The twenty-third World Masters Athletics Championships were held in Málaga, Spain, from September 4–September 16, 2018. This was the second even year of the biennial championship as beginning in 2016 in Perth, Australia, the championships moved to be held in even numbered years. The World Masters Athletics Championships serve the division of the sport of athletics for people over 35 years of age, referred to as Masters athletics.
A full range of track and field events were held, along with a cross country race and a marathon.
Results 100 metres
All finals held on September 6, 2018
M35 100 metres
Wind: -0.2 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Rondrick Parker 28-Mar-1983 10.85 Jonathan Browne 15-Mar-1983 10.87 Terrence Roland 17-Feb-1982 10.90
M40 100 metres
Wind: -1.0 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Dominic Bradley 22-Dec-1976 11.08 Jochen Gippert 25-Jan-1977 11.18 Lion Martinez 26-Jan-1978 11.18
M45 100 metres
Wind: +0.3 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Jason Carty 10-Nov-1969 11.01 Hiroaki Akabori 21-Jun-1972 11.33 Takeshi Fukuzato 12-Jan-1971 11.35
M50 100 metres
Wind: -0.7 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Yoshihisa Miyamoto 19-Feb-1968 11.51 Karnell Vickers 21-Feb-1967 11.57 Christopher Warburton 08-Aug-1965 11.67
M55 100 metres
Wind: -0.5 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Giulio Morelli 06-Mar-1963 12.09 Don McGee 21-May-1960 12.11 Reiner Heweling ..-..-1963 12.16
M60 100 metres
Wind: -0.4 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Val Barnwell 10-Sep-1957 12.08 Gerhard Zorn 12-Aug-1956 12.48 Rudolf Konig 29-Dec-1953 12.74
M65 100 metres
Wind: -3.4 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Stephen Peters 05-Jul-1953 12.56 Michael Kish 09-Feb-1951 12.91 David Craig ..-..-1952 13.16
M70 100 metres
Wind: -3.3 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Charles Allie 20-Aug-1947 13.22 Vladimir Vybostok 19-Feb-1947 13.85 Masahiko Yamazaki 18-Aug-1947 14.21
M75 100 metres
Wind: -2.6 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Hartmut Kraemer 19-Mar-1942 14.43 Fritz Reichle 24-May-1942 14.75 Jaime Alfredo Leon Pallete 15.02
M80 100 metres
Wind: -2.8 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Robert Lida 11-Nov-1936 14.98 Oswald Rogers 28-Sep-1937 15.86 Francisco Morrongiello 31-Jan-1938 16.03
M85 100 metres
Wind: -3.4 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Hiroo Tanaka 08-Dec-1930 16.68 Henri Lenoir 09-Jun-1932 16.84 Robert Moumetou 02-May-1933 18.27
M90 100 metres
Wind: -3.5 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Yoshiyuki Shimizu 14-Jul-1928 18.46 Dalbir Singh Deol 01-Jul-1926 25.29 Radovan Leovic 29-Aug-1927 26.98
200 metres
All finals held on September 9, 2018
M35 200 metres
Wind: -1.3 PosAthlete BirthdateCountry Result Jonathan Browne 15-Mar-1983 21.93 Rondrick Parker 28-Mar-1983 22.19 Sean Burnett 19-Oct-1981 22.46
M40 200 metres
Wind: -2.1 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Dominic Bradley 22-Dec-1976 22.72 Lion Martinez 26-Jan-1978 22.78 Gavin Stephens 12-Sep-1977 22.81
M45 200 metres
Wind: -1.2 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Jason Carty 10-Nov-1969 22.91 Michael Coogan 06-Jul-1972 23.08 Gregorio Martínez 06-May-1973 23.36
M50 200 metres
Wind: -0.7 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Lee Bridges 20-Mar-1967 23.69 Christopher Warburton 08-Aug-1965 23.79 Yoshihisa Miyamoto 19-Feb-1968 23.95
M55 200 metres
Wind: -0.5 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Giulio Morelli 06-Mar-1963 24.58 Don McGee 21-May-1960 24.70 Patrice Carnier 17-Mar-1962 25.16
M60 200 metres
Wind: -1.2 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Gerhard Zorn 12-Aug-1956 25.49 Val Barnwell 10-Sep-1957 25.58 Trevor Young ..-Apr-1958 25.98
M65 200 metres
Wind: +0.3 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Stephen Peters 05-Jul-1953 24.84 David Craig ..-..-1952 26.28 Michael Kish 09-Feb-1951 27.01
M70 200 metres
Wind: -1.2 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Charles Allie 20-Aug-1947 26.06 Roberto Paesani 09-Aug-1946 28.62 José Luis Romero 11-Feb-1946 28.96
M75 200 metres
