AbbottWMM Wanda Age Group World Rankings

World Championships

The 2024 AbbottWMM Wanda Age Group World Championships will take place within the 2024 Sydney Marathon on September 15, 2024.

The 2023 championship was held within the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on October 8. Full results for past championships can be found here.

See below for the qualifying pathways for the 2024 championship.

1) AUTOMATIC TIME QUALIFICATION

Any athlete achieving the Automatic Qualifying Times listed below will receive an automatic invitation to the 2024 world championships. Please note you must be registered on AbbottWMM.com to receive an invite. Sign up here.

40-44
2:35
3:05
45-49
2:42
3:11
50-54
2:48
3:21
55-59
2:57
3:30
60-64
3:10
3:48
65-69
3:26
4:06
70-74
3:40
4:35
75-79
4:06
5:05
80+
4:40
5:25

2) INVITATIONAL ATHLETES

Athletes in the rankings who have not achieved automatic time qualification may receive an invitation based on the number of athletes who meet the Automatic Qualifying Times and the number of runners who do not take up their place. The number of athletes who receive invitations through this pathway will be determined during the rankings season.

2) THE GLOBAL MARATHON

The first Global Marathon of 2023 took place between March 5 and April 23 and offered up to 200 runners the chance to qualify runners for the 2024 World Championship. The second Global Marathon offers the same number of invites and is live until November 5. Click here for entry details.

world CHAMPIONs

Female Champions
F45-49Mai FujisawaJPN2:41:43
F50-54Elisoa CrawfordGBR2:53:19
F55-59Jill WilkieAUS2:57:16
F60-64Jenny HitchingsUSA2:49:33
F65-69Elizabeth WaywellCAN3:14:18
F70-74Meifang ZhuUSA3:43:20
F75-79Jeannie RiceUSA3:34:32
F80+Mary Jo BrinkmanUSA7:03:03
Male Champions
M40-44Cesar Lizano CedenoCRC2:24:05
M45-49Steven LawrenceCAN2:25:51
M50-54Ken RideoutUSA2:29:06
M55-59Mario CarreiraPOR2:35:40
M60-64Brian MurphyCAN2:45:09
M65-69Norman MawhinneyGBR2:52:16
M70-74Tom HutchisonGBR3:27:17
M75-79Gene DykesUSA3:17:01
M80+Myung Joon KimUSA4:21:34
Age Group
Men
Women
40-44
Gary Laybourne GBR
Helen Gaunt GBR
45-49
Stuart Haynes GBR
Mai Fujisawa JPN
50-54
Tom van Ongeval BEL
Jacqueline Rockliffe GBR
55-59
Gianluca Maiorano ITA
Krishna Stanton AUS
60-64
Brian Murphy CAN
Mary Slocum IRL
65-69
Dave Walters USA
Jane Bremner GBR
70-74
Gene Dykes USA
Yuko Gordon GBR
75-79
Victor Petrovic CAN
Sue Nicholls GBR
80+
Bevis Gillett GBR
Eileen Hieron GBR
Age Group
Men
Women
40-44
Karl Welborn GBR
Sarah Webster GBR
45-49
Stuart Haynes GBR
Annabel Granger GBR
50-54
Jonathan Walton GBR
Susan McDonald GBR
55-59
Yuri Strofilov RUS
Maria Morales MEX
60-64
Tommy Hughes IRL
Ange Norris GBR
65-69
Jacob Nur USA
Leslie Cohen USA
70-74
Michael Sheridan GBR
Yuko Gordon GBR
75-79
David Winch GBR
Sue Nicholls GBR
80+
Gerald Miller CAN
Virginia Pawlyn GBR

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