Charles Eugster sets M95 WR in 400 at European Masters Games

Here's the track at Euro Masters Games in Nice.

Here’s the track at Euro Masters Games in Nice.

Can anyone read figures in French? The European Masters Games track meet ended a couple days ago in Nice, France. Results are here. But after I collated daily results PDFs (because the meet site is a miserable mess), I poked around for familiar names and found retired dentist Charles Eugster, whose title of “World’s Fittest Old Age Pensioner” really belongs to Don Pellmann. M95 Charles ran the 400 and clocked “141”46.” But does that mean 1:41.46 or 2:21.46? In any case, it breaks the listed M95 WR of 2:21.82 by Texan Orville Rogers. in 2013. (But Wikipedia has Orville at 2:17.45.) The meet was at Le Parc des Sports Charles Ehrmann, a soccer stadium that seats 8,000. Spot any other records?

Here's Britain's true Prince Charles at an indoor meet this year.

Here’s Britain’s true Prince Charles at an indoor meet earlier this year.

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October 10, 2015

3 Responses

  1. Anthony Treacher - October 11, 2015

    Well done! I Charles Eugster gets his record. He certainly deserves it. But the question remains. Does WMA recognize results from European Masters Games (EMG) and World Masters Games (WMG) events? People will want to know, for instance before considering the long haul to WMG Auckland 2017. I request that WMA give a definite ruling on WMG Auckland in advance.

  2. tb - October 11, 2015

    He ran it in 141.46 seconds, just like it says. 2:21.46.

  3. BD - October 12, 2015

    No records but Mattias Sunneborn (Sweden) ran 55.34 in the 400h recently turning M45! Just off WR 55.18 by legendary Guido Muller

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