Records from 1973 · Athletes 30 to 90+ · Men & women · Eight states & territories
The Ultimate Launchpad for Masters Athletes
An independent, searchable register of Australian masters athletics records — every event, every age division from 30 to 90+, indoor and outdoor. Look up a record, age-grade a performance, and track your own marks against it.
Eight state and territory associations, one chain.
Database at a glance
Every figure here is computed straight from the record set loaded in this page — nothing is hard-coded.
Our music
Three tracks written for this community — for the athletes still turning up, still training, still chasing marks decades after everyone assumed they’d stopped.
For the green and gold — the team song.
For everyone who came back to the track after decades away.
Because 30 to 90+ is a beginning, not a wind-down.
What's inside
Tap any card to jump in. Real club, state and championship data is already wired in; records, shop and logins below are interactive demos.
Search 1,400+ real masters records — outdoor & indoor, every age group from 30 to 100+ — by event, division, athlete and arena.
Direct links to AMA, WMA and Oceania results — Track & Field, Throws, Marathon, Walks, XC and more.
Specialists for Sprints, Distance, Throws, Jumps, Walks and Strength & Conditioning, with private dashboards.
Uniforms, spikes, starting blocks, throwing implements and accessories with secure checkout.
Upcoming championships and open meets across the country with locations and entry details.
Password-protected uploads for results, wind readings, age-grading and rankings — one club, one login.
Every state and territory association plus a directory of clubs with masters-age members.
Nutrition, supplements guidance and official anti-doping resources for clean masters competition.
The latest marks as clubs upload them — PBs, season bests and new records from meets around the country.
The podcast, association newsletters, athlete interviews, member suggestions and proposals to improve racing.
Athlete, coach and club of the year, plus discipline awards and the historical honour roll.
Discipline guidance for masters athletes plus coaching education and recovery links.
Search any record-holder and see their full card — every mark, division and world record in one place.
Sponsorship tiers and athlete & club grants that keep masters athletics thriving.
Rate any performance against the record and see how it stacks up across the age divisions.
Mastersrankings.com — independent world rankings for masters athletes by event and age division. Opens in a new tab; not affiliated with this site.
The athletes whose marks lead the world — every Australian masters world record, in one place.
Join or renew for the season — compete from club to world, with your records tracked.
Record watch
Straight from the dated record data — tap any mark for the full record and its history.
National records register
Browse by level — club, state, national, Oceania and world — and by state, discipline, age group and athlete. NSW state records are loaded (17 May 2026); other levels and states slot in as their data arrives. Historical WA record changes for 2005–06 live in the WA progressions archive.
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Imported directly from the official NSWMA record sheets dated 17 May 2026 (1,406 individual & relay records). WR = world record, AR = flagged as an Australian record since beaten. This is NSW data; in the full platform each state association's records load into this same browser. A few venue fields may still need tidy-up from the source PDFs.
Latest from the track
Fresh performances as clubs upload them. PB = personal best · SB = season best · REC flags a new record.
In the live build this feed updates automatically the moment a registered club submits results through the upload portal.
Honour roll
Masters athlete, coach and club awards are presented at three levels — national, state and club. This page brings the honour roll together; samples are illustrative until official winners are confirmed.
National honours presented by Australian Masters Athletics (AMA) — the top masters athletes, coaches and clubs Australia-wide.
Awards run by each state and territory masters association, recognising standout athletes within their region.
Awards presented by individual clubs to their own members — the grassroots backbone of the honour roll.
The full historical honour roll, 1997–2025.
WTC Men & Women Athlete of the Meet — 1997–2025↗What’s on
Masters championships worldwide — world, regional, national and state. Filter by country, and check the status flag before you book anything.
Technique
Drills build the movement patterns that speed and technique sit on top of. Done in a warm-up they improve mechanics and coordination, sharpen ground contact, and wake up the muscles you are about to ask for work.
Train smart, train long
Discipline guidance built around masters athletes — where recovery, mobility and longevity matter as much as raw work.
External links open official sporting-body sites. Training pointers are general information only, not individual coaching or medical advice.
Results archive
Official result sets, linked directly from the associations that host them. For the founding-era meets (1974–75), see the Historical archive.
