# 1987 World Masters Athletics Championships

37°49′29″S 144°58′53″E﻿ / ﻿37.824722°S 144.981389°E﻿ / -37.824722; 144.981389﻿ (Olympic Park Stadium)
1987 World Masters Athletics Championships is the seventh in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships (called World Veterans Games or World Masters Games at the time) that took place in Melbourne, Australia, from 28 November to 6 December 1987. The 4,000+ participating athletes made this the largest track and field meet in the world.$^{:2}$
The main venue was Olympic Park Stadium, which had hosted the 1956 Summer Olympics. A World Games Promotional Track and Field Meet was held at Olympic Park Stadium on 7 December, 1986 as a warm-up publicity showcase.
$^{:2}$ The stadium was later demolished in 2011 and replaced by Olympic Park Oval. Throwing events were held in Gosch's Paddock next to the tracks. $^{:8}$ Cross Country was held at Royal Park. The marathon course included Port Melbourne, South Melbourne, St Kilda and Elwood, with start and finish at Olympic Park Stadium. $^{:4}$
The three-time Olympian Raelene Boyle carried a friendship torch into the stadium to light an Olympic-style flame during opening ceremonies on Sunday, 29 November.
This edition of masters athletics Championships had a minimum age limit of 35 years for women and 40 years for men.
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) of Peg Smith, Ray Callaghan.
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. After an experimental suspension of the relays in 1983
and forming regional relay teams in 1985,
relays reverted to national teams for this Championships.

## Controversy

After 1976, when the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) expelled the Amateur Athletic Union of South Africa over the apartheid policy of the South African government,
the participation of South African athletes in WAVA competitions had been at odds with the IAAF, specifically due to the 1977 WAVA constitution which had stated that $^{:167}$
   no competitor be barred because of race, religion, ethnic background, or national origin.
As a compromise, South Africans often competed under the flag of other nations in previous editions of these Championships.
During General Assembly at this Championships, WAVA delegates approved a motion to amend the WAVA constitution and exclude countries whose national federation is suspended by the IAAF. $^{:14}$ $^{:50}$ $^{:181}$ Thus South African athletes were now officially banned from these Championships, and would not be welcomed back until the 1993 edition in Miyazaki, $^{:185}$ after the abolition of apartheid and the readmittance of South Africa into IAAF in 1992.

## Results

Past Championships results are archived at WMA.
Additional archives are available from Museum of Masters Track & Field
as a pdf book,
as a searchable pdf,
and in a pdf newsletter.
Several masters world records were set at this Championships. World records for 1987 are from the list of World Records in the Museum of Masters Track & Field searchable pdf$^{:10}$ unless otherwise noted.
After the relays on the last day of competition (Sunday, 6 December), the 3 medalists from each of the 1500m races were invited to participate in a special "Masters Mile", where 4 world records were broken. $^{:9}$
Key: Wind aided

