# 2019 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships

53°01′04″N 18°35′12″E﻿ / ﻿53.0177491°N 18.5866731°E﻿ / 53.0177491; 18.5866731﻿ (Arena Toruń)
2019 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships is the eighth in a series of World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships (also called World Masters Athletics Championships Indoor, or WMACi). This eighth edition took place in Toruń, Poland, from 24 to 30 March 2019.
The main venue was Arena Toruń, which has a banked six-lane indoor track
where the turns are raised to neutralize the centrifugal force of athletes running the curves. Supplemental venues included Municipal Stadium for throws, and Rudelka Park for Cross Country.
This Championships was organized by World Masters Athletics (WMA) in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC): Sandy Pashkin, Brian Keaveney, Wackaw Krankowski.
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.
A full range of indoor track and field events were held.
In addition to indoor competition, non-stadia events included Half Marathon,
8K Cross Country, 10K Race Walk, 10K Road Race,
Weight Throw, Hammer Throw, Discus Throw and Javelin Throw.

## Results

Official daily results are archived at domtel-sport.pl.
Past Championships results are archived at WMA.
as a searchable pdf.
Additional archives are available from European Masters Athletics
as a searchable pdf,
USATF Masters keeps a list of American record holders.
wmaci2023, the site that hosts the next (ninth) edition of the series (also in Toruń), publishes a list of world records set at the eighth edition.
Several masters world records were set at this Indoor Championships. World records for 2019 are from the list of World Records in the European Masters Athletics searchable pdf unless otherwise noted.$^{:14}$

### Women

| Event | Athlete(s) | Nationality | Performance |
| W35 800 Meters | Aneta Lemiesz, Alina Stepanchuk (GBR) | POL | 2:10.12 |
| W85 60 Meters | Irene Obera on YouTube | USA | 12.28 |
| W65 200 Meters | Karla Del Grande on YouTube | CAN | 29.73 |
| W85 200 Meters | Irene Obera on YouTube | USA | 44.18 |
| W55 800 Meters | Virginia Mitchell on YouTube | GBR | 2:22:34 |
| W65 400 Meters | Karla Del Grande on YouTube | CAN | 1:08.39 |
| W85 400 Meters | Emma Maria Mazzenga on YouTube | ITA | 1:51.89 |
| W70 800 Meters | Sabra Harvey on YouTube | USA | 2:50.57 |
| W55 60 Meters Hurdles | Neringa Jakstiene | USA | 9.48 |
| W75 60 Meters Hurdles | Riet Jonkers-Slegers | NED | 13.17 |
| W85 60 Meters Hurdles | Irene Obera | USA | 24.06 |
| W35 4 x 200 Meters Relay | Malgorzata Gasowska, Joanna Balcerzak, Aneta Lemiesz, Aneta Grot | POL | 1:42.53 |
| W75 4 x 200 Meters Relay | Lydia Ritter, Anne-Kathrin Eriksen, Helga Glatzki, Hannelore Venn | GER | 2:50.72 |
| W80 4 x 200 Meters Relay | Irene Obera, Carolyn Langenwalter, Florence Meiler, Rose Green | USA | 3:18.43 |
| W45 High Jump | Alison Wood | USA | 1.67 |
| W50 High Jump | Petra Koliwer | GER | 1.58 |
| W50 High Jump | Petra Bajeat | FRA | 1.55 |
| W50 Long Jump | Petra Bajeat | FRA | 5.57 |
| W55 Long Jump | Neringa Jakstiene | USA | 5.22 |
| W60 Long Jump | Maria Rosa Escribano Checa | ESP | 4.58 |
| W80 Long Jump | Christa Bortignon | CAN | 3.28 |
| W55 Triple Jump | Neringa Jakstiene | USA | 11.09 |
| W50 Pole Vault | Irie Hill | GBR | 3.51 |
| W65 Shot Put | Mihaela Loghin | ROU | 12.18 |
| W80 Weight Throw | Evaun Williams | GBR | 12.75 |
| W80 Javelin Throw | Evaun Williams | GBR | 27.51 |
| W50 Pentathlon | Petra Bajeat | FRA | 4900 |
| W60 Pentathlon | Maria Rosa Escribano Checa | ESP | 4648 |
| W75 Pentathlon | Riet Jonkers-Slegers | NED | 4987 |
| W90 3000 Meters Race Walk | Elena Pagu | ROU | 27:27.78 |
| W40 Half Marathon | Dawn Grunnagle | USA | 1:16:25 |
| W70 Half Marathon | Marta Mikolajczyk | POL | 1:38:53 |

### Men

| Event | Athlete(s) | Nationality | Performance |
| M95 60 Meters | Pekka Penttilä on YouTube | FIN | 14.09 |
| M70 200 Meters | Charles Allie on YouTube, video 2 on YouTube, video 3 on YouTube | USA | 26.11 |
| M85 400 Meters | Radnaa Tseren on YouTube | MNG | 1:20.65 |
| M90 400 Meters | Marcos Bermejo Garcia on YouTube | ESP | 1:43.08 |
| M60 3000 Meters | Sergey Polikarpov on YouTube | KAZ | 9:43.11 |
| M40 4 x 200 Meters Relay | Dominic Bradley, Brett Rund, Richard Beardsell, Tamunonengiye-Ofori Ossai | GBR | 1:30.97 |
| M55 4 x 200 Meters Relay | Charly Perochon, Francois Bontemps, Patrick Barbier, Patrice Carnier on YouTube | FRA | 1:39.40 |
| M65 4 x 200 Meters Relay | Charles Allie, Thomas Jones, Thaddeus Wilson, George Haywood | USA | 1:47.29 |
| M75 Pentathlon | Rolf Geese | GER | 4443 |
| M80 Pentathlon | Willi Klaus | GER | 4540 |
| M70 3000 Meters Race Walk | Ian Richards | GBR | 15:19.64 |
| M90 3000 Meters Race Walk | Viljo Hyvölä | FIN | 24:33.58 |
| M75 Half Marathon | Juan Lopez Garcia | ESP | 1:36:05 |
| M80 Half Marathon | Fokke Kramer | GER | 1:44:37 |
| M90 Half Marathon | Angelo Squadrone | ITA | 3:20:30 |