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Coordinates: 44°02′33″N 123°04′14″W / 44.0424068°N 123.070692°W / 44.0424068; -123.070692 (Hayward Field)
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1989 World Masters Athletics Championships
Dates27 July - 6 August 1989
Host cityEugene, United States
VenueHayward Field
Hayward Field in 2007, before 2018 renovation
LevelMasters
TypeOutdoor
Participation4951 athletes from
58[1]: 4  nations
← 1987
1991 →

44°02′33″N 123°04′14″W / 44.0424068°N 123.070692°W / 44.0424068; -123.070692 (Hayward Field)

Silke Field

1989 World Masters Athletics Championships is the eighth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships (called World Veterans Championships at the time) that took place from 27 July to 6 August 1989 in Eugene, Oregon, [2] known as the "Track Capital of the World" and as TrackTown USA. [3]: 181  Athletes from the Soviet Union participated for the first time in this series. [4]: 40  [3]: 182  [5]: 51 

The main venue was Hayward Field, [4]: 19  which had hosted the United States track and field Olympic trials in 1972, 1976, and 1980. Some stadia events were held at Silke Field in adjacent Springfield. [6]: 19  [4]: 38  This championships was considered a bigger sporting event than those Olympic trials. [7]: 8  Four-time Olympic Champion Al Oerter called these Championships "more like the Olympics than the Olympics", since participating athletes consistently outnumber those at the Olympic Games track and field events. The 4951 participants at this year's "world's largest track meet" dwarfed the 1617 athletics competitors at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. [1]: 3  The 1968 Summer Olympics 1500m gold medalist Kipchoge Keino carried a friendship torch into the stadium to light an Olympic-style flame during opening ceremonies on Friday, 26 July. [4]: 39  [3]: 187  [1]: 5 : 14  [5]: 51  The closing ceremonies was considered more moving than that of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. [4]: 41 

This edition of masters athletics Championships had a minimum age limit of 35 years for women and 40 years for men. [8] [7]: 3  [4]: 38 

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. [9] [5]: 56 

This Championships was organized by WAVA in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC) of Tom Jordan, Barbara Kousky. [2] [4]: 37 

In addition to a full range of track and field events, [10] [11] non-stadia events included 10K Cross Country, 10K Race Walk (women), 20K Race Walk (men), and Marathon. Another non-stadia event was new for this series: a 10K Road Race, run through the streets of Eugene. [7]: 8  [4]: 38  In the stadia events, the Pentathlon was replaced by Decathlon for men and by Heptathlon for women, [6]: 17  and women's steeplechase was introduced for the first time; the distance was 2K though the barrier height was the same as the men's at 91.4 cm for this Championships. [12]

South Africa

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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. [13] 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 [3]: 167  [14]

no competitor be barred because of race, religion, ethnic background, or national origin.

As a compromise, South Africans often competed at these Championships under the flag of other nations before 1987.

During General Assembly at the 1987 Championships, WAVA delegates approved a motion to amend the WAVA constitution and exclude countries whose national federation is suspended by the IAAF. [15] [5]: 50  [3]: 181  Thus South African athletes were officially banned from these Championships, and would not be welcomed back until the 1993 edition in Miyazaki, [3]: 185  after the abolition of apartheid and the readmittance of South Africa into IAAF in 1992. [16]

Results

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Past Championships results are archived at WMA. [17] Additional archives are available from Museum of Masters Track & Field [18] as a pdf book, [1] as a searchable pdf, [19] and in pdf newsletters from National Masters News. [6] [4]

Several masters world records were set at this Championships. World records for 1989 are from the list of World Records in the Museum of Masters Track & Field pdf book[1]: 9  unless otherwise noted.