Founding years
Complete competition results from the founding era of Australian veterans athletics, preserved as a historical record. These are meet results, not records — kept deliberately separate from the records pages.
Why these sit here and not in the records tabs: each was a place-by-place championship result (1st–8th in each final), not a curated best-on-record list. Their age bands (e.g. 40–44, 45–49, 50–59, 60+ in 1974; Class I.A–3 in 1975) don’t map onto the register’s five-year masters classes, both meets were men-only, and many of the winning marks are slower than current state records already loaded. Tagging any of them as a “national record” would contradict the records system — so they live here, where their real value as founding-era history is preserved intact.
Sydney · 1974
| Dates | 20–21 April 1974 |
| Venue | Hensley Athletic Field, Sydney |
| Field | 130 competitors |
| States | NSW, Vic, SA, Qld, WA |
| Categories | 40–44, 45–49, 50–59, 60+ (plus “Pre-Vets”) |
| Format | Men only · place-by-place finals (1st–8th) |
Full place-by-place results pending transcription from the source document.
Adelaide · 1975
| Year | 1975 |
| Venue | Adelaide |
| Compiled by | N. R. O’Neil |
| Categories | Class I.A, I.B, 2.A, 2.B, 3 |
| Format | Men only · place-by-place finals |
Full place-by-place results pending transcription from the source document.
These documents record the founding years of Australian veterans athletics. Re-share the two source files and the finishing lists will be transcribed into the tables above, with each result kept clearly distinct from the national, state and world records elsewhere in the register.
Record progressions
Western Australian state records set in 2005 and 2006, each shown against the mark it beat. This is a historical progression archive — a record of how WA records moved in those two seasons, not a current standing-records list.
“→” shows successive marks set in the same season (only the last is that year’s record). Flags from the sheets: AR Australian record, WR world record, AB/WB Australian/world best (walks), = equalled, (AR?) noted as unconfirmed in the source, * unjudged walk / club record. As 2005–06 marks, most have since been beaten — they’re preserved here as history, kept separate from the live records tabs.
Community
The podcast, association newsletters, athlete interviews, your suggestions, and proposals to improve racing — one place for the masters community to be heard.
Add real episodes in the PODCAST array (title, guest, audio link) and your show links in POD_LINKS.
Short Q&As with masters members — nominate yourself or a clubmate.
Spotted something to fix or add? Tell the team.
Ideas to make masters racing better — formats, scoring, schedules, officiating. Members’ proposals appear here for discussion.
Rally support behind a change — a rule, an event, a fairer format — and take it to the associations with members’ names behind it.
International
World, regional and Australian masters championships, 2026–2028 — the big trips on the calendar. Always confirm dates and entry details on the official event pages.
Always confirm dates and entry details on the official event pages linked above.
World Masters Athletics is organised into six continental affiliates. Each runs its own championships and maintains its own regional records. Every link below has been checked.
Official rules, manuals, calculators and technical specifications for masters competition. Links open the source documents.
Full manuals are available on request — contact Jayne Hardy (jaynehardy@australianmastersathletics.org.au). Latest updates:
Updates, Amendments & Corrections to Manual (Jan 2026)↗AMA Out of Stadia Championship Manual (June 2026)↗Find a specialist
Masters-friendly coaches across every state and territory — what they offer, whether they do strength & conditioning, online or in person, where they train, and if they welcome beginners. Filter by your state.
Sample profiles shown — real coaches slot in as they join. Are you a coach? Get featured.
Coaches, trainers & performance pros
A national invitation for Masters-friendly coaches, strength & conditioning specialists, mobility experts and trainers supporting athletes aged 30 to 90+. List your services, reach a committed national community, and help older athletes train smarter and keep competing.
Specialty, location, online/in-person, accreditation and a member offer.
Athletes contact you for coaching, programming and consultations.
Early supporters are promoted as founding coach partners.
Specialties sought: sprints & relays, hurdles, jumps, throws, distance & XC, race walking, strength & conditioning, and online coaching. Coaches remain independent providers responsible for their own qualifications, insurance, fees and conduct.
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Coaching portal
Accredited coaches manage their public profile and add private training notes for athletes they work with.
