# 1999 World Masters Athletics Championships

54°57′40″N 1°34′47″W﻿ / ﻿54.961111°N 1.579722°W﻿ / 54.961111; -1.579722﻿ (Gateshead International Stadium)
1999 World Masters Athletics Championships is the thirteenth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships (called World Veterans Championships or World Veterans Athletics Championships at the time) that took place in Gateshead, England from 29 July to 8 August 1999. An official website was established for the first time in this series:$^{:26}$
The main venue was Gateshead International Stadium; some stadia events were held at Riverside Stadium and Monkton Stadium.$^{:189}$ $^{:24}$ $^{:15}$
This edition of masters athletics Championships had a minimum age limit of 35 years for women and 40 years for men.$^{:15}$
The governing body of this series is World Association of Veteran Athletes (WAVA). WAVA was formed at the inaugural edition of this series at Toronto in 1975, then officially founded during the second edition in 1977. During General Assembly on 5 August at this Championships, a proposed amendment to change the name of the organization from WAVA to World Association of Masters Athletes (WAMA) was defeated, $^{:24}$ $^{:55}$ though the name would eventually be changed to World Masters Athletics (WMA) at the Brisbane Championships in 2001. $^{:56}$
This Championships was organized by WAVA in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC) led by Mike Newton.$^{:23}$$^{:15}$
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.

## Results

Past Championships results are archived at WMA. Additional archives are available from British Masters Athletic Federation
as a pdf newsletter,
from Museum of Masters Track & Field
as a searchable pdf
and as National Masters News pdf newsletters.
Australian results are summarized in a Victorian Masters Athletics pdf newsletter retrospective.
Several masters world records were set at this Championships. World records for 1997 are from the list of World Records in the National Masters News September newsletter$^{:18}$ unless otherwise noted.
Key: Wind aided

### Women

| Event | Athlete(s) | Nationality | Performance |
| W65 100 Meters | Irene Obera | USA | 14.29 |
| W85 100 Meters | Nora Wedemo | SWE | 21.98 |
| W65 200 Meters | Irene Obera | USA | 30.46 |
| W85 200 Meters | Nora Wedemo | SWE | 53.07 |
| W75 400 Meters | Paula Schneiderhan | GER | 1:28.42 |
| W60 800 Meters | Gerda van Kooten | NED | 2:36.94 |
| W65 800 Meters | Jean Horne | CAN | 2:51.41 |
| W60 1500 Meters | Gerda van Kooten | NED | 5:24.72 |
| W45 2000 Meters Steeplechase | Victoria Adams | NZL | 7:44.53 |
| WSO 2000 Meters Steeplechase | Victoria Adams | NZL | 8:13.92 |
| W6O 2000 Meters Steeplechase | Sara Urrutia | PUR | 9:59.23 |
| W65 2000 Meters Steeplechase | Ana Tebes | ARG | 10:30.07 |
| W70 2000 Meters Steeplechase | Shirley Brasher | AUS | 12:19.45 |
| W40 80 Meters Hurdles | Jocelyn Harwood | GBR | 11.55 |
| W85 80 Meters Hurdles | Asta Larsson | SWE | 16.11 |
| W8O 5K Race Walk | Britta Tibbling | SWE | 34:48.49 |
| W85 5K Race Walk | Margit Lindgren$^{:58}$ | SWE | 42:21.59 |
| W40 4 x 100 Meters Relay | Gabi Horwedel, Susanne Fritsche, Silke Heitmann, Anke Moritz$^{:21}$ | GER | 53.74 |
| WSO 4 x 100 Meters Relay | Beatrix Blank, Ingrid Meier, Doris Gallep, Brigitte Schommler{$^{:21}$ | GER | 5O.07 |
| W6O 4 x 100 Meters Relay | Christiane Schmalbruch, Elfriede Hofman, Gerti Reichert, Erika Dreroll$^{:21}$ | GER | 56.89 |
| W35 4 x 400 Meters Relay | Virginia Mitchell, Jennie Mathews, Angela Beadnall, Linda Gabriel$^{:21}$ | GBR | 3:50.80 |
| W50 4 x 400 Meters Relay | Yvonne Priestman, Mary Waters, Lynda Robson, Sheila Carey$^{:18}$$^{:21}$$^{:22}$ | GBR | 4:28.52 |
| W6O 4 x 400 Meters Relay | Dorothy Fraser, Pamela Jones, Jean Hulls, Elizabeth Holmes$^{:21}$ | GBR | 5:06.40 |
| W45 High Jump | Debbie Brill | CAN | 1.76 |
| W75 High Jump | Helgi Pedel$^{:58}$ | CAN | 1.10 |
| W80 High Jump | Olga Kotelko | CAN | 0.92 |
| W75 Long Jump | Paula Schneiderhan | GER | 3.61 |
| W6O Pole Vault | Becky Sisley | USA | 2.30 |
| W65 Shot Put | Rosemary Chrimes | GBR | 11.04 |
| W65 Discus Throw | Rosemary Chrimes | GBR | 33.27 |
| W40 Hammer Throw | Margrith Duss-Mueller$^{:190}$ | SUI | 46.34 |
| W75 Hammer Throw | Kaija Jortikka | FIN | 23.92 |
| W45 Javelin Throw | Jean Lintern | GBR | 37.79 |
| W55 Javelin Throw | Karin Illgen | GER | 33.18 |
| W70 Javelin Throw | Rachel Hanssens | BEL | 26.07 |
| W40 Weight Pentathlon | Carol Finsrud | USA | 4120 |
| W5O Weight Pentathlon | Margarethe Tomanek | BEL | 4313 |
| W75 Weight Pentathlon | Kaija Jortikka | FIN | 4234 |
| W8O Weight Pentathlon | Olga Kotelko | CAN | 3557 |

### Men

| Event | Athlete(s) | Nationality | Performance |
| M85 100 Meters | Vittorio Colo | ITA | 17.57 |
| M45 200 Meters | Stephen Peters$^{:25}$ | GBR | 22.19 |
| M95 200 Meters | Waldo McBurney | USA | 63.08 |
| M45 400 Meters | Stephen Peters | GBR | 22.21 |
| M75 400 Meters | Lucas Nel | RSA | 1:06.88 |
| M60 800 Meters | Alan Bradford | AUS | 2:10.42 |
| M70 800 Meters | Earl Fee | CAN | 2:21.95 |
| M70 1500 Meters | Simon Herlaar | NED | 5:02.78 |
| M90 1500 Meters | John Farrell | GBR | 9:23.24 |
| M60 2000 Meters Steeplechase | Alan Bradford | AUS | 6:54.31 |
| M65 2000 Meters Steeplechase | Francisco Vicente | POR | 7:32.65 |
| M75 2000 Meters Steeplechase | Soichl Tamoi$^{:40}$ | JPN | 9:17.38 |
| M80 2000 Meters Steeplechase | Dan Bulkley | USA | 11:48.10 |
| M75 80 Meters Hurdles | Melvin Larsen | USA | 14.20 |
| M60 300 Meters Hurdles | Guido Müller$^{:59}$$^{:18}$$^{:190}$ | GER | 42.31 |
| M80 300 Meters Hurdles | Dan Bulkley | USA | 62.61 |
| M65 5K Race Walk | Gerhard Weidner | GER | 25:05.02 |
| M95 5K Race Walk | Waldo McBurney | USA | 57:06.80 |
| M85 20K Race Walk | James Grimwade$^{:59}$ | GBR | 2:24:00 |
| M60 4 x 100 Meters Relay | Jürgen Radke, Rolf Temme, Hans Jürgen Gasper, Karl-Heinz Buss$^{:56}$ | GER | 4B.17 |
| M60 4 x 400 Meters Relay | Paul Johnson, Lawrence Colbert, Martyn Adamson, Mack Stewart$^{:57}$ | USA | 3:53.87 |
| M80 4 x 400 Meters Relay | Otto Ludzuweit, Eric Janicaud, Eugen Eble, Friedrich Mahlo$^{:57}$ | GER | 6:35.98 |
| M65 Long Jump | Lawrence Richards | USA | 5.32 |
| M60 Shot Put | Franz Ratzer | AUT | 16.69 |
| M85 Shot Put | Kasimir Gassmann | SUI | 9.47 |
| M85 Discus Throw | Ross Carter | USA | 30.23 |
| M95 Discus Throw | Waldo McBurney | USA | 13.56 |
| M60 Javelin Throw | Wladyslaw Kowalczyk | GER | 57.91 |
| M60 Javelin Throw | Alexsander Sakow | POL | 57.79 |
| M60 Javelin Throw | Berthold Maier | GER | 53.22 |
| M65 Javelin Throw | Olavi Rantanen | FIN | 45.53 |
| M70 Javelin Throw | Härje Noreborn | SWE | 48.34 |
| M40 Weight Pentathlon | Kenneth Jansson | USA | 3937 |
| M45 Weight Pentathlon | Vasilis Manganas$^{:59}$ | GRE | 4267 |
| M55 Decathlon | Rolf Geese | GER | 8726 |
| M75 Decathlon | Pekka Penttilä | FIN | 7825 |
| MBO Decathlon | Takuru Miura | JPN | 46BO |