1979 World Masters Athletics Championships

1979 World Masters Athletics Championships
Dates27 July - 2 August, 1979
Host cityHannover, Germany
VenueNiedersachsenstadion
Niedersachsenstadion in 1998
LevelMasters
TypeOutdoor
Participation3126 athletes from
42[1] nations
← 1977
1981 →

52°21′36″N 9°43′52″E / 52.360067°N 9.731197°E / 52.360067; 9.731197 (Niedersachsenstadion)

Sportpark Hannover

1979 World Masters Athletics Championships is the third in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships (called World Veterans Championships at the time) that took place in Hannover, Germany, from 27 July to 2 August 1979.[1]

The main venue was Niedersachsenstadion (English: Lower Saxony Stadium), which featured a new Olympic-style electronic scoreboard. [2]: 1  This stadium has since been rebuilt several times, most extensively in 2003/04. Cross Country was held at Sportpark Hannover (German: Mehrkampfanlage) in Galgenberg. [3]: 4 

This edition of masters athletics Championships had a minimum age limit of 35 years for women and 40 years for men. [4]: 1 

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]

This Championships was organized by WAVA in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC) of German Athletics Association (German: Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband, DLV) and K. Wilhelm Köster. [1]

In addition to a full range of track and field events, [7] [8] non-stadia events included 10K Cross Country, 10K Race Walk (women), 20K Race Walk (men), and Marathon.

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, [9] though the WAVA constitution was written in 1977 to be independent of IAAF, [10]: 167  [11] stating that

no competitor be barred because of race, religion, ethnic background, or national origin.

Citing the fact that South Africa had been excluded from the Summer Olympic Games since 1968, DLV meet organizers initially planned to ban South African athletes. After much discussion, a compromise was reached to allow  South Africa athletes to compete under the flag of Rhodesia ( RHO). [12]: 18  [4]: 2 

Results

Past Championships results are archived at WMA. [13] Additional archives are available from Museum of Masters Track & Field [14] as a pdf book, [3] as a searchable pdf, [15] and in pdf newsletters from National Masters News. [4] [12] [2]

Selected winners are archived at Athletics Weekly for women [16] and for men. [5]

Rare photographs of the blind sprinter Fritz Assmy in competition were included in newspaper clippings from the Museum of Masters Track & Field pdf book, guided by his son-in-law Klaus Hinrichsen in lane 8. [3]: 3 : 5  [12]: 13–16  Assmy won the M60 100m, 200m, and 400m sprints, anchored the German M60 4 x 100 relay team to gold in a Championships Record time of 50.32, and anchored the German M60 4 x 400 relay team to 4th place. [4]: 2 

Several masters world records were set at this Championships. John Gilmour ( AUS) broke 4 world records by himself. [10]: 181  World records for 1979 are from the list of new records in the Museum of Masters Track & Field searchable pdf[15]: 86  unless otherwise noted.

Women

Event Athlete(s) Nationality Performance
W50 200 Meters Maeve Kyle  IRL
W45 80 Meters Hurdles Colleen Mills  NZL
W35 High Jump Christel Voss  FRG
W55 High Jump Vlasta Chlumská  CZE
W35 Long Jump Dorit Breul  FRG
5.59
W50 Long Jump Maeve Kyle  IRL
W55 Long Jump Ilse Pleuger  FRG
3.43
W65 Long Jump Helga Mitschke  FRG
1.66
W35 Pentathlon Christel Voss[13]  FRG
4177

