2024 World Masters Athletics Championships was the 25th in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships (WMAC) that took place in Gothenburg, Sweden from 13 to 25 August 2024. These Championships were originally scheduled for 2023, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The main venue was Slottsskogsvallen. Supplemental venues included Ullevi Stadium, Björlanda Athletics Center "invented thanks to the WMAC", Slottsskogen City Park for Road Walks, Half Marathon, and Cross Country, and House of Athletics for training and preparations. There was a total of 8028 participants from 110 countries competing. 64 events were held, 32 for woman and 32 for men. USA headed the medal table on 110 gold medals. 24 world records were set or equaled
This Championships was organized by World Masters Athletics (WMA) in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC). 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.
World champions
According to sources
Men 100 m Category Winner ResultM35 Charles Jackson10.91M40 Antoine Echols10.85M45 Jochen Gippert10.98M50 Garth Robinson11.23M55 Arif Husain11.70M60 Francois Boda12.08M65 John Wright12.43M70 Ron Stevens12:83M75 Yoshio Aiba14.21M80 Karl Schmid14.88M85 Friedhelm Adorf16.50M90 Radnaa Tseren17.51M95 Konstantinos Chatziemmanouil24.73
200 m Category Winner ResultM35 Shaker Salim21.70M40 Rondrick Parker22.33M45 Jochen Gippert22.26M50 Mike Coogan23.04M55 Darren Scott23.63M60 Francois Boda24.26M65 John Wright25.61M70 Thomas Jones27.01M75 Livio Bugiardini29.64M80 Friedhelm Adorf30.52M85 David Chantrill36.57M90 Radnaa Tseren37.24M95 Konstantinos Chatziemmanouil57.12
400 m Category Winner ResultM35 Yousef Masrahi47.59M40 49.28M45 Diego Martin Silvera51.89M50 Ian Weakley52.81M55 Timothy Munnings53.05M60 Roland Gröger53.93M65 John Wright56.22M70 Ian Broadhurst1:04.13M75 Livio Bugiardini1:06.59M80 John MacDermott1:15.02M85 David Chantril1:36.42M90 Radnaa Tseren1:29.72M95 Konstantinos Chatziemmanouil2:32.33
800 m Category Winner ResultM35 Mohammad Shaween1:49.90M40 Pablo Muñoz Caballero1:59.87M45 Diego Martin Silvera1:58.65M50 Brian Tullis1:57.98M55 Mark Symes2:05.38M60 Andrew Ridley2:09.67M65 Paul Forbes2:19.12M70 Warren Schmelzer2:24.49M75 Nolan Shaheed2:39.57M80 Jean-Louis Esnault3:03.42M85 Willi Klaus3:54.21M90 Radnaa Tseren3:43.15M95 Konstantinos Chatziemmanouil5:46.82
1500 m Category Winner ResultM35 Mohammad Shaween3:51.08M40 4:05.22M45 Kojo Kyereme4:10.71M50 Antonio Franco Raimondez4:11.94M55 Mark Symes4:17.45M60 Andrew Ridley4:24.23M65 Daniel King4:49.47M70 Peteris Arents5:18.61M75 Nolan Shaheed5:47.84M80 Jean-Louis Esnault6:42.64M85 Hansjörg Kuppardt8:02.78M90 Radnaa Tseren8:07.23
5000 m Category Winner ResultM35 Mark Husted15:03.67M40 14:29.44M45 Mustafa Mohamed14:41.30M50 15:51.38M55 Peter van der Velden16:20.48M60 Andrew Leach16:59.67M65 Alex Stienstra17:27.40M70 Victor Kiessel19:05.34M75 Bartholomeus Schalkwijk20:39.34M80 Peter Giles23:58.07M85 Fokke Kramer24:24.94M90 Colben Keith Sime42:49.68
