List of Australian athletics champions (men)

The Australian Athletics Championships have been conducted since 1890.[1]

The most successful athlete at the Championships has been thrower Warwick Selvey who won 19 championships events[2].

Below is a list of Australian champions in athletics by event[1] [3].

Contents

100 metres

Note: 100 yards until 1966

  • 1890: Not held
  • 1891: Not held
  • 1892: Not held
  • 1893: Not held
  • 1894: Billy MacPherson
  • 1895: Not held
  • 1896: Bill Cartwright
  • 1897: Not held
  • 1898: Stan Rowley
  • 1899: Not held
  • 1910: William Woodger (NZL)
  • 1911: Not held
  • 1912: Ron Opie (NZL)
  • 1913: Not held
  • 1914: George Parker (USA)
  • 1915: Not held
  • 1916: Not held
  • 1917: Not held
  • 1918: Not held
  • 1919: Not held
  • 1920: William Hunt
  • 1921: Not held
  • 1922: Slip Carr
  • 1923: Not held
  • 1924: Les Parker
  • 1925: Not held
  • 1926: Les Parker
  • 1927: Not held
  • 1928: Jimmy Carlton
  • 1929: Not held
  • 1960: Dennis Tipping
  • 1961: Gary Holdsworth
  • 1962: Gary Holdsworth
  • 1963: Bob Lay
  • 1964: Bob Lay
  • 1965: Bob Lay
  • 1966: Gary Holdsworth
  • 1967: Gary Holdsworth
  • 1968: Mel Pender (USA)
  • 1969: Greg Lewis

200 metres

Note: 220 yards until 1966

  • 1890: Not held
  • 1891: Not held
  • 1892: Not held
  • 1893: Not held
  • 1894: Billy MacPherson
  • 1895: Not held
  • 1896: Bill Cartwright
  • 1897: Not held
  • 1898: Stan Rowley
  • 1899: Not held
  • 1910: William Woodger (NZL)
  • 1911: Not held
  • 1912: Ron Opie (NZL)
  • 1913: Not held
  • 1914: George Parker (USA)
  • 1915: Not held
  • 1916: Not held
  • 1917: Not held
  • 1918: Not held
  • 1919: Not held
  • 1920: William Hunt
  • 1921: Not held
  • 1922: Slip Carr
  • 1923: Not held
  • 1924: Norm Grehan
  • 1925: Not held
  • 1926: Norm Grehan
  • 1927: Not held
  • 1928: Jimmy Carlton
  • 1929: Not held

400 metres

Note: 440 yards until 1966

  • 1890: Not held
  • 1891: Not held
  • 1892: Not held
  • 1893: Not held
  • 1894: Billy MacPherson
  • 1895: Not held
  • 1896: W Low (NZL)
  • 1897: Not held
  • 1898: Charles Campbell
  • 1899: Not held
  • 1910: Nigel Barker
  • 1911: Not held
  • 1912: Ron Opie (NZL)
  • 1913: Not held
  • 1914: George Parker (USA)
  • 1915: Not held
  • 1916: Not held
  • 1917: Not held
  • 1918: Not held
  • 1919: Not held
  • 1920: Bart Linehan
  • 1921: Not held
  • 1922: William Hutton
  • 1923: Not held
  • 1924: Les Tracey (NZL)
  • 1925: Not held
  • 1926: Roy Norman
  • 1927: Not held
  • 1928: Charles Stuart
  • 1929: Not held
  • 1960: Brian Waters
  • 1962: Ken Roche
  • 1963: Ken Roche
  • 1964: Ken Roche
  • 1965: Paul Bowman
  • 1966: Gary Eddy
  • 1967: Gary Eddy
  • 1968: Jim Kemp (USA)
  • 1969: Bill Hooker

