1983 World Masters Athletics Championships

1983 World Masters Athletics Championships
Dates23-30 September 1983
Host citySan Juan, Puerto Rico
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
LevelMasters
TypeOutdoor
Participation1935 athletes from
47[1] nations
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18°27′55″N 66°05′20″W / 18.465278°N 66.088889°W / 18.465278; -66.088889 (Estadio Sixto Escobar)

Masters Mundiales Atletismo 1983
Parque Central

1983 World Masters Athletics Championships is the fifth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships (called World Veterans Games or World Masters Games at the time) that took place in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from 23 to 30 September 1983.[1]

The main venue was Estadio Sixto Escobar, [2]: 14  [3]: 15  while Parque Central hosted most field events. [4]: 9  Opening ceremonies were held at Hiram Bithorn Stadium. [3]: 16  The mascot was the jicotea, a freshwater turtle sacred to the indigenous Taíno peoples. [5]

This edition of masters athletics Championships had a minimum age limit of 35 years for women and 40 years for men.

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. [6] [7]: 56 

This Championships was organized by WAVA in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC) led by José F. Méndez, with San Juan Mayor Hernán Padilla serving as "Patron of the Games". [4]: 3  [8]

In addition to a full range of track and field events, [9] [10] non-stadia events included 10K Cross Country, 10K Race Walk (women), 20K Race Walk (men), and Marathon. The relays were run as unofficial events on the final day, [3]: 18  since the WAVA by-laws had been amended at the 1981 Championships to suspend relays in 1983. [11] [12]

As an experiment, there will he no relays in Puerto Rico. The reason being that the host countries usually dominate by sheer numbers and the smaller countries just don't have enough competitors to comprise a team.

Controversy

Funding for this Championships from the Puerto Rico Commonwealth was withheld by Governor Carlos Romero Barcelo, a political rival of Mayor Padilla, ostensibly over concerns of South Africa participation due to the apartheid policy of the South African government at that time. [8] [13] South African athletes were officially banned from this Championships by the Puerto Rican government, despite the IAAF constitution that prohibits discrimination because of national origin. [2]: 1  [3]: 21  [14]: 167  [15]: 4 

Many proceedings of the Championships were poorly organized, partly as a consequence of this political dispute. [3]: 15  [7]: 48  About 30 of the 178 registered South African athletes eventually competed despite the ban, but they were listed under "alternate" countries, as was done at the 1981 Championships in Christchurch. [3]: 21 

Results

Past Championships results are archived at WMA. [16] Additional archives are available from Museum of Masters Track & Field [17] as a pdf book, [18] as a searchable pdf, [19] in pdf newsletters from National Masters News, [2] [3] and also as a pdf booklet of Championships and world records. [5]

Several masters world records were set at this Championships. World records for 1983 are from the Museum of Masters Track & Field searchable pdf[19] unless otherwise noted.

The blind sprinter Fritz Assmy, guided by his son and running his assigned lane 8, defeated Payton Jordan in 2 of 3 events in a memorable dual. [3]: 19  [18]: 25  [14]: 178  Both athletes broke the M65 200m WR in their respective heats, and though Jordan had a faster time of 26.10 in his heat [19]: 16  than Assmy's 26.20, [19]: 15  [18]: 15  Assmy won the final in a non-record time of 26.26 to Jordan's 26.42. [19]: 16  Some thought the son had "pulled" or "tugged" Assmy in the first 2 events, the 100m and 200m, but it appeared Assmy was doing the "pulling" in the 400m. [3]: 19 : 22  [20] Assmy later defended his running technique in the June 1985 National Masters News newsletter. [21]

Women

Event Athlete(s) Nationality Performance
W55 100 Meters Lieselotte Seuberlich[3]: 17   FRG
14.36
W60 100 Meters Paula Schneiderhan  FRG
14.47
W50 200 Meters Daphne Pirie  AUS
W55 200 Meters Lieselotte Seuberlich  FRG
W60 200 Meters Paula Schneiderhan  FRG
W65 200 Meters Winifred Reid  RSA[22]
33.67
W60 400 Meters Aileen Hogan[3]: 17   AUS
75.70
W70 400 Meters Polly Clarke  USA
W60 800 Meters Erika Werner  FRG
3:00.06
W65 1500 Meters Britta Tibbling  SWE
6:22.20
W70 1500 Meters Johanna Luther  FRG
6:47.10
W70 5000 Meters Johanna Luther  FRG
24:58.26
W70 10000 Meters Johanna Luther  FRG
W55 Long Jump Lieselotte Seuberlich  FRG
4.40
W60 Long Jump Paula Schneiderhan[3]: 17   FRG
4.35
W70 Long Jump Johanna Gelbrich  FRG
2.97
W55 Shot Put Marianne Hamm  FRG
11.21
W60 Shot Put Isuzu Tsujii  JPN
9.95
W75 Shot Put Irja S.M. Sarnama  FIN
7.77
W70 Discus Throw Johanna Gelbrich  FRG
20.20
W75 Discus Throw Irja S.M. Sarnama  FIN
17.04
W70 Javelin Throw Johanna Gelbrich  FRG
24.97