Men

Event Athlete(s) Nationality Performance
M40 100 Meters Karl Heinz Schröder  FRG
M45 100 Meters Lloyd Riddick  USA
M70 100 Meters Frederick Reid  RSA[17]
13.80
M50 200 Meters Clifford Mc Pherson  GUY
M65 200 Meters Yngve Brange  SWE
27.24
M70 200 Meters Frederick Reid  RSA[17]
28.62
M40 400 Meters Bruno Bianchi  ITA
M50 400 Meters Francis Peter Higgins[10]: 181   GBR
M65 400 Meters Yngve Brange  SWE
63.19
M60 800 Meters John Gilmour[10]: 181   AUS
2:19.3
M60 1500 Meters John Gilmour[10]: 181   AUS
4:32.5
M60 5000 Meters John Gilmour[10]: 181   AUS
16:54.9
M80 5000 Meters Josef Galia  FRG
25:26.6
M60 10000 Meters John Gilmour[10]: 181 [18]  AUS
35:07.7
M45 110 Meters Hurdles Valbjörn Þorláksson[10]: 181   ISL
M60 110 Meters Hurdles Alfred Guidet  USA
18.73
M65 110 Meters Hurdles George Braceland  USA
19.81
M40 400 Meters Hurdles Leon Hacker[10]: 181   RSA
M65 400 Meters Hurdles George Braceland  USA
75.22
M75 400 Meters Hurdles Herbert F Anderson  USA
90.65
M50 3000 Meters Steeplechase Arthur H G Taylor  CAN
10:18.1
M55 3000 Meters Steeplechase Galicia Eligio  MEX
10:39.0
M60 3000 Meters Steeplechase Olle Elvland  SWE
11:41.6
M50 4 x 100 Meters Relay H Goelz, Gerhard Baas, H Schlegel, P Mirkes[15]: 63   FRG
46.11
M40 4 x 400 Meters Relay Leon Hacker, Grujic, D Burger, George Mathe[15]: 64   RHO
3:23.8
M70 4 x 400 Meters Relay Harold Chapson, Herbert F Anderson, Sydney Madden, Paul Fairbanks[15]: 64   USA
5:14.9
M65 High Jump Richard O'Rafferty  IRL
M70 High Jump Josef Sahlmann  FRG
1.40
M80 High Jump Sven A Falk  SWE
1.00
M65 Long Jump Willi Rumig  FRG
M70 Long Jump Josef Sahlmann[4]: 3 [15]: 38   FRG
4.57
M50 Triple Jump Carlos Vera Guardia[10]: 181   VEN
13.04
M65 Hammer Throw Aarne Miettinen  FIN
42.68
M75 Hammer Throw Alex Renk  FRG
29.28
M45 Javelin Throw Jen Smiding  SWE
64.70
M40 Javelin Throw Urs von Wartburg[10]: 181    SUI
78.98
M50 Javelin Throw Veikko Javanainen  FIN
56.18
M65 Shot Put Konstanty Maksimczyk[10]: 181   GBR
13.80
M75 Shot Put Ernst Korte  FRG
10.80
M65 Discus Throw Konstanty Maksimczyk[10]: 181 [19]  GBR
M45 Pentathlon Valbjörn Thorlaksson[2]: 3   ISL
371
M75 Pentathlon Herbert F Anderson  USA
2430

References

  1. ^ a b c "Outdoor". World Masters Athletics.
  2. ^ a b c Pete Mundle (November 1979). "Americans shine in 3rd World Veterans Championships" (PDF). National Masters News. Museum of Masters Track & Field.
  3. ^ a b c "World Veterans Championships Hannover 27.7-2.8.1979" (PDF). Museum of Masters Track & Field.
  4. ^ a b c d e "3126 from 42 nations compete in 3rd WORLD VETERANS CHAMPIONSHIPd" (PDF). National Masters News. Museum of Masters Track & Field. September 1979.
  5. ^ a b "WORLD MASTERS (VETERANS) CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)". gbrathletics.com. Athletics Weekly.
  6. ^ 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. p. 56. ISBN 83-88923-69-2 – via ResearchGate.
  7. ^ Martin Gasselsberger. "WMA World Masters Athletics RULES OF COMPETITION". Masters Athletics.
  8. ^ "World Masters Athletic Championships". Wellington Masters Athletics.
  9. ^ Robert Trumbull (July 23, 1976). "South Africa Expelled by Track Body". The New York Times.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Olson, Leonard T. (Nov 29, 2000). Masters Track and Field: A History. McFarland. ISBN 0786408898.
  11. ^ "Proposed Constitution for the World Masters Track and Field Association" (PDF). USMITT. Museum of Masters Track & Field. August 1977. p. 9.
  12. ^ a b c "3RD WORLD VETERANS CHAMPIONSHIP ISSUE" (PDF). National Masters News. Museum of Masters Track & Field. October 1979.
  13. ^ a b "Championships Outdoor". World Masters Athletics. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  14. ^ "Results: World Outdoor Championships, Other Internationals". Museum of Masters Track & Field. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  15. ^ a b c d e f "Results Hannover" (PDF). Museum of Masters Track & Field.
  16. ^ "WORLD MASTERS (VETERANS) CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN)". gbrathletics.com. Athletics Weekly.
  17. ^ a b Frederick Reid was listed under  RHO in the results
  18. ^ "AUSTRALIAN MASTERS ATHLETICS, AUSTRALIAN OVER 30 & WMA RECORDS" (PDF). Australian Masters Athletics.
  19. ^ "World Masters Athletics Discus". Wellington Masters Athletics.