Key:   Wind aided

Women

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Event Athlete(s) Nationality Performance
W60 100 Meters Shirley Peterson[19]: 1   NZL
14.57
W40 200 Meters Phil Raschker  USA
W55 200 Meters Irene Obera  USA
W60 200 Meters Shirley Peterson  NZL
W65 200 Meters Paula Schneiderhan  FRG
31.65
W55 400 Meters Irene Obera  USA
66.99
W60 400 Meters Ann Cooper  AUS
68.00
W65 400 Meters Anna Mangler  FRG
W45 800 Meters Carol Flexer  USA
2:52.66
W60 800 Meters Ann Cooper  AUS
2:52.66
W65 800 Meters Anna Mangler  FRG
W70 800 Meters Britta Tibbling  SWE
W75 800 Meters Johanna Luther  FRG
W45 1500 Meters Barbara Lehmann  FRG
4:45.84
W70 1500 Meters Britta Tibbling  SWE
6:39.04
W75 1500 Meters Johanna Luther  FRG
7:09.72
W45 5000 Meters Joan Colman  USA
17:45.03
W55 5000 Meters Marion Irvine  USA
W60 5000 Meters Shirley Brasher  AUS
W70 5000 Meters Pat Dixon  USA
24:52.83
W75 5000 Meters Johanna Luther  FRG
25:43.39
W45 10000 Meters Elaine Statham  GBR
37:34.45
W65 10000 Meters Rosamund Dashwood  CAN
46:54.87
W70 10000 Meters Pat Dixon  USA
50:28.33
W75 10000 Meters Johanna Luther  FRG
53:20.50
W50 80 Meters Hurdles Elżbieta Krzesińska[3]: 190 [20]  POL
14.06
W55 300 Meters Hurdles Wanda Sakata Dos Santos  BRA
W45 400 Meters Hurdles Marjorie Hocknell  GBR
W40 Triple Jump Phil Raschker  USA
W50 Triple Jump Elżbieta Krzesińska[19]: 4 [3]: 190 [20]  POL
W40 High Jump Yordanka Blagoeva  BUL
1.67
W45 High Jump Joanna Meryl Smallwood  GBR
Christel Häuser  FRG
W60 High Jump Christiane Wippersteg[19]: 4   FRG
1.23
W40 Long Jump Silke Mattelson  FRG
5.37
W50 Long Jump Elżbieta Krzesińska[3]: 190 [20]  POL
4.60
W55 Shot Put Rosemary Chrimes  GBR
11.94
W60 Shot Put Marianne Hamm  FRG
10.89
W55 Discus Throw Rosemary Chrimes  GBR
W60 Shot Put Marianne Hamm  FRG
32.68
W75 Shot Put Johanna Gelbrich  FRG
19.44
W50 Javelin Throw Gertrude Schoenauer[21]  AUT
43.82
W60 Javelin Throw Rachel Hanssens  BEL
30.58

Men

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Event Athlete(s) Nationality Performance
M40 100 Meters Eddie Hart  USA
M40 200 Meters Eddie Hart  USA
M50 200 Meters Reginald Austin  AUS
M55 200 Meters Ron Taylor  GBR
M40 400 Meters James King[3]: 187   USA
48.44
M60 400 Meters Jack Greenwood[3]: 189   USA
57.64
M65 400 Meters Tom Hishon  USA
61.29
M50 800 Meters Alan Bradford  AUS
M55 800 Meters Tom Roberts  AUS
M90 800 Meters Paul Spangler[3]: 188 [19]: 2   USA
4:48.89
M40 1500 Meters Wilson Waigwa[3]: 187   KEN
M60 1500 Meters Derek Turnbull[3]: 188   NZL
M70 1500 Meters John Gilmour[3]: 188   AUS
M90 1500 Meters Paul Spangler[3]: 188 [19]: 2   USA
9:30.76
M50 5000 Meters Dan Conway  USA
15:43.58
M70 5000 Meters John Gilmour[3]: 188   AUS
M75 5000 Meters Alfred Funk  USA
M90 5000 Meters Paul Spangler[4]: 40 [3]: 188   USA
M55 10000 Meters Norman Green[3]: 189   USA
33:00.66
M90 10000 Meters Paul Spangler[3]: 188   USA
M70 2000 Meters Steeplechase Daniel Buckley[3]: 189 [19]: 3   USA
8:59.97
M50 3000 Meters Steeplechase Nils Undersåker  NOR
9:50.96
M70 80 Meters Hurdles Alfred Guidet[1]: 38 [22]  USA
14.50
M80 80 Meters Hurdles Karl Trei  CAN
M50 100 Meters Hurdles Charles Miller  USA
M55 100 Meters Hurdles Richard Hickmann  USA
M40 110 Meters Hurdles Stan Druckrey[3]: 187   USA
M40 110 Meters Hurdles Richard Katus[23]  POL
M60 300 Meters Hurdles Jack Greenwood[3]: 189   USA
M70 300 Meters Hurdles Daniel Buckley[3]: 189 [19]: 3   USA
52.44
M40 400 Meters Hurdles James King[3]: 187   USA
M50 4 x 100 Meters Relay Ken Dennis, Gilbert LaTorre, Martyn Adamson, Robert Miller[1]: 12 : 87   USA
45.36
M70 4 x 100 Meters Relay Jeff Bloomfield, Nathaniel Heard, Bill Weinacht, Payton Jordan[1]: 14 : 87   USA
45.36
M40 4 x 400 Meters Relay Daniel Thiel, Kenneth Brinker, Richard Tucker, James King[1]: 22 : 88   USA
3:21.54
M50 4 x 400 Meters Relay Jackson Steffes, James Mathis, Martyn Adamson, Larry Colbert[1]: 23 : 88   USA
3:35.88
M60 4 x 400 Meters Relay Bernard Stevens, Charles Socher, Jim Law, Jack Greenwood[1]: 24   USA
3:58.43
M70 4 x 400 Meters Relay Jeff Bloomfield, Payton Jordan, Jay Sponseler, Bill Weinacht[1]: 24   USA
4:35.07
M75 Long Jump Morita Masumi  JPN
4.37
M80 Long Jump Gulab Singh[3]: 188   IND
M40 Triple Jump Milan Tiff  USA
M55 Triple Jump Olavi Niemi[19]: 4   FIN
M60 High Jump James Gillcrist  USA
M75 High Jump Esko Kolhonen  FIN
M80 High Jump Gulab Singh[3]: 188   IND
M60 Shot Put Torsten Von Wachenfeldt  SWE
14.49
M75 Shot Put Ross Carter  USA
12.45
M65 Hammer Throw Eino Anttila  FIN
48.56
M50 Discus Throw Al Oerter[3]: 187   USA
62.74
M50 Javelin Throw Bill Morales  USA
46.18

