# 1993 World Masters Athletics Championships

31°49′28″N 131°26′45″E﻿ / ﻿31.8243736°N 131.44588°E﻿ / 31.8243736; 131.44588﻿ (Miyazaki Athletic Stadium) 1993 World Masters Athletics Championships is the tenth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships (called World Veterans Championships at the time) that took place in Miyazaki, Japan from 7 to 17 October 1993.
The main venue was Miyazaki Athletic Stadium (Japanese: 宮崎県総合運動公園陸上競技場), located within the Miyazaki Prefectural Sports Park.
The Sports Park had 3 track facilities and a throwing field, $^{:22}$ including a 400m track especially built for this Championships. $^{:18}$ $^{:16}$$^{:18}$ The Japanese government invested $20 million to host this Championships, with a reported loss of $18 million. $^{:194}$
The 11,475 participants reported by WMA may actually be over 12,000, more than doubling the previous highs of 4,800+ at the previous three editions of this series. $^{:52}$ In fact it was the largest track and field meet ever held, $^{:14}$ only the largest marathons draw more competitors. $^{:53}$ The host country Japan alone supplied 9,901 athletes, about half of whom were marathoners. $^{:192}$
18,000 people attended the most elaborate opening ceremonies of any Championships in this series on Saturday, 9 October. $^{:17}$
   It featured a 600-member women's choir, a Usutaiko Dance performed by 500 school children, marching by 200 high school students, a 100-member brass band, thousands of balloons, and a parade by nations
The three-time Olympian Evelyn Ashford carried a friendship torch into the stadium to light an Olympic-style flame; $^{:17}$ $^{:45}$ she would win the W35 200m in the competitions. $^{:153}$
Athletes from China participated for the first time in this series, though with only a token delegation. $^{:192}$
This edition of masters athletics Championships had a minimum age limit of 35 years for women and 40 years for men. $^{:14}$
The governing body of this series is World Association of Veteran Athletes (WAVA). WAVA was formed during meeting at the inaugural edition of this series at Toronto in 1975, then officially founded during the second edition in 1977, then renamed as World Masters Athletics (WMA) at the Brisbane Championships in 2001.
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This Championships was organized by WAVA in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC) headed by Mikio Oda.
In addition to a full range of track and field events,
non-stadia events included 10K Cross Country, 10K Race Walk (women), 20K Race Walk (men), and Marathon.

## South Africa

South Africa had been expelled by the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) in 1976 due to the apartheid policy of the South African government at that time.
South Africa rejoined IAAF in 1992, after the abolition of the apartheid system,
and South African athletes officially participated under their native RSA flag for the first time in this series. $^{:21}$

## Results

Past Championships results are archived at WMA.
Additional archives are available from Museum of Masters Track & Field
as a pdf book
and in a pdf newsletter.
Detailed results are extracted from the pdf book separately for women
and for men.
Several masters world records were set at this Championships. World records for 1993 are from the list of World Records in the Museum of Masters Track & Field pdf book$^{:24}$ unless otherwise noted.