Where to buy
Australian and overseas suppliers of uniforms, spikes, blocks, implements, hurdles and carry bags. We don’t sell anything — every link goes straight to the retailer.
Find a meet
Tap a state to filter the calendar and jump to that association\'s full schedule.
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Registered clubs only
Each registered club gets one login to submit results and status updates.
Roles in the live build: a club admin sees only their own club's athletes and submissions.
The network
Official associations and a directory of clubs with masters-age members.
The Masters Australia Records Register operates within the global masters athletics structure — world body to national affiliate.
Club directories are being built state by state. NSW is listed below; the rest are being requested from each association.
The global masters network is organised into six WMA regional associations. Oceania (OMA) is this register's region; the others are listed for athletes competing or holding records abroad. Where an official body's website is known it links out; otherwise member nations are shown for reference.
Country lists follow WMA's regional affiliations. National bodies and their websites are added as they're confirmed; "AMA" here is Asia Masters Athletics, distinct from Australian Masters Athletics.
Integrity
Masters athletes compete for the love of it — and clean. Anyone registered under the anti-doping rules can be tested, in or out of competition, at any age.
The global rule-setter for clean sport — the Code, the Prohibited List and athlete resources.
If you need a prohibited medication for a legitimate condition, a TUE may be required for masters competition.
Local guidance for Australian masters athletes.
A record set clean is a record that stands. Raising the game means raising the standard for everyone.
Links open official anti-doping and governing-body sites. This page is general information, not medical or legal advice — check your medications and supplements, and seek advice from an accredited sports doctor before competing.
Fuelling
Nutritional needs shift with age. Muscle becomes less responsive to protein, bone density needs active protection, thirst becomes a less reliable signal, and the cost of under-fuelling rises. This page covers what changes and why.
Ageing muscle becomes less responsive to protein, so the same serving that triggered muscle repair at 30 may not do so at 60. This is often called anabolic resistance, and the practical answer is not just more protein overall but more per sitting, spread through the day.
General guidance sits around 0.3 to 0.4 grams of high-quality protein per kilogram of body weight, at each of roughly four meals, rather than one large serve at dinner. High-quality here means containing the full range of essential amino acids — dairy, eggs, fish, meat, or a well-combined plant-based equivalent.
Total energy needs often fall with age, and many masters athletes cut carbohydrate as a result. Training intensity doesn’t fall in the same way, and hard sessions still run on carbohydrate.
A commonly cited range for moderate training days is 5 to 7 grams per kilogram of body weight daily, weighted toward less processed sources — oats, brown rice, sweet potato, legumes, fruit. Sessions feeling unusually heavy, or performance falling away in the second half of a session, is often a fuelling problem rather than a fitness one.
Bone density declines with age, faster after menopause, and masters athletes commonly under-consume both calcium and vitamin D. Impact training helps bone, but it can’t compensate for inadequate intake.
Food sources worth knowing: dairy and fortified alternatives, tinned fish with the bones in, dark leafy greens, tofu set with calcium, almonds. Vitamin D comes largely from sunlight, which is a real consideration for anyone training indoors or through a southern winter — a blood test is the only way to know where you sit.
Thirst becomes a less reliable indicator with age, and the kidneys conserve water less efficiently. Older athletes can be meaningfully dehydrated before feeling thirsty, which matters most in hot conditions — which is to say, most of an Australian track season.
The practical habit is drinking to a schedule during long or hot sessions rather than waiting for thirst. Anyone on blood pressure medication, diuretics, or managing a kidney or heart condition should get individual advice, because fluid guidance genuinely differs.
Recovery slows with age, and the everyday joint and tendon soreness that follows training is part of what masters athletes manage. Diet won’t eliminate it, but a few nutrients are consistently linked with lower inflammatory load.
Omega-3 fats — oily fish such as salmon, sardines and mackerel, walnuts, linseed. Vitamin C — citrus, capsicum, berries, kiwifruit. Vitamin E — nuts, seeds, avocado. Zinc — pumpkin seeds, shellfish, meat, legumes. Whole foods first: the evidence for these nutrients in food is far stronger than for the same nutrients in a capsule.
