# 2001 World Masters Athletics Championships

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2001 World Masters Athletics Championships is the fourteenth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place in Brisbane, Australia, from 1 to 14 July 2001.
The main venue was Queen Elizabeth II Sports Complex, comprising Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre (called "ANZ Stadium" at that time) and the newly rebuilt State Athletics Facility.
$^{:19}$ $^{:1}$ Some stadia events were held at University of Queensland Sport Athletics Centre. $^{:7}$$^{:22}$ Non-stadia venues included St Lucia Golf Course for Cross Country $^{:15}$ and University of Queensland for Road Walks. South Bank Parklands hosted a 5K Fun Run/Walk before the start of competitions, $^{:1}$$^{:14}$$^{:16}$ and was the site for start and finish of the Marathon, which followed an inner city route and the Brisbane River. $^{:17}$
This edition of masters athletics Championships had a minimum age limit of 35 years for women and 40 years for men. $^{:1}$ $^{:1}$
The governing body of this series was formally renamed from World Association of Veteran Athletes (WAVA) to World Masters Athletics (WMA) during General Assembly at this Championships on 11 July, $^{:15}$
$^{:56}$ though the WAVA name was still used throughout the competitions and WAVA was prominent in the logo.
This Championships was organized by WAVA/WMA in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC): David Lloyd, Kerry Watson, Jacey Octigan, Allan Bell.
In addition to a full range of track and field events,
non-stadia events included 8K Cross Country, 10K Race Walk (women), 20K Race Walk (men), and Marathon.

## Results

Past Championships results are archived at WMA.
Additional archives are available from Masters Athletics,
from European Masters Athletics
as a searchable pdf,
and from Museum of Masters Track & Field
as a searchable pdf
and as National Masters News pdf newsletters.
Several masters world records were set at this Championships. World records for 2001 are from the list of World Records in the National Masters News August newsletter$^{:11}$ unless otherwise noted.

### Women

| Event | Athlete(s) | Nationality | Performance |
| W60 400 Meters | Anne Stobaus | AUS | 1:07.30 |
| W65 400 Meters | Carolyn Sue Cappetta | USA | 1:11.45 |
| W90 400 Meters | Rosario Iglesias Rocha$^{:7}$ | MEX | 3:06.85 |
| W90 800 Meters | Rosario Iglesias Rocha$^{:8}$ | MEX | 6:59.18 |
| W40 80 Meters Hurdles | Leslie Estwick | CAN | 11.25 |
| W70 80 Meters Hurdles | Shirley Peterson$^{:11}$ | NZL | 18.48 |
| W75 80 Meters Hurdles | Johnnye Valien$^{:11}$ | USA | 21.07 |
| W75 300 Meters Hurdles | Johnnye Valien$^{:12}$ | USA | 1:29.00 |
| W40 400 Meters Hurdles | Maria Ferreira Santos$^{:11}$ | BRA | 61:58 |
| W6O 4 x 400 Meters Relay | Kemisole Solwazi, Yvette LaVigne, Carolyn Sue Cappetta, Jeanne Daprano$^{:24}$ | USA | 4:56.74 |
| W65 Pole Vault | Midori Yamamoto$^{:14}$ | JPN | 2.20 |
| W75 Pole Vault | Johnnye Valien$^{:14}$ | USA | 1.65 |
| W50 Triple Jump | Anna Włodarczyk | POL | 11.37 |
| W65 Shot Put | Sigrun Kofink$^{:16}$ | GER | 11.35 |
| W40 Hammer Throw | Margrith Duss-Mueller$^{:17}$ | SUI | 51.85 |
| W40 Heptathlon | Marie Kay$^{:26}$ | AUS | 5995 |
| W75 Heptathlon | Johnnye Valien$^{:27}$ | USA | 4939 |
| W40 Weight Pentathlon | Oneithea Lewis$^{:27}$ | USA | 4308 |
| W50 Weight Pentathlon | Christine Schultz$^{:28}$ | AUS | 4455 |

### Men

| Event | Athlete(s) | Nationality | Performance |
| M100 100 Meters | Leslie Amey$^{:34}$ | AUS | 71.05 |
| M85 400 Meters | Herbert Liedtke | SWE | 1:30.99 |
| M60 1500 Meters | Ron Robertson | NZL | 4:27.65 |
| M100 1500 Meters | Leslie Amey$^{:43}$ | AUS | 19:59.54 |
| M60 5000 Meters | Ron Robertson | NZL | 16:16.51 |
| M70 5000 Meters | Ed Whitlock | CAN | 18:33.38 |
| M70 10000 Meters | Ed Whitlock | CAN | 38:04.13 |
| M40 110 Meters Hurdles | Karl Smith | USA | 13.96 |
| M60 2000 Meters Steeplechase | Ron Robertson | NZL | 6:30.21 |
| M70 2000 Meters Steeplechase | John Downey | NZL | 8:03.47 |
| M85 2000 Meters Steeplechase | Eddie Gamble | AUS | 13:53.38 |
| M80 High Jump | Emmerich Zensch | AUT | 1.31 |
| M60 Triple Jump | Stig Bäcklund | FIN | 12.43 |
| M70 Triple Jump | Shoji Ito | JPN | 10.49 |
| M75 Javelin Throw | Veikko Javanainen | FIN | 42.08 |
| M85 Javelin Throw | Antonio Antunes Fonseca | BRA | 24.56 |
| M45 Weight Pentathlon | Vasilios Manganas | GRE | 4590 |
| M55 Weight Pentathlon | Ladislav Pataki | USA | 5366 |
| M70 Weight Pentathlon | Heinz Brandt | GER | 4853 |
| M75 Weight Pentathlon | Hans Schuffenhauer | GER | 4826 |
| M80 Decathlon | Pierre Darrot | FRA | 7410 |