Roger Ruth’s fine-tooth-combing of open seasonal lists for masters 35 and over has uncovered some amazing nuggets. His latest batch is the 1500, steeplechase, discus and long jump. At least one possible world-age group record is identified: Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan of Russia jumped 6.56 (21-6 1/4) on July 3 — less than two months after turning 40. That beats the WMA listed WR of 6.41 (21-0 1/2) by countrywoman Vera Olenchenko in 2000. In the 15, Russian Vyacheslav Shabunin ran 3:37.99 at age 38. If he can hang on for another two seasons, he could be the first M40 outdoor miler to go sub-4.

Here’s what Roger writes:

As I wrote in the initial post of this series, the procedure is to sort Mirko Jalava’s 2008 World Deep Lists for each event by age of birth, starting with 1973 and backward from there, to identify all athletes on the list of masters age levels (35 and older on the date of competition). In summarizing the lists, I’ve bold-faced the data for the oldest on the list, and also have noted the youngest athlete on the world list in each event.
Masters on Men’s 1500m World List for 2008
N=3D1916
List threshold=3D3:54.50
89 3:37.99 Vyacheslav Shabunin RUS 27 Sep 69 Moskva 10 Jul
120 3:39.50 Alberto Garc=EDa ESP 22 Feb 71 Jerez de la Frontera 24 =
Jun
260 3:42.43 Rachid Ch=E9kh=E9mani FRA 1 Oct 73 Amiens 18 =
Jun
302 3:42.99 Andrey Zadorozhniy RUS 3 Sep 73 Moskva 10 Jun
440 3:44.62 B=E5rd Kvalheim NOR 17 Sep 73 Oslo 6 =
Jun
451 3:44.7h Rizak Dirshe SWE 5 Jan 72 Watford 14 Jun
521 3:45.45 Stanislav Khukharkin RUS 7 Nov 71 Kazan 19 Jul
724 3:47.49 Mark Carroll IRL 15 Jan 72 Limerick 14 Jun
725 3:47.49 Nadir Bosch FRA 16 May 73 Villefranche-sur-Saone 28 Jun
899 3:48.76 Eliseo Mart=EDn ESP 5 Nov 73 Monz=F3n 2 =
Jul
952 3:49.21 Jason Stewart USA 22 Apr 72 Regensburg 8 Jun
963 3:49.3h Maswi Ntambe KEN 71 Kisii 5 Apr
1295 3:51.30 Leszek Zblewski POL 25 Dec 73 Szczecin 6 Jul
1365 3:51.65 Fernando Lorenzo ESP 29 Mar 73 Barakaldo 11 Jul
1511 3:52.41 Phil Tulba GBR 20 Sep 73 Solihull 28 Jun
1597 3:52.84 Jo=EBl Bourgeois CAN 25 Apr 71 Waltham MA 24 =
May
1603 3:52.87 David Martinez ESP 31 Jan 67 Pontevedra 26 =
Apr
1792 3:53.92 Maximilian Freund GER 67 Koblenz 21 May
1801 3:53.96 Sigurbj=F6rn Arngr=EDmsson ISL 31 Aug 73 G=F6teborg =
28 Jun
1864 3:54.26 Takeshi Arisumi JPN 5 Jul 73 Kumamoto 5 Apr
Youngest athlete (15) on this list:
1770 3:53.83 Thomas Solberg Eide NOR 20 Nov 92 Stavanger 9 Aug
Masters on Women=92s 1500m World List for 2008
N=3D914
List threshold=3D4:30.00
31 4:05.30 Agnes Samaria (NR)NAM 11 Aug 72 Monaco 29 Jul
49 4:06.94 Anna Jakubczak POL 2 Feb 73 Warszawa 15 Jun
53 4:07.19 Olga Yegorova RUS 28 Mar 72 Jerez de la Frontera 24 =
Jun
78 4:09.10 Nouriah M=E9rah-Benida ALG 19 Oct 70 Monaco 29 =
Jul
83 4:09.86 Maria Mutola MOZ 27 Oct 72 Doha 9 May
124 4:13.20 Mardrea Hyman JAM 22 Dec 72 Fortaleza 14 May
203 4:16.71 Courtney Babcock CAN 30 Jun 72 Burnaby 21 Jun