Among masters athletes, not eating enough is a bigger and more frequently missed issue than eating too much. Persistently taking in less energy than training demands — whether deliberately or by accident — affects bone density, hormone function, immunity and recovery, and it does so in both men and women.
Warning signs worth taking seriously: repeated stress fractures or slow-healing injuries, unusual fatigue, frequent illness, disturbed sleep, or performance sliding despite consistent training. If any of that is familiar, that’s a conversation with a sports dietitian or doctor rather than something to solve alone.
Bicarbonate comes up constantly in middle-distance circles, so it’s worth setting out what the evidence actually says — and who should not touch it without medical advice.
Sodium bicarbonate is a buffering agent. Taken before hard efforts it raises the blood’s capacity to mop up the hydrogen ions produced during high-intensity work, which can delay the point at which muscle acidity limits performance.
The Australian Institute of Sport classifies it in Group A of its Sports Supplement Framework — the top tier, meaning there is strong evidence it works when used to a specific protocol in specific situations. It is not a banned substance.
The benefit is concentrated in efforts run at close to maximum intensity for roughly one to seven minutes. In athletics that means events like the 400m, 800m, 1500m and the steeplechase, plus repeated high-intensity efforts.
It is unlikely to do much for a sprint that is over in seconds, or for a marathon. Dose, timing and the form taken all change the result, and responses vary a great deal between individuals.
Stomach upset, bloating, nausea and diarrhoea are common enough that many athletes abandon bicarbonate altogether. On the wrong day it will cost you far more than it gives.
Never try it for the first time on competition day. If you are going to use it, trial it in training sessions that mimic the event, well before it matters.
Bicarbonate loading delivers a large sodium load. That matters more in masters athletics than in any other age group.
If you have high blood pressure, heart disease, kidney disease or fluid-retention problems, or you take medication for any of them — including blood pressure tablets and diuretics — talk to your doctor before you consider it. This is not a general caution. For some people it is genuinely unsafe.
The AIS framework is the authoritative Australian reference for supplement classification, and Sport Integrity Australia covers the anti-doping side. Even a permitted supplement can be contaminated — under strict liability, what is in your body is your responsibility.
AIS Sports Supplement Framework↗ Sport Integrity Australia — supplements in sport↗ Sports Dietitians Australia — get individual advice first↗Masters athletes registered with a sport under the National Anti-Doping Rules can be selected for testing, in or out of competition, and no supplement is entirely without risk. Before taking anything, read the anti-doping and supplement guidance on this site — and remember that strict liability means the athlete is responsible for whatever is in their body, regardless of how it got there.
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Written specifically for masters athletes by a sports dietitian: how needs change through the decades, fuelling for training and competition, hydration, recovery, and the dangers of under-fuelling.
Broader than nutrition alone, but its chapters on fuelling and recovery are grounded in masters-specific research, from an Australian exercise scientist.
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Health & integrity
Protein timing, carbohydrate needs, bone health, hydration and the risks of under-fuelling — what changes with age and why.
Four books that come up again and again among masters athletes and coaches. We don’t sell these and we earn nothing if you buy them — look for them at your library, an independent bookshop, or wherever you normally buy books.
High-intensity training and slowing the decline in aerobic capacity. The most commonly recommended starting point for endurance athletes over 50.
A comprehensive guide to masters physiology, nutrition and recovery, written by an Australian exercise scientist. The closest thing the sport has to a textbook.
Training and nutrition written specifically for women, including through and beyond menopause — an area most general training books skip entirely.
Daily mobility practices for keeping joints and tissue healthy — useful alongside track training rather than instead of it.
We’re assembling a list of channels covering masters technique, event footage and mobility work. Each will be linked and credited to its creator, never re-hosted here. If you produce masters coaching content and would like to be listed, get in touch.
Australia's official integrity resources for clean sport.
A "food first" approach, backed by sports dietitians.
Links open official government and sporting-body sites. This platform provides information only and is not medical advice — consult a qualified professional for individual guidance.
For competitors
Every record-holder's marks in one place. Search a name, or pick a featured athlete.
Most-decorated athletes
Support the movement
Backing lifelong athletes from 30 to 90+ — and the funding that helps them compete.
Brands offering Green & Gold Masters members a discount, grouped by category. Sample entries shown — confirmed partners and their codes appear here as they come on board.
