[6]: 192 18,000 people attended the most elaborate opening ceremonies of any Championships in this series on Saturday, 9 October.

[5]: 17 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 nationsThe three-time Olympian Evelyn Ashford carried a friendship torch into the stadium to light an Olympic-style flame; [5]: 17 [7]: 45 she would win the W35 200m in the competitions.

[5]: 14 The governing body of this series is World Association of Veteran Athletes (WAVA).

[9] [7]: 56 This Championships was organized by WAVA in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC) headed by Mikio Oda.

[5] Detailed results are extracted from the pdf book separately for women [8] and for men.