3000 metres steeplechase / 2000 metres steeplechase Categories M35 to M55: 3000 m. M60 and over: 2000 m. Category Winner ResultM35 Fredrik Johansson9:21:50M40 Diego De la Fuente Ibañez9:15.37M45 Grant Baillie9:45.54M50 Jaroslav Vítek10:20.50M55 Pascal Ruiz10:26.54M60 Peter Stevens7:50.70M65 Cesar Pérez Rodriguez7:41.38M70 Warren Schmelzer8:00.61M75 Allan Mayfield8:50.26M80 10:42.51M85 Ram Kanwar Sangwan15:34.58
110 metres hurdles / 100 metres hurdles / 80 metres hurdles Categories M35 to M45: 110 m. M50–M65: 100 m. M70 and over: 80 m. Category Winner ResultM35 Shaker Salim14:25M40 Chi Cheong Leung15:11M45 Mensah Elliott15:00M50 Joe Appiah14:13M55 Yannick Le Mouël15:05M60 Wan Bakx15:82M65 Wiesław Musiał15:83M70 Ward Hazen13:16M75 Valdis Cela15:13M80 John MacDermott16:25M85 Emil Pawlik20:08
400 metres hurdles / 300 metres hurdles / 200 metres hurdles Categories M35 to M55: 400 m. M60–M65: 300 m. M70 and over: 200 m. Category Winner ResultM35 52.70M40 53.76M45 Ryan Dowling57.18M50 Ian Weakley54.91M55 Antoine Abatuci1:02.20M60 Bernardo Bengtsson44.42M65 Ronald Humphrey45.61M70 Ian Broadhurst47.99M75 Yoshio Aiba54.00M80 John MacDermott36.06M85 Alan Carter57:30
4 × 100 metres relay Category Zwycięzcy ResultM35 Isaiah Adekanmbi Byron Robinson Craig Cox Duayne Bovell42.35M40 Marcus Allen Barnes Antoine Echols Rondrick Parker Durran Dunn42.71M45 Ashley McMahon Ryan Dowling Graham Scully Mark Harper44.54M50 Masashi Sato Masato Minakuchi Hiroaki Akabori Takeshi Fukuzato44.08M55 Reggie Pendland Arif Husain Lloyd Hightower David Gibbon45.07M60 Andreas Groneberg Ted Spitzer Robert Beer Roland Gröger49.32M65 Frank Kindermann Andreas Weise Kurt Fischer Gerhard Zorn51.98M70 Thomas Jones Michael Kish Steven Snow Ron Stevens51.12M75 Dieter Müller Horst Simons Ulrich Becker Friedhelm Adorf59.29M80 Melvyn James James Smith Peter Giles Allan Long1:04.98M85 Gerhard Adams Klaus-Dieter Lange Karl Schmid Willi Klaus1:08.78
4 × 400 metres relay Category Zwycięzcy ResultM35 Damaine Benjamin Craig Cox Lewis Robson Dale Willis3:16.53M40 Krzysztof Guzowski Karol Górny Bartosz Porzuczek 3:26.55M45 Ger Cremin Carlton Haddock Keith William Pollard Jim Phelan3:33.63M50 Adeniran Epebinuade Peter Haack David Henry Ian Weakley3:31.85M55 John Curtis Chris McDonald John Cormier Arif Husain3:45.89M60 Ted Spitzer Peter Oberliessen Rainer Strehle Roland Gröger3:51.19M65 Tennyson James Martin Phillips Steven Taylor John Wright4:14.10M70 David Ortman Russell Jacquet-Acea Steven Phillips Thomas Jones4:27.72M75 Taisto Pietilä Ahti Finning Teuvo Mettälä Heikki Pesonen5:14.59M80 Manfred Riedel Werner Götze Hans-Jürgen Rösner Friedhelm Adorf6:38.52M85 Chinnaswamy Veetuvampalayam Shankar Rajendran Thangappanadar Dharmaraj Subramanian Kunjunair Joseph Mattathil Samuel12:24.13