Beyond our own programs, these genuinely help athletes and clubs raise money.
Australian Sports Foundation — tax-deductible fundraising (travel, equipment, fees)↗ Australian Sports Commission↗Partner tiers and grant programs shown here are placeholders for demonstration; in the live build these are managed by the association. External funding links are real.
Tools
Rate a performance and see where it sits. Pick gender, age group and event, then enter your mark.
Performance tools
Working tools to make sense of your marks — convert, correct and project. Age-grading lives on its own Age-Grade tab.
Turn a flying split into speed. Exact — distance ÷ time.
Add the standard buffer so a stopwatch mark compares to fully-automatic timing.
Estimate your still-air time. Tailwind is positive (+), headwind negative (−).
Project another distance from a known result (Riegel model, best for middle/long distances).
Rough adjustment between surfaces and footwear. Highly individual — treat as a ballpark.
For rigorous wind modelling and official age-grade factors, these authoritative tools go deeper.
Estimate a starting drop (depth-jump) box height from your vertical jump. Optimal height is where you can rebound near your best — so it's individual; start low and test.
| Profile | Level | Drop (cm) | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gymnastics / dance | Beginner | 20–30 | Tendon stiffness, proprioception |
| Combat / baseball | Intermediate | 35–55 | Acceleration, deceleration control |
| Basketball / volleyball | Trained | 40–60 | Explosiveness, elastic energy |
| Track & field (sprint/jump) | Elite | 50–80 | Max power, short ground contact |
Depth jumps are a high-impact plyometric. For masters athletes especially, progress gradually, land softly, and get clearance from a coach or physio before adding load. Heights are guidance, not prescription.
Split→velocity and hand→FAT use exact arithmetic and the standard athletics timing convention. Wind, surface, distance and drop-jump results are estimates from simplified models — useful for context, not for ratifying records. The wind tool uses a linear approximation; for record-grade precision use the Mureika physics calculator linked above.
Your training log
Log your marks and watch your age-grade trajectory as your division changes. Saved privately to this device.
No account needed — your log is stored on this device only. Enter your details to begin or continue.
From the data
Leaderboards drawn live from the loaded record set.
The mark that has stood longest within each masters age group.
"Top-10 by event" rankings need a performances dataset (not just the single record per event). As athletes log marks in the PB tracker and state results load, those lists become possible.
Technical reference
Masters weights and heights step down by age division. These are the WMA specifications, and they changed on 1 January 2026.
Start here
How masters athletics works — built on the worldwide (World Masters Athletics) framework, since Australians compete internationally.
Masters implement weights and hurdle heights step down by age division, and the specifications changed on 1 January 2026. The full tables — hammer, shot, discus, javelin, weight throw, hurdles, steeplechase and shot diameters — are on the Specifications page.
Masters track & field is generally open from age 35 (some road and cross-country events from 35 as well). There is no upper limit — divisions run into the 90s and 100s. You compete in the age group matching your age on the day of competition (for most championships; some use age on a fixed date — always check the specific meet's rules).
Athletes are grouped in five-year bands by gender: M35, M40, M45 … and W35, W40, W45 … A "W45" is a woman aged 45–49; she moves to W50 the day she turns 50. Records, rankings and age-grading all follow these bands, which is why your standing can jump the moment you change division.
Age-grading converts a mark into an open-age equivalent using WMA factor tables, then expresses it as a percentage of the world-best standard. It lets a W75 sprinter and an M40 thrower compare performances head-to-head. Roughly: 100%+ is world-record level, 90%+ national class, 80%+ strong, 70%+ solid club standard. Try the Age-Grade tool.
Requirements vary by body, but typically a record needs: fully automatic timing (FAT) for sprints, a legal wind reading (≤ +2.0 m/s for wind-affected events), a certified course or correctly specified implements/heights for the age group, eligible age verification, and (where required) anti-doping compliance. Marks are ratified by the relevant association before they stand.
General guidance only — competition and record rules differ between meets and associations and are updated periodically. Always confirm against the official rule books linked above before entering or claiming a record.
Honour roll
The athletes whose marks lead the world — and the most-decorated names in the database.
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