1987 World Masters Athletics Championships
Dates28 November - 6 December 1987
Host cityMelbourne, Australia
VenueOlympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium in 2008, before being demolished in 2011
LevelMasters
TypeOutdoor
Participation4,817 athletes from
52[1] nations
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37°49′29″S 144°58′53″E / 37.824722°S 144.981389°E / -37.824722; 144.981389 (Olympic Park Stadium)

Gosch's Paddock
Royal Park

1987 World Masters Athletics Championships is the seventh in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships (called World Veterans Games or World Masters Games at the time) that took place in Melbourne, Australia, from 28 November to 6 December 1987.[1] The 4,000+ participating athletes made this the largest track and field meet in the world.[2]: 2 

The main venue was Olympic Park Stadium, which had hosted the 1956 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 by Olympic Park Oval. Throwing events were held in Gosch's Paddock next to the tracks. [5]: 8  Cross Country was held at Royal Park. The marathon course included Port Melbourne, South Melbourne, St Kilda and Elwood, with start and finish at Olympic Park Stadium. [2]: 4 

The three-time Olympian Raelene Boyle carried a friendship torch into the stadium to light an Olympic-style flame during opening ceremonies on Sunday, 29 November.

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. [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 included 10K Cross Country, 10K Race Walk (women), 20K Race Walk (men), and Marathon. After an experimental suspension of the relays in 1983 [10] [11] and forming regional relay teams in 1985, [12] [13] relays reverted to national teams for this Championships. [14]

Controversy

After 1976, when the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) expelled the Amateur Athletic Union of South Africa over the apartheid policy of the South 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 the 1993 edition in Miyazaki, [16]: 185  after the abolition of apartheid and the readmittance of South Africa into IAAF in 1992. [18]

Results

Past Championships results are archived at WMA. [19] Additional archives are available from Museum of Masters Track & Field [20] as a pdf book, [2] as a searchable pdf, [21] and in a pdf newsletter. [5]

Several masters 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

Women

Event Athlete(s) Nationality Performance
W65 100 Meters Paula Schneiderhan[5]: 13   FRG
15.04
W65 200 Meters Aileen Hogan: 13   AUS
W65 400 Meters Paula Schneiderhan[5]: 13   FRG
W60 1500 Meters Shirley Brasher[16]: 186   AUS
W60 5000 Meters Shirley Brasher[5]: 13 [16]: 186   AUS
21:14.53
W50 Mile Jeanne Hoagland[5]: 9 : 13   USA
5:29.39
W60 10000 Meters Shirley Brasher[5]: 13 [16]: 186   AUS
44:32.50
W60 10000 Meters Lenore Marvin[5]: 13   CAN
48:50.40
W40 80 Meters Hurdles Phil Raschker[5]: 13 [16]: 186   USA
11.92
W50 80 Meters Hurdles Corrie Roovers-van den Bosch  NED
W50 80 Meters Hurdles Corrie Roovers-van den Bosch[21]: 10   NED
W70 80 Meters Hurdles Rosaline Sole  NZL
W50 300 Meters Hurdles Brenda Parkinson[5]: 13   AUS
W50 300 Meters Hurdles Pirkko Martin  FIN
W55 300 Meters Hurdles Asta Larssen[5]: 13   SWE
56.92
W40 400 Meters Hurdles Jan Hynes[5]: 13   AUS
W45 400 Meters Hurdles Annelise Damm Olesen[5]: 13   DEN
W40 5K Race Walk Jane Jackson[5]: 13   AUS
24:50.85
W50 5K Race Walk Joan Hooper[5]: 13   AUS
26:35.39
W55 5K Race Walk Jean Albury[5]: 13 [16]: 186   AUS
26:46.92
W60 5K Race Walk Marj Colthup[5]: 13   AUS
30:10.92
W65 5K Race Walk Britta Tibbling[5]: 13   SWE
29:32.85
W75 5K Race Walk Ailsa Forbes[5]: 13   NZL
36:22.59
W80 5K Race Walk Marilla Salisbury[5]: 13   USA
43:08.68
W65 Long Jump Paula Schneiderhan  FRG
W55 High Jump Daphne Pirie[5]: 13   AUS
W60 High Jump Kirsten Hveem[5]: 13 [16]: 186   NOR
1.22
W65 High Jump Gwen Davidson[5]: 13   AUS
W70 High Jump Mary Bowermaster[5]: 13 [16]: 186   USA
W35 Triple Jump Eileen Hindle[5]: 13   AUS
11.30
W40 Triple Jump Phil Raschker[5]: 13   USA
11.16
W50 Triple Jump Dorothy Wittam[5]: 13   AUS
9.28
W55 Triple Jump Patricia Carr[5]: 13   AUS
8.75
W60 Triple Jump Kirsten Hveem<[5]: 13 [16]: 186   NOR
8.78
W65 Triple Jump Gwen Davidson[5]: 13   AUS
7.22
W50 Shot Put Valerie Young[5]: 13   NZL
W50 Discus Throw Valerie Young[5]: 13   NZL
43.54
W70 Discus Throw Annchen Reile[5]: 13   FRG
22.58
W35 Hammer Throw Christine Schultz[5]: 13 }[22]  AUS
40.36
W40 Hammer Throw Christine Battersby[5]: 13   AUS
31.28
Bev Savage[5]: 13   NZL
W45 Hammer Throw Irene Mitchell[5]: 13   AUS
34.10
W50 Hammer Throw Annemarie Scholten[5]: 13   FRG
33.02
W55 Hammer Throw Wini Pepene[5]: 13   NZL
20.90
W60 Hammer Throw Lydia Widera[5]: 13   AUS
30.46
W65 Hammer Throw Ilse Bellin[5]: 13   FRG
27.98
W60 Javelin Throw Bernice Holland[5]: 13   USA
28.30