208 4:16.82 Miranda Boonstra NED 29 Aug 72 Oordegem 26 Jul
320 4:20.11 Harumi Hiroyama JPN 2 Sep 68 Kitami 13 Jul
481 4:23.81 Minori Hayakari JPN 29 Nov 72 Eugene OR 8 Jun
514 4:24.36 Fernanda Ribeiro POR 23 Jun 69 Maia 18 Jun
523 4:24.50 Am=E9lie Nivet FRA 6 May 73 Ninove 10 =
Aug
603 4:25.63 Gracie Padilla USA 29 May 71 Eagle Rock CA 10 May
605 4:25.66 Genevieve Graff-Ermeling USA 72 Eugene OR 9 May
627 4:25.90 Vicky Lynch-Pounds CAN 6 Jun 70 Walnut CA 20 Apr
704 4:27.00 Sabine Fischer SUI 29 Jun 73 Fribourg 3 Aug
710 4:27.07 Pilar Alonso ESP 12 Apr 72 Santander 19 Jul
737 4:27.43 Silvia Casella ITA 72 Pavia 11 May
824 4:28.7h Debbie Walters GBR 11 Nov 68 Birmingham 4 Jun
910 4:29.91 Kris Paaso USA 71 Stanford CA 5 Apr
Youngest athlete (14) on this list:
558 4:24.95 Emelia Gorecka GBR 29 Jan 94 Street 5 May
1603 3:52.87 David Martinez ESP 31 Jan 67 Pontevedra =20=
26 Apr
1792 3:53.92 Maximilian Freund GER 67 Koblenz =20=
21 May
1801 3:53.96 Sigurbj=F6rn Arngr=EDmsson ISL 31 Aug 73 G=F6teborg =
28 Jun
1864 3:54.26 Takeshi Arisumi JPN 5 Jul 73 Kumamoto 5 Apr
Youngest athlete (15) on this list:
1770 3:53.83 Thomas Solberg Eide NOR 20 Nov 92 Stavanger 9 Aug
Masters on World Steeple Lists 2008
A reasonable expectation would be that the first hurdling lists I’d search would be the 100m/110m highs. I think that James Fields’ laudable efforts to keep the t-and-f list functioning through his frequent steeplechase posts deserves priority for that event.
Masters on Men’s Steeplechase World List for 2008
N=3D637
List threshold=3D9:09.76
9 8:12.50 Simon Vroemen NED 11 May 69 Cottbus 11 =
Jun
190 8:44.54 Jo=EBl Bourgeois CAN 25 Apr 71 P=E9zenas 31 =
May
339 8:55.85 Jan Zakrzewski POL 21 Dec 70 Szczecin 6 Jul
368 8:57.39 Serhiy Redko UKR 24 Jan 73 Yalta 7 Jun
408 8:59.17 Vjatsheslav Koshelev EST 20 Jan 68 Tallinn 22 Jun
477 9:02.29 Jose Gonzalez ESP 3 Mar 73 Barakaldo 11 =
Jul
541 9:05.71 Salvador Miranda MEX 22 Aug 71 Walnut CA 18 Apr
558 9:06.35 Sebastien Auger FRA 8 Jan 72 Villeneuve d’Ascq 18 May
587 9:07.26 Predrag Mladenovi=E6 SRB 19 May 72 Bansk=E1 Bystrica 22 =
Jun
Youngest athlete (16) on this list:
335 8:55.69 Abdellah Dacha MAR 26 Jan 92 Rabat 2 Aug
Masters on Women’s Steeplechase World List for 2008
N=3D535
List threshold=3D11:00.00
31 9:33.93 Minori Hayakari NR JPN 29 Nov 72 Heusden 20 =
Jul
34 9:35.54 Veerle Dejaeghere BEL 1 Aug 73 Neerpelt 31 =
May
50 9:41.68 Mardrea Hyman JAM 22 Dec 72 Rio de Janeiro 18 =
May
56 9:42.87NR Miranda Boonstra NED 29 Aug 72 Neerpelt 31 May
84 9:51.54 Una English IRL 14 Aug 70 Luzern 16 =
Jul
250 10:30.02 Ivana Sekyrov=E1 CZE 13 Oct 71 Praha 7 =
Jun
378 10:44.50 Samia Soltane ITA 67 Alessandria 17 May
437 10:50.33 Veronica Chiusole ITA 72 Valsugana 17 May
465 10:53.14 Corinne Roy FRA 28 Dec 66 Dijon 13 Jul
468 10:53.66 Pilar Alonso ESP 12 Apr 72 Santander 2 Jul
Youngest athlete (15) on this list:
43 9:38.44 Halima Hassen ETH 10 Nov 92 Bydgoszcz 10 Jul
(Five of the top 100 on the women’s list!)
