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Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running.These are the current world records in various five-year-groups, maintained by WMA, the World Association of Masters Athletes, which is designated by the World Athletics (formerly IAAF) to conduct the worldwide sport of Masters ...
USATF Southern California Masters Championships [5] 45-49 10.72 +1.0 Willie Gault: 1960-Sep-05 45 Indianapolis: 2006-Jun-24 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships: 50-54 10.88 +1.8 Willie Gault: 1960-Sep-05 50 Eagle Rock, California: 2011-May-07 Occidental Invitational 55-59 11.30 +0.0 Willie Gault: 1960-Sep-05 55 Eagle Rock, California ...
This category is for the sport of athletics, comprising track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking. It is not to be used for competitors in other sports or to categorize anyone who is physically fit , two other meanings associated with the word athletics .
USA Track & Field (in 2021) added the 25–29 age bracket for the USA National Masters Outdoor Track and Field Championship. Age 30–34 is already competing at the USA National Masters Outdoor Track and Field Championship. [18] World Masters Athletics Championships began August 1975 in Canada and continue to today. [19]
[1] [2]: 75 Masters athletes are divided into 5-year age groups. [3]: 35 The outdoor championships began in Toronto, Canada on August 11, 1975 and have continued in odd numbered years. In July 2011, World Masters Athletics changed their constitution to hold Championships in even numbered years, starting in 2016.
For track and combined events, the term "indoor world records" were changed to "short track world records". In some field events, including long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault, and shot put, indoor world records were eliminated. These changes came into effect on 1 November 2023.
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The world records for this age group are ratified by World Masters Athletics, the global sports body for masters track and field. [1] National bodies, such as the USA Masters division of USATF, may also retain national records for the best performances in athletics events recorded by athletes aged 100 and over. [2]