World Championships indoor Daegu 2017

Overview of Championships ❍ Official Name : World Masters Athletics Championships indoor Daegu 2017 ❍ Period : 19th(SUN) ~ 25th(SAT) March 2017 ※ Opening Ceremony : 19th March 6:00 PM/ Closing Ceremony : 25th March 4:00 PM ❍ Participants : Approximately 4,000 from 60 Countries (Athletes:Women and Men of Age 35 and over, Directors, Competition Officials, Volunteers) ❍ Events : 22 Events(Track: 9, Field: 7, Outdoor: 6, Same for Women and Men)

Division Venues Events A ◦ Daegu Athletics ◦ Field Events : Long · Triple Jump, Pole Vault Promotion Center ◦ Track Events : 60m, 60mH, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, (Main Stadium) 3,000m, 4x200mR, 3000mTW ◦ Pentathlon(M·W) : 60mH, 800m, 1000m, Long Jump B ◦ Civil-life Sports ◦ Field Events : Long·Triple Jump, High Jump, Pole Vault Center ◦ Indoor Throwing Events : , ◦ Pentathlon(M·W) : Long·High Jump, Shot Put C ◦ Daegu Stadium ◦ Winter Season Throwing Events Warm-up Area - Hammer Throw, Javelin Throw, Discus Throw Road ◦ Road around the Main ◦ 10km Road Walk, Half Race Stadium ◦ Suseong Family Park ◦ 8km Cross Country

❍ Hosting : DAEGU METROPOLITAN CITY, The Korean Olympic Committee(KOC), Korea Association of Athletics Federations, Daegu Sports Council

< Features of Championships > ◈ The only athletics competition that an athlete pays all expenses relating to participation (travel expense, accommodation cost and registration fee) ◈ Economic event held by registration fee only, without cash prizes(a medal for the first, second and third ranker and an award certificate for the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth ranker) ◈ Contribution to activation of the local economy with local tours and shopping by participating athletes and their family

History of Championships ❍ Indoor and Outdoor Masters Championships are hosted by the WMA (World Masters Athletics) every year, alternatively, which was established in by International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in 1975. ※ WMA Member Countries Total Africa Asia South America North America Oceania Europe 166 36 24 14 22 20 50

History of Events

Number of times Host City Period Participated Countries Number of Participants 1st Toronto, Canada 1975. 8.11 ~ 8.16 32 1,427 2nd Gothenburg, Sweden 1977. 8. 8 ~ 8.13 45 2,670 3rd Hanover, 1979. 7.27 ~ 8. 2 42 3,126 4th Christchurch, New Zealand 1981. 1. 7 ~ 1.14 44 2,400 5th San Juan, Puerto Rico 1983. 9.23 ~ 9.30 47 1,935 6th Rome, Italy 1985. 6.22 ~ 6.30 48 4,330 7th Melbourne, Australia 1987.11.29 ~ 12.6 52 4,817 8th Eugene, USA 1989. 7.27 ~ 8. 6 57 4,757 9th Turku, Finland 1991. 7.18 ~ 7.28 56 4,802 10th Miyazaki, Japan 1993.10. 7 ~10.17 71 11,475 11th Buffalo, USA 1995. 7.13 ~ 7.23 81 5,335 12th Durban, Ireland 1997. 7.17 ~ 7.27 69 5,735 13th Gateshead, Great Britain 1999. 7.29 ~ 8. 8 74 5,843 14th Brisbane, Australia 2001. 7. 1 ~ 7.14 80 4,903 15th Carolina, Puerto Rico 2003. 7. 1 ~ 7.13 79 2,700 1(In door) Sindelfingen, Germany 2004. 3.10 ~ 3.14 58 2,638 16th San Sebastian, Spain 2005. 8.22 ~ 9. 3 91 6,030 2(In door) Linz, Austria 2006. 3.15 ~ 3.20 62 3,229 17th Riccione, Italy 2007. 9. 4 ~ 9.15 97 8,946 3(In door) Clermont-Ferrand, France 2008. 3.17 ~ 3.22 65 3,670 18th Lahti, Finland 2009. 7.28 ~ 8. 8 96 4,948 4(In door) Kamloops, Canada 2010. 3. 2 ~ 3. 7 62 1,384 19th Sacramento, USA 2011. 7. 6 ~ 7. 17 93 4,761 5(In door) Jyvaskyla, Finland 2012. 4. 3 ~ 4. 8 63 2,576 20th Porto Alegre, Brazil 2013.10.16 ~ 10.27 82 4,158 6(In door) Budapest, Hungary 2014. 3.25 ~ 3.30 69 3,800 21th Lyon, France 2015. 8. 10 ~ 8.16 98 8,059 22nd Perth, Australia 2016.10.26 ~ 11. 6 91 9,393 7(In door) Deagu, Korea 2017. 3.19.~ 3. 25