2004 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships

International athletics championship event

2004 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships

Dates| 10-14 March 2004
Host city| Sindelfingen, Germany
Venue| Glaspalast Sindelfingen
Level| Masters
Type| Indoor
Participation| 2638 athletes from
58[1] nations
Official website| Archived 2004-06-13 at the Wayback Machine

2006 →

48°42′57″N 8°59′01″E﻿ / ﻿48.715955°N 8.983662°E﻿ / 48.715955; 8.983662﻿ (Glaspalast Sindelfingen)

Floschenstadion

2004 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships is the first in a series of World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships (also called World Masters Athletics Championships Indoor, or WMACi) that were held following the success of both stadia and non-stadia World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships, [2] This inaugural WMA Indoor Championships took place in Sindelfingen, Germany, from 10 to 14 March 2004. [3] [4] [5]

The main venue was Glaspalast Sindelfingen, [6]: 1  [7] which has a banked four-lane indoor track, [6]: 1 : 16  where the turns are raised to neutralize the centrifugal force of athletes running the curves. Supplemental venues included Floschenstadion for throwing events and the tennis hall in Sportwelt VfL Sindelfingen for warming-up purposes. [8]

This Championships was organized by World Masters Athletics (WMA) in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the German Athletics Association (German: Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband, DLV) and Karl-Heinrich Lebherz. [1] [6]: 24

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. [9] The starting age had been 35 years for women and 40 years for men in previous editions of the Outdoor Championships, but the men minimum age was reduced to 35 at the General Assembly of the 2003 Outdoor Championships. [10]

A full range of indoor track and field events were held. [11] [12] In addition to indoor competition, non-stadia events included Half Marathon, 8K Cross Country, [13] 10K Race Walk, and Weight Throw. In addition, Hammer Throw, Discus Throw and Javelin Throw were offered as exhibition non-stadia events for this inaugural Indoor Championships. [6]: 22

## World Records

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Official daily results are archived at sindelfingen2004. [14] Past Championships results are archived at WMA. [15] Additional archives are available from British Masters Athletic Federation [16] as a searchable pdf, [17] from Museum of Masters Track & Field as a National Masters News pdf newsletter, [6] and from Masters Athletics [18] in HTML format. [19] USATF Masters keeps a list of American world record holders. [20] German medal winners are archived at Hamburger Abendblatt [21] and at Leichtathletik-Verband Rheinland. [22]

Several masters world records were set at this Indoor Championships. World records for 2004 are from WMA[15] unless otherwise noted.

### Women

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Event  | Athlete(s)  | Nationality  | Performance

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|
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W40 4 x 200 Meters Relay | Anke Moritz, Brigitte Heidrich, Angelika Grissmer, Ulrike Görling  |  GER |

1:44.34

W45 60 Meters Hurdles | Christine Müller  |  GER |

8.79

W85 Long Jump | Olga Kotelko[6]: 22 [17]: 255  |  CAN |

1.91

W85 High Jump | Olga Kotelko[6]: 22 [17]: 311  |  CAN |

0.89 i

W40 Pole Vault | Carla Forcellini  |  ITA |

3.60 i

Larissa Lowe  |  NED
W85 Shot Put | Olga Kotelko[6]: 22 [17]: 104  |  CAN |

5.81

### Men

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Event  | Athlete(s)  | Nationality  | Performance

|
|
|

M35 200 Meters | Robert Thomas JR[6]: 22 [17]: 56  |  USA |

22.64

M65 200 Meters | Guido Müller[6]: 22 [17]: 89  |  GER |

26.05

M65 400 Meters | Guido Müller[6]: 22 [17]: 298  |  GER |

56.95

M60 60 Meters Hurdles | Courtland Gray[6]: 22  |  USA |

8.85

M65 60 Meters Hurdles | Guido Müller[6]: 22 [17]: 240  |  GER |

9.60

M60 Pentathlon | Rolf Geese[6]: 22  |  GER |

4409

## References

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1. ^ a b "Indoor". World Masters Athletics.
2. ^ "Outline and History of WAVA/WMA". Oceania Masters Athletics. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
3. ^ "Sindelfingen 2004". World Masters Athletics. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
4. ^ "Erste Hallen-WM der Senioren in Sindelfingen". Deutsche Leichtathletik. Feb 9, 2003. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
5. ^ Karl-Heinz Flucke (Apr 14, 2004). "Senioren Weltmeisterschaften mit Crosslauf, Straßengehen und Winterwurf". Berliner Neujahrslauf. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Jerry Wojcik (May 2004). "WMA Holds 1st World Indoor Meet" (PDF). National Masters News. Museum of Masters Track & Field.
7. ^ "Glaspalast Sindelfingen". ARCHIPENDIUM. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
8. ^ "Overview Information" (PDF). Sindelfingen 2004. p. 6\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-11-03. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
9. ^ "Competition Rules". World Masters Athletics. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
10. ^ "2700 Athletes From 79 Nations Take Part in 15th World Championships" (PDF). National Masters News. Museum of Masters Track & Field. August 2003. p. 18.
11. ^ Martin Gasselsberger. "WMA World Masters Athletics RULES OF COMPETITION". Masters Athletics. Archived from the original on 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
12. ^ "WORLD MASTERS (VETERANS) INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
13. ^ Karl-Heinz Flucke (Apr 14, 2004). "Senioren Weltmeisterschaften mit Crosslauf, Straßengehen und Winterwurf". Berliner Halbmarathon. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
14. ^ "1st World Master Athletics Championships Indoors". Archived from the original on 2004-06-06. Retrieved 2021-12-26.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
15. ^ a b "Championships Indoor". World Masters Athletics. February 3, 2020. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
16. ^ "(WMACI) World Masters Athletics Championships Indoor". British Masters Athletic Federation. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
17. ^ a b c d e f g h "1st World Masters Athletics Championships Indoors Sindelfingen, Germany, March 10-14, 2004" (PDF). British Masters Athletic Federation.
18. ^ Martin Gasselsberger. "World Championships Results". Masters Athletics. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
19. ^ Martin Gasselsberger. "1st World Masters Athletics Championships Indoors Sindelfingen, Germany, March 10-14, 2004". Masters Athletics.
20. ^ "USATF MTF Records". USATF Masters. December 5, 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
21. ^ "Leichtathletik: Die ersten Senioren-Weltmeisterschaften in Sindelfingen". Hamburger Abendblatt. Mar 16, 2004. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
22. ^ "Senioren-Hallen-Weltmeisterschaften". Leichtathletik-Verband Rheinland. Feb 6, 2004. Retrieved 2021-12-25.

## External links

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* Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2004-06-13)
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