33.02 |
| W55Hammer Throw | Wini Pepene[5]: 13 | NZL | 20.90 |
| W60Hammer Throw | Lydia Widera[5]: 13 | AUS | 30.46 |
| W65Hammer Throw | Ilse Bellin[5]: 13 | FRG | 27.98 |
| W60Javelin Throw | Bernice Holland[5]: 13 | USA | 28.30 |
| Event | Athlete(s) | Nationality | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| M40100 Meters | George McNeill |  GBR | |
| M55100 Meters | Charles Williams | GBR | |
| M70100 Meters | Payton Jordan[16]: 186 | USA | |
| M60100 Meters | Peter Mirkes | FRG | |
| M95100 Meters | Prithvi Singh Azad[5]: 9 : 13 |  IND | 39.00 |
| M80200 Meters | Harry Gathercole | AUS | |
| M95200 Meters | Prithvi Singh Azad[5]: 9 : 13 | IND | 1:39.59 |
| M45400 Meters | Hanno Rheineck[5]: 13 | FRG | 50.46 |
| M50400 Meters | Reginald Austin[16]: 186 | AUS | |
| M55400 Meters | Charles Williams[5]: 13 | GBR | 53.98 |
| M85400 Meters | Longino Perez |  MEX | |
| M85800 Meters | Longino Perez | MEX | |
| M451500 Meters | David Siri[5]: 13 [16]: 186 | NZL | 4:01.47 |
| M651500 Meters | Jack Ryan[16]: 186 | AUS | |
| M801500 Meters | Ed Benham[5]: 13 [16]: 186 | USA | 6:04.28 |
| M851500 Meters | Longino Perez | MEX | |
| M45Mile | David Siri[5]: 9 : 13 [16]: 186 | NZL | 4:16.75 |
| M50Mile | Tom Roberts[5]: 9 : 13 | AUS | 4:30.06 |
| M65Mile | Jack Ryan: 9 : 13 [16]: 186 | AUS | 5:05.61 |
| M655000 Meters | Jack Ryan: 13 [16]: 186 | AUS | 17:43.35 |
| M805000 Meters | Ed Benham[5]: 13 [16]: 186 | USA | 22:31.82 |
| M4510000 Meters | Antonio Villanueva[16]: 186 | MEX | |
| M8010000 Meters | Ed Benham[5]: 13 [16]: 186 | USA | 45:29.27 |
| M752000 Meters Steeplechase | Stan Nicholls[5]: 13 | AUS | 10:32.17 |
| M453000 Meters Steeplechase | Ron Robertson[5]: 13 | NZL | 9:25.28 |
| M704 x 400 Meters Relay | Daniel Buckley, Bill Fairbank, Payton Jordan, Bill Weinacht[16]: 186 [2]: 54 [21]: 105 | USA | 4:38.39 |
| M755K Race Walk | Tom Daintry[5]: 13 | AUS | 28:02.26 |
| M905K Race Walk | Gus Theobald[5]: 13 | AUS | 35:18.54 |
| M5520K Race Walk | Louis Marquis[5]: 13 |  SUI | 1:43:17 |
| M7520K Race Walk | James Grimwade[5]: 13 [23] | GBR | 1:55:19 |
| M9020K Race Walk | Gus Theobald[5]: 13 | AUS | 2:35:47 |
| M50Long Jump | Pericles Pinto[5]: 13 |  POR | |
| M65Long Jump | Tom Patsalis[5]: 13 | USA | 5.29 |
| M75Long Jump | Heikki Simola[5]: 13 [16]: 186 | FIN | 4.45 |
| M80Long Jump | Gulab Singh[5]: 13 | IND | 3.80 |
| M60Triple Jump | Jakob Rypdal | NOR | |
| Vaclav Bartl | SWE | ||
| M65Triple Jump | Tom Patsalis[5]: 13 | USA | 10.84 |
| M75Triple Jump | Heikki Simola[5]: 13 [16]: 186 | FIN | 9.52 |
| M80Triple Jump | Gulab Singh[5]: 13 | IND | |
| M55High Jump | Herm Wyatt[5]: 13 | USA | 1.73 |
| M80High Jump | Gulab Singh[5]: 13 | IND | 1.20 |
| M75Shot Put | Gerhard Schepe[5]: 13 | FRG | 12.11 |
| M80Shot Put | Karsten Brodersen[5]: 13 | FRG | 9.69 |
| M85Shot Put | Herb Anderson[5]: 13 | USA | 7.17 |
| M90Shot Put | Wang Jing-Chan[5]: 13 |  TAI | 4.76 |
| M95Shot Put | Prithvi Singh Azad[5]: 13 | IND | 4.25 |
| M80Discus Throw | Karsten Brodersen[5]: 13 | FRG | 34.08 |
| M50Hammer Throw | Hans Pötsch[16]: 186 |  AUT | |
| M65Hammer Throw | Wolfram Hausmann[5]: 13 | FRG | 47.00 |
| M70Hammer Throw | Ray Foley[5]: 13 | AUS | 45.24 |
| M80Hammer Throw | Karsten Brodersen[5]: 13 | FRG | 34.28 |
| M60Javelin Throw | Del Pickarts[5]: 13 | USA | 58.48 |
| M65Javelin Throw | Aloysius Sibidol[5]: 13 |  MAS | 47.28 |
| M70Javelin Throw | Bill Morales[5]: 13 | USA | 43.34 |
| M75Javelin Throw | Gerhard Schepe[5]: 13 | FRG | 38.52 |
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