Athletics(EKIDEN)

Sport Overview

An ekiden is an athletics discipline where teams each consisting of several runners engage in a long-distance relay race. Each runner runs to a relay station or the goal and hands the sash to the next runner. In the World Masters Games 2021 Kansai, the course will be divided into a total of five or six sections each three to five kilometres long

Event

【Men】Orders of runners and Age(6 sections in total)
Age: (1st)35+, (2nd)55+, (3rd)50+, (4th)45+, (5th)40+, (6th)30+

【Women】Orders of runners and Age(5 sections in total)
Age: (1st)35+, (2nd)50+, (3rd)45+, (4th)40+, (5th)30+

【Mixed】Orders of runners and Age(6 sections in total)
Age: (1st)W50+ ,（2nd）M60+,（3rd）M50+, (4th) W50+, (5th）M30+, (6th）W30+

*An athlete can compete in a younger category.

【Team composition】
Team compositions for each event are as follows.
Men’ team: 6 runners / Women’s team: 5 runners / Mixed team: 3 men and 3 women

Each team needs to nominate a manager. Managers are eligible to participate in the events as runners.
Each team can have a maximum 2 extra runners.

Eligibility

【Age requirement】
　Minimum age is 30 (born on or before 21 May 1991)

Sports Information Guide

Schedule

Sport	Discipline	May 2021																	Venues
		14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
		Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
Athletics	Track & Field								●	●	●	●	●	●	●				TAKEBISHI Stadium Kyoto・Sub-Field(Nishikyogoku Athletic Park)
	10km Road Race										●								Hikone 10km Road Course (The Starting Line: Hikone View Hotel)
	Half Marathon																●	●	Kishu Kuchikumano Marathon Course
	EKIDEN										●								Tanabe Sports Park
	Race Walking										●								Rokko Island Around Course

※The above schedule was created based on the information that is current as of June 5th, 2020. It is subject to change due to various circumstances in the future.

Venue

Tanabe Sports Park

Location	1-23-1-1 Uenoyama, Tanabe City, Wakayama
Games Accreditation	Temporary Accreditation Venue:JR Kii-Tanabe Station Benkei Square(5/22-23)	Sports Check-in	○
Access	・4minutes by car from the Hanwa Expressway “Nanki-Tanabe” Exit ・10minutes by Shuttle bus from Kiitanabe Sta. Transportation Information Guide
Official Homepage	http://www.city.tanabe.lg.jp/sports/tsp.html

Sport Check-in

【Date and Time】
　Saturday, 22 May 2021, 13:00 - 18:00 Registration on the day before
　Sunday, 23 May 2021, 7:00 - 8:30 Reservation on the day
【Venue】
　Tanabe Sports Park
【Remarks】
　Distribution of number cloth, runners chips and sash

Nearest Village

Masters Village

Masters Village Wakayama

Location	5-chome Misonocho, Wakayama city, Wakayama
Access	Directly connected to JR Wakayama Station Transportation Information Guide
Official Homepage	http://www.city.wakayama.wakayama.jp/1016047/sangyoukigyousien/1002326.html