[3]: 1 [4]: 46 Supplemental venues included Ullevi Stadium for 5K and 10K races, the former Gothenburg-Särö railroad route for Marathon, and the park around Björngårdsvillan for Cross Country and Road Walks.

[4]: 47 [7]: 167 [6]: 4 [8]: 2 [9]: 7 WAVA was renamed as World Masters Athletics (WMA) at the Brisbane Championships in 2001.

[6]: 4 [10] [4]: 56 This Championships was organized by the nascent WAVA in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC) led by Roland Jerneryd ( SWE).

[12] The WAVA constitution was written to be independent of IAAF, [7]: 167 [9]: 9 and stated that no competitor be barred because of race, religion, ethnic background, or national origin.Nevertheless, South African participation was not settled when the meet began, before the WAVA constitution was proposed, and several athletes from South Africa (and Rhodesia) registered as Americans.

[17] [7]: 171 The blind sprinter Fritz Assmy wowed the crowd with 2 victories in the M60 100m and 200m, [7]: 172 [4]: 46 guided by his son-in-law Klaus Hinrichsen in lane 8.