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Australian Athletics Championships

Annual track and field event in Australia

Summary

Annual track and field event in Australia

The Australian Athletics Championships or Australian Open Track and Field Championships are held annually to determine Australia's champion athletes in a range of athletics events. The championships are the primary qualification trial for athletes wishing to compete at the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games or World Championships. The event is conducted by Australian Athletics.

The 2023 Australian Championships were the 100th edition of the event, which dates back to 1890 for men, and 1931 for women. These championships has been held in all states of Australia, with the Queensland Sport & Athletics Centre being the venue that has held the most editions of the event (12).

Initially, men’s and women’s events were held separately, in different places, until the Olympic selections of 1972 and 1976, and as a single event since 1978.

These championships are considered open: athletes from other countries such as New Zealand and the USA have competed in and won events.

History

The championships were first held on 31 May 1890 under the name Inter Colonial Meet at Moore Park in Sydney.

In 1893, teams from the Australasian colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and New Zealand competed in the first formalised Australasian Athletics Championships meeting.

A New Zealand team continued to compete in this event until the 1927/28 event. At the next championships in 1929/30, women's events were included for the first time.

In 1933, the women began conducting their own championships, with a wider range of events. Except for occasional combined championships in 1936, 1972 and 1976, the separation of men's and women's championships continued until the 1977/78 event.

Championship events

The full range of Olympic events is not usually conducted at the national championships. For example, during the 2007/08 season the following championship events were held separately:

Most successful athletes

The most successful athletes at the Championships have been throwers Gael Martin and Warwick Selvey who won 20 and 19 championships events, respectively.