800 metres

  • 1970: Ralph Doubell
  • 1971: Graeme Rootham
  • 1972: Graeme Rootham
  • 1973: Graeme Rootham
  • 1974: Peter Watson
  • 1975: Colin McCurry
  • 1976: Jamie Botten
  • 1977: John Higham
  • 1978: John Higham
  • 1979: John Higham
  • 1980: Peter Bourke
  • 1981: Michael Hillardt
  • 1982: Peter Bourke
  • 1983: Michael Hillardt
  • 1984: Peter Bourke
  • 1985: Alan Ozolins
  • 1986: Alan Ozolins
  • 1987: Ian Gaudry
  • 1988: Ian Gaudry
  • 1989: Simon Doyle

1500 metres

  • 1980: Michael Hillardt
  • 1981: Steve Foley
  • 1982: Michael Hillardt
  • 1983: Michael Hillardt
  • 1984: Michael Hillardt
  • 1985: Michael Hillardt
  • 1986: Michael Hillardt
  • 1987: Michael Hillardt
  • 1988: Michael Hillardt
  • 1989: Dean Paulin

5000 metres

10000 metres

Marathon

  • 1980: Lawrie Whitty
  • 1981: Garry Bentley
  • 1982: Rob Wallace
  • 1983: John Stanley
  • 1984: Andrew Lloyd
  • 1985: Grenville Wood
  • 1986: Steve Austin
  • 1987: Daniel Boltz
  • 1988: Pat Carroll
  • 1989: Bradley Camp
  • 1990: Allan Carman
  • 1991: Sean Quilty
  • 1992: Gerard Barrett
  • 1993: Sean Quilty
  • 1994: Michael Dalton
  • 1995: Roderic deHighden
  • 1996: Magnus Michelsson
  • 1997: Pat Carroll
  • 1998: Greg Lyons
  • 1999: Shaun Creighton
  • 2000: Roderic deHighden
  • 2001: Damon Harris
  • 2002: Jeremy Horne
  • 2003: Paul Arthur
  • 2004: Daniel Green
  • 2005: Brett Cartwright
  • 2006: Lee Troop
  • 2007:
  • 2008:
  • 2009:

110 metres Hurdles

  • 1970: Mal Baird
  • 1971: Mal Baird
  • 1972: Mal Baird
  • 1973: Warren Parr
  • 1974: Warren Parr
  • 1975: Max Binnington
  • 1976: Warren Parr
  • 1977: Vin Plant
  • 1978: Vin Plant
  • 1979: Max Binnington
  • 1980: Warren Parr
  • 1981: Max Binnington
  • 1982: Max Binnington
  • 1983: Don Wright
  • 1984: Don Wright
  • 1985: Don Wright
  • 1986: Don Wright
  • 1987: Don Wright
  • 1988: Don Wright
  • 1989: Don Wright

400 metres Hurdles

  • 1980: Garry Brown
  • 1981: Garry Brown
  • 1982: Garry Brown
  • 1983: Peter Rwamuhanda (UGA)
  • 1984: Dale Horrobin
  • 1985: Ken Gordon
  • 1986: Ken Gordon
  • 1987: Ken Gordon
  • 1988: Leigh Miller
  • 1989: Leigh Miller
  • 2000: Rohan Robinson
  • 2001: Blair Young
  • 2002: Oliver Jean-Theodore (FRA)
  • 2003: Michael Hazel
  • 2004: Elliott Wood
  • 2005: Nicholas O'Brien (NZL)
  • 2006: Brendan Cole
  • 2007: LaBronze Garrett (USA)
  • 2008: Tristan Thomas
  • 2009: Tristan Thomas

3000 metres Steeplechase

  • 2000: Chris Unthank
  • 2001: Peter Nowill
  • 2002: Peter Nowill
  • 2003: Peter Nowill
  • 2004: Peter Nowill
  • 2005: Peter Nowill
  • 2006: Youcef Abdi
  • 2007: Peter Nowill
  • 2008: Martin Dent
  • 2009: Youcef Abdi

20 Kilometre Road Walk

50 Kilometres Race Walk

  • 1970: Ted Allsopp
  • 1971: Bob Gardiner
  • 1972: Not held
  • 1973: Robin Whyte
  • 1974: Not held
  • 1975: Tim Erickson
  • 1976: Not held
  • 1977: Willi Sawall
  • 1978: Not held
  • 1979: Bruce Cook