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Results of the VIII World Veterans' Championships" (PDF). Museum of Masters Track & Field.
  2. ^ a b "Outdoor". World Masters Athletics.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Olson, Leonard T. (November 29, 2000). Masters Track and Field: A History. McFarland. ISBN 0786408898.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "City of Eugene Embraces Athletes In Best Ever World Championships" (PDF). National Masters News. Museum of Masters Track & Field. September 1989.
  5. ^ a b c d Kusy, Krzysztof; Zieliński, Jacek (January 2006). Parzy, Wiesława (ed.). Masters athletics. Social, biological and practical aspects of veterans sport. Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego w Poznaniu/Poznan University of Physical Education. ISBN 83-88923-69-2. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  6. ^ a b c "Record 5000 Athletes From 58 Nations Enter VIII World Veterans Championships in Eugene" (PDF). National Masters News. Museum of Masters Track & Field. July 1989.
  7. ^ a b c "VIII WORLD VETERANS CHAMPIONSHIPS" (PDF). Museum of Masters Track & Field. Oregon Daily Herald. July 26, 1989.
  8. ^ "Elder athletes ready for meet". United Press International. July 26, 1989.
  9. ^ "WORLD MASTERS (VETERANS) CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)". gbrathletics.com. Athletics Weekly.
  10. ^ Martin Gasselsberger. "WMA World Masters Athletics RULES OF COMPETITION". Masters Athletics.
  11. ^ "World Masters Athletic Championships". Wellington Masters Athletics.
  12. ^ "Looking Back: The First US Women's Steeplechase". steeplechics. October 30, 2008.
  13. ^ Robert Trumbull (July 23, 1976). "South Africa Expelled by Track Body". The New York Times.
  14. ^ "Proposed Constitution for the World Masters Track and Field Association" (PDF). USMITT. Museum of Masters Track & Field. August 1977. p. 9.
  15. ^ "Rain, Wind and Cold Fail to Dampen Spirit of VII World Veterans Games" (PDF). National Masters News. Museum of Masters Track & Field. January 1988. p. 14.
  16. ^ "South Africa Track Gets Approval for Games : Olympics: IAAF's backing leaves all the country's sports in good standing for Barcelona". Associated Press. L.A. Times. May 30, 1992.
  17. ^ "Championships Outdoor". World Masters Athletics. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  18. ^ "Results: World Outdoor Championships, Other Internationals". Museum of Masters Track & Field. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i "VIII World Veterans Championships" (PDF). National Masters News. Museum of Masters Track & Field.
  20. ^ a b c Elżbieta Krzesińska was misclassified in W55 in the results
  21. ^ "Austria's Gertrude Schoenauer set a world W50 javelin record in Eugene with a throw of 43.82" (PDF). National Masters News. Museum of Masters Track & Field. January 1990.
  22. ^ Alfred Guidet achieved M70 80m Hurdles World Record of 14.50 in Heat 2
  23. ^ Richard Katus placed 2nd to Stan Druckrey in M40 110m Hurdles
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