Men

Jack Ryan M65 Mile
Event Athlete(s) Nationality Performance
M40 100 Meters George McNeill  GBR
M55 100 Meters Charles Williams  GBR
M70 100 Meters Payton Jordan[16]: 186   USA
M60 100 Meters Peter Mirkes  FRG
M95 100 Meters Prithvi Singh Azad[5]: 9 : 13   IND
39.00
M80 200 Meters Harry Gathercole  AUS
M95 200 Meters Prithvi Singh Azad[5]: 9 : 13   IND
1:39.59
M45 400 Meters Hanno Rheineck[5]: 13   FRG
50.46
M50 400 Meters Reginald Austin[16]: 186   AUS
M55 400 Meters Charles Williams[5]: 13   GBR
53.98
M85 400 Meters Longino Perez  MEX
M85 800 Meters Longino Perez  MEX
M45 1500 Meters David Siri[5]: 13 [16]: 186   NZL
4:01.47
M65 1500 Meters Jack Ryan[16]: 186   AUS
M80 1500 Meters Ed Benham[5]: 13 [16]: 186   USA
6:04.28
M85 1500 Meters Longino Perez  MEX
M45 Mile David Siri[5]: 9 : 13 [16]: 186   NZL
4:16.75
M50 Mile Tom Roberts[5]: 9 : 13   AUS
4:30.06
M65 Mile Jack Ryan: 9 : 13 [16]: 186   AUS
5:05.61
M65 5000 Meters Jack Ryan: 13 [16]: 186   AUS
17:43.35
M80 5000 Meters Ed Benham[5]: 13 [16]: 186   USA
22:31.82
M45 10000 Meters Antonio Villanueva[16]: 186   MEX
M80 10000 Meters Ed Benham[5]: 13 [16]: 186   USA
45:29.27
M75 2000 Meters Steeplechase Stan Nicholls[5]: 13   AUS
10:32.17
M45 3000 Meters Steeplechase Ron Robertson[5]: 13   NZL
9:25.28
M70 4 x 400 Meters Relay Daniel Buckley, Bill Fairbank, Payton Jordan, Bill Weinacht[16]: 186 [2]: 54 [21]: 105   USA
4:38.39
M75 5K Race Walk Tom Daintry[5]: 13   AUS
28:02.26
M90 5K Race Walk Gus Theobald[5]: 13   AUS
35:18.54
M55 20K Race Walk Louis Marquis [5]: 13    SUI
1:43:17
M75 20K Race Walk James Grimwade[5]: 13 [23]  GBR
1:55:19
M90 20K Race Walk Gus Theobald[5]: 13   AUS
2:35:47
M50 Long Jump Pericles Pinto[5]: 13   POR
M65 Long Jump Tom Patsalis[5]: 13   USA
5.29
M75 Long Jump Heikki Simola[5]: 13 [16]: 186   FIN
4.45
M80 Long Jump Gulab Singh[5]: 13   IND
3.80
M60 Triple Jump Jakob Rypdal  NOR
Vaclav Bartl  SWE
M65 Triple Jump Tom Patsalis[5]: 13   USA
10.84
M75 Triple Jump Heikki Simola[5]: 13 [16]: 186   FIN
9.52
M80 Triple Jump Gulab Singh[5]: 13   IND
M55 High Jump Herm Wyatt[5]: 13   USA
1.73
M80 High Jump Gulab Singh[5]: 13   IND
1.20
M75 Shot Put Gerhard Schepe[5]: 13   FRG
12.11
M80 Shot Put Karsten Brodersen[5]: 13   FRG
9.69
M85 Shot Put Herb Anderson[5]: 13   USA
7.17
M90 Shot Put Wang Jing-Chan[5]: 13   TAI
4.76
M95 Shot Put Prithvi Singh Azad[5]: 13   IND
4.25
M80 Discus Throw Karsten Brodersen[5]: 13   FRG
34.08
M50 Hammer Throw Hans Pötsch[16]: 186   AUT
M65 Hammer Throw Wolfram Hausmann[5]: 13   FRG
47.00
M70 Hammer Throw Ray Foley[5]: 13   AUS
45.24
M80 Hammer Throw Karsten Brodersen[5]: 13   FRG
34.28
M60 Javelin Throw Del Pickarts[5]: 13   USA
58.48
M65 Javelin Throw Aloysius Sibidol[5]: 13   MAS
47.28
M70 Javelin Throw Bill Morales[5]: 13   USA
43.34
M75 Javelin Throw Gerhard Schepe[5]: 13   FRG
38.52

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