High jump Category Winner ResultM35 Philip Frifelt Lundqvist1.95M40 Ladislav Urban1.90M45 Roman Guliy1.85M50 Yoshihisa Fukumoto1.85M55 Georgios Farmakis1.75M60 Rüdiger Weber1.76M65 1.55M70 Ulf Stephen Tudem1.43M75 Dusan Prezelj1.45M80 Juhan Tennasilm1.23M85 Willi Klaus1.22
Pole vault Category Winner ResultM35 Dennis Schober5.11M40 Przemysław Czerniak4.60M45 Denis Kholev4.65M50 Jonas Asplund4.65M55 Antti Kois3.95M60 Chet Clodfelter3.55M65 Wendell Beck3.70M70 Ivo Strnad2.85M75 Jarmo Arto Lipasti2.95M80 Siegbert Gnoth2.25M85 Knut Henrik Skramstad1.87
Long jump Category Winner ResultM35 Saleh Al-Haddad7.08M40 Ahmed Binmarzouq7.07M45 Łukasz Sobora6.70M50 Lee Adkins6.30M55 John Wise6.08M60 Gianni Becatti6.01M65 Wiesław Musiał5.27M70 Adrian Neagu4.95M75 Olle Borg4.70M80 Eberhard Linke4.45M85 Karl Schmid3.27M95 Konstantinos Chatziemmanouil1.45
Triple jump Category Winner ResultM35 14.53M40 Jairo Yosman Guibert Delis15.02M45 Łukasz Sobora13.71M50 Mattias Sunneborn13.25M55 Jose Escalera12.56M60 Manabu Nakazawa12.05M65 Wiesław Musiał10.96M70 Klemens Grißmer9.94M75 Olle Borg9.80M80 Eberhard Linke8.93M85 Hans Miekautsch6.16M90 Radnaa Tseren5.70
Shot put Categories M35 to M45: 7.26 kg. M50–M55: 6 kg. M60–M65: 5 kg. M70–M75: 4 kg. M80 and over: 3 kg. Category Winner ResultM35 16.16M40 Ameen Alarad15.05M45 Fred Vali15.92M50 Andy Dittmar18.15M55 Pavel Peňáz15.75M60 David Scott Eriksson16.74M65 Ryszard Zglenicki13.49M70 Quenton Torbert14.88M75 Arild Busterud12.78M80 Czesław Franciszek Roszczak11.34M85 Roland Heiler12.06M90 David Bonnedahl7.86M100 Sriramulu Vallabhajosyula2.63
Discus throw Categories M35 to M45: 2 kg. M50–M55: 1.5 kg. M60 over: 1 kg. Category Winner ResultM35 Stephan Dekker53.19M40 Niklas Arrhenius57.30M45 James Dennis50.60M50 Bjørn Terje Pay54.02M55 Pavel Peňáz48.52M60 Norbert Demmel59.52M65 John Moreland51.42M70 43.52M75 Miloš Gryc39.74M80 Julio Calvo Redondo33.06M85 Roland Heiler32.98M90 David Bonnedahl18.07M100 Sriramulu Vallabhajosyula5.54
Hammer throw Categories M35 to M45: 7.26 kg. M50–M55: 6 kg. M60–M65: 5 kg. M70–M75: 4 kg. M80 and over: 3 kg. Category Winner ResultM35 Ja'Mar Watson57.83M40 Bartosz Gołdyn56.25M45 Dorian Çollaku58.80M50 67.17M55 Ralf Jossa63.07M60 Christian Eckert55.13M65 Gottfried Gassenbauer53.18M70 Vasileios Manganas48.66M75 Arild Busterud45.43M80 Heimo Viertbauer49.23M85 Östen Edlund28.04M90 Wendelin Acker21.52
Weight throw Categories M35 to M45: 15.88 kg. M50–M55: 11.34 kg. M60–M65: 9.08 kg. M70–M75: 7.26 kg. M80 and over: 5.45 kg. Category Winner ResultM35 Ja'Mar Watson16.76M40 Juhana Mäkelä17.96M45 Dorian Çollaku17.31M50 21.78M55 Laurent Bettolo21.02M60 Norbert Demmel19.49M65 Gottfried Gassenbauer18.31M70 Gerhard Hoffmann17.68M75 Stanisław Kmiecik16.36M80 Peter Hackenschmidt16.98M85 Östen Edlund11.61M90 Wendelin Acker9.69