### Women

| Event | Athlete(s) | Nationality | Performance |
| W65 100 Meters | Paula Schneiderhan$^{:13}$ | FRG | 15.04 |
| W65 200 Meters | Aileen Hogan$^{:13}$ | AUS | 32.23 |
| W65 400 Meters | Paula Schneiderhan$^{:13}$ | FRG | 1:14.31 |
| W60 1500 Meters | Shirley Brasher$^{:186}$ | AUS | 5:44.81 |
| W60 5000 Meters | Shirley Brasher$^{:13}$$^{:186}$ | AUS | 21:14.53 |
| W50 Mile | Jeanne Hoagland$^{:9}$$^{:13}$ | USA | 5:29.39 |
| W60 10000 Meters | Shirley Brasher$^{:13}$$^{:186}$ | AUS | 44:32.50 |
| W60 10000 Meters | Lenore Marvin$^{:13}$ | CAN | 48:50.40 |
| W40 80 Meters Hurdles | Phil Raschker$^{:13}$$^{:186}$ | USA | 11.92 |
| W50 80 Meters Hurdles | Corrie Roovers-van den Bosch | NED | 12.54 |
| W50 80 Meters Hurdles | Corrie Roovers-van den Bosch$^{:10}$ | NED | 13.02 |
| W70 80 Meters Hurdles | Rosaline Sole | NZL | 16.24 |
| W50 300 Meters Hurdles | Brenda Parkinson$^{:13}$ | AUS | 49.78 |
| W50 300 Meters Hurdles | Pirkko Martin | FIN | 52.01 |
| W55 300 Meters Hurdles | Asta Larssen$^{:13}$ | SWE | 56.92 |
| W40 400 Meters Hurdles | Jan Hynes$^{:13}$ | AUS | 1:03.58 |
| W45 400 Meters Hurdles | Annelise Damm Olesen$^{:13}$ | DEN | 1:07.33 |
| W40 5K Race Walk | Jane Jackson$^{:13}$ | AUS | 24:50.85 |
| W50 5K Race Walk | Joan Hooper$^{:13}$ | AUS | 26:35.39 |
| W55 5K Race Walk | Jean Albury$^{:13}$$^{:186}$ | AUS | 26:46.92 |
| W60 5K Race Walk | Marj Colthup$^{:13}$ | AUS | 30:10.92 |
| W65 5K Race Walk | Britta Tibbling$^{:13}$ | SWE | 29:32.85 |
| W75 5K Race Walk | Ailsa Forbes$^{:13}$ | NZL | 36:22.59 |
| W80 5K Race Walk | Marilla Salisbury$^{:13}$ | USA | 43:08.68 |
| W65 Long Jump | Paula Schneiderhan | FRG | 4.47 |
| W55 High Jump | Daphne Pirie$^{:13}$ | AUS | 1.35 |
| W60 High Jump | Kirsten Hveem$^{:13}$$^{:186}$ | NOR | 1.22 |
| W65 High Jump | Gwen Davidson$^{:13}$ | AUS | 1.22 |
| W70 High Jump | Mary Bowermaster$^{:13}$$^{:186}$ | USA | 1.13 |
| W35 Triple Jump | Eileen Hindle$^{:13}$ | AUS | 11.30 |
| W40 Triple Jump | Phil Raschker$^{:13}$ | USA | 11.16 |
| W50 Triple Jump | Dorothy Wittam$^{:13}$ | AUS | 9.28 |
| W55 Triple Jump | Patricia Carr$^{:13}$ | AUS | 8.75 |
| W60 Triple Jump | Kirsten Hveem<$^{:13}$$^{:186}$ | NOR | 8.78 |
| W65 Triple Jump | Gwen Davidson$^{:13}$ | AUS | 7.22 |
| W50 Shot Put | Valerie Young$^{:13}$ | NZL | 14.85 |
| W50 Discus Throw | Valerie Young$^{:13}$ | NZL | 43.54 |
| W70 Discus Throw | Annchen Reile$^{:13}$ | FRG | 22.58 |
| W35 Hammer Throw | Christine Schultz$^{:13}$} | AUS | 40.36 |
| W40 Hammer Throw | Christine Battersby$^{:13}$ | AUS | 31.28 |
| W40 Hammer Throw | Bev Savage$^{:13}$ | NZL | 31.28 |
| W45 Hammer Throw | Irene Mitchell$^{:13}$ | AUS | 34.10 |
| W50 Hammer Throw | Annemarie Scholten$^{:13}$ | FRG | 33.02 |
| W55 Hammer Throw | Wini Pepene$^{:13}$ | NZL | 20.90 |
| W60 Hammer Throw | Lydia Widera$^{:13}$ | AUS | 30.46 |
| W65 Hammer Throw | Ilse Bellin$^{:13}$ | FRG | 27.98 |
| W60 Javelin Throw | Bernice Holland$^{:13}$ | USA | 28.30 |