### Women

| Event | Athlete(s) | Nationality | Performance |
| W55 100 Meters | Una Adella Gore | GBR | 13.65 |
| W65 100 Meters | Shirley Peterson | NZL | 14.98 |
| W70 100 Meters | Paula Schneiderhan$^{:29}$ | GER | 15.42 |
| W70 100 Meters | Anna Mangler$^{:29}$ | GER | 16.09 |
| W80 100 Meters | Johanna Gelbrich | GER | 18.41 |
| W70 200 Meters | Paula Schneiderhan$^{:29}$ | GER | 33.26 |
| W70 200 Meters | Anna Mangler$^{:29}$ | GER | 33.42 |
| W70 400 Meters | Anna Mangler | GER | 1:19.14 |
| W45 800 Meters | Judy Bandiera | AUS | 2:17.06 |
| W45 800 Meters | Avril Douglas | CAN | 2:18.76 |
| W60 800 Meters | Jean Horne | CAN | 2:51.27 |
| W80 800 Meters | Johanna Luther | GER | 3:54.81 |
| W85 800 Meters | Matsue Nishiyama | JPN | 5:14.43 |
| W80 1500 Meters | Johanna Luther | GER | 7:32.22 |
| W80 1500 Meters | Rosario Iglesias Rocha | MEX | 8:47.41 |
| W80 5000 Meters | Johanna Luther | GER | 28:32.67 |
| W85 5000 Meters | Matsue Nishiyama | JPN | 37:02.30 |
| W50 10000 Meters | Ursula Odermatt | SUI | 36:51.28 |
| W80 10000 Meters | Johanna Luther | GER | 58:40.03 |
| W60 80 Meters Hurdles | Asta Larsson | SWE | 14.78 |
| W65 80 Meters Hurdles | Isabel Hofmeyr | RSA | 18.33 |
| W60 300 Meters Hurdles | Asta Larsson | SWE | 58.59 |
| W65 300 Meters Hurdles | Isabel Hofmeyr | RSA | 1:05.67 |
| W75 5K Race Walk | Britta Tibbling$^{:165}$ | SWE | 32:44.76 |
| W75 10K Race Walk | Britta Tibbling$^{:177}$ | SWE | 1:07:46 |
| W55 Long Jump | Christiane Schmalbruch | GER | 4.80 |
| W70 Long Jump | Paula Schneiderhan | GER | 3.58 |
| W80 Long Jump | Ruth Frith | AUS | 2.26 |
| W35 Triple Jump | Conceição Geremias | BRA | 12.40 |
| W50 Triple Jump | Erika Springmann | GER | 10.08 |
| W55 Triple Jump | Christiane Schmalbruch | GER | 9.82 |
| W65 Triple Jump | Shirley Peterson | NZL | 9.03 |
| W65 Triple Jump | Leonore McDaniels | USA | 7.66 |
| W70 Triple Jump | Sheila Muriel Campbell | RSA | 6.85 |
| W80 Triple Jump | Ruth Frith | AUS | 5.65 |
| W45 High Jump | Alena Plischke | AUT | 1.58 |
| W45 High Jump | Phil Raschker | USA | 1.55 |
| W55 High Jump | Christiane Schmalbruch | GER | 1.38 |
| W35 Pole Vault | Maret Kalviste | EST | 2.80 |
| W35 Pole Vault | Marie Claire Fabardine | FRA | 2.68 |
| W45 Pole Vault | Phil Raschker$^{:192}$$^{:166}$ | USA | 3.14 |
| W50 Pole Vault | Petra Pietersen | RSA | 2.44 |
| W55 Pole Vault | Dorothy McLennan | IRL | 2.00 |
| W55 Pole Vault | Ingegerd Marianne Stenholm | SWE | 1.62 |
| W55 Pole Vault | Midori Yamamoto | JPN | 1.54 |
| W60 Shot Put | Rosemary Chrimes | GBR | 12.20 |
| W60 Shot Put | Jutta Schaefer | GER | 11.04 |
| W70 Shot Put | Lena Grobler | RSA | 8.44 |
| W60 Discus Throw | Rosemary Chrimes | GBR | 37.56 |
| W60 Discus Throw | Antonina Ivanova | RUS | 33.72 |
| W75 Discus Throw | Annchen Reile | GER | 21.22 |
| W40 Hammer Throw | Annie Bellanger | FRA | 42.02 |
| M45 Hammer Throw | Inge Faldager | DEN | 44.56 |
| W55 Hammer Throw | Evaun Williams | GBR | 43.88 |
| W60 Hammer Throw | Jutta Schaefer | GER | 40.46 |
| W60 Hammer Throw | Antonina Ivanova | RUS | 38.42 |
| W60 Hammer Throw | Elisabeth Dwenger | GER | 30.88 |
| W60 Javelin Throw | Lieselotte Leiss | GER | 32.58 |
| W80 Javelin Throw | Johanna Gelbrich | GER | 19.86 |

### Men

| Event | Athlete(s) | Nationality | Performance |
| M80 100 Meters | Yuichi Tateishi | JPN | 15.33 |
| M85 200 Meters | Harry Gathercole | AUS | 35.99 |
| M50 400 Meters | Isao Harold Morioka | CAN | 51.76 |
| M70 1500 Meters | Gordon McKeown | AUS | 5:09.64 |
| M70 80 Meters Hurdles | Albertus Van Zyl | RSA | 13.97 |
| M80 80 Meters Hurdles | Mazumi Morita | JPN | 16.98 |
| M75 2000 Meters Steeplechase | Daniel Buckley | USA | 9:44.19 |
| M80 2000 Meters Steeplechase | Tadashi Tau | JPN | 11:51.48 |
| M80 2000 Meters Steeplechase | Robert Boal | USA | 13:14.33 |
| M55 Long Jump | Hellmuth Klimmer | GER | 6.11 |
| M80 Long Jump | Mazumi Morita | JPN | 4.12 |
| M80 Long Jump | Giichi Suda | JPN | 3.98 |
| M80 Triple Jump | Mazumi Morita | JPN | 8.95 |
| M50 High Jump | Dieter Wille | GER | 1.88 |
| M50 Shot Put | Klaus Liedtke | GER | 17.60 |
| M55 Shot Put | Joe Keshmiri | USA | 15.85 |
| M65 Shot Put | Torsten Von Wachenfeldt | SWE | 14.43 |
| M80 Shot Put | Gerhard Schepe | GER | 12.02 |
| M45 Hammer Throw | Murofushi Shigenobu | JPN | 63.46 |
| M40 Javelin Throw | Jorma Markus | FIN | 75.08 |
| M70 Javelin Throw | Erik Eriksson | FIN | 46.28 |