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] Through 1965, the distances run were in Imperial units (yards). 1966 saw a wholesale conversion to metric units.

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


  • 1940: Not held
  • 1941: Not held
  • 1942: Not held
  • 1943: Not held
  • 1944: Not held
  • 1945: Not held
  • 1946: Not held
  • 1947: John Treloar
  • 1948: John Treloar
  • 1949: Lloyd LaBeach (PAN)



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




800 metres

880 yards until 1965

  • 1948: Bill Ramsay
  • 1949: David White
  • 1950: Don MacMillan
  • 1951: Jim Bailey
  • 1952: Don MacMillan
  • 1953: John Landy


800 metres starting 1966

  • 1968: Preston Davis (USA)


  • 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


1500 metres

The Mile run was held from 1930 until 1965, then was replaced by 1500. An additional mile championship returned between 1987 and 1993 (except 1990).
Mile run


1500 metres

  • 1967: Laurie Toogood

  • 1968: Peter Watson



5000 metres

  • 1980: Steve Austin
  • 1981: Steve Austin
  • 1982: Steve Austin
  • 1983: Steve Austin
  • 1984: Steve Foley
  • 1985: Andrew Lloyd
  • 1986: Malcolm Norwood
  • 1987: Gerard Barrett
  • 1988: Andrew Lloyd
  • 1989: John Andrews


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

  • 2000: Roderic deHighden
  • 2001: Damon Harris
  • 2002: Jeremy Horne
  • 2003: Paul Arthur
  • 2004: Daniel Green
  • 2005: Brett Cartwright
  • 2006: Lee Troop
  • 2007: Damon Harris
  • 2008: Jeremy Horne
  • 2009: Dale Engler


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


400 metres Hurdles


3000 metres Steeplechase


20 Kilometre Road Walk

  • 1980: Peter Fullager
  • 1981: Not held
  • 1982: Willi Sawall
  • 1983: Dave Smith
  • 1984: Dave Smith
  • 1985: Simon Baker
  • 1986: Not held
  • 1987: Dave Smith
  • 1988: Simon Baker
  • 1989: Rod Huxley

50 Kilometres Race Walk

Pole Vault


  • 2010: Steven Hooker
  • 2011: Sergey Kucheryanu (RUS)
  • 2012: Joel Pocklington
  • 2013: Steve Lewis
  • 2014: Joel Pocklington

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

  • 1990: David Culbert
  • 1991: Jonathon Moyle (NZL)
  • 1992: David Culbert
  • 1993: Mike Powell (USA)
  • 1994: Jai Taurima
  • 1995: Craig Furber
  • 1996: Jai Taurima
  • 1997: Shane Hair
  • 1998: Shane Hair
  • 1999: Shane Hair


Triple Jump


Shot Put

  • 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


  • 2010: Hiroaki Doi (JPN)
  • 2011: Timothy Driesen
  • 2012: Timothy Driesen
  • 2014: Timothy Driesen

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: Mike 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


See also

References

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