title: 2005 World Masters Athletics Championships
text: # 2005 World Masters Athletics Championships
  
  43°18′05″N 1°58′25″W﻿ / ﻿43.301378°N 1.973617°W﻿ / 43.301378; -1.973617﻿ (Anoeta Stadium)
  
  2005 World Masters Athletics Championships is the sixteenth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place in San Sebastián (Basque: Donostia), Spain from 22 August to 3 September 2005.
  
  The main venue was Anoeta Stadium, $^{:1}$
  
  which had its running track removed after renovations in 2017.
  
  Some stadia events were held at the adjacent Miniestadio de Anoeta within the same sports complex. Non-stadia venues included Estadio Daniel Hernani (Pista de Hernani) for throwing events, $^{:14}$ and LaSarte Racetrack (Donostia Hippodrome) for Cross Country. $^{:12}$
  
  This Championships was organized by World Masters Athletics (WMA) in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC). 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.
  
  The starting age had been 35 years for women and 40 years for men in previous editions in this series, but the men minimum age was reduced to 35 at the General Assembly of the 2003 Championships. $^{:17}$
  
  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.
  
  ## Results
  
  Official daily results are archived at conersys.com.
  
  Past Championships results are archived at WMA.
  
  Additional archives are available from Masters Athletics,
  
  from British Masters Athletic Federation
  
  in html, and from Museum of Masters Track & Field
  
  in html and as a National Masters News pdf newsletter.
  
  Several masters world records were set at this Championships. World records for 2005 are from the list of World Records in the National Masters News $newsletter^{:15}$ unless otherwise noted. A highlight of the competitions was Wolfgang Knabe ( GER) defeating Willie Banks ( USA) in the Triple $Jump.^{:16}$
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Athlete(s) | Nationality | Performance |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | W70 100 Meters | Margaret Peters | NZL | 15.08 |
  | W80 800 Meters | Nina Naumenko | RUS | 3:45.00 |
  | W75 10000 Meters | Melitta Czerwenka Nagel | GER | 50:00.93 |
  | W80 10000 Meters | Nina Naumenko | RUS | 58:24.70 |
  | W40 80 Meters Hurdles | Monica Pellegrinelli | SUI | 11.24 |
  | W60 300 Meters Hurdles | Marge Allison | AUS | 51.64 |
  | W65 300 Meters Hurdles | Rietje Dijkman | NED | 56.86 |
  | W40 400 Meters Hurdles | Barbara Gähling | GER | 59.76 |
  | W50 4 x 100 Meters Relay | Edna Roe, Helen Godsell, Joylyn Saunders-Mullins, Caroline Powell | GBR | 53.31 |
  | W50 4 x 400 Meters Relay | Helen Godsell, Edna Roe, Joylyn Saunders-Mullins, Caroline Powell | GBR | 4:17.60 |
  | W75 Triple Jump | Hideko Koshikawa | JPN | 7.30 |
  | W75 Triple Jump | Elsa Enarsson | SWE | 7.13 |
  | W80 Pole Vault | Johnnye Valien | USA | 1.40 |
  | W65 Discus Throw | Tamara Danilova | RUS | 37.62 |
  | W65 Javelin Throw | Birutė Kalėdienė | LTU | 28.66 |
  | W65 Weight Pentathlon | Evaun Williams | GBR | 5574 |
  | W70 Weight Pentathlon | Susanne Wissinger | GER | 5181 |
  | W40 Heptathlon | Barbara Gähling | GER | 5929 |
  | W45 Heptathlon | Marie Kay | AUS | 6094 |
  | W60 Heptathlon | Marianne Maier | AUT | 5740 |
  | W65 Heptathlon | Erika Sauer | GER | 5963 |
  | W80 Heptathlon | Johnnye Valien | USA | 5521 |
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete(s) | Nationality | Performance |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | M70 200 Meters | Hugh Coogan | AUS | 26.84 |
  | M75 800 Meters | Earl Fee | CAN | 2:36.28 |
  | M80 80 Meters Hurdles | Melvin Larsen | USA | 14.75 |
  | M45 110 Meters Hurdles | Karl Smith | JAM | 14.70 |
  | M75 300 Meters Hurdles | Earl Fee | CAN | 52.91 |
  | M35 4 x 100 Meters Relay | Tecumseh Peete, Robert Thomas, David Jones, Don Drummond | USA | 42.62 |
  | M70 4 x 100 Meters Relay | Horst Schrader, Bruno Kimmel, Rudolf Bockl, Karl Heinz Newmann | GER | 53.03 |
  | M80 4 x 100 Meters Relay | Horst Albrecht, Rudolf Breder, Gerhard Herbst, Kurt Schumacher | GER | 64.68 |
  | M35 4 x 400 Meters Relay | Sherwin Sterling, Don Drummond, Larry Gardner, Robert Thomas | USA | 3:19.90 |
  | M85 High Jump | Emmerich Zensch | AUT | 1.22 |
  | M45 Triple Jump | Wolfgang Knabe | GER | 14.78 |
  | M35 Weight Pentathlon | Jochen Koppenhoefer | GER | 3628 |
  | M40 Weight Pentathlon | Steve Whyte | GBR | 4176 |
  | M75 Weight Pentathlon | Richard Rzehak | GER | 5007 |
  | M40 Decathlon | Kip Janvrin | USA | 8542 |
  | M60 Decathlon | Rolf Geese | GER | 8440 |
  | M65 Decathlon | Emil Pawlik | USA | 7900 |
  | M80 Decathlon | Pierre Darrot | FRA | 6184 |
  