My procedure is to sort Mirko Jalava's 2008 World Deep Lists <tilastopaja.org> for each event by year of birth, starting with 1973 and backward from there, to identify all athletes on the list of masters age levels (35 and older on the date of competition). In summarizing the lists, I've bold-faced the data for the oldest on the list, and also have noted the youngest athlete on the world list in each event.

Masters on Women’s Discus World List for 2008
N=199
List threshold=50.28

  2 66.51  Nicoleta Grasu     ROU 11 Sep 71    Istanbul         21 Jun
  4 66.08  Natalya Sadova     RUS 15 Jun 72    Moskva           11 Jul
 13 63.49  Iryna Yatchenko    BLR 31 Oct 65    Stayki            7 Jun
 16 63.21  Anna Söderberg     SWE 11 Jun 73    Helsingborg       6 Sep
 19 62.75  Ellina Zvereva     BLR 16 Nov 60    Stayki            7 Jun
 21 62.59  Olena Antonova     UKR 16 Jun 72    Beijing          18 Aug
 23 62.32  Joanna Wiśniewska  POL 24 May 72    Halle            24 May
 47 59.54  Elisângela Adriano BRA 27 Jul 72    São Paulo        27 Jun
 49 59.47  Franka Dietzsch    GER 22 Jan 68    Versmold         17 May
104 55.44  Marzena Wysocka    POL 17 Feb 69    Podlaska         31 May
157 53.30  Teresa Machado     POR 22 Jul 69    Leiria            1 Mar
164 52.73  Alice Matejková    ESP 11 Jan 69 Santa Cruz Tenerife 19 Jul
185 52.15  Tomoko Yamaguchi   JPN 14 Feb 72    Hiroshima        29 Apr
189 52.11  Eha Rünne          EST 25 May 63    Tallinn          23 May

Youngest athlete (17) on this list:
137 54.21  Shi Meng           CHN 18 Aug 91    Luohe            13 Sep

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Masters on Men’s Discus World List for 2008
N=645
List threshold=50.01

  2 71.25  Virgilijus Alekna  LTU 13 Feb 72    Turnov           20 May
 16 65.71  Aleksander Tammert EST  2 Feb 73    Kose              1 Jul
 22 64.99  John Godina        USA 31 May 72    Salinas CA        8 May
 28 64.65  Aleksandr Borichevsky RUS 25 Jun 70 Sankt Peterburg   3 Jul
 29 64.63  Michael Möllenbeck GER 12 Dec 69    Versmold         17 May
 69 62.08  Jean Tiercelin     FRA  1 Feb 77    Maisons-Laffitte 25 Jun
 72 61.95  Ahmed Mohamed Dheeb QAT 29 Sep 85   Doha              9 May
 80 61.37  Diego Fortuna      ITA 14 Feb 68    Firenze          27 Jun
 98 60.71  Mickaël Conjungo   FRA  6 May 68    Castres           7 May
120 59.68  Kevin Fitzpatrick  USA 26 Sep 69    Salinas CA        8 May
143 58.78  Jaroslav Zitnansky SVK 18 Feb 72    Opava            16 Jul
158 57.93  Pertti Hynni       FIN 14 Feb 60    Helsinki         29 May
160 57.89  Jouni Helppikangas FIN 10 Feb 71    Rovaniemi        16 Aug
168 57.58  Jean-Claude Retel  FRA 11 Feb 68    Bugeat            6 Jul
199 56.58  Johan Åkerlund     FIN 30 Aug 64    Tampere          27 Jul
221 56.01  Mike Ransky        CAN 26 Oct 70    London ON        27 Apr
232 55.69  Cristiano Andrei   ITA 14 May 73    Tarquinia        31 May
230 55.75  Jo Van Daele       BEL  6 Apr 72    Zwevegem         11 May
243 55.39  Jim Seifert        USA 26 Nov 62    Kings Point NY   12 Apr
247 55.33  Frank Vicet        ESP 30 Nov 71    Santa Cruz        9 Jul
252 55.28  Igor Primc         SLO  8 Jan 66    Istanbul         22 Jun
262 55.07  Drajen Prskalo     CRO 15 Jan 70    Maribor          11 Jul
292 54.37  Gabriel Pedroso    CUB 12 Jan 68    Santa Cruz        9 Jul
339 53.67  David Martínez     ESP 31 Jan 67    Castellón         7 Jun
365 53.29  Ralf Mordhorst     GER 11 May 73    Cuxhaven         12 Jul
386 53.05  Dragan Perić       SRB  8 May 64    Banská Bystrica  22 Jun
393 53.00  Mark Wiseman       GBR  9 Feb 69    Birmingham        8 Jun
439 52.44  Luís Herédio Costa POR 30 Oct 71    Lisboa           17 May
505 51.56  Yuriy Krysin       UKR 30 Apr 73    Koncha-Zaspa     21 May
512 51.51  Alessandro Rosa    BRA  3 Feb 71    Praia Grande     10 May
526 51.39  Dragan Mustapić    CRO 23 Mar 63    Novo Mesto        5 Jul
536 51.30  Teppo Ryyti        FIN  4 Feb 71    Alavieska        19 Jul
540 51.28  Martín Brea        ESP 26 May 71    Alicante         30 Jul
557 51.06  Mark Landa         USA 26 Dec 72    Phoenix AZ        5 Apr
574 50.85  Norbert Demmel     GER 10 May 63    Germering        31 May
580 50.76  Marek Stolarczyk   POL 10 Jun 64    Subice           17 Jun
584 50.74  Steve Muse         USA 27 Jan 66    Boise ID          2 May
588 50.73  Aitor Olaizola     ESP  3 Nov 71    Durango          15 Jun
593 50.69  Thomas Rosvold     NOR 21 Jul 67    Oslo             22 Jul
614 50.30  Pétur Gudmundsson  ISL 24 Jan 62    Reykjavik        11 Jun

Youngest athlete (16) on this list:
412 52.75  Dong Hao           CHN 25 Jun 91    Chengdu          30 Mar


Masters athletes holding #2 rank on both men's and women's world lists!!

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