### Men

| Event | Athlete(s) | Nationality | Performance |
| M40 100 Meters | George McNeill | GBR | 10.95 |
| M55 100 Meters | Charles Williams | GBR | 11.62 |
| M70 100 Meters | Payton Jordan$^{:186}$ | USA | 12.72 |
| M60 100 Meters | Peter Mirkes | FRG | 12.00 |
| M95 100 Meters | Prithvi Singh Azad$^{:9}$$^{:13}$ | IND | 39.00 |
| M80 200 Meters | Harry Gathercole | AUS | 32.14 |
| M95 200 Meters | Prithvi Singh Azad$^{:9}$$^{:13}$ | IND | 1:39.59 |
| M45 400 Meters | Hanno Rheineck$^{:13}$ | FRG | 50.46 |
| M50 400 Meters | Reginald Austin$^{:186}$ | AUS | 51.81 |
| M55 400 Meters | Charles Williams$^{:13}$ | GBR | 53.98 |
| M85 400 Meters | Longino Perez | MEX | 1:31.54 |
| M85 800 Meters | Longino Perez | MEX | 3:29.42 |
| M45 1500 Meters | David Siri$^{:13}$$^{:186}$ | NZL | 4:01.47 |
| M65 1500 Meters | Jack Ryan$^{:186}$ | AUS | 4:41.82 |
| M80 1500 Meters | Ed Benham$^{:13}$$^{:186}$ | USA | 6:04.28 |
| M85 1500 Meters | Longino Perez | MEX | 7:03.38 |
| M45 Mile | David Siri$^{:9}$$^{:13}$$^{:186}$ | NZL | 4:16.75 |
| M50 Mile | Tom Roberts$^{:9}$$^{:13}$ | AUS | 4:30.06 |
| M65 Mile | Jack Ryan$^{:9}$$^{:13}$$^{:186}$ | AUS | 5:05.61 |
| M65 5000 Meters | Jack Ryan$^{:13}$$^{:186}$ | AUS | 17:43.35 |
| M80 5000 Meters | Ed Benham$^{:13}$$^{:186}$ | USA | 22:31.82 |
| M45 10000 Meters | Antonio Villanueva$^{:186}$ | MEX | 30:02.56 |
| M80 10000 Meters | Ed Benham$^{:13}$$^{:186}$ | USA | 45:29.27 |
| M75 2000 Meters Steeplechase | Stan Nicholls$^{:13}$ | AUS | 10:32.17 |
| M45 3000 Meters Steeplechase | Ron Robertson$^{:13}$ | NZL | 9:25.28 |
| M70 4 x 400 Meters Relay | Daniel Buckley, Bill Fairbank, Payton Jordan, Bill Weinacht$^{:186}$$^{:54}$$^{:105}$ | USA | 4:38.39 |
| M75 5K Race Walk | Tom Daintry$^{:13}$ | AUS | 28:02.26 |
| M90 5K Race Walk | Gus Theobald$^{:13}$ | AUS | 35:18.54 |
| M55 20K Race Walk | Louis Marquis$^{:13}$ | SUI | 1:43:17 |
| M75 20K Race Walk | James Grimwade$^{:13}$ | GBR | 1:55:19 |
| M90 20K Race Walk | Gus Theobald$^{:13}$ | AUS | 2:35:47 |
| M50 Long Jump | Pericles Pinto$^{:13}$ | POR | 6.54 |
| M65 Long Jump | Tom Patsalis$^{:13}$ | USA | 5.29 |
| M75 Long Jump | Heikki Simola$^{:13}$$^{:186}$ | FIN | 4.45 |
| M80 Long Jump | Gulab Singh$^{:13}$ | IND | 3.80 |
| M60 Triple Jump | Jakob Rypdal | NOR | 12.01 |
| M60 Triple Jump | Vaclav Bartl | SWE | 12.01 |
| M65 Triple Jump | Tom Patsalis$^{:13}$ | USA | 10.84 |
| M75 Triple Jump | Heikki Simola$^{:13}$$^{:186}$ | FIN | 9.52 |
| M80 Triple Jump | Gulab Singh$^{:13}$ | IND | 8.29 |
| M55 High Jump | Herm Wyatt$^{:13}$ | USA | 1.73 |
| M80 High Jump | Gulab Singh$^{:13}$ | IND | 1.20 |
| M75 Shot Put | Gerhard Schepe$^{:13}$ | FRG | 12.11 |
| M80 Shot Put | Karsten Brodersen$^{:13}$ | FRG | 9.69 |
| M85 Shot Put | Herb Anderson$^{:13}$ | USA | 7.17 |
| M90 Shot Put | Wang Jing-Chan$^{:13}$ | TAI | 4.76 |
| M95 Shot Put | Prithvi Singh Azad$^{:13}$ | IND | 4.25 |
| M80 Discus Throw | Karsten Brodersen$^{:13}$ | FRG | 34.08 |
| M50 Hammer Throw | Hans Pötsch$^{:186}$ | AUT | 63.56 |
| M65 Hammer Throw | Wolfram Hausmann$^{:13}$ | FRG | 47.00 |
| M70 Hammer Throw | Ray Foley$^{:13}$ | AUS | 45.24 |
| M80 Hammer Throw | Karsten Brodersen$^{:13}$ | FRG | 34.28 |
| M60 Javelin Throw | Del Pickarts$^{:13}$ | USA | 58.48 |
| M65 Javelin Throw | Aloysius Sibidol$^{:13}$ | MAS | 47.28 |
| M70 Javelin Throw | Bill Morales$^{:13}$ | USA | 43.34 |
| M75 Javelin Throw | Gerhard Schepe$^{:13}$ | FRG | 38.52 |