Men

Event Athlete(s) Nationality Performance
M45 100 Meters Ken Dennis  USA
M50 100 Meters Andrew Faure  VEN
M65 100 Meters Payton Jordan[23][3]: 19 [19]: 6 [18]: 6 [24]  USA
M70 100 Meters Gilberto Gonzalez[3]: 17 [19]: 7 [25]  PUR
13.44
M80 100 Meters Konrad Boas  USA
16.40
M45 200 Meters Reginald Austin  AUS
M65 200 Meters Payton Jordan[3]: 19 [19]: 16   USA
M65 200 Meters Fritz Assmy[3]: 19 [19]: 15   FRG
M80 200 Meters Konrad Boas[3]: 17   USA
33.75
M40 400 Meters Manuel Ulacio[3]: 17   VEN
49.00
M45 400 Meters Reginald Austin  AUS
M75 5000 Meters Ed Benham  USA
M50 3000 Meters Steeplechase Maurice Morrell[3]: 17   GBR
10:00.20
M60 80 Meters Hurdles Tom Patsalis  USA
M40 80 Meters Hurdles Fiorenzo Marchesi[3]: 17    SUI
14.69
M70 80 Meters Hurdles Robert Reckwardt  FRG
M55 110 Meters Hurdles Jack Greenwood  USA
16.15
M55 400 Meters Hurdles Jack Greenwood  USA
M70 400 Meters Hurdles Gilberto Gonzalez[3]: 17   PUR
77.50
M70 Long Jump Mazumi Morita  JPN
4.83
M75 Long Jump Gulab Singh  IND
M70 Triple Jump Mazumi Morita  JPN
9.79
M50 High Jump Richard "Dick" Richardson  USA
M50 Hammer Throw Hans Potsch  AUT
57.40
M70 Hammer Throw Aarne Miettinen[3]: 17   FIN
44.78
M75 Hammer Throw Karsten Brodersen  CHI
39.05
M75 Discus Throw Karsten Brodersen  CHI
M60 Javelin Throw Aloysius Sibidol[3]: 17   BRU
54.51
M70 Javelin Throw Gerhard Schepe[3]: 17   FRG
41.08
M45 Pentathlon Werner Schallau  FRG
4,124

References

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  9. ^ Martin Gasselsberger. "WMA World Masters Athletics RULES OF COMPETITION". Masters Athletics.
  10. ^ "World Masters Athletic Championships". Wellington Masters Athletics.
  11. ^ "Special 4th World Veterans Games Issue" (PDF). National Masters News. Museum of Masters Track & Field. February 1981. p. 11.
  12. ^ "The World Association of Veteran Athletes Newsletter 4" (PDF). Museum of Masters Track & Field. World Association of Veteran Athletes. March 1981. p. 38.
  13. ^ "Caribbean News Briefs". United Press International. July 6, 1983.
  14. ^ a b Olson, Leonard T. (Nov 29, 2000). Masters Track and Field: A History. McFarland. ISBN 0786408898.
  15. ^ Bob Fine (Autumn 1977). "'Fantastic' may be the best word to describe 1977 Second World Masters Championships" (PDF). National Masters News. Museum of Masters Track & Field.
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  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Official Results" (PDF). Museum of Masters Track & Field.
  20. ^ "IS IT GUIDING OR 'TUGGING'?" (PDF). National Masters News. Museum of Masters Track & Field. April 1984. p. 32.
  21. ^ Fritz Assmy (June 1985). "How I Run Without Seeing" (PDF). National Masters News. Museum of Masters Track & Field. p. 16.
  22. ^ Winifred Reid was listed under  USA flag in the results.
  23. ^ "V World Veteran's Track & Field Games, September 23 - September 30, 1983". Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team.
  24. ^ Payton Jordan achieved M65 100 Meters World Record of 12.53 in Heat 2
  25. ^ Gilberto Gonzalez achieved M70 100 Meters World Record of 13.44 in Heat 5