Wind: -0.9 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Yuan-Chung Hsu 10-Jan-1942 29.49 Hartmut Kraemer 19-Mar-1942 30.24 Alan Forse 01-Sep-1943 30.78
M80 200 metres
Wind: -1.5 PosAthlete BirthdateCountry Result Robert Lida 11-Nov-1936 30.69 Oswald Rogers 28-Sep-1937 32.93 Francisco Morrongiello 31-Jan-1938 33.50
M85 200 metres
Wind: +0.1 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Hiroo Tanaka 08-Dec-1930 16.68 Henri Lenoir 09-Jun-1932 36.88 Herbert E. Muller 12-Nov-1929 39.52
M90 200 metres
Wind: -1.4 PosAthlete BirthdateCountry Result Yoshiyuki Shimizu 14-Jul-1928 37.16 WR Manuel Hernando Díaz Carrillo ..-..-1928 48.36 Dalbir Singh Deol 01-Jul-1926 51.63
400 metres
All finals held on September 14, 2018
M35 400 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Stewart Marshall 02-Dec-1980 49.37 Richard Beardsell 19-Jan-1979 49.48 Mustapha Marzouq 21-Feb-1981 49.71
M40 400 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Gavin Stephens 12-Sep-1977 49.68 Ricardo Menéndez González 26-Aug-1978 49.76 Mark Mutai 23-Mar-1978 50.07
M45 400 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Spencer Moraope 14-Jul-1972 51.07 Juan Luis López Anaya 14-May-1970 51.34 Andrew Wilcox13-Feb-1969 52.15
M50 400 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Lee Bridges 20-Mar-1967 52.72 Michael Gardiner 22-Jul-1968 52.79 Paul Hughes..-..-1968 53.42
M55 400 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Jonathan Tilt 05-Aug-1962 54.71 John Wright 15-Jun-1959 55.95 Simon Bickers ..-..-1962 55.97
M60 400 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Gerhard Zorn 12-Aug-1956 55.88 Trevor Young ..-Apr-1958 56.54 Angelo Mauri 08-Oct-1957 58.59
M65 400 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Stephen Peters 5 July 1953 59.09 Karl Dorschner08-Oct-1951 1:00.51 Vincenzo Felicetti 18-Feb-1949 1:01.07
M70 400 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Charles Allie 20-Aug-1947 58.67 Roberto Paesani 09-Aug-1946 1:03.86 José Luis Romero 11-Feb-1946 1:05.34
M75 400 metres
PosAthlete BirthdateCountry Result Yuan-Chung Hsu 10-Jan-1942 1:08.29 Winston Laing 10-Oct-1942 1:10.09 Alan Forse 01-Sep-1943 1:10.36
M80 400 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Mack Stewart 19-Sep-1937 1:21.76 Dave Dunn 29-Apr-1936 1:24.06 Jakobus Van Zyl 21-Jun-1937 1:24.37
M85 400 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Hiroo Tanaka 08-Dec-1930 1:22.16 David Carr 15-Jun-1932 1:26.69 Earl Fee 22-Mar-1929 1:30.22
M90 400 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Yoshiyuki Shimizu 14-Jul-1928 1:29.35 WR Luis H. Torres Rosa 29-Nov-1927 1:51.95
800 metres All finals held September 11, 2018
M35 800 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Juan Ramón Pous Pérez17-Oct-1979 1:59.52 Pablo Munoz Caballero 23-Oct-1981 1:59.78 Aaron Brown 06-Feb-1981 1:59.90
M40 800 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Octavio Perez Calatayud 06-Feb-1978 1:55.61 Charlie Thurstan 11-Feb-1975 1:55.66 Bruno Anicet 04-Mar-1976 1:55.82
M45 800 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Spencer Moraope 14-Jul-1972 1:59.99 Mark Williams 31-Oct-1972 2:01.26 Paulo Cesar Paiutto 08-Jan-1973 2:02.08
M50 800 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Charles Novak 04-Sep-1967 2:03.42 Adrian Haines 21-Apr-1967 2:03.54 Margus Kirt 28-Jun-1967 2:03.63
M55 800 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Ray Knerr 11-Apr-1960 2:09.90 Simon Bickers ..-..-1962 2:09.95 Giuseppe Ugolini 25-Sep-1961 2:10.00
M60 800 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Pierre-Jean Marique 16-Jan-1957 2:14.98 Ian Calder 07-Sep-1957 2:15.51 Alfredo Bonetti 07-Apr-1958 2:15.77
M65 800 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Joe Gough 10-Jan-1953 2:16.38 Michael Barrand 27-Apr-1952 2:19.96 Carlos Humberto Loaiza Londono 04-May-1951 2:21.30
M70 800 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Hans Smeets 23-Feb-1957 2:30.11 Kevin Solomon 21-Apr-1947 2:30.45 Carlos Alberto Ricardo Zavala Runciman 03-Apr-1948 2:31.93
M75 800 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Sten Alvar Johannes Haglund 20-Jul-1943 2:48.86 Jean-Louis Esnault 19-Jan-1940 2:50.80 Tormod Boenes 09-Apr-1942 2:51.66
