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2024 World Masters Athletics Championships

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World Masters Athletics Championships
Göteborg Slottsskogsvallen Västra Läktaren
Göteborg Slottsskogsvallen Västra Läktaren

2024 World Masters Athletics Championshipsis the 25th in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships (WMAC) that will place in Gothenburg, Sweden from 13 to 25 August 2024. This Championships was originally scheduled for 2023, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The main venue is Slottsskogsvallen. Supplemental venues include 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. This Championships is organized by World Masters Athletics (WMA) in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC). Details of this competition will be finalized following the 2023 General Assembly that will be held in Gothenburg. 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.

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2024 World Masters Athletics Championships
Lars Israel Wahlmans väg, Gothenburg Änggården (Centrum)

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1977 World Masters Athletics Championships
1977 World Masters Athletics Championships

1977 World Masters Athletics Championships is the second in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships (called World Masters Championships or World Veterans Championships at the time) that took place in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 8 to 13 August 1977.The main venue was Slottsskogsvallen. : 1 : 46  Supplemental venues included Ullevi Stadium for 5K and 10K races, the former Gothenburg-Särö railroad route for Marathon, and the park around Björngårdsvillan for Cross Country and Road Walks. This edition of masters athletics Championships had a minimum age limit of 35 years for women and 40 years for men. : 4  The age groups for women are now in 5-year (rather than 10-year as in 1975) divisions, same as for men. : 3 The governing body of this series is World Association of Veteran Athletes (WAVA, initially called World Veterans Athletic Association). : 2  WAVA was formed during meeting at the inaugural edition of this series at Toronto in 1975, then officially founded and named when its constitution was proposed during General Assembly at this edition on 9 August 1977. : 47 : 167 : 4 : 2 : 7  WAVA was renamed as World Masters Athletics (WMA) at the Brisbane Championships in 2001. : 4 : 56 This Championships was organized by the nascent WAVA in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC) led by Roland Jerneryd ( SWE). Jerneryd was elected WAVA secretary at the General Assembly. : 2 : 166 : 47 In addition to a full range of track and field events, non-stadia events included 8K Cross Country and Marathon.