45°47′16″N 4°47′51″E / 45.7879°N 4.7976°E / 45.7879; 4.7976 (Stade de Balmont) 2015 World Masters Athletics Championships is the 21st in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place in Lyon, France from 4 to 16 August 2015.

[1] The change was made to avoid conflict with the quadrennial World Masters Games, which had been held in odd-numbered years since 2005.

[9]: 14 : 46–51 This Championships was organized by World Masters Athletics (WMA) in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC) led by Marcel Ferrari, Ligue d'Athlétisme Rhône-Alpes (Athlé).

[11] In addition to a full range of track and field events, [12] [13] non-stadia events included 8K Cross Country, 10K Race Walk, 20K Race Walk, Half Marathon [14] and Marathon.

A similar clerical error is in 2010 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships.