title: 2008 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships
text: # 2008 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships
  
  45°45′25″N 3°06′22″E﻿ / ﻿45.757°N 3.106°E﻿ / 45.757; 3.106﻿ (Stadium Jean Pellez)
  
  2008 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships is the third in a series of World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships (also called World Masters Athletics Championships Indoor, or WMACi). This third edition took place in Clermont-Ferrand, France, from 17 to 22 March 2008.
  
  The main venue was Jean-Pellez Stadium,
  
  which has a banked indoor track where the turns are raised to neutralize the centrifugal force of athletes running the curves. Supplemental venues included Clermont-Ferrand Sports Hall for opening ceremonies, Les Gravanches for Half Marathon and 10K Race Walk, and Stade Marcel-Michelin for Cross Country.
  
  This Championships was organized by World Masters Athletics (WMA) in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC): Annie Laurent, Jean Gracia.
  
  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.
  
  A full range of indoor track and field events were held.
  
  In addition to indoor competition, non-stadia events included Half Marathon,
  
  8K Cross Country,
  
  10K Race Walk, Weight Throw, Hammer Throw, Discus Throw and Javelin Throw.
  
  ## Results
  
  Official results are partially archived at Masters2008.
  
  Past Championships results are archived at WMA.
  
  Additional archives are available from European Masters Athletics
  
  as a searchable pdf,
  
  from British Masters Athletic Federation
  
  as a searchable pdf,
  
  and from Masters Athletics
  
  as a searchable pdf.
  
  USATF Masters keeps a list of American world record holders.
  
  Medal counts and other summaries are archived at the Clermont2008
  
  and Masters2008 sites.
  
  Several masters world records were set at this Indoor Championships. World records for 2008 are from WMA unless otherwise noted.
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Athlete(s) | Nationality | Performance |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | W45 200 Meters | Marie Kay | AUS | 25.85 |
  | W40 400 Meters | Barbara Aknin | FRA | 56.15 |
  | W45 400 Meters | Marie Kay | AUS | 56.99 |
  | W45 4 x 200 Meters Relay | Berend,Kauerhof,Grissmer,Schultz | GER | 1:46.38 |
  | W70 Shot Put | Evaun Williams | GBR | 10.82 |
  | W60 Weight Throw | Inge Faldager | DEN | 16.70 |
  | W60 Half Marathon | Claudine Marchdier | FRA | 1:28:21 |
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete(s) | Nationality | Performance |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | M60 200 Meters | Charles Allie on YouTube | USA | 24.95 |
  | M40 400 Meters | Enrico Saraceni | ITA | 48.95 |
  | M45 Half Marathon | Pascal Fetizon | FRA | 1:08:55 |
  | M50 Half Marathon | Dominique Chauvelier | FRA | 1:08:52 |
  