1985_World_Masters_Athletics_Championships

1985 World Masters Athletics Championships

1985 World Masters Athletics Championships

International athletics championship event

41.933886°N 12.454786°E / 41.933886; 12.454786 (Stadio Olimpico)

Stadio dei Marmi
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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.[1]

The main venue was Stadio Olimpico located within the Foro Italico sports complex. [1] Stadio Olimpico had hosted the 1960 Summer Olympics. Supplemental venues included Stadio dei Marmi, also located within the complex, [2]: 18  [3]: 185  Stadio Acqua Acetosa and Stadio della Farnesina. [4]: 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. [5] [6]: 56 

This Championships was organized by WAVA in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC) headed by Cesare Beccalli, [1] who later was elected WAVA president on December 2, 1987 in Melbourne. [7]: 14 : 18  [6]: 50  [3]: 181  [8]

In addition to a full range of track and field events, [9] [10] 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, [11]: 11  [12] but teams were formed by region rather than by nation. [13]: 15  [14]: 43  Relays will revert to national teams for 1987. [2]: 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, [15] though the WAVA constitution as written in 1977 specifically stated its independence from IAAF regarding this issue: [3]: 167  [16]

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, [2]: 18  in a manner similar to the last 2 Championships in 1981 [11]: 21  and 1983, [17]: 18 : 21  However, many of these athletes were listed under their native  RSA flag in the results.

Results

Past Championships results are archived at WMA. [18] Additional archives are available from Museum of Masters Track & Field [19] as a pdf book, [4] as a searchable pdf, [14] and in pdf newsletters from National Masters News. [13] [2] The pdf book includes a rare photograph of the blind sprinter Fritz Assmy next to his son/guide. [14]: 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. [2]: 20 : 22  He described his running technique in the June newsletter. [13]: 16 

Several masters world records were set at this Championships. World records for 1985 are from the Museum of Masters Track & Field searchable pdf[14] unless otherwise noted.

Women

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References

  1. [1]
    "Outdoor". World Masters Athletics.
  2. [2]
    "VI World Games Draw 4,330" (PDF). National Masters News. Museum of Masters Track & Field. August 1985.
  3. [3]
    Olson, Leonard T. (Nov 29, 2000). Masters Track and Field: A History. McFarland. ISBN 0786408898.
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    "Risultati Ufficiali VI WORLD VETERANS GAMES ROMA 1985" (PDF). Museum of Masters Track & Field.
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    "WORLD MASTERS (VETERANS) CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)". gbrathletics.com. Athletics Weekly.
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    Kusy, Krzysztof; Zieliński, Jacek (January 2006). Parzy, Wiesława (ed.). Masters athletics. Social, biological and practical aspects of veterans sport. Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego w Poznaniu/Poznan University of Physical Education. ISBN 83-88923-69-2. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
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    "Rain, Wind and Cold Fail to Dampen Spirit of VII World Veterans Games" (PDF). National Masters News. Museum of Masters Track & Field. January 1988.
  8. [8]
    "WMA President Cesare Beccalli passes away". World Athletics. Dec 26, 2007.
  9. [9]
    Martin Gasselsberger. "WMA World Masters Athletics RULES OF COMPETITION". Masters Athletics.
  10. [10]
    "World Masters Athletic Championships". Wellington Masters Athletics.
  11. [11]
    "Special 4th World Veterans Games Issue" (PDF). National Masters News. Museum of Masters Track & Field. February 1981.
  12. [12]
    "The World Association of Veteran Athletes Newsletter 4" (PDF). Museum of Masters Track & Field. World Association of Veteran Athletes. March 1981. p. 38.
  13. [13]
    "4500 ENTER VI WORLD VETERANS GAMES" (PDF). National Masters News. Museum of Masters Track & Field. June 1985.
  14. [14]
    "RESULTS OF VI WORLD VETERANS GAMES" (PDF). Museum of Masters Track & Field.
  15. [15]
    Robert Trumbull (July 23, 1976). "South Africa Expelled by Track Body". The New York Times.
  16. [16]
    "Proposed Constitution for the World Masters Track and Field Association" (PDF). USMITT. Museum of Masters Track & Field. August 1977. p. 9.
  17. [17]
    "World Games Draw 1,935" (PDF). National Masters News. Museum of Masters Track & Field. November 1983.
  18. [18]
    "Championships Outdoor". World Masters Athletics. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  19. [19]
    "Results: World Outdoor Championships, Other Internationals". Museum of Masters Track & Field. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  20. [20]
    The 10K was incorrectly recorded as 20K in the results.
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