1985 World Masters Athletics Championships is the sixth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships (called World Veterans Games or World Masters Games at the time) that took place in Rome, Italy, from June 22 to 30, 1985.[1]
The main venue was Stadio Olimpico located within the Foro Italico sports complex.
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Stadio Olimpico had hosted the 1960 Summer Olympics. Supplemental venues included Stadio dei Marmi, also located within the complex,
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Stadio Acqua Acetosa and Stadio della Farnesina.
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This edition of masters athletics Championships had a minimum age limit of 35 years for women and 40 years for men.
The governing body of this series is World Association of Veteran Athletes (WAVA). WAVA was formed during meeting at the inaugural edition of this series at Toronto in 1975, then officially founded during the second edition in 1977, then renamed as World Masters Athletics (WMA) at the Brisbane Championships in 2001.
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This Championships was organized by WAVA in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC) headed by Cesare Beccalli,
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who later was elected WAVA president on December 2, 1987 in Melbourne.
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In addition to a full range of track and field events,
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non-stadia events included 8K Cross Country, 10K Race Walk (women), 20K Race Walk (men), and Marathon.
The relays were resurrected as official events after being removed in the 1983 Championships,
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but teams were formed by region rather than by nation.
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Relays will revert to national teams for 1987.
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^"Special 4th World Veterans Games Issue" (PDF). National Masters News. Museum of Masters Track & Field. February 1981.
^"The World Association of Veteran Athletes Newsletter 4" (PDF). Museum of Masters Track & Field. World Association of Veteran Athletes. March 1981. p. 38.
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