1996–97 Australian Athletics Championships

The 1996–97 Australian Athletics Championships was the 75th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Australia. It was held from 27 February–2 March 1997 at the Olympic Park Stadium in Melbourne. It served as a selection meeting for Australia at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics. The men's 10,000 metres event took place separately at the Adelaide Grand Prix on 1 February 1997 while the women's 5000 metres took place at the Melbourne Nike Classic on 20 February 1997. The combined track and field events took place at the Hobart Grand Prix from 14–16 February 1997.[1][2]

1996–97 Australian Athletics Championships
Dates27 February–2 March 1997
Host cityMelbourne, Australia
VenueOlympic Park Stadium

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(Wind: +1.2 m/s)
Steve Brimacombe
Queensland
10.31 Chris Donaldson
  New Zealand (NZL)
10.32 Gus Nketia
  New Zealand (NZL)
10.39
200 metres
(Wind: +0.5 m/s)
Chris Donaldson
  New Zealand (NZL)
20.42 Steve Brimacombe
Queensland
20.44 Patrick Johnson
Australian Capital Territory
20.54
400 metres Brad Jamieson
South Australia
45.94 Declan Stack
Western Australia
46.20 Casey Vincent
Victoria
46.31
800 metres Elijah Kipruto Maru
  Kenya (KEN)
1:47.33 Justin Rinaldi
Victoria
1:47.78 Paul Byrne
Victoria
1:47.87
1500 metres Paul Bitok
  Kenya (KEN)
3:41.56 Scott Petersen
Victoria
3:43.38 David Kibet
  Kenya (KEN)
3:44.85
5000 metres Paul Bitok
  Kenya (KEN)
13:31.90 Julian Paynter
Victoria
13:35.13 Lee Troop
Victoria
13:36.69
10,000 metres Julian Paynter
Victoria
28:35.31 Lee Troop
Victoria
29:16.03 Rod de Highden
Victoria
29:27.56
110 metres hurdles
(Wind: -2.5 m/s)
Kyle Vander-Kuyp
Victoria
13.81 David Cooper
Western Australia
14.23 Jagan Hames
South Australia
14.27
400 metres hurdles Rohan Robinson
Victoria
49.83 Zid Abou Hamed
New South Wales
50.28 Matthew Beckenham
New South Wales
51.21
3000 metres steeplechase Chris Unthank
Victoria
8:50.12 Martin Dent
New South Wales
8:59.46 Tim Readwin
Victoria
9:06.04
4 × 100 m relay   New South Wales (NSW)
Mike Wiener
Toluta'u Koula
Matt Shirvington
Jason Snell
40.49   South Australia (SA)
Timothy Johnson
Steve Hutton
James Noblet
Brad Jamieson
40.60   Victoria (VIC)
Justin Lewis
David Baxter
Paul Pearce
Nick Rennie
41.13
4 × 400 m relay   New South Wales (NSW)
Patrick Dwyer
Todd MacDonald
Robert Medlicott
Lewis Rangott
3:09.25   New Zealand (NZL)
Callum Taylor
Robert Hanna
Bjorn Jansen
Henry Semiti Rogo
3:09.65   Victoria (VIC)
Robbie Lynch
Christopher Cornish
Mark Moresi
Casey Vincent
3:09.72
5000 metres walk Nicholas A'Hern
New South Wales
19:24.31 Scott Nelson
  New Zealand (NZL)
20:13.84 Brent Vallance
New South Wales
20:25.87
High jump Tim Forsyth
Victoria
2.36 m Jagan Hames
South Australia
Glen Howard
  New Zealand (NZL)
2.18 m Not awarded
Pole vault James Miller
Western Australia
5.30 m Paul Gibbons
  New Zealand (NZL)
5.20 m Paul Burgess
Western Australia
5.00 m
Long jump Shane Hair
Western Australia
8.01 m
(+2.8 m/s)
Jai Taurima
Queensland
7.88 m
(+2.9 m/s)
Jagan Hames
South Australia
7.83 m
(+1.3 m/s)
Triple jump Andrew Murphy
New South Wales
17.03 m
(+4.1 m/s)
Tim Barnes
New South Wales
15.78 m
(+4.2 m/s)
Stacey Taurima
Queensland
15.71 m
(+1.0 m/s)
Shot put Clay Cross
New South Wales
18.16 m Justin Anlezark
Queensland
18.00 m Chris Gaviglio
Queensland
17.18 m
Discus throw Gerard Duffy
Australian Capital Territory
52.18 m Ben Jaaniste
New South Wales
52.06 m Peter Lonsdale
Queensland
51.66 m
Hammer throw Stuart Rendell
Australian Capital Territory
75.90 m Demetri Dionisopoulos
Western Australia
64.82 m Pat Hellier
  New Zealand (NZL)
63.44 m
Javelin throw Adrian Hatcher
Victoria
80.02 m Richard Brockett
Queensland
73.82 m Nick Batty
New South Wales
69.98 m
Decathlon Peter Banks
New South Wales
7915 pts[3] Matthew McEwen
Queensland
7684 pts[4] Brendan Tennant
Northern Territory
7593 pts[5]

