2016 World Masters Athletics Championships

2016 World Masters Athletics Championships
Dates26 October - 6 November 2016
Host cityPerth, Australia
VenueWestern Australian Athletics Stadium
LevelMasters
TypeOutdoor
Participation4028 athletes from
90[1] nations
Official websiteArchived 2016-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
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31°56′58″S 115°46′55″E / 31.94950°S 115.78194°E / -31.94950; 115.78194 (Western Australian Athletics Stadium)

Ern Clark Athletic Track
Technical Information Centre
Swan River

2016 World Masters Athletics Championships is the 22nd in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place in Perth, Australia from 26 October to 6 November 2016.[2][3] Prior to this year, the championships in this biennial series were in odd-numbered years. Beginning in 2016, the championships were held in even-numbered years.[1] The change was made to avoid conflict with the quadrennial World Masters Games, which had been held in odd-numbered years since 2005.[4]

The main venue was Western Australian Athletics Stadium,[1][3][5] which had a nine-lane mondotrack laid in 2014.[6] Supplemental venues included Ern Clark Athletic Centre,[7] which also had a recently-upgraded eight-lane mondotrack.[8][9] Road walks and cross country were held at Alderbury and Perry Lakes Reserves in Floreat. Half marathon and marathon followed the banks of the Swan River, with start and finish at the WA Water Sports Club.[10][1][11][12][13] HBF Stadium served as the technical information centre.[14] Welcoming ceremony was held at Elizabeth Quay.[15]

This championship was organized by World Masters Athletics (WMA) in coordination with a local organising committee.[1]

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.[16] At the general assembly during this championship, a motion was passed to change two events after this edition of the series:[1][17]

In addition to a full range of track and field events,[18] non-stadia events included 8K cross country, 10K race walk, 20K race walk, half marathon,[19] and marathon.

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  4. ^ Ken Stone (July 14, 2011). "Masters outdoor world meets shifting to even-number years". Masterstrack.com.
  5. ^ "WA Athletics Stadium - Perth 2016 World Masters Athletics Championships". VenuesWest. Government of Western Australia.
  6. ^ "WORLD-CLASS TRACK LAID AT WA ATHLETICS STADIUM". Australasian Leisure Management. February 5, 2014.
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  8. ^ "Venues - Stadia". Perth 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-11-13.
  9. ^ Torrey Enoksen. "Perth is ready for World Masters Athletics 2016". European Masters Athletics.
  10. ^ "WARWSA". WARWSA. 2017-06-13. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  11. ^ "World Meet Has Over 4000 Athletes From 90 Countries". PR Newswire. Oct 12, 2016.
  12. ^ "Venues - Non-Stadia". Perth 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-11-14.
  13. ^ "PERTH WELCOMES THE WORLD MASTERS". Athletics Australia. 25 Oct 2016.
  14. ^ "Impact of Perth 2016 World Masters on HBF Stadium precinct". VenuesWest. Government of Western Australia. 22 October 2016.
  15. ^ "Ceremonies & Events". Perth 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-11-14.
  16. ^ "Competition Rules". World Masters Athletics. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  17. ^ "World Masters Athletic Championships". Wellington Masters Athletics.
  18. ^ Martin Gasselsberger. "WMA World Masters Athletics RULES OF COMPETITION". Masters Athletics. Archived from the original on 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  19. ^ "WMA Championships Half Marathon Bests" (PDF). World Masters Athletics. April 2019. Retrieved 2022-01-01.