# 2018 World Masters Athletics Championships

36°40′52″N 4°27′28″W﻿ / ﻿36.6812°N 4.4579°W﻿ / 36.6812; -4.4579﻿ (Estadio Ciudad de Málaga)
2018 World Masters Athletics Championships is the 23rd in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place along the Costa del Sol in Málaga and Torremolinos, Spain from 4 to 16 September 2018.
This was the second even year of this biennial series as beginning in 2016 at Perth, Australia, the Championships moved to be held in even-numbered years to avoid conflict with the quadrennial World Masters Games, which had been held in odd-numbered years since 2005.
The main venue was Estadio Ciudad de Málaga (MAL).
Supplemental venues included Ciudad Deportiva de Carranque (CAR), Complejo Deportivo Universitario (UNI), and Pista Atletismo Torremolinos in the Estadio Polideportivo Ciudad de Torremolinos complex (TOR).
The three-letter codes for the venues are used in the results.
This Championships was organized by World Masters Athletics (WMA) in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC) led by Francisco de la Torre, Mayor of Málaga.
The WMA is the global governing body of the sport of athletics for athletes 35 years of age or older, setting rules for masters athletics competition.
At the 2016 General Assembly, a motion was passed to change two events after the 2016 Championships:
* The Marathon would be replaced by the Half Marathon.
* The 10K Road Race would be replaced by the 10K Race Walk.
Thus, in addition to a full range of track and field events,
non-stadia events in this Championships included 8K Cross Country, 10K Road Race, 10K Race Walk, 20K Race Walk and Half Marathon.

## Controversy

The Spanish government requested, through Real Federación Española de Atletismo, that the country of Gibraltar not be permitted to participate in the Championships.
Athletes from Gibraltar could compete as "neutral" athletes and cannot wear their national uniform.
In protest, four out of the five athletes from Gibraltar decided to withdraw and boycott the Championships.

## Results

Official daily results are listed at Malaga2018,
and archived at RFEA.
Past Championships results are archived at WMA;
the 2018 results are summarized in a Medals Table
and a Records Table.
Additional archives are available from British Masters Athletic Federation
as a searchable pdf,
and from Victorian Masters Athletics as a searchable pdf.
Masters world records set at this Championships are listed below and are based on the WMA Records Table unless otherwise noted.
More complete lists of medalists are contained in separate articles for women and for men.

### Women

World records are listed below.
| Event | Athlete(s) | Nationality | Performance |
| W65 100 Meters | Karla Del Grande | CAN | 14.04 |
| W65 200 Meters | Karla Del Grande | CAN | 28.83 |
| W75 200 Meters | Carol LaFayette-Boyd$^{:578}$$^{:65}$ | CAN | 31.56 |
| W80 800 Meters | Yoko Nakano | JPN | 3:30.41 |
| W80 5000 Meters | Yoko Nakano | JPN | 25:40.14 |
| W75 80 Meters Hurdles | Marianne Maier | AUT | 17.37 |
| W45 2K Steeplechase | Minori Hayakari | JPN | 6:51.51 |
| W60 10K Race Walk | Lynette Ventris | AUS | 53:26 |
| W75 20K Race Walk | Hannele Kivistö$^{:973}$ | FIN | 2:30:30 |
| W55 4 x 100 Meters Relay Video on YouTube | Sandy Triolo, Adriene Allen, Kathleen Shook, Joy Upshaw$^{:298}$ | USA | 54.05 |
| W60 4 x 400 Meters Relay | Hilary West, Helen Godsell, Jane Horder, Caroline Powell$^{:374}$ | GBR | 4:41.85 |
| W80 4 x 400 Meters Relay | Rose Green, Jean Daprano, Carolyn Langenwalter, Lynne Hurrell$^{:316}$ | USA | 7:59.18 |
| W75 High Jump | Carol LaFayette-Boyd | CAN | 1.24 |
| W75 Shot Put | Marianne Maier | AUT | 12.12 |
| W80 Shot Put | Evaun Williams | GBR | 10.07 |
| W80 Hammer Throw | Evaun Williams$^{:833}$ | GBR | 37.85 |
| W80 Hammer Throw | Evaun Williams$^{:232}$ | GBR | 35.16 |
| W90 Hammer Throw | Julia Huapaya | PER | 18.62 |
| W80 Weight Throw | Evaun Williams | GBR | 12.68 |
| W65 Javelin Throw | Linda Cohn$^{:721}$ | USA | 34.81 |
| W70 Javelin Throw | Jarmila Klimesova | CZE | 27.95 |
| W80 Javelin Throw | Evaun Williams | GBR | 26.06 |
| W80 Javelin Throw | Evaun Williams$^{:834}$ | GBR | 24.65 |
| W80 Throws Pentathlon | Evaun Williams | GBR | 6080 |
| W75 Heptathlon | Marianne Maier | AUT | 6658 |
| W75 Half Marathon | Josette Maillard$^{:933}$ | FRA | 2:03:35 |
| W80 Half Marathon | Yoko Nakano$^{:933}$ | JPN | 2:07:36 |

### Men

World records are listed below.
| Event | Athlete(s) | Nationality | Performance |
| M90 200 Meters | Yoshiyuki Shimizu | BRA | 37.16 |
| M70 400 Meters | Charles Allie$^{:100}$ | USA | 57.26 |
| M90 400 Meters | Yoshiyuki Shimizu | BRA | 1:29.35 |
| M85 4 x 400 Meters Relay | Bingxiang Fei, Fucheng Qiu, Guiben Sun, Yide Shi$^{:309}$ | CHN | 7:50.66 |
| M55 Long Jump | Gianni Becatti | ITA | 6.50 |
| M100 Triple Jump | Giuseppe Ottaviani | ITA | 2.23 |
| M70 Weight Throw | Arild Busterud | NOR | 23.15 |
| M70 Javelin Throw | Esa Kiuru | FIN | 53.13 |
| M55 Throws Pentathlon | Norbert Demmel | GER | 5103 |
| M70 Throws Pentathlon | Arild Busterud | NOR | 5067 |
| M50 Decathlon | Thomas Stewens | GER | 8068 |
| M85 Decathlon | Ted Rowan | CAN | 7110 |
| M40 Half Marathon | Silas Sang$^{:896}$ | KEN | 1:07:22 |