M80 800 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Manuel Alonso Domingo 21-Mar-1936 2:59.88 Angel Cano Alcolea 06-Jan-1938 3:04.78 Klemens Wittig 11-Aug-1937 3:12.82
M85 800 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result David Carr 15-Jun-1932 3:33.03 Earl Fee 22-Mar-1929 3:41.90 Herbert E. Muller 12-Nov-1929 3:50.72
M90 800 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Bingxiang Fei 08-Dec-1927 4:27.99 Manuel Hernando Díaz Carrillo 14-Jul-1928 4:30.29 Luis H. Torres Rosa 19-Nov-1927 4:37.43
M95 800 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Lorenzo Juvenal Perez 30-Nov-1921 7:56.93
1500 metres All finals held September 16, 2018
M35 1500 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Jose Manuel Cortés Medina10-Jun-1983 4:02.52 Mohamed Rida Younes Chelloubi 18-Jun-1983 4:05.50 Adel Hfaiedh 21-Oct-1982 4:05.50
M40 1500 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Jose Antonio Alcaraz Perez 24-Nov-1975 4:02.33 Juan Carlos Esteso Herrera 13-Oct-1976 4:03.87 Bruno Anicet 04-Mar-1976 4:04.12
M45 1500 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Mark Symes 12-Oct-1968 4:13.90 Dean Richardson 31-Jan-1973 4:14.27 Arthur van Dijk 09-Jan-1971 4:14.43
M50 1500 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Margus Kirt 28-Jun-1967 4:16.66 Hassan El Azzouzi 05-May-1968 4:17.51 Tom LeGan 15-Jul-1966 4:17.62
M55 1500 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Guy Bracken 17-Dec-1961 4:30.10 Francisco García López 05-May-1961 4:31.56 Geoffrey Peat 16-Aug-1963 4:31.68
M60 1500 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Cipriano Benito Ballesteros 02-Feb-1957 4:51.70 Alfredo Bonetti 07-Apr-1958 4:51.97 Ian Calder 07-Sep-1957 4:53.00
M65 1500 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Joe Gough 10-Jan-1953 4:49.63 Kevin Archer 19-Jun-1953 4:50.98 Luciano Moser 28-Jan-1953 4:57.58
M70 1500 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Hans Smeets 23-Feb-1947 5:14.48 Kevin Solomon 21-Apr-1947 5:17.48 Denis Macagno 01-Apr-1947 5:20.64
M75 1500 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Jean-Louis Esnault 19-Jan-1940 5:53.88 Paul Simonsson 18-Mar-1943 5:55.21 Tormod Boenes 09-Apr-1942 5:55.44
M80 1500 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Manuel Alonso Domingo 21-Mar-1936 6:20.57 Angel Cano Alcolea 06-Jan-1938 7:02.21 Norberto Soares 08-Jun-1937 7:07.12
M85 1500 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result David Carr 15-Jun-1932 7:19.89 Herbert E. Muller 12-Nov-1929 8:06.77 Arne Hamarsland 24-Jul-1933 8:14.45
M90 1500 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Bingxiang Fei 08-Dec-1927 9:37.40 Luis H. Torres Rosa 19-Nov-1927 10:56.76 Zhiyong Wang ..-..-1924 11:13.33
M95 1500 metres
PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Gabriele Bianchi 27-Aug-1923 16:09.84 Lorenzo Juvenal Perez 30-Nov-1921 16:30.51
5000 metres All finals held September 12, 2018
M35 5000 metres 41 athletes, 2 heats timed final. All medalists came from heat 2 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Isaac Rico De La Fuente24-Jan-1980 14:53.07 Pedro Vega 22-Apr-1982 15:08.11 Nelson Oliveira 26-Aug-1981 15:09.96
M40 5000 metres 51 athletes, 3 heats timed final. All medalists came from heat 3 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Samuel Ndereba 02-Feb-1977 14:25.43 Silas Sang 21-Aug-1978 14:25.95 Eliud Kirui 15-Aug-1975 14:34.12
M45 5000 metres 51 athletes, 3 heats timed final. All medalists came from heat 3 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Peter Bii 07-Apr-1973 15:01.23 Joshua Kipchumba 12-Dec-1968 15:27.01 Julián Ramírez García 03-May-1971 15:40.12
M50 5000 metres 66 athletes, 3 heats timed final. All medalists came from heat 3 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Patrick Vandebosch 14-Feb-1966 15:47.48 Tim Hartley 26-May-1968 15:50.55 Joaquim Figueiredo 17-Feb-1967 15:51.64
M55 5000 metres 63 athletes, 3 heats timed final. All medalists came from heat 3 PosAthlete Birthdate Country Result Nat Larson 15-Jun-1962 16:20.62 Francisco García López 05-May-1961 16:29.48 Guy Bracken 17-Dec-1961 16:33.33
M60 5000 metres