2001 World Masters Athletics Championships is the fourteenth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place in

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, from 1 to 14 July 2001. The main venue was Queen Elizabeth II Sports Complex, comprising

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(called "ANZ Stadium" at that time) and the newly rebuilt State Athletics Facility. Some stadia events were held at

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Non-stadia venues include
St Lucia Golf Course
for Cross Country and University of Queensland for Road Walks.

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hosted a 5K Fun Run/Walk before the start of competitions, and was the site for start and finish of the Marathon, which followed an inner city route and the

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. This edition of

masters athletics Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running. Competitors are bracketed into five-year age groups (which promotes fair comp ...

Championships had a minimum age limit of 35 years for women and 40 years for men. The governing body of this series was formally renamed from World Association of Veteran Athletes (WAVA) to

World Masters Athletics World Masters Athletics (WMA) is the worldwide governing body for the sport of masters athletics – which includes track and field, cross country, and road running events – as participated by people over 35 years of age. As the need became ap ...

(WMA) during General Assembly at this Championships on 11 July, though the WAVA name was still used throughout the competitions and WAVA was prominent in the logo. This Championships was organized by WAVA/WMA in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC): David Lloyd, Kerry Watson, Jacey Octigan, Allan Bell. In addition to a full range of track and field events, non-stadia events included 8K Cross Country, 10K Race Walk (women), 20K Race Walk (men), and

Marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

Results

Past Championships results are archived at WMA. Additional archives are available from Masters Athletics, from

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as a searchable pdf, and from Museum of Masters Track & Field as a searchable pdf and as National Masters News pdf newsletters. Several masters world records were set at this Championships. World records for 2001 are from the list of World Records in the National Masters News August newsletter unless otherwise noted.

Women

Men

References

External links

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International athletics competitions hosted by Australia

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Masters athletics (track and field) records