2003 World Masters Athletics Championships is the fifteenth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place in Carolina, Puerto Rico, from 1 to 13 July 2003.
The low participation number
may be partly due to the fear of flying after the 2001 September 11 attacks and the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak.
This is the second time that the Championships is hosted in Puerto Rico; the fifth edition of 1983 was held in San Juan.
This is the first edition of the Championships conducted after the governing body of this series was formally renamed from World Association of Veteran Athletes (WAVA) to World Masters Athletics (WMA) at the previous (2001) edition held in Brisbane, Australia,
The main venue was Pista Atletica Basilio Rodriguez
located within the Complejo Deportivo Municipal Roberto Clemente. Other stadia included Estadio Roberto Clemente, Estadio Sixto Escobar that had hosted the 1983 Championships in San Juan, and University of Puerto Rico Sports Complex in Río Piedras.
Non-stadia venues included Central Park and Parque Julia de Burgos.
The competitions were briefly interrupted by showers from Tropical Storm Claudette.
This edition of masters athletics Championships had a minimum age limit of 35 years for women and 40 years for men.
During General Assembly on 10 July the starting age for men was reduced from 40 to 35 for subsequent editions.
Also, the inaugural 2004 Indoor Championships was approved to be held in Sindelfingen, Germany.
This Championships was organized by WMA in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC) led by William Aleman.
In addition to a full range of track and field events,
non-stadia events included 8K Cross Country, 10K Race Walk (women), 20K Race Walk (men), and Marathon.
World Records A new feature for this series was the use of internet technologies:
in addition to the official website, 2 additional websites provided quick updates of competition results: flashresults
and cyberscoreboard.
Official daily results are archived at puertorico2003.
Past Championships results are archived at WMA.
Additional archives are available from Masters Athletics,
from British Masters Athletic Federation
in html and from Museum of Masters Track & Field
in html, and as National Masters News pdf newsletters.
Several masters world records were set at this Championships. World records for 2003 are from the list of World Records in the National Masters News August newsletter unless otherwise noted.
Key:
Women EventAthlete(s)NationalityPerformanceW90 100 MetersRosario Iglesias RochaW55 200 MetersIngrid Meier W90 200 MetersRosario Iglesias RochaW45 400 MetersMarie Lande MathieuW50 800 MetersMaureen De St CroixW65 80 Meters HurdlesIngeborg SchottW70 80 Meters HurdlesHideko KoshikawaW70 80 Meters HurdlesGerd MjeldeGerd Mjelde placed 2nd to Hideko Koshikawa in W70 80m HurdlesW75 80 Meters HurdlesIsabel HofmeyrW75 80 Meters HurdlesJohnnye ValienW50 4 x 400 Meters RelayMarne McMillan, Karla Del Grande, Rhona Trott, Maureen de St. CroixW55 High JumpPhil RaschkerW60 High JumpErika SpringmannEdith GraffW70 High JumpRosemary ChrimesW75 High JumpLeonore McDanielsW75 Triple JumpLeonore McDanielsW70 Shot PutRosemary ChrimesW70 Discus ThrowRosemary ChrimesW40 Hammer throwOneithea Lewis
Men EventAthlete(s)NationalityPerformanceM100 100 MetersWaldo McBurneyM50 200 MetersStephen PetersM70 200 MetersRalph RomainM90 200 MetersFriedrich MahloM55 400 MetersCharles AllieM70 400 MetersRalph RomainM75 400 MetersWilhem SelzerM90 400 MetersFriedrich MahloM80 80 Meters HurdlesJuji Tanaka M40 110 Meters HurdlesDavid AshfordM70 2000 Meters SteeplechaseFrancisco VicenteM80 2000 Meters SteeplechaseSoichi TamoiM50 4 x 100 Meters RelayRobert Bowen, Edward Gonera, Bill Collins, Jesse NormanM100 Shot PutWaldo McBurneyM90 Discus ThrowMario RiboniM90 Hammer throwMario RiboniM90 Hammer throwPedro VillanuevaPedro Villanueva placed 2nd to Mario Riboni in M90 Hammer ThrowM75 Javelin ThrowHeiner WillM90 Javelin ThrowPedro VillanuevaM85 Weight PentathlonHeige LonnrothM90 Weight PentathlonHoward WestM90 Weight PentathlonAnton PolgarM90 Weight PentathlonGilberto GonzalezM65 DecathlonKnut Skramstad
References
External links
Results websites https://www.flashresults.com/2003_Meets/outdoor/wma/index.htm http://www.cyberscoreboard.com/report.php/Sport=1