New slate of world masters records
At Puerto Rico in August, the General Assembly of World Masters Athletics voted to reduce the entry age for masters men from 40 to 35 (starting in 2004). As a result, we have a pretty pickle: What are the world records for this new age group? I’ve gone through recent IAAF top lists and consulted an online rankings maintained by Hanserik Pettersson to come up with this list of M35 bests (and thus world masters records):
100 — Linford Christie 9.97
200 — Linford Christie 20.11
400 — James King 46.39
800 — Johnny Gray 1:43.36
1500 — William Tanui 3.32.45
Mile — Marcus O’Sullivan 3:52.04
5000 Mohamed Ezzher 13:13.20
10,000 — Carlos Lopes 27:17.48
Marathon — Carlos Lopes 2:07:12
Steeple — Angelo Carosi 8:22.98
110H — Tony Dees 13.22
400H — Nat Page 48.93
High jump — Charles Austin 2.27 (7-5 1/4)
Pole vault — Jeff Hartwig 5.80 (19-0 1/4)
Long jump — Larry Myricks and Carl Lewis 8.50 (27-10 3/4)
Triple jump — Jonathan Edwards 17.92 (58-9 1/2)
Shot put — Brian Oldfield 22.19 (72-9 3/4)
Discus — John Powell and Ricky Bruch 71.26 (233-9)
Javelin — Jan Zelezny 92.80 (304-5)
Hammer — Igor Astapkovich 83.62 (274-4)
Decathlon — Kip Janvrin 8,241 points
Some pretty awesome marks.
My serious concern, though, is that WMA will start from scratch and ignore legitimate marks made in open competition through 2003. As it is, the WMA world records already miss many legit W35 marks made in recent years — even in major IAAF events.
Also, FYI: I’ve updated my records page to reflect recent activity in Paris and elsewhere, including a previously unreported W40 world record in the 200 by Merlene Ottey — an incredible 22.89 set a month ago in a Slovenian meet. (Also note that Natalya Cherepanova of Russia lowered her own 3K W35 steeple record a second to 9:50.29.)
Please let me know if my M35 list is missing any better marks.
Some pretty awesome marks.
My serious concern, though, is that WMA will start from scratch and ignore legitimate marks made in open competition through 2003. As it is, the WMA world records already miss many legit W35 marks made in recent years — even in major IAAF events.
Also, FYI: I’ve updated my records page to reflect recent activity in Paris and elsewhere, including a previously unreported W40 world record in the 200 by Merlene Ottey — an incredible 22.89 set a month ago in a Slovenian meet. (Also note that Natalya Cherepanova of Russia lowered her own 3K W35 steeple record a second to 9:50.29.)
Please let me know if my M35 list is missing any better marks.
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M35:
110H(42″) 13.11 (1.4w) Colin Jackson(GB) (2/67)
8/02 Munich EurCh
2.30 7’6 1/2 i Austin 3/03 Boston USATF
22.67 74’4 1/2 Kevin Toth (12/67) 4/03 Lawrence KansasR
questionable: 400m 46.03 Gideon Yago(Kenya) (5/6/60) 9/95 Rome? CISM? (young or old, many African birthdates questionable. Especially young – 12:58 5K, 27:25 10K at 17, etc.)
Bill Forsyth posted a comprehensive list of the outdoor masters (35+) marks. What about the indoor marks. The season has started and I have no idea what the marks are for the indoor 1500 and mile.
Weight pentathlon 35-39 age group
3783 Paul Barrett 4-12-03 Fort Collins, CO
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