Pole Vault

High Jump

  • 1980: David Morrow
  • 1981: David Hoyle
  • 1982: Larry Sayers
  • 1983: Mark Barratt
  • 1984: John Atkinson
  • 1985: Michael Allen
  • 1986: Lee Balkin (USA)
  • 1987: Marc Howard
  • 1988: David Anderson
  • 1989: Ian Garrett

Long Jump

Triple Jump

Shot Put

  • 1970: Peter Phillips
  • 1971: Peter Phillips
  • 1972: Ray Rigby
  • 1973: Ray Rigby
  • 1974: Mike Barry
  • 1975: Merv Kemp
  • 1976: Alex Brown
  • 1977: Peter Taylor
  • 1978: Wayne Martin
  • 1979: Ray Rigby
  • 1980: Matt Barber
  • 1981: Phil Nettle
  • 1982: Matt Barber
  • 1983: Ray Rigby
  • 1984: Ray Rigby
  • 1985: Stuart Gyngell
  • 1986: Stuart Gyngell
  • 1987: John Minns
  • 1988: John Minns
  • 1989: John Minns

Discus

  • 1980: Phil Nettle
  • 1981: Phil Nettle
  • 1982: Vlad Slavnic
  • 1983: Paul Nandapi
  • 1984: Paul Nandapi
  • 1985: Paul Nandapi
  • 1986: Paul Nandapi
  • 1987: Paul Nandapi
  • 1988: Werner Reiterer
  • 1989: Werner Reiterer

Hammer Throw

  • 1970: Dick Leffler
  • 1971: Ron Frawley
  • 1972: Ron Frawley
  • 1973: Dick Leffler
  • 1974: Gus Puopolo
  • 1975: Gus Puopolo
  • 1976: Gus Puopolo
  • 1977: Gus Puopolo
  • 1978: Gus Puopolo
  • 1979: Gus Puopolo
  • 1980: Loris Bertolacci
  • 1981: Hans Lotz
  • 1982: Hans Lotz
  • 1983: Hans Lotz
  • 1984: Hans Lotz
  • 1985: Hans Lotz
  • 1986: Joe Quigley
  • 1987: Sean Carlin
  • 1988: Sean Carlin
  • 1989: Joe Quigley

Javelin

  • 1970: Sig Koscik
  • 1971: Peter Lawler
  • 1972: Sig Koscik
  • 1973: Sig Koscik
  • 1974: Nick Birks
  • 1975: Sig Koscik
  • 1976: Manfred Rohkamper
  • 1977: Reg Spiers
  • 1978: Manfred Rohkamper
  • 1979: Garry Calvert
  • 1980: Manfred Rohkämper
  • 1981: Michael O'Rourke (NZL)
  • 1982: Garry Calvert
  • 1983: Dave Dixon
  • 1984: Dave Dixon
  • 1985: John Stapylton-Smith (NZL)
  • 1986: Murray Keen
  • 1987: Gavin Lovegrove (NZL)
  • 1988: Ben Hodgson
  • 1989: Gavin Lovegrove (NZL)

Decathlon

  • 1970: Geoff Smith
  • 1971: Terry Beaton
  • 1972: Sam Caruthers (USA)
  • 1973: Robbie Goff
  • 1974: Sanitesi Latu (TGA)
  • 1975: Rob Lethbridge
  • 1976: Peter Hadfield
  • 1977: Peter Hadfield
  • 1978: Sanitesi Latu (TGA)
  • 1979: Peter Hadfield
  • 2000: Klaus Ambrosch (AUT)
  • 2001: Matt McEwen
  • 2002: Scott Ferrier
  • 2003: Matt McEwen
  • 2004: Matt McEwen
  • 2005: Eric Surjan
  • 2006: Jason Dudley
  • 2007: Eric Surjan
  • 2008: Jason Dudley
  • 2009: Brent Newdick (NZL)

See also

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