2015 World Masters Athletics Championships

2015 World Masters Athletics Championships
Dates	4 - 16 August 2015
Host city	Lyon, France
Venue	Stade de Balmont
Level	Masters
Type	Outdoor
Participation	8073 athletes from 98[1] nations
Official website	Archived 2015-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
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45°47′16″N 4°47′51″E / 45.7879°N 4.7976°E / 45.7879; 4.7976 (Stade de Balmont)

2015 World Masters Athletics Championships is the 21st in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place in Lyon, France from 4 to 16 August 2015. ^{[2] [3] [4]} This was the last odd year of the biennial Championships; beginning in 2016, the Championships will be 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. ^[5]

The main venue was Stade de Balmont (Stade de La Duchère). ^[1] Supplemental venues included Stade du Rhône (Stade de Parilly) for road races and throwing events, ^[6] the newly resurfaced Stade Pierre Duboeuf in Bron, ^[7] the newly resurfaced Stade Laurent Gérin in Vénissieux, ^[8] and Halle d'athlétisme Stéphane-Diagana as the Centre d'Information Technique. ^{[9]: 14 : 46–51}

This Championships was organized by World Masters Athletics (WMA) in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC) led by Marcel Ferrari, Ligue d'Athlétisme Rhône-Alpes (Athlé). ^{[1] [10]}

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. ^[11]

In addition to a full range of track and field events, ^{[12] [13]} non-stadia events included 8K Cross Country, 10K Race Walk, 20K Race Walk, Half Marathon ^[14] and Marathon.