Masters on Women’s Long Jump World List for 2008
N=3D767
List threshold=3D5.90
69 6.56 Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan RUS 12 May 68 Sankt Peterburg 3 Jul
141 6.41 T=FCnde Vaszi HUN 18 Apr 72 Debrecen 19 Jul
163 6.37 Jackie Edwards BAH 14 Apr 71 Nassau 28 Jun
172 6.36 Olena Bobrovnyk UKR 31 May 72 Kyiv 1 Jul
367 6.14 Katalin De=E1k HUN 4 Mar 68 Zalaegerszeg 8 Jun
565 6.00 Romary Rifka MEX 8 Apr 73 Monterrey 22 Jun
673 5.94 Elizete da Silva BRA 2 May 71 Santo Domingo 1 Jun
Youngest athlete (15) on this list:
754 5.90 Katarina Thompson GBR 9 Jan 93 Wigan 24 May
Masters on Men’s Long Jump World List for 2008
N=3D934
List threshold=3D7.25
49 8.05 Vladimir Malyavin RUS 4 Mar 73 Moskva 21 Jun
111 7.90 Bogdan Tudor ROU 1 Feb 70 Bucuresti 6 Jul
459 7.51 Mattias Sunneborn SWE 27 Sep 70 Karlstad 28 Jul
605 7.40 Nigel Park NZL 6 Jul 72 Auckland 29 Mar
728 7.34 Erick Walder USA 5 Nov 71 Clermont FL 7 Jun
847 7.28 Royden John GBR 6 Sep 72 Kingston 10 May
894 7.26 Steve Fleming IRL 14 May 72 Bedford 26 May
Youngest athlete (15) on this list:
811 7.30 Victor Santos BRA 8 Nov 92 S=E3o Paulo 8 Jun
Masters on Women’s Discus World List for 2008
N=3D199
List threshold=3D50.28
2 66.51 Nicoleta Grasu ROU 11 Sep 71 Istanbul 21 Jun
4 66.08 Natalya Sadova RUS 15 Jun 72 Moskva 11 Jul
13 63.49 Iryna Yatchenko BLR 31 Oct 65 Stayki 7 Jun
16 63.21 Anna S=C3=B6derberg SWE 11 Jun 73 Helsingborg 6 =
Sep
19 62.75 Ellina Zvereva BLR 16 Nov 60 Stayki 7 Jun
21 62.59 Olena Antonova UKR 16 Jun 72 Beijing 18 Aug
23 62.32 Joanna Wi=C5=9Bniewska POL 24 May 72 Halle 24 =
May
47 59.54 Elis=C3=A2ngela Adriano BRA 27 Jul 72 S=C3=A3o Paulo =
27 Jun
49 59.47 Franka Dietzsch GER 22 Jan 68 Versmold 17 May
104 55.44 Marzena Wysocka POL 17 Feb 69 Podlaska 31 May
157 53.30 Teresa Machado POR 22 Jul 69 Leiria 1 Mar
164 52.73 Alice Matejkov=C3=A1 ESP 11 Jan 69 Santa Cruz Tenerife 19 =
Jul
185 52.15 Tomoko Yamaguchi JPN 14 Feb 72 Hiroshima 29 Apr
189 52.11 Eha R=C3=BCnne EST 25 May 63 Tallinn 23 =
May
Youngest athlete (17) on this list:
137 54.21 Shi Meng CHN 18 Aug 91 Luohe 13 Sep
Masters on Men=E2=80=99s Discus World List for 2008
N=3D645
List threshold=3D50.01
2 71.25 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 13 Feb 72 Turnov 20 May
16 65.71 Aleksander Tammert EST 2 Feb 73 Kose 1 Jul
