[3] [4]: 25 Supplemental venues included Walter Kunz Stadium, also located on the campus of University at Buffalo.

[4]: 1 American masters athlete Ruth Anderson (65), who had participated in all eleven Championships in this series, [5]: vii [5]: xiv carried a friendship torch into the stadium to light an Olympic-style flame during opening ceremonies on Friday, 14 July.

[8] [9]: 56 This Championships was organized by WAVA in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC) of Vito J. Borrello, Neal Fatin, Robert Greene.

[12]: 187 Due to a shortage of ambulances and dangers from heat exhaustion, some Cross Country races were postponed.

[9]: 53 [5]: vi Due to an accidental detour, the W55 Cross Country was run short of the 10K distance.