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(Wind: -0.7 m/s)
Melinda Gainsford
New South Wales
11.25 Lauren Hewitt
Victoria
11.43 Nova Peris-Kneebone
Northern Territory
11.51
200 metres
(Wind: +5.0 m/s)
Melinda Gainsford
New South Wales
22.34 Cathy Freeman
Victoria
22.50 Lauren Hewitt
Victoria
22.66
400 metres Cathy Freeman
Victoria
52.09 Susan Andrews
Tasmania
53.11 Kirilee Buonaccorsi
Tasmania
54.58
800 metres Saleena Roberts
Queensland
2:04.10 Melanie Collins
Australian Capital Territory
2:04.25 Sandra Dawson
Queensland
2:05.10
1500 metres Mandy Westbrook
Tasmania
4:17.30 Benita Willis
Queensland
4:17.79 Susan Michelsson
Victoria
4:20.93
5000 metres Kate Anderson
Victoria
15:14.42 Kylie Risk
Tasmania
15:31.93 Natalie Harvey
Victoria
15:53.35
10,000 metres Kylie Risk
Tasmania
32:42.72 Maryann Murray
Victoria
33:34.06 Suzanne Malaxos
Western Australia
33:52.83
100 metres hurdles
(Wind: +2.8 m/s)
Jane Flemming
New South Wales
13.58 Janiene Ashbridge
  New Zealand (NZL)
13.63 Kim Birrell
Victoria
13.80
400 metres hurdles Evette Cordy
Victoria
57.64 Lauren Poetschka
Western Australia
57.97 Leisa Proctor
Queensland
58.92
4 × 100 m relay   New South Wales (NSW)
Nicole Buchanan
Rachael Massey
Rebecca Vormister
Vicky Piggin
45.56   New Zealand (NZL)
Janiene Ashbridge
Shelley Stoddart
Jane Arnott
Chantal Brunner
46.14   Western Australia (WA)
Ruth Beckham
Jodi Lambert
Kylie Reed
Sharon Sutherland
46.62
4 × 400 m relay   New South Wales (NSW)
Shanie Coutts
Rebecca Vormister
Rosemary Hayward
Amber Menzies
3:41.37   Queensland (QLD)
Leisa Proctor
Saleena Roberts
Alice Barrett
Sandra Dawson
3:46.29   Victoria (VIC)
Anna Deery
Georgina Connell
Jennifer Marshall
Evette Cordy
3:49.39
5000 metres walk Jane Saville
New South Wales
21:32.26 Natalie Saville
New South Wales
21:34.23 Jill Maybir-Barrett
Queensland
22:49.86
High jump Alison Inverarity
Western Australia
1.84 m Lisa Bruty
Victoria
1.81 m Sherryl Morrow
Victoria
1.81 m
Pole vault Emma George
Victoria
4.30 m Tracey Shepherd
Western Australia
3.80 m Melina Hamilton
  New Zealand (NZL)
3.80 m
Long jump Chantal Brunner
  New Zealand (NZL)
6.68 m
(+1.0 m/s)
Vicky Piggin
New South Wales
6.28 m
(+1.4 m/s)
Kylie Reed
Western Australia
6.23 m
(+0.3 m/s)
Triple jump Tania Dixon
  New Zealand (NZL)
13.50 m
(+1.4 m/s)
Nicole Mladenis
Western Australia
13.16 m
(+4.5 m/s)
Carmen Miller
Tasmania
12.98 m
(+4.3 m/s)
Shot put Beatrice Faumuina
  New Zealand (NZL)
15.68 m Georgette Reed
  Canada (CAN)
15.54 m Helen Toussis
Queensland
15.38 m
Discus throw Beatrice Faumuina
  New Zealand (NZL)
68.28 m Lisa-Marie Vizaniari
Queensland
65.86 m Alison Lever
Queensland
53.40 m
Hammer throw Deborah Sosimenko
New South Wales
65.68 m Brenda MacNaughton
New South Wales
59.36 m Karyne Perkins
New South Wales
57.96 m
Javelin throw Joanna Stone
Queensland
63.78 m Bina Ramesh
  France (FRA)
54.06 m Kate Farrow
South Australia
53.16 m
Heptathlon Clare Thompson
Queensland
5534 pts[6] Sherryl Morrow
Victoria
5229 pts[7] Theresa Martin
Queensland
5044 pts[8]

References

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  1. ^ Australian Track & Field Championships - Men 1996–97. Athletics Australia. Retrieved 2020-01-14
  2. ^ Australian Track & Field Championships - Women 1996–97. Athletics Australia. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  3. ^ (10.93 (+1.7), 7.67 m (+2.7), 13.64 m, 2.06 m, 48.14, 15.66 (+0.1), 40.56 m, 4.40 m, 56.08 m, 4:31.10)
  4. ^ (10.83 (+1.7), 7.20 m (+0.3), 14.11 m, 1.97 m, 49.42, 15.48 (+0.1), 41.80 m, 4.50 m, 59.50 m, 4:55.38)
  5. ^ (10.94 (+1.7), 7.28 m (+2.2), 13.68 m, 1.88 m, 49.99, 15.39 (+0.1), 43.34 m, 4.40 m, 57.70 m, 4:45.22)
  6. ^ (13.91 (+0.2), 1.71 m, 12.12 m, 24.99 (-2.2), 5.78 m (-0.3), 35.02 m, 2:24.47)
  7. ^ (14.29 (+0.2), 1.80 m, 11.14 m, 26.18 (-2.7), 5.53 m (+0.3), 36.20 m, 2:35.65)
  8. ^ (14.68 (+0.2), 1.68 m, 10.03 m, 26.09 (-2.7), 5.35 m (-2.2), 35.36 m, 2:23.73)
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