22 64.99 John Godina USA 31 May 72 Salinas CA 8 May
28 64.65 Aleksandr Borichevsky RUS 25 Jun 70 Sankt Peterburg 3 Jul
29 64.63 Michael M=C3=B6llenbeck GER 12 Dec 69 Versmold 17 =
May
69 62.08 Jean Tiercelin FRA 1 Feb 77 Maisons-Laffitte 25 Jun
72 61.95 Ahmed Mohamed Dheeb QAT 29 Sep 85 Doha 9 May
80 61.37 Diego Fortuna ITA 14 Feb 68 Firenze 27 Jun
98 60.71 Micka=C3=ABl Conjungo FRA 6 May 68 Castres 7 =
May
120 59.68 Kevin Fitzpatrick USA 26 Sep 69 Salinas CA 8 May
143 58.78 Jaroslav Zitnansky SVK 18 Feb 72 Opava 16 Jul
158 57.93 Pertti Hynni FIN 14 Feb 60 Helsinki 29 May
160 57.89 Jouni Helppikangas FIN 10 Feb 71 Rovaniemi 16 Aug
168 57.58 Jean-Claude Retel FRA 11 Feb 68 Bugeat 6 Jul
199 56.58 Johan =C3=85kerlund FIN 30 Aug 64 Tampere 27 =
Jul
221 56.01 Mike Ransky CAN 26 Oct 70 London ON 27 Apr
232 55.69 Cristiano Andrei ITA 14 May 73 Tarquinia 31 May
230 55.75 Jo Van Daele BEL 6 Apr 72 Zwevegem 11 May
243 55.39 Jim Seifert USA 26 Nov 62 Kings Point NY 12 Apr
247 55.33 Frank Vicet ESP 30 Nov 71 Santa Cruz 9 Jul
252 55.28 Igor Primc SLO 8 Jan 66 Istanbul 22 Jun
262 55.07 Drajen Prskalo CRO 15 Jan 70 Maribor 11 Jul
292 54.37 Gabriel Pedroso CUB 12 Jan 68 Santa Cruz 9 Jul
339 53.67 David Mart=C3=ADnez ESP 31 Jan 67 Castell=C3=B3n =
7 Jun
365 53.29 Ralf Mordhorst GER 11 May 73 Cuxhaven 12 Jul
386 53.05 Dragan Peri=C4=87 SRB 8 May 64 Bansk=C3=A1 Bystrica =
22 Jun
393 53.00 Mark Wiseman GBR 9 Feb 69 Birmingham 8 Jun
439 52.44 Lu=C3=ADs Her=C3=A9dio Costa POR 30 Oct 71 Lisboa =
17 May
505 51.56 Yuriy Krysin UKR 30 Apr 73 Koncha-Zaspa 21 May
512 51.51 Alessandro Rosa BRA 3 Feb 71 Praia Grande 10 May
526 51.39 Dragan Mustapi=C4=87 CRO 23 Mar 63 Novo Mesto 5 =
Jul
536 51.30 Teppo Ryyti FIN 4 Feb 71 Alavieska 19 Jul
540 51.28 Mart=C3=ADn Brea ESP 26 May 71 Alicante 30 =
Jul
557 51.06 Mark Landa USA 26 Dec 72 Phoenix AZ 5 Apr
574 50.85 Norbert Demmel GER 10 May 63 Germering 31 May
580 50.76 Marek Stolarczyk POL 10 Jun 64 Subice 17 Jun
584 50.74 Steve Muse USA 27 Jan 66 Boise ID 2 May
588 50.73 Aitor Olaizola ESP 3 Nov 71 Durango 15 Jun
593 50.69 Thomas Rosvold NOR 21 Jul 67 Oslo 22 Jul
614 50.30 P=C3=A9tur Gudmundsson ISL 24 Jan 62 Reykjavik 11 =
Jun
Youngest athlete (16) on this list:
412 52.75 Dong Hao CHN 25 Jun 91 Chengdu 30 Mar
Masters athletes holding #2 rank on both men’s and women’s world lists!!