Javelin throw Categories M35 to M45: 800 g. M50–M55: 700 g. M60–M65: 600 g. M70–M75: 500 g. M80 and over: 400 g. Category Winner ResultM35 Alexander Ottosson63.34M40 Stephan Steding61.16M45 Stellan Per Back62.20M50 Carlo Sonego61.69M55 Tommi Huotilainen55.65M60 Alain Guicharrousse55.34M65 Serhii Havras45.42M70 Joseph Greenberg45.01M75 Esa Kiuru45.05M80 Siegbert Gnoth33.92M85 Jouni Eerik Tenhu40.09M90 David Bonnedahl17.49M100 Sriramulu Vallabhajosyula6.02
Throws pentathlon Category Winner ResultM35 Jussi Tukeva3215M40 James Taylor3813M45 Fred Vali3757M50 Ralf Mordhorst3860M55 Pavel Peňáz4284M60 Norbert Demmel4553M65 Saulius Svilainis3976M70 Keijo Aaltonen4008M75 Miloš Gryc3600M80 Peter Hackenschmidt3575M85 Östen Edlund3568M90 David Bonnedahl2981
Decathlon Category Winner ResultM35 Connor Williamson7017M40 Matti Herrmann6924M45 Simo Piispa6897M50 Henry Andberg6590M55 Christopher Kurt Schiefermayer7215M60 Gerd Westphal7199M65 Michael Cocke7134M70 Ward Hazen6654M75 Jarmo Arto Lipasti6813M80 Trond Einar Furuly6392M85 Willi Klaus5653
5000 metres race walk Category Winner ResultM35 Maher Ben Hlima20:41.24M40 Juan Manuel Morales del Castillo20:53.71M45 Erick Maugo Sikuku21:48.54M50 Dmitry Babenko23:16.48M55 Miguel Angel Carvajal Ortega23:44.13M60 Allen James24:40.44M65 Miloslav Lapka25:36.78M70 Patrice Brochot29:04.76M75 Ian Richards30:25.35M80 Ernie Kurtz35:24.05M85 Hervé Leblanc38:18.77M90 Ingvar Nilsson35:24.05
10 kilometres race walk Category Winner ResultM35 Maher Ben Hlima42:57M40 Juan Manuel Morales del Castillo44:32M45 Erick Maugo Sikuku44:16M50 Etiel Soto Maldonado48:48M55 Miguel Angel Carvajal Ortega49:47M60 Miguel Periáñez García50:38M65 Miloslav Lapka52:10M70 Patrice Brochot1:00:14M75 Ian Richards1:01:45M80 Wolf-Dieter Giese1:13:40M85 Hervé Leblanc1:19:20
10 kilometres race walk – teams Category Winner ResultM35 Maher Ben Hlima Krzysztof Czerski Tomasz Lipiec2:22:24M40 Piotr Siwiński2:45:20M45 Roland Landron Brian Munoz David Stefanelly2:42:16M50 Erik Bengtsson Kristian Klevbom Christer Svensson2:48:39M55 Allen James Michael Stauch David Swarts2:38:32M60 Pedro Jose Aranda Fernandez Miguel Periáñez García Adolfo Garcia Marin2:42:24M65 Edoardo Alfieri Gabriele Caldarelli Franco Venturi Degli Esposti3:00:04M70 Jose Luis Lopez Camarena Manuel De Jesus Hernandez Perez Abel Llamas Zamorano3:09:50M75 Mario Fiori Ettorino Formentin Roberto Piaser3:22:25M80 Marcel Jobin Ernie Kurtz Hervé Leblanc3:53:07
20 kilometres race walk Category Zwycięzcy ResultM35 Maher Ben Hlima1:30:53M40 David Cristian Berdeja Villavicencio1:37:16M45 André van Slooten1:44:51M50 Dmitry Babenko1:39:01M55 Miguel Angel Carvajal Ortega1:44:25M60 Miguel Periáñez García1:47:43M65 Edoardo Alfieri1:56:42M70 Patrice Brochot2:05:32M75 Peter Boszko2:15:21M80 Wolf-Dieter Giese2:33:17M85 Ram Kanwar Sangwan3:03:21
20 kilometres race walk – teams