List of championships

YearVenuePlace
1890–91Moore ParkSydney
1893–94Melbourne Cricket GroundMelbourne
1895–96Lancaster ParkChristchurch
1897–98Sydney Cricket GroundSydney
1899–00Bowen ParkBrisbane
1901–02Auckland DomainAuckland
1903–04Melbourne Cricket GroundMelbourne
1905–06Sydney Cricket GroundSydney
1907–08TCA GroundHobart
1909–10Bowen ParkBrisbane
1911–12Basin ReserveWellington
1913–14Amateur Sports GroundMelbourne
1919–20Sydney Sports GroundSydney
1921–22Adelaide OvalAdelaide
1923–24North Hobart OvalHobart
1925–26Bowen ParkBrisbane
1927–28Basin ReserveWellington
1929–30Melbourne Cricket GroundMelbourne
1931–32Sydney Cricket GroundSydney
1932–33Amateur Sports GroundMelbourne
1933–34Adelaide OvalAdelaide
1934–35Lang ParkBrisbane
1935–36North Hobart OvalHobart
Rushcutters Bay OvalSydney
1937–38Bowen ParkBrisbane
Royal ParkMelbourne
1939–40Leederville OvalPerth
1946–47Leederville OvalPerth
1947–48St. Kilda Cricket GroundMelbourne
University OvalSydney
1948–49Sydney Cricket GroundSydney
1949–50Adelaide OvalAdelaide
Norwood OvalAdelaide
1950–51North Hobart OvalHobart
1951–52Exhibition GroundsBrisbane
Olympic ParkMelbourne
1952–53Leederville OvalPerth
1953–54Sydney Cricket GroundSydney
Leederville OvalPerth
1954–55Kensington Oval]]Adelaide
1955–56Olympic ParkMelbourne
Brisbane Cricket GroundBrisbane
1956–57Olympic ParkMelbourne
1957–58Exhibition GroundsBrisbane
Sydney Sports GroundSydney
1958–59North Hobart OvalHobart
1959–60Leederville OvalPerth
North Hobart OvalHobart
1960–61Lang ParkBrisbane
1961–62ES Marks Athletics FieldSydney
West Parkland FieldAdelaide
1962–63Thebarton OvalAdelaide
Lang ParkBrisbane
1963–64Olympic ParkMelbourne
Royal ParkMelbourne
1964–65North Hobart OvalHobart
Perry Lakes StadiumPerth
1965–66Perry Lakes StadiumPerth
Sydney Sports GroundSydney
1966–67Olympic Sports FieldAdelaide
North Hobart OvalHobart
1967–68ES Marks Athletics FieldSydney
Olympic Sports FieldAdelaide
1968–69Olympic ParkMelbourne
Lang ParkBrisbane
1969–70Olympic Sports FieldAdelaide
Royal ParkMelbourne
1970–71Lang ParkBrisbane
Sydney Sports GroundSydney
1971–72Perry Lakes StadiumPerth
1972–73ES Marks Athletics FieldSydney
North Hobart OvalHobart
1973–74Olympic ParkMelbourne
Olympic Sports FieldAdelaide
1974–75Olympic Sports FieldAdelaide
Lang ParkBrisbane
1975–76Olympic ParkMelbourne
1976–77The DomainSydney
Sydney Sports GroundSydney
1977–78QE II StadiumBrisbane
1978–79Perry Lakes StadiumPerth
1979–80ES Marks Athletics FieldSydney
1980–81Olympic Sports FieldAdelaide
1981–82QE II StadiumBrisbane
1982–83Olympic ParkMelbourne
1983–84Olympic ParkMelbourne
1984–85Bruce StadiumCanberra
1985–86Olympic Sports FieldAdelaide
1986–87ES Marks Athletics FieldSydney
1987–88Perry Lakes StadiumPerth
1988–89QE II StadiumBrisbane
1989–90Olympic ParkMelbourne
1990–91ES Marks Athletics FieldSydney
1991–92Olympic Sports FieldAdelaide
1992–93QE II StadiumBrisbane
1993–94ES Marks Athletics FieldSydney
1994–95ES Marks Athletics FieldSydney
1995–96ES Marks Athletics FieldSydney
1996–97Olympic ParkMelbourne
1997–98Olympic ParkMelbourne
1998–99Olympic ParkMelbourne
1999–00Stadium AustraliaSydney
2000–01QE II StadiumBrisbane
2001–02ANZ Stadium]]Brisbane
2002–03ANZ Stadium]]Brisbane
2003–04Sydney Olympic ParkSydney
2004–05Sydney Olympic ParkSydney
2005–06Sydney Olympic ParkSydney
2006–07Queensland Sport and Athletics CentreBrisbane
2007–08Queensland Sport and Athletics CentreBrisbane
2008–09Queensland Sport and Athletics CentreBrisbane
2009–10Western Australian Athletics StadiumPerth
2010–11Olympic ParkMelbourne
2011–12Lakeside StadiumMelbourne
2012–13Sydney Olympic ParkSydney
2013–14Albert ParkMelbourne
2014–15Queensland Sport and Athletics CentreBrisbane
2015–16Sydney Olympic ParkSydney
2016–17Sydney Olympic ParkSydney
2017–18Carrara StadiumGold Coast
2018–19Sydney Olympic ParkSydney
2019–20Main championships not held
2020–21Sydney Olympic ParkSydney
2021–22Sydney Olympic ParkSydney
2022–23Queensland Sport and Athletics CentreBrisbane
2023–24SA Athletics StadiumAdelaide
2024–25Western Australian Athletics StadiumPerth

;Notes

Championships records

Men

EventRecordAthlete/TeamDateMeetPlaceRef.
100 m10.02Rohan Browning1 April 20232022–23 ChampionshipsBrisbane
800 m1:43.79Peter Bol13 April 20252024–25 ChampionshipsPerth
Discus throw69.35 mMatthew Denny13 April 20242023–24 ChampionshipsAdelaide

Women

EventRecordAthlete/TeamDateMeetPlaceRef.
800 m1:58.32Catriona Bisset30 March 20232022–23 ChampionshipsBrisbane
1500 m4:04.19Jessica Hull1 April 20232022–23 ChampionshipsBrisbane
5000 m15:05.87Jessica Hull2 April 20232022–23 ChampionshipsBrisbane
High jump2.00 mNicola McDermott18 April 20212020–21 ChampionshipsSydney
Pole vault4.75 mEliza McCartney1 April 20232022–23 ChampionshipsBrisbane

References

References

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  2. [http://www.athletics.com.au/community/events/aust_championships_08 Athletics Australia - 86th National Championships] {{webarchive. link. (18 June 2007)
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  4. [http://www.athletics.com.au/community/events/zatopek_07 Zatopek Classic] {{webarchive. link. (20 March 2008)
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