The main venue was Miyazaki Athletic Stadium (Japanese: 宮崎県総合運動公園陸上競技場), located within the Miyazaki Prefectural Sports Park.
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The Sports Park had 3 track facilities and a throwing field,
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including a 400m track especially built for this Championships.
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The Japanese government invested $20 million to host this Championships, with a reported loss of $18 million.
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The 11,475 participants reported by WMA may actually be over 12,000, more than doubling the previous highs of 4,800+ at the previous three editions of this series.
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In fact it was the largest track and field meet ever held,
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only the largest marathons draw more competitors.
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The host country Japan alone supplied 9,901 athletes, about half of whom were marathoners.
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18,000 people attended the most elaborate opening ceremonies of any Championships in this series on Saturday, 9 October.
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It featured a 600-member women's choir, a Usutaiko Dance performed by 500 school children, marching by 200 high school students, a 100-member brass band, thousands of balloons, and a parade by nations
South Africa had been expelled by the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) in 1976 due to the apartheid policy of the South African government at that time.
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South Africa rejoined IAAF in 1992, after the abolition of the apartheid system,
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and South African athletes officially participated under their native RSA flag for the first time in this series.
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Results
Past Championships results are archived at WMA.
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Additional archives are available from Museum of Masters Track & Field
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as a pdf book[16]
and in a pdf newsletter.
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Detailed results are extracted from the pdf book separately for women
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and for men.
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Several masters world records were set at this Championships. World records for 1993 are from the list of World Records in the Museum of Masters Track & Field pdf book[16]: 24 unless otherwise noted.