2013 World Masters Athletics Championships is the 20th in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place in Porto Alegre, Brazil from 16 to 27 October 2013.
The main venue was Centro Estadual de Treinamento Esportivo (CETE),
which had a newly laid track.
Supplemental venues included Estádio Universitário da PUCRS at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Sociedade de Ginástica Porto Alegre (SOGIPA).
Non-stadia road races were held at Parque Marinha do Brasil and Orla do Guaíba.
This Championships was organized by World Masters Athletics (WMA) in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC): Estate of Rio Grande Do Sul, City Hall of Porto Alegre, ABRAM (Brazilian Association of Athletics Master) - Francisco Hypolito da Silveira and Group AUSTRAL - Vinicius Garcia.
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.
In addition to a full range of track and field events,
non-stadia events included 8K Cross Country, 10K Race Walk, 20K Race Walk, Half Marathon and Marathon.
World Records Official results are archived at wma2013.
Past Championships results are archived at WMA;
the 2013 results are available as a searchable pdf.
Additional archives are available from British Masters Athletic Federation
in several searchable pdf files
and from Museum of Masters Track & Field
as a searchable pdf.
Masters world records set at this Championships are listed below. New to the outdoor Championships series is the Half Marathon;
therefore all age-group winners set new world records for this event.
Women EventAthlete(s)NationalityPerformanceW55 100 MetersMarie MathieuMarie Mathieu set the W55 100m World Record of 13.24 in preliminariesW60 100 MetersKarla Del GrandeKarla Del Grande set the W60 100m World Record of 13.30 in semi-finalsW55 200 MetersMarie MathieuW60 200 MetersKarla Del GrandeW55 400 MetersMarie MathieuW60 400 MetersKarla Del GrandeW70 400 MetersRiet Jonkers-SlegersW80 10000 MetersDenise LeclercW70 200 Meters HurdlesMagdalena TomlinsonW80 20K Race WalkDenise LeclercW80 High JumpRosemary ChrimesW75 Shot PutEvaun WilliamsW75 Hammer throwEvaun WilliamsW75 Weight ThrowEvaun WilliamsW75 Javelin ThrowEvaun WilliamsW75 Throws PentathlonEvaun WilliamsW35 Half MarathonRosa Jussara BarbosaW40 Half MarathonJennifer MalavoltaW45 Half MarathonMaribel Del Carme OsmanW50 Half MarathonAshley MeyerW55 Half MarathonAnne RyanW60 Half MarathonBritt S M HellmarkW65 Half MarathonPetrina TrowbridgeW70 Half MarathonMarisa da Silva CruzW75 Half MarathonErika Kruger
Men EventAthlete(s)NationalityPerformanceM85 100 MetersYoshiyuki ShimizuM95 100 MetersFrederico FischerM85 200 MetersYoshiyuki ShimizuM90 200 MetersLucas NelM85 400 MetersYoshiyuki ShimizuM85 800 MetersFrancisco do Carmo OliveiraM85 1500 MetersFrancisco do Carmo OliveiraM65 5K Race WalkIan RichardsM65 Throws PentathlonArild BusterudM35 Half MarathonClaudir RodriguesM40 Half MarathonJefferson Rivas SanchezM45 Half MarathonCesar Troncoso TroncosoM50 Half MarathonGianluca GrassiM55 Half MarathonTore AxelssonM60 Half MarathonMario Vargas Mac-DonaldM65 Half MarathonKauko KuningasM70 Half MarathonRoberto VasquezM75 Half MarathonBernardino PereiraM80 Half MarathonBert Janes
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