IAAF lists oldest entrants, medalists at indoor worlds
This is one beastly file. But a PDF reaching 322 pages, the IAAF statistics handbook issued for the upcoming IAAF world indoor championships in Valencia, Spain, is a treasure trove of masters stats. Mainly, it’s good for finding out the oldest entrants in indoor worlds history. “These pages list the youngest and oldest gold medallists (G), medallists (M), finalists (F) and competitors (C) in each World Indoor Games or Championship event,” says the title on page 21. The oldest medalist (and winner) was Russia’s Yekaterina Podkopayeva, who took the 1500 in 1997 at age 44 years, 271 days. She’s also the oldest athlete in meet history.
The oldest male entrant was Bahamian Timothy Munnings, who was 39 years, 263 days in 2006 when he ran the 60.
This year’s entrants don’t include Merlene Ottey, who at 47 would blow the age records out of the water. But she’s still training for Beijing.
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