German masters nationals generate at least three world records

Christel Happ

Germany splits its masters nationals into two meets — under-50 and 50-and-over. At the over-50 meet in Kevelaer, Christel Happ long-jumped 3.05 meters (exactly 10 feet) to again beat the listed W80 world record of 2.78 (9-1 1/2) by American Mary Bowermaster in 1998. (Christel also jumped 2.90 in June, say the Koops in Germany.) Three weeks after turning 75, Elfriede Hodapp ran the 800 in what the Koops call a “phenomenal world record time.” Elfriede clocked 3:13.66 to take a chunk off the listed W75 WR of 3:25.18 by Italy’s Emma Mazzenga in 2008. And yesterday morning Hermann Albrecht upped his own WR in the M70 hammer to 55.36 meters (181-7). The Koops say he threw 54.17 (177-8) in April. The listed M70 world record is 53.12 (174-3) by American Robert Ward in 2004.

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July 4, 2010

4 Responses

  1. tnoyes - July 4, 2010

    More likely it was just two world records. Ed Burke has scored from 57+ to 59.04m in meets this year with the M70 hammer.

  2. Ken Stone - July 4, 2010

    Oops, yeah! Forgot about Ed’s big throws!
    http://masterstrack.com/2010/04/9931/

  3. Mary Harada - July 5, 2010

    Hunting throught the results – it seems that Elfrieda Hodapp also set new WR in the W 75 5k and 1500. That would make 3 WR -pretty amazing if true.

  4. Anthony Treacher - July 6, 2010

    The admirable Germans also break world records in respect of the number of participants at their nationals. Take my age group M70 for instance and compare the participation in a few events at these German nationals and the recent British nationals at Cardiff: M70 100m Germany some 15 participants, UK 1; 200m Germany 9 participants, UK 2; 400m Germany 10 participants; UK 2; Long jump Germany 11, UK 3. Good results in Germany too.

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